Operations Analyst Job Trends

Operations Analyst
UK

The median Operations Analyst salary in the UK is £46,250 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 18 May 2026.

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

6 months to
18 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 625 538 603
Rank change year-on-year -87 +65 +200
Permanent jobs requiring an Operations Analyst 102 117 305
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.11% 0.26% 0.31%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.12% 0.30% 0.33%
Number of salaries quoted 68 30 184
10th Percentile £31,250 £26,799 £29,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £36,250 £41,036
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,250 £57,500 £48,500
Median % change year-on-year -19.57% +18.56% -3.00%
75th Percentile £60,000 £66,250 £59,063
90th Percentile £75,000 £87,750 £80,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £37,500 £48,500
% change year-on-year +20.00% -22.68% +3.74%

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 85,613 39,653 91,884
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.33% 89.71% 94.62%
Number of salaries quoted 56,627 23,002 67,400
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,000 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -12.50%
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £71,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% +4.00% -5.66%

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 May 2026.

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 18 May 2026. 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 -57 91 £45,000 -23.40% 63
UK excluding London -76 51 £45,000 +20.00% 51
London -6 43 £60,000 -7.69% 22
Work from Home +35 29 £40,000 -30.43% 13
Midlands -16 19 £46,250 +3.21% 12
West Midlands -11 14 £47,500 +6.00% 8
South East -15 13 £45,000 -21.74% 18
North of England -55 10 £31,250 -13.79% 14
Yorkshire -35 9 £31,250 - 6
East of England -18 5 £45,000 +80.07% 2
East Midlands - 5 £37,000 - 4
Channel Islands - 2 - -
North West -13 1 £38,700 +3.20% 7
Scotland -26 1 - - 2
Wales - 1 £50,000 - 1

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

For the 6 months to 18 May 2026, 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 29 (28.43%) Security Operations
2 28 (27.45%) Cybersecurity
3 14 (13.73%) Problem-Solving
3 14 (13.73%) Windows
4 13 (12.75%) Analytics
4 13 (12.75%) Continuous Improvement
5 11 (10.78%) Azure
5 11 (10.78%) Microsoft
5 11 (10.78%) Microsoft Excel
5 11 (10.78%) SIEM
6 9 (8.82%) Active Directory
6 9 (8.82%) Business Intelligence
6 9 (8.82%) Data Analysis
6 9 (8.82%) Power BI
6 9 (8.82%) Power Platform
6 9 (8.82%) Process Improvement
7 8 (7.84%) BPSS Clearance
7 8 (7.84%) Incident Response
7 8 (7.84%) ITIL
7 8 (7.84%) Linux
7 8 (7.84%) Security Cleared
8 7 (6.86%) Data Analytics
8 7 (6.86%) Firewall
8 7 (6.86%) Information Security
8 7 (6.86%) Microsoft 365
8 7 (6.86%) Patch Management
8 7 (6.86%) Power Automate
8 7 (6.86%) Power Query
8 7 (6.86%) PowerPivot
8 7 (6.86%) SC Cleared

