Operations Analyst
UK

The median Operations Analyst salary in the UK is £48,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 5 May 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
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 614 821 963
Rank change year-on-year +207 +142 -209
Permanent jobs requiring an Operations Analyst 312 143 275
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.32% 0.14% 0.18%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.33% 0.15% 0.18%
Number of salaries quoted 193 79 147
10th Percentile £29,200 £33,882 £27,800
25th Percentile £41,036 £41,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,500 £50,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.00% +11.11% -2.17%
75th Percentile £57,500 £60,625 £61,250
90th Percentile £76,250 £67,500 £75,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £48,500 £44,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year +8.99% +18.67% -9.26%

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 93,221 94,676 150,515
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.62% 91.51% 96.07%
Number of salaries quoted 66,838 59,581 85,408
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +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 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%

Operations Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Operations Analyst in the UK

Operations Analyst
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Operations Analyst in the UK

Operations Analyst
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Operations Analyst over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Operations Analyst in the UK

Operations Analyst
Top 15 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Operations Analyst within the UK over the 6 months to 5 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +258 296 £48,500 -3.00% 71
UK excluding London +152 207 £48,500 +8.99% 29
Work from Home +137 108 £48,500 -3.00% 30
London +136 95 £55,000 - 42
Midlands +104 91 £48,500 -25.38% 4
West Midlands +98 80 £48,500 -25.38% 2
South West +10 38 £48,500 +17.58% 5
North of England +59 30 £31,000 -39.51% 6
South East +36 27 £45,000 +5.88% 10
North West +22 17 £31,000 -39.51% 3
East of England +30 15 £30,000 -45.45% 6
East Midlands -2 11 £40,000 +33.33% 2
Yorkshire +86 9 £42,500 -10.53% 3
Scotland -58 6 £39,174 -
North East - 4 £37,500 -

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

For the 6 months to 5 May 2024, 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 Operations Analyst in the job title.

1 88 (28.21%) Social Skills
2 83 (26.60%) Finance
3 69 (22.12%) Microsoft
4 64 (20.51%) Analytical Skills
5 58 (18.59%) LAN
6 57 (18.27%) WLAN
6 57 (18.27%) Problem-Solving
7 56 (17.95%) Continuous Improvement
8 54 (17.31%) SD-WAN
9 51 (16.35%) Degree
10 46 (14.74%) Active Directory
11 45 (14.42%) ITIL
12 43 (13.78%) WAN
13 42 (13.46%) SQL
14 40 (12.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 37 (11.86%) CCIE
15 37 (11.86%) CCNP
15 37 (11.86%) Cisco Certification
15 37 (11.86%) CCDP
15 37 (11.86%) MPLS
15 37 (11.86%) OSPF
15 37 (11.86%) BGP
16 35 (11.22%) Law
16 35 (11.22%) Azure
16 35 (11.22%) Cybersecurity
16 35 (11.22%) Customer Service
16 35 (11.22%) Roadmaps
17 34 (10.90%) Banking
17 34 (10.90%) Change Management
17 34 (10.90%) Microsoft Excel

