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 14 October 2025.

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

6 months to
14 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 602 522 549
Rank change year-on-year -80 +27 +301
Permanent jobs requiring an Operations Analyst 63 229 204
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.13% 0.32% 0.36%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.14% 0.34% 0.38%
Number of salaries quoted 40 98 93
10th Percentile £38,000 £30,000 £35,700
25th Percentile £42,000 £40,000 £37,860
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £45,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +27.78% -18.18% +23.08%
75th Percentile £75,938 £58,750 £63,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £67,500 £73,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - -10.00% +23.46%

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 44,152 67,765 53,690
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 89.75% 95.36% 95.57%
Number of salaries quoted 25,761 38,706 41,503
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £32,000
25th Percentile £35,250 £41,250 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,500 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.73% -8.33% -
75th Percentile £73,750 £75,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £46,000 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -8.00% -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 14 October 2025.

Salary histogram for Operations Analyst in the UK

Operations Analyst
Top 16 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 14 October 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 -38 52 £64,250 +42.78% 45
UK excluding London -34 35 £45,000 - 38
London +22 20 £82,500 +60.98% 23
Work from Home -5 17 £57,500 +21.05% 46
North of England -27 17 £38,000 -15.56% 7
Yorkshire -6 8 £38,000 -41.54% 2
South East -20 7 £52,500 +10.53% 20
North West -27 7 £64,250 +42.78% 5
Midlands +48 4 £52,500 +31.24% 3
East of England - 3 £43,000 - 3
West Midlands +35 2 £52,500 +26.12% 2
East Midlands +26 2 £67,000 +148.15% 1
North East +17 2 - -
Scotland -3 2 - - 3
South West +29 1 £85,000 +161.54% 1
Northern Ireland +4 1 - -

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

For the 6 months to 14 October 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 40 (63.49%) Social Skills
2 21 (33.33%) Degree
3 19 (30.16%) Finance
4 18 (28.57%) Microsoft
5 17 (26.98%) Microsoft Excel
5 17 (26.98%) Analytical Skills
6 16 (25.40%) ITIL
6 16 (25.40%) Problem-Solving
7 15 (23.81%) SQL
8 12 (19.05%) Python
9 11 (17.46%) Azure
9 11 (17.46%) Microsoft 365
9 11 (17.46%) Decision-Making
10 10 (15.87%) Self-Motivation
11 9 (14.29%) Visualisation
11 9 (14.29%) Microsoft Office
11 9 (14.29%) ITSM
11 9 (14.29%) Legal
12 8 (12.70%) Windows
12 8 (12.70%) Cybersecurity
12 8 (12.70%) Power Platform
12 8 (12.70%) Metadata
12 8 (12.70%) Organisational Skills
12 8 (12.70%) Customer Service
13 7 (11.11%) ServiceNow
13 7 (11.11%) AWS
13 7 (11.11%) Security Operations
13 7 (11.11%) Microsoft Exchange
14 6 (9.52%) VPN
14 6 (9.52%) Firewall

