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 £45,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 26 July 2024.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 525 600 679
Rank change year-on-year +75 +79 -9
Permanent jobs requiring an Operations Analyst 182 78 203
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.28% 0.16% 0.26%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.29% 0.18% 0.27%
Number of salaries quoted 83 51 67
10th Percentile £29,000 £36,250 £25,450
25th Percentile £36,250 £41,250 £31,120
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £48,000 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% +28.00% -9.64%
75th Percentile £50,000 £58,750 £47,263
90th Percentile £50,250 £63,750 £59,250
UK median annual salary £48,500 £50,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year -3.00% +17.65% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies 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 61,941 43,162 74,370
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.90% 89.65% 94.97%
Number of salaries quoted 41,460 27,696 44,286
10th Percentile £28,000 £29,750 £29,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £38,750 £38,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,000 £52,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.66% +1.92% +9.47%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £78,750 £80,500 £81,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - +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 26 July 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 26 July 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 +12 46 £48,500 -15.65% 1
South East +29 44 £45,000 -2.17% 4
South West +31 39 £46,750 -15.00% 4
North of England +28 39 £45,000 -18.18% 4
West Midlands +25 39 £48,500 -15.65% 1
North West +9 23 £49,342 +31.58% 2
Yorkshire +55 11 £42,500 -32.00% 2
East of England +5 11 £30,000 -16.67%
East Midlands -23 7 £33,500 -
North East - 5 £41,250 -
Scotland -53 3 £39,000 -23.98% 1
Operations Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 26 July 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 69 (37.91%) Social Skills
2 55 (30.22%) Analytical Skills
3 47 (25.82%) Continuous Improvement
4 45 (24.73%) Finance
4 45 (24.73%) Problem-Solving
5 40 (21.98%) Microsoft
6 34 (18.68%) ITIL
7 33 (18.13%) Change Management
8 29 (15.93%) Active Directory
9 28 (15.38%) LAN
9 28 (15.38%) VoIP
9 28 (15.38%) WLAN
9 28 (15.38%) Agile
10 26 (14.29%) Customer Service
10 26 (14.29%) Organisational Skills
10 26 (14.29%) Firewall
10 26 (14.29%) Degree
11 25 (13.74%) SD-WAN
12 24 (13.19%) Banking
13 23 (12.64%) Service Delivery
14 21 (11.54%) Asset Management
14 21 (11.54%) Law
15 20 (10.99%) Project Planning
15 20 (10.99%) Thin Client
15 20 (10.99%) BGP
15 20 (10.99%) OSPF
15 20 (10.99%) Microsoft Excel
15 20 (10.99%) Fat Client
15 20 (10.99%) SCCM
15 20 (10.99%) Project Delivery

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 (2.20%) Confluence
1 4 (2.20%) IIS
2 2 (1.10%) SharePoint
Applications
1 20 (10.99%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (3.85%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (2.20%) Spreadsheet
4 2 (1.10%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 12 (6.59%) Power Platform
2 9 (4.95%) AWS
2 9 (4.95%) Azure
3 4 (2.20%) GCP
4 2 (1.10%) AWS Lambda
4 2 (1.10%) Cloud Computing
4 2 (1.10%) IaaS
4 2 (1.10%) PaaS
4 2 (1.10%) SaaS
4 2 (1.10%) Serverless
5 1 (0.55%) Entra ID
5 1 (0.55%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 28 (15.38%) LAN
1 28 (15.38%) VoIP
1 28 (15.38%) WLAN
2 26 (14.29%) Firewall
3 25 (13.74%) SD-WAN
4 20 (10.99%) BGP
4 20 (10.99%) OSPF
5 19 (10.44%) WAN
6 14 (7.69%) MPLS
7 12 (6.59%) EIGRP
8 8 (4.40%) HSRP
8 8 (4.40%) VPN
9 6 (3.30%) Spanning Tree
9 6 (3.30%) VLAN
9 6 (3.30%) VRRP
9 6 (3.30%) Wireless
9 6 (3.30%) Wireshark
10 4 (2.20%) FTP
10 4 (2.20%) TCP/IP
