Operations Management Contracts in the UK excluding London

Operations Management
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 2 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 309 351 412
Rank change year-on-year +42 +61 +66
Contract jobs citing Operations Management 30 48 35
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.23% 0.23% 0.15%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.26% 0.27% 0.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 31 26
10th Percentile - £355 £500
25th Percentile £250 £494 £556
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £444 £550 £625
Median % change year-on-year -19.32% -12.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £539 £575 £659
90th Percentile £575 £625 £700
UK median daily rate £500 £550 £646
% change year-on-year -9.09% -14.86% +19.63%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 8 2
10th Percentile £22.14 £16.81 £59.35
25th Percentile £23.20 £18.25 £64.46
Median hourly rate £25.22 £28.25 £73.44
Median % change year-on-year -10.74% -61.53% -
75th Percentile £27.48 £30.25 £81.96
90th Percentile £28.69 £30.63 £86.78
UK median hourly rate £25.22 £28.25 £73.44
% change year-on-year -10.74% -61.53% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 11,562 17,588 21,473
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 90.38% 84.75% 89.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,253 10,507 14,891
10th Percentile £235 £250 £255
25th Percentile £375 £380 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £483 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.50% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £600
90th Percentile £663 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 821 2,055 1,305
10th Percentile £14.20 £12.32 £11.00
25th Percentile £17.30 £15.22 £15.81
Median hourly rate £27.50 £36.50 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -24.66% +4.29% +75.00%
75th Percentile £64.52 £60.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £72.98
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.50 £36.42
% change year-on-year -18.31% -2.53% +45.69%

Operations Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Operations Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Operations Management in the UK excluding London

Operations Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Operations Management in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Operations Management in the UK excluding London

Operations Management
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Operations Management in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 2 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Operations Management in the UK excluding London

Operations Management
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Operations Management in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Operations Management in the UK excluding London

Operations Management
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 2 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
North of England +1 10 £535 -2.73% 19
North West +19 8 £535 -12.76% 13
Midlands - 7 £250 - 6
South East +43 5 £450 +21.62% 19
South West +43 4 - - 11
East Midlands - 4 £250 - 2
Northern Ireland - 3 £463 -
West Midlands - 3 - - 3
East of England +27 1 £550 -8.33% 5
North East -3 1 £250 - 3
Yorkshire -19 1 £550 - 3
Operations Management
UK

