Operations Analyst Job Trends

Operations Analyst
UK

The median Operations Analyst salary in the UK is £52,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 30 December 2025.

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

6 months to
30 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 583 514 504
Rank change year-on-year -69 -10 +303
Permanent jobs requiring an Operations Analyst 64 205 215
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.11% 0.37% 0.42%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.12% 0.40% 0.44%
Number of salaries quoted 33 78 96
10th Percentile £38,000 £30,000 £36,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,250 £37,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £45,000 £48,500
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% -7.22% +11.05%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £61,250
90th Percentile £87,500 £67,500 £70,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £40,000 £48,500
% change year-on-year +12.50% -17.53% +15.48%

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 53,639 51,608 49,016
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.46% 93.39% 95.25%
Number of salaries quoted 33,031 27,303 37,879
10th Percentile £28,500 £33,173 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £44,671 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -
75th Percentile £75,000 £78,750 £77,715
90th Percentile £93,750 £97,500 £97,500
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 30 December 2025.

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 30 December 2025. 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 -52 56 £52,500 +10.53% 163
UK excluding London -52 36 £45,000 +12.50% 151
London +26 25 £82,500 +57.14% 32
North of England -26 15 £38,000 -12.77% 31
Work from Home +4 10 £42,500 -10.53% 45
Yorkshire -11 9 £38,000 -41.54% 14
East of England +26 7 £45,000 - 18
South East +4 6 £52,500 +10.53% 45
Midlands +21 4 £72,500 +81.24% 31
West Midlands +18 3 £52,500 +31.24% 15
Scotland -1 3 - - 3
North West -9 3 £64,250 +60.63% 13
North East - 3 - - 4
Wales +3 1 £50,000 +25.00% 5
East Midlands - 1 £92,500 - 16

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

For the 6 months to 30 December 2025, 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 19 (29.69%) Degree
2 14 (21.88%) Microsoft
3 13 (20.31%) SQL
4 12 (18.75%) Continuous Improvement
4 12 (18.75%) Cybersecurity
4 12 (18.75%) Python
5 10 (15.63%) Business Strategy
5 10 (15.63%) Security Operations
5 10 (15.63%) VBA
5 10 (15.63%) Windows
6 9 (14.06%) ITIL
6 9 (14.06%) ITSM
6 9 (14.06%) Microsoft Excel
6 9 (14.06%) Problem-Solving
7 8 (12.50%) Batch Scripting
7 8 (12.50%) Blue Prism
7 8 (12.50%) Microsoft 365
7 8 (12.50%) Pega
7 8 (12.50%) TDD
7 8 (12.50%) Test Automation
8 7 (10.94%) Azure
8 7 (10.94%) ServiceNow
8 7 (10.94%) Stakeholder Management
8 7 (10.94%) Visualisation
8 7 (10.94%) Vulnerability Management
9 6 (9.38%) Active Directory
9 6 (9.38%) AutoCAD
9 6 (9.38%) Data Management
9 6 (9.38%) Data Visualisation
9 6 (9.38%) ESRI

