Operations Engineer
UK
The median Operations Engineer daily rate in the UK is £550 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 5 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 5 May 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 491 | 588 | 712 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +97 | +124 | -95 |
| Contract jobs requiring an Operations Engineer | 110 | 128 | 151 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.25% | 0.22% | 0.17% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.27% | 0.23% | 0.18% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 80 | 85 | 108 |
| 10th Percentile | £353 | £400 | £319 |
| 25th Percentile | £406 | £459 | £441 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £550 | £600 | £525 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -8.33% | +14.29% | +2.44% |
| 75th Percentile | £650 | £650 | £603 |
| 90th Percentile | £700 | £709 | £700 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £431 | £540 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -20.15% | +8.00% | +11.11% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | £36.75 | - | - |
| Median hourly rate | £38.50 | - | £35.00 |
| 75th Percentile | £40.25 | - | - |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £38.50 | - | - |
All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK
The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. 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 the UK with a recognized job title | 40,029 | 55,895 | 84,701 |
| % of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title | 92.75% | 94.62% | 95.46% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 26,060 | 39,048 | 59,505 |
| 10th Percentile | £280 | £313 | £313 |
| 25th Percentile | £409 | £425 | £425 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £540 | £525 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -2.78% | +2.86% | +10.53% |
| 75th Percentile | £638 | £650 | £638 |
| 90th Percentile | £750 | £750 | £738 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £490 | £500 | £475 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.00% | +5.26% | +11.76% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 2,665 | 1,566 | 2,078 |
| 10th Percentile | £12.86 | £14.25 | £12.50 |
| 25th Percentile | £16.30 | £19.11 | £15.72 |
| Median hourly rate | £36.50 | £45.00 | £23.60 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -18.89% | +90.68% | +4.89% |
| 75th Percentile | £61.30 | £65.75 | £49.25 |
| 90th Percentile | £72.50 | £76.00 | £63.75 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £40.00 | £42.00 | £19.52 |
| % change year-on-year | -4.76% | +115.16% | +2.74% |
Operations Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Operations Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Operations Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Operations Engineer.
Operations Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Operations Engineer over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.
Operations Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Operations Engineer.
Operations Engineer
Top 14 Contract Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Operations Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 5 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 |
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| England | +113 | 105 | £550 | -8.33% | 58 |
| London | +124 | 57 | £638 | -1.77% | 27 |
| UK excluding London | +36 | 51 | £431 | -20.15% | 40 |
| Work from Home | +111 | 29 | £425 | -22.73% | 21 |
| South East | +27 | 23 | £411 | -8.67% | 12 |
| North of England | +20 | 16 | £416 | -35.95% | 9 |
| North East | +24 | 8 | £375 | -46.43% | 4 |
| North West | +5 | 6 | £550 | -15.38% | 3 |
| Scotland | +38 | 5 | £725 | +16.00% | 4 |
| Midlands | +21 | 5 | £405 | -25.00% | 6 |
| West Midlands | +18 | 5 | £405 | -25.00% | 1 |
| East of England | +17 | 4 | £442 | +41.44% | |
| Yorkshire | +21 | 2 | - | - | 2 |
| South West | +21 | 1 | £425 | -43.33% | 6 |
Operations Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 5 May 2024, Operations Engineer 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 featuring Operations Engineer in the job title.
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Operations Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:
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