Operations Project Manager Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Operations Project Manager
UK > UK excluding London

The median Operations Project Manager daily rate in the UK excluding London is £536, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 3 October 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 367 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring an Operations Project Manager 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.013% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.014% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £536 - -
UK median daily rate £471 - £680
% change year-on-year - - +15.74%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the UK excluding London. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the UK excluding London with a recognized job title 14,050 16,164 20,103
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.53% 92.29% 94.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,640 9,204 13,416
10th Percentile £213 £217 £225
25th Percentile £363 £375 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - -
75th Percentile £575 £590 £600
90th Percentile £670 £675 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £530
% change year-on-year -4.76% -0.94% -3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,313 1,302 1,229
10th Percentile £13.50 £14.65 £14.23
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.59 £17.75
Median hourly rate £25.08 £43.00 £44.00
Median % change year-on-year -41.69% -2.27% +95.56%
75th Percentile £50.00 £66.61 £65.00
90th Percentile £69.65 £74.43 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £42.91 £44.50
% change year-on-year -41.39% -3.57% +71.15%

Operations Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Operations Project Manager' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Operations Project Manager job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Operations Project Manager
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Operations Project Manager job vacancies in the UK excluding London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Operations Project Manager job vacancies in the UK excluding London

Operations Project Manager
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 Project Manager within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 3 October 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 East - 1 - -
South East - 1 £536 - 1
North of England - 1 - - 1
Operations Project Manager
UK

Operations Project Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 3 October 2025, Operations Project Manager contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the UK excluding London region featuring Operations Project Manager in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) Project Management
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) Waterfall
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Presentation Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Commercialisation
2 1 (50.00%) Business Strategy
2 1 (50.00%) Operational Technology
2 1 (50.00%) ADO
2 1 (50.00%) ERP
2 1 (50.00%) Change Control
2 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (50.00%) DevOps
2 1 (50.00%) Power BI
2 1 (50.00%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (50.00%) Matrix Organization
2 1 (50.00%) Strategic Thinking
2 1 (50.00%) Cyber Resilience
2 1 (50.00%) Value Proposition
2 1 (50.00%) Deadline-Driven
2 1 (50.00%) Power Platform
2 1 (50.00%) Smartsheet
2 1 (50.00%) SD-WAN
2 1 (50.00%) Penetration Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Logistics
2 1 (50.00%) Marketing
2 1 (50.00%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (50.00%) Time Management
2 1 (50.00%) Data Protection

Operations Project Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Azure
1 1 (50.00%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (50.00%) Power Platform
1 1 (50.00%) SaaS
1 1 (50.00%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) Power BI
General
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Finance
2 1 (50.00%) Legal
2 1 (50.00%) Marketing
2 1 (50.00%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) ADO
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Data Protection Act
1 1 (50.00%) Operational Technology
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) Project Management
1 2 (100.00%) Waterfall
2 1 (50.00%) Business Strategy
2 1 (50.00%) Change Control
2 1 (50.00%) Commercialisation
2 1 (50.00%) Cyber Resilience
2 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (50.00%) Data Protection
2 1 (50.00%) Deadline-Driven
2 1 (50.00%) DevOps
2 1 (50.00%) Logistics
2 1 (50.00%) Matrix Organization
2 1 (50.00%) Penetration Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Product Management
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (50.00%) Strategic Thinking
2 1 (50.00%) Time Management
2 1 (50.00%) Value Proposition