Operations Support Analyst Contract Job Trends

Operations Support Analyst
UK

The median Operations Support Analyst daily rate in the UK is £450, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 16 December 2025.

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

6 months to
16 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 585 536 600
Rank change year-on-year -49 +64 +193
Contract jobs requiring an Operations Support Analyst 18 8 2
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.049% 0.023% 0.005%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.054% 0.025% 0.005%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 3 0
10th Percentile £415 £281 -
25th Percentile £419 £327 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £406 -
Median % change year-on-year +10.77% - -
75th Percentile £481 £420 -
90th Percentile £485 £426 -
UK excluding London median daily rate - £406 -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £22.25
Median hourly rate - - £23.50
75th Percentile - - £24.75
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - -

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 33,396 31,755 41,279
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.97% 92.76% 93.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 21,158 19,530 27,755
10th Percentile £290 £300 £288
25th Percentile £404 £410 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £619 £638 £644
90th Percentile £723 £738 £740
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £490 £500
% change year-on-year -3.06% -2.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,967 1,021 1,465
10th Percentile £14.25 £15.48 £15.19
25th Percentile £18.11 £21.00 £19.18
Median hourly rate £25.15 £34.00 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -26.03% -24.44% +50.00%
75th Percentile £57.50 £62.69 £65.00
90th Percentile £71.47 £72.75 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year -22.62% -27.78% +80.00%

Operations Support Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Operations Support Analyst job vacancy trend in the UK

Operations Support Analyst
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Operations Support Analyst job vacancies in the UK.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Operations Support Analyst job vacancies in the UK

Operations Support Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Operations Support Analyst job vacancies in the UK.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Operations Support Analyst job vacancies in the UK

Operations Support Analyst
Top 6 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Operations Support Analyst within the UK over the 6 months to 16 December 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 -27 18 £450 +10.77% 1
Work from Home +8 15 £425 +1.64%
London +8 11 £450 -
UK excluding London -56 7 - - 1
North of England - 7 - - 1
North West - 7 - - 1

Operations Support Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 16 December 2025, Operations Support 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 featuring Operations Support Analyst in the job title.

1 17 (94.44%) Microsoft
2 16 (88.89%) Active Directory
2 16 (88.89%) ITIL
2 16 (88.89%) Microsoft Office
2 16 (88.89%) OneDrive
2 16 (88.89%) Problem Management
2 16 (88.89%) SharePoint
3 9 (50.00%) Degree
3 9 (50.00%) ITSM
3 9 (50.00%) Microsoft Excel
3 9 (50.00%) PowerShell
3 9 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
3 9 (50.00%) Remedy
3 9 (50.00%) Remedy ITSM
3 9 (50.00%) SCCM
4 8 (44.44%) Azure
4 8 (44.44%) HP SiteScope
4 8 (44.44%) Information Security
4 8 (44.44%) ITIL Certification
4 8 (44.44%) Microsoft 365
4 8 (44.44%) Microsoft Exchange
4 8 (44.44%) Microsoft Intune
4 8 (44.44%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 8 (44.44%) Migration
4 8 (44.44%) MS Visio
4 8 (44.44%) Project Management
4 8 (44.44%) SCOM
4 8 (44.44%) Six Sigma
4 8 (44.44%) Skype
4 8 (44.44%) Skype for Business

Operations Support Analyst Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 16 (88.89%) SharePoint
2 8 (44.44%) Microsoft Exchange
2 8 (44.44%) Skype for Business
3 7 (38.89%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 16 (88.89%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (50.00%) Microsoft Excel
3 8 (44.44%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 8 (44.44%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 9 (50.00%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 16 (88.89%) OneDrive
2 8 (44.44%) Azure
2 8 (44.44%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 8 (44.44%) Skype
2 1 (5.56%) DHCP
2 1 (5.56%) DNS
2 1 (5.56%) LAN
2 1 (5.56%) TCP/IP
2 1 (5.56%) VLAN
2 1 (5.56%) WAN
General
1 18 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 9 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
3 8 (44.44%) Finance
4 2 (11.11%) Banking
5 1 (5.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (5.56%) Investment Banking
5 1 (5.56%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (5.56%) Prime Brokerage
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.56%) Analytical Mindset
1 1 (5.56%) Credit Risk
1 1 (5.56%) Derivative
1 1 (5.56%) Equity Derivative
1 1 (5.56%) Management Information System
1 1 (5.56%) Market Risk
1 1 (5.56%) OTC Derivatives
Operating Systems
1 1 (5.56%) Windows
1 1 (5.56%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (88.89%) ITIL
1 16 (88.89%) Problem Management
2 9 (50.00%) ITSM
2 9 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
3 8 (44.44%) Information Security
3 8 (44.44%) Migration
3 8 (44.44%) Project Management
3 8 (44.44%) Six Sigma
4 7 (38.89%) Service Delivery
4 7 (38.89%) Validation
5 1 (5.56%) Analytical Thinking
5 1 (5.56%) Coaching
5 1 (5.56%) Risk Analysis
5 1 (5.56%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 9 (50.00%) PowerShell
2 8 (44.44%) SQL
3 1 (5.56%) VBA
3 1 (5.56%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 9 (50.00%) Degree
2 8 (44.44%) ITIL Certification
System Software
1 16 (88.89%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 9 (50.00%) SCCM
2 8 (44.44%) HP SiteScope
2 8 (44.44%) Microsoft Intune
2 8 (44.44%) SCOM
Vendors
1 17 (94.44%) Microsoft
2 9 (50.00%) Remedy
3 8 (44.44%) Splunk
4 1 (5.56%) Alteryx
4 1 (5.56%) Cisco
4 1 (5.56%) Salesforce