Operational Support Analyst Contracts

Operational Support Analyst
UK

As of 1 May 2025, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Operational Support Analyst daily rate in the UK.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 516 580 712
Rank change year-on-year +64 +132 +141
Contract jobs requiring an Operational Support Analyst 4 2 6
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.014% 0.005% 0.010%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.015% 0.005% 0.011%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 4
10th Percentile - - £187
25th Percentile - - £264
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £333
Median % change year-on-year - - +20.91%
75th Percentile - - £409
90th Percentile - - £516
UK excluding London median daily rate - - £463
% change year-on-year - - +68.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
Median hourly rate - - £23.15
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - £23.15

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%

Operational Support Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Operational Support Analyst in the UK

Operational Support Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Operational Support Analyst.

Daily rate trend for Operational Support Analyst in the UK

Operational Support Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Operational Support Analyst.

Hourly rate trend for Operational Support Analyst in the UK

Operational Support Analyst
Top 4 Contract Locations

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 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
UK excluding London +65 4 - - 4
England +59 4 - - 6
North of England +21 4 - - 3
North West +19 4 - - 2

Operational Support Analyst Skill Set
Top 24 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 1 May 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 featuring Operational Support Analyst in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) SQL
1 4 (100.00%) ITIL
1 4 (100.00%) Linux
1 4 (100.00%) B2B
1 4 (100.00%) Cisco
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 4 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 4 (100.00%) ITIL Certification
1 4 (100.00%) Red Hat
1 4 (100.00%) Management Information System
1 4 (100.00%) Softphone
1 4 (100.00%) XMPP
1 4 (100.00%) Problem Management
1 4 (100.00%) SCOM
1 4 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 4 (100.00%) Skype for Business
1 4 (100.00%) Unified Communications
1 4 (100.00%) Splunk
1 4 (100.00%) Procure-to-Pay
1 4 (100.00%) Skype
1 4 (100.00%) WebEx
1 4 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 4 (100.00%) Mattermost
1 4 (100.00%) Social Skills

Operational Support 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:

Application Platforms
1 4 (100.00%) Mattermost
1 4 (100.00%) Skype for Business
Communications & Networking
1 4 (100.00%) Skype
1 4 (100.00%) Softphone
1 4 (100.00%) Unified Communications
1 4 (100.00%) WebEx
General
1 4 (100.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (100.00%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 4 (100.00%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 4 (100.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) B2B
1 4 (100.00%) ITIL
1 4 (100.00%) Problem Management
1 4 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 4 (100.00%) Procure-to-Pay
Programming Languages
1 4 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 4 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) ITIL Certification
System Software
1 4 (100.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (100.00%) SCOM
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) Cisco
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 4 (100.00%) Red Hat
1 4 (100.00%) Splunk