IT Operations Analyst
UK

The median IT Operations Analyst salary in the UK is £42,072 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 24 April 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
24 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 839 965 1136
Rank change year-on-year +126 +171 -241
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Operations Analyst 55 20 68
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.056% 0.019% 0.044%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.059% 0.021% 0.046%
Number of salaries quoted 26 14 51
10th Percentile £25,750 £32,750 £21,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £42,625 £30,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,072 £48,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -12.35% +12.94% +23.51%
75th Percentile £65,000 £56,250 £50,000
90th Percentile £76,250 £57,500 £80,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £26,500 £46,000 £34,080
% change year-on-year -42.39% +34.98% +0.77%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent 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 permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 92,682 96,623 147,884
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.63% 91.57% 96.06%
Number of salaries quoted 66,673 60,571 85,427
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.67% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%

IT Operations Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Operations Analyst in the UK

IT Operations Analyst
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing IT Operations Analyst.

Salary trend for IT Operations Analyst in the UK

IT Operations Analyst
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Operations Analyst over the 6 months to 24 April 2024.

Salary histogram for IT Operations Analyst in the UK

IT Operations Analyst
Top 13 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IT Operations Analyst within the UK over the 6 months to 24 April 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +159 55 £42,072 -12.35% 3
UK excluding London +43 37 £26,500 -42.39%
Work from Home +119 21 £57,286 +16.91% 1
London +174 18 £47,000 -6.00% 3
North of England +53 11 £30,000 -45.45%
West Midlands - 10 - -
Midlands - 10 - -
East of England - 9 £26,500 -
Yorkshire +91 7 - -
South East +20 5 - -
North East - 3 - -
South West - 2 £35,000 -
North West +8 1 £30,000 -45.45%

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

For the 6 months to 24 April 2024, IT Operations Analyst 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 permanent job ads featuring IT Operations Analyst in the job title.

1 37 (67.27%) ITIL
2 32 (58.18%) Active Directory
3 28 (50.91%) Continuous Improvement
4 25 (45.45%) Service Delivery
5 21 (38.18%) Microsoft
6 20 (36.36%) Change Management
6 20 (36.36%) Thin Client
6 20 (36.36%) VoIP
6 20 (36.36%) Project Planning
6 20 (36.36%) Agile
6 20 (36.36%) Fat Client
6 20 (36.36%) SCCM
7 19 (34.55%) Problem-Solving
8 17 (30.91%) Asset Management
8 17 (30.91%) Azure
9 13 (23.64%) Microsoft 365
9 13 (23.64%) Windows
10 11 (20.00%) Customer Service
11 10 (18.18%) Social Skills
11 10 (18.18%) VMware
11 10 (18.18%) VMware Infrastructure
12 9 (16.36%) Incident Management
13 7 (12.73%) AWS
13 7 (12.73%) TCP/IP
13 7 (12.73%) DNS
14 6 (10.91%) Oracle Reports
14 6 (10.91%) Oracle
14 6 (10.91%) Finance
14 6 (10.91%) Disaster Recovery
14 6 (10.91%) Citrix

IT Operations Analyst 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:

Application Platforms
1 4 (7.27%) IIS
Business Applications
1 2 (3.64%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 17 (30.91%) Azure
2 13 (23.64%) Microsoft 365
3 7 (12.73%) AWS
4 4 (7.27%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 20 (36.36%) VoIP
2 7 (12.73%) DNS
2 7 (12.73%) TCP/IP
3 5 (9.09%) LAN
3 5 (9.09%) WAN
4 4 (7.27%) FTP
4 4 (7.27%) WLAN
5 1 (1.82%) DHCP
5 1 (1.82%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (10.91%) Oracle Reports
2 1 (1.82%) SQL Server
General
1 10 (18.18%) Social Skills
2 6 (10.91%) Finance
3 5 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (7.27%) Documentation Skills
4 4 (7.27%) Law
4 4 (7.27%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (10.91%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 20 (36.36%) Fat Client
1 20 (36.36%) Thin Client
2 6 (10.91%) Cyberattack
2 6 (10.91%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 13 (23.64%) Windows
2 6 (10.91%) Windows 10
3 1 (1.82%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (67.27%) ITIL
2 28 (50.91%) Continuous Improvement
3 25 (45.45%) Service Delivery
4 20 (36.36%) Agile
4 20 (36.36%) Change Management
4 20 (36.36%) Project Planning
5 19 (34.55%) Problem-Solving
6 17 (30.91%) Asset Management
7 11 (20.00%) Customer Service
8 9 (16.36%) Incident Management
9 6 (10.91%) Cybersecurity
9 6 (10.91%) Disaster Recovery
9 6 (10.91%) Patch Management
9 6 (10.91%) Process Improvement
9 6 (10.91%) Roadmaps
9 6 (10.91%) Security Operations
9 6 (10.91%) Service Catalogue
9 6 (10.91%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 6 (10.91%) Strategic Planning
9 6 (10.91%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 6 (10.91%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 6 (10.91%) Degree
2 5 (9.09%) BPSS Clearance
2 5 (9.09%) DV Cleared
2 5 (9.09%) NVQ Level 3
2 5 (9.09%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 32 (58.18%) Active Directory
2 10 (18.18%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (10.91%) Virtual Desktop
3 6 (10.91%) Virtual Servers
4 4 (7.27%) Virtual Machines
4 4 (7.27%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 20 (36.36%) SCCM
2 1 (1.82%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 21 (38.18%) Microsoft
2 10 (18.18%) VMware
3 6 (10.91%) Citrix
3 6 (10.91%) CrowdStrike
3 6 (10.91%) Oracle
4 5 (9.09%) Cisco
4 5 (9.09%) Meraki
4 5 (9.09%) ServiceNow