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 18 November 2025.

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

6 months to
18 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 578 518 509
Rank change year-on-year -60 -9 +303
Permanent jobs requiring an Operations Analyst 72 232 210
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.14% 0.35% 0.40%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.15% 0.37% 0.42%
Number of salaries quoted 42 101 95
10th Percentile £38,000 £30,000 £35,550
25th Percentile £42,000 £39,845 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +33.33% -10.00% +16.28%
75th Percentile £81,875 £55,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £89,750 £65,000 £70,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £43,000 £43,563 £49,250
% change year-on-year -1.29% -11.55% +20.12%

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 47,385 63,314 50,189
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.02% 94.54% 95.41%
Number of salaries quoted 29,598 35,369 38,895
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,561 £31,250
25th Percentile £35,343 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% -4.17% -
75th Percentile £73,750 £75,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £95,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £51,197 £52,500
% change year-on-year -7.22% -2.48% -

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 18 November 2025.

Salary histogram for Operations Analyst in the UK

Operations Analyst
Top 14 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 18 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 -36 63 £64,250 +42.78% 79
UK excluding London -19 38 £43,000 -1.29% 47
London +14 29 £81,250 +54.76% 40
North of England +3 17 £38,000 -15.56% 8
Work from Home +14 13 £55,000 +15.79% 42
Yorkshire -2 9 £38,000 -41.54% 1
South East +7 8 £52,500 +13.51% 22
Midlands +46 6 £52,500 +31.24% 8
North West +10 5 £64,250 +42.78% 6
West Midlands +50 4 £52,500 +26.12% 4
East of England - 4 £43,000 - 4
North East +8 3 - - 1
Scotland -6 3 - - 1
East Midlands +26 2 £67,000 +148.15% 4

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

For the 6 months to 18 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 25 (34.72%) Degree
2 18 (25.00%) ITIL
2 18 (25.00%) Microsoft
3 15 (20.83%) Problem-Solving
3 15 (20.83%) SQL
4 14 (19.44%) Microsoft Excel
4 14 (19.44%) Python
5 13 (18.06%) Azure
5 13 (18.06%) Continuous Improvement
5 13 (18.06%) Microsoft 365
6 12 (16.67%) Cybersecurity
7 11 (15.28%) Business Strategy
7 11 (15.28%) Pega
7 11 (15.28%) Security Operations
7 11 (15.28%) VBA
8 10 (13.89%) Decision-Making
8 10 (13.89%) Firewall
8 10 (13.89%) ITSM
8 10 (13.89%) VPN
8 10 (13.89%) Windows
9 9 (12.50%) Metadata
9 9 (12.50%) ServiceNow
9 9 (12.50%) Vulnerability Management
10 8 (11.11%) Batch Scripting
10 8 (11.11%) Blue Prism
10 8 (11.11%) Microsoft Exchange
10 8 (11.11%) Microsoft Office
10 8 (11.11%) TDD
10 8 (11.11%) Test Automation
10 8 (11.11%) Visualisation

