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 23 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 445 516 587
Rank change year-on-year +71 +71 +166
Contract jobs citing Operations Management 76 62 95
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.27% 0.15% 0.17%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.29% 0.17% 0.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 52 43 73
10th Percentile £310 £355 £410
25th Percentile £450 £438 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £625
Median % change year-on-year - -12.00% +13.64%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £745
90th Percentile £657 £645 -
UK excluding London median daily rate £550 £550 £575
% change year-on-year - -4.35% -8.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 8 3
10th Percentile £23.31 £16.81 £56.00
25th Percentile £26.14 £18.25 £56.10
Median hourly rate £31.47 £28.25 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year +11.38% -50.87% -
75th Percentile £37.42 £30.25 £74.38
90th Percentile £40.62 £30.63 £83.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £21.43 £28.25 £57.50
% change year-on-year -24.14% -50.87% -

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 26,091 36,498 50,798
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 91.03% 86.03% 89.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 16,724 23,542 35,172
10th Percentile £303 £300 £325
25th Percentile £409 £413 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% +3.29%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - +3.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,059 2,447 1,685
10th Percentile £14.20 £12.75 £10.63
25th Percentile £18.13 £15.97 £15.99
Median hourly rate £27.50 £36.05 £37.00
Median % change year-on-year -23.71% -2.58% +44.08%
75th Percentile £58.63 £60.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £38.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -33.82% +8.57% +75.00%

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 23 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
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Operations Management over the 6 months to 23 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram 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 23 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 +74 71 £550 - 187
UK excluding London +42 42 £550 - 151
London +77 29 £575 +47.97% 53
East of England +48 20 £550 -8.33% 16
Work from Home +33 16 £535 -2.73% 49
Midlands - 7 £250 - 24
South East +48 5 £450 +21.62% 59
North of England -12 5 £543 -1.36% 32
South West +38 4 - - 17
East Midlands - 4 £250 - 7
West Midlands - 3 - - 15
North West +7 2 £535 -12.76% 12
Yorkshire -10 2 £550 - 11
North East -1 1 £250 - 11
Northern Ireland - 1 £625 - 2

