Web Operations Contracts

Web Operations (WebOps)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring Web Operations skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Web Operations 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 512 578 692
Rank change year-on-year +66 +114 +130
Contract jobs citing Web Operations 8 4 26
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.027% 0.009% 0.044%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.030% 0.011% 0.048%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 4 18
10th Percentile £373 £323 £375
25th Percentile £383 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £410 £500 £505
Median % change year-on-year -17.95% -0.99% -3.81%
75th Percentile £433 £538 £544
90th Percentile £439 - £630
UK excluding London median daily rate £410 - £525
% change year-on-year - - -0.02%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Web Operations 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%

Web Operations
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Web Operations in the UK

Web Operations
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Web Operations in the UK

Web Operations
Top 6 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Web Operations 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 +62 8 £410 -13.63% 3
UK excluding London - 8 £410 - 1
North of England - 7 £410 - 1
North West - 7 £410 -
Work from Home +40 2 £383 -27.04% 1
South East - 1 - -

Web Operations
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 7 (87.50%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (12.50%) CMS
Cloud Services
1 7 (87.50%) Azure
1 7 (87.50%) Entra ID
1 7 (87.50%) IaaS
1 7 (87.50%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (12.50%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 7 (87.50%) Firewall
1 7 (87.50%) Intrusion Detection
1 7 (87.50%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (87.50%) SQL Server
General
1 7 (87.50%) Telecoms
2 1 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (12.50%) Marketing
2 1 (12.50%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (62.50%) Analyst
1 5 (62.50%) Infrastructure Analyst
2 2 (25.00%) Infrastructure Specialist
3 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Specialist
3 1 (12.50%) Operations Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Web Manager
3 1 (12.50%) WebOps Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (12.50%) NHS
1 1 (12.50%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 7 (87.50%) Windows
1 7 (87.50%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (87.50%) BCP
1 7 (87.50%) Business Continuity
1 7 (87.50%) Business Continuity Planning
1 7 (87.50%) Change Management
1 7 (87.50%) Cybersecurity
1 7 (87.50%) Disaster Recovery
1 7 (87.50%) Enterprise Architecture
1 7 (87.50%) Information Security
1 7 (87.50%) Problem-Solving
1 7 (87.50%) Project Delivery
1 7 (87.50%) Risk Assessment
1 7 (87.50%) Vulnerability Scanning
2 6 (75.00%) Analytics
2 6 (75.00%) Line Management
3 5 (62.50%) High Availability
3 5 (62.50%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 1 (12.50%) Collaborative Working
4 1 (12.50%) Content Management
4 1 (12.50%) Project Management
4 1 (12.50%) SEO
Programming Languages
1 7 (87.50%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 7 (87.50%) Azure Certification
1 7 (87.50%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 7 (87.50%) Active Directory
1 7 (87.50%) vSphere
2 6 (75.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 7 (87.50%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 7 (87.50%) Microsoft
1 7 (87.50%) VMware
2 1 (12.50%) Adobe
2 1 (12.50%) Google