Operations Management Contracts

Operations Management
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring Operations Management skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Operations Management over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 457 523 609
Rank change year-on-year +66 +86 +150
Contract jobs citing Operations Management 63 59 109
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.22% 0.14% 0.18%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.24% 0.16% 0.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 34 41 87
10th Percentile £250 £355 £428
25th Percentile £333 £475 £550
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £650
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% -15.38% +20.37%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £745
90th Percentile £696 £650 £755
UK excluding London median daily rate £444 £550 £625
% change year-on-year -19.32% -12.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 8 2
10th Percentile £22.14 £16.81 £59.35
25th Percentile £23.20 £18.25 £64.46
Median hourly rate £25.22 £28.25 £73.44
Median % change year-on-year -10.74% -61.53% -
75th Percentile £27.48 £30.25 £81.96
90th Percentile £28.69 £30.63 £86.78
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.22 £28.25 £73.44
% change year-on-year -10.74% -61.53% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Operations Management falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 26,594 37,597 53,655
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 90.84% 86.31% 89.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,149 24,227 37,238
10th Percentile £308 £300 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £630 £638 £650
90th Percentile £743 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £483 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -3.50% - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,071 2,443 1,746
10th Percentile £14.41 £12.75 £11.00
25th Percentile £18.21 £16.00 £16.25
Median hourly rate £29.00 £35.65 £37.30
Median % change year-on-year -18.65% -4.42% +49.20%
75th Percentile £60.38 £59.98 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £27.50 £37.34 £36.00
% change year-on-year -26.35% +3.72% +80.00%

Operations Management
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Operations Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Operations Management in the UK

Operations Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Operations Management.

Daily rate trend for Operations Management in the UK

Operations Management
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Operations Management over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Operations Management in the UK

Operations Management
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Operations Management.

Hourly rate trend for Operations Management in the UK

Operations Management
Top 15 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Operations Management within the UK over the 6 months to 1 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
England +57 55 £500 -9.09% 125
UK excluding London +45 30 £444 -19.32% 71
London +58 27 £588 +51.19% 73
Work from Home +31 20 £525 -4.55% 42
North of England -3 10 £535 -2.73% 18
North West +22 8 £535 -12.76% 13
Midlands - 7 £250 - 9
South East +43 5 £450 +21.62% 19
South West +46 4 - - 11
East Midlands - 4 £250 - 2
West Midlands - 3 - - 6
Northern Ireland - 3 £463 -
East of England +28 1 £550 -8.33% 5
North East -1 1 £250 - 1
Yorkshire -18 1 £550 - 4

