Operations Analyst Jobs in England

Operations Analyst
UK > England

The median Operations Analyst salary in England is £58,750 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 18 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 606 548 789
Rank change year-on-year -58 +241 +110
Permanent jobs requiring an Operations Analyst 87 291 133
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.18% 0.34% 0.15%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.19% 0.36% 0.16%
Number of salaries quoted 26 180 81
10th Percentile £30,500 £29,000 £35,750
25th Percentile £36,875 £41,196 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,750 £48,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +21.13% -3.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £76,563 £59,063 £61,250
90th Percentile £88,750 £80,000 £67,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £48,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +18.56% -3.00% +11.11%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in 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 England with a recognized job title 45,134 81,676 80,812
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.05% 94.55% 91.52%
Number of salaries quoted 24,494 60,830 51,454
10th Percentile £29,750 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,126 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,500 £53,000 £60,800
Median % change year-on-year +6.60% -12.83% +1.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £71,250 £82,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £90,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £56,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +6.67% -12.50% -

Operations Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings that featured Operations Analyst in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Operations Analyst in England

Operations Analyst
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Operations Analyst in England.

Salary trend for Operations Analyst in England

Operations Analyst
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Operations Analyst in England over the 6 months to 18 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Operations Analyst in England

Operations Analyst
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Operations Analyst within the England region over the 6 months to 18 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
London +55 33 £65,000 +18.18% 103
North of England +41 26 £36,250 +16.94% 15
North West +5 23 £37,500 +20.97% 4
South East +74 13 £57,500 +27.78% 28
East of England +30 5 £24,990 -11.54% 4
Midlands -18 5 £44,810 -7.61% 7
West Midlands -24 5 £44,810 -7.61% 1
South West +75 4 £37,500 -22.68% 1
Yorkshire +59 2 - - 6
North East +33 1 £35,000 -6.67% 5
Operations Analyst
UK

Operations Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 18 May 2025, Operations Analyst 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 permanent job ads across the England region featuring Operations Analyst in the job title.

1 48 (55.17%) Finance
2 34 (39.08%) Social Skills
3 27 (31.03%) Banking
4 23 (26.44%) Customer Service
5 17 (19.54%) Degree
6 16 (18.39%) Python
6 16 (18.39%) Cybersecurity
6 16 (18.39%) SIEM
7 14 (16.09%) Analytical Skills
7 14 (16.09%) Problem-Solving
8 13 (14.94%) Microsoft Excel
9 12 (13.79%) Azure
9 12 (13.79%) Organisational Skills
10 11 (12.64%) Incident Response
10 11 (12.64%) Security Operations
10 11 (12.64%) Windows
10 11 (12.64%) Firewall
10 11 (12.64%) Agile
11 10 (11.49%) CEH
11 10 (11.49%) PowerShell
11 10 (11.49%) CISSP
11 10 (11.49%) Microsoft
11 10 (11.49%) Anti-Money Laundering
11 10 (11.49%) CompTIA Security+
11 10 (11.49%) Decision-Making
12 9 (10.34%) OSCP
12 9 (10.34%) Hedge funds
12 9 (10.34%) Computer Science Degree
12 9 (10.34%) CrowdStrike
12 9 (10.34%) SANS

