Operations Analyst Jobs in the UK excluding London

Operations Analyst
UK > UK excluding London

The median Operations Analyst salary in the UK excluding London is £48,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 23 April 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 552 710 704
Rank change year-on-year +158 -6 -82
Permanent jobs requiring an Operations Analyst 205 44 135
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.29% 0.071% 0.19%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.31% 0.079% 0.20%
Number of salaries quoted 114 33 83
10th Percentile £29,000 £31,250 £26,750
25th Percentile £36,250 £35,750 £31,120
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,500 £43,000 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year +12.79% +14.67% -10.71%
75th Percentile £50,250 £52,500 £48,375
90th Percentile £53,925 £61,500 £58,750
UK median annual salary £48,500 £47,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year +2.11% +5.56% -2.17%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London. 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 the UK excluding London with a recognized job title 66,104 55,639 67,661
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.79% 89.29% 95.78%
Number of salaries quoted 47,008 31,467 43,049
10th Percentile £26,750 £29,750 £28,307
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,639 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £66,250
90th Percentile £76,250 £82,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £53,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -11.67% - +9.09%

Operations Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings that featured Operations Analyst in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Operations Analyst in the UK excluding London

Operations Analyst
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Operations Analyst in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Operations Analyst in the UK excluding London

Operations Analyst
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Operations Analyst in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 23 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Operations Analyst in the UK excluding London

Operations Analyst
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 Operations Analyst within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 23 April 2024. 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 +110 92 £48,500 -25.38% 4
West Midlands +108 80 £48,500 -25.38% 2
South West +21 35 £48,500 +21.06% 2
North of England +54 30 £31,000 -39.51% 6
South East +26 27 £45,000 +5.88% 7
North West +15 18 £31,000 -43.64% 5
East of England +46 15 £30,000 -45.45% 7
East Midlands 0 12 £40,000 +33.33% 2
Yorkshire +85 8 - - 1
Scotland -55 6 £39,174 - 2
North East - 4 £37,500 -
Operations Analyst
UK

Operations Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 23 April 2024, Operations Analyst job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the UK excluding London region featuring Operations Analyst in the job title.

1 71 (34.63%) Social Skills
2 60 (29.27%) Microsoft
2 60 (29.27%) Analytical Skills
3 58 (28.29%) LAN
4 57 (27.80%) WLAN
5 54 (26.34%) SD-WAN
6 48 (23.41%) Finance
7 46 (22.44%) Problem-Solving
8 43 (20.98%) WAN
9 42 (20.49%) Continuous Improvement
10 38 (18.54%) ITIL
11 37 (18.05%) CCIE
11 37 (18.05%) CCNP
11 37 (18.05%) CCDP
11 37 (18.05%) Cisco Certification
11 37 (18.05%) MPLS
11 37 (18.05%) OSPF
11 37 (18.05%) BGP
12 35 (17.07%) Degree
13 32 (15.61%) Customer Service
14 31 (15.12%) Change Management
14 31 (15.12%) CCNA
15 28 (13.66%) VoIP
15 28 (13.66%) Active Directory
15 28 (13.66%) Power BI
15 28 (13.66%) Power Platform
16 25 (12.20%) Self-Motivation
16 25 (12.20%) Service Delivery
16 25 (12.20%) Microsoft Excel
16 25 (12.20%) Agile

