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 16 May 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
16 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 555 700 704
Rank change year-on-year +145 +4 -62
Permanent jobs requiring an Operations Analyst 205 46 147
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.29% 0.078% 0.21%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.30% 0.087% 0.21%
Number of salaries quoted 109 32 73
10th Percentile £29,000 £32,673 £26,550
25th Percentile £36,250 £41,250 £30,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,500 £46,375 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.58% +23.67% -12.08%
75th Percentile £50,250 £57,500 £47,500
90th Percentile £55,250 £62,125 £59,750
UK median annual salary £48,500 £50,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -3.00% +11.11% -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 67,720 52,840 68,639
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.85% 89.16% 95.76%
Number of salaries quoted 47,860 30,029 42,498
10th Percentile £26,750 £29,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,000 £50,173
Median % change year-on-year -5.66% +5.64% +5.63%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £66,250
90th Percentile £76,250 £81,250 £80,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +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 16 May 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 16 May 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 +75 88 £48,500 -15.65% 3
West Midlands +84 77 £48,500 -15.65% 2
South West +9 38 £48,500 +17.58% 4
North of England +56 30 £31,000 -39.51% 11
South East +16 29 £45,000 +4.65% 9
North West +10 17 £31,000 -39.51% 7
East of England +17 14 £28,250 -48.64% 4
East Midlands 0 11 £40,000 +33.33% 1
Yorkshire +79 9 £42,500 -10.53% 3
Scotland -62 6 £39,174 -
North East - 4 £37,500 - 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 16 May 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 73 (35.61%) Social Skills
2 63 (30.73%) Analytical Skills
3 56 (27.32%) LAN
3 56 (27.32%) Microsoft
4 55 (26.83%) WLAN
5 52 (25.37%) SD-WAN
6 51 (24.88%) Finance
7 49 (23.90%) Problem-Solving
8 45 (21.95%) Continuous Improvement
9 41 (20.00%) WAN
10 37 (18.05%) ITIL
11 36 (17.56%) Degree
12 35 (17.07%) CCIE
12 35 (17.07%) CCNP
12 35 (17.07%) CCDP
12 35 (17.07%) Cisco Certification
12 35 (17.07%) MPLS
12 35 (17.07%) OSPF
12 35 (17.07%) BGP
13 31 (15.12%) Customer Service
13 31 (15.12%) Change Management
14 29 (14.15%) CCNA
15 28 (13.66%) VoIP
15 28 (13.66%) Power BI
15 28 (13.66%) Power Platform
16 26 (12.68%) Self-Motivation
16 26 (12.68%) Active Directory
17 25 (12.20%) Service Delivery
17 25 (12.20%) Microsoft Excel
17 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 19 (9.27%) Azure
3 9 (4.39%) Azure Synapse Analytics
4 6 (2.93%) AWS
5 4 (1.95%) GCP
5 4 (1.95%) Microsoft 365
6 1 (0.49%) Azure Sentinel
6 1 (0.49%) Entra ID
6 1 (0.49%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 56 (27.32%) LAN
2 55 (26.83%) WLAN
3 52 (25.37%) SD-WAN
4 41 (20.00%) WAN
5 35 (17.07%) BGP
5 35 (17.07%) MPLS
5 35 (17.07%) 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 73 (35.61%) Social Skills
2 63 (30.73%) Analytical Skills
3 51 (24.88%) Finance
4 23 (11.22%) Organisational Skills
5 19 (9.27%) Banking
5 19 (9.27%) Investment Banking
5 19 (9.27%) Retail
6 18 (8.78%) Law
7 17 (8.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 13 (6.34%) Military
9 11 (5.37%) Pharmaceutical
10 10 (4.88%) Manufacturing
11 6 (2.93%) Marketing
12 4 (1.95%) Documentation Skills
12 4 (1.95%) Legal
13 2 (0.98%) Front Office
13 2 (0.98%) Prime Brokerage
14 1 (0.49%) Advertising
14 1 (0.49%) Games
14 1 (0.49%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.49%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 26 (12.68%) Self-Motivation
2 20 (9.76%) Fat Client
2 20 (9.76%) Thin Client
3 12 (5.85%) Virtual Team
4 11 (5.37%) Biopharmaceutical
5 10 (4.88%) Security Operations Centre
6 7 (3.41%) FMCG
6 7 (3.41%) Management Information System
7 4 (1.95%) Cyberattack
8 3 (1.46%) Analytical Mindset
8 3 (1.46%) Data Centre
8 3 (1.46%) Driving Licence
8 3 (1.46%) Operational Technology
9 2 (0.98%) Cyber Defence
9 2 (0.98%) Hedge funds
9 2 (0.98%) Low-Code
9 2 (0.98%) PMI
9 2 (0.98%) Security Posture
10 1 (0.49%) Data Structures
10 1 (0.49%) PDA
Operating Systems
1 15 (7.32%) 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 49 (23.90%) Problem-Solving
2 45 (21.95%) Continuous Improvement
3 37 (18.05%) ITIL
4 31 (15.12%) Change Management
4 31 (15.12%) Customer Service
5 25 (12.20%) Agile
5 25 (12.20%) Service Delivery
6 23 (11.22%) Business Intelligence
7 20 (9.76%) Cybersecurity
7 20 (9.76%) Project Planning
8 19 (9.27%) ERP
8 19 (9.27%) Project Delivery
9 17 (8.29%) Asset Management
10 16 (7.80%) Tech Ops
11 15 (7.32%) Data Analysis
11 15 (7.32%) Project Management
12 13 (6.34%) Analytics
12 13 (6.34%) Incident Management
12 13 (6.34%) Scenario Testing
12 13 (6.34%) Security Operations
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 36 (17.56%) Degree
2 35 (17.07%) CCDP
2 35 (17.07%) CCIE
2 35 (17.07%) CCNP
2 35 (17.07%) Cisco Certification
3 29 (14.15%) 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 11 (5.37%) QA
2 9 (4.39%) NIST
3 8 (3.90%) GDPR
4 6 (2.93%) GxP
4 6 (2.93%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 3 (1.46%) SLA
6 2 (0.98%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (0.98%) EMIR
6 2 (0.98%) MiFID
7 1 (0.49%) Data Quality
System Software
1 26 (12.68%) 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 56 (27.32%) Microsoft
2 11 (5.37%) Cisco
3 9 (4.39%) Alteryx
3 9 (4.39%) Databricks
4 8 (3.90%) 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
9 2 (0.98%) Sun
10 1 (0.49%) Fortinet