Technical Operations (TechOps)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Tech Ops skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Tech Ops over the 6 months to 8 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 560 817 885
Rank change year-on-year +257 +68 -115
Permanent jobs citing Tech Ops 350 178 360
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.35% 0.18% 0.23%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.41% 0.18% 0.24%
Number of salaries quoted 136 125 185
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £43,227 £36,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,500 £54,100
Median % change year-on-year +8.91% -6.65% +8.20%
75th Percentile £70,000 £80,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £78,125 £114,000 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £46,298 £48,625
% change year-on-year +8.00% -4.79% +8.06%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Tech Ops is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 84,937 97,101 150,579
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.64% 95.61% 95.65%
Number of salaries quoted 59,853 57,006 82,680
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,000 £33,515
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,180 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.10% +1.97% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

Tech Ops
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Tech Ops as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Tech Ops in the UK

Tech Ops
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Tech Ops.

Salary trend for Tech Ops in the UK

Tech Ops
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Tech Ops over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Tech Ops in the UK

Tech Ops
Top 16 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Tech Ops within the UK over the 6 months to 8 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
UK excluding London +152 289 £50,000 +8.00% 53
England +97 175 £51,250 -0.62% 75
Scotland +84 165 £61,750 +22.28% 3
Work from Home +89 78 £51,403 -35.75% 27
London +132 54 £60,000 +11.63% 28
North of England +57 37 £49,000 +5.84% 9
Midlands +32 36 £60,000 +24.26% 9
West Midlands +40 32 £70,000 +133.33% 3
South East +6 32 £45,000 +12.50% 15
North West +25 24 £50,000 -12.78% 7
South West -42 12 £55,000 +27.91% 4
North East +5 10 £46,382 +0.18%
Wales +12 4 £65,000 +13.04% 2
East Midlands -13 4 £37,625 -47.01% 6
Yorkshire +70 3 £39,750 +51.43% 2
East of England +11 3 £35,000 -46.15% 10

