IT Operations Analyst Job Trends in the East of England

IT Operations Analyst
England > East of England

The median IT Operations Analyst salary in the East of England is £43,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 1 January 2026.

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

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 154 - 137
Rank change year-on-year - - +90
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Operations Analyst 5 0 1
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 0.12% - 0.047%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.14% - 0.049%
Number of salaries quoted 5 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £42,000 - £25,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,000 - £26,500
Median % change year-on-year - - -41.11%
75th Percentile £45,000 - £27,250
90th Percentile - - -
England median annual salary £43,000 £70,000 £33,750
% change year-on-year -38.57% +107.41% -20.59%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
East of England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the East of England. 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 the East of England with a recognized job title 3,691 3,211 2,026
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 89.37% 89.62% 94.72%
Number of salaries quoted 2,218 1,482 1,495
10th Percentile £27,500 £28,000 £26,425
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -0.68%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £83,750
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -1.64%

IT Operations Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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

IT Operations Analyst job vacancy trend in the East of England

IT Operations Analyst
Salary Trend in the East of England

Salary distribution trend for IT Operations Analyst job vacancies in the East of England.

Salary distribution trend for IT Operations Analyst job vacancies in the East of England

IT Operations Analyst
Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IT Operations Analyst within the East of England region over the 6 months to 1 January 2026. 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Hertfordshire - 5 £43,000 -
IT Operations Analyst
England

IT Operations Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England

For the 6 months to 1 January 2026, IT 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 East of England region featuring IT Operations Analyst in the job title.

1 3 (60.00%) Active Directory
1 3 (60.00%) Azure
1 3 (60.00%) DHCP
1 3 (60.00%) DNS
1 3 (60.00%) Firewall
1 3 (60.00%) Hyper-V
1 3 (60.00%) IaaS
1 3 (60.00%) Microsoft
1 3 (60.00%) Microsoft 365
1 3 (60.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 3 (60.00%) PaaS
1 3 (60.00%) PowerShell
1 3 (60.00%) VPN
1 3 (60.00%) Windows
1 3 (60.00%) Windows Server
2 2 (40.00%) Entra ID
2 2 (40.00%) Google
2 2 (40.00%) Google Workspace
2 2 (40.00%) ITIL
2 2 (40.00%) ITSM
2 2 (40.00%) Jamf Pro
2 2 (40.00%) JIRA
2 2 (40.00%) Mac OS
2 2 (40.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (40.00%) Okta
2 2 (40.00%) Proactive Management
2 2 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (40.00%) SCCM
2 2 (40.00%) ServiceNow
2 2 (40.00%) Vulnerability Management

IT Operations Analyst Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England 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 3 (60.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 3 (60.00%) Azure
1 3 (60.00%) IaaS
1 3 (60.00%) Microsoft 365
1 3 (60.00%) PaaS
2 2 (40.00%) Entra ID
2 2 (40.00%) Google Workspace
3 1 (20.00%) Azure Logic Apps
3 1 (20.00%) Azure Monitor
3 1 (20.00%) Azure Sentinel
3 1 (20.00%) OneDrive
3 1 (20.00%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (60.00%) DHCP
1 3 (60.00%) DNS
1 3 (60.00%) Firewall
1 3 (60.00%) VPN
2 1 (20.00%) IPv4
2 1 (20.00%) IPv6
2 1 (20.00%) LAN
2 1 (20.00%) MPLS
2 1 (20.00%) SD-WAN
2 1 (20.00%) WAN
Development Applications
1 2 (40.00%) JIRA
General
1 2 (40.00%) Legal
1 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 3 (60.00%) Windows
1 3 (60.00%) Windows Server
2 2 (40.00%) Mac OS
3 1 (20.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) ITIL
1 2 (40.00%) ITSM
1 2 (40.00%) Proactive Management
1 2 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (40.00%) Vulnerability Management
2 1 (20.00%) Analytics
2 1 (20.00%) API Management
2 1 (20.00%) Change Control
2 1 (20.00%) Cloud Operations
2 1 (20.00%) Data Protection
2 1 (20.00%) High Availability
2 1 (20.00%) Log Analytics
2 1 (20.00%) Network Virtualisation
2 1 (20.00%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 3 (60.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 3 (60.00%) Active Directory
1 3 (60.00%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 2 (40.00%) Jamf Pro
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 2 (40.00%) SCCM
2 1 (20.00%) Failover Clustering
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
Vendors
1 3 (60.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (40.00%) Google
2 2 (40.00%) Okta
2 2 (40.00%) ServiceNow