Operations Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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 3 (3.45%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (2.30%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.15%) Confluence
3 1 (1.15%) IBM Domino
Applications
1 13 (14.94%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (9.20%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (2.30%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (1.15%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 12 (13.79%) Azure
2 6 (6.90%) Microsoft 365
3 5 (5.75%) AWS
4 4 (4.60%) Power Platform
5 2 (2.30%) Azure Sentinel
5 2 (2.30%) PowerApps
5 2 (2.30%) SaaS
6 1 (1.15%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (1.15%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 11 (12.64%) Firewall
2 9 (10.34%) SAN
3 5 (5.75%) Network Security
4 2 (2.30%) 802.11
4 2 (2.30%) BGP
4 2 (2.30%) BIG-IP
4 2 (2.30%) DHCP
4 2 (2.30%) DNS
4 2 (2.30%) EIGRP
4 2 (2.30%) IPsec
4 2 (2.30%) LAN
4 2 (2.30%) MPLS
4 2 (2.30%) OSPF
4 2 (2.30%) PBX
4 2 (2.30%) SNMP
4 2 (2.30%) TCP/IP
4 2 (2.30%) VLAN
4 2 (2.30%) VPN
4 2 (2.30%) WAN
4 2 (2.30%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (4.60%) Power BI
1 4 (4.60%) Relational Database
2 2 (2.30%) Metadata
3 1 (1.15%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 3 (3.45%) Git
General
1 48 (55.17%) Finance
2 34 (39.08%) Social Skills
3 27 (31.03%) Banking
4 14 (16.09%) Analytical Skills
5 12 (13.79%) Organisational Skills
6 5 (5.75%) Retail
7 3 (3.45%) Aerospace
7 3 (3.45%) Documentation Skills
7 3 (3.45%) Electronics
8 2 (2.30%) Financial Institution
8 2 (2.30%) Police
9 1 (1.15%) Advertising
9 1 (1.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (1.15%) Manufacturing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (4.60%) FIX Protocol
2 2 (2.30%) 802.1X
2 2 (2.30%) Lightning Web Components
3 1 (1.15%) HTML
3 1 (1.15%) HTML5
3 1 (1.15%) jQuery
3 1 (1.15%) JSON
3 1 (1.15%) REST
3 1 (1.15%) SOAP
3 1 (1.15%) Web Services
3 1 (1.15%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 9 (10.34%) Hedge funds
1 9 (10.34%) Podcast
2 7 (8.05%) Operational Technology
3 5 (5.75%) Analytical Mindset
4 4 (4.60%) Cyber Threat
5 3 (3.45%) Security Operations Centre
5 3 (3.45%) Security Posture
6 2 (2.30%) Cyber Defence
6 2 (2.30%) Cyberattack
6 2 (2.30%) Data Centre
6 2 (2.30%) Onboarding
7 1 (1.15%) Educational Technology
7 1 (1.15%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (1.15%) Hybrid Cloud
7 1 (1.15%) Interest Rate Derivative
7 1 (1.15%) Linux Command Line
7 1 (1.15%) Management Information System
7 1 (1.15%) Reference Data
7 1 (1.15%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 11 (12.64%) Windows
2 4 (4.60%) Linux
3 3 (3.45%) Unix
4 1 (1.15%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (26.44%) Customer Service
2 16 (18.39%) Cybersecurity
2 16 (18.39%) SIEM
3 14 (16.09%) Problem-Solving
4 11 (12.64%) Agile
4 11 (12.64%) Incident Response
4 11 (12.64%) Security Operations
5 10 (11.49%) Anti-Money Laundering
5 10 (11.49%) Decision-Making
6 9 (10.34%) Data Analysis
7 8 (9.20%) DataOps
7 8 (9.20%) Stakeholder Management
8 7 (8.05%) Performance Metrics
8 7 (8.05%) Scenario Testing
8 7 (8.05%) Test Scripting
9 6 (6.90%) Data Collection
10 5 (5.75%) Continuous Improvement
10 5 (5.75%) Requirements Gathering
10 5 (5.75%) SDLC
10 5 (5.75%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 16 (18.39%) Python
2 10 (11.49%) PowerShell
3 7 (8.05%) SQL
4 3 (3.45%) Bash
5 2 (2.30%) VBA
6 1 (1.15%) Apex Code
6 1 (1.15%) JavaScript
6 1 (1.15%) Kusto Query Language
6 1 (1.15%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 17 (19.54%) Degree
2 10 (11.49%) CEH
2 10 (11.49%) CISSP
2 10 (11.49%) CompTIA Security+
3 9 (10.34%) Computer Science Degree
3 9 (10.34%) GCIA
3 9 (10.34%) GCIH
3 9 (10.34%) OSCP
3 9 (10.34%) SANS
4 4 (4.60%) CBAP
5 2 (2.30%) CCNA
5 2 (2.30%) CCNP
5 2 (2.30%) Cisco Certification
5 2 (2.30%) DV Cleared
5 2 (2.30%) Master's Degree
5 2 (2.30%) SC Cleared
5 2 (2.30%) Security Cleared
6 1 (1.15%) DBS Check
6 1 (1.15%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (4.60%) QA
2 3 (3.45%) SLA
3 2 (2.30%) Data Quality
3 2 (2.30%) PCI DSS
4 1 (1.15%) Accessibility
4 1 (1.15%) Actionable Recommendations
4 1 (1.15%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (1.15%) GDPR
4 1 (1.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (1.15%) NIST
4 1 (1.15%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 1 (1.15%) Hyper-V
1 1 (1.15%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (1.15%) McAfee ePO
1 1 (1.15%) QRadar
Vendors
1 10 (11.49%) Microsoft
2 9 (10.34%) CrowdStrike
3 4 (4.60%) Bloomberg
3 4 (4.60%) Salesforce
4 3 (3.45%) BT
5 2 (2.30%) Avaya
5 2 (2.30%) Cisco
5 2 (2.30%) F5
5 2 (2.30%) ForeScout
5 2 (2.30%) Palo Alto
5 2 (2.30%) Pega
5 2 (2.30%) ServiceNow
5 2 (2.30%) SevOne
5 2 (2.30%) SolarWinds
5 2 (2.30%) Splunk
5 2 (2.30%) Tenable
6 1 (1.15%) Darktrace
6 1 (1.15%) FactSet
6 1 (1.15%) IBM
6 1 (1.15%) Refinitiv