Operations Consultant Contract Job Trends in England

Operations Consultant
UK > England

The median Operations Consultant daily rate in England is £625, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 27 May 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
27 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 586 462 528
Rank change year-on-year -124 +66 +111
Contract jobs requiring an Operations Consultant 2 4 6
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.005% 0.017% 0.016%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.005% 0.018% 0.018%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 3
10th Percentile - - £530
25th Percentile £613 £570 £538
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £590 £550
Median % change year-on-year +5.93% +7.27% -7.17%
75th Percentile £638 £610 £613
90th Percentile - - £635
UK median daily rate £800 £590 £550
% change year-on-year +35.59% +7.27% -7.17%

All Contract IT Job Roles
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies 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 38,465 21,947 33,912
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.33% 92.32% 92.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,812 14,594 22,464
10th Percentile £322 £293 £283
25th Percentile £413 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £520 £525
Median % change year-on-year -0.96% -0.95% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £638
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £513 £510 £525
% change year-on-year +0.49% -2.86% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,684 883 2,505
10th Percentile £15.50 £14.00 £12.86
25th Percentile £21.00 £18.20 £16.30
Median hourly rate £45.00 £29.00 £37.18
Median % change year-on-year +55.17% -22.00% -17.38%
75th Percentile £67.50 £60.94 £61.30
90th Percentile £78.75 £75.00 £73.55
UK median hourly rate £42.50 £27.53 £36.50
% change year-on-year +54.38% -24.58% -18.89%

Operations Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Operations Consultant' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in England.

Operations Consultant job vacancy trend in England

Operations Consultant
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Operations Consultant job vacancies in England.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Operations Consultant job vacancies in England

Operations Consultant
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Operations Consultant job vacancies in England.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Operations Consultant job vacancies in England

Operations Consultant
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 Consultant within the England region over the 6 months to 27 May 2026. 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 -67 2 £625 - 3
Operations Consultant
UK

Operations Consultant Skill Set
Top 23 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 27 May 2026, Operations Consultant contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the England region featuring Operations Consultant in the job title.

1 1 (50.00%) Accounts Payable
1 1 (50.00%) Accounts Receivable
1 1 (50.00%) Azure
1 1 (50.00%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (50.00%) Budgeting
1 1 (50.00%) Change Management
1 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (50.00%) Cost Control
1 1 (50.00%) DevOps
1 1 (50.00%) Dynamics 365
1 1 (50.00%) Functional Testing
1 1 (50.00%) Incident Management
1 1 (50.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (50.00%) ITIL
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (50.00%) Project Management
1 1 (50.00%) Regression Testing
1 1 (50.00%) Revenue Recognition
1 1 (50.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (50.00%) Security Operations
1 1 (50.00%) Threat Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) Validation
1 1 (50.00%) Work Breakdown Structure

Operations Consultant Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Azure
1 1 (50.00%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (50.00%) Dynamics 365
General
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
1 1 (50.00%) General Ledger
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Accounts Payable
1 1 (50.00%) Accounts Receivable
1 1 (50.00%) Budgeting
1 1 (50.00%) Change Management
1 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (50.00%) Cost Control
1 1 (50.00%) DevOps
1 1 (50.00%) Functional Testing
1 1 (50.00%) Incident Management
1 1 (50.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (50.00%) ITIL
1 1 (50.00%) Project Management
1 1 (50.00%) Regression Testing
1 1 (50.00%) Revenue Recognition
1 1 (50.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (50.00%) Security Operations
1 1 (50.00%) Threat Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) Validation
1 1 (50.00%) Work Breakdown Structure
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft