Operations Analyst Contract Job Trends in the South East

Operations Analyst
England > South East

The median Operations Analyst daily rate in the South East is £449, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 3 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
3 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 151 170 197
Rank change year-on-year +19 +27 +60
Contract jobs requiring an Operations Analyst 7 12 11
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.20% 0.26% 0.20%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.22% 0.28% 0.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 8 6
10th Percentile £337 £354 £331
25th Percentile £423 £355 £519
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £449 £383 £600
Median % change year-on-year +17.39% -36.25% +29.03%
75th Percentile £498 £402 £634
90th Percentile £541 £416 £694
England median daily rate £423 £463 £525
% change year-on-year -8.54% -11.90% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 4
10th Percentile - - £15.06
25th Percentile £60.75 - £15.16
Median hourly rate £61.50 - £15.21
75th Percentile £62.25 - £15.53
90th Percentile - - £16.11
England median hourly rate £61.50 £31.50 £16.00
% change year-on-year +95.24% +96.88% -39.62%

All DemandTrendContract IT Job Vacancies
South East

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the South East. 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 South East with a recognized job title 3,157 4,337 5,309
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.23% 92.49% 94.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,032 2,609 3,637
10th Percentile £205 £251 £213
25th Percentile £375 £400 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% +2.50% -
75th Percentile £600 £625 £613
90th Percentile £663 £688 £700
England median daily rate £508 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -3.33% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 284 349 233
10th Percentile £13.75 £16.20 £16.00
25th Percentile £15.50 £30.41 £21.00
Median hourly rate £25.15 £57.35 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -56.15% +14.70% +113.77%
75th Percentile £57.50 £75.00 £66.00
90th Percentile £71.50 £80.00 £75.00
England median hourly rate £25.15 £45.00 £43.75
% change year-on-year -44.11% +2.86% +66.10%

Operations Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Operations Analyst in the South East

Operations Analyst
Daily Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Operations Analyst job vacancies in the South East.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Operations Analyst job vacancies in the South East

Operations Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Operations Analyst in the South East over the 6 months to 3 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Operations Analyst in the South East

Operations Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Operations Analyst job vacancies in the South East.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Operations Analyst job vacancies in the South East

Operations Analyst
Contract Job Locations in the South East

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 South East region over the 6 months to 3 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
Thames Valley -6 3 £423 +10.59% 7
Berkshire +12 2 £423 - 6
Hampshire - 2 £488 - 2
Oxfordshire - 1 £250 - 1
Surrey - 1 £550 - 1
West Sussex - 1 £475 - 1
Operations Analyst
England

Operations Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 3 September 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 South East region featuring Operations Analyst in the job title.

1 4 (57.14%) Social Skills
2 3 (42.86%) Operational Technology
2 3 (42.86%) Business Analysis
2 3 (42.86%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (28.57%) Benchmarking
3 2 (28.57%) ITIL
3 2 (28.57%) User Acceptance Testing
3 2 (28.57%) Waterfall
3 2 (28.57%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (28.57%) SDLC
3 2 (28.57%) Business Strategy
3 2 (28.57%) Requirements Gathering
3 2 (28.57%) Agile
3 2 (28.57%) Workshop Facilitation
4 1 (14.29%) Police
4 1 (14.29%) Data Analysis
4 1 (14.29%) Business Case
4 1 (14.29%) Requirements Workshops
4 1 (14.29%) Driving Licence
4 1 (14.29%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (14.29%) Workflow Analysis
4 1 (14.29%) Business Process Modelling
4 1 (14.29%) Proactive Monitoring
4 1 (14.29%) Scenario Testing
4 1 (14.29%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (14.29%) Korn
4 1 (14.29%) Incident Management
4 1 (14.29%) Degree
4 1 (14.29%) Problem Management

Operations Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Salesforce CRM
General
1 4 (57.14%) Social Skills
2 2 (28.57%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (14.29%) Finance
3 1 (14.29%) Police
Miscellaneous
1 3 (42.86%) Operational Technology
2 1 (14.29%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (14.29%) Driving Licence
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (42.86%) Business Analysis
1 3 (42.86%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (28.57%) Agile
2 2 (28.57%) Benchmarking
2 2 (28.57%) Business Strategy
2 2 (28.57%) ITIL
2 2 (28.57%) Requirements Gathering
2 2 (28.57%) SDLC
2 2 (28.57%) User Acceptance Testing
2 2 (28.57%) Waterfall
2 2 (28.57%) Workshop Facilitation
3 1 (14.29%) BPMN
3 1 (14.29%) Business Case
3 1 (14.29%) Business Process Modelling
3 1 (14.29%) Mentoring
3 1 (14.29%) Performance Analysis
3 1 (14.29%) Proactive Monitoring
3 1 (14.29%) Requirements Workshops
3 1 (14.29%) Scenario Testing
3 1 (14.29%) Workflow Analysis
Programming Languages
1 1 (14.29%) Korn
Qualifications
1 1 (14.29%) Degree
1 1 (14.29%) ISEB
Systems Management
1 1 (14.29%) SCCM
1 1 (14.29%) SCOM
Vendors
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft
1 1 (14.29%) Salesforce
1 1 (14.29%) ServiceNow
1 1 (14.29%) SolarWinds