Operations Analyst Job Trends

Operations Analyst
UK

The median Operations Analyst salary in the UK is £45,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 14 April 2026.

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

6 months to
14 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 629 506 569
Rank change year-on-year -123 +63 +265
Permanent jobs requiring an Operations Analyst 81 136 312
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.096% 0.33% 0.34%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.10% 0.37% 0.35%
Number of salaries quoted 46 36 197
10th Percentile £30,625 £27,250 £29,000
25th Percentile £32,375 £35,563 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £44,810 £48,500
Median % change year-on-year +0.43% -7.61% +2.11%
75th Percentile £60,000 £65,000 £58,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £78,750 £76,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £40,000 £37,500 £48,500
% change year-on-year +6.67% -22.68% +13.45%

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 78,468 36,897 87,959
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.53% 89.58% 94.56%
Number of salaries quoted 50,382 23,363 65,606
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +11.11% -10.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £78,750 £71,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -4.76%

Operations Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Operations Analyst job vacancy trend in the UK

Operations Analyst
Salary Trend

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

Salary distribution trend for Operations Analyst job vacancies in the UK

Operations Analyst
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Operations Analyst over the 6 months to 14 April 2026.

Salary histogram for Operations Analyst in the UK

Operations Analyst
Top 16 Job Locations

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 over the 6 months to 14 April 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 -100 73 £45,000 -9.83% 27
UK excluding London -131 41 £40,000 +6.67% 17
London -23 38 £60,000 -4.00% 15
Work from Home -14 20 £32,500 -40.91% 11
North of England -71 12 £31,250 -13.79% 2
Yorkshire -54 10 £31,250 -
Midlands -33 9 £33,000 -26.35% 2
South East -48 8 £45,000 +11.02% 9
East of England -28 6 £45,000 +80.07%
East Midlands - 5 £37,000 - 1
West Midlands -17 4 £32,000 -28.59% 1
Scotland -39 3 - -
Channel Islands - 2 - -
North East -33 1 - -
North West -53 1 £38,700 -4.52% 2
Wales - 1 £50,000 -

Operations Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 14 April 2026, 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 Operations Analyst in the job title.

1 21 (25.93%) Continuous Improvement
2 20 (24.69%) Cybersecurity
3 15 (18.52%) Security Operations
4 13 (16.05%) Analytics
5 12 (14.81%) Microsoft Excel
5 12 (14.81%) Problem-Solving
6 11 (13.58%) Azure
6 11 (13.58%) Degree
7 10 (12.35%) Incident Response
7 10 (12.35%) Windows
8 9 (11.11%) Batch Scripting
8 9 (11.11%) Blue Prism
8 9 (11.11%) Business Intelligence
8 9 (11.11%) Business Strategy
8 9 (11.11%) Data Analysis
8 9 (11.11%) Pega
8 9 (11.11%) Power BI
8 9 (11.11%) Power Platform
8 9 (11.11%) TDD
8 9 (11.11%) Test Automation
8 9 (11.11%) VBA
9 8 (9.88%) Firewall
9 8 (9.88%) Information Security
9 8 (9.88%) Linux
9 8 (9.88%) Microsoft
9 8 (9.88%) SIEM
10 7 (8.64%) Data Analytics
10 7 (8.64%) Power Automate
10 7 (8.64%) Power Query
10 7 (8.64%) PowerPivot

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:

Application Platforms
1 4 (4.94%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (1.23%) CMS
Applications
1 12 (14.81%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (2.47%) AutoCAD
2 2 (2.47%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (2.47%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 11 (13.58%) Azure
2 9 (11.11%) Power Platform
3 7 (8.64%) Power Automate
4 5 (6.17%) AWS
4 5 (6.17%) Azure Sentinel
5 4 (4.94%) GCP
5 4 (4.94%) Microsoft 365
6 2 (2.47%) IaaS
6 2 (2.47%) PaaS
6 2 (2.47%) SaaS
7 1 (1.23%) Azure Logic Apps
7 1 (1.23%) Azure Monitor
7 1 (1.23%) Entra ID
7 1 (1.23%) GitHub
7 1 (1.23%) Google Workspace
7 1 (1.23%) OneDrive
7 1 (1.23%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 8 (9.88%) Firewall
2 5 (6.17%) VPN
3 2 (2.47%) DHCP
3 2 (2.47%) DNS
4 1 (1.23%) Broadband
4 1 (1.23%) IPv4
4 1 (1.23%) IPv6
4 1 (1.23%) LAN
4 1 (1.23%) MPLS
4 1 (1.23%) SD-WAN
4 1 (1.23%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (11.11%) Power BI
2 7 (8.64%) Power Query
2 7 (8.64%) PowerPivot
3 2 (2.47%) Geospatial Data
3 2 (2.47%) GIS
3 2 (2.47%) Metadata
3 2 (2.47%) QGIS
3 2 (2.47%) Relational Database
3 2 (2.47%) Spatial Data
3 2 (2.47%) Tableau
4 1 (1.23%) Looker
Development Applications
1 2 (2.47%) JIRA
2 1 (1.23%) GitLab
General
1 25 (30.86%) Social Skills
2 14 (17.28%) Analytical Skills
2 14 (17.28%) Legal
3 13 (16.05%) Retail
4 12 (14.81%) Finance
5 11 (13.58%) Banking
5 11 (13.58%) Documentation Skills
6 9 (11.11%) Automotive
7 5 (6.17%) Law
8 4 (4.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (2.47%) Marketing
9 2 (2.47%) Organisational Skills
9 2 (2.47%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (1.23%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (1.23%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.47%) FIX Protocol
Miscellaneous
1 9 (11.11%) Mobile App
1 9 (11.11%) Security Operations Centre
2 6 (7.41%) Security Posture
3 3 (3.70%) Analytical Mindset
3 3 (3.70%) Cyber Security Posture
3 3 (3.70%) Cyber Threat
3 3 (3.70%) Operational Technology
4 2 (2.47%) Cyber Defence
4 2 (2.47%) Enterprise Software
4 2 (2.47%) Insider Threat
4 2 (2.47%) Onboarding
4 2 (2.47%) Renewable Energy
4 2 (2.47%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (1.23%) Blog
5 1 (1.23%) Clustering
5 1 (1.23%) Cyber Kill Chain
5 1 (1.23%) Podcast
5 1 (1.23%) Product Ownership
5 1 (1.23%) SCADA
5 1 (1.23%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 10 (12.35%) Windows
2 8 (9.88%) Linux
3 4 (4.94%) Windows Server
4 2 (2.47%) Mac OS
4 2 (2.47%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (25.93%) Continuous Improvement
2 20 (24.69%) Cybersecurity
3 15 (18.52%) Security Operations
4 13 (16.05%) Analytics
5 12 (14.81%) Problem-Solving
6 10 (12.35%) Incident Response
7 9 (11.11%) Batch Scripting
7 9 (11.11%) Business Intelligence
7 9 (11.11%) Business Strategy
7 9 (11.11%) Data Analysis
7 9 (11.11%) TDD
7 9 (11.11%) Test Automation
8 8 (9.88%) Information Security
8 8 (9.88%) SIEM
9 7 (8.64%) Data Analytics
10 6 (7.41%) Stakeholder Management
11 5 (6.17%) High Availability
11 5 (6.17%) Process Improvement
11 5 (6.17%) Threat Detection
12 4 (4.94%) Security Monitoring
Programming Languages
1 9 (11.11%) VBA
2 7 (8.64%) Python
3 5 (6.17%) PowerShell
3 5 (6.17%) SQL
4 4 (4.94%) Bash
Qualifications
1 11 (13.58%) Degree
2 6 (7.41%) CISSP
3 5 (6.17%) CompTIA Security+
4 4 (4.94%) GIAC
5 3 (3.70%) BPSS Clearance
5 3 (3.70%) Security Cleared
5 3 (3.70%) SSCP
6 2 (2.47%) CEH
6 2 (2.47%) GCIA
6 2 (2.47%) GCIH
6 2 (2.47%) SC Cleared
7 1 (1.23%) CBAP
7 1 (1.23%) CCNA
7 1 (1.23%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (1.23%) CompTIA CySA+
7 1 (1.23%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (6.17%) NIST
2 4 (4.94%) GDPR
2 4 (4.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (3.70%) QA
4 2 (2.47%) PCI DSS
5 1 (1.23%) GRC
5 1 (1.23%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (4.94%) Active Directory
1 4 (4.94%) Hyper-V
2 2 (2.47%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (3.70%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (2.47%) Grafana
2 2 (2.47%) Jamf Pro
3 1 (1.23%) Failover Clustering
3 1 (1.23%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
3 1 (1.23%) SCCM
Vendors
1 9 (11.11%) Blue Prism
1 9 (11.11%) Pega
2 8 (9.88%) Microsoft
3 5 (6.17%) ServiceNow
4 3 (3.70%) Palo Alto
4 3 (3.70%) TikTok
5 2 (2.47%) Apple
5 2 (2.47%) Atlassian
5 2 (2.47%) ESRI
5 2 (2.47%) Rapid7
5 2 (2.47%) Splunk
5 2 (2.47%) VMware
6 1 (1.23%) Dell
6 1 (1.23%) Google
6 1 (1.23%) HP
6 1 (1.23%) Meraki
6 1 (1.23%) Okta