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 7 (11.11%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (7.94%) SharePoint
3 2 (3.17%) FactoryTalk
3 2 (3.17%) WinCC
4 1 (1.59%) CMS
4 1 (1.59%) Confluence
Applications
1 17 (26.98%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (14.29%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (7.94%) Spreadsheet
4 4 (6.35%) AutoCAD
4 4 (6.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 11 (17.46%) Azure
1 11 (17.46%) Microsoft 365
2 8 (12.70%) Power Platform
3 7 (11.11%) AWS
4 5 (7.94%) PowerApps
5 3 (4.76%) Entra ID
5 3 (4.76%) Google Workspace
5 3 (4.76%) IaaS
5 3 (4.76%) PaaS
6 2 (3.17%) Amazon EC2
6 2 (3.17%) SaaS
7 1 (1.59%) Azure Sentinel
7 1 (1.59%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 6 (9.52%) Firewall
1 6 (9.52%) VPN
2 5 (7.94%) Network Security
3 3 (4.76%) 802.11
3 3 (4.76%) BGP
3 3 (4.76%) BIG-IP
3 3 (4.76%) DHCP
3 3 (4.76%) DNS
3 3 (4.76%) EIGRP
3 3 (4.76%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
3 3 (4.76%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
3 3 (4.76%) IPsec
3 3 (4.76%) LAN
3 3 (4.76%) MPLS
3 3 (4.76%) OSPF
3 3 (4.76%) PBX
3 3 (4.76%) SSL
3 3 (4.76%) TCP/IP
3 3 (4.76%) WAN
3 3 (4.76%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (12.70%) Metadata
2 6 (9.52%) Power BI
2 6 (9.52%) Tableau
3 5 (7.94%) Relational Database
4 4 (6.35%) Geospatial Data
4 4 (6.35%) GIS
4 4 (6.35%) QGIS
4 4 (6.35%) Spatial Data
5 3 (4.76%) MySQL
5 3 (4.76%) QlikView
5 3 (4.76%) SQL Server
6 1 (1.59%) Amazon QuickSight
6 1 (1.59%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 4 (6.35%) JIRA
2 1 (1.59%) Git
General
1 40 (63.49%) Social Skills
2 19 (30.16%) Finance
3 17 (26.98%) Analytical Skills
4 9 (14.29%) Legal
5 8 (12.70%) Organisational Skills
6 5 (7.94%) Manufacturing
6 5 (7.94%) Marketing
7 4 (6.35%) Banking
7 4 (6.35%) Law
7 4 (6.35%) Retail
8 2 (3.17%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (1.59%) Aviation
9 1 (1.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (1.59%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (6.35%) FIX Protocol
2 3 (4.76%) 802.1X
3 1 (1.59%) Lightning Web Components
Miscellaneous
1 10 (15.87%) Self-Motivation
2 5 (7.94%) Operational Technology
3 4 (6.35%) Analytical Mindset
3 4 (6.35%) Cyber Threat
3 4 (6.35%) Renewable Energy
3 4 (6.35%) SCADA
3 4 (6.35%) Security Operations Centre
4 3 (4.76%) FMCG
5 2 (3.17%) Cyber Defence
5 2 (3.17%) Cyber Kill Chain
5 2 (3.17%) Cyberattack
5 2 (3.17%) Data Centre
5 2 (3.17%) Driving Licence
5 2 (3.17%) Interest Rate Derivative
5 2 (3.17%) Management Information System
6 1 (1.59%) Data Structures
6 1 (1.59%) Educational Technology
6 1 (1.59%) Legacy Systems
6 1 (1.59%) PMI
6 1 (1.59%) Smart Energy
Operating Systems
1 8 (12.70%) Windows
2 5 (7.94%) Linux
2 5 (7.94%) Windows Server
3 4 (6.35%) Unix
4 3 (4.76%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (25.40%) ITIL
1 16 (25.40%) Problem-Solving
2 11 (17.46%) Decision-Making
3 9 (14.29%) ITSM
3 9 (14.29%) Visualisation
4 8 (12.70%) Customer Service
4 8 (12.70%) Cybersecurity
5 7 (11.11%) Security Operations
6 6 (9.52%) Agile
6 6 (9.52%) Data Visualisation
6 6 (9.52%) Mathematics
6 6 (9.52%) Stakeholder Management
7 5 (7.94%) Business Development
7 5 (7.94%) Data Management
7 5 (7.94%) Incident Management
7 5 (7.94%) Process Improvement
7 5 (7.94%) Requirements Gathering
7 5 (7.94%) Vulnerability Management
8 4 (6.35%) Knowledge Transfer
8 4 (6.35%) Threat Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 15 (23.81%) SQL
2 12 (19.05%) Python
3 4 (6.35%) Bash
4 3 (4.76%) PowerShell
4 3 (4.76%) VBA
Qualifications
1 21 (33.33%) Degree
2 6 (9.52%) SC Cleared
2 6 (9.52%) Security Cleared
3 3 (4.76%) Master's Degree
4 2 (3.17%) CCNA
4 2 (3.17%) Cisco Certification
4 2 (3.17%) MCSA
4 2 (3.17%) Microsoft Certification
4 2 (3.17%) SSCP
5 1 (1.59%) Azure Certification
5 1 (1.59%) CompTIA Security+
5 1 (1.59%) CREST Certified
5 1 (1.59%) DV Cleared
5 1 (1.59%) HND
5 1 (1.59%) Network+ Certification
5 1 (1.59%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (7.94%) QA
2 4 (6.35%) GDPR
3 2 (3.17%) NIST
4 1 (1.59%) Data Quality
4 1 (1.59%) ISO 8583
4 1 (1.59%) PCI DSS
4 1 (1.59%) SLA
System Software
1 5 (7.94%) Active Directory
1 5 (7.94%) Hyper-V
2 2 (3.17%) VMware ESXi
2 2 (3.17%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 5 (7.94%) SCCM
2 3 (4.76%) Grafana
2 3 (4.76%) Jamf Pro
2 3 (4.76%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (3.17%) AssetCenter
Vendors
1 18 (28.57%) Microsoft
2 7 (11.11%) ServiceNow
3 5 (7.94%) Salesforce
4 4 (6.35%) ESRI
4 4 (6.35%) Google
4 4 (6.35%) Pega
4 4 (6.35%) VMware
5 3 (4.76%) Atlassian
5 3 (4.76%) Avaya
5 3 (4.76%) F5
5 3 (4.76%) Okta
5 3 (4.76%) Palo Alto
5 3 (4.76%) SevOne
5 3 (4.76%) SolarWinds
6 2 (3.17%) Cisco
6 2 (3.17%) Kepware
6 2 (3.17%) Rockwell
6 2 (3.17%) Siemens
7 1 (1.59%) HubSpot
7 1 (1.59%) Splunk