Operations Analyst Contracts in England

Operations Analyst
UK > England

The median Operations Analyst daily rate in England is £550 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 24 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
24 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 457 497 682
Rank change year-on-year +40 +185 -98
Contract jobs requiring an Operations Analyst 84 146 99
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.23% 0.31% 0.14%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.25% 0.32% 0.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 53 93 84
10th Percentile £355 £340 £229
25th Percentile £413 £415 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £533 £500
Median % change year-on-year +3.29% +6.50% +11.11%
75th Percentile £680 £650 £538
90th Percentile £780 £800 £600
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £500
% change year-on-year +5.00% - +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 9 1
10th Percentile £11.25 £15.17 -
25th Percentile £16.04 £15.21 £25.75
Median hourly rate £21.32 £22.40 £26.50
Median % change year-on-year -4.82% -15.47% -7.02%
75th Percentile £28.42 £23.15 £27.25
90th Percentile £30.20 £28.71 -
UK median hourly rate £21.32 £22.40 £26.50
% change year-on-year -4.82% -15.47% -7.02%

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 33,857 45,213 67,215
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.76% 94.60% 95.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,443 32,115 47,974
10th Percentile £284 £313 £313
25th Percentile £413 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +7.07%
75th Percentile £638 £663 £649
90th Percentile £750 £763 £749
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +8.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,492 1,325 1,826
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £20.00 £15.75
Median hourly rate £37.18 £45.00 £23.03
Median % change year-on-year -17.38% +95.42% +7.10%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £73.70 £77.00 £64.88
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £24.00
% change year-on-year -18.89% +87.50% +6.90%

Operations Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Operations Analyst in England

Operations Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Operations Analyst in England

Operations Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Operations Analyst in England over the 6 months to 24 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Operations Analyst in England

Operations Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Operations Analyst in England

Operations Analyst
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Operations Analyst in England over the 6 months to 24 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Operations Analyst in England

Operations Analyst
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 Analyst within the England region over the 6 months to 24 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 55 £575 -1.08% 52
North of England +10 7 £425 -21.48% 11
South East +5 7 £370 -35.07% 21
Midlands +19 6 £525 +22.09% 5
West Midlands +18 5 £525 +5.00% 4
North West +6 5 £425 -25.11% 8
East of England +13 4 £275 -21.43% 3
South West +14 3 £408 -24.33% 3
North East - 2 - -
Operations Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 24 May 2024, Operations Analyst 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 Analyst in the job title.

1 42 (50.00%) Finance
2 22 (26.19%) Banking
3 19 (22.62%) Social Skills
4 15 (17.86%) Analytical Skills
5 14 (16.67%) Security Operations
6 13 (15.48%) Microsoft
7 11 (13.10%) Incident Management
7 11 (13.10%) Problem-Solving
8 10 (11.90%) Business Continuity
8 10 (11.90%) Azure
8 10 (11.90%) SQL
9 9 (10.71%) Data Modelling
9 9 (10.71%) Change Management
9 9 (10.71%) Workshop Facilitation
10 8 (9.52%) Incident Response
10 8 (9.52%) Cybersecurity
10 8 (9.52%) Security Cleared
10 8 (9.52%) Risk Management
11 7 (8.33%) Derivative
11 7 (8.33%) GAP Analysis
11 7 (8.33%) Stakeholder Management
11 7 (8.33%) Python
12 6 (7.14%) Power BI
12 6 (7.14%) Security Operations Centre
12 6 (7.14%) SIEM
12 6 (7.14%) Continuous Improvement
12 6 (7.14%) Data Quality
12 6 (7.14%) Power Platform
12 6 (7.14%) Public Sector
12 6 (7.14%) Presentation Skills

