Operations Analyst Contract Job Trends in the South West

Operations Analyst
England > South West

The median Operations Analyst daily rate in the South West is £800, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 July 2026.

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

6 months to
1 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 146 - 153
Rank change year-on-year - - +9
Contract jobs requiring an Operations Analyst 2 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in the South West 0.056% - 0.030%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.060% - 0.033%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £775 - £258
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £800 - £265
Median % change year-on-year - - -39.43%
75th Percentile £825 - £273
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £513 £350 £525
% change year-on-year +46.43% -33.33% -

All Contract IT Job Roles
South West

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the South West. 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 West with a recognized job title 3,308 1,592 3,034
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.71% 89.89% 92.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,758 971 1,911
10th Percentile £319 £225 £250
25th Percentile £413 £373 £404
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -
75th Percentile £613 £619 £613
90th Percentile £705 £688 £700
England median daily rate £525 £513 £525
% change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 576 156 459
10th Percentile £17.74 £15.25 £13.86
25th Percentile £32.48 £18.78 £27.75
Median hourly rate £57.50 £33.00 £55.50
Median % change year-on-year +74.24% -40.54% -11.20%
75th Percentile £67.25 £67.63 £71.25
90th Percentile £74.68 £72.63 £75.00
England median hourly rate £45.00 £28.18 £39.55
% change year-on-year +59.69% -28.75% -9.97%

Operations Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Operations Analyst job vacancy trend in the South West

Operations Analyst
Daily Rate Trend in the South West

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

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

Operations Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

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

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

Operations Analyst
Contract Job Locations in the South West

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 West region over the 6 months to 1 July 2026. 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
Wiltshire - 2 £800 -
Operations Analyst
England

Operations Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West

For the 6 months to 1 July 2026, 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 South West region featuring Operations Analyst in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Operations
2 1 (50.00%) Bash
2 1 (50.00%) CompTIA CySA+
2 1 (50.00%) CompTIA Security+
2 1 (50.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
2 1 (50.00%) Forensic Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) Incident Response
2 1 (50.00%) Intrusion Detection
2 1 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (50.00%) ITIL
2 1 (50.00%) Linux
2 1 (50.00%) Malware Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) Malware Reverse Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) MCSE
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (50.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
2 1 (50.00%) NIST
2 1 (50.00%) PowerShell
2 1 (50.00%) Process Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Python
2 1 (50.00%) Reverse Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) SIEM
2 1 (50.00%) SOAR
2 1 (50.00%) SolarWinds
2 1 (50.00%) Threat Detection
2 1 (50.00%) Threat Intelligence
2 1 (50.00%) Vulnerability Scanning

Operations Analyst Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) Intrusion Detection
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Linux
1 1 (50.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (100.00%) Security Operations
2 1 (50.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
2 1 (50.00%) Forensic Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) Incident Response
2 1 (50.00%) ITIL
2 1 (50.00%) Malware Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) Malware Reverse Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
2 1 (50.00%) Process Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Reverse Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) SIEM
2 1 (50.00%) SOAR
2 1 (50.00%) Threat Detection
2 1 (50.00%) Threat Intelligence
2 1 (50.00%) Vulnerability Scanning
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) Bash
1 1 (50.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (50.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) CompTIA CySA+
2 1 (50.00%) CompTIA Security+
2 1 (50.00%) MCSE
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (50.00%) NIST
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) SolarWinds