Service Operations Analyst Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Service Operations Analyst
UK > UK excluding London

The median Service Operations Analyst daily rate in the UK excluding London is £498, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 18 October 2026.

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

6 months to
18 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 475 380 366
Rank change year-on-year -95 -14 -
Contract jobs requiring a Service Operations Analyst 3 1 3
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.011% 0.006% 0.017%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.012% 0.007% 0.019%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £452 - -
25th Percentile £464 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £498 - -
75th Percentile £518 - -
90th Percentile £522 - -
UK median daily rate £498 - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £60.75 £25.56
Median hourly rate - £61.50 £26.13
Median % change year-on-year - +135.41% -
75th Percentile - £62.25 £26.69
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate - £61.50 £26.13
% change year-on-year - +135.41% -

All Contract IT Job Roles
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.

6 months to
18 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Contract vacancies in the UK excluding London with a recognized job title 25,719 14,384 15,862
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.86% 89.62% 92.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 13,812 8,852 9,028
10th Percentile £300 £209 £220
25th Percentile £411 £363 £373
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £490
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -3.06% -2.00%
75th Percentile £600 £575 £588
90th Percentile £688 £675 £675
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3,614 1,371 1,184
10th Percentile £14.22 £13.57 £14.73
25th Percentile £18.50 £16.50 £19.59
Median hourly rate £40.32 £24.62 £41.27
Median % change year-on-year +63.77% -40.34% -7.27%
75th Percentile £67.88 £50.00 £66.61
90th Percentile £78.75 £69.65 £73.75
UK median hourly rate £41.06 £25.15 £40.33
% change year-on-year +63.26% -37.63% -10.39%

Service Operations Analyst Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Service Operations Analyst' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Service Operations Analyst job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Service Operations Analyst Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Service Operations Analyst job vacancies in the UK excluding London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Service Operations Analyst job vacancies in the UK excluding London

Service Operations Analyst Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Service Operations Analyst job vacancies in the UK excluding London.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Service Operations Analyst job vacancies in the UK excluding London

Service 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 Service Operations Analyst within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 18 October 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
South East -56 3 £498 -
Service Operations Analyst
UK

Service Operations Analyst Skill Set Top 18 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 18 October 2026, Service 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 UK excluding London region featuring Service Operations Analyst in the job title.

RankSkillShareJob Ads
1Continuous Improvement100.0%3
1Data Modelling100.0%3
1Data Quality100.0%3
1ITIL100.0%3
1ITSM100.0%3
1ServiceNow100.0%3
1Trend Analysis100.0%3
8Actionable Insight66.7%2
8Service Management66.7%2
10Change Management33.3%1
10COBIT33.3%1
10Incident Management33.3%1
10ITIL Certification33.3%1
10Major Incident Management33.3%1
10Performance Metrics33.3%1
10SIAM33.3%1
10Stakeholder Engagement33.3%1
10Stakeholder Management33.3%1

Service Operations Analyst Skill Set Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Job Titles

RankJob TitleShareJob Ads