Operations Analyst Job Trends

Operations Analyst
UK

The median Operations Analyst salary in the UK is £41,250 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 14 September 2026.

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

6 months to
14 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 665 597 556
Rank change year-on-year -68 -41 +91
Permanent jobs requiring an Operations Analyst 136 66 244
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.12% 0.13% 0.31%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.13% 0.15% 0.33%
Number of salaries quoted 92 41 107
10th Percentile £30,000 £38,000 £29,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £42,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,250 £57,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -28.26% +27.78% -10.00%
75th Percentile £54,688 £86,250 £55,000
90th Percentile £74,000 £90,000 £67,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £40,000 £44,810 £45,000
% change year-on-year -10.73% -0.42% -10.00%

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 106,119 44,341 74,255
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.46% 89.67% 95.26%
Number of salaries quoted 73,014 26,036 45,320
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.27% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £77,500 £74,258 £73,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +15.79% -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 September 2026.

Salary histogram for Operations Analyst in the UK

Operations Analyst
Top 12 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 September 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 -14 128 £40,000 -37.74% 133
UK excluding London -75 73 £40,000 -10.73% 60
London -19 55 £55,000 -33.33% 85
Work from Home -23 34 £40,000 -30.43% 27
North of England -46 29 £40,000 +5.26% 15
South East -19 25 £40,000 -23.81% 17
North West -10 15 £40,000 -37.74% 7
Midlands -38 15 £47,500 +6.00% 11
Yorkshire -25 14 £30,000 -21.05% 7
West Midlands -26 14 £47,500 +6.00% 5
East of England -25 4 £32,000 -25.58% 3
East Midlands -32 1 - - 6

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

For the 6 months to 14 September 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 34 (25.00%) Security Operations
2 22 (16.18%) Problem-Solving
3 21 (15.44%) Cybersecurity
4 20 (14.71%) Continuous Improvement
5 16 (11.76%) DataOps
5 16 (11.76%) ITIL
5 16 (11.76%) Process Improvement
6 14 (10.29%) Decision-Making
7 13 (9.56%) SQL
8 12 (8.82%) Business Intelligence
8 12 (8.82%) Data Analysis
8 12 (8.82%) Degree
8 12 (8.82%) Incident Management
8 12 (8.82%) Information Security
8 12 (8.82%) Security Cleared
9 11 (8.09%) Customer Service
9 11 (8.09%) Microsoft
10 10 (7.35%) Microsoft Excel
10 10 (7.35%) Power BI
10 10 (7.35%) Power Platform
10 10 (7.35%) SIEM
10 10 (7.35%) Windows
11 9 (6.62%) Incident Response
11 9 (6.62%) Patch Management
11 9 (6.62%) Service Delivery
12 8 (5.88%) Collaborative Culture
12 8 (5.88%) ITSM
12 8 (5.88%) PowerShell
12 8 (5.88%) Python
12 8 (5.88%) Root Cause Analysis

