Operations Research Job Trends in London

Operations Research (or Operational Research)
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in London requiring Operations Research skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 355 421 446
Rank change year-on-year +66 +25 +226
Permanent jobs citing Operations Research 19 12 6
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.14% 0.078% 0.033%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.16% 0.082% 0.035%
Number of salaries quoted 0 3 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - £60,250 -
England median annual salary £72,459 £60,250 £51,528
% change year-on-year +20.26% +16.93% -10.39%

All Process & Methodology Skills
London

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 London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 12,179 14,601 16,983
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 87.59% 94.58% 92.42%
Number of salaries quoted 7,774 8,034 13,619
10th Percentile £36,250 £43,250 £41,250
25th Percentile £51,263 £56,250 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £74,250 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.00% - -
75th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £95,000
90th Percentile £117,500 £120,875 £115,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Operations Research
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Operations Research relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in London.

Operations Research job vacancy trend in London

Operations Research
Salary Trend in London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing Operations Research.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing Operations Research

Operations Research
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 1 (5.26%) Apache Spark
Cloud Services
1 1 (5.26%) AWS
1 1 (5.26%) Cloud Computing
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.26%) Apache Hive
1 1 (5.26%) Data Mining
1 1 (5.26%) Hadoop
1 1 (5.26%) SQL Server
General
1 16 (84.21%) Games
1 16 (84.21%) Law
2 2 (10.53%) Finance
3 1 (5.26%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (5.26%) Presentation Skills
3 1 (5.26%) Retail
Job Titles
1 9 (47.37%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
2 7 (36.84%) Data Scientist
Miscellaneous
1 16 (84.21%) Algorithms
2 1 (5.26%) Distributed Computing
2 1 (5.26%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (100.00%) Statistics
2 17 (89.47%) AI
3 16 (84.21%) Analytics
3 16 (84.21%) Business Strategy
3 16 (84.21%) Thought Leadership
4 10 (52.63%) Data Science
4 10 (52.63%) Mathematics
5 9 (47.37%) Data Analytics
5 9 (47.37%) Problem-Solving
5 9 (47.37%) SDLC
5 9 (47.37%) Software Engineering
5 9 (47.37%) Visualisation
6 8 (42.11%) Machine Learning
7 7 (36.84%) DevOps
7 7 (36.84%) Project Management
8 3 (15.79%) Physics
9 2 (10.53%) Data Visualisation
9 2 (10.53%) Economics
10 1 (5.26%) Natural Language Processing
10 1 (5.26%) Neural Network
Programming Languages
1 19 (100.00%) Python
2 3 (15.79%) R
2 3 (15.79%) SQL
3 1 (5.26%) Java
3 1 (5.26%) Scala
Qualifications
1 19 (100.00%) Degree
2 17 (89.47%) PhD
3 16 (84.21%) Master's Degree
Vendors
1 1 (5.26%) Google
1 1 (5.26%) Microsoft