Operations Analyst Job Trends in Manchester

Operations Analyst
North West > Manchester

The median Operations Analyst salary in Manchester is £63,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 20 September 2025.

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

6 months to
20 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 147 166 167
Rank change year-on-year +19 +1 +88
Permanent jobs requiring an Operations Analyst 5 20 2
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 0.21% 0.49% 0.071%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.23% 0.52% 0.076%
Number of salaries quoted 1 6 2
10th Percentile - £28,125 £32,651
25th Percentile £61,750 £32,500 £35,043
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,500 £45,000 £39,557
Median % change year-on-year +41.11% +13.76% -4.10%
75th Percentile £65,250 £50,000 £43,543
90th Percentile - - £45,617
North West median annual salary £64,250 £45,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year +42.78% +20.00% +1.35%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Manchester

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Manchester. 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 Manchester with a recognized job title 2,137 3,849 2,648
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.82% 94.50% 94.64%
Number of salaries quoted 1,273 2,194 2,135
10th Percentile £29,500 £32,500 £34,572
25th Percentile £35,500 £42,125 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% -8.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £70,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £86,850 £82,500 £84,056
North West median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - -9.09% +4.76%

Operations Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Job vacancy trend for Operations Analyst in Manchester

Operations Analyst
Salary Trend in Manchester

Salary distribution trend for Operations Analyst job vacancies in Manchester.

Salary distribution trend for Operations Analyst job vacancies in Manchester

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

For the 6 months to 20 September 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 Manchester region featuring Operations Analyst in the job title.

1 5 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (60.00%) Finance
2 3 (60.00%) Banking
3 2 (40.00%) AWS
3 2 (40.00%) Deadline-Driven
3 2 (40.00%) Interest Rate Derivative
3 2 (40.00%) Process Improvement
4 1 (20.00%) Root Cause Analysis
4 1 (20.00%) Machine Learning
4 1 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (20.00%) Analytics
4 1 (20.00%) WinCC
4 1 (20.00%) Cybersecurity
4 1 (20.00%) Elasticsearch
4 1 (20.00%) ServiceNow
4 1 (20.00%) Performance Monitoring
4 1 (20.00%) Mentoring
4 1 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (20.00%) Anti-Money Laundering
4 1 (20.00%) Cyber Threat
4 1 (20.00%) Smart Energy
4 1 (20.00%) Rockwell
4 1 (20.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
4 1 (20.00%) Security Operations
4 1 (20.00%) Security Operations Centre
4 1 (20.00%) Actionable Insight
4 1 (20.00%) Threat Intelligence
4 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (20.00%) Operations Management
4 1 (20.00%) SCADA

Operations Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester 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 1 (20.00%) FactoryTalk
1 1 (20.00%) WinCC
Cloud Services
1 2 (40.00%) AWS
2 1 (20.00%) Amazon EC2
2 1 (20.00%) Azure
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (20.00%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (20.00%) Elasticsearch
General
1 5 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (60.00%) Banking
2 3 (60.00%) Finance
3 1 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Interest Rate Derivative
2 1 (20.00%) Cyber Threat
2 1 (20.00%) Operational Technology
2 1 (20.00%) SCADA
2 1 (20.00%) Security Operations Centre
2 1 (20.00%) Smart Energy
2 1 (20.00%) Smart Meter
Operating Systems
1 1 (20.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) Deadline-Driven
1 2 (40.00%) Process Improvement
2 1 (20.00%) Actionable Insight
2 1 (20.00%) Analytics
2 1 (20.00%) Anti-Money Laundering
2 1 (20.00%) Customer Service
2 1 (20.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
2 1 (20.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (20.00%) Data Security
2 1 (20.00%) Incident Management
2 1 (20.00%) ITIL
2 1 (20.00%) ITSM
2 1 (20.00%) Machine Learning
2 1 (20.00%) Mentoring
2 1 (20.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
2 1 (20.00%) Performance Monitoring
2 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (20.00%) Root Cause Analysis
2 1 (20.00%) Security Operations
2 1 (20.00%) Threat Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (20.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (20.00%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 1 (20.00%) AssetCenter
1 1 (20.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Cisco
1 1 (20.00%) Kepware
1 1 (20.00%) Rockwell
1 1 (20.00%) ServiceNow
1 1 (20.00%) Siemens
1 1 (20.00%) VMware