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 3 (2.21%) Microsoft Exchange
1 3 (2.21%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.74%) Confluence
Applications
1 10 (7.35%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (2.21%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.74%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 10 (7.35%) Power Platform
2 7 (5.15%) Microsoft 365
3 4 (2.94%) AWS
3 4 (2.94%) Azure
4 3 (2.21%) Entra ID
4 3 (2.21%) WeChat
5 2 (1.47%) dbt
6 1 (0.74%) Azure Sentinel
6 1 (0.74%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (0.74%) Datadog
6 1 (0.74%) GCP
6 1 (0.74%) SaaS
6 1 (0.74%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 6 (4.41%) Firewall
1 6 (4.41%) VPN
2 5 (3.68%) DNS
2 5 (3.68%) TCP/IP
3 4 (2.94%) LAN
3 4 (2.94%) WAN
4 2 (1.47%) Wireless
5 1 (0.74%) DHCP
5 1 (0.74%) FTP
5 1 (0.74%) HTTP
5 1 (0.74%) Internet
5 1 (0.74%) Network Security
5 1 (0.74%) SMTP
5 1 (0.74%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (7.35%) Power BI
2 6 (4.41%) Tableau
3 5 (3.68%) Metadata
4 4 (2.94%) Crystal Reports
5 2 (1.47%) Looker
5 2 (1.47%) MySQL
5 2 (1.47%) Power Query
6 1 (0.74%) Relational Database
6 1 (0.74%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (2.21%) JIRA
2 1 (0.74%) GitLab
General
1 31 (22.79%) Analytical Skills
2 28 (20.59%) Finance
3 19 (13.97%) Social Skills
4 9 (6.62%) Law
5 8 (5.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 7 (5.15%) Legal
7 5 (3.68%) Aerospace
7 5 (3.68%) Retail
8 4 (2.94%) Organisational Skills
9 3 (2.21%) Automotive
9 3 (2.21%) Banking
9 3 (2.21%) Local Government
9 3 (2.21%) Mandarin Language
9 3 (2.21%) Manufacturing
10 2 (1.47%) Billing
10 2 (1.47%) Documentation Skills
11 1 (0.74%) Presentation Skills
11 1 (0.74%) Social Housing
11 1 (0.74%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.74%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 10 (7.35%) Operational Technology
2 7 (5.15%) Management Information System
3 6 (4.41%) Security Operations Centre
4 5 (3.68%) Enterprise Software
5 4 (2.94%) Replication
6 3 (2.21%) Cyber Threat
6 3 (2.21%) Housing Association
6 3 (2.21%) Onboarding
7 2 (1.47%) Analytical Mindset
7 2 (1.47%) Hybrid Cloud
7 2 (1.47%) Low-Code
7 2 (1.47%) SCADA
7 2 (1.47%) Security Posture
7 2 (1.47%) Self-Motivation
8 1 (0.74%) Client/Server
8 1 (0.74%) Cyber Defence
8 1 (0.74%) Cyber Security Posture
8 1 (0.74%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 10 (7.35%) Windows
2 7 (5.15%) Windows Server
3 2 (1.47%) Linux
4 1 (0.74%) Mac OS
4 1 (0.74%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (25.00%) Security Operations
2 22 (16.18%) Problem-Solving
3 21 (15.44%) Cybersecurity
4 20 (14.71%) Continuous Improvement
5 16 (11.76%) DataOps
5 16 (11.76%) ITIL
5 16 (11.76%) Process Improvement
6 14 (10.29%) Decision-Making
7 12 (8.82%) Business Intelligence
7 12 (8.82%) Data Analysis
7 12 (8.82%) Incident Management
7 12 (8.82%) Information Security
8 11 (8.09%) Customer Service
9 10 (7.35%) SIEM
10 9 (6.62%) Incident Response
10 9 (6.62%) Patch Management
10 9 (6.62%) Service Delivery
11 8 (5.88%) Collaborative Culture
11 8 (5.88%) ITSM
11 8 (5.88%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 13 (9.56%) SQL
2 8 (5.88%) PowerShell
2 8 (5.88%) Python
3 1 (0.74%) VBA
Qualifications
1 12 (8.82%) Degree
1 12 (8.82%) Security Cleared
2 7 (5.15%) BPSS Clearance
2 7 (5.15%) SC Cleared
3 4 (2.94%) CISSP
3 4 (2.94%) DBS Check
3 4 (2.94%) DV Cleared
4 3 (2.21%) CEH
4 3 (2.21%) CompTIA Security+
4 3 (2.21%) ITIL Certification
4 3 (2.21%) Microsoft Certification
5 2 (1.47%) Azure Certification
5 2 (1.47%) GIAC
5 2 (1.47%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
5 2 (1.47%) MCSE
6 1 (0.74%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 1 (0.74%) CCSP
6 1 (0.74%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (0.74%) CompTIA CySA+
6 1 (0.74%) CREST Certified
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (3.68%) GRC
1 5 (3.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (2.21%) GDPR
2 3 (2.21%) NIST
2 3 (2.21%) PMO
2 3 (2.21%) SLA
3 2 (1.47%) Accessibility
3 2 (1.47%) PCI DSS
4 1 (0.74%) Data Quality
System Software
1 7 (5.15%) Active Directory
2 4 (2.94%) Hyper-V
2 4 (2.94%) Virtual Servers
3 2 (1.47%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (1.47%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 3 (2.21%) Grafana
2 2 (1.47%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (1.47%) SCCM
3 1 (0.74%) Jamf Pro
3 1 (0.74%) Kibana
3 1 (0.74%) Nessus
3 1 (0.74%) Nmap
3 1 (0.74%) OpenVAS
3 1 (0.74%) SCOM
Vendors
1 11 (8.09%) Microsoft
2 6 (4.41%) Veeam
3 4 (2.94%) ServiceNow
4 3 (2.21%) SAP
4 3 (2.21%) TikTok
5 2 (1.47%) VMware
6 1 (0.74%) Apple
6 1 (0.74%) Atlassian
6 1 (0.74%) Blue Prism
6 1 (0.74%) Meraki
6 1 (0.74%) Pega
6 1 (0.74%) SolarWinds
6 1 (0.74%) Splunk