Operational Stability Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Operational Stability
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Operational Stability skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 8 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 533 330 129
Rank change year-on-year -203 -201 +558
Permanent jobs citing Operational Stability 77 234 1,509
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.11% 0.71% 2.03%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.15% 0.80% 2.52%
Number of salaries quoted 63 13 50
10th Percentile £45,250 - £42,238
25th Percentile £48,289 £42,500 £57,597
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £50,000 £62,783
Median % change year-on-year +30.00% -20.36% -7.60%
75th Percentile £79,375 £140,677 £70,938
90th Percentile £103,250 - £71,991
UK median annual salary £69,000 £64,000 £62,783
% change year-on-year +7.81% +1.94% -5.55%

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

Operational Stability 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 UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 49,781 29,281 59,807
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 70.65% 89.08% 80.41%
Number of salaries quoted 35,027 15,551 41,458
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,733 £27,500
25th Percentile £39,750 £32,851 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,068 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.14% - -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £66,295 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £78,750
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -8.71%

Operational Stability
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Operational Stability relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Operational Stability job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Operational Stability
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Operational Stability.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Operational Stability

Operational Stability
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Operational Stability in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 8 July 2026.

Salary histogram for Operational Stability in the UK excluding London

Operational Stability
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Operational Stability within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 8 July 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
North of England -40 25 £60,718 +21.44% 8
Midlands -6 21 £62,500 +47.06% 6
North West -12 11 £80,000 +68.42% 3
East Midlands - 11 £67,500 - 4
West Midlands -8 10 £53,750 +26.47% 2
South East - 9 £65,000 - 11
Yorkshire -27 7 £52,130 -57.54% 3
North East -41 7 £75,000 +57.89% 3
South West -81 7 £77,500 - 2
Scotland -97 6 £55,000 - 1
East of England -20 5 £61,250 - 5
Wales - 4 £30,000 - 1
Operational Stability
UK

Operational Stability
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 3 (3.90%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (2.60%) Confluence
2 2 (2.60%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 3 (3.90%) JDE EnterpriseOne
2 2 (2.60%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 34 (44.16%) Azure
2 24 (31.17%) AWS
3 10 (12.99%) GCP
4 7 (9.09%) Entra ID
4 7 (9.09%) GitHub
5 6 (7.79%) Microsoft 365
6 5 (6.49%) GitHub Actions
7 4 (5.19%) AWS Lambda
7 4 (5.19%) Serverless
8 3 (3.90%) SaaS
9 2 (2.60%) Amazon EKS
9 2 (2.60%) Azure AKS
9 2 (2.60%) Azure DevOps
9 2 (2.60%) Datadog
9 2 (2.60%) GitHub Copilot
9 2 (2.60%) Google Sheets
9 2 (2.60%) IaaS
9 2 (2.60%) PaaS
10 1 (1.30%) Microsoft Purview
10 1 (1.30%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 10 (12.99%) Firewall
2 8 (10.39%) LAN
2 8 (10.39%) WAN
3 4 (5.19%) Internet
4 3 (3.90%) Wi-Fi
4 3 (3.90%) Wireless
5 2 (2.60%) Network Security
6 1 (1.30%) Cisco ASA
6 1 (1.30%) Cisco Firepower
6 1 (1.30%) DHCP
6 1 (1.30%) DNS
6 1 (1.30%) SAN
6 1 (1.30%) TCP/IP
6 1 (1.30%) VoIP
6 1 (1.30%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (10.39%) MongoDB
1 8 (10.39%) MySQL
1 8 (10.39%) NoSQL
1 8 (10.39%) PostgreSQL
2 4 (5.19%) DynamoDB
2 4 (5.19%) Elasticsearch
3 2 (2.60%) Azure SQL Database
3 2 (2.60%) Looker
3 2 (2.60%) SQL Server
4 1 (1.30%) Crystal Reports
Development Applications
1 5 (6.49%) JIRA
2 2 (2.60%) GitLab
General
1 19 (24.68%) Finance
2 15 (19.48%) Social Skills
3 13 (16.88%) Public Sector
4 10 (12.99%) Analytical Skills
5 8 (10.39%) Manufacturing
6 7 (9.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 5 (6.49%) Retail
8 3 (3.90%) Banking
8 3 (3.90%) Telecoms
9 2 (2.60%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (2.60%) Law
10 1 (1.30%) Digital Economy
10 1 (1.30%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (1.30%) Financial Institution
10 1 (1.30%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (1.30%) Publishing
10 1 (1.30%) Welsh Language
Job Titles
1 15 (19.48%) Lead
2 12 (15.58%) Senior
3 11 (14.29%) Software Engineer
4 9 (11.69%) IT Manager
5 8 (10.39%) Java Engineer
5 8 (10.39%) Java Software Engineer
6 6 (7.79%) Architect
7 5 (6.49%) Developer
7 5 (6.49%) IT Support
7 5 (6.49%) Lead Architect
7 5 (6.49%) Service Manager
8 4 (5.19%) Cybersecurity Engineer
8 4 (5.19%) Enterprise Architect
8 4 (5.19%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 4 (5.19%) Infrastructure Manager
8 4 (5.19%) Lead Enterprise Architect
8 4 (5.19%) Network Security Engineer
8 4 (5.19%) Security Engineer
8 4 (5.19%) Senior Developer
8 4 (5.19%) Support Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (15.58%) RESTful
2 4 (5.19%) .NET
2 4 (5.19%) React
2 4 (5.19%) Swagger
3 2 (2.60%) ASP.NET
3 2 (2.60%) ASP.NET Core
3 2 (2.60%) Elastic Stack
4 1 (1.30%) Middleware
4 1 (1.30%) SAP CAF
Miscellaneous
1 13 (16.88%) Cloud Native
2 7 (9.09%) Legacy Systems
3 5 (6.49%) Management Information System
4 4 (5.19%) Enterprise Software
4 4 (5.19%) Hybrid Cloud
4 4 (5.19%) Security Posture
5 3 (3.90%) Greenfield Project
6 2 (2.60%) Driving Licence
6 2 (2.60%) Operational Technology
7 1 (1.30%) Analytical Mindset
7 1 (1.30%) CMDB
7 1 (1.30%) Fat Client
7 1 (1.30%) Mobile App
7 1 (1.30%) Product Ownership
7 1 (1.30%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (1.30%) Thin Client
7 1 (1.30%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 10 (12.99%) Linux
2 9 (11.69%) Windows
3 8 (10.39%) Windows Server
4 5 (6.49%) Unix
5 4 (5.19%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (2.60%) CentOS
6 2 (2.60%) Debian
6 2 (2.60%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (40.26%) Agile
2 30 (38.96%) Continuous Improvement
3 16 (20.78%) Problem-Solving
3 16 (20.78%) Roadmaps
4 15 (19.48%) Mentoring
5 14 (18.18%) Coaching
5 14 (18.18%) DevOps
5 14 (18.18%) ITIL
6 12 (15.58%) Microservices
6 12 (15.58%) Service Delivery
6 12 (15.58%) Stakeholder Management
6 12 (15.58%) TDD
7 11 (14.29%) Incident Management
7 11 (14.29%) Software Engineering
7 11 (14.29%) Test Automation
8 10 (12.99%) Business Continuity
8 10 (12.99%) Service Management
8 10 (12.99%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 9 (11.69%) Cybersecurity
9 9 (11.69%) Disaster Recovery
Programming Languages
1 11 (14.29%) Java
1 11 (14.29%) SQL
2 5 (6.49%) Python
3 4 (5.19%) C#
3 4 (5.19%) TypeScript
4 3 (3.90%) Bash
5 2 (2.60%) JavaScript
5 2 (2.60%) Shell Script
6 1 (1.30%) Go
6 1 (1.30%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 7 (9.09%) Degree
1 7 (9.09%) Security Cleared
2 5 (6.49%) SC Cleared
3 4 (5.19%) Microsoft Certification
4 3 (3.90%) CCNA
4 3 (3.90%) Cisco Certification
4 3 (3.90%) CISSP
4 3 (3.90%) CompTIA Security+
4 3 (3.90%) MCSE
5 2 (2.60%) Azure Certification
5 2 (2.60%) DBS Check
5 2 (2.60%) RHCSA
6 1 (1.30%) CCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (5.19%) SLA
2 3 (3.90%) Accessibility
2 3 (3.90%) QA
3 2 (2.60%) GRC
3 2 (2.60%) SEPA
4 1 (1.30%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (1.30%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 1 (1.30%) Data Quality
4 1 (1.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 10 (12.99%) Active Directory
2 7 (9.09%) Docker
3 5 (6.49%) Hyper-V
3 5 (6.49%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (3.90%) vSphere
5 2 (2.60%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 13 (16.88%) Terraform
2 9 (11.69%) Kubernetes
3 6 (7.79%) Puppet
4 2 (2.60%) Ansible
4 2 (2.60%) Grafana
4 2 (2.60%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (2.60%) Opsgenie
4 2 (2.60%) Progress Chef
4 2 (2.60%) SCCM
Vendors
1 13 (16.88%) Microsoft
2 6 (7.79%) Red Hat
3 5 (6.49%) VMware
4 4 (5.19%) Google
5 3 (3.90%) JD Edwards
5 3 (3.90%) ServiceNow
5 3 (3.90%) Veeam
6 2 (2.60%) GoldenSource
6 2 (2.60%) PagerDuty
6 2 (2.60%) SAP
7 1 (1.30%) Autodesk
7 1 (1.30%) BroadSoft
7 1 (1.30%) Cisco
7 1 (1.30%) Epicor
7 1 (1.30%) Fortinet
7 1 (1.30%) Meraki
7 1 (1.30%) NetApp
7 1 (1.30%) Palo Alto
7 1 (1.30%) Zscaler