Operations Analyst Job Trends

Operations Analyst
UK

The median Operations Analyst salary in the UK is £60,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 29 November 2025.

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

6 months to
29 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 579 525 521
Rank change year-on-year -54 -4 +308
Permanent jobs requiring an Operations Analyst 70 241 204
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.13% 0.36% 0.40%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.14% 0.39% 0.42%
Number of salaries quoted 38 104 90
10th Percentile £38,000 £30,000 £35,613
25th Percentile £42,000 £36,250 £36,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £44,282 £48,500
Median % change year-on-year +35.50% -8.70% +14.12%
75th Percentile £81,250 £58,125 £63,750
90th Percentile £88,250 £67,125 £70,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £43,563 £48,500
% change year-on-year +9.04% -10.18% +15.48%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
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 48,849 62,485 48,786
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.27% 94.31% 95.34%
Number of salaries quoted 30,833 34,885 37,936
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £95,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £52,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -8.65% -0.95% -

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 29 November 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 29 November 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 -37 62 £61,250 +36.11% 32
UK excluding London -41 37 £47,500 +9.04% 23
London +40 30 £82,500 +57.14% 14
North of England 0 16 £38,000 -15.56% 4
Work from Home +11 9 £47,500 - 13
Yorkshire -14 9 £38,000 -41.54%
South East +8 6 £52,500 +10.53% 13
East of England - 6 £43,000 - 3
Midlands +52 5 £72,500 +81.24% 3
West Midlands +52 4 £52,500 +31.24% 1
North West +18 4 £64,250 +42.78% 4
North East +17 3 - -
Scotland -5 3 - -
Wales +10 1 £50,000 +25.00%
East Midlands - 1 £92,500 - 2

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

For the 6 months to 29 November 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 23 (32.86%) Degree
2 17 (24.29%) Microsoft
3 16 (22.86%) SQL
4 15 (21.43%) Python
5 14 (20.00%) ITIL
5 14 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
6 13 (18.57%) Cybersecurity
7 12 (17.14%) Azure
8 11 (15.71%) Business Strategy
8 11 (15.71%) Continuous Improvement
8 11 (15.71%) Microsoft Excel
8 11 (15.71%) Windows
9 10 (14.29%) Microsoft 365
9 10 (14.29%) Pega
9 10 (14.29%) Security Operations
9 10 (14.29%) VBA
10 9 (12.86%) Firewall
10 9 (12.86%) ITSM
10 9 (12.86%) Microsoft Exchange
10 9 (12.86%) VPN
11 8 (11.43%) Batch Scripting
11 8 (11.43%) Blue Prism
11 8 (11.43%) Decision-Making
11 8 (11.43%) Linux
11 8 (11.43%) Metadata
11 8 (11.43%) Microsoft Office
11 8 (11.43%) ServiceNow
11 8 (11.43%) Stakeholder Management
11 8 (11.43%) TDD
11 8 (11.43%) Test Automation

