Operations Analyst Contracts in the North of England

Operations Analyst
England > North of England

The median Operations Analyst daily rate in the North of England is £225, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 14 August 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
14 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 173 164 167
Rank change year-on-year -9 +3 +88
Contract jobs requiring an Operations Analyst 10 5 35
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 0.25% 0.12% 0.66%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.27% 0.13% 0.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 2 11
10th Percentile £123 - £381
25th Percentile £156 £456 £488
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £225 £463 £533
Median % change year-on-year -51.35% -13.15% +131.52%
75th Percentile £256 £469 £586
90th Percentile £268 - £586
England median daily rate £405 £475 £541
% change year-on-year -14.68% -12.24% +8.25%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
North of England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the North of 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 the North of England with a recognized job title 3,674 3,824 5,003
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.33% 92.37% 94.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,369 2,338 3,390
10th Percentile £251 £273 £263
25th Percentile £375 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -7.00% - +1.01%
75th Percentile £550 £582 £600
90th Percentile £639 £675 £675
England median daily rate £513 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 237 278 204
10th Percentile £12.82 £11.38 £15.39
25th Percentile £17.30 £16.58 £17.50
Median hourly rate £22.32 £30.50 £26.50
Median % change year-on-year -26.84% +15.09% +32.07%
75th Percentile £47.12 £51.90 £45.88
90th Percentile £76.75 £70.00 £58.73
England median hourly rate £25.32 £45.00 £41.90
% change year-on-year -43.73% +7.40% +63.16%

Operations Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Operations Analyst in the North of England

Operations Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

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

Daily rate trend for Operations Analyst in the North of England

Operations Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Operations Analyst in the North of England over the 6 months to 14 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Operations Analyst in the North of England

Operations Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

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

Hourly rate trend for Operations Analyst in the North of England

Operations Analyst
Contract Job Locations in the North of England

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 North of England region over the 6 months to 14 August 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
North West -3 9 £163 -64.86% 2
North East +1 1 £250 -
Operations Analyst
England

Operations Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England

For the 6 months to 14 August 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 North of England region featuring Operations Analyst in the job title.

1 8 (80.00%) Microsoft
2 7 (70.00%) Active Directory
2 7 (70.00%) ITIL Certification
2 7 (70.00%) Red Hat
2 7 (70.00%) SQL
2 7 (70.00%) ITIL
2 7 (70.00%) Linux
2 7 (70.00%) B2B
2 7 (70.00%) Cisco
2 7 (70.00%) Softphone
2 7 (70.00%) Management Information System
2 7 (70.00%) XMPP
2 7 (70.00%) Problem Management
2 7 (70.00%) SCOM
2 7 (70.00%) PowerShell
2 7 (70.00%) Skype for Business
2 7 (70.00%) Unified Communications
2 7 (70.00%) Splunk
2 7 (70.00%) Procure-to-Pay
2 7 (70.00%) Skype
2 7 (70.00%) WebEx
2 7 (70.00%) Problem-Solving
2 7 (70.00%) Mattermost
2 7 (70.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (10.00%) Incident Response
3 1 (10.00%) Fraud Detection
3 1 (10.00%) Actionable Insight
3 1 (10.00%) Contract Management
3 1 (10.00%) Darktrace
3 1 (10.00%) Fintech

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

Application Platforms
1 7 (70.00%) Mattermost
1 7 (70.00%) Skype for Business
Cloud Services
1 1 (10.00%) Azure
1 1 (10.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 7 (70.00%) Skype
1 7 (70.00%) Softphone
1 7 (70.00%) Unified Communications
1 7 (70.00%) WebEx
General
1 7 (70.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (10.00%) Banking
2 1 (10.00%) Finance
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (70.00%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 7 (70.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (10.00%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (10.00%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 7 (70.00%) Linux
2 1 (10.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (70.00%) B2B
1 7 (70.00%) ITIL
1 7 (70.00%) Problem Management
1 7 (70.00%) Problem-Solving
1 7 (70.00%) Procure-to-Pay
2 1 (10.00%) Actionable Insight
2 1 (10.00%) Business Analysis
2 1 (10.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (10.00%) Contract Management
2 1 (10.00%) Data Analysis
2 1 (10.00%) Data Protection
2 1 (10.00%) Fintech
2 1 (10.00%) Fraud Detection
2 1 (10.00%) Incident Management
2 1 (10.00%) Incident Response
2 1 (10.00%) Information Security
2 1 (10.00%) Operations Management
2 1 (10.00%) Project Management
2 1 (10.00%) Security Operations
2 1 (10.00%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 7 (70.00%) PowerShell
1 7 (70.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (70.00%) ITIL Certification
2 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 7 (70.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 7 (70.00%) SCOM
Vendors
1 8 (80.00%) Microsoft
2 7 (70.00%) Cisco
2 7 (70.00%) Red Hat
2 7 (70.00%) Splunk
3 1 (10.00%) Darktrace
3 1 (10.00%) Varonis