Operations Analyst Job Trends

Operations Analyst
UK

The median Operations Analyst salary in the UK is £57,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 13 September 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 607 552 643
Rank change year-on-year -55 +91 +231
Permanent jobs requiring an Operations Analyst 66 253 130
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.13% 0.32% 0.21%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.15% 0.34% 0.22%
Number of salaries quoted 41 111 99
10th Percentile £38,000 £29,000 £36,000
25th Percentile £42,000 £40,000 £37,860
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +27.78% -10.00% +17.65%
75th Percentile £86,250 £55,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £67,500 £73,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £44,810 £45,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -0.42% -10.00% +36.99%

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 44,459 74,568 58,777
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 89.66% 95.26% 93.87%
Number of salaries quoted 26,159 45,575 45,404
10th Percentile £28,250 £30,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - -8.33% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £73,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £92,500 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% -

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

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 13 September 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 13 September 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 -53 56 £64,250 +35.26% 47
UK excluding London -16 38 £44,810 -0.42% 31
London +18 22 £82,500 +57.14% 27
North of England -11 18 £38,000 -15.56% 5
Work from Home +12 17 £57,500 +21.05% 28
Yorkshire +19 9 £38,000 -41.54% 1
North West -12 9 £64,250 +42.78% 4
Midlands +53 6 £44,810 -10.38% 2
South East +2 6 £52,500 +13.51% 21
West Midlands +26 4 £44,810 -10.38% 1
Scotland +66 3 - - 3
East of England -4 3 £43,000 +43.33% 1
East Midlands +30 2 £67,000 +148.15% 1
South West +37 1 £85,000 +142.86%
Northern Ireland +15 1 - -

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

For the 6 months to 13 September 2025, 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 41 (62.12%) Social Skills
2 21 (31.82%) Finance
3 18 (27.27%) Degree
3 18 (27.27%) Problem-Solving
4 17 (25.76%) Microsoft Excel
4 17 (25.76%) Microsoft
5 16 (24.24%) ITIL
6 15 (22.73%) Analytical Skills
7 13 (19.70%) Azure
8 12 (18.18%) Decision-Making
8 12 (18.18%) Customer Service
9 11 (16.67%) Microsoft 365
9 11 (16.67%) SQL
10 10 (15.15%) Microsoft Office
11 9 (13.64%) Windows
11 9 (13.64%) Security Operations
12 8 (12.12%) ServiceNow
12 8 (12.12%) Python
12 8 (12.12%) ITSM
13 7 (10.61%) Microsoft Exchange
13 7 (10.61%) Cybersecurity
13 7 (10.61%) AWS
13 7 (10.61%) Power Platform
14 6 (9.09%) Hyper-V
14 6 (9.09%) Tableau
14 6 (9.09%) Process Improvement
14 6 (9.09%) Vulnerability Management
14 6 (9.09%) Windows Server
14 6 (9.09%) Self-Motivation
14 6 (9.09%) VPN

