Operations Analyst Job Trends

Operations Analyst
UK

The median Operations Analyst salary in the UK is £40,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 30 September 2026.

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

6 months to
30 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 668 610 545
Rank change year-on-year -58 -65 +55
Permanent jobs requiring an Operations Analyst 144 64 244
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.12% 0.13% 0.33%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.13% 0.14% 0.34%
Number of salaries quoted 93 40 102
10th Percentile £30,000 £38,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £42,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £60,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -33.33% +33.33% -18.18%
75th Percentile £53,750 £86,250 £58,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £90,000 £67,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £40,000 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -11.11% - -10.00%

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 109,655 44,258 71,074
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.93% 89.76% 95.29%
Number of salaries quoted 74,828 25,506 41,262
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,250 £30,500
25th Percentile £41,000 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.27% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £77,500 £74,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £98,750 £95,000 £93,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +15.79% -5.00% -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 30 September 2026.

Salary histogram for Operations Analyst in the UK

Operations Analyst
Top 13 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 30 September 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 -40 134 £40,000 -38.46% 215
UK excluding London -85 83 £40,000 -11.11% 107
London -39 51 £50,000 -39.39% 120
Work from Home -27 36 £40,000 -30.43% 70
North of England -50 33 £40,000 +5.26% 26
South East -31 29 £40,000 -23.81% 26
Yorkshire -27 17 £36,250 -4.61% 7
North West -21 16 £40,000 -37.74% 17
Midlands -47 15 £47,500 -9.52% 13
West Midlands -34 14 £47,500 -9.52% 10
East of England -33 4 £32,000 -25.58% 3
South West -75 2 - - 13
East Midlands -40 1 - - 3

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

For the 6 months to 30 September 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 42 (29.17%) Security Operations
2 26 (18.06%) Cybersecurity
3 22 (15.28%) Continuous Improvement
4 21 (14.58%) Problem-Solving
5 18 (12.50%) DataOps
6 16 (11.11%) Microsoft
7 15 (10.42%) Incident Response
7 15 (10.42%) ITIL
7 15 (10.42%) Process Improvement
8 14 (9.72%) Data Analysis
8 14 (9.72%) Decision-Making
8 14 (9.72%) Degree
8 14 (9.72%) Information Security
8 14 (9.72%) Security Cleared
9 13 (9.03%) SQL
10 12 (8.33%) Business Intelligence
10 12 (8.33%) Incident Management
10 12 (8.33%) PowerShell
10 12 (8.33%) Python
10 12 (8.33%) SIEM
11 11 (7.64%) Customer Service
11 11 (7.64%) Windows
12 10 (6.94%) Microsoft Excel
12 10 (6.94%) Power BI
12 10 (6.94%) Power Platform
13 9 (6.25%) AI
13 9 (6.25%) Blue Team
13 9 (6.25%) Root Cause Analysis
13 9 (6.25%) SC Cleared
13 9 (6.25%) Service Delivery

