Senior Operations Engineer Job Trends in Leeds

Senior Operations Engineer
West Yorkshire > Leeds

The median Senior Operations Engineer salary in Leeds is £53,038 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 3 December 2025.

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

6 months to
3 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 94 - 117
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Operations Engineer 2 0 1
As % of all permanent jobs in Leeds 0.17% - 0.073%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.18% - 0.075%
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile £43,468 - -
25th Percentile £47,056 - £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,038 - £45,000
75th Percentile £59,019 - £47,500
90th Percentile £62,608 - -
West Yorkshire median annual salary £53,038 - £45,000

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Leeds

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Leeds. 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 Leeds with a recognized job title 1,096 1,193 1,327
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.60% 95.75% 97.00%
Number of salaries quoted 737 715 971
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,250 £31,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,625 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £56,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -2.65% +2.73%
75th Percentile £75,000 £71,250 £73,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £85,000 £87,419
West Yorkshire median annual salary £55,000 £53,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +3.77% -3.64% -

Senior Operations Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Leeds

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

Senior Operations Engineer job vacancy trend in Leeds

Senior Operations Engineer
Salary Trend in Leeds

Salary distribution trend for Senior Operations Engineer job vacancies in Leeds.

Salary distribution trend for Senior Operations Engineer job vacancies in Leeds

Senior Operations Engineer
Salary Histogram in Leeds

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Operations Engineer in Leeds over the 6 months to 3 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Senior Operations Engineer in Leeds

Senior Operations Engineer Skill Set
Top 21 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Leeds

For the 6 months to 3 December 2025, Senior 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 Leeds region featuring Senior Operations Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (50.00%) Azure
1 1 (50.00%) Break/Fix
1 1 (50.00%) Change Management
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
1 1 (50.00%) DevOps
1 1 (50.00%) GitHub
1 1 (50.00%) Incident Management
1 1 (50.00%) Information Security
1 1 (50.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 1 (50.00%) JIRA
1 1 (50.00%) Proactive Monitoring
1 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (50.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (50.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (50.00%) SaaS
1 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Service Delivery
1 1 (50.00%) SQL
1 1 (50.00%) Web Development
1 1 (50.00%) Windows

Senior Operations Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Leeds 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 (50.00%) Azure
1 1 (50.00%) GitHub
1 1 (50.00%) SaaS
Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) JIRA
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Break/Fix
1 1 (50.00%) Change Management
1 1 (50.00%) DevOps
1 1 (50.00%) Incident Management
1 1 (50.00%) Information Security
1 1 (50.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 1 (50.00%) Proactive Monitoring
1 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (50.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (50.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (50.00%) Service Delivery
1 1 (50.00%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
1 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared