Operations Analyst Contract Job Trends in Buckinghamshire

Operations Analyst
South East > Buckinghamshire

The median Operations Analyst daily rate in Buckinghamshire is £400, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 February 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 50 38 56
Rank change year-on-year -12 +18 +30
Contract jobs requiring an Operations Analyst 3 10 2
As % of all contract jobs in Buckinghamshire 0.62% 3.52% 0.34%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.67% 3.61% 0.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 9 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £350 -
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% - -
South East median daily rate £423 £333 £400
% change year-on-year +27.22% -16.88% -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
Median hourly rate - - £17.64
South East median hourly rate £61.50 - £17.64

All Contract IT Job Roles
Buckinghamshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Buckinghamshire. 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 Buckinghamshire with a recognized job title 445 277 559
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.52% 97.54% 95.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 301 202 416
10th Percentile £213 £210 £275
25th Percentile £366 £400 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.00% - +4.17%
75th Percentile £565 £588 £600
90th Percentile £638 £650 £740
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £500
Number of hourly rates quoted 29 5 41
10th Percentile £15.25 £12.97 £15.85
25th Percentile £15.91 £14.42 £17.00
Median hourly rate £25.08 £18.70 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year +34.09% -15.00% +29.41%
75th Percentile £29.61 £53.75 £30.00
90th Percentile £36.00 £56.00 £48.75
South East median hourly rate £25.15 £42.50 £46.04
% change year-on-year -40.82% -7.69% +2.31%

Operations Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in Buckinghamshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Operations Analyst' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire.

Operations Analyst job vacancy trend in Buckinghamshire

Operations Analyst
Daily Rate Trend in Buckinghamshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Operations Analyst job vacancies in Buckinghamshire.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Operations Analyst job vacancies in Buckinghamshire

Operations Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend in Buckinghamshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Operations Analyst job vacancies in Buckinghamshire.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Operations Analyst job vacancies in Buckinghamshire

Operations Analyst
Contract Job Locations in Buckinghamshire

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 Buckinghamshire region over the 6 months to 1 February 2026. 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
Milton Keynes -11 3 £400 +14.29%
Operations Analyst
South East

Operations Analyst Skill Set
Top 29 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Buckinghamshire

For the 6 months to 1 February 2026, Operations Analyst contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Buckinghamshire region featuring Operations Analyst in the job title.

1 2 (66.67%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (66.67%) DV Cleared
1 2 (66.67%) SC Cleared
1 2 (66.67%) Security Cleared
1 2 (66.67%) Security Operations
2 1 (33.33%) Business Case
2 1 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (33.33%) Data Entry
2 1 (33.33%) Decision-Making
2 1 (33.33%) Firewall
2 1 (33.33%) Forensic Analysis
2 1 (33.33%) Incident Response
2 1 (33.33%) JIRA
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (33.33%) Network Security
2 1 (33.33%) Power BI
2 1 (33.33%) Power Platform
2 1 (33.33%) Project Governance
2 1 (33.33%) Project Management
2 1 (33.33%) Qualys
2 1 (33.33%) Quantitative Analysis
2 1 (33.33%) SIEM
2 1 (33.33%) Splunk
2 1 (33.33%) Storytelling
2 1 (33.33%) Systems Engineering
2 1 (33.33%) Tenable
2 1 (33.33%) VBA
2 1 (33.33%) Visualisation

Operations Analyst Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Buckinghamshire 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:

Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) Firewall
1 1 (33.33%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) JIRA
General
1 1 (33.33%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) CSOC
1 2 (66.67%) Security Operations Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (66.67%) Security Operations
2 1 (33.33%) Business Case
2 1 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (33.33%) Data Entry
2 1 (33.33%) Decision-Making
2 1 (33.33%) Forensic Analysis
2 1 (33.33%) Incident Response
2 1 (33.33%) Project Governance
2 1 (33.33%) Project Management
2 1 (33.33%) Quantitative Analysis
2 1 (33.33%) SIEM
2 1 (33.33%) Storytelling
2 1 (33.33%) Systems Engineering
2 1 (33.33%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) VBA
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) DV Cleared
1 2 (66.67%) SC Cleared
1 2 (66.67%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Qualys
1 1 (33.33%) Splunk
1 1 (33.33%) Tenable