Operations Engineer Job Trends in Oxford

Operations Engineer
Oxfordshire > Oxford

The median Operations Engineer salary in Oxford is £47,166 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 7 August 2026.

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

6 months to
7 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 50 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring an Operations Engineer 6 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Oxford 0.94% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.97% - -
Number of salaries quoted 6 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £46,189 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,166 - -
75th Percentile £48,142 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Oxfordshire median annual salary £47,166 - -

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Oxford

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Oxford. 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 Oxford with a recognized job title 619 202 399
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 97.33% 87.45% 97.08%
Number of salaries quoted 420 144 261
10th Percentile £40,000 £33,075 £31,250
25th Percentile £50,563 £40,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £57,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.70% +15.00% -13.04%
75th Percentile £78,750 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £80,000 £80,000
Oxfordshire median annual salary £55,000 £53,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year +2.80% +12.63% -13.64%

Operations Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Oxford

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

Operations Engineer job vacancy trend in Oxford

Operations Engineer
Salary Trend in Oxford

Salary distribution trend for Operations Engineer job vacancies in Oxford.

Salary distribution trend for Operations Engineer job vacancies in Oxford

Operations Engineer Skill Set
Top 24 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Oxford

For the 6 months to 7 August 2026, 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 Oxford region featuring Operations Engineer in the job title.

1 6 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 6 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 6 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 6 (100.00%) DHCP
1 6 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 6 (100.00%) DNS
1 6 (100.00%) Firewall
1 6 (100.00%) GDPR
1 6 (100.00%) Hyper-V
1 6 (100.00%) Infrastructure Management
1 6 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 6 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 6 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 6 (100.00%) Python
1 6 (100.00%) Raiser’s Edge
1 6 (100.00%) SharePoint
1 6 (100.00%) Time Management
1 6 (100.00%) VLAN
1 6 (100.00%) VMware
1 6 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 6 (100.00%) VPN
1 6 (100.00%) vSphere
1 6 (100.00%) Wi-Fi
1 6 (100.00%) Wireless

Operations Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Oxford 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 6 (100.00%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 6 (100.00%) Raiser’s Edge
Communications & Networking
1 6 (100.00%) DHCP
1 6 (100.00%) DNS
1 6 (100.00%) Firewall
1 6 (100.00%) VLAN
1 6 (100.00%) VPN
1 6 (100.00%) Wi-Fi
1 6 (100.00%) Wireless
Miscellaneous
1 6 (100.00%) CCTV
1 6 (100.00%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 6 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 6 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 6 (100.00%) Infrastructure Management
1 6 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 6 (100.00%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 6 (100.00%) Python
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (100.00%) GDPR
System Software
1 6 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 6 (100.00%) Hyper-V
1 6 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 6 (100.00%) vSphere
Vendors
1 6 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 6 (100.00%) VMware