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 4 (3.92%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (1.96%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.98%) CMS
3 1 (0.98%) Confluence
Applications
1 11 (10.78%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.96%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.98%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 11 (10.78%) Azure
2 9 (8.82%) Power Platform
3 7 (6.86%) Microsoft 365
3 7 (6.86%) Power Automate
4 6 (5.88%) AWS
5 5 (4.90%) Azure Sentinel
6 4 (3.92%) GCP
7 3 (2.94%) SaaS
8 2 (1.96%) Entra ID
8 2 (1.96%) Slack
9 1 (0.98%) Azure Logic Apps
9 1 (0.98%) Azure Monitor
9 1 (0.98%) GitHub
9 1 (0.98%) IaaS
9 1 (0.98%) OneDrive
9 1 (0.98%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 7 (6.86%) Firewall
2 4 (3.92%) DNS
2 4 (3.92%) VPN
3 3 (2.94%) LAN
3 3 (2.94%) TCP/IP
3 3 (2.94%) WAN
4 2 (1.96%) Wireless
5 1 (0.98%) Broadband
5 1 (0.98%) DHCP
5 1 (0.98%) IPv4
5 1 (0.98%) IPv6
5 1 (0.98%) MPLS
5 1 (0.98%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (8.82%) Power BI
2 7 (6.86%) Power Query
2 7 (6.86%) PowerPivot
3 3 (2.94%) Crystal Reports
4 2 (1.96%) Tableau
5 1 (0.98%) Looker
5 1 (0.98%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 2 (1.96%) GitLab
2 1 (0.98%) JIRA
General
1 20 (19.61%) Social Skills
2 16 (15.69%) Finance
3 12 (11.76%) Analytical Skills
4 9 (8.82%) Automotive
5 7 (6.86%) Law
6 6 (5.88%) Retail
7 5 (4.90%) Banking
7 5 (4.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 4 (3.92%) Legal
9 3 (2.94%) Documentation Skills
9 3 (2.94%) Presentation Skills
10 2 (1.96%) Marketing
11 1 (0.98%) Aerospace
11 1 (0.98%) Influencing Skills
11 1 (0.98%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.98%) FIX Protocol
Miscellaneous
1 12 (11.76%) Operational Technology
2 7 (6.86%) Security Operations Centre
3 4 (3.92%) Onboarding
4 3 (2.94%) Analytical Mindset
4 3 (2.94%) Cyber Defence
4 3 (2.94%) Cyber Threat
4 3 (2.94%) Enterprise Software
4 3 (2.94%) Replication
5 2 (1.96%) Hybrid Cloud
5 2 (1.96%) Insider Threat
5 2 (1.96%) Management Information System
5 2 (1.96%) SCADA
5 2 (1.96%) Security Posture
6 1 (0.98%) Blog
6 1 (0.98%) Clustering
6 1 (0.98%) Cyber Kill Chain
6 1 (0.98%) Mobile App
6 1 (0.98%) Podcast
6 1 (0.98%) Product Ownership
6 1 (0.98%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 14 (13.73%) Windows
2 8 (7.84%) Linux
3 7 (6.86%) Windows Server
4 2 (1.96%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.98%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (28.43%) Security Operations
2 28 (27.45%) Cybersecurity
3 14 (13.73%) Problem-Solving
4 13 (12.75%) Analytics
4 13 (12.75%) Continuous Improvement
5 11 (10.78%) SIEM
6 9 (8.82%) Business Intelligence
6 9 (8.82%) Data Analysis
6 9 (8.82%) Process Improvement
7 8 (7.84%) Incident Response
7 8 (7.84%) ITIL
8 7 (6.86%) Data Analytics
8 7 (6.86%) Information Security
8 7 (6.86%) Patch Management
9 6 (5.88%) Agile
9 6 (5.88%) Service Delivery
9 6 (5.88%) Stakeholder Management
9 6 (5.88%) Vulnerability Scanning
10 5 (4.90%) Cloud Security
10 5 (4.90%) Security Monitoring
Programming Languages
1 5 (4.90%) PowerShell
1 5 (4.90%) Python
1 5 (4.90%) SQL
2 3 (2.94%) Bash
3 1 (0.98%) VBA
Qualifications
1 8 (7.84%) BPSS Clearance
1 8 (7.84%) Security Cleared
2 7 (6.86%) SC Cleared
3 6 (5.88%) Degree
4 5 (4.90%) CISSP
4 5 (4.90%) GIAC
5 3 (2.94%) CEH
6 2 (1.96%) Azure Certification
6 2 (1.96%) CompTIA Security+
6 2 (1.96%) DBS Check
6 2 (1.96%) GCIA
6 2 (1.96%) GCIH
6 2 (1.96%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
6 2 (1.96%) MCSE
6 2 (1.96%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (0.98%) CBAP
7 1 (0.98%) CCNA
7 1 (0.98%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (0.98%) CompTIA CySA+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (5.88%) GDPR
1 6 (5.88%) NIST
2 5 (4.90%) GRC
2 5 (4.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (3.92%) PCI DSS
4 2 (1.96%) SLA
5 1 (0.98%) QA
System Software
1 9 (8.82%) Active Directory
2 5 (4.90%) Hyper-V
3 3 (2.94%) Virtual Servers
3 3 (2.94%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (1.96%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 2 (1.96%) Grafana
1 2 (1.96%) Jamf Pro
1 2 (1.96%) Microsoft Intune
1 2 (1.96%) SCCM
2 1 (0.98%) Failover Clustering
2 1 (0.98%) Kibana
2 1 (0.98%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
Vendors
1 11 (10.78%) Microsoft
2 5 (4.90%) Veeam
3 4 (3.92%) ServiceNow
4 3 (2.94%) Apple
4 3 (2.94%) TikTok
4 3 (2.94%) VMware
5 2 (1.96%) Atlassian
5 2 (1.96%) Meraki
5 2 (1.96%) Rapid7
5 2 (1.96%) Splunk
6 1 (0.98%) Blue Prism
6 1 (0.98%) Dell
6 1 (0.98%) HP
6 1 (0.98%) Pega