Operations Analyst
UK

The median Operations Analyst salary in the UK is £48,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 596 829 958
Rank change year-on-year +233 +129 -197
Permanent jobs requiring an Operations Analyst 312 141 274
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.32% 0.13% 0.18%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.34% 0.15% 0.19%
Number of salaries quoted 195 78 151
10th Percentile £29,400 £33,709 £26,750
25th Percentile £41,036 £41,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,500 £49,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.02% +8.89% -2.17%
75th Percentile £57,500 £60,938 £60,000
90th Percentile £76,250 £67,500 £75,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £48,500 £43,000 £37,558
% change year-on-year +12.79% +14.49% -10.58%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes 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 92,756 95,826 148,057
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.61% 91.56% 96.06%
Number of salaries quoted 66,592 60,202 85,221
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,550 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.42% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%

Operations Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Operations Analyst in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Operations Analyst in the UK

Operations Analyst
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Operations Analyst.

Salary trend for Operations Analyst in the UK

Operations Analyst
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Operations Analyst over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Operations Analyst in the UK

Operations Analyst
Top 15 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 27 April 2024. 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 +269 296 £48,500 -3.00% 58
UK excluding London +177 205 £48,500 +12.79% 29
Work from Home +156 108 £48,500 -3.00% 20
London +141 97 £55,000 - 29
Midlands +95 91 £48,500 -25.38% 3
West Midlands +104 80 £48,500 -25.38% 1
South West +34 36 £48,500 +35.66% 4
North of England +66 30 £31,000 -43.64% 8
South East +40 27 £45,000 +5.88% 8
North West +22 17 £31,000 -43.64% 5
East of England +26 15 £30,000 -45.45% 7
East Midlands -4 11 £40,000 +33.33% 2
Yorkshire +94 9 £42,500 -10.53% 3
Scotland -58 6 £39,174 - 1
North East - 4 £37,500 -

Operations Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 27 April 2024, Operations Analyst job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads featuring Operations Analyst in the job title.

1 86 (27.56%) Social Skills
2 82 (26.28%) Finance
3 70 (22.44%) Microsoft
4 64 (20.51%) Analytical Skills
5 58 (18.59%) LAN
6 57 (18.27%) WLAN
6 57 (18.27%) Problem-Solving
7 56 (17.95%) Continuous Improvement
8 54 (17.31%) SD-WAN
9 51 (16.35%) Degree
10 47 (15.06%) Active Directory
11 45 (14.42%) ITIL
12 43 (13.78%) WAN
13 42 (13.46%) SQL
14 38 (12.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 37 (11.86%) Cisco Certification
15 37 (11.86%) CCIE
15 37 (11.86%) CCNP
15 37 (11.86%) CCDP
15 37 (11.86%) MPLS
15 37 (11.86%) OSPF
15 37 (11.86%) BGP
16 36 (11.54%) Azure
16 36 (11.54%) Cybersecurity
17 35 (11.22%) Customer Service
17 35 (11.22%) Roadmaps
18 34 (10.90%) Change Management
18 34 (10.90%) Microsoft Excel
19 33 (10.58%) Law
19 33 (10.58%) Banking