Operations Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 4 (1.95%) IIS
2 1 (0.49%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 25 (12.20%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (2.44%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.98%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.49%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 28 (13.66%) Power Platform
2 22 (10.73%) Azure
3 9 (4.39%) Azure Synapse Analytics
4 7 (3.41%) AWS
5 5 (2.44%) Microsoft 365
6 4 (1.95%) GCP
7 2 (0.98%) Azure Sentinel
8 1 (0.49%) Entra ID
8 1 (0.49%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 58 (28.29%) LAN
2 57 (27.80%) WLAN
3 54 (26.34%) SD-WAN
4 43 (20.98%) WAN
5 37 (18.05%) BGP
5 37 (18.05%) MPLS
5 37 (18.05%) OSPF
6 28 (13.66%) VoIP
7 17 (8.29%) Firewall
8 9 (4.39%) VPN
9 6 (2.93%) EIGRP
9 6 (2.93%) HSRP
9 6 (2.93%) Spanning Tree
9 6 (2.93%) VLAN
9 6 (2.93%) VRRP
9 6 (2.93%) Wireless
9 6 (2.93%) Wireshark
10 5 (2.44%) TCP/IP
11 4 (1.95%) FTP
12 3 (1.46%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (13.66%) Power BI
2 17 (8.29%) Tableau
3 1 (0.49%) SQL Server
General
1 71 (34.63%) Social Skills
2 60 (29.27%) Analytical Skills
3 48 (23.41%) Finance
4 23 (11.22%) Organisational Skills
5 19 (9.27%) Retail
6 16 (7.80%) Banking
6 16 (7.80%) Investment Banking
7 15 (7.32%) Law
8 14 (6.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 13 (6.34%) Military
10 9 (4.39%) Manufacturing
10 9 (4.39%) Pharmaceutical
11 6 (2.93%) Marketing
12 4 (1.95%) Documentation Skills
12 4 (1.95%) Legal
13 2 (0.98%) Front Office
14 1 (0.49%) Advertising
14 1 (0.49%) Billing
14 1 (0.49%) Games
14 1 (0.49%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.49%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 25 (12.20%) Self-Motivation
2 20 (9.76%) Fat Client
2 20 (9.76%) Thin Client
3 10 (4.88%) Security Operations Centre
3 10 (4.88%) Virtual Team
4 9 (4.39%) Biopharmaceutical
5 8 (3.90%) Management Information System
6 7 (3.41%) FMCG
7 4 (1.95%) Cyberattack
7 4 (1.95%) Data Centre
8 3 (1.46%) Analytical Mindset
8 3 (1.46%) Driving Licence
8 3 (1.46%) Operational Technology
9 2 (0.98%) Cyber Defence
9 2 (0.98%) Low-Code
9 2 (0.98%) PMI
9 2 (0.98%) Security Posture
10 1 (0.49%) Data Protection Act
10 1 (0.49%) Life Science
10 1 (0.49%) PDA
Operating Systems
1 17 (8.29%) Windows
2 12 (5.85%) Linux
3 6 (2.93%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.49%) Windows Server 2012
4 1 (0.49%) Windows Server 2019
4 1 (0.49%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 46 (22.44%) Problem-Solving
2 42 (20.49%) Continuous Improvement
3 38 (18.54%) ITIL
4 32 (15.61%) Customer Service
5 31 (15.12%) Change Management
6 25 (12.20%) Agile
6 25 (12.20%) Service Delivery
7 23 (11.22%) Business Intelligence
8 21 (10.24%) Cybersecurity
9 20 (9.76%) Project Planning
10 17 (8.29%) Asset Management
10 17 (8.29%) ERP
10 17 (8.29%) Project Delivery
11 16 (7.80%) Tech Ops
12 15 (7.32%) Analytics
12 15 (7.32%) Data Analysis
12 15 (7.32%) Incident Management
13 14 (6.83%) Project Management
13 14 (6.83%) Security Operations
14 13 (6.34%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 19 (9.27%) Python
2 15 (7.32%) SQL
3 5 (2.44%) R
3 5 (2.44%) VBA
4 1 (0.49%) Bash
4 1 (0.49%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 37 (18.05%) CCDP
1 37 (18.05%) CCIE
1 37 (18.05%) CCNP
1 37 (18.05%) Cisco Certification
2 35 (17.07%) Degree
3 31 (15.12%) CCNA
4 17 (8.29%) Security Cleared
5 13 (6.34%) BPSS Clearance
6 7 (3.41%) SC Cleared
7 6 (2.93%) CCIE Routing and Switching
8 5 (2.44%) DV Cleared
8 5 (2.44%) NVQ Level 3
9 3 (1.46%) CISM
9 3 (1.46%) CISSP
10 2 (0.98%) CISA
10 2 (0.98%) CompTIA CySA+
10 2 (0.98%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (4.39%) NIST
1 9 (4.39%) QA
2 8 (3.90%) GDPR
3 5 (2.44%) GxP
3 5 (2.44%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 3 (1.46%) SLA
5 2 (0.98%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (0.98%) EMIR
5 2 (0.98%) MiFID
6 1 (0.49%) Data Quality
System Software
1 28 (13.66%) Active Directory
2 6 (2.93%) Firmware
3 4 (1.95%) Virtual Machines
3 4 (1.95%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (1.95%) vSphere
4 1 (0.49%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 20 (9.76%) SCCM
2 2 (0.98%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.49%) Jamf Pro
3 1 (0.49%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 60 (29.27%) Microsoft
2 11 (5.37%) Cisco
3 9 (4.39%) Alteryx
3 9 (4.39%) Databricks
4 7 (3.41%) SAP
5 6 (2.93%) Ekahau
6 5 (2.44%) Meraki
6 5 (2.44%) Salesforce
6 5 (2.44%) ServiceNow
7 4 (1.95%) Cadence
7 4 (1.95%) SIMUL8
7 4 (1.95%) VMware
8 3 (1.46%) Apple
9 2 (0.98%) HubSpot
10 1 (0.49%) Fortinet
10 1 (0.49%) Qualys