Operations Analyst Contract Job Trends in Cheshire

Operations Analyst
North West > Cheshire

The median Operations Analyst daily rate in Cheshire is £465, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2026.

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

6 months to
12 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 69 55 59
Rank change year-on-year -14 +4 -17
Contract jobs requiring an Operations Analyst 2 7 2
As % of all contract jobs in Cheshire 0.28% 1.35% 0.37%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.31% 1.48% 0.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £458 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 - -
75th Percentile £473 - -
90th Percentile - - -
North West median daily rate £465 £225 £425
% change year-on-year +106.67% -47.06% -25.11%

All Contract IT Job Roles
Cheshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Cheshire. 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 Cheshire with a recognized job title 654 473 521
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.08% 91.49% 95.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 383 352 341
10th Percentile £313 £308 £284
25th Percentile £401 £358 £376
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £425 £475
Median % change year-on-year +8.82% -10.53% -6.31%
75th Percentile £588 £538 £580
90th Percentile £652 £671 £638
North West median daily rate £475 £450 £488
% change year-on-year +5.56% -7.69% -2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 56 23 44
10th Percentile £14.70 £12.82 £13.49
25th Percentile £18.98 £15.91 £15.69
Median hourly rate £33.61 £33.40 £30.83
Median % change year-on-year +0.64% +8.34% +33.17%
75th Percentile £84.06 £67.63 £43.75
90th Percentile £85.00 £86.00 -
North West median hourly rate £50.00 £28.75 £32.90
% change year-on-year +73.91% -12.60% +14.62%

Operations Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire

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 Cheshire.

Operations Analyst job vacancy trend in Cheshire

Operations Analyst
Daily Rate Trend in Cheshire

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

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

Operations Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend in Cheshire

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

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

Operations Analyst
Contract Job Locations in Cheshire

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 Cheshire region over the 6 months to 12 June 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
Northwich - 1 - - 1
Operations Analyst
North West

Operations Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cheshire

For the 6 months to 12 June 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 Cheshire region featuring Operations Analyst in the job title.

1 1 (50.00%) Android
1 1 (50.00%) Apple iOS
1 1 (50.00%) ArcSight
1 1 (50.00%) Bomgar
1 1 (50.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (50.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (50.00%) Customer Service
1 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (50.00%) Data Loss Prevention
1 1 (50.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
1 1 (50.00%) Incident Management
1 1 (50.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (50.00%) Informatics
1 1 (50.00%) ITIL
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (50.00%) QRadar
1 1 (50.00%) Root Cause Analysis
1 1 (50.00%) SAP
1 1 (50.00%) Security Operations
1 1 (50.00%) ServiceNow
1 1 (50.00%) SIEM
1 1 (50.00%) Splunk
1 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (50.00%) Threat Detection
1 1 (50.00%) VPN
1 1 (50.00%) Windows

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

Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) VPN
1 1 (50.00%) Wireless
General
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Banking
2 1 (50.00%) Finance
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Android
1 1 (50.00%) Apple iOS
1 1 (50.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (50.00%) Customer Service
1 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (50.00%) Data Loss Prevention
1 1 (50.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (50.00%) Incident Management
1 1 (50.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (50.00%) Informatics
1 1 (50.00%) ITIL
1 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (50.00%) Root Cause Analysis
1 1 (50.00%) Security Operations
1 1 (50.00%) SIEM
1 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (50.00%) Threat Detection
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (50.00%) QRadar
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) ArcSight
1 1 (50.00%) Bomgar
1 1 (50.00%) SAP
1 1 (50.00%) ServiceNow
1 1 (50.00%) Splunk