Operations Technician Contracts in the UK excluding London

Operations Technician
UK > UK excluding London

The median Operations Technician daily rate in the UK excluding London is £310 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 377 439 -
Rank change year-on-year +62 - -
Contract jobs requiring an Operations Technician 16 12 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.078% 0.050% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.084% 0.053% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £305 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £310 £270 -
Median % change year-on-year +14.81% - -
75th Percentile £315 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £310 £270 £383
% change year-on-year +14.81% -29.41% -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised 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 19,031 22,516 29,597
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.56% 94.26% 95.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,619 15,791 20,746
10th Percentile £213 £225 £200
25th Percentile £363 £398 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £598 £600 £575
90th Percentile £688 £688 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,244 1,158 1,469
10th Percentile £12.50 £13.41 £12.24
25th Percentile £15.75 £17.92 £14.25
Median hourly rate £40.00 £42.00 £19.52
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +115.16% +2.74%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.00 £42.93
90th Percentile £73.75 £75.00 £60.00
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £23.60
% change year-on-year -18.89% +90.68% +4.89%

Operations Technician
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings that featured Operations Technician in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Operations Technician in the UK excluding London

Operations Technician
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate trend for Operations Technician in the UK excluding London

Operations Technician
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Hourly rate trend for Operations Technician in the UK excluding London

Operations Technician
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 Technician within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 5 May 2024. 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
South East +26 16 £310 +14.81% 1
Operations Technician
UK

Operations Technician Skill Set
Top 18 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 5 May 2024, Operations Technician contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the UK excluding London region featuring Operations Technician in the job title.

1 15 (93.75%) SLA
1 15 (93.75%) Microsoft
1 15 (93.75%) Service Delivery
2 5 (31.25%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (31.25%) Security Cleared
3 1 (6.25%) Public Sector
3 1 (6.25%) Social Skills
3 1 (6.25%) Distributed Systems
3 1 (6.25%) Data Centre
3 1 (6.25%) Ticket Management
3 1 (6.25%) Break/Fix
3 1 (6.25%) Server+ Certification
3 1 (6.25%) Incident Management
3 1 (6.25%) ITIL
3 1 (6.25%) Unix
3 1 (6.25%) HP
3 1 (6.25%) Dell
3 1 (6.25%) SAN

Operations Technician Skill Set
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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (6.25%) SAN
General
1 1 (6.25%) Public Sector
1 1 (6.25%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (6.25%) Data Centre
1 1 (6.25%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 1 (6.25%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (93.75%) Service Delivery
2 5 (31.25%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (6.25%) Break/Fix
3 1 (6.25%) Incident Management
3 1 (6.25%) ITIL
3 1 (6.25%) Ticket Management
Qualifications
1 5 (31.25%) Security Cleared
2 1 (6.25%) Server+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (93.75%) SLA
Vendors
1 15 (93.75%) Microsoft
2 1 (6.25%) Dell
2 1 (6.25%) HP