11 3 (1.65%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (6.59%) Power BI
2 2 (1.10%) Tableau
3 1 (0.55%) Qlik Sense
Development Applications
1 4 (2.20%) JIRA
General
1 69 (37.91%) Social Skills
2 55 (30.22%) Analytical Skills
3 45 (24.73%) Finance
4 26 (14.29%) Organisational Skills
5 24 (13.19%) Banking
6 21 (11.54%) Law
7 18 (9.89%) Investment Banking
8 17 (9.34%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 17 (9.34%) Retail
9 14 (7.69%) Pharmaceutical
10 13 (7.14%) Manufacturing
11 10 (5.49%) Public Sector
12 8 (4.40%) Marketing
13 7 (3.85%) Military
14 4 (2.20%) Documentation Skills
15 2 (1.10%) Legal
15 2 (1.10%) Prime Brokerage
16 1 (0.55%) Aerospace
16 1 (0.55%) Billing
16 1 (0.55%) Front Office
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.55%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 20 (10.99%) Fat Client
1 20 (10.99%) Thin Client
2 18 (9.89%) Self-Motivation
3 14 (7.69%) Biopharmaceutical
3 14 (7.69%) Virtual Team
4 10 (5.49%) Management Information System
5 9 (4.95%) Security Operations Centre
6 7 (3.85%) FMCG
7 5 (2.75%) Onboarding
8 4 (2.20%) Cyberattack
8 4 (2.20%) Low-Code
9 3 (1.65%) Analytical Mindset
10 2 (1.10%) Cyber Defence
10 2 (1.10%) Hedge funds
10 2 (1.10%) Product Ownership
10 2 (1.10%) Security Posture
11 1 (0.55%) Data Centre
11 1 (0.55%) Data Structures
11 1 (0.55%) Driving Licence
11 1 (0.55%) PDA
Operating Systems
1 15 (8.24%) Windows
2 14 (7.69%) Linux
3 7 (3.85%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.55%) Windows Server 2012
4 1 (0.55%) Windows Server 2019
4 1 (0.55%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 47 (25.82%) Continuous Improvement
2 45 (24.73%) Problem-Solving
3 34 (18.68%) ITIL
4 33 (18.13%) Change Management
5 28 (15.38%) Agile
6 26 (14.29%) Customer Service
7 23 (12.64%) Service Delivery
8 21 (11.54%) Asset Management
9 20 (10.99%) Project Delivery
9 20 (10.99%) Project Planning
10 19 (10.44%) ERP
11 18 (9.89%) Tech Ops
12 17 (9.34%) Security Operations
13 16 (8.79%) Business Intelligence
13 16 (8.79%) Cybersecurity
14 14 (7.69%) Neuroscience
14 14 (7.69%) Scenario Testing
15 13 (7.14%) Data Analysis
16 11 (6.04%) Incident Management
16 11 (6.04%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 8 (4.40%) Python
2 5 (2.75%) SQL
3 3 (1.65%) Bash
3 3 (1.65%) MATLAB
4 1 (0.55%) R
4 1 (0.55%) VBA
Qualifications
1 26 (14.29%) Degree
2 16 (8.79%) Cisco Certification
2 16 (8.79%) Security Cleared
3 14 (7.69%) CCDP
3 14 (7.69%) CCIE
3 14 (7.69%) CCNP
4 9 (4.95%) SC Cleared
5 8 (4.40%) CCNA
6 6 (3.30%) CCIE Routing and Switching
7 5 (2.75%) BPSS Clearance
8 4 (2.20%) CISA
8 4 (2.20%) CISM
8 4 (2.20%) CISSP
9 2 (1.10%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 2 (1.10%) AWS Certification
9 2 (1.10%) CCSP
9 2 (1.10%) CompTIA CySA+
9 2 (1.10%) Computer Science Degree
9 2 (1.10%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (7.69%) QA
2 8 (4.40%) GDPR
3 7 (3.85%) NIST
4 6 (3.30%) GxP
4 6 (3.30%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 2 (1.10%) FedRAMP
6 1 (0.55%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.55%) Data Quality
6 1 (0.55%) EMIR
6 1 (0.55%) MiFID
6 1 (0.55%) SLA
System Software
1 29 (15.93%) Active Directory
2 6 (3.30%) Firmware
3 4 (2.20%) Virtual Machines
3 4 (2.20%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (2.20%) vSphere
4 1 (0.55%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 20 (10.99%) SCCM
2 1 (0.55%) Jamf Pro
2 1 (0.55%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.55%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 40 (21.98%) Microsoft
2 15 (8.24%) Cisco
3 9 (4.95%) SAP
4 6 (3.30%) Ekahau
5 4 (2.20%) Palo Alto
5 4 (2.20%) VMware
6 3 (1.65%) Apple
6 3 (1.65%) Meraki
6 3 (1.65%) ServiceNow
7 2 (1.10%) Cadence
7 2 (1.10%) CheckPoint
7 2 (1.10%) IBM
7 2 (1.10%) Nintex
7 2 (1.10%) Qualys
7 2 (1.10%) Salesforce
7 2 (1.10%) Sun
8 1 (0.55%) Fortinet
8 1 (0.55%) HubSpot
8 1 (0.55%) IFS