Tech Ops
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 85 (24.29%) Apache Spark
2 18 (5.14%) FileNet
3 17 (4.86%) Cloud Foundry
4 9 (2.57%) SharePoint
5 5 (1.43%) Microsoft Exchange
6 4 (1.14%) CMS
6 4 (1.14%) Umbraco
7 3 (0.86%) IIS
8 1 (0.29%) Apache
8 1 (0.29%) nginx
8 1 (0.29%) Tomcat
Applications
1 11 (3.14%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (2.00%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.57%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 5 (1.43%) SAP ERP
2 1 (0.29%) Dynamics AX
Cloud Services
1 93 (26.57%) AWS
2 83 (23.71%) Azure
3 33 (9.43%) GCP
4 25 (7.14%) Microsoft 365
5 18 (5.14%) Amazon S3
6 9 (2.57%) Entra ID
7 6 (1.71%) Cloud Computing
7 6 (1.71%) IaaS
7 6 (1.71%) PaaS
8 4 (1.14%) Azure DevOps
8 4 (1.14%) Power Platform
9 3 (0.86%) Dynamics 365
10 2 (0.57%) Amazon EC2
10 2 (0.57%) Azure Cosmos DB
10 2 (0.57%) Azure Monitor
10 2 (0.57%) OneDrive
11 1 (0.29%) Power Automate
11 1 (0.29%) SaaS
11 1 (0.29%) Snowflake
11 1 (0.29%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 18 (5.14%) Firewall
2 17 (4.86%) Kerberos
3 9 (2.57%) Network Security
3 9 (2.57%) TCP/IP
4 6 (1.71%) DNS
4 6 (1.71%) VSAN
5 5 (1.43%) VPN
5 5 (1.43%) WAN
5 5 (1.43%) WebEx
6 4 (1.14%) DHCP
7 3 (0.86%) HTTP
7 3 (0.86%) LAN
7 3 (0.86%) SSH
7 3 (0.86%) Telnet
8 2 (0.57%) Cisco Nexus
8 2 (0.57%) Internet
8 2 (0.57%) SD-WAN
8 2 (0.57%) VLAN
8 2 (0.57%) VoIP
9 1 (0.29%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 71 (20.29%) NoSQL
2 52 (14.86%) Big Data
3 21 (6.00%) Elasticsearch
4 18 (5.14%) Apache Cassandra
5 17 (4.86%) Amazon Aurora
5 17 (4.86%) CockroachDB
6 10 (2.86%) SQL Server
7 5 (1.43%) InfluxDB
7 5 (1.43%) MaxDB
7 5 (1.43%) SAP HANA
8 4 (1.14%) Data Lake
8 4 (1.14%) Data Warehouse
8 4 (1.14%) MySQL
8 4 (1.14%) Power BI
9 3 (0.86%) GIS
10 2 (0.57%) Amazon RDS
10 2 (0.57%) MariaDB
11 1 (0.29%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 1 (0.29%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 1 (0.29%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 18 (5.14%) JUnit
2 7 (2.00%) Git
3 6 (1.71%) JIRA
4 4 (1.14%) Team Foundation Server
4 4 (1.14%) Visual Studio
5 2 (0.57%) Maven
General
1 216 (61.71%) Finance
2 189 (54.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 165 (47.14%) Law
4 150 (42.86%) Marketing
5 75 (21.43%) Influencing Skills
6 46 (13.14%) Analytical Skills
7 41 (11.71%) Social Skills
8 14 (4.00%) Banking
9 12 (3.43%) Investment Banking
10 11 (3.14%) Police
10 11 (3.14%) Public Sector
11 9 (2.57%) Legal
11 9 (2.57%) Pharmaceutical
12 6 (1.71%) Games
12 6 (1.71%) Manufacturing
12 6 (1.71%) Telecoms
13 5 (1.43%) Multimedia
14 4 (1.14%) Military
15 3 (0.86%) Retail
15 3 (0.86%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 200 (57.14%) Lead
2 179 (51.14%) Senior
3 159 (45.43%) Software Engineer
4 156 (44.57%) Lead Software Engineer
4 156 (44.57%) Senior Software Engineer
5 78 (22.29%) Java Engineer
5 78 (22.29%) Java Software Engineer
5 78 (22.29%) Lead Java Engineer
5 78 (22.29%) Senior Java Engineer
5 78 (22.29%) Senior Java Software Engineer
6 51 (14.57%) Big Data Engineer
6 51 (14.57%) Big Data Software Engineer
6 51 (14.57%) Lead Big Data Engineer
6 51 (14.57%) Scala Engineer
6 51 (14.57%) Scala Software Engineer
6 51 (14.57%) Senior Big Data Engineer
6 51 (14.57%) Senior Scala Engineer
6 51 (14.57%) Senior Scala Software Engineer
7 45 (12.86%) Java Scala Software Engineer
8 30 (8.57%) Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 37 (10.57%) Kafka
1 37 (10.57%) Spring
2 35 (10.00%) GraphQL
2 35 (10.00%) HTML
3 34 (9.71%) PySpark
4 21 (6.00%) AngularJS
4 21 (6.00%) Twitter Bootstrap
5 18 (5.14%) CSS
5 18 (5.14%) Hibernate
5 18 (5.14%) J2EE
5 18 (5.14%) JMS
5 18 (5.14%) jQuery
5 18 (5.14%) JSON
5 18 (5.14%) Node.js
5 18 (5.14%) React
5 18 (5.14%) Spring Integration
6 17 (4.86%) OAuth
6 17 (4.86%) REST
7 8 (2.29%) .NET
8 5 (1.43%) SAP Basis
Miscellaneous
