Operations Engineer Job Trends in South Wales

Operations Engineer
Wales > South Wales

The median Operations Engineer salary in South Wales is £54,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 14 September 2026.

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

6 months to
14 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 99 60 69
Rank change year-on-year -39 +9 -
Permanent jobs requiring an Operations Engineer 2 1 2
As % of all permanent jobs in South Wales 0.096% 0.15% 0.19%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.10% 0.17% 0.20%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £52,000 - £26,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 - £28,000
75th Percentile £56,000 - £29,500
90th Percentile - - -
Wales median annual salary £54,000 £36,500 £28,000
% change year-on-year +47.95% +30.36% -

All Permanent IT Job Roles
South Wales

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in South Wales. 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 South Wales with a recognized job title 1,957 574 976
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.36% 86.97% 90.29%
Number of salaries quoted 1,301 430 698
10th Percentile £30,000 £25,087 £30,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £35,000 £35,700
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% - -
75th Percentile £70,000 £60,000 £62,466
90th Percentile £80,000 £73,750 £75,000
Wales median annual salary £50,000 £48,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year +3.09% +7.78% -1.52%

Operations Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales

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 South Wales.

Operations Engineer job vacancy trend in South Wales

Operations Engineer
Salary Trend in South Wales

Salary distribution trend for Operations Engineer job vacancies in South Wales.

Salary distribution trend for Operations Engineer job vacancies in South Wales

Operations Engineer
Job Locations in South Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Operations Engineer within the South Wales region over the 6 months to 14 September 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
Cardiff -35 1 £54,000 - 1
Newport - 1 - -
Operations Engineer
Wales

Operations Engineer Skill Set
Top 27 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South Wales

For the 6 months to 14 September 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 South Wales region featuring Operations Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (50.00%) Azure
1 1 (50.00%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (50.00%) Business Continuity
1 1 (50.00%) Cisco
1 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (50.00%) Customer Service
1 1 (50.00%) DevOps
1 1 (50.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 1 (50.00%) Firewall
1 1 (50.00%) Incident Management
1 1 (50.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 1 (50.00%) ITIL
1 1 (50.00%) ITSM
1 1 (50.00%) LAN
1 1 (50.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (50.00%) Performance Tuning
1 1 (50.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (50.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Skype
1 1 (50.00%) Skype for Business
1 1 (50.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (50.00%) Unisys
1 1 (50.00%) WAN
1 1 (50.00%) Windows
1 1 (50.00%) Wireless

Operations Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South Wales 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 (50.00%) Skype for Business
Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Azure
1 1 (50.00%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) Firewall
1 1 (50.00%) LAN
1 1 (50.00%) Skype
1 1 (50.00%) WAN
1 1 (50.00%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) SQL Server
General
1 1 (50.00%) Banking
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Mainframe
1 1 (50.00%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Business Continuity
1 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (50.00%) Customer Service
1 1 (50.00%) DevOps
1 1 (50.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 1 (50.00%) Incident Management
1 1 (50.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 1 (50.00%) ITIL
1 1 (50.00%) ITSM
1 1 (50.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (50.00%) Performance Tuning
1 1 (50.00%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Cisco
1 1 (50.00%) Unisys