Operations Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 7 (2.24%) SharePoint
2 4 (1.28%) IIS
3 1 (0.32%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 34 (10.90%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (3.85%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.64%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.64%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 6 (1.92%) Adaptiv
2 2 (0.64%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (0.32%) Aladdin
3 1 (0.32%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.32%) SAP HCM
3 1 (0.32%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 36 (11.54%) Azure
2 29 (9.29%) Power Platform
3 21 (6.73%) Microsoft 365
4 11 (3.53%) AWS
5 9 (2.88%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 5 (1.60%) SaaS
7 4 (1.28%) GCP
7 4 (1.28%) OCI
8 2 (0.64%) Azure Sentinel
9 1 (0.32%) Dynamics 365
9 1 (0.32%) Entra ID
9 1 (0.32%) OneDrive
9 1 (0.32%) Power Automate
9 1 (0.32%) PowerApps
9 1 (0.32%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 58 (18.59%) LAN
2 57 (18.27%) WLAN
3 54 (17.31%) SD-WAN
4 43 (13.78%) WAN
5 37 (11.86%) BGP
5 37 (11.86%) MPLS
5 37 (11.86%) OSPF
6 28 (8.97%) VoIP
7 20 (6.41%) Firewall
8 11 (3.53%) TCP/IP
9 9 (2.88%) VPN
10 8 (2.56%) VLAN
11 7 (2.24%) DNS
12 6 (1.92%) EIGRP
12 6 (1.92%) HSRP
12 6 (1.92%) Spanning Tree
12 6 (1.92%) VRRP
12 6 (1.92%) Wireless
12 6 (1.92%) Wireshark
13 4 (1.28%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (9.29%) Power BI
2 17 (5.45%) Tableau
3 9 (2.88%) Oracle Reports
4 1 (0.32%) Oracle OWB
4 1 (0.32%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (0.64%) JIRA
1 2 (0.64%) Postman
General
1 86 (27.56%) Social Skills
2 82 (26.28%) Finance
3 64 (20.51%) Analytical Skills
4 38 (12.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 33 (10.58%) Banking
5 33 (10.58%) Law
6 28 (8.97%) Retail
7 26 (8.33%) Organisational Skills
8 23 (7.37%) Investment Banking
9 13 (4.17%) Military
10 10 (3.21%) Manufacturing
11 9 (2.88%) Pharmaceutical
12 6 (1.92%) Financial Institution
12 6 (1.92%) Legal
12 6 (1.92%) Marketing
13 4 (1.28%) Documentation Skills
14 3 (0.96%) Front Office
15 2 (0.64%) Aviation
16 1 (0.32%) Influencing Skills
16 1 (0.32%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (2.88%) Oracle Fusion
2 2 (0.64%) OpenID
3 1 (0.32%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 27 (8.65%) Self-Motivation
2 20 (6.41%) Fat Client
2 20 (6.41%) Thin Client
3 13 (4.17%) Cyberattack
4 12 (3.85%) Management Information System
5 10 (3.21%) Data Centre
5 10 (3.21%) Security Operations Centre
5 10 (3.21%) Virtual Team
6 9 (2.88%) Biopharmaceutical
7 7 (2.24%) FMCG
8 6 (1.92%) Credit Risk
9 5 (1.60%) Analytical Mindset
9 5 (1.60%) Blog
9 5 (1.60%) Hedge funds
10 4 (1.28%) Cyber Threat
10 4 (1.28%) Security Posture
11 3 (0.96%) Driving Licence
11 3 (0.96%) Operational Technology
12 2 (0.64%) Cyber Defence
12 2 (0.64%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 31 (9.94%) Windows
2 18 (5.77%) Linux
3 7 (2.24%) Unix
4 6 (1.92%) Windows 10
4 6 (1.92%) Windows Server
5 2 (0.64%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 2 (0.64%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (0.32%) Solaris
6 1 (0.32%) VMS
6 1 (0.32%) Windows 7
6 1 (0.32%) Windows Server 2008
6 1 (0.32%) Windows Server 2019
6 1 (0.32%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 57 (18.27%) Problem-Solving
2 56 (17.95%) Continuous Improvement
3 45 (14.42%) ITIL
4 36 (11.54%) Cybersecurity
5 35 (11.22%) Customer Service
5 35 (11.22%) Roadmaps
6 34 (10.90%) Change Management
7 31 (9.94%) Agile
8 30 (9.62%) Security Operations
9 27 (8.65%) Service Delivery
10 26 (8.33%) Mentoring
11 24 (7.69%) Business Intelligence
12 22 (7.05%) ERP
13 21 (6.73%) Process Improvement
14 20 (6.41%) Project Planning
15 19 (6.09%) Analytics
15 19 (6.09%) Asset Management
15 19 (6.09%) Tech Ops
16 18 (5.77%) Data Analysis
16 18 (5.77%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 42 (13.46%) SQL
2 25 (8.01%) Python
3 9 (2.88%) R
4 6 (1.92%) PowerShell
4 6 (1.92%) VBA
5 1 (0.32%) Bash
5 1 (0.32%) MATLAB
5 1 (0.32%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 51 (16.35%) Degree
2 37 (11.86%) CCDP
2 37 (11.86%) CCIE
2 37 (11.86%) CCNP
2 37 (11.86%) Cisco Certification
3 31 (9.94%) CCNA
4 21 (6.73%) Security Cleared
5 13 (4.17%) BPSS Clearance
6 11 (3.53%) SC Cleared
7 9 (2.88%) Master's Degree
8 6 (1.92%) CCIE Routing and Switching
9 5 (1.60%) CISM
9 5 (1.60%) CISSP
9 5 (1.60%) DV Cleared
9 5 (1.60%) NVQ Level 3
9 5 (1.60%) PhD
10 4 (1.28%) CEH
11 2 (0.64%) CISA
11 2 (0.64%) GSEC
11 2 (0.64%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (3.53%) Data Quality
1 11 (3.53%) SLA
2 9 (2.88%) GDPR
2 9 (2.88%) NIST
2 9 (2.88%) QA
3 7 (2.24%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 5 (1.60%) GxP
5 2 (0.64%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (0.64%) EMIR
5 2 (0.64%) MiFID
5 2 (0.64%) Solvency II
System Software
1 47 (15.06%) Active Directory
2 12 (3.85%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (1.92%) Firmware
3 6 (1.92%) Virtual Desktop
3 6 (1.92%) Virtual Servers
4 4 (1.28%) Virtual Machines
4 4 (1.28%) vSphere
5 1 (0.32%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 20 (6.41%) SCCM
2 6 (1.92%) Control-M
2 6 (1.92%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
2 6 (1.92%) SafeCom
3 2 (0.64%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (0.32%) BMC PATROL
4 1 (0.32%) EMC NetWorker
4 1 (0.32%) Jamf Pro
4 1 (0.32%) NetBackup
4 1 (0.32%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 70 (22.44%) Microsoft
2 21 (6.73%) Oracle
3 12 (3.85%) VMware
4 11 (3.53%) Cisco
5 10 (3.21%) SAP
6 9 (2.88%) Alteryx
6 9 (2.88%) Databricks
7 6 (1.92%) Citrix
7 6 (1.92%) CrowdStrike
7 6 (1.92%) Ekahau
7 6 (1.92%) Meraki
7 6 (1.92%) ServiceNow
7 6 (1.92%) SolarWinds
7 6 (1.92%) Veritas
8 5 (1.60%) Apple
8 5 (1.60%) Salesforce
9 4 (1.28%) Cadence
9 4 (1.28%) SIMUL8
10 2 (0.64%) Red Hat
10 2 (0.64%) Symantec