Operations Manager Contract Job Trends in the West Midlands

Operations Manager
England > West Midlands

The median Operations Manager daily rate in the West Midlands is £513, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 29 August 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 116 108 124
Rank change year-on-year -8 +16 +48
Contract jobs requiring an Operations Manager 3 3 6
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands 0.17% 0.16% 0.28%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.19% 0.17% 0.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 3 5
10th Percentile £481 - £312
25th Percentile £491 £275 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £300 £450
Median % change year-on-year +70.83% -33.33% -30.77%
75th Percentile £541 £341 £575
90th Percentile £554 £350 £590
England median daily rate £488 £515 £638
% change year-on-year -5.34% -19.22% +15.91%

All DemandTrendContract IT Job Vacancies
West Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the West Midlands. 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 West Midlands with a recognized job title 1,579 1,759 2,023
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.97% 92.34% 94.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,018 1,164 1,389
10th Percentile £235 £240 £250
25th Percentile £375 £375 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - +1.01%
75th Percentile £581 £613 £600
90th Percentile £649 £713 £725
England median daily rate £508 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -3.33% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 110 72 63
10th Percentile £12.62 £12.77 £14.18
25th Percentile £14.00 £14.98 £17.13
Median hourly rate £25.15 £19.59 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year +28.38% -8.88% +19.44%
75th Percentile £39.39 £34.20 £30.52
90th Percentile £50.00 £52.25 £67.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £45.00 £43.85
% change year-on-year -44.11% +2.63% +68.64%

Operations Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Operations Manager in the West Midlands

Operations Manager
Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Operations Manager job vacancies in the West Midlands.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Operations Manager job vacancies in the West Midlands

Operations Manager
Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Operations Manager job vacancies in the West Midlands.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Operations Manager job vacancies in the West Midlands

Operations Manager
Contract Job Locations in the West Midlands

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 West Midlands region over the 6 months to 29 August 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
Birmingham - 2 £475 - 2
Wolverhampton -2 1 £550 +83.33% 1
Operations Manager
England

Operations Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands

For the 6 months to 29 August 2025, 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 across the West Midlands region featuring Operations Manager in the job title.

1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Presentation Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Roadmaps
2 1 (33.33%) Product Ownership
2 1 (33.33%) Product Operations
2 1 (33.33%) SQL Server
2 1 (33.33%) ITIL
2 1 (33.33%) ITIL Certification
2 1 (33.33%) SAN
2 1 (33.33%) Project Management
2 1 (33.33%) Change Management
2 1 (33.33%) Finance
2 1 (33.33%) Scrum
2 1 (33.33%) VMware
2 1 (33.33%) PLM
2 1 (33.33%) Agile
2 1 (33.33%) Knowledge Management
2 1 (33.33%) Release Management
2 1 (33.33%) Hyper-V
2 1 (33.33%) NAS
2 1 (33.33%) Product Management
2 1 (33.33%) Azure
2 1 (33.33%) Capacity Planning
2 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (33.33%) Agile Project Management
2 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (33.33%) SDLC
2 1 (33.33%) Digital Transformation Programme
2 1 (33.33%) Strategic Thinking
2 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving

Operations Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) NAS
1 1 (33.33%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) SQL Server
General
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Finance
2 1 (33.33%) Presentation Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) Agile
1 1 (33.33%) Agile Project Management
1 1 (33.33%) Capacity Planning
1 1 (33.33%) Change Management
1 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (33.33%) Digital Transformation Programme
1 1 (33.33%) ITIL
1 1 (33.33%) Knowledge Management
1 1 (33.33%) PLM
1 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (33.33%) Product Management
1 1 (33.33%) Product Operations
1 1 (33.33%) Project Delivery
1 1 (33.33%) Project Management
1 1 (33.33%) Release Management
1 1 (33.33%) Roadmaps
1 1 (33.33%) Scrum
1 1 (33.33%) SDLC
1 1 (33.33%) Strategic Thinking
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) ITIL Certification
System Software
1 1 (33.33%) Hyper-V
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) VMware