Operations Manager Contracts in England

Operations Manager
UK > England

The median Operations Manager daily rate in England is £515 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 478 561 647
Rank change year-on-year +83 +86 -67
Contract jobs requiring an Operations Manager 65 77 134
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.18% 0.16% 0.19%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.19% 0.17% 0.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 50 90
10th Percentile £265 £409 £313
25th Percentile £375 £440 £511
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £575 £588
Median % change year-on-year -10.43% -2.13% +17.50%
75th Percentile £725 £675 £661
90th Percentile £775 £725 £754
UK median daily rate £500 £550 £588
% change year-on-year -9.09% -6.38% +17.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 1 3
10th Percentile £20.98 - £32.04
25th Percentile £24.75 - £33.23
Median hourly rate £60.00 £90.00 £35.20
Median % change year-on-year -33.33% +155.68% +42.22%
75th Percentile £72.50 - £35.81
90th Percentile - - £36.17
UK median hourly rate £60.00 £90.00 £35.20
% change year-on-year -33.33% +155.68% +40.80%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 34,161 44,903 67,296
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.76% 94.57% 95.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,530 31,932 48,137
10th Percentile £285 £313 £313
25th Percentile £413 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +6.11%
75th Percentile £638 £663 £650
90th Percentile £750 £763 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,560 1,303 1,794
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £20.00 £15.75
Median hourly rate £37.63 £45.00 £23.91
Median % change year-on-year -16.39% +88.21% +11.21%
75th Percentile £61.60 £65.75 £49.25
90th Percentile £74.00 £77.50 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £24.15
% change year-on-year -16.67% +86.37% +9.75%

Operations Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings that featured Operations Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Operations Manager in England

Operations Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Operations Manager in England

Operations Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Operations Manager in England over the 6 months to 31 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Operations Manager in England

Operations Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Operations Manager in England

Operations Manager
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Operations Manager in England over the 6 months to 31 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Operations Manager in England

Operations Manager
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 Manager within the England region over the 6 months to 31 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
London +75 33 £540 -6.09% 55
South West +22 15 £400 - 9
South East - 15 - - 21
North of England +13 2 £475 +7.95% 11
Yorkshire +10 2 £475 +6.74% 6
Operations Manager
UK

Operations Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 31 May 2024, Operations Manager 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 job ads across the England region featuring Operations Manager in the job title.

1 24 (36.92%) Finance
2 15 (23.08%) Project Management
3 11 (16.92%) Degree
3 11 (16.92%) Social Skills
4 10 (15.38%) Microsoft Excel
5 9 (13.85%) Cybersecurity
5 9 (13.85%) Security Cleared
5 9 (13.85%) Analytical Skills
6 8 (12.31%) Power Platform
6 8 (12.31%) Customer Experience
6 8 (12.31%) Continuous Improvement
6 8 (12.31%) ITIL
6 8 (12.31%) Microsoft
6 8 (12.31%) Information Security
6 8 (12.31%) Telecoms
7 7 (10.77%) Management Information System
7 7 (10.77%) Validation
7 7 (10.77%) Service Delivery
7 7 (10.77%) Microsoft Office
7 7 (10.77%) Business Intelligence
7 7 (10.77%) Power BI
8 6 (9.23%) Infrastructure Management
8 6 (9.23%) Security Operations
8 6 (9.23%) Mathematics
8 6 (9.23%) QA
8 6 (9.23%) Retail
9 5 (7.69%) Agile
9 5 (7.69%) Business Continuity
9 5 (7.69%) Balanced Scorecard
9 5 (7.69%) Risk Management

Operations Manager Skill Set
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 2 (3.08%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.54%) Confluence
Applications
1 10 (15.38%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (10.77%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (4.62%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (1.54%) MS Visio
4 1 (1.54%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (1.54%) SAP S/4HANA
1 1 (1.54%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 8 (12.31%) Power Platform
2 5 (7.69%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (4.62%) Azure
4 2 (3.08%) PowerApps
5 1 (1.54%) Google Workspace
5 1 (1.54%) OneDrive
5 1 (1.54%) Power Automate
5 1 (1.54%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
5 1 (1.54%) SAP Commerce Cloud
5 1 (1.54%) ShareGate
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.54%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (10.77%) Power BI
2 4 (6.15%) GIS
3 2 (3.08%) Tableau
General
1 24 (36.92%) Finance
2 11 (16.92%) Social Skills
3 9 (13.85%) Analytical Skills
4 8 (12.31%) Telecoms
5 6 (9.23%) Retail
6 5 (7.69%) Law
6 5 (7.69%) Legal
6 5 (7.69%) Presentation Skills
7 3 (4.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 3 (4.62%) Influencing Skills
7 3 (4.62%) Public Sector
8 2 (3.08%) Health Technology
9 1 (1.54%) Advertising
9 1 (1.54%) Marketing
9 1 (1.54%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (1.54%) Pharmaceutical
Miscellaneous
1 7 (10.77%) Management Information System
2 3 (4.62%) Onboarding
2 3 (4.62%) Product Ownership
3 2 (3.08%) Virtual Team
4 1 (1.54%) Cloud Native
4 1 (1.54%) FMCG
4 1 (1.54%) Marketing Technology
4 1 (1.54%) Security Posture
4 1 (1.54%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.54%) Mac OS
1 1 (1.54%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (23.08%) Project Management
2 9 (13.85%) Cybersecurity
3 8 (12.31%) Continuous Improvement
3 8 (12.31%) Customer Experience
3 8 (12.31%) Information Security
3 8 (12.31%) ITIL
4 7 (10.77%) Business Intelligence
4 7 (10.77%) Service Delivery
4 7 (10.77%) Validation
5 6 (9.23%) Infrastructure Management
5 6 (9.23%) Mathematics
5 6 (9.23%) Security Operations
6 5 (7.69%) Balanced Scorecard
6 5 (7.69%) Budget Management
6 5 (7.69%) Line Management
6 5 (7.69%) Problem-Solving
6 5 (7.69%) Project Delivery
6 5 (7.69%) Risk Management
6 5 (7.69%) Roadmaps
6 5 (7.69%) Scorecard
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.54%) Python
Qualifications
1 11 (16.92%) Degree
2 9 (13.85%) Security Cleared
3 5 (7.69%) SC Cleared
4 4 (6.15%) CISM
4 4 (6.15%) CISSP
4 4 (6.15%) DV Cleared
5 3 (4.62%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (3.08%) Cisco Certification
6 2 (3.08%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (1.54%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 1 (1.54%) CCNA
7 1 (1.54%) CCSK
7 1 (1.54%) CompTIA CySA+
7 1 (1.54%) CompTIA Security+
7 1 (1.54%) GCIA
7 1 (1.54%) GCIH
7 1 (1.54%) ITIL Certification
7 1 (1.54%) MCSE
7 1 (1.54%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (9.23%) QA
2 5 (7.69%) Accessibility
3 4 (6.15%) SLA
4 3 (4.62%) NIST
5 1 (1.54%) GDPR
5 1 (1.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (1.54%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 1 (1.54%) UAG
Systems Management
1 1 (1.54%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (1.54%) Terraform
Vendors
1 8 (12.31%) Microsoft
2 5 (7.69%) Reuters
3 4 (6.15%) Cisco
3 4 (6.15%) Dynatrace
3 4 (6.15%) Splunk
4 3 (4.62%) Salesforce
5 1 (1.54%) Apple
5 1 (1.54%) Google
5 1 (1.54%) Nintex
5 1 (1.54%) SAP
5 1 (1.54%) ServiceNow