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 (10.61%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (6.06%) SharePoint
3 2 (3.03%) FactoryTalk
3 2 (3.03%) WinCC
4 1 (1.52%) CMS
4 1 (1.52%) Confluence
Applications
1 17 (25.76%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (15.15%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (7.58%) Spreadsheet
4 4 (6.06%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 13 (19.70%) Azure
2 11 (16.67%) Microsoft 365
3 7 (10.61%) AWS
3 7 (10.61%) Power Platform
4 4 (6.06%) PowerApps
5 3 (4.55%) Entra ID
5 3 (4.55%) Google Workspace
5 3 (4.55%) IaaS
5 3 (4.55%) PaaS
6 2 (3.03%) Amazon EC2
6 2 (3.03%) SaaS
7 1 (1.52%) Azure Sentinel
7 1 (1.52%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 6 (9.09%) Firewall
1 6 (9.09%) VPN
2 5 (7.58%) Network Security
3 3 (4.55%) 802.11
3 3 (4.55%) BGP
3 3 (4.55%) BIG-IP
3 3 (4.55%) DHCP
3 3 (4.55%) DNS
3 3 (4.55%) EIGRP
3 3 (4.55%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
3 3 (4.55%) IPsec
3 3 (4.55%) LAN
3 3 (4.55%) MPLS
3 3 (4.55%) OSPF
3 3 (4.55%) PBX
3 3 (4.55%) SSL
3 3 (4.55%) TCP/IP
3 3 (4.55%) VLAN
3 3 (4.55%) WAN
3 3 (4.55%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (9.09%) Tableau
2 5 (7.58%) Metadata
2 5 (7.58%) Power BI
3 4 (6.06%) Relational Database
4 3 (4.55%) MySQL
4 3 (4.55%) QlikView
4 3 (4.55%) SQL Server
5 1 (1.52%) Amazon QuickSight
5 1 (1.52%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 4 (6.06%) JIRA
2 1 (1.52%) Git
General
1 41 (62.12%) Social Skills
2 21 (31.82%) Finance
3 15 (22.73%) Analytical Skills
4 6 (9.09%) Retail
5 5 (7.58%) Legal
5 5 (7.58%) Manufacturing
5 5 (7.58%) Organisational Skills
6 4 (6.06%) Banking
6 4 (6.06%) Law
6 4 (6.06%) Marketing
7 2 (3.03%) Influencing Skills
7 2 (3.03%) Police
8 1 (1.52%) Aviation
8 1 (1.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (1.52%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (6.06%) FIX Protocol
2 3 (4.55%) 802.1X
3 1 (1.52%) Lightning Web Components
Miscellaneous
1 6 (9.09%) Self-Motivation
2 5 (7.58%) Operational Technology
3 4 (6.06%) Analytical Mindset
3 4 (6.06%) Cyber Defence
3 4 (6.06%) Cyber Threat
3 4 (6.06%) SCADA
4 3 (4.55%) FMCG
4 3 (4.55%) Security Operations Centre
5 2 (3.03%) Cyber Kill Chain
5 2 (3.03%) Cyberattack
5 2 (3.03%) Data Centre
5 2 (3.03%) Driving Licence
5 2 (3.03%) Interest Rate Derivative
5 2 (3.03%) Management Information System
6 1 (1.52%) Data Structures
6 1 (1.52%) Onboarding
6 1 (1.52%) PMI
6 1 (1.52%) Reference Data
6 1 (1.52%) Smart Energy
6 1 (1.52%) Smart Meter
Operating Systems
1 9 (13.64%) Windows
2 6 (9.09%) Windows Server
3 5 (7.58%) Linux
4 4 (6.06%) Unix
5 3 (4.55%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (27.27%) Problem-Solving
2 16 (24.24%) ITIL
3 12 (18.18%) Customer Service
3 12 (18.18%) Decision-Making
4 9 (13.64%) Security Operations
5 8 (12.12%) ITSM
6 7 (10.61%) Cybersecurity
7 6 (9.09%) Business Development
7 6 (9.09%) Process Improvement
7 6 (9.09%) Vulnerability Management
8 5 (7.58%) Incident Management
8 5 (7.58%) Incident Response
8 5 (7.58%) Mathematics
8 5 (7.58%) Stakeholder Management
8 5 (7.58%) Threat Intelligence
8 5 (7.58%) Visualisation
9 4 (6.06%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
9 4 (6.06%) Knowledge Transfer
9 4 (6.06%) Performance Monitoring
9 4 (6.06%) Requirements Gathering
Programming Languages
1 11 (16.67%) SQL
2 8 (12.12%) Python
3 4 (6.06%) Bash
4 3 (4.55%) PowerShell
5 2 (3.03%) VBA
Qualifications
1 18 (27.27%) Degree
2 5 (7.58%) SC Cleared
2 5 (7.58%) Security Cleared
3 2 (3.03%) CCNA
3 2 (3.03%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (3.03%) Master's Degree
3 2 (3.03%) MCSA
3 2 (3.03%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (1.52%) Azure Certification
4 1 (1.52%) CompTIA Security+
4 1 (1.52%) CREST Certified
4 1 (1.52%) DV Cleared
4 1 (1.52%) HND
4 1 (1.52%) Network+ Certification
4 1 (1.52%) PMI Certification
4 1 (1.52%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (6.06%) GDPR
2 2 (3.03%) Data Quality
2 2 (3.03%) NIST
2 2 (3.03%) QA
2 2 (3.03%) SLA
3 1 (1.52%) Accessibility
3 1 (1.52%) ISO 8583
3 1 (1.52%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 6 (9.09%) Hyper-V
2 5 (7.58%) Active Directory
3 3 (4.55%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (3.03%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 5 (7.58%) SCCM
2 3 (4.55%) Grafana
2 3 (4.55%) Jamf Pro
2 3 (4.55%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (3.03%) AssetCenter
Vendors
1 17 (25.76%) Microsoft
2 8 (12.12%) ServiceNow
3 6 (9.09%) Salesforce
4 5 (7.58%) Pega
4 5 (7.58%) VMware
5 4 (6.06%) Google
6 3 (4.55%) Atlassian
6 3 (4.55%) Avaya
6 3 (4.55%) F5
6 3 (4.55%) Okta
6 3 (4.55%) Palo Alto
6 3 (4.55%) SevOne
6 3 (4.55%) SolarWinds
7 2 (3.03%) Cisco
7 2 (3.03%) Kepware
7 2 (3.03%) Rockwell
7 2 (3.03%) Siemens
8 1 (1.52%) Adobe
8 1 (1.52%) Bloomberg
8 1 (1.52%) Cognizant