Operations Management Contracts in the UK excluding London

Operations Management
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for Operations Management skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Operations Management over the 6 months to 23 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 329 409 476
Rank change year-on-year +80 +67 -53
Contract jobs citing Operations Management 49 26 30
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.24% 0.11% 0.099%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.29% 0.13% 0.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 33 15 20
10th Percentile £364 £455 £317
25th Percentile £475 £525 £465
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £625
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -8.00% +25.00%
75th Percentile - £625 £720
90th Percentile £623 £641 £775
UK median daily rate £550 £625 £550
% change year-on-year -12.00% +13.64% +15.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 3 0
10th Percentile £16.81 £56.00 -
25th Percentile £18.25 £56.10 -
Median hourly rate £28.25 £57.50 -
Median % change year-on-year -50.87% - -
75th Percentile £30.25 £74.38 -
90th Percentile £30.63 £83.75 -
UK median hourly rate £28.25 £57.50 -
% change year-on-year -50.87% - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

Operations Management 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 the UK excluding London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 17,095 20,476 27,091
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 83.93% 89.37% 89.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,219 14,070 18,908
10th Percentile £250 £260 £235
25th Percentile £377 £400 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £483
Median % change year-on-year - +3.63% +9.66%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £575
90th Percentile £688 £688 £656
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £535
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.80% +8.08%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,090 1,248 1,358
10th Percentile £12.37 £10.63 £12.29
25th Percentile £15.31 £15.25 £14.25
Median hourly rate £37.75 £35.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +7.86% +75.00% -4.99%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.00 £47.40
90th Percentile £72.50 £73.63 £62.18
UK median hourly rate £36.00 £36.00 £25.68
% change year-on-year - +40.19% +7.00%

Operations Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Operations Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Operations Management in the UK excluding London

Operations Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Operations Management in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Operations Management in the UK excluding London

Operations Management
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Operations Management in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 23 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Operations Management in the UK excluding London

Operations Management
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Operations Management in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Operations Management in the UK excluding London

Operations Management
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Operations Management in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 23 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Operations Management in the UK excluding London

Operations Management
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Operations Management within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 23 May 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
North of England +57 32 £550 +74.60% 3
Yorkshire +43 27 £550 - 1
South East +9 8 £370 -38.33% 16
South West +14 4 - - 5
North West +25 3 £613 +94.68% 1
Scotland - 3 £400 - 2
East of England +13 2 £600 - 2
North East - 2 - - 1
Operations Management
UK

Operations Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 1 (2.04%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (4.08%) MS Visio
2 1 (2.04%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (2.04%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 3 (6.12%) AWS
1 3 (6.12%) Azure
1 3 (6.12%) IaaS
1 3 (6.12%) PaaS
1 3 (6.12%) SaaS
2 1 (2.04%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (2.04%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.04%) Cisco ASA
1 1 (2.04%) Firewall
1 1 (2.04%) SAN
1 1 (2.04%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (6.12%) Tableau
2 1 (2.04%) NonStop SQL
2 1 (2.04%) Power BI
General
1 15 (30.61%) Social Skills
2 6 (12.24%) Analytical Skills
2 6 (12.24%) Finance
3 5 (10.20%) Presentation Skills
4 3 (6.12%) Pharmaceutical
4 3 (6.12%) Public Sector
5 2 (4.08%) Banking
5 2 (4.08%) Manufacturing
6 1 (2.04%) Legal
6 1 (2.04%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (2.04%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 18 (36.73%) Developer
1 18 (36.73%) ServiceNow Developer
2 8 (16.33%) Consultant
2 8 (16.33%) ServiceNow Consultant
3 6 (12.24%) Lead
4 5 (10.20%) Analyst
4 5 (10.20%) Deskside Support
4 5 (10.20%) Desktop Support
5 4 (8.16%) Senior
5 4 (8.16%) Senior Developer
5 4 (8.16%) Senior ServiceNow Developer
5 4 (8.16%) Technical Consultant
6 3 (6.12%) Digital Project Manager
6 3 (6.12%) E-Commerce Manager
6 3 (6.12%) E-Commerce Project Manager
6 3 (6.12%) Infrastructure Business Analyst
6 3 (6.12%) ITSM Developer
6 3 (6.12%) Operations Manager
6 3 (6.12%) Web Manager
6 3 (6.12%) Web Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (46.94%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 5 (10.20%) Onboarding
2 1 (2.04%) Life Science
2 1 (2.04%) Management Information System
2 1 (2.04%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.04%) Linux
1 1 (2.04%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (57.14%) Customer Service
2 27 (55.10%) Service Delivery
3 25 (51.02%) ITSM
3 25 (51.02%) Service Management
4 23 (46.94%) Asset Management
4 23 (46.94%) IT Asset Management
5 20 (40.82%) ITIL
6 15 (30.61%) API Development
7 8 (16.33%) Agile
7 8 (16.33%) Problem-Solving
8 5 (10.20%) Roadmaps
9 4 (8.16%) Continuous Improvement
9 4 (8.16%) Cybersecurity
9 4 (8.16%) Scrum
10 3 (6.12%) CRM
10 3 (6.12%) E-Commerce
10 3 (6.12%) GAP Analysis
10 3 (6.12%) Kanban
10 3 (6.12%) Waterfall
10 3 (6.12%) Workflow
Qualifications
1 19 (38.78%) SC Cleared
1 19 (38.78%) Security Cleared
2 1 (2.04%) DBS Check
2 1 (2.04%) Degree
2 1 (2.04%) PgMP
2 1 (2.04%) PMI Certification
2 1 (2.04%) PMP
2 1 (2.04%) PRINCE2 Certification
2 1 (2.04%) Six Sigma Black Belt
2 1 (2.04%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (6.12%) SLA
2 2 (4.08%) PMO
3 1 (2.04%) GDPR
System Software
1 1 (2.04%) Active Directory
1 1 (2.04%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 3 (6.12%) ZABBIX
2 1 (2.04%) Nagios
2 1 (2.04%) OpenView
2 1 (2.04%) SCCM
2 1 (2.04%) SmoothWall
Vendors
1 34 (69.39%) ServiceNow
2 3 (6.12%) Google
3 2 (4.08%) BiZZdesign
3 2 (4.08%) Microsoft
4 1 (2.04%) Cadence
4 1 (2.04%) Cisco
4 1 (2.04%) Fortinet
4 1 (2.04%) SolarWinds