Operational Stability Job Trends

Operational Stability
UK

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

6 months to
6 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 603 591 322
Rank change year-on-year -12 -269 +631
Permanent jobs citing Operational Stability 44 113 472
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.074% 0.21% 0.89%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.091% 0.23% 0.98%
Number of salaries quoted 39 59 28
10th Percentile £57,299 £42,448 -
25th Percentile £64,000 £62,000 £35,920
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £76,000 £76,000 £58,734
Median % change year-on-year - +29.40% -14.57%
75th Percentile - - £75,000
90th Percentile £79,785 £90,000 £99,746
UK excluding London median annual salary £59,720 £65,465 £36,128
% change year-on-year -8.77% +81.20% -51.83%

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK

Operational Stability 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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 48,377 48,922 48,139
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 81.45% 90.25% 90.80%
Number of salaries quoted 28,391 23,950 36,604
10th Percentile £28,500 £35,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% -4.55%

Operational Stability
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Operational Stability relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Operational Stability job vacancy trend in the UK

Operational Stability
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Operational Stability.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Operational Stability

Operational Stability
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Operational Stability over the 6 months to 6 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Operational Stability in the UK

Operational Stability
Top 10 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Operational Stability within the UK over the 6 months to 6 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
England +23 43 £76,000 - 10
London +28 37 £76,000 - 4
Work from Home +47 35 £70,500 -6.00% 11
UK excluding London -6 5 £59,720 -8.77% 8
West Midlands +26 2 £59,720 -8.77% 1
Midlands +20 2 £59,720 -8.77% 1
North West +15 1 £135,000 +200.00% 1
South West +6 1 - - 1
North of England +1 1 £135,000 +144.42% 3
South East - 1 - - 3

Operational Stability
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:

Applications
1 3 (6.82%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (6.82%) Elite 3E
2 1 (2.27%) SAP PLM
2 1 (2.27%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 27 (61.36%) AWS
1 27 (61.36%) AWS Lambda
1 27 (61.36%) Serverless
2 15 (34.09%) Amazon S3
2 15 (34.09%) Amazon SQS
3 4 (9.09%) Azure
4 2 (4.55%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (2.27%) Rubrik
5 1 (2.27%) Veeva
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (27.27%) DynamoDB
1 12 (27.27%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 3 (6.82%) JIRA
1 3 (6.82%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 27 (61.36%) Health Technology
1 27 (61.36%) Publishing
1 27 (61.36%) Tech for Good
2 23 (52.27%) Social Skills
3 17 (38.64%) Influencing Skills
4 15 (34.09%) Organisational Skills
5 6 (13.64%) Analytical Skills
6 4 (9.09%) Finance
6 4 (9.09%) Law
7 3 (6.82%) Legal
8 2 (4.55%) Banking
8 2 (4.55%) Retail
9 1 (2.27%) Financial Institution
9 1 (2.27%) Police
9 1 (2.27%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 28 (63.64%) Developer
2 27 (61.36%) Python Developer
3 21 (47.73%) AWS Developer
4 20 (45.45%) React Developer
5 17 (38.64%) Lead
6 15 (34.09%) Lead Developer
6 15 (34.09%) Lead Python Developer
6 15 (34.09%) Senior
7 14 (31.82%) Software Developer
8 12 (27.27%) Senior Developer
8 12 (27.27%) Senior Python Developer
9 8 (18.18%) Lead Software Developer
10 6 (13.64%) Senior React Developer
10 6 (13.64%) Senior Software Developer
11 3 (6.82%) Analyst
11 3 (6.82%) IT Analyst
11 3 (6.82%) Service Manager
11 3 (6.82%) Test Analyst
12 2 (4.55%) IT Manager
12 2 (4.55%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (61.36%) RESTful
2 12 (27.27%) React
2 12 (27.27%) Swagger
3 2 (4.55%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 2 (4.55%) Cloud Native
1 2 (4.55%) Product Ownership
2 1 (2.27%) Data Centre
2 1 (2.27%) Enterprise Storage
2 1 (2.27%) FMCG
2 1 (2.27%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (2.27%) LIMS
Operating Systems
1 3 (6.82%) Windows
2 1 (2.27%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (77.27%) Agile
2 27 (61.36%) Pair Programming
2 27 (61.36%) Scrum
2 27 (61.36%) TDD
3 24 (54.55%) Continuous Improvement
4 18 (40.91%) Code Quality
5 16 (36.36%) CI/CD
5 16 (36.36%) Mentoring
6 15 (34.09%) Acceptance Criteria
6 15 (34.09%) Coaching
6 15 (34.09%) Continuous Integration
6 15 (34.09%) Extreme Programming
6 15 (34.09%) Process Improvement
6 15 (34.09%) Time Management
6 15 (34.09%) User Stories
7 13 (29.55%) Data Science
8 12 (27.27%) Continuous Delivery
8 12 (27.27%) Software Testing
9 6 (13.64%) ITIL
10 5 (11.36%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 27 (61.36%) Python
2 12 (27.27%) TypeScript
3 1 (2.27%) Java
3 1 (2.27%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 3 (6.82%) ISTQB
2 1 (2.27%) FFIEC
2 1 (2.27%) PMI Certification
2 1 (2.27%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (63.64%) QA
2 2 (4.55%) SLA
3 1 (2.27%) FINRA
3 1 (2.27%) GDPR
3 1 (2.27%) GRC
3 1 (2.27%) IFRS
3 1 (2.27%) IFRS 17
3 1 (2.27%) NIST
Vendors
1 5 (11.36%) Microsoft
2 3 (6.82%) iManage
3 2 (4.55%) Oracle
4 1 (2.27%) Dell
4 1 (2.27%) LabWare
4 1 (2.27%) NetApp
4 1 (2.27%) SAP