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 9 (12.86%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (2.86%) FactoryTalk
2 2 (2.86%) SharePoint
2 2 (2.86%) WinCC
3 1 (1.43%) CMS
Applications
1 11 (15.71%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (11.43%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (8.57%) AutoCAD
4 4 (5.71%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (2.86%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 12 (17.14%) Azure
2 10 (14.29%) Microsoft 365
3 7 (10.00%) AWS
3 7 (10.00%) Power Platform
4 4 (5.71%) IaaS
4 4 (5.71%) PaaS
4 4 (5.71%) PowerApps
5 3 (4.29%) Entra ID
5 3 (4.29%) Google Workspace
6 2 (2.86%) Amazon EC2
6 2 (2.86%) SaaS
7 1 (1.43%) Azure Logic Apps
7 1 (1.43%) Azure Monitor
7 1 (1.43%) Azure Sentinel
7 1 (1.43%) Dynamics 365
7 1 (1.43%) GCP
7 1 (1.43%) GitHub
7 1 (1.43%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 9 (12.86%) Firewall
1 9 (12.86%) VPN
2 4 (5.71%) DHCP
2 4 (5.71%) DNS
2 4 (5.71%) Network Security
3 3 (4.29%) LAN
3 3 (4.29%) MPLS
3 3 (4.29%) SD-WAN
3 3 (4.29%) WAN
4 2 (2.86%) BGP
4 2 (2.86%) BIG-IP
4 2 (2.86%) EIGRP
4 2 (2.86%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
4 2 (2.86%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
4 2 (2.86%) IPsec
4 2 (2.86%) NGFW
4 2 (2.86%) OSPF
4 2 (2.86%) SSL
4 2 (2.86%) VLAN
4 2 (2.86%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (11.43%) Metadata
2 6 (8.57%) Geospatial Data
2 6 (8.57%) GIS
2 6 (8.57%) QGIS
2 6 (8.57%) Relational Database
2 6 (8.57%) Spatial Data
3 5 (7.14%) Power BI
4 4 (5.71%) Tableau
5 1 (1.43%) Amazon QuickSight
5 1 (1.43%) Elasticsearch
5 1 (1.43%) Looker
Development Applications
1 5 (7.14%) JIRA
2 1 (1.43%) GitLab
General
1 39 (55.71%) Social Skills
2 21 (30.00%) Analytical Skills
3 19 (27.14%) Finance
3 19 (27.14%) Legal
4 9 (12.86%) Banking
5 8 (11.43%) Documentation Skills
5 8 (11.43%) Organisational Skills
5 8 (11.43%) Retail
6 5 (7.14%) Marketing
7 2 (2.86%) Law
8 1 (1.43%) Aviation
8 1 (1.43%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (1.43%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (1.43%) Manufacturing
8 1 (1.43%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (1.43%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (7.14%) FIX Protocol
2 2 (2.86%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 11 (15.71%) Self-Motivation
2 8 (11.43%) Mobile App
3 7 (10.00%) Cyber Threat
3 7 (10.00%) Security Operations Centre
4 6 (8.57%) Operational Technology
4 6 (8.57%) Renewable Energy
5 5 (7.14%) Analytical Mindset
5 5 (7.14%) Security Posture
6 4 (5.71%) SCADA
7 3 (4.29%) Cyber Security Posture
8 2 (2.86%) Cyber Defence
8 2 (2.86%) Cyber Kill Chain
8 2 (2.86%) Management Information System
9 1 (1.43%) Blog
9 1 (1.43%) Clustering
9 1 (1.43%) Cyberattack
9 1 (1.43%) Interest Rate Derivative
9 1 (1.43%) Podcast
9 1 (1.43%) Smart Energy
9 1 (1.43%) Smart Meter
Operating Systems
1 11 (15.71%) Windows
2 8 (11.43%) Linux
3 7 (10.00%) Windows Server
4 5 (7.14%) Unix
5 3 (4.29%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (20.00%) ITIL
1 14 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
2 13 (18.57%) Cybersecurity
3 11 (15.71%) Business Strategy
3 11 (15.71%) Continuous Improvement
4 10 (14.29%) Security Operations
5 9 (12.86%) ITSM
6 8 (11.43%) Batch Scripting
6 8 (11.43%) Decision-Making
6 8 (11.43%) Stakeholder Management
6 8 (11.43%) TDD
6 8 (11.43%) Test Automation
6 8 (11.43%) Visualisation
6 8 (11.43%) Vulnerability Management
7 7 (10.00%) Data Visualisation
7 7 (10.00%) Incident Response
8 6 (8.57%) Customer Service
8 6 (8.57%) Data Management
8 6 (8.57%) Incident Management
9 5 (7.14%) Knowledge Transfer
Programming Languages
1 16 (22.86%) SQL
2 15 (21.43%) Python
3 10 (14.29%) VBA
4 6 (8.57%) Bash
5 5 (7.14%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 23 (32.86%) Degree
2 6 (8.57%) Security Cleared
3 5 (7.14%) SC Cleared
3 5 (7.14%) SSCP
4 4 (5.71%) CISSP
5 3 (4.29%) CompTIA Security+
6 2 (2.86%) Master's Degree
7 1 (1.43%) CBAP
7 1 (1.43%) GCIA
7 1 (1.43%) GCIH
7 1 (1.43%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (8.57%) QA
2 3 (4.29%) NIST
3 2 (2.86%) GDPR
3 2 (2.86%) PCI DSS
4 1 (1.43%) Data Quality
4 1 (1.43%) ISO 8583
4 1 (1.43%) SLA
System Software
1 7 (10.00%) Hyper-V
2 6 (8.57%) Active Directory
3 3 (4.29%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (2.86%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 5 (7.14%) Grafana
1 5 (7.14%) SCCM
2 3 (4.29%) Jamf Pro
2 3 (4.29%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (2.86%) AssetCenter
4 1 (1.43%) Failover Clustering
4 1 (1.43%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
Vendors
1 17 (24.29%) Microsoft
2 10 (14.29%) Pega
3 8 (11.43%) Blue Prism
3 8 (11.43%) ServiceNow
4 6 (8.57%) ESRI
5 5 (7.14%) Atlassian
5 5 (7.14%) Palo Alto
5 5 (7.14%) VMware
6 4 (5.71%) Google
7 3 (4.29%) Okta
8 2 (2.86%) Avaya
8 2 (2.86%) Cisco
8 2 (2.86%) F5
8 2 (2.86%) Kepware
8 2 (2.86%) Rockwell
8 2 (2.86%) Salesforce
8 2 (2.86%) SevOne
8 2 (2.86%) Siemens
8 2 (2.86%) SolarWinds
9 1 (1.43%) Cognizant