Operations Engineer Contract Job Trends in West End of London

Operations Engineer
Central London > West End of London

The median Operations Engineer daily rate in West End of London is £350, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 26 January 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 7 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring an Operations Engineer 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in West End of London 6.06% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 6.45% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 - -
Central London median daily rate £538 £500 £625
% change year-on-year +7.50% -20.00% +11.11%

All Contract IT Job Roles
West End of London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in West End of London. 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 West End of London with a recognized job title 31 69 51
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.94% 88.46% 100.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 48 28
10th Percentile £403 £383 £176
25th Percentile £453 £450 £263
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £525 £520
Median % change year-on-year +2.38% +0.96% -3.70%
75th Percentile £588 £584 £638
90th Percentile £635 £675 £798
Central London median daily rate £539 £575 £563
% change year-on-year -6.30% +2.22% -2.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 5 1
Median hourly rate £26.11 £35.00 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year -25.40% +34.62% -
Central London median hourly rate £26.11 £35.00 £27.81
% change year-on-year -25.40% +25.85% +18.34%

Operations Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in West End of London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Operations Engineer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in West End of London.

Operations Engineer job vacancy trend in West End of London

Operations Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in West End of London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Operations Engineer job vacancies in West End of London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Operations Engineer job vacancies in West End of London

Operations Engineer
Contract Job Locations in West End of London

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 West End of London region over the 6 months to 26 January 2026. 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
Soho - 2 £350 -
Operations Engineer
Central London

Operations Engineer Skill Set
Top 6 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West End of London

For the 6 months to 26 January 2026, Operations Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the West End of London region featuring Operations Engineer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) BGP
1 2 (100.00%) CCNP
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 2 (100.00%) Grafana
1 2 (100.00%) Prometheus
1 2 (100.00%) WAN

Operations Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West End of London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) BGP
1 2 (100.00%) WAN
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Data Centre
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) CCNP
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
Systems Management
1 2 (100.00%) Grafana
1 2 (100.00%) Prometheus