Operations Management Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Operations Management
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work requiring Operations Management skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Operations Management over the 6 months leading up to 3 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 282 314 418
Rank change year-on-year +32 +104 +147
Contract jobs citing Operations Management 19 30 53
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.19% 0.20% 0.21%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.21% 0.22% 0.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 25 47
10th Percentile £436 - £442
25th Percentile £450 £513 £544
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £550 £650
Median % change year-on-year -3.64% -15.38% +20.37%
75th Percentile £597 £600 £745
90th Percentile £660 £625 -
UK median daily rate £500 £550 £642
% change year-on-year -9.09% -14.33% +18.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 1
Median hourly rate - £28.50 £90.00
Median % change year-on-year - -68.33% -
UK median hourly rate £25.22 £28.25 £73.44
% change year-on-year -10.74% -61.53% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

Operations Management falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 9,020 13,413 23,039
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 91.13% 87.92% 89.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,197 8,959 16,290
10th Percentile £340 £325 £363
25th Percentile £419 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year - -2.78% +2.86%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £650
90th Percentile £763 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 221 580 529
10th Percentile £14.20 £15.17 £19.00
25th Percentile £19.75 £25.38 £30.54
Median hourly rate £39.00 £43.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -9.30% -21.82% +57.14%
75th Percentile £66.50 £60.00 £68.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.25 £80.00
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.58 £36.00
% change year-on-year -18.48% -1.18% +44.00%

Operations Management
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Operations Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

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

Operations Management
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 Management.

Operations Management daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Operations Management
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Operations Management over the 6 months to 3 May 2025.

Operations Management daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Operations Management
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Operations Management hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Operations Management
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:

Applications
1 1 (5.26%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (15.79%) NetSuite
1 3 (15.79%) SAP S/4HANA
1 3 (15.79%) Unit4 Business World
2 1 (5.26%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 3 (15.79%) Azure
1 3 (15.79%) Azure DevOps
2 2 (10.53%) SaaS
3 1 (5.26%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.26%) Ethernet
1 1 (5.26%) MPLS
1 1 (5.26%) SDH
Development Applications
1 1 (5.26%) JIRA
General
1 8 (42.11%) Finance
2 7 (36.84%) Social Skills
3 4 (21.05%) Automotive
3 4 (21.05%) Manufacturing
4 3 (15.79%) Marketing
5 1 (5.26%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (21.05%) Lead
2 3 (15.79%) Analyst
3 2 (10.53%) Business Analyst
3 2 (10.53%) ERP Manager
3 2 (10.53%) Finance Manager
3 2 (10.53%) Migration Manager
3 2 (10.53%) Test Manager
4 1 (5.26%) Administrator
4 1 (5.26%) Architect
4 1 (5.26%) Consultant
4 1 (5.26%) ERP Analyst
4 1 (5.26%) Migration Analyst
4 1 (5.26%) Network Analyst
4 1 (5.26%) Senior
4 1 (5.26%) Senior Analyst
4 1 (5.26%) Senior Network Analyst
4 1 (5.26%) ServiceNow Administrator
4 1 (5.26%) ServiceNow Architect
4 1 (5.26%) ServiceNow Business Analyst
4 1 (5.26%) Test Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.26%) Ajax
1 1 (5.26%) AngularJS
1 1 (5.26%) CSS
1 1 (5.26%) HTML
1 1 (5.26%) LDAP
1 1 (5.26%) SailPoint
1 1 (5.26%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 4 (21.05%) Manufacturing Execution System
2 3 (15.79%) Industry 4.0
2 3 (15.79%) Onboarding
3 1 (5.26%) CMDB
3 1 (5.26%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (5.26%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 3 (15.79%) Linux
2 2 (10.53%) Windows
3 1 (5.26%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (36.84%) ERP
2 6 (31.58%) Project Management
3 5 (26.32%) Agile
3 5 (26.32%) Migration
3 5 (26.32%) Problem-Solving
4 4 (21.05%) Decision-Making
4 4 (21.05%) ITIL
4 4 (21.05%) Mentoring
4 4 (21.05%) PLM
4 4 (21.05%) Presales
4 4 (21.05%) Product Roadmap
4 4 (21.05%) Roadmaps
4 4 (21.05%) Supply Chain Management
4 4 (21.05%) Technical Leadership
4 4 (21.05%) Test Strategy
4 4 (21.05%) User Acceptance Testing
5 3 (15.79%) Agile Project Management
5 3 (15.79%) Data Modelling
5 3 (15.79%) ITSM
5 3 (15.79%) Quality Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (10.53%) SQL
2 1 (5.26%) BeanShell
2 1 (5.26%) Java
2 1 (5.26%) JavaScript
2 1 (5.26%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 6 (31.58%) SC Cleared
1 6 (31.58%) Security Cleared
2 3 (15.79%) BPSS Clearance
2 3 (15.79%) Computer Science Degree
2 3 (15.79%) Degree
2 3 (15.79%) Master's Degree
3 1 (5.26%) CCNA
3 1 (5.26%) CCNP
3 1 (5.26%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (5.26%) DV Cleared
3 1 (5.26%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.26%) MiFID
1 1 (5.26%) QA
System Software
1 1 (5.26%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (21.05%) MOM
2 2 (10.53%) BMC PATROL
3 1 (5.26%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 7 (36.84%) SAP
2 3 (15.79%) BMC
2 3 (15.79%) Microsoft
2 3 (15.79%) Rockwell
2 3 (15.79%) ServiceNow
2 3 (15.79%) Siemens
2 3 (15.79%) Workday
3 2 (10.53%) Oracle
4 1 (5.26%) CyberArk
4 1 (5.26%) Okta
4 1 (5.26%) Remedy