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 3 (2.08%) Microsoft Exchange
1 3 (2.08%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.69%) Confluence
Applications
1 10 (6.94%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (2.08%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (1.39%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 10 (6.94%) Power Platform
2 8 (5.56%) Microsoft 365
3 4 (2.78%) Entra ID
4 3 (2.08%) AWS
4 3 (2.08%) Azure
4 3 (2.08%) WeChat
5 2 (1.39%) dbt
6 1 (0.69%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (0.69%) Datadog
6 1 (0.69%) SaaS
6 1 (0.69%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 9 (6.25%) TCP/IP
2 8 (5.56%) VPN
3 7 (4.86%) Firewall
4 6 (4.17%) LAN
4 6 (4.17%) WAN
5 5 (3.47%) DNS
6 3 (2.08%) FTP
6 3 (2.08%) HTTP
6 3 (2.08%) SMTP
7 2 (1.39%) Wireless
7 2 (1.39%) Wireshark
8 1 (0.69%) DHCP
8 1 (0.69%) Internet
8 1 (0.69%) Network Security
8 1 (0.69%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (6.94%) Power BI
2 6 (4.17%) Tableau
3 5 (3.47%) Metadata
4 4 (2.78%) Crystal Reports
5 2 (1.39%) Looker
5 2 (1.39%) MySQL
5 2 (1.39%) Power Query
6 1 (0.69%) Relational Database
6 1 (0.69%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (2.08%) JIRA
2 1 (0.69%) GitLab
General
1 32 (22.22%) Analytical Skills
2 28 (19.44%) Finance
3 23 (15.97%) Social Skills
4 10 (6.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 9 (6.25%) Aerospace
6 7 (4.86%) Law
7 5 (3.47%) Legal
8 4 (2.78%) Organisational Skills
9 3 (2.08%) Automotive
9 3 (2.08%) Local Government
9 3 (2.08%) Mandarin Language
9 3 (2.08%) Manufacturing
9 3 (2.08%) Presentation Skills
10 2 (1.39%) Aviation
10 2 (1.39%) Banking
10 2 (1.39%) Billing
10 2 (1.39%) Retail
11 1 (0.69%) Documentation Skills
11 1 (0.69%) Social Housing
11 1 (0.69%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (2.08%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 10 (6.94%) Operational Technology
2 9 (6.25%) Management Information System
3 8 (5.56%) Security Operations Centre
4 7 (4.86%) Cyber Threat
5 4 (2.78%) Replication
6 3 (2.08%) Cyber Defence
6 3 (2.08%) Enterprise Software
6 3 (2.08%) Housing Association
6 3 (2.08%) Onboarding
7 2 (1.39%) Analytical Mindset
7 2 (1.39%) Hybrid Cloud
7 2 (1.39%) Linux Command Line
7 2 (1.39%) Low-Code
7 2 (1.39%) SCADA
7 2 (1.39%) Security Posture
7 2 (1.39%) Self-Motivation
8 1 (0.69%) Client/Server
8 1 (0.69%) Cyber Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 11 (7.64%) Windows
2 7 (4.86%) Windows Server
3 3 (2.08%) Linux
4 2 (1.39%) Kali Linux
5 1 (0.69%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.69%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 42 (29.17%) Security Operations
2 26 (18.06%) Cybersecurity
3 22 (15.28%) Continuous Improvement
4 21 (14.58%) Problem-Solving
5 18 (12.50%) DataOps
6 15 (10.42%) Incident Response
6 15 (10.42%) ITIL
6 15 (10.42%) Process Improvement
7 14 (9.72%) Data Analysis
7 14 (9.72%) Decision-Making
7 14 (9.72%) Information Security
8 12 (8.33%) Business Intelligence
8 12 (8.33%) Incident Management
8 12 (8.33%) SIEM
9 11 (7.64%) Customer Service
10 9 (6.25%) AI
10 9 (6.25%) Blue Team
10 9 (6.25%) Root Cause Analysis
10 9 (6.25%) Service Delivery
11 8 (5.56%) Threat Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 13 (9.03%) SQL
2 12 (8.33%) PowerShell
2 12 (8.33%) Python
3 2 (1.39%) Bash
3 2 (1.39%) C++
3 2 (1.39%) Perl
4 1 (0.69%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 14 (9.72%) Degree
1 14 (9.72%) Security Cleared
2 9 (6.25%) SC Cleared
3 7 (4.86%) BPSS Clearance
4 6 (4.17%) DV Cleared
5 5 (3.47%) CISSP
6 4 (2.78%) CompTIA Security+
6 4 (2.78%) DBS Check
7 3 (2.08%) CompTIA CySA+
7 3 (2.08%) ITIL Certification
7 3 (2.08%) Microsoft Certification
8 2 (1.39%) Azure Certification
8 2 (1.39%) CEH
8 2 (1.39%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
8 2 (1.39%) MCSE
9 1 (0.69%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 1 (0.69%) CCSP
9 1 (0.69%) Cisco Certification
9 1 (0.69%) CISM
9 1 (0.69%) CREST Certified
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (3.47%) GRC
2 4 (2.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (2.08%) PMO
3 3 (2.08%) SLA
4 2 (1.39%) Accessibility
4 2 (1.39%) GDPR
4 2 (1.39%) NIST
4 2 (1.39%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.69%) Data Quality
System Software
1 7 (4.86%) Active Directory
2 4 (2.78%) Hyper-V
2 4 (2.78%) Virtual Servers
3 2 (1.39%) Snort
3 2 (1.39%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (1.39%) VMware Workstation
3 2 (1.39%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 3 (2.08%) Grafana
2 2 (1.39%) QRadar
2 2 (1.39%) SCCM
3 1 (0.69%) Jamf Pro
3 1 (0.69%) Kibana
3 1 (0.69%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.69%) Nessus
3 1 (0.69%) Nmap
3 1 (0.69%) OpenVAS
3 1 (0.69%) SCOM
Vendors
1 16 (11.11%) Microsoft
2 6 (4.17%) Veeam
3 4 (2.78%) ServiceNow
3 4 (2.78%) Splunk
3 4 (2.78%) VMware
4 3 (2.08%) SAP
5 2 (1.39%) Carbon Black
5 2 (1.39%) CrowdStrike
5 2 (1.39%) Google
6 1 (0.69%) Apple
6 1 (0.69%) Atlassian
6 1 (0.69%) Meraki
6 1 (0.69%) SolarWinds
6 1 (0.69%) TikTok