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 8 (11.11%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (6.94%) SharePoint
3 2 (2.78%) FactoryTalk
3 2 (2.78%) WinCC
4 1 (1.39%) CMS
Applications
1 14 (19.44%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (11.11%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (8.33%) AutoCAD
4 4 (5.56%) Spreadsheet
5 3 (4.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 13 (18.06%) Azure
1 13 (18.06%) Microsoft 365
2 7 (9.72%) AWS
2 7 (9.72%) Power Platform
3 5 (6.94%) PowerApps
4 4 (5.56%) Entra ID
4 4 (5.56%) Google Workspace
4 4 (5.56%) IaaS
4 4 (5.56%) PaaS
5 2 (2.78%) Amazon EC2
6 1 (1.39%) Azure Sentinel
6 1 (1.39%) Dynamics 365
6 1 (1.39%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 10 (13.89%) Firewall
1 10 (13.89%) VPN
2 5 (6.94%) Network Security
3 4 (5.56%) DHCP
3 4 (5.56%) DNS
4 3 (4.17%) 802.11
4 3 (4.17%) BGP
4 3 (4.17%) EIGRP
4 3 (4.17%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
4 3 (4.17%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
4 3 (4.17%) IPsec
4 3 (4.17%) LAN
4 3 (4.17%) MPLS
4 3 (4.17%) NGFW
4 3 (4.17%) OSPF
4 3 (4.17%) PBX
4 3 (4.17%) SD-WAN
4 3 (4.17%) SSL
4 3 (4.17%) WAN
4 3 (4.17%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (12.50%) Metadata
2 6 (8.33%) Geospatial Data
2 6 (8.33%) GIS
2 6 (8.33%) QGIS
2 6 (8.33%) Spatial Data
3 5 (6.94%) Power BI
3 5 (6.94%) Relational Database
4 4 (5.56%) Tableau
5 1 (1.39%) Amazon QuickSight
5 1 (1.39%) Elasticsearch
5 1 (1.39%) MySQL
5 1 (1.39%) QlikView
5 1 (1.39%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 5 (6.94%) JIRA
General
1 44 (61.11%) Social Skills
2 20 (27.78%) Analytical Skills
2 20 (27.78%) Legal
3 18 (25.00%) Finance
4 10 (13.89%) Banking
5 9 (12.50%) Organisational Skills
5 9 (12.50%) Retail
6 8 (11.11%) Documentation Skills
7 5 (6.94%) Marketing
8 4 (5.56%) Law
9 2 (2.78%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (2.78%) Manufacturing
10 1 (1.39%) Aviation
10 1 (1.39%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (5.56%) FIX Protocol
2 3 (4.17%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 12 (16.67%) Self-Motivation
2 8 (11.11%) Mobile App
3 7 (9.72%) Security Operations Centre
4 6 (8.33%) Renewable Energy
5 5 (6.94%) Cyber Threat
5 5 (6.94%) Operational Technology
6 4 (5.56%) Analytical Mindset
6 4 (5.56%) SCADA
6 4 (5.56%) Security Posture
7 3 (4.17%) Cyber Security Posture
8 2 (2.78%) Cyber Defence
8 2 (2.78%) Cyber Kill Chain
8 2 (2.78%) Cyberattack
8 2 (2.78%) Data Centre
8 2 (2.78%) Driving Licence
8 2 (2.78%) Interest Rate Derivative
8 2 (2.78%) Management Information System
9 1 (1.39%) Data Structures
9 1 (1.39%) FMCG
9 1 (1.39%) Smart Energy
Operating Systems
1 10 (13.89%) Windows
2 7 (9.72%) Windows Server
3 5 (6.94%) Linux
4 4 (5.56%) Mac OS
4 4 (5.56%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (25.00%) ITIL
2 15 (20.83%) Problem-Solving
3 13 (18.06%) Continuous Improvement
4 12 (16.67%) Cybersecurity
5 11 (15.28%) Business Strategy
5 11 (15.28%) Security Operations
6 10 (13.89%) Decision-Making
6 10 (13.89%) ITSM
7 9 (12.50%) Vulnerability Management
8 8 (11.11%) Batch Scripting
8 8 (11.11%) TDD
8 8 (11.11%) Test Automation
8 8 (11.11%) Visualisation
9 7 (9.72%) Data Management
9 7 (9.72%) Data Visualisation
9 7 (9.72%) Incident Response
10 6 (8.33%) Customer Service
10 6 (8.33%) Incident Management
10 6 (8.33%) Stakeholder Management
11 5 (6.94%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 15 (20.83%) SQL
2 14 (19.44%) Python
3 11 (15.28%) VBA
4 4 (5.56%) Bash
4 4 (5.56%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 25 (34.72%) Degree
2 6 (8.33%) SC Cleared
2 6 (8.33%) Security Cleared
3 5 (6.94%) SSCP
4 4 (5.56%) CompTIA Security+
5 3 (4.17%) CISSP
5 3 (4.17%) Master's Degree
6 2 (2.78%) CCNA
6 2 (2.78%) Cisco Certification
6 2 (2.78%) MCSA
6 2 (2.78%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (1.39%) Azure Certification
7 1 (1.39%) CREST Certified
7 1 (1.39%) DV Cleared
7 1 (1.39%) HND
7 1 (1.39%) Network+ Certification
7 1 (1.39%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (8.33%) QA
2 2 (2.78%) GDPR
2 2 (2.78%) NIST
3 1 (1.39%) Data Quality
3 1 (1.39%) ISO 8583
3 1 (1.39%) PCI DSS
3 1 (1.39%) SLA
System Software
1 7 (9.72%) Hyper-V
2 6 (8.33%) Active Directory
3 3 (4.17%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (2.78%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 6 (8.33%) SCCM
2 4 (5.56%) Grafana
2 4 (5.56%) Jamf Pro
2 4 (5.56%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (2.78%) AssetCenter
Vendors
1 18 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 11 (15.28%) Pega
3 9 (12.50%) ServiceNow
4 8 (11.11%) Blue Prism
5 6 (8.33%) ESRI
5 6 (8.33%) Palo Alto
6 5 (6.94%) Google
6 5 (6.94%) VMware
7 4 (5.56%) Atlassian
7 4 (5.56%) Okta
8 3 (4.17%) Avaya
8 3 (4.17%) F5
8 3 (4.17%) Salesforce
8 3 (4.17%) SevOne
8 3 (4.17%) SolarWinds
9 2 (2.78%) Cisco
9 2 (2.78%) Kepware
9 2 (2.78%) Rockwell
9 2 (2.78%) Siemens
10 1 (1.39%) CrowdStrike