Operations Analyst Job Trends in Sheffield

Operations Analyst
South Yorkshire > Sheffield

The median Operations Analyst salary in Sheffield is £27,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 8 November 2025.

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

6 months to
8 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 45 57 -
Rank change year-on-year +12 - -
Permanent jobs requiring an Operations Analyst 3 4 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Sheffield 0.67% 0.54% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.69% 0.56% -
Number of salaries quoted 1 2 0
10th Percentile - £40,125 -
25th Percentile £26,500 £40,313 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £27,000 £41,250 -
Median % change year-on-year -34.55% - -
75th Percentile £27,500 £42,813 -
90th Percentile - £43,375 -
South Yorkshire median annual salary £27,000 £41,250 £55,000
% change year-on-year -34.55% -25.00% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Sheffield

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Sheffield. 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 Sheffield with a recognized job title 437 715 357
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 97.33% 95.72% 95.97%
Number of salaries quoted 328 381 293
10th Percentile £27,625 £33,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £40,000 £32,200
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,000 £54,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -14.81% +13.68% -5.00%
75th Percentile £62,500 £68,113 £60,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £67,500
South Yorkshire median annual salary £42,500 £52,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -19.05% +16.67% -10.00%

Operations Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in Sheffield

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 Sheffield.

Operations Analyst job vacancy trend in Sheffield

Operations Analyst
Salary Trend in Sheffield

Salary distribution trend for Operations Analyst job vacancies in Sheffield.

Salary distribution trend for Operations Analyst job vacancies in Sheffield

Operations Analyst Skill Set
Top 15 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Sheffield

For the 6 months to 8 November 2025, 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 Sheffield region featuring Operations Analyst in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Azure
1 3 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 3 (100.00%) Hyper-V
1 3 (100.00%) Incident Management
1 3 (100.00%) ITIL
1 3 (100.00%) Major Incident Management
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 3 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 3 (100.00%) ServiceNow
1 3 (100.00%) VMware
1 3 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 3 (100.00%) Windows
1 3 (100.00%) Windows Server
2 2 (66.67%) Digital Thinking
2 2 (66.67%) Programme Management

Operations Analyst Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Sheffield 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 3 (100.00%) Azure
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
General
1 3 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Finance
Operating Systems
1 3 (100.00%) Windows
1 3 (100.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 3 (100.00%) Incident Management
1 3 (100.00%) ITIL
1 3 (100.00%) Major Incident Management
1 3 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (66.67%) Digital Thinking
2 2 (66.67%) Programme Management
System Software
1 3 (100.00%) Hyper-V
1 3 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) ServiceNow
1 3 (100.00%) VMware