Tech Ops Contracts in the UK excluding London

Technical Operations (TechOps)
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for Tech Ops skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Tech Ops over the 6 months to 23 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 382 440 495
Rank change year-on-year +58 +55 -78
Contract jobs citing Tech Ops 16 15 21
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.077% 0.062% 0.067%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.091% 0.069% 0.076%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 8 14
10th Percentile £167 £378 £236
25th Percentile £200 £391 £319
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £325 £650 £415
Median % change year-on-year -50.00% +56.63% -28.45%
75th Percentile £438 £756 £561
90th Percentile £538 - £586
UK median daily rate £300 £500 £523
% change year-on-year -40.00% -4.31% +5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - £10.78
25th Percentile £51.25 - £10.83
Median hourly rate £52.50 - £11.80
75th Percentile £53.75 - £12.93
90th Percentile - - £13.06
UK median hourly rate £52.50 £21.50 £11.80
% change year-on-year +144.19% +82.20% -18.62%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

Tech Ops is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 17,627 21,715 27,688
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 84.89% 89.58% 88.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,629 15,041 19,312
10th Percentile £243 £254 £231
25th Percentile £380 £400 £384
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +9.83%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £575
90th Percentile £688 £688 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +8.36%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,023 1,341 1,383
10th Percentile £12.30 £11.00 £12.00
25th Percentile £15.16 £16.25 £14.00
Median hourly rate £35.50 £37.30 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -4.83% +86.50% -8.17%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £45.00
90th Percentile £72.50 £73.59 £60.00
UK median hourly rate £35.00 £37.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year -6.67% +50.00% -

Tech Ops
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Tech Ops in the UK excluding London

Tech Ops
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate trend for Tech Ops in the UK excluding London

Tech Ops
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Tech Ops in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 23 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Tech Ops in the UK excluding London

Tech Ops
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Hourly rate trend for Tech Ops in the UK excluding London

Tech Ops
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 Tech Ops within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 23 April 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
East of England +15 4 £325 -16.67% 7
South West +19 3 £581 -21.19% 10
Wales - 3 £200 - 1
West Midlands +36 2 £450 - 3
Midlands +34 2 £450 - 6
South East +20 2 £168 - 11
North West - 1 £325 - 3
North of England - 1 £325 - 5
Scotland - 1 - - 2
Tech Ops
UK

Tech Ops
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:

Application Platforms
1 4 (25.00%) Apache
1 4 (25.00%) Tomcat
2 3 (18.75%) IIS
Applications
1 3 (18.75%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 2 (12.50%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (6.25%) AWS
2 1 (6.25%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 3 (18.75%) H.323
1 3 (18.75%) HTTP
1 3 (18.75%) TCP/IP
2 2 (12.50%) VoIP
3 1 (6.25%) Firewall
3 1 (6.25%) Kerberos
3 1 (6.25%) Network Security
3 1 (6.25%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (6.25%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (6.25%) JIRA
General
1 3 (18.75%) Analytical Skills
1 3 (18.75%) Legal
1 3 (18.75%) Social Skills
1 3 (18.75%) Telecoms
2 2 (12.50%) Finance
3 1 (6.25%) Banking
3 1 (6.25%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (18.75%) Avaya Specialist
2 2 (12.50%) Analyst
2 2 (12.50%) Desktop Engineer
2 2 (12.50%) IT Analyst
2 2 (12.50%) IT Support
2 2 (12.50%) IT Support Analyst
2 2 (12.50%) Support Analyst
2 2 (12.50%) Support Specialist
2 2 (12.50%) Technical Manager
2 2 (12.50%) Technical Specialist
2 2 (12.50%) Technical Support
2 2 (12.50%) Technical Support Specialist
3 1 (6.25%) Administrator
3 1 (6.25%) Infrastructure Manager
3 1 (6.25%) IT Manager
3 1 (6.25%) IT Operations Manager
3 1 (6.25%) Operations Manager
3 1 (6.25%) Security Project Manager
3 1 (6.25%) Technical Operations Manager
3 1 (6.25%) Unix Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (6.25%) LDAP
1 1 (6.25%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 3 (18.75%) IVR
2 1 (6.25%) Cyber Security Posture
2 1 (6.25%) Security Posture
2 1 (6.25%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 11 (68.75%) Windows
2 5 (31.25%) Linux
3 4 (25.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 4 (25.00%) Windows Server
4 2 (12.50%) Apple iOS
5 1 (6.25%) AIX
5 1 (6.25%) Oracle Linux
5 1 (6.25%) Solaris
5 1 (6.25%) Unix
5 1 (6.25%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (25.00%) Change Management
1 4 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
1 4 (25.00%) Service Delivery
2 3 (18.75%) Data Protection
2 3 (18.75%) ITIL
2 3 (18.75%) Proactive Maintenance
3 2 (12.50%) Agile
3 2 (12.50%) Customer Service
3 2 (12.50%) Cybersecurity
3 2 (12.50%) Fault Analysis
3 2 (12.50%) Infrastructure Automation
3 2 (12.50%) Problem Management
3 2 (12.50%) Project Management
3 2 (12.50%) Resource Allocation
4 1 (6.25%) Infrastructure Monitoring
4 1 (6.25%) Mentoring
4 1 (6.25%) Network Monitoring
4 1 (6.25%) Presales
4 1 (6.25%) Proactive Monitoring
4 1 (6.25%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 1 (6.25%) Bash
1 1 (6.25%) JavaScript
1 1 (6.25%) Korn
1 1 (6.25%) PowerShell
1 1 (6.25%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (18.75%) DV Cleared
1 3 (18.75%) Security Cleared
2 1 (6.25%) CCNA
2 1 (6.25%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (6.25%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (6.25%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (18.75%) Active Directory
2 1 (6.25%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 2 (12.50%) Ansible
2 1 (6.25%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 6 (37.50%) Microsoft
2 3 (18.75%) Avaya
2 3 (18.75%) Red Hat
2 3 (18.75%) ServiceNow
3 2 (12.50%) Cisco
3 2 (12.50%) VMware
4 1 (6.25%) Dell
4 1 (6.25%) Juniper
4 1 (6.25%) Oracle
4 1 (6.25%) Qualys