Operations Analyst Jobs in England

Operations Analyst
UK > England

The median Operations Analyst salary in England is £62,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 22 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
22 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 598 555 782
Rank change year-on-year -43 +227 +109
Permanent jobs requiring an Operations Analyst 77 292 136
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.16% 0.34% 0.15%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.17% 0.36% 0.17%
Number of salaries quoted 21 180 84
10th Percentile £33,500 £29,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £48,750 £41,196 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £48,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +28.87% -11.82% +22.22%
75th Percentile £87,500 £59,063 £61,563
90th Percentile £90,000 £80,000 £67,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £48,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +23.71% -11.82% +22.22%

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 44,182 81,825 80,489
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.87% 94.55% 91.53%
Number of salaries quoted 23,287 60,848 51,240
10th Percentile £29,750 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,800 £53,000 £60,800
Median % change year-on-year +7.17% -12.83% +1.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £71,250 £82,250
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 22 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 22 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 +61 34 £65,000 +18.18% 78
North of England +45 24 £35,000 +12.90% 13
North West +3 21 - - 3
South East +70 8 £57,500 +27.78% 14
East of England +31 5 £24,990 -11.54% 8
South West +67 3 £56,000 +15.46% 1
Yorkshire +60 2 - - 6
West Midlands -7 2 £44,810 -7.61% 2
Midlands -29 2 £44,810 -7.61% 8
North East +41 1 £35,000 -6.67% 4
Operations Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 22 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 42 (54.55%) Finance
2 28 (36.36%) Social Skills
3 22 (28.57%) Banking
4 18 (23.38%) Customer Service
5 15 (19.48%) Python
5 15 (19.48%) Degree
6 13 (16.88%) Microsoft Excel
6 13 (16.88%) Analytical Skills
6 13 (16.88%) Cybersecurity
7 12 (15.58%) SIEM
7 12 (15.58%) Problem-Solving
8 11 (14.29%) Azure
8 11 (14.29%) Firewall
8 11 (14.29%) Organisational Skills
8 11 (14.29%) Incident Response
9 10 (12.99%) CISSP
9 10 (12.99%) Windows
9 10 (12.99%) PowerShell
9 10 (12.99%) Agile
9 10 (12.99%) CEH
9 10 (12.99%) Decision-Making
9 10 (12.99%) CompTIA Security+
9 10 (12.99%) Security Operations
10 9 (11.69%) SANS
10 9 (11.69%) CrowdStrike
10 9 (11.69%) Computer Science Degree
10 9 (11.69%) Hedge funds
10 9 (11.69%) OSCP
10 9 (11.69%) GCIA
10 9 (11.69%) GCIH

