Operations Research Contracts in England

Operations Research (or Operational Research)
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Operations Research skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Operations Research over the 6 months to 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 540 606 772
Rank change year-on-year +66 +166 -165
Contract jobs citing Operations Research 11 31 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.030% 0.065% 0.007%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.035% 0.073% 0.008%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 22 2
10th Percentile £440 £313 £486
25th Percentile £463 £322 £492
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £375 £519
Median % change year-on-year +33.33% -27.71% -3.40%
75th Percentile £520 £400 £555
90th Percentile £532 £525 £567
UK median daily rate £500 £375 £600
% change year-on-year +33.33% -37.50% +10.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £21.25 - £53.13
Median hourly rate £21.50 - £56.25
75th Percentile £21.75 - £59.38
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £21.50 - £56.25
% change year-on-year - - +134.38%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Operations Research is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 31,623 42,710 64,053
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.71% 89.97% 90.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,632 29,989 45,672
10th Percentile £300 £325 £338
25th Percentile £413 £445 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £545
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +0.92% +9.00%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £750 £768 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,323 1,520 1,714
10th Percentile £12.86 £10.63 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £15.74 £15.25
Median hourly rate £37.50 £37.32 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year +0.48% +49.28% +11.11%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.00 £49.48
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.05 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £36.25 £25.68
% change year-on-year +0.69% +41.16% +9.74%

Operations Research
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Operations Research as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Operations Research in England

Operations Research
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Operations Research in England.

Daily rate trend for Operations Research in England

Operations Research
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Operations Research in England.

Hourly rate trend for Operations Research in England

Operations Research
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Operations Research within the England region over the 6 months to 1 June 2024. 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
London +94 10 £500 +42.86% 10
Operations Research
UK

Operations Research
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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:

Application Platforms
1 5 (45.45%) SAS
2 2 (18.18%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (18.18%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (18.18%) MS Visio
2 1 (9.09%) Stata
Cloud Services
1 7 (63.64%) Azure
2 3 (27.27%) Azure Data Factory
2 3 (27.27%) Azure DevOps
3 2 (18.18%) Power Platform
3 2 (18.18%) PowerApps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (18.18%) Apache Hive
1 2 (18.18%) Hadoop
1 2 (18.18%) Power BI
1 2 (18.18%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 2 (18.18%) Git
General
1 4 (36.36%) Finance
1 4 (36.36%) Social Skills
2 2 (18.18%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (18.18%) Banking
2 2 (18.18%) Influencing Skills
2 2 (18.18%) Retail
Job Titles
1 2 (18.18%) Analyst
1 2 (18.18%) Data Scientist
1 2 (18.18%) Developer
1 2 (18.18%) Quantitative Developer
1 2 (18.18%) Senior
1 2 (18.18%) SOC Analyst
2 1 (9.09%) Analytics Manager
2 1 (9.09%) Consultant
2 1 (9.09%) Data Consultant
2 1 (9.09%) Data Validation Consultant
2 1 (9.09%) Python Developer
2 1 (9.09%) Senior Analyst
2 1 (9.09%) Senior Analytics Manager
2 1 (9.09%) Senior Manager
2 1 (9.09%) Senior Supply Chain Manager
2 1 (9.09%) Supply Chain Manager
2 1 (9.09%) Validation Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (27.27%) ADO
2 2 (18.18%) Tkinter
Miscellaneous
1 2 (18.18%) Algorithms
1 2 (18.18%) Credit Risk
1 2 (18.18%) FMCG
1 2 (18.18%) Security Operations Centre
2 1 (9.09%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 2 (18.18%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (81.82%) Statistics
2 8 (72.73%) Mathematics
3 7 (63.64%) Data Science
3 7 (63.64%) Economics
4 6 (54.55%) Analytics
5 5 (45.45%) Agile
5 5 (45.45%) Data Analysis
6 4 (36.36%) Linear Programming
6 4 (36.36%) Quantitative Research
7 3 (27.27%) Data Analytics
7 3 (27.27%) DevOps
7 3 (27.27%) Exploratory Data Analysis
7 3 (27.27%) Mentoring
7 3 (27.27%) Predictive Modelling
7 3 (27.27%) Scaled Agile Framework
7 3 (27.27%) Workflow
8 2 (18.18%) Cybersecurity
8 2 (18.18%) Machine Learning
8 2 (18.18%) Network Architecture
8 2 (18.18%) Security Architecture
Programming Languages
1 9 (81.82%) Python
2 8 (72.73%) SQL
3 3 (27.27%) R
4 2 (18.18%) C++
4 2 (18.18%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 9 (81.82%) Degree
2 5 (45.45%) Master's Degree
3 2 (18.18%) CISM
3 2 (18.18%) CISSP
3 2 (18.18%) MBA
3 2 (18.18%) Numerate Degree
3 2 (18.18%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (9.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 2 (18.18%) HDFS
Vendors
1 2 (18.18%) AlienVault
1 2 (18.18%) Alteryx
1 2 (18.18%) ArcSight
1 2 (18.18%) CA
1 2 (18.18%) Microsoft
1 2 (18.18%) Splunk