Operations Research Jobs in the East of England

Operations Research (or Operational Research)
England > East of England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the East of England requiring Operations Research skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Operations Research over the 6 months leading up to 10 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 172 210 228
Rank change year-on-year +38 +18 -
Permanent jobs citing Operations Research 2 7 9
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 0.061% 0.11% 0.17%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.065% 0.14% 0.18%
Number of salaries quoted 0 3 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - £20,000 -
England median annual salary £60,000 £51,528 £57,500
% change year-on-year +16.44% -10.39% -14.82%

All Process and Methodology Skills
East of England

Operations Research falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the East of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,077 4,934 5,096
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 93.84% 80.62% 95.02%
Number of salaries quoted 1,497 3,705 2,213
10th Percentile £28,125 £25,809 £26,904
25th Percentile £37,574 £32,500 £37,791
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -9.09% +10.00%
75th Percentile £66,250 £65,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £77,000 £76,250 £83,750
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -12.00% +4.17%

Operations Research
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

Job postings citing Operations Research as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the East of England.

Job vacancy trend for Operations Research in the East of England

Operations Research
Salary Trend in the East of England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Operations Research in the East of England.

Salary trend for Operations Research in the East of England

Operations Research
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 Operations Research within the East of England region over the 6 months to 10 May 2025. 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
Essex - 2 - -
Operations Research
England

Operations Research
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of England 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (50.00%) SAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) Data Mining
2 1 (50.00%) Tableau
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Analyst
1 2 (100.00%) Fraud Analyst
2 1 (50.00%) Data Analyst
2 1 (50.00%) Fraud Data Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Data Modelling
1 2 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 2 (100.00%) Mathematics
1 2 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 2 (100.00%) Statistical Modelling
1 2 (100.00%) Statistics
2 1 (50.00%) Data Visualisation
2 1 (50.00%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) Python
1 1 (50.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) Degree