Operations Analyst Job Trends

Operations Analyst
UK

The median Operations Analyst salary in the UK is £45,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 24 July 2026.

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

6 months to
24 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 639 606 576
Rank change year-on-year -33 -30 +123
Permanent jobs requiring an Operations Analyst 113 89 291
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.11% 0.18% 0.32%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.12% 0.20% 0.34%
Number of salaries quoted 80 40 142
10th Percentile £32,000 £38,000 £29,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £43,019 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £57,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -21.74% +21.05% -5.00%
75th Percentile £57,500 £86,250 £57,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £90,000 £80,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £40,000 £43,000 £44,000
% change year-on-year -6.98% -2.27% -8.33%

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 94,832 44,261 86,457
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.34% 90.17% 94.75%
Number of salaries quoted 64,920 26,252 60,421
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £37,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £54,389
Median % change year-on-year - +1.12% -9.35%
75th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £71,219
90th Percentile £96,250 £96,250 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% - -5.21%

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 24 July 2026.

Salary histogram for Operations Analyst in the UK

Operations Analyst
Top 12 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 24 July 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 -50 106 £42,500 -30.61% 49
UK excluding London -70 62 £40,000 -6.98% 46
London -14 44 £55,000 -27.87% 14
Work from Home -22 25 £40,000 -30.43% 7
South East -8 21 £40,000 -27.27% 10
North of England -43 20 £38,000 - 19
Midlands -20 19 £47,500 +6.00% 8
West Midlands -21 16 £47,500 +6.00% 4
North West -11 10 £39,350 - 9
Yorkshire -31 10 £32,500 -14.47% 6
East Midlands -24 3 - - 4
East of England -14 2 - - 3

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

For the 6 months to 24 July 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 34 (30.09%) Security Operations
2 22 (19.47%) Cybersecurity
2 22 (19.47%) Problem-Solving
3 19 (16.81%) Continuous Improvement
4 14 (12.39%) DataOps
4 14 (12.39%) ITIL
4 14 (12.39%) Microsoft Excel
5 13 (11.50%) Business Intelligence
5 13 (11.50%) Microsoft
5 13 (11.50%) Power BI
5 13 (11.50%) Power Platform
5 13 (11.50%) SIEM
6 12 (10.62%) Data Analysis
6 12 (10.62%) Process Improvement
6 12 (10.62%) Windows
7 11 (9.73%) Incident Management
7 11 (9.73%) Incident Response
7 11 (9.73%) Security Cleared
8 10 (8.85%) Analytics
8 10 (8.85%) Information Security
8 10 (8.85%) Patch Management
8 10 (8.85%) SQL
9 9 (7.96%) Azure
9 9 (7.96%) Decision-Making
10 8 (7.08%) BPSS Clearance
10 8 (7.08%) Python
10 8 (7.08%) Windows Server
11 7 (6.19%) Active Directory
11 7 (6.19%) AI
11 7 (6.19%) AWS

