Operations Support Specialist Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Operations Support Specialist
UK > UK excluding London

The median Operations Support Specialist salary in the UK excluding London is £32,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 15 January 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 520 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring an Operations Support Specialist 2 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.005% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.005% - -
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £31,250 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 - -
75th Percentile £33,750 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median annual salary £32,500 - -

All Permanent IT Job Roles
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 38,586 33,429 32,762
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.55% 92.91% 95.32%
Number of salaries quoted 23,611 16,250 24,824
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £27,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,013 £36,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% -5.18%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £78,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -4.17%

Operations Support Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Operations Support Specialist' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Operations Support Specialist job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Operations Support Specialist
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for Operations Support Specialist job vacancies in the UK excluding London.

Salary distribution trend for Operations Support Specialist job vacancies in the UK excluding London

Operations Support Specialist
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 Support Specialist within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 15 January 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
East Midlands - 2 £32,500 -
Midlands - 2 £32,500 -
Operations Support Specialist
UK

Operations Support Specialist Skill Set
Top 14 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 15 January 2026, Operations Support Specialist job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the UK excluding London region featuring Operations Support Specialist in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) A+ Certification
1 2 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) Azure Certification
1 2 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 2 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 2 (100.00%) Inventory Management
1 2 (100.00%) ITIL
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (100.00%) Network+ Certification
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (100.00%) Windows

Operations Support Specialist Skill Set
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:

Applications
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
General
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 2 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 2 (100.00%) Inventory Management
1 2 (100.00%) ITIL
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) A+ Certification
1 2 (100.00%) Azure Certification
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 2 (100.00%) Network+ Certification
System Software
1 2 (100.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft