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 £431, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 22 June 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
22 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 301 313 362
Rank change year-on-year +12 +49 +217
Contract jobs requiring an Operations Analyst 7 30 95
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.072% 0.20% 0.40%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.076% 0.22% 0.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 18 62
10th Percentile £263 £313 £378
25th Percentile £323 £413 £415
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £431 £575 £500
Median % change year-on-year -25.00% +15.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £572 £750 £740
90th Percentile £594 £799 £875
UK median daily rate £350 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -30.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 3
10th Percentile - - £21.43
25th Percentile £16.50 £15.50 £22.08
Median hourly rate £17.00 £16.00 £23.15
Median % change year-on-year +6.25% -30.89% -
75th Percentile £17.50 £16.50 -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £40.50 £21.32 £21.70
% change year-on-year +89.96% -1.75% -18.11%

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 9,183 13,830 22,631
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.90% 93.65% 95.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,178 9,309 16,051
10th Percentile £325 £325 £356
25th Percentile £413 £425 £443
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% -2.33% +2.38%
75th Percentile £635 £631 £650
90th Percentile £763 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% +2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 246 569 533
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.27 £16.98
25th Percentile £16.13 £22.50 £24.75
Median hourly rate £34.48 £43.00 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -19.81% -14.00% +25.00%
75th Percentile £65.25 £65.00 £66.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.00 £75.80
UK median hourly rate £27.35 £37.50 £44.00
% change year-on-year -27.07% -14.77% +76.00%

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 22 June 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 22 June 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 3 (42.86%) Windows
1 3 (42.86%) Finance
1 3 (42.86%) SIEM
1 3 (42.86%) Security Operations
1 3 (42.86%) Incident Response
2 2 (28.57%) Workshop Facilitation
2 2 (28.57%) Fintech
2 2 (28.57%) Social Skills
2 2 (28.57%) Azure
2 2 (28.57%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (28.57%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (28.57%) Security Operations Centre
2 2 (28.57%) Banking
2 2 (28.57%) Intrusion Detection
2 2 (28.57%) Incident Management
2 2 (28.57%) Firewall
2 2 (28.57%) Microsoft
2 2 (28.57%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (28.57%) Project Management
3 1 (14.29%) Temenos
3 1 (14.29%) Back Office
3 1 (14.29%) Regression Testing
3 1 (14.29%) Linux
3 1 (14.29%) Python
3 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (14.29%) CRM
3 1 (14.29%) Client/Server
3 1 (14.29%) ERP
3 1 (14.29%) VPN
3 1 (14.29%) Business Intelligence

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:

Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (14.29%) MultiFonds
Cloud Services
1 2 (28.57%) Azure
1 2 (28.57%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (14.29%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 2 (28.57%) Firewall
1 2 (28.57%) Intrusion Detection
2 1 (14.29%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (14.29%) Power BI
1 1 (14.29%) Relational Database
1 1 (14.29%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (14.29%) JIRA
General
1 3 (42.86%) Finance
2 2 (28.57%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (28.57%) Banking
2 2 (28.57%) Social Skills
3 1 (14.29%) Back Office
3 1 (14.29%) Legal
3 1 (14.29%) Presentation Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (28.57%) Security Operations Centre
2 1 (14.29%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (14.29%) Client/Server
2 1 (14.29%) Cyber Threat
2 1 (14.29%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
2 1 (14.29%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 3 (42.86%) Windows
2 1 (14.29%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (42.86%) Incident Response
1 3 (42.86%) Security Operations
1 3 (42.86%) SIEM
2 2 (28.57%) Fintech
2 2 (28.57%) Incident Management
2 2 (28.57%) Project Management
2 2 (28.57%) Workshop Facilitation
3 1 (14.29%) Agile
3 1 (14.29%) Asset Management
3 1 (14.29%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (14.29%) CRM
3 1 (14.29%) Dashboard Development
3 1 (14.29%) Data Analytics
3 1 (14.29%) ERP
3 1 (14.29%) Information Security
3 1 (14.29%) Migration
3 1 (14.29%) Operations Management
3 1 (14.29%) Performance Metrics
3 1 (14.29%) Process Improvement
3 1 (14.29%) Regression Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (14.29%) Bash
1 1 (14.29%) PowerShell
1 1 (14.29%) Python
1 1 (14.29%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (28.57%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (14.29%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (14.29%) EMIR
1 1 (14.29%) QA
System Software
1 1 (14.29%) Virtual Servers
Vendors
1 2 (28.57%) Microsoft
2 1 (14.29%) Darktrace
2 1 (14.29%) Rapid7
2 1 (14.29%) Splunk
2 1 (14.29%) Temenos
2 1 (14.29%) Varonis
2 1 (14.29%) VMware