Operations Engineer Job Trends in Cardiff

Operations Engineer
South Wales > Cardiff

The median Operations Engineer salary in Cardiff is £54,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 14 September 2026.

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

6 months to
14 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 68 33 56
Rank change year-on-year -35 +23 -
Permanent jobs requiring an Operations Engineer 1 1 2
As % of all permanent jobs in Cardiff 0.10% 0.38% 0.32%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.11% 0.39% 0.33%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £52,000 - £26,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 - £28,000
75th Percentile £56,000 - £29,500
90th Percentile - - -
South Wales median annual salary £54,000 - £28,000

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Cardiff

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Cardiff. 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 Cardiff with a recognized job title 927 257 603
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.57% 97.35% 96.63%
Number of salaries quoted 676 174 464
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £37,628 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £51,152
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% +7.52% -5.16%
75th Percentile £73,750 £60,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £81,875 £75,000 £79,488
South Wales median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% - -

Operations Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Cardiff

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

Operations Engineer job vacancy trend in Cardiff

Operations Engineer
Salary Trend in Cardiff

Salary distribution trend for Operations Engineer job vacancies in Cardiff.

Salary distribution trend for Operations Engineer job vacancies in Cardiff

Operations Engineer Skill Set
Top 18 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cardiff

For the 6 months to 14 September 2026, Operations Engineer 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 Cardiff region featuring Operations Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Business Continuity
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Management
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) ITSM
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Tuning
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (100.00%) Unisys
1 1 (100.00%) Windows

Operations Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cardiff 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 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
General
1 1 (100.00%) Banking
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Business Continuity
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Management
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) ITSM
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Tuning
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Unisys