IT Operations Analyst Contracts

IT Operations Analyst
UK

The median IT Operations Analyst daily rate in the UK is £402, 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 516 576 712
Rank change year-on-year +60 +136 +131
Contract jobs requiring an IT Operations Analyst 4 6 6
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.014% 0.014% 0.010%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.015% 0.015% 0.011%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 4 5
10th Percentile £369 £377 £263
25th Percentile £389 £380 £338
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £402 £394 £375
Median % change year-on-year +2.16% +5.00% +97.37%
75th Percentile £424 £481 £500
90th Percentile £454 £628 £620
UK excluding London median daily rate £473 £388 £350
% change year-on-year +21.94% +10.71% +29.03%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £25.00 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - £25.00 -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title 27,084 40,415 56,464
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.52% 92.78% 94.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,692 26,309 39,470
10th Percentile £300 £275 £313
25th Percentile £406 £410 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £492 £500
% change year-on-year -3.46% -1.60% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,035 2,664 1,570
10th Percentile £14.07 £12.86 £14.29
25th Percentile £18.50 £16.30 £19.50
Median hourly rate £29.00 £36.42 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.37% -19.07% +91.49%
75th Percentile £62.50 £60.75 £65.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £28.00 £39.55 £42.50
% change year-on-year -29.20% -6.94% +117.95%

IT Operations Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Operations Analyst in the UK

IT Operations Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing IT Operations Analyst.

Daily rate trend for IT Operations Analyst in the UK

IT Operations Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing IT Operations Analyst.

Hourly rate trend for IT Operations Analyst in the UK

IT Operations Analyst
Top 6 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing IT Operations Analyst within the UK 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
England +55 4 £402 +2.16% 2
London +39 3 £400 -44.83%
Work from Home +42 2 £381 -47.41% 1
UK excluding London +60 1 £473 +21.94% 2
North of England +17 1 £473 +21.94%
North West +15 1 £473 +21.94%

IT Operations Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, IT 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 featuring IT Operations Analyst in the job title.

1 3 (75.00%) Agile
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (50.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (50.00%) ITIL
2 2 (50.00%) Windows
2 2 (50.00%) Project Management
2 2 (50.00%) Finance
2 2 (50.00%) Banking
2 2 (50.00%) Incident Management
2 2 (50.00%) Azure
2 2 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (50.00%) Fintech
2 2 (50.00%) Virtual Servers
2 2 (50.00%) Waterfall
2 2 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (50.00%) Requirements Gathering
2 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (50.00%) Workshop Facilitation
3 1 (25.00%) Public Sector
3 1 (25.00%) Incident Response
3 1 (25.00%) Customer Service
3 1 (25.00%) Root Cause Analysis
3 1 (25.00%) Capacity Management
3 1 (25.00%) Task Automation
3 1 (25.00%) Performance Analysis
3 1 (25.00%) DevOps
3 1 (25.00%) Capacity Planning
3 1 (25.00%) SQL
3 1 (25.00%) CMDB

IT Operations Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (50.00%) Azure
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) DHCP
1 1 (25.00%) DNS
1 1 (25.00%) TCP/IP
General
1 2 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (50.00%) Banking
1 2 (50.00%) Finance
1 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Law
2 1 (25.00%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) CMDB
1 1 (25.00%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 2 (50.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Agile
2 2 (50.00%) Fintech
2 2 (50.00%) Incident Management
2 2 (50.00%) ITIL
2 2 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (50.00%) Project Management
2 2 (50.00%) Requirements Gathering
2 2 (50.00%) Waterfall
2 2 (50.00%) Workshop Facilitation
3 1 (25.00%) Capacity Management
3 1 (25.00%) Capacity Planning
3 1 (25.00%) Change Management
3 1 (25.00%) Configuration Management
3 1 (25.00%) Customer Service
3 1 (25.00%) DevOps
3 1 (25.00%) Incident Response
3 1 (25.00%) Performance Analysis
3 1 (25.00%) Root Cause Analysis
3 1 (25.00%) Service Management
3 1 (25.00%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (25.00%) Python
1 1 (25.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (25.00%) CCNA
2 1 (25.00%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (25.00%) Network+ Certification
2 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 2 (50.00%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 1 (25.00%) Nagios
1 1 (25.00%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (25.00%) SolarWinds