Operations Research (or Operational Research)
Yorkshire > West Yorkshire
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in West Yorkshire requiring Operations Research skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Operations Research over the 6 months leading up to 29 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 29 Aug 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | - | 88 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | - |
| Contract jobs citing Operations Research | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in West Yorkshire | - | - | 0.15% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | - | - | 0.16% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | - | - | £438 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | - | £450 |
| 75th Percentile | - | - | £463 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| Yorkshire median daily rate | - | - | £450 |
All Process and Methodology Skills
West Yorkshire
Operations Research 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 in West Yorkshire.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills | 672 | 733 | 1,236 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in West Yorkshire | 88.89% | 85.23% | 90.68% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 437 | 468 | 828 |
| 10th Percentile | £287 | £350 | £332 |
| 25th Percentile | £400 | £413 | £450 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £495 | £500 | £535 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -1.00% | -6.54% | +7.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £575 | £575 | £625 |
| 90th Percentile | £650 | £655 | £700 |
| Yorkshire median daily rate | £475 | £500 | £525 |
| % change year-on-year | -5.00% | -4.76% | +5.00% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 18 | 27 | 20 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | £12.00 |
| 25th Percentile | £22.14 | £12.15 | £13.17 |
| Median hourly rate | £25.50 | £15.17 | £17.82 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +68.09% | -14.87% | -10.90% |
| 75th Percentile | £81.25 | £33.75 | £21.31 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £38.75 | £24.38 |
| Yorkshire median hourly rate | £22.14 | £15.00 | £20.00 |
| % change year-on-year | +47.60% | -25.00% | +5.26% |
Operations Research
Job Vacancy Trend in West Yorkshire
Job postings citing Operations Research as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in West Yorkshire.
Operations Research
Daily Rate Trend in West Yorkshire
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in West Yorkshire citing Operations Research.
