Head of Operations Contracts with Work from Home Options

Head of Operations
UK > Work from Home

The median Head of Operations daily rate in Work from Home is £500 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 31 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
31 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 340 460 600
Rank change year-on-year +120 +140 -105
Contract jobs requiring a Head of Operations 6 5 17
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.041% 0.021% 0.038%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.044% 0.022% 0.040%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 5 15
10th Percentile £420 £678 £618
25th Percentile £431 - £669
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £700 £750
Median % change year-on-year -28.57% -6.67% -
75th Percentile £650 - £900
90th Percentile £710 £760 -
UK median daily rate £615 £725 £750
% change year-on-year -15.17% -3.33% -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies with a WFH option. 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 13,673 23,018 42,241
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.52% 95.28% 95.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,245 16,317 30,649
10th Percentile £325 £360 £356
25th Percentile £425 £444 £429
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.69% +2.76% +7.69%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £630
90th Percentile £750 £750 £725
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 565 528 572
10th Percentile £14.26 £16.98 £13.50
25th Percentile £22.75 £25.53 £19.50
Median hourly rate £44.74 £52.50 £35.50
Median % change year-on-year -14.78% +47.89% +52.25%
75th Percentile £65.00 £66.94 £57.50
90th Percentile £75.25 £76.80 £68.70
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £24.15
% change year-on-year -16.67% +86.37% +9.75%

Head of Operations
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option which featured Head of Operations in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Head of Operations trend for jobs with a WFH option

Head of Operations
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Head of Operations.

Head of Operations daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Head of Operations
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Head of Operations over the 6 months to 31 May 2024.

Head of Operations daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Head of Operations Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

For the 6 months to 31 May 2024, Head of Operations 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 Head of Operations in the job title.

1 4 (66.67%) Information Security
1 4 (66.67%) Vulnerability Management
1 4 (66.67%) Security Operations
2 3 (50.00%) Identity Access Management
2 3 (50.00%) SIEM
2 3 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (50.00%) Data Loss Prevention
2 3 (50.00%) Incident Response
2 3 (50.00%) PCI DSS
2 3 (50.00%) Security Monitoring
3 2 (33.33%) Network Intrusion Detection System
3 2 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (33.33%) XenApp
3 2 (33.33%) Finance
3 2 (33.33%) VMware
3 2 (33.33%) Performance Management
3 2 (33.33%) Nessus
3 2 (33.33%) CISM
3 2 (33.33%) Firewall
3 2 (33.33%) Windows
3 2 (33.33%) LAN
3 2 (33.33%) WAN
3 2 (33.33%) TCP/IP
3 2 (33.33%) Cisco
3 2 (33.33%) Microsoft
3 2 (33.33%) Active Directory
3 2 (33.33%) Citrix
3 2 (33.33%) CISSP
3 2 (33.33%) CheckPoint
3 2 (33.33%) Computer Emergency Response Teams

Head of Operations 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:

Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Chatbot
Cloud Services
1 1 (16.67%) AWS
1 1 (16.67%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 2 (33.33%) Firewall
1 2 (33.33%) LAN
1 2 (33.33%) TCP/IP
1 2 (33.33%) WAN
General
1 2 (33.33%) Finance
2 1 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Influencing Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Law
2 1 (16.67%) Marketing
2 1 (16.67%) Organisational Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Presentation Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Cloud Security Posture
1 1 (16.67%) Cyber Threat
1 1 (16.67%) Management Information System
1 1 (16.67%) Operational Technology
1 1 (16.67%) Security Operations Centre
1 1 (16.67%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 2 (33.33%) Windows
1 2 (33.33%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) Information Security
1 4 (66.67%) Security Operations
1 4 (66.67%) Vulnerability Management
2 3 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (50.00%) Data Loss Prevention
2 3 (50.00%) Identity Access Management
2 3 (50.00%) Incident Response
2 3 (50.00%) Security Monitoring
2 3 (50.00%) SIEM
3 2 (33.33%) Kalman Filter
3 2 (33.33%) Performance Management
3 2 (33.33%) Threat Intelligence
4 1 (16.67%) Agile
4 1 (16.67%) Data Security
4 1 (16.67%) Decision-Making
4 1 (16.67%) Information Management
4 1 (16.67%) Penetration Testing
4 1 (16.67%) Project Management
4 1 (16.67%) Risk Management
4 1 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 2 (33.33%) CISM
1 2 (33.33%) CISSP
2 1 (16.67%) CEH
2 1 (16.67%) CISA
2 1 (16.67%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (16.67%) Degree
2 1 (16.67%) GCIA
2 1 (16.67%) GCIH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (50.00%) PCI DSS
2 2 (33.33%) GDPR
3 1 (16.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (16.67%) NIST
3 1 (16.67%) QA
System Software
1 2 (33.33%) Active Directory
1 2 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
1 2 (33.33%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 2 (33.33%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
1 2 (33.33%) Nessus
1 2 (33.33%) Network Intrusion Detection System
2 1 (16.67%) CASB
Vendors
1 2 (33.33%) CheckPoint
1 2 (33.33%) Cisco
1 2 (33.33%) Citrix
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft
1 2 (33.33%) Splunk
1 2 (33.33%) VMware