Operations Analyst Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Operations Analyst
UK > Work from Home

The median Operations Analyst daily rate for remote or hybrid work is £525, 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 288 315 387
Rank change year-on-year +27 +72 +205
Contract jobs requiring an Operations Analyst 16 30 90
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.16% 0.20% 0.35%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.17% 0.21% 0.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 23 55
10th Percentile £369 £313 £368
25th Percentile £488 £413 £414
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £575 £500
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +15.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £572 £738 £650
90th Percentile £661 £788 £835
UK median daily rate £474 £525 £523
% change year-on-year -9.76% +0.48% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 3
10th Percentile - - £21.43
25th Percentile - £15.50 £22.08
Median hourly rate - £16.00 £23.15
Median % change year-on-year - -30.89% -
75th Percentile - £16.50 -
90th Percentile - - -
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
Work from Home

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies with WFH or hybrid options. 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 Work from Home with a recognized job title 9,288 14,354 24,650
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.77% 93.54% 95.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,350 9,595 17,415
10th Percentile £337 £325 £360
25th Percentile £414 £425 £444
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year - -2.69% +2.76%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £650
90th Percentile £763 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 228 579 565
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.38 £18.50
25th Percentile £18.19 £23.39 £26.00
Median hourly rate £38.00 £44.74 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.06% -18.65% +57.14%
75th Percentile £66.00 £63.00 £68.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.25 £80.25
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £36.42 £45.00
% change year-on-year -20.37% -19.07% +91.49%

Operations Analyst
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options which featured Operations Analyst in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Operations Analyst trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Operations Analyst
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Operations Analyst.

Operations Analyst daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Operations Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Operations Analyst over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Operations Analyst daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Operations Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Operations Analyst.

Operations Analyst hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Operations Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

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 jobs with a WFH option featuring Operations Analyst in the job title.

1 8 (50.00%) Microsoft
1 8 (50.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 8 (50.00%) SIEM
1 8 (50.00%) Security Operations
1 8 (50.00%) Incident Response
2 7 (43.75%) Social Skills
2 7 (43.75%) Security Operations Centre
2 7 (43.75%) Cybersecurity
2 7 (43.75%) Incident Management
3 6 (37.50%) SC Cleared
3 6 (37.50%) Security Cleared
3 6 (37.50%) Kusto Query Language
3 6 (37.50%) Public Sector
4 3 (18.75%) Project Management
4 3 (18.75%) Finance
4 3 (18.75%) Windows
4 3 (18.75%) Asset Management
4 3 (18.75%) Splunk
4 3 (18.75%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (18.75%) Actionable Insight
4 3 (18.75%) Workshop Facilitation
5 2 (12.50%) Requirements Gathering
5 2 (12.50%) DataOps
5 2 (12.50%) Waterfall
5 2 (12.50%) Virtual Servers
5 2 (12.50%) Fintech
5 2 (12.50%) Dynatrace
5 2 (12.50%) Microsoft 365
5 2 (12.50%) Investment Management
5 2 (12.50%) Telecoms

Operations Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (6.25%) Aladdin
1 1 (6.25%) MultiFonds
Cloud Services
1 2 (12.50%) Azure
1 2 (12.50%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (12.50%) Firewall
1 2 (12.50%) Intrusion Detection
2 1 (6.25%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (6.25%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 1 (6.25%) JIRA
General
1 7 (43.75%) Social Skills
2 6 (37.50%) Public Sector
3 3 (18.75%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (18.75%) Finance
4 2 (12.50%) Banking
4 2 (12.50%) Billing
4 2 (12.50%) Retail
4 2 (12.50%) Telecoms
5 1 (6.25%) Back Office
5 1 (6.25%) Legal
5 1 (6.25%) Presentation Skills
Miscellaneous
1 7 (43.75%) Security Operations Centre
2 1 (6.25%) Client/Server
2 1 (6.25%) Cyber Threat
2 1 (6.25%) Derivative
2 1 (6.25%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
2 1 (6.25%) Equities
2 1 (6.25%) Fixed Income
2 1 (6.25%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 3 (18.75%) Windows
2 1 (6.25%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (50.00%) Incident Response
1 8 (50.00%) Security Operations
1 8 (50.00%) SIEM
2 7 (43.75%) Cybersecurity
2 7 (43.75%) Incident Management
3 3 (18.75%) Actionable Insight
3 3 (18.75%) Asset Management
3 3 (18.75%) Project Management
3 3 (18.75%) Workshop Facilitation
4 2 (12.50%) Agile
4 2 (12.50%) Data Analysis
4 2 (12.50%) DataOps
4 2 (12.50%) Fintech
4 2 (12.50%) Investment Management
4 2 (12.50%) Migration
4 2 (12.50%) Requirements Gathering
4 2 (12.50%) Waterfall
5 1 (6.25%) Change Management
5 1 (6.25%) Data Mapping
5 1 (6.25%) Portfolio Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (37.50%) Kusto Query Language
2 1 (6.25%) Bash
2 1 (6.25%) PowerShell
2 1 (6.25%) Python
Qualifications
1 8 (50.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 6 (37.50%) SC Cleared
2 6 (37.50%) Security Cleared
3 1 (6.25%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (6.25%) EMIR
1 1 (6.25%) QA
System Software
1 2 (12.50%) Virtual Servers
Vendors
1 8 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (18.75%) Splunk
3 2 (12.50%) Charles River
3 2 (12.50%) Dynatrace
4 1 (6.25%) Rapid7
4 1 (6.25%) Temenos
4 1 (6.25%) VMware