Operations Manager Contracts

Operations Manager
UK

The median Operations Manager daily rate in the UK is £488 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 6 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
6 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 522 620 718
Rank change year-on-year +98 +98 -92
Contract jobs requiring an Operations Manager 56 96 149
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.13% 0.16% 0.17%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.14% 0.17% 0.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 24 60 102
10th Percentile £265 £407 £313
25th Percentile £372 £448 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £600 £585
Median % change year-on-year -18.75% +2.56% +17.00%
75th Percentile £725 £700 £659
90th Percentile £793 £775 £785
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £600 £600
% change year-on-year -20.83% - +14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 1 3
10th Percentile £20.98 - £32.04
25th Percentile £24.75 - £33.23
Median hourly rate £48.56 £90.00 £35.20
Median % change year-on-year -46.04% +155.68% +40.80%
75th Percentile £67.50 - £35.81
90th Percentile £72.50 - £36.17
UK excluding London median hourly rate £65.00 £90.00 £35.20
% change year-on-year -27.78% +155.68% +42.22%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes 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 40,246 55,892 84,695
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.74% 94.62% 95.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,216 39,044 59,517
10th Percentile £279 £313 £313
25th Percentile £409 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,676 1,569 2,074
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.25 £15.72
Median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £23.91
Median % change year-on-year -18.89% +88.21% +6.27%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.75 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £76.00 £64.60
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £42.16 £19.52
% change year-on-year -5.11% +115.96% +2.74%

Operations Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Operations Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Operations Manager in the UK

Operations Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Operations Manager in the UK

Operations Manager
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Operations Manager over the 6 months to 6 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Operations Manager in the UK

Operations Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Operations Manager in the UK

Operations Manager
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Operations Manager over the 6 months to 6 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Operations Manager in the UK

Operations Manager
Top 10 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Operations Manager within the UK over the 6 months to 6 May 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
England +80 53 £488 -18.75% 121
London +95 30 £538 -10.42% 61
UK excluding London +47 25 £475 -20.83% 62
Work from Home +100 15 £475 -5.00% 43
South West +31 10 £400 - 13
South East +30 10 - - 15
Wales +16 2 £475 +49.61%
Yorkshire +15 2 £475 +6.74% 4
North of England +14 2 £475 +7.95% 10
East of England +3 1 £550 -8.41% 10

Operations Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 6 May 2024, Operations Manager 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 Manager in the job title.

1 17 (30.36%) Finance
2 13 (23.21%) Project Management
3 12 (21.43%) Degree
4 11 (19.64%) Microsoft Excel
4 11 (19.64%) Social Skills
5 9 (16.07%) Information Security
6 8 (14.29%) Microsoft Office
6 8 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
6 8 (14.29%) Power Platform
6 8 (14.29%) Cybersecurity
6 8 (14.29%) Security Operations
7 7 (12.50%) Power BI
7 7 (12.50%) ITIL
7 7 (12.50%) Business Intelligence
7 7 (12.50%) Microsoft
7 7 (12.50%) Management Information System
8 6 (10.71%) Legal
8 6 (10.71%) Reuters
8 6 (10.71%) Microsoft 365
8 6 (10.71%) SC Cleared
8 6 (10.71%) Security Cleared
8 6 (10.71%) Mathematics
9 5 (8.93%) Business Continuity
9 5 (8.93%) Azure
9 5 (8.93%) SLA
9 5 (8.93%) Cisco
9 5 (8.93%) Telecoms
9 5 (8.93%) Law
9 5 (8.93%) Presentation Skills
9 5 (8.93%) Accessibility

