Operations Engineer Job Trends in Swindon

Operations Engineer
Wiltshire > Swindon

The median Operations Engineer salary in Swindon is £51,058 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 25 December 2025.

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

6 months to
25 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 28 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring an Operations Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Swindon 0.54% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.63% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £48,165 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,058 - -
75th Percentile £53,951 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Wiltshire median annual salary £51,058 - -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Swindon

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Swindon. 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 Swindon with a recognized job title 158 191 186
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 85.87% 92.72% 97.89%
Number of salaries quoted 125 123 160
10th Percentile £27,000 £30,000 £29,925
25th Percentile £31,250 £36,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,953 £55,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -20.09% +15.79% -
75th Percentile £60,000 £65,000 £56,563
90th Percentile £70,000 £73,500 £70,000
Wiltshire median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £49,000
% change year-on-year -10.00% +2.04% +3.16%

Operations Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Swindon

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 Swindon.

Operations Engineer job vacancy trend in Swindon

Operations Engineer
Salary Trend in Swindon

Salary distribution trend for Operations Engineer job vacancies in Swindon.

Salary distribution trend for Operations Engineer job vacancies in Swindon

Operations Engineer Skill Set
Top 26 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Swindon

For the 6 months to 25 December 2025, 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 Swindon region featuring Operations Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
1 1 (100.00%) Amazon ECS
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) AWS Certification
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Blue Team
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (100.00%) CISM
1 1 (100.00%) CISSP
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Security
1 1 (100.00%) CompTIA Security+
1 1 (100.00%) Containerisation
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) DevSecOps
1 1 (100.00%) Docker
1 1 (100.00%) Forensic Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security
1 1 (100.00%) Kubernetes
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Microservices
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) Windows

Operations Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Swindon 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 (100.00%) Amazon ECS
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Security Posture
1 1 (100.00%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Blue Team
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Security
1 1 (100.00%) Containerisation
1 1 (100.00%) DevSecOps
1 1 (100.00%) Forensic Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security
1 1 (100.00%) Microservices
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Modelling
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
1 1 (100.00%) AWS Certification
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (100.00%) CISM
1 1 (100.00%) CISSP
1 1 (100.00%) CompTIA Security+
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Kubernetes