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 6 (9.38%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (3.13%) FactoryTalk
2 2 (3.13%) SharePoint
2 2 (3.13%) WinCC
3 1 (1.56%) CMS
Applications
1 9 (14.06%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (9.38%) AutoCAD
2 6 (9.38%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (6.25%) Spreadsheet
4 2 (3.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 8 (12.50%) Microsoft 365
2 7 (10.94%) Azure
3 6 (9.38%) Power Platform
4 4 (6.25%) AWS
4 4 (6.25%) PowerApps
5 3 (4.69%) IaaS
5 3 (4.69%) PaaS
5 3 (4.69%) SaaS
6 2 (3.13%) Amazon EC2
6 2 (3.13%) Entra ID
6 2 (3.13%) Google Workspace
7 1 (1.56%) Azure Logic Apps
7 1 (1.56%) Azure Monitor
7 1 (1.56%) Azure Sentinel
7 1 (1.56%) Dynamics 365
7 1 (1.56%) GCP
7 1 (1.56%) GitHub
7 1 (1.56%) OneDrive
7 1 (1.56%) Power Automate
7 1 (1.56%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 6 (9.38%) Firewall
1 6 (9.38%) VPN
2 3 (4.69%) DHCP
2 3 (4.69%) DNS
3 2 (3.13%) Ethernet
3 2 (3.13%) Network Security
4 1 (1.56%) Broadband
4 1 (1.56%) IPv4
4 1 (1.56%) IPv6
4 1 (1.56%) LAN
4 1 (1.56%) MPLS
4 1 (1.56%) SD-WAN
4 1 (1.56%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (9.38%) Geospatial Data
1 6 (9.38%) GIS
1 6 (9.38%) Metadata
1 6 (9.38%) QGIS
1 6 (9.38%) Spatial Data
2 4 (6.25%) Power BI
2 4 (6.25%) Relational Database
3 3 (4.69%) Tableau
4 1 (1.56%) Elasticsearch
4 1 (1.56%) Looker
4 1 (1.56%) Power Query
4 1 (1.56%) PowerPivot
Development Applications
1 4 (6.25%) JIRA
2 1 (1.56%) GitLab
General
1 34 (53.13%) Social Skills
2 19 (29.69%) Analytical Skills
3 18 (28.13%) Legal
4 12 (18.75%) Finance
5 9 (14.06%) Banking
5 9 (14.06%) Retail
6 8 (12.50%) Documentation Skills
6 8 (12.50%) Organisational Skills
7 3 (4.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 3 (4.69%) Law
7 3 (4.69%) Marketing
8 1 (1.56%) Automotive
8 1 (1.56%) Aviation
8 1 (1.56%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (1.56%) Manufacturing
8 1 (1.56%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (4.69%) FIX Protocol
Miscellaneous
1 11 (17.19%) Self-Motivation
2 8 (12.50%) Mobile App
3 7 (10.94%) Security Operations Centre
4 6 (9.38%) Cyber Threat
4 6 (9.38%) Operational Technology
4 6 (9.38%) Renewable Energy
5 5 (7.81%) Security Posture
6 4 (6.25%) Analytical Mindset
6 4 (6.25%) SCADA
7 3 (4.69%) Cyber Security Posture
8 2 (3.13%) Cyber Defence
8 2 (3.13%) Cyber Kill Chain
9 1 (1.56%) Blog
9 1 (1.56%) Clustering
9 1 (1.56%) Legacy Systems
9 1 (1.56%) Management Information System
9 1 (1.56%) Podcast
9 1 (1.56%) Smart Energy
9 1 (1.56%) Smart Meter
9 1 (1.56%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 10 (15.63%) Windows
2 5 (7.81%) Linux
2 5 (7.81%) Windows Server
3 3 (4.69%) Mac OS
3 3 (4.69%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (18.75%) Continuous Improvement
1 12 (18.75%) Cybersecurity
2 10 (15.63%) Business Strategy
2 10 (15.63%) Security Operations
3 9 (14.06%) ITIL
3 9 (14.06%) ITSM
3 9 (14.06%) Problem-Solving
4 8 (12.50%) Batch Scripting
4 8 (12.50%) TDD
4 8 (12.50%) Test Automation
5 7 (10.94%) Stakeholder Management
5 7 (10.94%) Visualisation
5 7 (10.94%) Vulnerability Management
6 6 (9.38%) Data Management
6 6 (9.38%) Data Visualisation
6 6 (9.38%) Incident Management
6 6 (9.38%) Incident Response
6 6 (9.38%) Service Delivery
7 5 (7.81%) Agile
7 5 (7.81%) Data Extraction
Programming Languages
1 13 (20.31%) SQL
2 12 (18.75%) Python
3 10 (15.63%) VBA
4 4 (6.25%) Bash
4 4 (6.25%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 19 (29.69%) Degree
2 6 (9.38%) Security Cleared
3 5 (7.81%) SC Cleared
3 5 (7.81%) SSCP
4 4 (6.25%) CISSP
5 3 (4.69%) CompTIA Security+
6 2 (3.13%) Master's Degree
7 1 (1.56%) CBAP
7 1 (1.56%) GCIA
7 1 (1.56%) GCIH
7 1 (1.56%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (9.38%) QA
2 3 (4.69%) NIST
3 2 (3.13%) GDPR
3 2 (3.13%) PCI DSS
4 1 (1.56%) Data Quality
4 1 (1.56%) SLA
System Software
1 6 (9.38%) Active Directory
2 5 (7.81%) Hyper-V
3 2 (3.13%) VMware ESXi
3 2 (3.13%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (6.25%) SCCM
2 3 (4.69%) Grafana
2 3 (4.69%) Jamf Pro
3 2 (3.13%) AssetCenter
3 2 (3.13%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (1.56%) Failover Clustering
4 1 (1.56%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
Vendors
1 14 (21.88%) Microsoft
2 8 (12.50%) Blue Prism
2 8 (12.50%) Pega
3 7 (10.94%) ServiceNow
4 6 (9.38%) ESRI
5 4 (6.25%) VMware
6 3 (4.69%) Atlassian
6 3 (4.69%) Palo Alto
7 2 (3.13%) Apple
7 2 (3.13%) Cisco
7 2 (3.13%) Google
7 2 (3.13%) Kepware
7 2 (3.13%) Okta
7 2 (3.13%) Rockwell
7 2 (3.13%) Siemens
8 1 (1.56%) Adobe
8 1 (1.56%) CrowdStrike
8 1 (1.56%) Dell
8 1 (1.56%) HP
8 1 (1.56%) Meraki