Operations Analyst Job Trends in Birmingham

Operations Analyst
West Midlands > Birmingham

The median Operations Analyst salary in Birmingham is £32,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 2 March 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 100 117 125
Rank change year-on-year +17 +8 +27
Permanent jobs requiring an Operations Analyst 4 2 5
As % of all permanent jobs in Birmingham 0.19% 0.12% 0.24%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.20% 0.13% 0.25%
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 4
10th Percentile - - £31,875
25th Percentile - - £34,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,000 - £44,250
Median % change year-on-year - - +7.93%
75th Percentile - - £54,000
90th Percentile - - -
West Midlands median annual salary £32,000 £41,626 £48,500
% change year-on-year -23.13% -14.17% -25.38%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Birmingham

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Birmingham. 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 permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in Birmingham with a recognized job title 1,955 1,539 1,965
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.91% 94.07% 93.53%
Number of salaries quoted 1,437 819 1,644
10th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £31,050
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,375 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £71,250 £68,750
90th Percentile £84,680 £95,000 £83,756
West Midlands median annual salary £50,000 £53,844 £50,000
% change year-on-year -7.14% +7.69% -4.76%

Operations Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

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

Operations Analyst job vacancy trend in Birmingham

Operations Analyst
Salary Trend in Birmingham

Salary distribution trend for Operations Analyst job vacancies in Birmingham.

Salary distribution trend for Operations Analyst job vacancies in Birmingham

Operations Analyst Skill Set
Top 23 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Birmingham

For the 6 months to 2 March 2026, Operations Analyst 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 permanent job ads across the Birmingham region featuring Operations Analyst in the job title.

1 2 (50.00%) Analytics
1 2 (50.00%) Azure
1 2 (50.00%) Azure Sentinel
1 2 (50.00%) Batch Scripting
1 2 (50.00%) Blue Prism
1 2 (50.00%) Business Strategy
1 2 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (50.00%) Incident Response
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (50.00%) Pega
1 2 (50.00%) Rapid7
1 2 (50.00%) Security Analytics
1 2 (50.00%) Security Monitoring
1 2 (50.00%) Security Operations
1 2 (50.00%) SIEM
1 2 (50.00%) TDD
1 2 (50.00%) Test Automation
1 2 (50.00%) Threat Detection
1 2 (50.00%) VBA
2 1 (25.00%) CCNA
2 1 (25.00%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (25.00%) CompTIA CySA+

Operations Analyst Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Birmingham 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (50.00%) Azure
1 2 (50.00%) Azure Sentinel
General
1 2 (50.00%) Banking
1 2 (50.00%) Documentation Skills
1 2 (50.00%) Legal
1 2 (50.00%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Cyber Defence
1 2 (50.00%) Mobile App
1 2 (50.00%) Security Operations Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Analytics
1 2 (50.00%) Batch Scripting
1 2 (50.00%) Business Strategy
1 2 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (50.00%) Incident Response
1 2 (50.00%) Security Analytics
1 2 (50.00%) Security Monitoring
1 2 (50.00%) Security Operations
1 2 (50.00%) SIEM
1 2 (50.00%) TDD
1 2 (50.00%) Test Automation
1 2 (50.00%) Threat Detection
Programming Languages
1 2 (50.00%) VBA
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) CCNA
1 1 (25.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (25.00%) CompTIA CySA+
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) Blue Prism
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (50.00%) Pega
1 2 (50.00%) Rapid7