Tech Ops Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Technical Operations (TechOps)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Tech Ops skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 424 525 483
Rank change year-on-year +101 -42 +173
Permanent jobs citing Tech Ops 85 41 90
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.20% 0.11% 0.26%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.26% 0.13% 0.29%
Number of salaries quoted 49 23 24
10th Percentile £28,750 £36,250 £31,625
25th Percentile £37,750 £37,875 £37,281
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £47,500 £51,500
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% -7.77% +14.44%
75th Percentile £82,241 £57,375 £65,938
90th Percentile £85,050 £64,000 £79,375
UK median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £55,750
% change year-on-year +10.00% -10.31% +2.76%

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

Tech Ops 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 33,283 31,985 30,588
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 78.49% 89.04% 88.64%
Number of salaries quoted 19,187 14,363 22,780
10th Percentile £27,750 £31,250 £28,000
25th Percentile £33,500 £41,250 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +5.77% -5.45%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £66,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £83,750 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Tech Ops
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Tech Ops relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Tech Ops job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Tech Ops
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Tech Ops.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Tech Ops

Tech Ops
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Tech Ops in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Tech Ops in the UK excluding London

Tech Ops
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 Tech Ops within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 14 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
South East +53 29 £38,500 -9.41% 12
North of England +14 16 £47,500 +21.02% 10
East of England - 12 - - 9
Yorkshire -7 10 £155,000 - 1
Scotland +7 9 £75,859 +40.48%
Midlands +24 8 £53,359 +6.72% 2
South West +15 6 £50,000 +33.33% 5
Wales +15 6 £85,000 +30.77%
Northern Ireland - 6 £77,217 -
North West +20 5 £45,000 +14.65% 8
West Midlands +20 5 £80,000 +60.00% 2
East Midlands - 3 £29,500 -
North East - 1 £77,217 - 1
Tech Ops
UK

Tech Ops
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:

Application Platforms
1 5 (5.88%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (3.53%) HCL Domino
2 3 (3.53%) HCL Notes
3 2 (2.35%) CICS
3 2 (2.35%) SharePoint
3 2 (2.35%) WebSphere
Applications
1 10 (11.76%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (4.71%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (1.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 16 (18.82%) Azure
2 13 (15.29%) AWS
3 12 (14.12%) SaaS
4 9 (10.59%) Microsoft 365
5 8 (9.41%) GCP
6 6 (7.06%) PaaS
7 4 (4.71%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 2 (2.35%) OneDrive
9 1 (1.18%) Azure DevOps
9 1 (1.18%) Logz.io
9 1 (1.18%) OpenShift
9 1 (1.18%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 13 (15.29%) Wireless
2 8 (9.41%) Firewall
3 7 (8.24%) WAN
4 6 (7.06%) DNS
5 4 (4.71%) LAN
5 4 (4.71%) SSL
5 4 (4.71%) VLAN
5 4 (4.71%) VPN
6 3 (3.53%) BGP
6 3 (3.53%) MPLS
6 3 (3.53%) SD-WAN
6 3 (3.53%) Software-Defined Networking
7 1 (1.18%) Broadband
7 1 (1.18%) DHCP
7 1 (1.18%) Intranet
7 1 (1.18%) Network Security
7 1 (1.18%) TCP/IP
7 1 (1.18%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.35%) DB2
2 1 (1.18%) Metadata
2 1 (1.18%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 7 (8.24%) JIRA
2 1 (1.18%) Browser DevTools
2 1 (1.18%) GitLab
2 1 (1.18%) Jenkins
General
1 27 (31.76%) Social Skills
2 7 (8.24%) Analytical Skills
2 7 (8.24%) Finance
2 7 (8.24%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 6 (7.06%) Manufacturing
3 6 (7.06%) Retail
4 4 (4.71%) Pharmaceutical
5 3 (3.53%) Advertising
5 3 (3.53%) Billing
6 2 (2.35%) Marketing
7 1 (1.18%) Environmental Health
7 1 (1.18%) Law
7 1 (1.18%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 13 (15.29%) Analyst
1 13 (15.29%) IT Manager
2 12 (14.12%) Support Supervisor
2 12 (14.12%) Technical Support
2 12 (14.12%) Technical Support Supervisor
3 9 (10.59%) Lead
3 9 (10.59%) Support Analyst
4 8 (9.41%) 2nd Line Support
4 8 (9.41%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
5 6 (7.06%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 6 (7.06%) Lead Product Manager
5 6 (7.06%) Product Manager
5 6 (7.06%) Service Manager
6 5 (5.88%) 3rd Line Engineer
6 5 (5.88%) 3rd Line Support
6 5 (5.88%) QC Technician
6 5 (5.88%) Support Engineer
7 4 (4.71%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
7 4 (4.71%) Head of Cybersecurity
7 4 (4.71%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (3.53%) EDI
2 2 (2.35%) Software Packaging
3 1 (1.18%) REST
3 1 (1.18%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 9 (10.59%) Cloud Native
2 8 (9.41%) Onboarding
3 6 (7.06%) Data Centre
3 6 (7.06%) Product Ownership
4 5 (5.88%) IoT
5 4 (4.71%) Data Protection Act
5 4 (4.71%) Digital Media
5 4 (4.71%) Public Cloud
6 3 (3.53%) iSeries
7 2 (2.35%) Mainframe
8 1 (1.18%) Analytical Mindset
8 1 (1.18%) Enterprise Storage
8 1 (1.18%) Management Information System
8 1 (1.18%) Self-Motivation
8 1 (1.18%) Social Media
8 1 (1.18%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 8 (9.41%) Windows
2 4 (4.71%) Windows Server
3 2 (2.35%) Linux
4 1 (1.18%) CentOS
4 1 (1.18%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (1.18%) Ubuntu
4 1 (1.18%) Unix
4 1 (1.18%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (36.47%) Problem-Solving
2 26 (30.59%) Continuous Improvement
3 21 (24.71%) ITIL
3 21 (24.71%) Roadmaps
4 19 (22.35%) Cybersecurity
5 16 (18.82%) DevOps
5 16 (18.82%) Stakeholder Management
6 14 (16.47%) Problem Management
6 14 (16.47%) Service Delivery
7 13 (15.29%) Agile
8 12 (14.12%) ITSM
8 12 (14.12%) Product Roadmap
8 12 (14.12%) Service Management
9 11 (12.94%) Data Protection
9 11 (12.94%) IT Strategy
10 10 (11.76%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 9 (10.59%) Performance Metrics
11 9 (10.59%) Project Delivery
12 8 (9.41%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 8 (9.41%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 9 (10.59%) PowerShell
2 7 (8.24%) Python
3 5 (5.88%) SQL
4 2 (2.35%) Bash
5 1 (1.18%) Java
Qualifications
1 8 (9.41%) Degree
1 8 (9.41%) ITIL Certification
2 4 (4.71%) CEH
2 4 (4.71%) CISM
2 4 (4.71%) CISSP
2 4 (4.71%) DBS Check
2 4 (4.71%) Security Cleared
3 3 (3.53%) SC Cleared
4 1 (1.18%) CCNA
4 1 (1.18%) CCNP
4 1 (1.18%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (1.18%) CompTIA Security+
4 1 (1.18%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (1.18%) DV Cleared
4 1 (1.18%) HND
4 1 (1.18%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (1.18%) Network+ Certification
4 1 (1.18%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (12.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 6 (7.06%) GDPR
3 5 (5.88%) NIST
4 4 (4.71%) Cyber Essentials
4 4 (4.71%) SOC 2
5 3 (3.53%) ISO 9001
5 3 (3.53%) QA
6 1 (1.18%) COBIT
6 1 (1.18%) GRC
6 1 (1.18%) PMO
6 1 (1.18%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (4.71%) Active Directory
2 3 (3.53%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (2.35%) RACF
4 1 (1.18%) Docker
4 1 (1.18%) Hyper-V
4 1 (1.18%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (1.18%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (1.18%) VMware NSX
4 1 (1.18%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 7 (8.24%) Terraform
2 6 (7.06%) Grafana
3 5 (5.88%) Ansible
3 5 (5.88%) Microsoft Intune
4 4 (4.71%) Prometheus
5 1 (1.18%) Control-M
5 1 (1.18%) Kibana
5 1 (1.18%) Kubernetes
5 1 (1.18%) SCCM
5 1 (1.18%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 21 (24.71%) Microsoft
2 6 (7.06%) Google
2 6 (7.06%) Splunk
3 5 (5.88%) IBM
3 5 (5.88%) SAP
3 5 (5.88%) ServiceNow
4 4 (4.71%) Fortinet
4 4 (4.71%) SolarWinds
4 4 (4.71%) VMware
5 3 (3.53%) F5
5 3 (3.53%) Lotus
6 2 (2.35%) Broadcom
6 2 (2.35%) Cisco
7 1 (1.18%) Apple
7 1 (1.18%) Dynatrace
7 1 (1.18%) HP
7 1 (1.18%) Oracle
7 1 (1.18%) Palo Alto
7 1 (1.18%) Salesforce
7 1 (1.18%) Veeam