Operations Research Job Trends in the City of London

Operations Research (or Operational Research)
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the City of London requiring Operations Research skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 8 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 153 - 179
Rank change year-on-year - - +41
Permanent jobs citing Operations Research 1 0 1
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of London 0.024% - 0.031%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.030% - 0.034%
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - - -
Central London median annual salary - £63,127 -

All Process & Methodology Skills
City of London

Operations Research falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the City of London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,373 1,870 2,904
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 79.89% 96.34% 91.03%
Number of salaries quoted 2,436 1,412 2,363
10th Percentile £46,250 £41,250 £41,315
25th Percentile £60,000 £53,953 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% - -
75th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £95,000
90th Percentile - £122,500 £112,500
Central London median annual salary £80,000 £75,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year +6.67% +3.45% -3.33%

Operations Research
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Operations Research relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Operations Research job vacancy trend in the City of London

Operations Research
Salary Trend in the City of London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Operations Research.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Operations Research

Operations Research
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Broadband
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Data Scientist
1 1 (100.00%) Senior
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Data Scientist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) PyTorch
1 1 (100.00%) scikit-learn
1 1 (100.00%) XGBoost
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) Conversational AI
1 1 (100.00%) Conversational UI
1 1 (100.00%) Customer-Centricity
1 1 (100.00%) Data Science
1 1 (100.00%) Dialogue System
1 1 (100.00%) Generative AI
1 1 (100.00%) LLM
1 1 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 1 (100.00%) Mathematics
1 1 (100.00%) Physics
1 1 (100.00%) Retrieval-Augmented Generation
1 1 (100.00%) Statistics
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Master's Degree
1 1 (100.00%) PhD