Operations Engineer
UK
The median Operations Engineer daily rate in the UK is £537, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 7 May 2025.
The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 7 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 454 | 468 | 588 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +14 | +120 | +127 |
| Contract jobs requiring an Operations Engineer | 54 | 110 | 128 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.18% | 0.25% | 0.22% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.20% | 0.27% | 0.23% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 27 | 80 | 85 |
| 10th Percentile | £387 | £353 | £400 |
| 25th Percentile | £400 | £406 | £459 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £537 | £550 | £600 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -2.36% | -8.33% | +14.29% |
| 75th Percentile | £609 | £650 | £650 |
| 90th Percentile | £750 | £700 | £709 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £425 | £431 | £540 |
| % change year-on-year | -1.43% | -20.15% | +8.00% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Median hourly rate | £28.18 | £38.50 | - |
| Median % change year-on-year | -26.81% | - | - |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £28.18 | £38.50 | - |
| % change year-on-year | -26.81% | - | - |
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 | 27,103 | 40,251 | 55,892 |
| % of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title | 92.50% | 92.75% | 94.62% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 17,687 | 26,220 | 39,044 |
| 10th Percentile | £300 | £280 | £313 |
| 25th Percentile | £406 | £409 | £425 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £513 | £525 | £540 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -2.38% | -2.78% | +2.86% |
| 75th Percentile | £625 | £638 | £650 |
| 90th Percentile | £738 | £750 | £750 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £475 | £490 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -3.06% | -2.00% | +5.26% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 1,052 | 2,676 | 1,569 |
| 10th Percentile | £14.13 | £12.86 | £14.25 |
| 25th Percentile | £18.50 | £16.30 | £19.25 |
| Median hourly rate | £29.00 | £36.50 | £45.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -20.55% | -18.89% | +88.21% |
| 75th Percentile | £62.50 | £61.30 | £65.75 |
| 90th Percentile | £75.00 | £72.50 | £76.00 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £28.00 | £40.00 | £42.16 |
| % change year-on-year | -30.00% | -5.11% | +115.96% |
Operations Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Operations Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Operations Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Operations Engineer.
Operations Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Operations Engineer over the 6 months to 7 May 2025.
Operations Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Operations Engineer.
Operations Engineer
Top 12 Contract Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Operations Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 7 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 |
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| England | +15 | 51 | £540 | -1.82% | 135 |
| London | +24 | 26 | £600 | -5.88% | 26 |
| Work from Home | +31 | 21 | £495 | +16.47% | 32 |
| UK excluding London | +22 | 21 | £425 | -1.43% | 132 |
| North of England | +10 | 9 | £388 | -6.93% | 32 |
| North West | +18 | 8 | £450 | -18.18% | 19 |
| Midlands | +23 | 6 | £537 | +32.59% | 23 |
| West Midlands | +19 | 6 | £537 | +32.59% | 12 |
| South East | +13 | 3 | £425 | +3.41% | 32 |
| East of England | +29 | 2 | £400 | -9.50% | 17 |
| South West | +34 | 1 | - | - | 15 |
| Yorkshire | +14 | 1 | £325 | - | 10 |
Operations Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 7 May 2025, Operations Engineer 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 featuring Operations Engineer in the job title.
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Operations Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:
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