Senior Operations Analyst Contract Job Trends in England

Senior Operations Analyst
UK > England

The median Senior Operations Analyst daily rate in England is £423, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 19 September 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
19 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 514 515 598
Rank change year-on-year +1 +83 +171
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Operations Analyst 5 11 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.018% 0.033% 0.012%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.020% 0.036% 0.013%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 7 3
10th Percentile - £376 £606
25th Percentile - £396 £641
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £423 £406 £700
Median % change year-on-year +4.12% -41.96% +71.78%
75th Percentile - £536 £725
90th Percentile - £642 £740
UK median daily rate £423 £406 £653
% change year-on-year +4.12% -37.74% +60.12%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £41.94 - -
UK median hourly rate £41.94 - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 25,406 30,639 39,817
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.35% 92.99% 94.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 16,389 19,101 27,778
10th Percentile £278 £300 £300
25th Percentile £401 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £508 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £530
% change year-on-year -4.76% -0.94% -3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,371 1,479 1,365
10th Percentile £13.75 £14.81 £15.25
25th Percentile £17.30 £21.25 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £46.18 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -45.54% +2.62% +73.08%
75th Percentile £54.88 £67.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £71.00 £75.00 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -41.51% -3.37% +71.15%

Senior Operations Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Operations Analyst in England

Senior Operations Analyst
Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Senior Operations Analyst job vacancies in England

Senior Operations Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Senior Operations Analyst job vacancies in England

Senior Operations Analyst
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Operations Analyst within the England region over the 6 months to 19 September 2025. 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
South East +12 2 £423 +5.75% 6
London +4 2 - - 9
North West - 1 - -
North of England - 1 - -
Senior Operations Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 19 September 2025, Senior 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 England region featuring Senior Operations Analyst in the job title.

1 3 (60.00%) Business Analysis
1 3 (60.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (40.00%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (40.00%) Business Strategy
2 2 (40.00%) Workshop Facilitation
2 2 (40.00%) Vulnerability Management
2 2 (40.00%) Waterfall
2 2 (40.00%) SDLC
2 2 (40.00%) Benchmarking
2 2 (40.00%) Python
2 2 (40.00%) Risk Management
2 2 (40.00%) Finance
2 2 (40.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (40.00%) Agile
2 2 (40.00%) Banking
2 2 (40.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 2 (40.00%) Requirements Gathering
2 2 (40.00%) Operational Technology
3 1 (20.00%) Onboarding
3 1 (20.00%) Service Catalogue
3 1 (20.00%) Reference Data
3 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared
3 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
3 1 (20.00%) Test Automation
3 1 (20.00%) Visualisation
3 1 (20.00%) Data Analysis
3 1 (20.00%) Investment Banking
3 1 (20.00%) Data Modelling
3 1 (20.00%) TCP/IP
3 1 (20.00%) Business Intelligence

Senior Operations Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (20.00%) Power Automate
1 1 (20.00%) Power Platform
1 1 (20.00%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) Firewall
1 1 (20.00%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (20.00%) Power BI
1 1 (20.00%) Power Query
1 1 (20.00%) Tableau
General
1 3 (60.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (40.00%) Banking
2 2 (40.00%) Finance
3 1 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (20.00%) Investment Banking
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Operational Technology
2 1 (20.00%) Cyber Threat
2 1 (20.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (20.00%) Onboarding
2 1 (20.00%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 1 (20.00%) Linux
1 1 (20.00%) Windows
1 1 (20.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Business Analysis
2 2 (40.00%) Agile
2 2 (40.00%) Benchmarking
2 2 (40.00%) Business Strategy
2 2 (40.00%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (40.00%) Requirements Gathering
2 2 (40.00%) Risk Management
2 2 (40.00%) SDLC
2 2 (40.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (40.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 2 (40.00%) Vulnerability Management
2 2 (40.00%) Waterfall
2 2 (40.00%) Workshop Facilitation
3 1 (20.00%) Incident Response
3 1 (20.00%) Line Management
3 1 (20.00%) Mentoring
3 1 (20.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
3 1 (20.00%) Service Catalogue
3 1 (20.00%) SOAR
3 1 (20.00%) Workload Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (40.00%) Python
2 1 (20.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) CISM
1 1 (20.00%) CISSP
1 1 (20.00%) CompTIA Security+
1 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (20.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft