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 7 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 524 523 203
Rank change year-on-year -1 -320 +552
Permanent jobs citing Operational Stability 6 36 743
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.013% 0.11% 1.50%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.017% 0.12% 1.72%
Number of salaries quoted 4 12 39
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £57,299 £42,500 £35,920
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £66,110 £86,386 £62,783
Median % change year-on-year -23.47% +37.60% -16.29%
75th Percentile £89,688 £140,677 £67,968
90th Percentile £118,375 - £89,571
UK median annual salary £76,000 £76,000 £62,783
% change year-on-year - +21.05% -6.99%

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 35,664 30,352 43,117
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 77.25% 90.48% 86.93%
Number of salaries quoted 20,716 13,600 33,117
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £27,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £41,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -8.90%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £83,750 £78,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -12.00%

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 7 February 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 7 February 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
Midlands - 3 £59,720 - 5
West Midlands - 3 £59,720 - 4
North West +13 1 £135,000 +200.00% 2
South West -1 1 - - 2
North of England -27 1 £135,000 +56.27% 5
South East - 1 - - 6
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:

Cloud Services
1 4 (66.67%) Azure
2 1 (16.67%) Azure ExpressRoute
2 1 (16.67%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (16.67%) Cisco ASA
1 1 (16.67%) Cisco Firepower
1 1 (16.67%) Firewall
1 1 (16.67%) Internet
1 1 (16.67%) VPN
1 1 (16.67%) Wireless
Job Titles
1 2 (33.33%) Lead
2 1 (16.67%) Cybersecurity Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Developer
2 1 (16.67%) Head of Operations
2 1 (16.67%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Integration Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Java Developer
2 1 (16.67%) Junior
2 1 (16.67%) Junior Developer
2 1 (16.67%) Junior Java Developer
2 1 (16.67%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Network Security Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Platform Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Platform Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Security Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Server Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Services Director
2 1 (16.67%) Technical Director
2 1 (16.67%) Technical Services Director
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (33.33%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) Cloud Native
Operating Systems
1 1 (16.67%) Windows
1 1 (16.67%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) Agile
2 2 (33.33%) API Development
2 2 (33.33%) API Management
2 2 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (33.33%) Data Pipeline
2 2 (33.33%) Data Protection
2 2 (33.33%) Enterprise Architecture
2 2 (33.33%) ERP
2 2 (33.33%) ETL
2 2 (33.33%) Event-Driven
2 2 (33.33%) Event-Driven Architecture
2 2 (33.33%) Incident Management
2 2 (33.33%) Incident Response
2 2 (33.33%) Integration Patterns
2 2 (33.33%) ITIL
2 2 (33.33%) Technical Leadership
2 2 (33.33%) Technology Strategy
2 2 (33.33%) Waterfall
3 1 (16.67%) Customer Experience
3 1 (16.67%) Data-Driven Decision Making
Programming Languages
1 1 (16.67%) Java
Vendors
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 1 (16.67%) Cisco
2 1 (16.67%) Fortinet
2 1 (16.67%) Meraki
2 1 (16.67%) Palo Alto
2 1 (16.67%) Zscaler