Operations Manager 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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (5.36%) SharePoint
Applications
1 11 (19.64%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (14.29%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (5.36%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (1.79%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (1.79%) Salesforce CRM
1 1 (1.79%) SAP S/4HANA
1 1 (1.79%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 8 (14.29%) Power Platform
2 6 (10.71%) Microsoft 365
3 5 (8.93%) Azure
4 2 (3.57%) PowerApps
5 1 (1.79%) Asana
5 1 (1.79%) Dropbox
5 1 (1.79%) Google Workspace
5 1 (1.79%) OneDrive
5 1 (1.79%) Power Automate
5 1 (1.79%) SaaS
5 1 (1.79%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
5 1 (1.79%) SAP Commerce Cloud
5 1 (1.79%) ShareGate
5 1 (1.79%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 2 (3.57%) Firewall
1 2 (3.57%) VoIP
2 1 (1.79%) LAN
2 1 (1.79%) SD-WAN
2 1 (1.79%) VLAN
2 1 (1.79%) WAN
2 1 (1.79%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (12.50%) Power BI
2 4 (7.14%) GIS
3 3 (5.36%) Tableau
4 1 (1.79%) SQL Server
General
1 17 (30.36%) Finance
2 11 (19.64%) Social Skills
3 6 (10.71%) Legal
4 5 (8.93%) Law
4 5 (8.93%) Presentation Skills
4 5 (8.93%) Telecoms
5 4 (7.14%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (7.14%) Public Sector
6 3 (5.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 3 (5.36%) Influencing Skills
7 2 (3.57%) Health Technology
7 2 (3.57%) Organisational Skills
7 2 (3.57%) Retail
8 1 (1.79%) Advertising
8 1 (1.79%) Billing
8 1 (1.79%) Marketing
8 1 (1.79%) Pharmaceutical
Miscellaneous
1 7 (12.50%) Management Information System
2 2 (3.57%) Onboarding
2 2 (3.57%) Product Ownership
2 2 (3.57%) Security Posture
2 2 (3.57%) Virtual Team
3 1 (1.79%) Cloud Native
3 1 (1.79%) Cyberattack
3 1 (1.79%) Data Centre
3 1 (1.79%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (1.79%) FMCG
3 1 (1.79%) Marketing Technology
3 1 (1.79%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 3 (5.36%) Windows
2 2 (3.57%) Windows Server
3 1 (1.79%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (23.21%) Project Management
2 9 (16.07%) Information Security
3 8 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
3 8 (14.29%) Cybersecurity
3 8 (14.29%) Security Operations
4 7 (12.50%) Business Intelligence
4 7 (12.50%) ITIL
5 6 (10.71%) Mathematics
6 5 (8.93%) Budget Management
6 5 (8.93%) Business Continuity
6 5 (8.93%) Project Delivery
6 5 (8.93%) Roadmaps
7 4 (7.14%) Budgeting and Forecasting
7 4 (7.14%) Cloud Security
7 4 (7.14%) Customer Experience
7 4 (7.14%) Incident Response
7 4 (7.14%) Infrastructure Management
7 4 (7.14%) Line Management
7 4 (7.14%) Problem-Solving
7 4 (7.14%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.79%) Python
Qualifications
1 12 (21.43%) Degree
2 6 (10.71%) SC Cleared
2 6 (10.71%) Security Cleared
3 3 (5.36%) CISM
3 3 (5.36%) CISSP
4 2 (3.57%) Cisco Certification
4 2 (3.57%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (1.79%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 1 (1.79%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (1.79%) CCNA
5 1 (1.79%) CCSK
5 1 (1.79%) CompTIA CySA+
5 1 (1.79%) CompTIA Security+
5 1 (1.79%) GCIA
5 1 (1.79%) GCIH
5 1 (1.79%) ITIL Certification
5 1 (1.79%) MCSE
5 1 (1.79%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (8.93%) Accessibility
1 5 (8.93%) SLA
2 2 (3.57%) NIST
2 2 (3.57%) QA
3 1 (1.79%) Data Quality
3 1 (1.79%) GDPR
3 1 (1.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (1.79%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 1 (1.79%) UAG
Systems Management
1 2 (3.57%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (1.79%) Terraform
Vendors
1 7 (12.50%) Microsoft
2 6 (10.71%) Reuters
3 5 (8.93%) Cisco
4 4 (7.14%) Salesforce
5 1 (1.79%) Apple
5 1 (1.79%) Dynatrace
5 1 (1.79%) Meraki
5 1 (1.79%) Nintex
5 1 (1.79%) SAP
5 1 (1.79%) ServiceNow
5 1 (1.79%) Sophos
5 1 (1.79%) Splunk