IT Operations Analyst Contract Job Trends in London

IT Operations Analyst
England > London

The median IT Operations Analyst daily rate in London is £538, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 13 November 2025.

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

6 months to
13 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 376 375 416
Rank change year-on-year -1 +41 +164
Contract jobs requiring an IT Operations Analyst 2 2 8
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.014% 0.013% 0.040%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.015% 0.014% 0.043%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 6
10th Percentile £491 £238 -
25th Percentile £497 £265 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £310 £438
Median % change year-on-year +73.39% -29.14% -16.67%
75th Percentile £572 £355 £450
90th Percentile £574 £382 -
England median daily rate £538 £350 £425
% change year-on-year +53.57% -17.65% +88.89%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in 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 London with a recognized job title 13,007 14,697 18,713
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.47% 93.96% 93.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,632 9,513 13,580
10th Percentile £333 £338 £340
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £543 £550 £568
Median % change year-on-year -1.36% -3.08% -1.30%
75th Percentile £663 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £792 £795
England median daily rate £510 £525 £535
% change year-on-year -2.86% -1.87% -2.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 235 156 221
10th Percentile £17.50 £17.25 £18.16
25th Percentile £21.46 £23.80 £21.50
Median hourly rate £26.57 £37.15 £38.00
Median % change year-on-year -28.48% -2.24% +20.63%
75th Percentile £47.75 £56.69 £60.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £80.75 £73.75
England median hourly rate £25.15 £40.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year -37.13% -11.11% +50.00%

IT Operations Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

IT Operations Analyst job vacancy trend in London

IT Operations Analyst
Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for IT Operations Analyst job vacancies in London

IT Operations Analyst Skill Set
Top 16 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 13 November 2025, IT 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 London region featuring IT Operations Analyst in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) Azure Sentinel
1 2 (100.00%) BigQuery
1 2 (100.00%) Data Analysis
1 2 (100.00%) Data Modelling
1 2 (100.00%) GCP
1 2 (100.00%) JIRA
1 2 (100.00%) Looker
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (100.00%) Okta
1 2 (100.00%) Power Query
1 2 (100.00%) Runbook
1 2 (100.00%) Service Catalogue
1 2 (100.00%) Service Management
1 2 (100.00%) Visualisation
2 1 (50.00%) Process Improvement

IT Operations Analyst Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) Azure Sentinel
1 2 (100.00%) GCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) BigQuery
1 2 (100.00%) Looker
1 2 (100.00%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 2 (100.00%) JIRA
General
1 2 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Data Analysis
1 2 (100.00%) Data Modelling
1 2 (100.00%) Runbook
1 2 (100.00%) Service Catalogue
1 2 (100.00%) Service Management
1 2 (100.00%) Visualisation
2 1 (50.00%) Process Improvement
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Okta