Operations Analyst Contracts in the City of London

Operations Analyst
Central London > City of London

The median Operations Analyst daily rate in the City of London is £525, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 26 July 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 115 121 160
Rank change year-on-year +6 +39 +31
Contract jobs requiring an Operations Analyst 6 5 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 0.32% 0.24% 0.12%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.34% 0.25% 0.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 4 4
10th Percentile - £529 £424
25th Percentile £488 £591 £441
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £650 £450
Median % change year-on-year -19.23% +44.44% +21.21%
75th Percentile £572 £688 -
90th Percentile £589 £710 -
Central London median daily rate £525 £650 £450
% change year-on-year -19.23% +44.44% +24.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £16.50 - -
Median hourly rate £17.00 - -
75th Percentile £17.50 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Central London median hourly rate £17.00 - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
City of London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the City of London. 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 the City of London with a recognized job title 1,760 1,975 3,170
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.42% 94.91% 94.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,135 1,331 2,162
10th Percentile £343 £363 £325
25th Percentile £431 £461 £468
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% +6.19%
75th Percentile £688 £688 £725
90th Percentile £775 £788 £825
Central London median daily rate £550 £561 £595
% change year-on-year -2.00% -5.67% +7.21%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 15 15
10th Percentile £18.06 £20.22 £15.15
25th Percentile £24.66 £21.25 £28.13
Median hourly rate £31.00 £27.00 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year +14.81% -46.00% +19.05%
75th Percentile £60.25 £85.63 £84.38
90th Percentile £84.11 £137.50 £88.30
Central London median hourly rate £29.07 £30.00 £37.42
% change year-on-year -3.10% -19.82% -9.84%

Operations Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Job vacancy trend for Operations Analyst in the City of London

Operations Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Operations Analyst in the City of London.

Daily rate trend for Operations Analyst in the City of London

Operations Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Operations Analyst in the City of London.

Hourly rate trend for Operations Analyst in the City of London

Operations Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of London

For the 6 months to 26 July 2025, Operations Analyst contract 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 contract job ads across the City of London region featuring Operations Analyst in the job title.

1 6 (100.00%) Finance
2 5 (83.33%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (50.00%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
4 3 (50.00%) SOAR
4 3 (50.00%) Incident Response
4 3 (50.00%) Threat Modelling
4 3 (50.00%) Cyber Threat
4 3 (50.00%) Security Operations
4 3 (50.00%) PowerShell
4 3 (50.00%) Bash
4 3 (50.00%) Splunk
4 3 (50.00%) SIEM
4 3 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
4 3 (50.00%) Windows
4 3 (50.00%) Linux
4 3 (50.00%) Python
4 3 (50.00%) Migration
4 3 (50.00%) VMware
5 2 (33.33%) Social Skills
5 2 (33.33%) Workshop Facilitation
6 1 (16.67%) Power Platform
6 1 (16.67%) Dashboard Development
6 1 (16.67%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (16.67%) Regulatory Change
6 1 (16.67%) Onboarding
6 1 (16.67%) Budgeting and Forecasting
6 1 (16.67%) Actionable Insight
6 1 (16.67%) Regulatory Compliance
6 1 (16.67%) Task Automation

Operations Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of London 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:

Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (16.67%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (16.67%) Power BI
1 1 (16.67%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (16.67%) JIRA
General
1 6 (100.00%) Finance
2 5 (83.33%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (33.33%) Social Skills
4 1 (16.67%) Banking
4 1 (16.67%) Financial Institution
4 1 (16.67%) Legal
4 1 (16.67%) Presentation Skills
Miscellaneous
1 3 (50.00%) Cyber Threat
1 3 (50.00%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
2 1 (16.67%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (16.67%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 3 (50.00%) Linux
1 3 (50.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (50.00%) Incident Response
2 3 (50.00%) Migration
2 3 (50.00%) Security Operations
2 3 (50.00%) SIEM
2 3 (50.00%) SOAR
2 3 (50.00%) Threat Modelling
3 2 (33.33%) Workshop Facilitation
4 1 (16.67%) Actionable Insight
4 1 (16.67%) Anomaly Detection
4 1 (16.67%) Budgeting and Forecasting
4 1 (16.67%) Collaborative Working
4 1 (16.67%) Collateral Management
4 1 (16.67%) Dashboard Development
4 1 (16.67%) Decision-Making
4 1 (16.67%) Performance Metrics
4 1 (16.67%) Regulatory Change
4 1 (16.67%) Regulatory Compliance
4 1 (16.67%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 3 (50.00%) Bash
1 3 (50.00%) PowerShell
1 3 (50.00%) Python
2 1 (16.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (16.67%) EMIR
Vendors
1 3 (50.00%) Splunk
1 3 (50.00%) VMware
2 1 (16.67%) Microsoft
2 1 (16.67%) ServiceNow