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 (1.32%) CMS
Applications
1 2 (2.63%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.32%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.32%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (3.95%) NetSuite
1 3 (3.95%) Unit4 Business World
2 1 (1.32%) DELMIA
2 1 (1.32%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 20 (26.32%) Cohesity
2 7 (9.21%) SaaS
3 4 (5.26%) Azure
3 4 (5.26%) Microsoft 365
4 3 (3.95%) Azure DevOps
5 2 (2.63%) AWS
6 1 (1.32%) GCP
6 1 (1.32%) Lucidchart
6 1 (1.32%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 20 (26.32%) DNS
1 20 (26.32%) SAN
2 1 (1.32%) Ethernet
2 1 (1.32%) HTTP
2 1 (1.32%) MPLS
2 1 (1.32%) Network Security
2 1 (1.32%) SDH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.32%) Power BI
1 1 (1.32%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (1.32%) JIRA
General
1 21 (27.63%) Social Skills
2 15 (19.74%) Finance
3 11 (14.47%) Analytical Skills
4 8 (10.53%) Public Sector
5 7 (9.21%) Marketing
6 3 (3.95%) Presentation Skills
7 2 (2.63%) Influencing Skills
7 2 (2.63%) Manufacturing
7 2 (2.63%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (1.32%) Electronics
8 1 (1.32%) Financial Institution
8 1 (1.32%) Front Office
8 1 (1.32%) Military
8 1 (1.32%) Retail
Job Titles
1 12 (15.79%) Developer
1 12 (15.79%) ServiceNow Developer
2 7 (9.21%) Administrator
2 7 (9.21%) Analyst
2 7 (9.21%) ServiceNow Administrator
3 5 (6.58%) Lead
4 4 (5.26%) Architect
4 4 (5.26%) Operations Manager
5 3 (3.95%) Business Analyst
5 3 (3.95%) DevOps Administrator
5 3 (3.95%) DevOps Developer
5 3 (3.95%) Marketing Manager
5 3 (3.95%) Project Manager
5 3 (3.95%) ServiceNow Architect
6 2 (2.63%) ERP Manager
6 2 (2.63%) Finance Manager
6 2 (2.63%) Migration Manager
6 2 (2.63%) ServiceNow Manager
6 2 (2.63%) Test Manager
6 2 (2.63%) Transformation Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (11.84%) REST
1 9 (11.84%) SOAP
1 9 (11.84%) Web Services
2 6 (7.89%) CSS
2 6 (7.89%) HTML
3 5 (6.58%) Ajax
3 5 (6.58%) AngularJS
4 4 (5.26%) LDAP
5 2 (2.63%) SailPoint
5 2 (2.63%) XML
6 1 (1.32%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 8 (10.53%) CMDB
2 7 (9.21%) Onboarding
3 4 (5.26%) Smartphone
4 2 (2.63%) Data Fabric
4 2 (2.63%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (1.32%) CCTV
5 1 (1.32%) Management Information System
5 1 (1.32%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 22 (28.95%) Windows
2 20 (26.32%) Windows Server
2 20 (26.32%) Windows Server 2016
2 20 (26.32%) Windows Server 2019
3 4 (5.26%) Android
4 3 (3.95%) Linux
4 3 (3.95%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (26.32%) Build Automation
1 20 (26.32%) Deployment Automation
1 20 (26.32%) SIEM
2 19 (25.00%) Service Management
3 16 (21.05%) ITIL
3 16 (21.05%) ITSM
4 15 (19.74%) Agile
4 15 (19.74%) Problem-Solving
5 13 (17.11%) Project Management
6 9 (11.84%) Change Management
6 9 (11.84%) Service Delivery
7 8 (10.53%) Continuous Improvement
7 8 (10.53%) Customer Service
7 8 (10.53%) Process Improvement
8 7 (9.21%) DevOps
8 7 (9.21%) ERP
8 7 (9.21%) Migration
9 6 (7.89%) Scrum
9 6 (7.89%) Stakeholder Management
10 5 (6.58%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 23 (30.26%) PowerShell
2 8 (10.53%) JavaScript
3 3 (3.95%) Python
3 3 (3.95%) SQL
4 2 (2.63%) Java
4 2 (2.63%) Perl
4 2 (2.63%) Shell Script
5 1 (1.32%) BeanShell
Qualifications
1 39 (51.32%) Security Cleared
2 23 (30.26%) DV Cleared
3 18 (23.68%) SC Cleared
4 9 (11.84%) Degree
5 4 (5.26%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 4 (5.26%) Master's Degree
5 4 (5.26%) PMI Certification
5 4 (5.26%) PMP
6 2 (2.63%) CTC Cleared
7 1 (1.32%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (1.32%) CCNA
7 1 (1.32%) CCNP
7 1 (1.32%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (1.32%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (1.32%) MBA
7 1 (1.32%) Six Sigma Black Belt
7 1 (1.32%) Six Sigma Green Belt
7 1 (1.32%) Six Sigma Master Black Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (5.26%) SLA
2 3 (3.95%) GRC
3 2 (2.63%) Data Quality
4 1 (1.32%) GDPR
4 1 (1.32%) HIPAA
4 1 (1.32%) MiFID
4 1 (1.32%) QA
4 1 (1.32%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 22 (28.95%) Active Directory
2 20 (26.32%) Microsoft Virtual Server
2 20 (26.32%) Virtual Servers
2 20 (26.32%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (5.26%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 20 (26.32%) Ansible
1 20 (26.32%) SCCM
1 20 (26.32%) WSUS
2 4 (5.26%) BMC PATROL
2 4 (5.26%) Single Sign-On
3 2 (2.63%) Grafana
3 2 (2.63%) Prometheus
4 1 (1.32%) CSIRT
4 1 (1.32%) MOM
Vendors
1 27 (35.53%) Microsoft
2 22 (28.95%) ServiceNow
3 21 (27.63%) Splunk
4 20 (26.32%) NetApp
4 20 (26.32%) VMware
5 5 (6.58%) BMC
6 4 (5.26%) Apple
6 4 (5.26%) SAP
7 3 (3.95%) Workday
8 2 (2.63%) Oracle
9 1 (1.32%) CyberArk
9 1 (1.32%) FireEye
9 1 (1.32%) Infor
9 1 (1.32%) Okta
9 1 (1.32%) Remedy
9 1 (1.32%) Salesforce
9 1 (1.32%) Tanium