Operations Director Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Director of Operations
UK > Work from Home

The median Director of Operations daily rate for remote or hybrid work is £820, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 15 May 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
15 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 301 - 463
Rank change year-on-year - - +145
Contract jobs requiring an Operations Director 2 0 1
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.020% - 0.004%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.022% - 0.004%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £820 - -
UK median daily rate £1,000 £960 £856
% change year-on-year +4.17% +12.12% +24.55%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies with WFH or hybrid options. 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 Work from Home with a recognized job title 9,184 13,934 23,816
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.88% 93.58% 95.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,247 9,354 16,817
10th Percentile £337 £325 £362
25th Percentile £413 £425 £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year -0.95% -2.78% +2.86%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £650
90th Percentile £774 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £513 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -2.38% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 217 572 545
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.27 £17.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £23.22 £25.71
Median hourly rate £37.00 £44.87 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year -17.54% -14.53% +50.00%
75th Percentile £67.50 £63.75 £67.50
90th Percentile £77.50 £75.25 £80.15
UK median hourly rate £28.60 £37.18 £45.00
% change year-on-year -23.08% -17.38% +88.21%

Operations Director
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options which featured Operations Director in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Operations Director trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Operations Director
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Operations Director.

Operations Director daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Operations Director Skill Set
Top 9 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

For the 6 months to 15 May 2025, Operations Director 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 jobs with a WFH option featuring Operations Director in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (100.00%) Programme Delivery
1 2 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
1 2 (100.00%) Service Delivery
2 1 (50.00%) Security Management

Operations Director Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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:

General
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (100.00%) Programme Delivery
1 2 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 2 (100.00%) Service Delivery
2 1 (50.00%) Security Management
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared