Operations Management Contracts in the Thames Valley

Operations Management
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley requiring Operations Management skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Operations Management over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 98 141 138
Rank change year-on-year +43 -3 +20
Contract jobs citing Operations Management 4 4 13
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.26% 0.15% 0.44%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.29% 0.17% 0.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 3 10
10th Percentile £428 - £548
25th Percentile £442 £355 £556
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £370 £610
Median % change year-on-year +21.62% -39.29% +1.58%
75th Percentile £467 £385 £628
90th Percentile £487 - £641
South East median daily rate £450 £370 £600
% change year-on-year +21.62% -38.33% -7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £55.94
Median hourly rate - £13.46 £56.89
Median % change year-on-year - -76.34% -
75th Percentile - - £57.83
90th Percentile - - -
South East median hourly rate £21.43 £28.00 £56.89
% change year-on-year -23.46% -50.78% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

Operations Management falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the Thames Valley.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,403 2,340 2,682
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 92.85% 87.12% 91.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 851 1,306 1,860
10th Percentile £300 £213 £320
25th Percentile £413 £369 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - +5.26%
75th Percentile £605 £600 £600
90th Percentile £675 £675 £688
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £508
% change year-on-year - -1.53% +1.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 58 170 62
10th Percentile £14.20 £15.30 £18.60
25th Percentile £14.54 £19.48 £24.86
Median hourly rate £32.05 £45.00 £51.25
Median % change year-on-year -28.78% -12.20% +192.86%
75th Percentile £62.44 £64.57 £66.21
90th Percentile £78.03 £85.65 £79.19
South East median hourly rate £28.00 £47.50 £50.00
% change year-on-year -41.05% -5.00% +122.22%

Operations Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings citing Operations Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for Operations Management in the Thames Valley

Operations Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Operations Management in the Thames Valley.

Daily rate trend for Operations Management in the Thames Valley

Operations Management
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Operations Management in the Thames Valley.

Hourly rate trend for Operations Management in the Thames Valley

Operations Management
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Operations Management within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Berkshire - 3 £450 - 3
Oxfordshire +2 1 £500 +35.14%
Operations Management
South East

Operations Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (25.00%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) Lucidchart
1 1 (25.00%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) Ethernet
1 1 (25.00%) MPLS
1 1 (25.00%) SDH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) Power BI
1 1 (25.00%) Tableau
General
1 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (25.00%) Electronics
1 1 (25.00%) Marketing
1 1 (25.00%) Retail
1 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Business Process Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Network Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Process Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Senior
2 1 (25.00%) Senior Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Senior Network Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 2 (50.00%) Linux
1 2 (50.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) ITIL
2 2 (50.00%) Artificial Intelligence
2 2 (50.00%) Migration
2 2 (50.00%) Operational Stability
2 2 (50.00%) Performance Optimisation
2 2 (50.00%) Performance Tuning
2 2 (50.00%) Problem Management
3 1 (25.00%) Analytical Thinking
3 1 (25.00%) Analytics
3 1 (25.00%) Business Process Improvement
3 1 (25.00%) Cost Reduction
3 1 (25.00%) Data Analysis
3 1 (25.00%) Lean Six Sigma
3 1 (25.00%) Network Management
3 1 (25.00%) Network Monitoring
3 1 (25.00%) Performance Measurement
3 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (25.00%) Process Improvement
3 1 (25.00%) Root Cause Analysis
3 1 (25.00%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (75.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (75.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (25.00%) CCNA
2 1 (25.00%) CCNP
2 1 (25.00%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (25.00%) Degree
2 1 (25.00%) Master's Degree
2 1 (25.00%) MBA
2 1 (25.00%) PMI Certification
2 1 (25.00%) PMP
2 1 (25.00%) Six Sigma Black Belt
2 1 (25.00%) Six Sigma Green Belt
2 1 (25.00%) Six Sigma Master Black Belt
Systems Management
1 2 (50.00%) BMC PATROL
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) BMC
2 1 (25.00%) Salesforce
2 1 (25.00%) SAP