Operations Analyst Contracts in the UK excluding London

Operations Analyst
UK > UK excluding London

The median Operations Analyst daily rate in the UK excluding London is £370 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 1 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
1 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 367 373 472
Rank change year-on-year +6 +99 -56
Contract jobs requiring an Operations Analyst 30 71 38
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.14% 0.30% 0.12%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.16% 0.31% 0.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 44 30
10th Percentile £124 £341 £263
25th Percentile £262 £413 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £370 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year -22.11% - +48.44%
75th Percentile £455 £576 £493
90th Percentile £636 £592 £538
UK median daily rate £525 £520 £475
% change year-on-year +0.96% +9.47% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 3 1
10th Percentile £11.25 - -
25th Percentile £14.45 - £25.75
Median hourly rate £17.64 £23.15 £26.50
Median % change year-on-year -23.80% -12.64% -1.71%
75th Percentile £26.71 £25.93 £27.25
90th Percentile £28.42 £27.59 -
UK median hourly rate £21.32 £23.15 £30.00
% change year-on-year -7.90% -22.83% +11.11%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London. 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 excluding London with a recognized job title 19,219 22,597 29,598
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.60% 94.17% 95.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,734 15,842 20,729
10th Percentile £213 £225 £200
25th Percentile £363 £400 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £492 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -1.60% +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £599 £598 £575
90th Percentile £688 £688 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,245 1,162 1,485
10th Percentile £12.50 £13.41 £12.02
25th Percentile £15.75 £18.08 £14.25
Median hourly rate £39.50 £42.43 £19.50
Median % change year-on-year -6.91% +117.60% +2.63%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.00 £42.51
90th Percentile £73.75 £75.00 £60.00
UK median hourly rate £36.02 £45.00 £23.50
% change year-on-year -19.95% +91.49% +3.14%

Operations Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Operations Analyst in the UK excluding London

Operations Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Operations Analyst in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Operations Analyst in the UK excluding London

Operations Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Operations Analyst in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 1 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Operations Analyst in the UK excluding London

Operations Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Operations Analyst in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Operations Analyst in the UK excluding London

Operations Analyst
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Operations Analyst in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 1 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Operations Analyst in the UK excluding London

Operations Analyst
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 1 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
North of England +9 7 £381 -28.40% 7
Midlands +20 6 £525 +22.09% 5
South East +12 6 £370 -35.07% 10
West Midlands +30 5 £525 +50.00% 2
Scotland +31 4 £115 -73.26% 2
North West +5 4 £381 -30.68% 4
South West +13 3 £408 -24.33% 4
East of England +11 3 £275 -21.43% 6
North East - 2 - -
Yorkshire +26 1 - - 3
Northern Ireland - 1 £450 -
Operations Analyst
UK

Operations Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 1 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 UK excluding London region featuring Operations Analyst in the job title.

1 12 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 10 (33.33%) Microsoft
3 9 (30.00%) Analytical Skills
3 9 (30.00%) Security Operations
4 7 (23.33%) Problem-Solving
5 6 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
5 6 (20.00%) Security Cleared
6 5 (16.67%) Security Operations Centre
6 5 (16.67%) Cybersecurity
6 5 (16.67%) Incident Response
7 4 (13.33%) Power BI
7 4 (13.33%) Power Platform
7 4 (13.33%) Retail
7 4 (13.33%) ITIL
7 4 (13.33%) Microsoft Excel
7 4 (13.33%) Business Intelligence
7 4 (13.33%) Automotive
7 4 (13.33%) Migration
8 3 (10.00%) Legal
8 3 (10.00%) Management Information System
8 3 (10.00%) Windows
8 3 (10.00%) Linux
8 3 (10.00%) DTCC
8 3 (10.00%) Problem Management
8 3 (10.00%) Market Risk
8 3 (10.00%) Splunk
8 3 (10.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 3 (10.00%) Customer Service
8 3 (10.00%) Design Thinking
9 2 (6.67%) Data Collection

Operations Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 (3.33%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (13.33%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 4 (13.33%) Power Platform
2 2 (6.67%) Azure
3 1 (3.33%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (6.67%) DNS
2 1 (3.33%) DHCP
2 1 (3.33%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (13.33%) Power BI
General
1 12 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 9 (30.00%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (13.33%) Automotive
3 4 (13.33%) Retail
4 3 (10.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 3 (10.00%) Legal
5 2 (6.67%) Manufacturing
5 2 (6.67%) Public Sector
6 1 (3.33%) Aerospace
6 1 (3.33%) Banking
6 1 (3.33%) Finance
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (6.67%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 5 (16.67%) Security Operations Centre
2 3 (10.00%) DTCC
2 3 (10.00%) Management Information System
2 3 (10.00%) Market Risk
3 2 (6.67%) CCTV
4 1 (3.33%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (3.33%) CMDB
4 1 (3.33%) Cyber Threat
4 1 (3.33%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 3 (10.00%) Linux
1 3 (10.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (30.00%) Security Operations
2 7 (23.33%) Problem-Solving
3 6 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 5 (16.67%) Cybersecurity
4 5 (16.67%) Incident Response
5 4 (13.33%) Business Intelligence
5 4 (13.33%) ITIL
5 4 (13.33%) Migration
6 3 (10.00%) Customer Service
6 3 (10.00%) Design Thinking
6 3 (10.00%) Problem Management
7 2 (6.67%) Capacity Management
7 2 (6.67%) Continuous Improvement Process
7 2 (6.67%) Data Analysis
7 2 (6.67%) Data Collection
7 2 (6.67%) Incident Management
7 2 (6.67%) Logistics
7 2 (6.67%) Service Delivery
7 2 (6.67%) Service Management
7 2 (6.67%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.33%) PowerShell
1 1 (3.33%) Python
1 1 (3.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (20.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (6.67%) DV Cleared
2 2 (6.67%) SC Cleared
3 1 (3.33%) Azure Certification
3 1 (3.33%) CCNA
3 1 (3.33%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (3.33%) Degree
3 1 (3.33%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (3.33%) Network+ Certification
Systems Management
1 1 (3.33%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (3.33%) Nagios
1 1 (3.33%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 10 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 3 (10.00%) Splunk
3 1 (3.33%) Apple
3 1 (3.33%) Darktrace
3 1 (3.33%) SolarWinds
3 1 (3.33%) Varonis