Operations Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 2 (6.67%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (3.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (3.33%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 6 (20.00%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 4 (13.33%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (6.67%) SaaS
3 1 (3.33%) Cohesity
3 1 (3.33%) Lucidchart
3 1 (3.33%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.33%) DNS
1 1 (3.33%) Ethernet
1 1 (3.33%) MPLS
1 1 (3.33%) Network Security
1 1 (3.33%) SAN
1 1 (3.33%) SDH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.33%) Power BI
1 1 (3.33%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (3.33%) JIRA
General
1 20 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 6 (20.00%) Automotive
2 6 (20.00%) Manufacturing
3 5 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (16.67%) Finance
4 3 (10.00%) Public Sector
5 2 (6.67%) General Ledger
5 2 (6.67%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (3.33%) Electronics
6 1 (3.33%) Front Office
6 1 (3.33%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (3.33%) Marketing
6 1 (3.33%) Military
6 1 (3.33%) Retail
Job Titles
1 7 (23.33%) Analyst
2 5 (16.67%) Administrator
2 5 (16.67%) ServiceNow Administrator
3 3 (10.00%) Business Analyst
4 1 (3.33%) Cybersecurity Analyst
4 1 (3.33%) Delivery Manager
4 1 (3.33%) Developer
4 1 (3.33%) DevOps Administrator
4 1 (3.33%) Digital Delivery Manager
4 1 (3.33%) Network Analyst
4 1 (3.33%) Operations Analyst
4 1 (3.33%) Operations Support Specialist
4 1 (3.33%) Operations Team Leader
4 1 (3.33%) Process Analyst
4 1 (3.33%) Security Analyst
4 1 (3.33%) Senior Analyst
4 1 (3.33%) Senior Network Analyst
4 1 (3.33%) ServiceNow Developer
4 1 (3.33%) Splunk Analyst
4 1 (3.33%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (13.33%) Ajax
1 4 (13.33%) AngularJS
1 4 (13.33%) CSS
1 4 (13.33%) HTML
1 4 (13.33%) LDAP
1 4 (13.33%) Web Services
2 1 (3.33%) REST
2 1 (3.33%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 6 (20.00%) Industry 4.0
1 6 (20.00%) Manufacturing Execution System
2 4 (13.33%) Smartphone
3 2 (6.67%) CMDB
3 2 (6.67%) Management Information System
4 1 (3.33%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (3.33%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 4 (13.33%) Android
2 3 (10.00%) Windows
3 2 (6.67%) Linux
3 2 (6.67%) Unix
4 1 (3.33%) Windows Server
4 1 (3.33%) Windows Server 2016
4 1 (3.33%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (56.67%) Agile
2 10 (33.33%) Computer Science
2 10 (33.33%) ITIL
2 10 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 10 (33.33%) Project Management
3 9 (30.00%) Decision-Making
4 8 (26.67%) Analytics
4 8 (26.67%) Scrum
5 7 (23.33%) ERP
5 7 (23.33%) Roadmaps
5 7 (23.33%) Workshop Facilitation
6 6 (20.00%) API Integration
6 6 (20.00%) Data Modelling
6 6 (20.00%) Mentoring
6 6 (20.00%) Migration
6 6 (20.00%) PLM
6 6 (20.00%) Presales
6 6 (20.00%) Product Roadmap
6 6 (20.00%) Quality Management
6 6 (20.00%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 4 (13.33%) JavaScript
2 3 (10.00%) PowerShell
3 2 (6.67%) Perl
3 2 (6.67%) Python
3 2 (6.67%) Shell Script
3 2 (6.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 13 (43.33%) Degree
2 11 (36.67%) Security Cleared
3 8 (26.67%) SC Cleared
4 7 (23.33%) Master's Degree
5 6 (20.00%) BPSS Clearance
5 6 (20.00%) Computer Science Degree
6 4 (13.33%) DV Cleared
6 4 (13.33%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 2 (6.67%) CTC Cleared
8 1 (3.33%) CCNA
8 1 (3.33%) CCNP
8 1 (3.33%) Cisco Certification
8 1 (3.33%) MBA
8 1 (3.33%) PMI Certification
8 1 (3.33%) PMP
8 1 (3.33%) Six Sigma Black Belt
8 1 (3.33%) Six Sigma Green Belt
8 1 (3.33%) Six Sigma Master Black Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.33%) MiFID
1 1 (3.33%) QA
System Software
1 4 (13.33%) BitLocker
2 1 (3.33%) Active Directory
2 1 (3.33%) Microsoft Virtual Server
2 1 (3.33%) Virtual Servers
2 1 (3.33%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 6 (20.00%) MOM
2 4 (13.33%) BMC PATROL
2 4 (13.33%) Single Sign-On
3 2 (6.67%) Grafana
3 2 (6.67%) Prometheus
4 1 (3.33%) Ansible
4 1 (3.33%) CSIRT
4 1 (3.33%) SCCM
4 1 (3.33%) WSUS
Vendors
1 7 (23.33%) SAP
2 6 (20.00%) Microsoft
2 6 (20.00%) Rockwell
2 6 (20.00%) ServiceNow
2 6 (20.00%) Siemens
3 4 (13.33%) Apple
3 4 (13.33%) BMC
4 2 (6.67%) Splunk
5 1 (3.33%) FireEye
5 1 (3.33%) NetApp
5 1 (3.33%) Salesforce
5 1 (3.33%) Tanium
5 1 (3.33%) VMware