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 2 (1.77%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (1.77%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.88%) CMS
2 1 (0.88%) Confluence
Applications
1 14 (12.39%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (3.54%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.88%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 13 (11.50%) Power Platform
2 9 (7.96%) Azure
3 7 (6.19%) AWS
3 7 (6.19%) Microsoft 365
4 4 (3.54%) Azure Sentinel
5 3 (2.65%) GCP
5 3 (2.65%) Power Automate
5 3 (2.65%) WeChat
6 2 (1.77%) Entra ID
7 1 (0.88%) Cloud Computing
7 1 (0.88%) Datadog
7 1 (0.88%) dbt
7 1 (0.88%) SaaS
7 1 (0.88%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 6 (5.31%) Firewall
2 4 (3.54%) DNS
2 4 (3.54%) TCP/IP
2 4 (3.54%) VPN
3 3 (2.65%) LAN
3 3 (2.65%) WAN
4 2 (1.77%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (11.50%) Power BI
2 5 (4.42%) Power Query
3 4 (3.54%) Crystal Reports
3 4 (3.54%) Tableau
4 3 (2.65%) PowerPivot
5 2 (1.77%) MySQL
6 1 (0.88%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (0.88%) GitLab
1 1 (0.88%) JIRA
General
1 25 (22.12%) Analytical Skills
2 23 (20.35%) Social Skills
3 18 (15.93%) Finance
4 9 (7.96%) Law
5 8 (7.08%) Automotive
6 7 (6.19%) Legal
7 5 (4.42%) Retail
8 4 (3.54%) Aerospace
8 4 (3.54%) Organisational Skills
9 3 (2.65%) Banking
9 3 (2.65%) Documentation Skills
9 3 (2.65%) Mandarin Language
9 3 (2.65%) Manufacturing
10 2 (1.77%) Billing
10 2 (1.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (1.77%) Local Government
10 2 (1.77%) Marketing
11 1 (0.88%) Presentation Skills
11 1 (0.88%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 10 (8.85%) Operational Technology
2 9 (7.96%) Security Operations Centre
3 7 (6.19%) Management Information System
4 5 (4.42%) Enterprise Software
5 4 (3.54%) Replication
6 3 (2.65%) Analytical Mindset
6 3 (2.65%) Cyber Defence
7 2 (1.77%) Cyber Threat
7 2 (1.77%) Housing Association
7 2 (1.77%) Hybrid Cloud
7 2 (1.77%) Low-Code
7 2 (1.77%) Onboarding
7 2 (1.77%) SCADA
7 2 (1.77%) Security Posture
7 2 (1.77%) Self-Motivation
8 1 (0.88%) Insider Threat
8 1 (0.88%) Mobile App
8 1 (0.88%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 12 (10.62%) Windows
2 8 (7.08%) Windows Server
3 4 (3.54%) Linux
4 1 (0.88%) Mac OS
4 1 (0.88%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (30.09%) Security Operations
2 22 (19.47%) Cybersecurity
2 22 (19.47%) Problem-Solving
3 19 (16.81%) Continuous Improvement
4 14 (12.39%) DataOps
4 14 (12.39%) ITIL
5 13 (11.50%) Business Intelligence
5 13 (11.50%) SIEM
6 12 (10.62%) Data Analysis
6 12 (10.62%) Process Improvement
7 11 (9.73%) Incident Management
7 11 (9.73%) Incident Response
8 10 (8.85%) Analytics
8 10 (8.85%) Information Security
8 10 (8.85%) Patch Management
9 9 (7.96%) Decision-Making
10 7 (6.19%) AI
10 7 (6.19%) Cloud Security
10 7 (6.19%) Security Monitoring
10 7 (6.19%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 10 (8.85%) SQL
2 8 (7.08%) Python
3 7 (6.19%) PowerShell
4 1 (0.88%) Bash
4 1 (0.88%) VBA
Qualifications
1 11 (9.73%) Security Cleared
2 8 (7.08%) BPSS Clearance
3 7 (6.19%) Degree
3 7 (6.19%) SC Cleared
4 5 (4.42%) CISSP
5 4 (3.54%) CEH
5 4 (3.54%) DBS Check
5 4 (3.54%) GIAC
6 3 (2.65%) CompTIA Security+
6 3 (2.65%) DV Cleared
7 2 (1.77%) Azure Certification
7 2 (1.77%) Cisco Certification
7 2 (1.77%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
7 2 (1.77%) MCSE
7 2 (1.77%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (0.88%) CCNA
8 1 (0.88%) CCSP
8 1 (0.88%) GCIA
8 1 (0.88%) GCIH
8 1 (0.88%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (5.31%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (4.42%) GDPR
2 5 (4.42%) GRC
2 5 (4.42%) NIST
3 3 (2.65%) PCI DSS
3 3 (2.65%) PMO
3 3 (2.65%) SLA
4 2 (1.77%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.88%) QA
System Software
1 7 (6.19%) Active Directory
2 5 (4.42%) Hyper-V
3 4 (3.54%) Virtual Servers
4 3 (2.65%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (1.77%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 3 (2.65%) Grafana
2 2 (1.77%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (1.77%) SCCM
3 1 (0.88%) Jamf Pro
3 1 (0.88%) Kibana
3 1 (0.88%) SCOM
Vendors
1 13 (11.50%) Microsoft
2 6 (5.31%) Veeam
3 5 (4.42%) ServiceNow
4 3 (2.65%) SAP
4 3 (2.65%) TikTok
4 3 (2.65%) VMware
5 2 (1.77%) Rapid7
5 2 (1.77%) Splunk
6 1 (0.88%) Apple
6 1 (0.88%) Atlassian
6 1 (0.88%) Blue Prism
6 1 (0.88%) Meraki
6 1 (0.88%) Pega
6 1 (0.88%) SolarWinds