Operations Consultant Contract Job Trends

Operations Consultant
UK

The median Operations Consultant daily rate in the UK is £590, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 15 October 2025.

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

6 months to
15 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 558 554 636
Rank change year-on-year -4 +82 +177
Contract jobs requiring an Operations Consultant 3 9 4
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.009% 0.024% 0.008%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.010% 0.026% 0.009%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 6 3
10th Percentile - £374 £403
25th Percentile £570 £378 £453
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £590 £439 £575
Median % change year-on-year +34.25% -23.57% +4.55%
75th Percentile £610 £500 £669
90th Percentile - £519 £703
UK excluding London median daily rate £590 £525 £481
% change year-on-year +12.38% +9.09% -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title 30,175 35,003 44,817
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.87% 92.96% 93.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 19,066 21,137 30,622
10th Percentile £275 £300 £300
25th Percentile £400 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £623 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £738 £745
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £490 £500
% change year-on-year -3.06% -2.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,652 1,436 1,528
10th Percentile £13.80 £15.08 £14.60
25th Percentile £17.30 £20.50 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £41.27 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -39.05% -8.30% +69.56%
75th Percentile £50.00 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £68.52 £73.75 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.00 £42.50 £44.50
% change year-on-year -41.18% -4.49% +97.78%

Operations Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Operations Consultant' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

Operations Consultant job vacancy trend in the UK

Operations Consultant
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Operations Consultant job vacancies in the UK.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Operations Consultant job vacancies in the UK

Operations Consultant
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Operations Consultant job vacancies in the UK.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Operations Consultant job vacancies in the UK

Operations Consultant
Top 5 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Operations Consultant within the UK over the 6 months to 15 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
Work from Home +31 3 £590 +55.88% 1
England +9 2 £590 +18.00% 7
London +14 1 - - 4
South East +12 1 £590 +12.38% 2
UK excluding London -17 1 £590 +12.38% 2

Operations Consultant Skill Set
Top 18 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 15 October 2025, Operations Consultant 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 featuring Operations Consultant in the job title.

1 1 (33.33%) Finance
1 1 (33.33%) Automotive
1 1 (33.33%) Degree
1 1 (33.33%) Swedish Language
1 1 (33.33%) QA
1 1 (33.33%) DV Cleared
1 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
1 1 (33.33%) Security Architecture
1 1 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (33.33%) Payment Gateway
1 1 (33.33%) Dynamics 365
1 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (33.33%) NCSC
1 1 (33.33%) NIST
1 1 (33.33%) Requirements Gathering
1 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
1 1 (33.33%) Operational Technology
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft

Operations Consultant Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) Dynamics 365
General
1 1 (33.33%) Automotive
1 1 (33.33%) Finance
1 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
1 1 (33.33%) Swedish Language
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Operational Technology
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (33.33%) Requirements Gathering
1 1 (33.33%) Security Architecture
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) Degree
1 1 (33.33%) DV Cleared
1 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) NCSC
1 1 (33.33%) NIST
1 1 (33.33%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft