Junior Operations Analyst Job Trends

Junior Operations Analyst
UK

The median Junior Operations Analyst salary in the UK is £35,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 27 June 2026.

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

6 months to
27 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 734 654 891
Rank change year-on-year -80 +237 -
Permanent jobs requiring a Junior Operations Analyst 3 4 3
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.003% 0.009% 0.003%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.003% 0.010% 0.003%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 3
10th Percentile - - £27,350
25th Percentile £32,500 - £29,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 - £33,500
75th Percentile £37,500 - £38,875
90th Percentile - - £41,050
UK excluding London median annual salary £35,000 - £27,500

All Permanent IT Job Roles
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title 89,596 40,763 99,991
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.08% 89.50% 94.73%
Number of salaries quoted 61,466 23,272 72,169
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £38,500 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -12.50%
75th Percentile £75,000 £76,849 £70,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £97,528 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,500 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +1.00% - -6.54%

Junior Operations Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Junior Operations Analyst' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Junior Operations Analyst job vacancy trend in the UK

Junior Operations Analyst
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for Junior Operations Analyst job vacancies in the UK.

Salary distribution trend for Junior Operations Analyst job vacancies in the UK

Junior Operations Analyst
Top 5 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Junior Operations Analyst within the UK over the 6 months to 27 June 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
England -81 3 £35,000 - 9
UK excluding London - 3 £35,000 - 9
East Midlands - 2 - - 2
Midlands - 2 - - 3
South East - 1 £35,000 - 1

Junior Operations Analyst Skill Set
Top 16 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 27 June 2026, Junior Operations Analyst 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 featuring Junior Operations Analyst in the job title.

1 2 (66.67%) Analytics
2 1 (33.33%) Cloud Computing
2 1 (33.33%) Cloud Security
2 1 (33.33%) Computer Science
2 1 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (33.33%) DV Cleared
2 1 (33.33%) Identity Access Management
2 1 (33.33%) Incident Management
2 1 (33.33%) Incident Response
2 1 (33.33%) Information Security
2 1 (33.33%) Risk Management
2 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
2 1 (33.33%) Security Operations
2 1 (33.33%) Service Delivery
2 1 (33.33%) SIEM
2 1 (33.33%) Vulnerability Management

Junior Operations Analyst Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) Cloud Computing
General
1 2 (66.67%) Automotive
1 2 (66.67%) Marketing
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Cyber Threat
1 1 (33.33%) Security Operations Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Analytics
2 1 (33.33%) Cloud Security
2 1 (33.33%) Computer Science
2 1 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (33.33%) Identity Access Management
2 1 (33.33%) Incident Management
2 1 (33.33%) Incident Response
2 1 (33.33%) Information Security
2 1 (33.33%) Risk Management
2 1 (33.33%) Security Operations
2 1 (33.33%) Service Delivery
2 1 (33.33%) SIEM
2 1 (33.33%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) DV Cleared
1 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared