Operations Analyst Contracts in the UK excluding London

Operations Analyst
UK > UK excluding London

The median Operations Analyst daily rate in the UK excluding London is £449, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 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
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 311 369 391
Rank change year-on-year +58 +22 +83
Contract jobs requiring an Operations Analyst 25 30 71
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.20% 0.14% 0.30%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.21% 0.16% 0.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 15 45
10th Percentile £238 £130 £343
25th Percentile £250 £266 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £449 £370 £475
Median % change year-on-year +21.28% -22.11% -
75th Percentile £525 £438 £579
90th Percentile - £628 £595
UK median daily rate £474 £525 £523
% change year-on-year -9.76% +0.48% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 7 3
10th Percentile - £11.25 -
25th Percentile - £14.45 -
Median hourly rate £81.35 £17.64 £23.15
Median % change year-on-year +361.17% -23.80% -12.64%
75th Percentile - £26.71 £25.93
90th Percentile - £28.42 £27.59
UK median hourly rate £60.93 £21.32 £23.15
% change year-on-year +185.76% -7.90% -22.83%

All Contract 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.

Contract vacancies in the UK excluding London with a recognized job title 11,767 19,240 22,667
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.17% 92.63% 94.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,552 11,748 15,893
10th Percentile £213 £213 £225
25th Percentile £363 £363 £395
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £492 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.46% -1.60% +5.26%
75th Percentile £575 £598 £595
90th Percentile £650 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 829 2,243 1,165
10th Percentile £14.00 £12.50 £13.45
25th Percentile £17.61 £15.75 £18.09
Median hourly rate £28.00 £39.55 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -29.20% -6.94% +117.95%
75th Percentile £64.50 £61.30 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £73.75 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £36.42 £45.00
% change year-on-year -20.37% -19.07% +91.49%

Operations Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Operations Analyst in the UK excluding London

Operations Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Operations Analyst in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Operations Analyst in the UK excluding London

Operations Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Operations Analyst in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Operations Analyst in the UK excluding London

Operations Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Operations Analyst in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Operations Analyst in the UK excluding London

Operations Analyst
Contract 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 Operations Analyst within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 1 May 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 of England +20 9 £473 +21.94% 9
South East +49 8 £250 -32.43% 35
North West +20 8 £499 +28.71% 2
Midlands +20 4 £525 - 7
West Midlands +13 4 £525 - 2
East of England +30 3 £313 +13.64% 12
Scotland +10 1 £425 +269.57% 8
North East -1 1 £250 - 3
Operations Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 1 May 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 UK excluding London region featuring Operations Analyst in the job title.

1 16 (64.00%) Social Skills
2 15 (60.00%) Microsoft
3 10 (40.00%) Analytical Skills
4 9 (36.00%) Cybersecurity
4 9 (36.00%) ITIL
5 8 (32.00%) Incident Management
5 8 (32.00%) Incident Response
6 7 (28.00%) Public Sector
6 7 (28.00%) Problem-Solving
6 7 (28.00%) Microsoft Certification
6 7 (28.00%) SCOM
6 7 (28.00%) Security Cleared
6 7 (28.00%) SC Cleared
7 6 (24.00%) PowerShell
7 6 (24.00%) Splunk
7 6 (24.00%) SIEM
7 6 (24.00%) Security Operations
7 6 (24.00%) Security Operations Centre
7 6 (24.00%) SQL
7 6 (24.00%) Kusto Query Language
8 5 (20.00%) Problem Management
8 5 (20.00%) Management Information System
8 5 (20.00%) Active Directory
9 4 (16.00%) ITIL Certification
9 4 (16.00%) Red Hat
9 4 (16.00%) Linux
9 4 (16.00%) B2B
9 4 (16.00%) Cisco
9 4 (16.00%) Softphone
9 4 (16.00%) XMPP