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 6 (1.92%) SharePoint
2 4 (1.28%) IIS
3 1 (0.32%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 34 (10.90%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (3.85%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.64%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.64%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (1.60%) Adaptiv
2 2 (0.64%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (0.32%) Aladdin
3 1 (0.32%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.32%) SAP HCM
3 1 (0.32%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 35 (11.22%) Azure
2 29 (9.29%) Power Platform
3 21 (6.73%) Microsoft 365
4 11 (3.53%) AWS
5 9 (2.88%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 5 (1.60%) SaaS
7 4 (1.28%) GCP
7 4 (1.28%) OCI
8 2 (0.64%) Azure Sentinel
9 1 (0.32%) Dynamics 365
9 1 (0.32%) Entra ID
9 1 (0.32%) OneDrive
9 1 (0.32%) Power Automate
9 1 (0.32%) PowerApps
9 1 (0.32%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 58 (18.59%) LAN
2 57 (18.27%) WLAN
3 54 (17.31%) SD-WAN
4 43 (13.78%) WAN
5 37 (11.86%) BGP
5 37 (11.86%) MPLS
5 37 (11.86%) OSPF
6 28 (8.97%) VoIP
7 20 (6.41%) Firewall
8 11 (3.53%) TCP/IP
9 9 (2.88%) VPN
10 8 (2.56%) VLAN
11 7 (2.24%) DNS
12 6 (1.92%) EIGRP
12 6 (1.92%) HSRP
12 6 (1.92%) Spanning Tree
12 6 (1.92%) VRRP
12 6 (1.92%) Wireless
12 6 (1.92%) Wireshark
13 4 (1.28%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (9.29%) Power BI
2 17 (5.45%) Tableau
3 9 (2.88%) Oracle Reports
4 1 (0.32%) Oracle OWB
4 1 (0.32%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (0.64%) JIRA
1 2 (0.64%) Postman
General
1 88 (28.21%) Social Skills
2 83 (26.60%) Finance
3 64 (20.51%) Analytical Skills
4 40 (12.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 35 (11.22%) Law
6 34 (10.90%) Banking
7 28 (8.97%) Retail
8 26 (8.33%) Organisational Skills
9 24 (7.69%) Investment Banking
10 13 (4.17%) Military
11 10 (3.21%) Manufacturing
12 9 (2.88%) Pharmaceutical
13 6 (1.92%) Legal
13 6 (1.92%) Marketing
14 5 (1.60%) Financial Institution
15 4 (1.28%) Documentation Skills
16 3 (0.96%) Front Office
17 2 (0.64%) Aviation
17 2 (0.64%) Prime Brokerage
18 1 (0.32%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (2.88%) Oracle Fusion
2 2 (0.64%) OpenID
3 1 (0.32%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 27 (8.65%) Self-Motivation
2 20 (6.41%) Fat Client
2 20 (6.41%) Thin Client
3 13 (4.17%) Cyberattack
4 12 (3.85%) Management Information System
5 10 (3.21%) Data Centre
5 10 (3.21%) Security Operations Centre
5 10 (3.21%) Virtual Team
6 9 (2.88%) Biopharmaceutical
7 7 (2.24%) FMCG
8 6 (1.92%) Hedge funds
9 5 (1.60%) Analytical Mindset
9 5 (1.60%) Blog
9 5 (1.60%) Credit Risk
10 4 (1.28%) Cyber Threat
11 3 (0.96%) Driving Licence
11 3 (0.96%) Operational Technology
11 3 (0.96%) Security Posture
12 2 (0.64%) Low-Code
12 2 (0.64%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 30 (9.62%) Windows
2 18 (5.77%) Linux
3 6 (1.92%) Unix
3 6 (1.92%) Windows 10
3 6 (1.92%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.64%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.32%) Windows Server 2012
5 1 (0.32%) Windows Server 2019
5 1 (0.32%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 57 (18.27%) Problem-Solving
2 56 (17.95%) Continuous Improvement
3 45 (14.42%) ITIL
4 35 (11.22%) Customer Service
4 35 (11.22%) Cybersecurity
4 35 (11.22%) Roadmaps
5 34 (10.90%) Change Management
6 31 (9.94%) Agile
7 29 (9.29%) Security Operations
8 26 (8.33%) Mentoring
8 26 (8.33%) Service Delivery
9 24 (7.69%) Business Intelligence
10 22 (7.05%) ERP
11 21 (6.73%) Process Improvement
12 20 (6.41%) Project Planning
13 19 (6.09%) Analytics
13 19 (6.09%) Asset Management
13 19 (6.09%) Tech Ops
14 18 (5.77%) Data Analysis
15 17 (5.45%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 42 (13.46%) SQL
2 25 (8.01%) Python
3 9 (2.88%) R
4 6 (1.92%) PowerShell
4 6 (1.92%) VBA
5 1 (0.32%) Bash
5 1 (0.32%) MATLAB
5 1 (0.32%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 51 (16.35%) Degree
2 37 (11.86%) CCDP
2 37 (11.86%) CCIE
2 37 (11.86%) CCNP
2 37 (11.86%) Cisco Certification
3 31 (9.94%) CCNA
4 21 (6.73%) Security Cleared
5 13 (4.17%) BPSS Clearance
6 11 (3.53%) SC Cleared
7 9 (2.88%) Master's Degree
8 6 (1.92%) CCIE Routing and Switching
9 5 (1.60%) DV Cleared
9 5 (1.60%) NVQ Level 3
9 5 (1.60%) PhD
10 4 (1.28%) CISM
10 4 (1.28%) CISSP
11 3 (0.96%) CEH
12 2 (0.64%) CISA
12 2 (0.64%) ITIL Certification
12 2 (0.64%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (3.53%) Data Quality
2 10 (3.21%) SLA
3 9 (2.88%) GDPR
3 9 (2.88%) NIST
3 9 (2.88%) QA
4 7 (2.24%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 5 (1.60%) GxP
6 2 (0.64%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (0.64%) EMIR
6 2 (0.64%) MiFID
6 2 (0.64%) Solvency II
System Software
1 46 (14.74%) Active Directory
2 12 (3.85%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (1.92%) Firmware
3 6 (1.92%) Virtual Desktop
3 6 (1.92%) Virtual Servers
4 4 (1.28%) Virtual Machines
4 4 (1.28%) vSphere
5 1 (0.32%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 20 (6.41%) SCCM
2 5 (1.60%) Control-M
2 5 (1.60%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
2 5 (1.60%) SafeCom
3 2 (0.64%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (0.32%) Jamf Pro
4 1 (0.32%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 69 (22.12%) Microsoft
2 19 (6.09%) Oracle
3 12 (3.85%) VMware
4 11 (3.53%) Cisco
5 10 (3.21%) SAP
6 9 (2.88%) Alteryx
6 9 (2.88%) Databricks
7 6 (1.92%) Citrix
7 6 (1.92%) CrowdStrike
7 6 (1.92%) Ekahau
7 6 (1.92%) Meraki
7 6 (1.92%) ServiceNow
8 5 (1.60%) Apple
8 5 (1.60%) Salesforce
8 5 (1.60%) SolarWinds
8 5 (1.60%) Veritas
9 4 (1.28%) Cadence
9 4 (1.28%) SIMUL8
10 2 (0.64%) Red Hat
10 2 (0.64%) Symantec