Operations Engineer Job Trends in Stoke-on-Trent

Operations Engineer
Staffordshire > Stoke-on-Trent

The median Operations Engineer salary in Stoke-on-Trent is £35,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 25 June 2026.

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

6 months to
25 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 33 - 41
Rank change year-on-year - - -1
Permanent jobs requiring an Operations Engineer 4 0 9
As % of all permanent jobs in Stoke-on-Trent 1.00% - 2.40%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.01% - 2.54%
Number of salaries quoted 4 0 6
10th Percentile £31,325 - -
25th Percentile £33,688 - £30,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 - £31,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -23.46%
75th Percentile - - £31,500
90th Percentile - - £36,156
Staffordshire median annual salary £35,000 - £31,000
% change year-on-year - - -23.46%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Stoke-on-Trent

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Stoke-on-Trent. 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 Stoke-on-Trent with a recognized job title 395 115 354
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 98.50% 100.00% 94.40%
Number of salaries quoted 279 51 311
10th Percentile £27,500 £28,000 £23,500
25th Percentile £32,200 £32,500 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £35,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +28.57% -12.50% -1.84%
75th Percentile £60,000 £45,375 £55,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £61,250 £65,000
Staffordshire median annual salary £50,000 £37,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year +33.33% -6.25% -11.11%

Operations Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Stoke-on-Trent

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 Stoke-on-Trent.

Operations Engineer job vacancy trend in Stoke-on-Trent

Operations Engineer
Salary Trend in Stoke-on-Trent

Salary distribution trend for Operations Engineer job vacancies in Stoke-on-Trent.

Salary distribution trend for Operations Engineer job vacancies in Stoke-on-Trent

Operations Engineer Skill Set
Top 27 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Stoke-on-Trent

For the 6 months to 25 June 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 Stoke-on-Trent region featuring Operations Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (25.00%) A+ Certification
1 1 (25.00%) AWS
1 1 (25.00%) Azure
1 1 (25.00%) CompTIA Security+
1 1 (25.00%) DHCP
1 1 (25.00%) DNS
1 1 (25.00%) Firewall
1 1 (25.00%) Hyper-V
1 1 (25.00%) Incident Management
1 1 (25.00%) ITIL
1 1 (25.00%) ITSM
1 1 (25.00%) JIRA
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (25.00%) Network+ Certification
1 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (25.00%) Service Delivery
1 1 (25.00%) Service Management
1 1 (25.00%) ServiceNow
1 1 (25.00%) TCP/IP
1 1 (25.00%) Tech Ops
1 1 (25.00%) VMware
1 1 (25.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (25.00%) VPN
1 1 (25.00%) Windows
1 1 (25.00%) Windows Server

Operations Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Stoke-on-Trent 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 1 (25.00%) AWS
1 1 (25.00%) Azure
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) DHCP
1 1 (25.00%) DNS
1 1 (25.00%) Firewall
1 1 (25.00%) TCP/IP
1 1 (25.00%) VPN
Development Applications
1 1 (25.00%) JIRA
Operating Systems
1 1 (25.00%) Windows
1 1 (25.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (25.00%) Incident Management
1 1 (25.00%) ITIL
1 1 (25.00%) ITSM
1 1 (25.00%) Service Delivery
1 1 (25.00%) Service Management
1 1 (25.00%) Tech Ops
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) A+ Certification
1 1 (25.00%) CompTIA Security+
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (25.00%) Network+ Certification
1 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (25.00%) Hyper-V
1 1 (25.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (25.00%) ServiceNow
1 1 (25.00%) VMware