Operations Analyst 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 1 (1.19%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (5.95%) Microsoft Excel
1 5 (5.95%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 5 (5.95%) MS Visio
2 4 (4.76%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (1.19%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (1.19%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 10 (11.90%) Azure
2 6 (7.14%) Power Platform
3 4 (4.76%) Collibra
4 3 (3.57%) Azure Data Factory
4 3 (3.57%) IaaS
4 3 (3.57%) Microsoft 365
5 2 (2.38%) Dynamics 365
5 2 (2.38%) PaaS
5 2 (2.38%) SaaS
6 1 (1.19%) AWS
6 1 (1.19%) Azure Key Vault
6 1 (1.19%) Azure Monitor
6 1 (1.19%) Entra ID
6 1 (1.19%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 4 (4.76%) DNS
1 4 (4.76%) Firewall
2 3 (3.57%) TCP/IP
3 2 (2.38%) DHCP
3 2 (2.38%) VPN
4 1 (1.19%) HTTP
4 1 (1.19%) Internet
4 1 (1.19%) LAN
4 1 (1.19%) SMTP
4 1 (1.19%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (7.14%) Power BI
2 5 (5.95%) Metadata
3 3 (3.57%) Azure SQL Database
3 3 (3.57%) Data Lake
3 3 (3.57%) Data Warehouse
3 3 (3.57%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
4 1 (1.19%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (1.19%) Git
General
1 42 (50.00%) Finance
2 22 (26.19%) Banking
3 19 (22.62%) Social Skills
4 15 (17.86%) Analytical Skills
5 6 (7.14%) Presentation Skills
5 6 (7.14%) Public Sector
6 4 (4.76%) Automotive
6 4 (4.76%) Financial Institution
7 3 (3.57%) General Ledger
7 3 (3.57%) Manufacturing
7 3 (3.57%) Retail
8 2 (2.38%) Advertising
8 2 (2.38%) Marketing
9 1 (1.19%) Aerospace
9 1 (1.19%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (1.19%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (1.19%) Legal
9 1 (1.19%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.38%) Middleware
2 1 (1.19%) ADO
Miscellaneous
1 7 (8.33%) Derivative
2 6 (7.14%) Management Information System
2 6 (7.14%) Security Operations Centre
3 5 (5.95%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 3 (3.57%) Data Protection Act
5 2 (2.38%) Analytical Mindset
5 2 (2.38%) CCTV
5 2 (2.38%) CMDB
5 2 (2.38%) SWIFT Messaging Network
6 1 (1.19%) Augmented Reality
6 1 (1.19%) Cloud Native
6 1 (1.19%) Cyber Kill Chain
6 1 (1.19%) Cyber Threat
6 1 (1.19%) Data Centre
6 1 (1.19%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
6 1 (1.19%) Equities
6 1 (1.19%) Mobile App
6 1 (1.19%) Replication
6 1 (1.19%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (1.19%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 5 (5.95%) Windows
2 4 (4.76%) Linux
3 1 (1.19%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (16.67%) Security Operations
2 11 (13.10%) Incident Management
2 11 (13.10%) Problem-Solving
3 10 (11.90%) Business Continuity
4 9 (10.71%) Change Management
4 9 (10.71%) Data Modelling
4 9 (10.71%) Workshop Facilitation
5 8 (9.52%) Cybersecurity
5 8 (9.52%) Incident Response
5 8 (9.52%) Risk Management
6 7 (8.33%) GAP Analysis
6 7 (8.33%) Stakeholder Management
7 6 (7.14%) Business Intelligence
7 6 (7.14%) Continuous Improvement
7 6 (7.14%) Data Analysis
7 6 (7.14%) Data Management
7 6 (7.14%) Problem Management
7 6 (7.14%) Regulatory Compliance
7 6 (7.14%) SIEM
7 6 (7.14%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 10 (11.90%) SQL
2 7 (8.33%) Python
3 6 (7.14%) PowerShell
4 3 (3.57%) T-SQL
5 1 (1.19%) C++
5 1 (1.19%) Java
Qualifications
1 8 (9.52%) Security Cleared
2 3 (3.57%) DV Cleared
2 3 (3.57%) SC Cleared
3 2 (2.38%) CCNA
3 2 (2.38%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (2.38%) CISSP
3 2 (2.38%) Network+ Certification
4 1 (1.19%) Azure Certification
4 1 (1.19%) CISM
4 1 (1.19%) Degree
4 1 (1.19%) GIAC
4 1 (1.19%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (7.14%) Data Quality
2 2 (2.38%) SLA
3 1 (1.19%) Accessibility
3 1 (1.19%) Actionable Recommendations
3 1 (1.19%) ISO 22301
3 1 (1.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (1.19%) NIST
3 1 (1.19%) QA
System Software
1 2 (2.38%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (1.19%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (2.38%) Nagios
1 2 (2.38%) ZABBIX
2 1 (1.19%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 13 (15.48%) Microsoft
2 3 (3.57%) Splunk
3 2 (2.38%) Apple
3 2 (2.38%) SolarWinds
4 1 (1.19%) Alteryx
4 1 (1.19%) Darktrace
4 1 (1.19%) Google
4 1 (1.19%) Salesforce
4 1 (1.19%) ServiceNow
4 1 (1.19%) Varonis