Operational Support Analyst Contracts in the UK excluding London

Operational Support Analyst
UK > UK excluding London

The median Operational Support Analyst daily rate in the UK excluding London is £265, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 22 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
22 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 357 368 438
Rank change year-on-year +11 +70 +76
DemandTrendContract jobs requiring an Operational Support Analyst 10 2 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.065% 0.011% 0.014%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.072% 0.012% 0.015%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 1
10th Percentile - £265 -
25th Percentile £258 £288 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £265 £328 £350
Median % change year-on-year -19.24% -6.25% +27.27%
75th Percentile £273 £370 -
90th Percentile - £393 -
UK median daily rate £450 £328 £333
% change year-on-year +37.14% -1.32% +20.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £15.21
UK median hourly rate - - £19.36

All DemandTrendContract IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the UK excluding 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.

DemandTrendContract vacancies in the UK excluding London with a recognized job title 13,843 16,779 20,567
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.05% 92.24% 94.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,464 10,141 13,885
10th Percentile £213 £220 £225
25th Percentile £361 £375 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - +1.01%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £600
90th Percentile £650 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £534
% change year-on-year -4.76% -1.69% -1.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,257 1,678 1,148
10th Percentile £13.32 £13.86 £14.00
25th Percentile £16.35 £18.20 £17.72
Median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -41.51% +14.67% +76.47%
75th Percentile £55.00 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £73.75 £75.00 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £42.35
% change year-on-year -41.51% +1.55% +64.89%

Operational Support Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings that featured Operational Support Analyst in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Operational Support Analyst in the UK excluding London

Operational Support Analyst
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Operational Support Analyst job vacancies in the UK excluding London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Operational Support Analyst job vacancies in the UK excluding London

Operational Support Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Operational Support Analyst job vacancies in the UK excluding London.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Operational Support Analyst job vacancies in the UK excluding London

Operational Support Analyst
DemandTrendContract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Operational Support Analyst within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 22 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
DemandTrendContract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
North West - 9 - - 1
North of England - 9 - - 1
Midlands - 1 £265 -
West Midlands - 1 £265 -
Operational Support Analyst
UK

Operational Support Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 22 August 2025, Operational Support 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 UK excluding London region featuring Operational Support Analyst in the job title.

1 9 (90.00%) Skype for Business
1 9 (90.00%) Problem Management
1 9 (90.00%) Microsoft
1 9 (90.00%) Active Directory
1 9 (90.00%) ITIL
1 9 (90.00%) Skype
1 9 (90.00%) Problem-Solving
1 9 (90.00%) Social Skills
2 7 (70.00%) Mattermost
2 7 (70.00%) WebEx
2 7 (70.00%) SCOM
2 7 (70.00%) PowerShell
2 7 (70.00%) Procure-to-Pay
2 7 (70.00%) Linux
2 7 (70.00%) SQL
2 7 (70.00%) B2B
2 7 (70.00%) ITIL Certification
2 7 (70.00%) Red Hat
2 7 (70.00%) Management Information System
2 7 (70.00%) Unified Communications
2 7 (70.00%) Splunk
2 7 (70.00%) XMPP
2 7 (70.00%) Cisco
2 7 (70.00%) Softphone
3 3 (30.00%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (20.00%) Exchange Server 2013
4 2 (20.00%) Azure
4 2 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (20.00%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (20.00%) OneDrive

Operational Support Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 9 (90.00%) Skype for Business
2 7 (70.00%) Mattermost
3 2 (20.00%) Exchange Server 2013
3 2 (20.00%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (20.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (20.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (20.00%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (20.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 2 (20.00%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 2 (20.00%) Azure
1 2 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
1 2 (20.00%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 9 (90.00%) Skype
2 7 (70.00%) Softphone
2 7 (70.00%) Unified Communications
2 7 (70.00%) WebEx
General
1 9 (90.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (30.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (10.00%) Finance
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (70.00%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 7 (70.00%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 7 (70.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (90.00%) ITIL
1 9 (90.00%) Problem Management
1 9 (90.00%) Problem-Solving
2 7 (70.00%) B2B
2 7 (70.00%) Procure-to-Pay
3 2 (20.00%) Migration
3 2 (20.00%) Project Management
3 2 (20.00%) Six Sigma
3 2 (20.00%) Validation
4 1 (10.00%) Acceptance Criteria
4 1 (10.00%) Demand Management
4 1 (10.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (10.00%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 7 (70.00%) PowerShell
1 7 (70.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (70.00%) ITIL Certification
2 2 (20.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (10.00%) SLA
System Software
1 9 (90.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 7 (70.00%) SCOM
2 2 (20.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (20.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 9 (90.00%) Microsoft
2 7 (70.00%) Cisco
2 7 (70.00%) Red Hat
2 7 (70.00%) Splunk