Operations Research (or Operational Research)
South East > Thames Valley
The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley requiring Operations Research skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Operations Research over the 6 months leading up to 4 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 4 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | - | 261 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | +16 |
| Permanent jobs citing Operations Research | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley | - | - | 0.049% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | - | - | 0.052% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | - | - | £73,750 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | - | - | £82,500 |
| 75th Percentile | - | - | £91,250 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| South East median annual salary | - | £60,000 | £71,250 |
| % change year-on-year | - | -15.79% | +14.00% |
All Process and Methodology Skills
Thames Valley
Operations Research falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the Thames Valley.
| Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills | 2,871 | 5,716 | 5,803 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley | 92.94% | 85.12% | 94.68% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 1,228 | 3,994 | 3,144 |
| 10th Percentile | £29,000 | £29,000 | £29,288 |
| 25th Percentile | £39,000 | £38,000 | £38,750 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £57,087 | £50,000 | £55,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +14.17% | -9.09% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £73,375 | £65,000 | £72,500 |
| 90th Percentile | £87,500 | £80,000 | £87,500 |
| South East median annual salary | £55,678 | £50,000 | £55,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +11.36% | -9.09% | - |
Operations Research
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley
Job postings citing Operations Research as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.
Operations Research
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Operations Research in the Thames Valley.