1 52 (14.86%) Cloud Native
2 31 (8.86%) Public Cloud
3 23 (6.57%) Product Ownership
4 20 (5.71%) Management Information System
5 19 (5.43%) Cyberattack
6 11 (3.14%) Data Centre
7 9 (2.57%) Biopharmaceutical
7 9 (2.57%) Virtual Team
8 5 (1.43%) Analytical Mindset
8 5 (1.43%) CMDB
8 5 (1.43%) Onboarding
8 5 (1.43%) Self-Motivation
8 5 (1.43%) Video Conferencing
9 4 (1.14%) PKI
9 4 (1.14%) Tandem
10 3 (0.86%) Driving Licence
10 3 (0.86%) Housing Association
11 2 (0.57%) Credit Risk
11 2 (0.57%) Reinsurance
11 2 (0.57%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 46 (13.14%) Windows
2 24 (6.86%) Windows Server
3 22 (6.29%) Linux
4 6 (1.71%) Windows 10
5 4 (1.14%) Android
5 4 (1.14%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (0.57%) Debian
6 2 (0.57%) Unix
7 1 (0.29%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.29%) CentOS
7 1 (0.29%) Solaris
7 1 (0.29%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 219 (62.57%) Problem-Solving
2 198 (56.57%) Agile
3 170 (48.57%) Software Engineering
4 164 (46.86%) SDLC
5 162 (46.29%) Operational Stability
6 139 (39.71%) Machine Learning
7 137 (39.14%) Artificial Intelligence
8 124 (35.43%) Decision-Making
9 58 (16.57%) Microservices
10 56 (16.00%) Performance Tuning
11 49 (14.00%) ITIL
12 45 (12.86%) Computer Science
13 40 (11.43%) Customer Service
14 38 (10.86%) ETL
15 37 (10.57%) CI/CD
16 35 (10.00%) Mathematics
17 34 (9.71%) Data Engineering
17 34 (9.71%) Quality Management
18 33 (9.43%) Roadmaps
19 31 (8.86%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 160 (45.71%) Java
2 91 (26.00%) SQL
3 64 (18.29%) Python
4 51 (14.57%) Scala
5 21 (6.00%) C#
5 21 (6.00%) JavaScript
6 18 (5.14%) TypeScript
7 10 (2.86%) PowerShell
8 5 (1.43%) ABAP
9 4 (1.14%) C
10 2 (0.57%) C++
10 2 (0.57%) Go
10 2 (0.57%) PL/SQL
11 1 (0.29%) Bash
11 1 (0.29%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 33 (9.43%) Degree
2 26 (7.43%) Security Cleared
3 25 (7.14%) DV Cleared
4 16 (4.57%) CISSP
5 15 (4.29%) Microsoft Certification
6 12 (3.43%) SC Cleared
7 8 (2.29%) Azure Certification
7 8 (2.29%) ITIL Certification
8 7 (2.00%) A+ Certification
8 7 (2.00%) Cisco Certification
9 6 (1.71%) Computer Science Degree
10 5 (1.43%) CCNA
10 5 (1.43%) HNC
10 5 (1.43%) MCSA
11 4 (1.14%) CompTIA Security+
11 4 (1.14%) HND
11 4 (1.14%) Network+ Certification
12 3 (0.86%) MCITP
13 2 (0.57%) CCNP
13 2 (0.57%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (10.29%) Data Quality
2 22 (6.29%) QA
3 10 (2.86%) SLA
4 6 (1.71%) PMO
5 5 (1.43%) GxP
5 5 (1.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 5 (1.43%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 4 (1.14%) GDPR
7 3 (0.86%) ISO 9001
8 2 (0.57%) GRC
8 2 (0.57%) NEBOSH
9 1 (0.29%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.29%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 1 (0.29%) NCSC
9 1 (0.29%) NIST
System Software
1 32 (9.14%) Active Directory
2 14 (4.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (1.71%) vSphere
4 5 (1.43%) Hyper-V
5 3 (0.86%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (0.57%) Docker
6 2 (0.57%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 41 (11.71%) Kubernetes
2 31 (8.86%) Terraform
3 7 (2.00%) Microsoft Intune
4 6 (1.71%) Grafana
4 6 (1.71%) SCCM
5 3 (0.86%) Puppet
6 2 (0.57%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.29%) Ansible
7 1 (0.29%) Autotask
7 1 (0.29%) Cacti
7 1 (0.29%) HAProxy
7 1 (0.29%) Icinga
7 1 (0.29%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 45 (12.86%) Microsoft
2 23 (6.57%) ServiceNow
3 21 (6.00%) Cisco
4 20 (5.71%) Oracle
5 17 (4.86%) Google
6 14 (4.00%) VMware
7 11 (3.14%) SAP
8 6 (1.71%) Meraki
9 5 (1.43%) Dell
9 5 (1.43%) Sybase
10 4 (1.14%) Databricks
10 4 (1.14%) Dynatrace
10 4 (1.14%) HP
10 4 (1.14%) PagerDuty
11 3 (0.86%) Palo Alto
11 3 (0.86%) Salesforce
11 3 (0.86%) Sophos
12 2 (0.57%) Adobe
12 2 (0.57%) Citrix
12 2 (0.57%) Mitel