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 (3.90%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (2.60%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.30%) Confluence
3 1 (1.30%) IBM Domino
Applications
1 13 (16.88%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (10.39%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (2.60%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (1.30%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 11 (14.29%) Azure
2 6 (7.79%) Microsoft 365
3 5 (6.49%) AWS
4 3 (3.90%) Power Platform
5 2 (2.60%) SaaS
6 1 (1.30%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (1.30%) Azure Sentinel
6 1 (1.30%) PowerApps
6 1 (1.30%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 11 (14.29%) Firewall
2 9 (11.69%) SAN
3 5 (6.49%) Network Security
4 2 (2.60%) 802.11
4 2 (2.60%) BGP
4 2 (2.60%) BIG-IP
4 2 (2.60%) DHCP
4 2 (2.60%) DNS
4 2 (2.60%) EIGRP
4 2 (2.60%) IPsec
4 2 (2.60%) LAN
4 2 (2.60%) MPLS
4 2 (2.60%) OSPF
4 2 (2.60%) PBX
4 2 (2.60%) SNMP
4 2 (2.60%) TCP/IP
4 2 (2.60%) VLAN
4 2 (2.60%) VPN
4 2 (2.60%) WAN
4 2 (2.60%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (5.19%) Relational Database
2 3 (3.90%) Metadata
2 3 (3.90%) Power BI
3 1 (1.30%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 3 (3.90%) Git
General
1 42 (54.55%) Finance
2 28 (36.36%) Social Skills
3 22 (28.57%) Banking
4 13 (16.88%) Analytical Skills
5 11 (14.29%) Organisational Skills
6 4 (5.19%) Retail
7 3 (3.90%) Documentation Skills
8 2 (2.60%) Financial Institution
8 2 (2.60%) Police
9 1 (1.30%) Advertising
9 1 (1.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (1.30%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (1.30%) Law
9 1 (1.30%) Manufacturing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (3.90%) FIX Protocol
2 2 (2.60%) 802.1X
2 2 (2.60%) Lightning Web Components
3 1 (1.30%) HTML
3 1 (1.30%) HTML5
3 1 (1.30%) jQuery
3 1 (1.30%) JSON
3 1 (1.30%) REST
3 1 (1.30%) SOAP
3 1 (1.30%) Web Services
3 1 (1.30%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 9 (11.69%) Hedge funds
1 9 (11.69%) Podcast
2 7 (9.09%) Operational Technology
3 5 (6.49%) Analytical Mindset
4 3 (3.90%) Data Centre
5 2 (2.60%) Cyber Defence
5 2 (2.60%) Cyberattack
5 2 (2.60%) Security Operations Centre
6 1 (1.30%) Cyber Threat
6 1 (1.30%) Driving Licence
6 1 (1.30%) Educational Technology
6 1 (1.30%) Hybrid Cloud
6 1 (1.30%) Interest Rate Derivative
6 1 (1.30%) Management Information System
6 1 (1.30%) Onboarding
6 1 (1.30%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 10 (12.99%) Windows
2 3 (3.90%) Linux
2 3 (3.90%) Unix
3 1 (1.30%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (23.38%) Customer Service
2 13 (16.88%) Cybersecurity
3 12 (15.58%) Problem-Solving
3 12 (15.58%) SIEM
4 11 (14.29%) Incident Response
5 10 (12.99%) Agile
5 10 (12.99%) Decision-Making
5 10 (12.99%) Security Operations
6 8 (10.39%) Data Analysis
6 8 (10.39%) DataOps
7 7 (9.09%) Performance Metrics
7 7 (9.09%) Scenario Testing
7 7 (9.09%) Stakeholder Management
7 7 (9.09%) Test Scripting
8 6 (7.79%) Data Collection
9 5 (6.49%) Anti-Money Laundering
9 5 (6.49%) Continuous Improvement
9 5 (6.49%) Data Visualisation
9 5 (6.49%) Visualisation
10 4 (5.19%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 15 (19.48%) Python
2 10 (12.99%) PowerShell
3 6 (7.79%) SQL
4 3 (3.90%) Bash
5 1 (1.30%) Apex Code
5 1 (1.30%) JavaScript
5 1 (1.30%) Kusto Query Language
5 1 (1.30%) SOQL
5 1 (1.30%) VBA
Qualifications
1 15 (19.48%) Degree
2 10 (12.99%) CEH
2 10 (12.99%) CISSP
2 10 (12.99%) CompTIA Security+
3 9 (11.69%) Computer Science Degree
3 9 (11.69%) GCIA
3 9 (11.69%) GCIH
3 9 (11.69%) OSCP
3 9 (11.69%) SANS
4 4 (5.19%) CBAP
5 3 (3.90%) CCNA
5 3 (3.90%) Cisco Certification
6 2 (2.60%) CCNP
7 1 (1.30%) DBS Check
7 1 (1.30%) DV Cleared
7 1 (1.30%) Master's Degree
7 1 (1.30%) MCSA
7 1 (1.30%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (1.30%) SC Cleared
7 1 (1.30%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (5.19%) QA
2 3 (3.90%) SLA
3 2 (2.60%) Data Quality
3 2 (2.60%) PCI DSS
4 1 (1.30%) Accessibility
4 1 (1.30%) Actionable Recommendations
4 1 (1.30%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (1.30%) GDPR
4 1 (1.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (1.30%) NIST
4 1 (1.30%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 1 (1.30%) Hyper-V
1 1 (1.30%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (1.30%) McAfee ePO
1 1 (1.30%) QRadar
Vendors
1 9 (11.69%) CrowdStrike
1 9 (11.69%) Microsoft
2 5 (6.49%) Salesforce
3 4 (5.19%) Bloomberg
4 3 (3.90%) BT
4 3 (3.90%) Pega
5 2 (2.60%) Avaya
5 2 (2.60%) Cisco
5 2 (2.60%) F5
5 2 (2.60%) ForeScout
5 2 (2.60%) Palo Alto
5 2 (2.60%) ServiceNow
5 2 (2.60%) SevOne
5 2 (2.60%) SolarWinds
5 2 (2.60%) Splunk
5 2 (2.60%) Tenable
6 1 (1.30%) Darktrace
6 1 (1.30%) FactSet
6 1 (1.30%) IBM
6 1 (1.30%) Refinitiv