Operations Management
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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (1.59%) CMS
Applications
1 2 (3.17%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.59%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.59%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (1.59%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 7 (11.11%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (4.76%) NetSuite
2 3 (4.76%) Unit4 Business World
3 1 (1.59%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 7 (11.11%) SaaS
2 4 (6.35%) Azure
2 4 (6.35%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (4.76%) Azure DevOps
4 2 (3.17%) AWS
5 1 (1.59%) Cohesity
5 1 (1.59%) GCP
5 1 (1.59%) Lucidchart
5 1 (1.59%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.59%) DNS
1 1 (1.59%) Ethernet
1 1 (1.59%) HTTP
1 1 (1.59%) MPLS
1 1 (1.59%) Network Security
1 1 (1.59%) SAN
1 1 (1.59%) SDH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.59%) Power BI
1 1 (1.59%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (1.59%) JIRA
General
1 28 (44.44%) Social Skills
2 16 (25.40%) Finance
3 11 (17.46%) Analytical Skills
4 9 (14.29%) Manufacturing
5 8 (12.70%) Automotive
5 8 (12.70%) Public Sector
6 7 (11.11%) Marketing
7 5 (7.94%) Presentation Skills
8 2 (3.17%) General Ledger
8 2 (3.17%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (1.59%) Electronics
9 1 (1.59%) Financial Institution
9 1 (1.59%) Front Office
9 1 (1.59%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (1.59%) Military
9 1 (1.59%) Retail
Job Titles
1 11 (17.46%) Developer
1 11 (17.46%) ServiceNow Developer
2 9 (14.29%) Analyst
3 6 (9.52%) Administrator
3 6 (9.52%) Lead
3 6 (9.52%) ServiceNow Administrator
4 4 (6.35%) Architect
4 4 (6.35%) Business Analyst
4 4 (6.35%) ServiceNow Architect
5 3 (4.76%) Marketing Manager
5 3 (4.76%) Operations Manager
6 2 (3.17%) DevOps Administrator
6 2 (3.17%) DevOps Developer
6 2 (3.17%) ERP Manager
6 2 (3.17%) Finance Manager
6 2 (3.17%) Migration Manager
6 2 (3.17%) ServiceNow Manager
6 2 (3.17%) Solutions Architect
6 2 (3.17%) Test Manager
7 1 (1.59%) Operations Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (14.29%) Web Services
2 8 (12.70%) REST
2 8 (12.70%) SOAP
3 6 (9.52%) CSS
3 6 (9.52%) HTML
4 5 (7.94%) Ajax
4 5 (7.94%) AngularJS
5 4 (6.35%) LDAP
6 2 (3.17%) SailPoint
6 2 (3.17%) XML
7 1 (1.59%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 8 (12.70%) Manufacturing Execution System
2 7 (11.11%) CMDB
2 7 (11.11%) Industry 4.0
2 7 (11.11%) Onboarding
3 4 (6.35%) Smartphone
4 3 (4.76%) Management Information System
5 2 (3.17%) Data Fabric
5 2 (3.17%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (1.59%) CCTV
6 1 (1.59%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 4 (6.35%) Android
2 3 (4.76%) Linux
2 3 (4.76%) Unix
2 3 (4.76%) Windows
3 1 (1.59%) Windows Server
3 1 (1.59%) Windows Server 2016
3 1 (1.59%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (39.68%) Agile
2 22 (34.92%) Problem-Solving
2 22 (34.92%) Project Management
3 19 (30.16%) Service Management
4 15 (23.81%) ITIL
4 15 (23.81%) ITSM
5 13 (20.63%) ERP
6 12 (19.05%) Computer Science
7 11 (17.46%) Decision-Making
8 10 (15.87%) API Integration
9 9 (14.29%) Analytics
9 9 (14.29%) Migration
9 9 (14.29%) Roadmaps
10 8 (12.70%) Data Modelling
10 8 (12.70%) PLM
10 8 (12.70%) Product Roadmap
10 8 (12.70%) Scrum
10 8 (12.70%) Supply Chain Management
10 8 (12.70%) Technical Leadership
10 8 (12.70%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 8 (12.70%) JavaScript
2 4 (6.35%) PowerShell
3 3 (4.76%) Python
3 3 (4.76%) SQL
4 2 (3.17%) Java
4 2 (3.17%) Perl
4 2 (3.17%) Shell Script
5 1 (1.59%) BeanShell
Qualifications
1 21 (33.33%) Security Cleared
2 18 (28.57%) SC Cleared
3 16 (25.40%) Degree
4 9 (14.29%) Master's Degree
5 8 (12.70%) Computer Science Degree
6 7 (11.11%) BPSS Clearance
7 4 (6.35%) DV Cleared
7 4 (6.35%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 2 (3.17%) CTC Cleared
8 2 (3.17%) PMI Certification
8 2 (3.17%) PMP
9 1 (1.59%) CCNA
9 1 (1.59%) CCNP
9 1 (1.59%) Cisco Certification
9 1 (1.59%) MBA
9 1 (1.59%) Six Sigma Black Belt
9 1 (1.59%) Six Sigma Green Belt
9 1 (1.59%) Six Sigma Master Black Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (4.76%) GRC
1 3 (4.76%) SLA
2 2 (3.17%) Data Quality
3 1 (1.59%) GDPR
3 1 (1.59%) HIPAA
3 1 (1.59%) MiFID
3 1 (1.59%) QA
3 1 (1.59%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 4 (6.35%) BitLocker
2 3 (4.76%) Active Directory
3 1 (1.59%) Microsoft Virtual Server
3 1 (1.59%) Virtual Servers
3 1 (1.59%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 8 (12.70%) MOM
2 4 (6.35%) BMC PATROL
2 4 (6.35%) Single Sign-On
3 2 (3.17%) Grafana
3 2 (3.17%) Prometheus
4 1 (1.59%) Ansible
4 1 (1.59%) CSIRT
4 1 (1.59%) SCCM
4 1 (1.59%) WSUS
Vendors
1 22 (34.92%) ServiceNow
2 12 (19.05%) SAP
3 8 (12.70%) Microsoft
4 7 (11.11%) Rockwell
4 7 (11.11%) Siemens
5 5 (7.94%) BMC
6 4 (6.35%) Apple
7 3 (4.76%) Workday
8 2 (3.17%) Oracle
8 2 (3.17%) Splunk
9 1 (1.59%) CyberArk
9 1 (1.59%) FireEye
9 1 (1.59%) Infor
9 1 (1.59%) NetApp
9 1 (1.59%) Okta
9 1 (1.59%) Remedy
9 1 (1.59%) Salesforce
9 1 (1.59%) Tanium
9 1 (1.59%) VMware