Operations 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 4 (16.00%) Mattermost
1 4 (16.00%) Skype for Business
2 1 (4.00%) IBM Domino
Applications
1 1 (4.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (4.00%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 3 (12.00%) Azure
2 1 (4.00%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 4 (16.00%) Skype
1 4 (16.00%) Softphone
1 4 (16.00%) Unified Communications
1 4 (16.00%) WebEx
2 2 (8.00%) DNS
3 1 (4.00%) DHCP
3 1 (4.00%) FTP
3 1 (4.00%) HTTP
3 1 (4.00%) Network Security
3 1 (4.00%) SMTP
3 1 (4.00%) SSL
3 1 (4.00%) TCP/IP
General
1 16 (64.00%) Social Skills
2 10 (40.00%) Analytical Skills
3 7 (28.00%) Public Sector
4 3 (12.00%) Finance
5 2 (8.00%) Billing
5 2 (8.00%) Retail
5 2 (8.00%) Telecoms
6 1 (4.00%) Aerospace
6 1 (4.00%) Aviation
6 1 (4.00%) Banking
6 1 (4.00%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (4.00%) Investment Banking
6 1 (4.00%) Legal
6 1 (4.00%) Pharmaceutical
6 1 (4.00%) Police
6 1 (4.00%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (16.00%) XMPP
2 1 (4.00%) LDAP
2 1 (4.00%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 6 (24.00%) Security Operations Centre
2 5 (20.00%) Management Information System
3 4 (16.00%) Analytical Mindset
4 2 (8.00%) Driving Licence
5 1 (4.00%) CMDB
5 1 (4.00%) Cyber Defence
5 1 (4.00%) Cyberattack
5 1 (4.00%) Data Centre
5 1 (4.00%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (4.00%) Operational Technology
5 1 (4.00%) PKI
5 1 (4.00%) YARA
Operating Systems
1 4 (16.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (36.00%) Cybersecurity
1 9 (36.00%) ITIL
2 8 (32.00%) Incident Management
2 8 (32.00%) Incident Response
3 7 (28.00%) Problem-Solving
4 6 (24.00%) Security Operations
4 6 (24.00%) SIEM
5 5 (20.00%) Problem Management
6 4 (16.00%) Actionable Insight
6 4 (16.00%) B2B
6 4 (16.00%) Procure-to-Pay
7 3 (12.00%) Continuous Improvement
7 3 (12.00%) Data Analysis
7 3 (12.00%) Project Management
7 3 (12.00%) Root Cause Analysis
8 2 (8.00%) Agile
8 2 (8.00%) Capacity Management
8 2 (8.00%) Capacity Planning
8 2 (8.00%) Change Management
8 2 (8.00%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 6 (24.00%) Kusto Query Language
1 6 (24.00%) PowerShell
1 6 (24.00%) SQL
2 2 (8.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 7 (28.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 7 (28.00%) SC Cleared
1 7 (28.00%) Security Cleared
2 4 (16.00%) ITIL Certification
3 1 (4.00%) CCNA
3 1 (4.00%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (4.00%) CISSP
3 1 (4.00%) Degree
3 1 (4.00%) DV Cleared
3 1 (4.00%) GCFE
3 1 (4.00%) GCIH
3 1 (4.00%) GIAC
3 1 (4.00%) GREM
3 1 (4.00%) Network+ Certification
3 1 (4.00%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (8.00%) SLA
2 1 (4.00%) Actionable Recommendations
2 1 (4.00%) QA
System Software
1 5 (20.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 7 (28.00%) SCOM
2 3 (12.00%) SCCM
3 1 (4.00%) Nagios
3 1 (4.00%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 15 (60.00%) Microsoft
2 6 (24.00%) Splunk
3 4 (16.00%) Cisco
3 4 (16.00%) Red Hat
3 4 (16.00%) SolarWinds
4 3 (12.00%) ServiceNow
5 2 (8.00%) Dynatrace
6 1 (4.00%) Okta
6 1 (4.00%) Twitter