Operations Analyst Job Trends in London

Operations Analyst
England > London

The median Operations Analyst salary in London is £82,500 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 370 370 319
Rank change year-on-year 0 -51 +241
Permanent jobs requiring an Operations Analyst 25 55 118
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.18% 0.35% 0.67%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.20% 0.37% 0.70%
Number of salaries quoted 8 24 39
10th Percentile £62,000 £30,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £68,750 £44,375 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £82,500 £52,500 £47,000
Median % change year-on-year +57.14% +11.70% +4.44%
75th Percentile £89,063 £70,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £98,625 £75,250 £76,000
England median annual salary £52,500 £47,500 £48,500
% change year-on-year +10.53% -2.06% +9.36%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in London. 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 London with a recognized job title 12,453 14,685 16,817
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.81% 92.97% 95.16%
Number of salaries quoted 8,230 8,588 13,582
10th Percentile £35,750 £42,500 £41,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% - +3.45%
75th Percentile £95,000 £96,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £115,000 £120,000 £115,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -1.64%

Operations Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Operations Analyst job vacancy trend in London

Operations Analyst
Salary Trend in London

Salary distribution trend for Operations Analyst job vacancies in London.

Salary distribution trend for Operations Analyst job vacancies in London

Operations Analyst
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Operations Analyst in London over the 6 months to 1 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Operations Analyst in London

Operations Analyst
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Operations Analyst within the London 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
Central London +53 12 £80,000 +52.38% 9
Operations Analyst
England

Operations Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 1 January 2026, 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 London region featuring Operations Analyst in the job title.

1 13 (52.00%) Degree
2 7 (28.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 7 (28.00%) Python
2 7 (28.00%) SQL
3 6 (24.00%) Business Strategy
3 6 (24.00%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (24.00%) Microsoft Office
4 5 (20.00%) Cybersecurity
4 5 (20.00%) Microsoft
4 5 (20.00%) Security Operations
5 4 (16.00%) Bash
5 4 (16.00%) Batch Scripting
5 4 (16.00%) Blue Prism
5 4 (16.00%) CISSP
5 4 (16.00%) Incident Response
5 4 (16.00%) Linux
5 4 (16.00%) Pega
5 4 (16.00%) TDD
5 4 (16.00%) Test Automation
5 4 (16.00%) VBA
5 4 (16.00%) Visualisation
6 3 (12.00%) Atlassian
6 3 (12.00%) AutoCAD
6 3 (12.00%) CompTIA Security+
6 3 (12.00%) Data Management
6 3 (12.00%) Data Visualisation
6 3 (12.00%) ESRI
6 3 (12.00%) Firewall
6 3 (12.00%) FIX Protocol
6 3 (12.00%) Geospatial Data

Operations Analyst Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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 (12.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 6 (24.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 6 (24.00%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (12.00%) AutoCAD
3 2 (8.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 3 (12.00%) Power Platform
2 2 (8.00%) PowerApps
3 1 (4.00%) AWS
3 1 (4.00%) Azure
3 1 (4.00%) GCP
3 1 (4.00%) GitHub
3 1 (4.00%) SaaS
3 1 (4.00%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 3 (12.00%) Firewall
1 3 (12.00%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (12.00%) Geospatial Data
1 3 (12.00%) GIS
1 3 (12.00%) Metadata
1 3 (12.00%) QGIS
1 3 (12.00%) Relational Database
1 3 (12.00%) Spatial Data
1 3 (12.00%) Tableau
2 1 (4.00%) Looker
2 1 (4.00%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (4.00%) GitLab
1 1 (4.00%) JIRA
General
1 13 (52.00%) Social Skills
2 9 (36.00%) Analytical Skills
2 9 (36.00%) Legal
3 8 (32.00%) Finance
4 5 (20.00%) Banking
4 5 (20.00%) Retail
5 4 (16.00%) Documentation Skills
6 3 (12.00%) Law
6 3 (12.00%) Organisational Skills
7 2 (8.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 2 (8.00%) Marketing
8 1 (4.00%) Aviation
8 1 (4.00%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (4.00%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (12.00%) FIX Protocol
Miscellaneous
1 5 (20.00%) Security Posture
1 5 (20.00%) Self-Motivation
2 4 (16.00%) Mobile App
2 4 (16.00%) Security Operations Centre
3 3 (12.00%) Analytical Mindset
3 3 (12.00%) Cyber Security Posture
3 3 (12.00%) Renewable Energy
4 1 (4.00%) Blog
4 1 (4.00%) Cyber Threat
4 1 (4.00%) Insider Threat
4 1 (4.00%) Onboarding
4 1 (4.00%) Podcast
Operating Systems
1 4 (16.00%) Linux
2 3 (12.00%) Unix
3 2 (8.00%) Windows
4 1 (4.00%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (28.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 6 (24.00%) Business Strategy
3 5 (20.00%) Cybersecurity
3 5 (20.00%) Security Operations
4 4 (16.00%) Batch Scripting
4 4 (16.00%) Incident Response
4 4 (16.00%) TDD
4 4 (16.00%) Test Automation
4 4 (16.00%) Visualisation
5 3 (12.00%) Data Management
5 3 (12.00%) Data Visualisation
5 3 (12.00%) Identity Access Management
5 3 (12.00%) Information Security
5 3 (12.00%) Kalman Filter
5 3 (12.00%) Knowledge Transfer
5 3 (12.00%) Problem-Solving
5 3 (12.00%) Stakeholder Management
5 3 (12.00%) Threat Detection
5 3 (12.00%) Vulnerability Management
5 3 (12.00%) Web Filtering
Programming Languages
1 7 (28.00%) Python
1 7 (28.00%) SQL
2 4 (16.00%) Bash
2 4 (16.00%) VBA
3 1 (4.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 13 (52.00%) Degree
2 4 (16.00%) CISSP
3 3 (12.00%) CompTIA Security+
3 3 (12.00%) SSCP
4 1 (4.00%) GCIA
4 1 (4.00%) GCIH
4 1 (4.00%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (12.00%) QA
2 1 (4.00%) GDPR
2 1 (4.00%) NIST
2 1 (4.00%) PCI DSS
2 1 (4.00%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (4.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (12.00%) Grafana
2 1 (4.00%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 5 (20.00%) Microsoft
2 4 (16.00%) Blue Prism
2 4 (16.00%) Pega
3 3 (12.00%) Atlassian
3 3 (12.00%) ESRI
3 3 (12.00%) Palo Alto
4 1 (4.00%) Adobe
4 1 (4.00%) Apple
4 1 (4.00%) Meraki