Operations Analyst Job Trends

Operations Analyst
UK

The median Operations Analyst salary in the UK is £50,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 1 May 2026.

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

6 months to
1 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 639 536 588
Rank change year-on-year -103 +52 +247
Permanent jobs requiring an Operations Analyst 85 121 310
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.094% 0.29% 0.32%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.10% 0.32% 0.34%
Number of salaries quoted 51 33 191
10th Percentile £30,625 £27,100 £29,000
25th Percentile £35,025 £33,500 £41,036
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £44,810 £48,500
Median % change year-on-year +11.58% -7.61% -3.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £66,250 £57,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £86,500 £76,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £40,000 £37,500 £48,500
% change year-on-year +6.67% -22.68% +12.79%

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 83,558 37,679 90,605
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.89% 89.07% 94.54%
Number of salaries quoted 53,734 23,343 66,736
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,500 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,625 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £59,800 £53,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.03% +12.83% -11.67%
75th Percentile £75,000 £78,750 £71,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +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 1 May 2026.

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 1 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 -80 76 £45,000 -18.18% 32
London -18 42 £60,000 -5.88% 14
UK excluding London -114 37 £40,000 +6.67% 25
Work from Home -14 24 £32,500 -43.48% 16
North of England -76 12 £31,250 -10.71% 6
Yorkshire -52 10 £31,250 - 4
South East -33 8 £45,000 +20.00% 11
Midlands -35 8 £34,000 -24.12% 6
East of England -23 5 £45,000 +80.07%
East Midlands - 5 £37,000 - 3
West Midlands -31 3 £32,000 -28.59% 3
Channel Islands - 2 - -
North East -36 1 - -
North West -48 1 £38,700 +3.20% 2
Scotland -50 1 - -
Wales - 1 £50,000 -

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

For the 6 months to 1 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 26 (30.59%) Cybersecurity
2 21 (24.71%) Security Operations
3 13 (15.29%) Analytics
3 13 (15.29%) Problem-Solving
4 12 (14.12%) Continuous Improvement
4 12 (14.12%) Microsoft Excel
5 11 (12.94%) Degree
6 10 (11.76%) Azure
6 10 (11.76%) Incident Response
6 10 (11.76%) SIEM
7 9 (10.59%) Business Intelligence
7 9 (10.59%) Data Analysis
7 9 (10.59%) Linux
7 9 (10.59%) Power BI
7 9 (10.59%) Power Platform
7 9 (10.59%) Windows
8 8 (9.41%) Information Security
8 8 (9.41%) Python
9 7 (8.24%) CISSP
9 7 (8.24%) Data Analytics
9 7 (8.24%) Microsoft
9 7 (8.24%) Power Automate
9 7 (8.24%) Power Query
9 7 (8.24%) PowerPivot
10 6 (7.06%) AWS
10 6 (7.06%) BPSS Clearance
10 6 (7.06%) Firewall
10 6 (7.06%) NIST
10 6 (7.06%) Process Improvement
10 6 (7.06%) Security 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 3 (3.53%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (1.18%) CMS
2 1 (1.18%) Confluence
Applications
1 12 (14.12%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (2.35%) AutoCAD
2 2 (2.35%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (2.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 10 (11.76%) Azure
2 9 (10.59%) Power Platform
3 7 (8.24%) Power Automate
4 6 (7.06%) AWS
5 5 (5.88%) Azure Sentinel
6 4 (4.71%) GCP
7 3 (3.53%) Microsoft 365
8 2 (2.35%) SaaS
9 1 (1.18%) Azure Logic Apps
9 1 (1.18%) Azure Monitor
9 1 (1.18%) GitHub
9 1 (1.18%) IaaS
9 1 (1.18%) OneDrive
9 1 (1.18%) PaaS
9 1 (1.18%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 6 (7.06%) Firewall
2 3 (3.53%) VPN
3 1 (1.18%) Broadband
3 1 (1.18%) DHCP
3 1 (1.18%) DNS
3 1 (1.18%) IPv4
3 1 (1.18%) IPv6
3 1 (1.18%) LAN
3 1 (1.18%) MPLS
3 1 (1.18%) SD-WAN
3 1 (1.18%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (10.59%) Power BI
2 7 (8.24%) Power Query
2 7 (8.24%) PowerPivot
3 2 (2.35%) Geospatial Data
3 2 (2.35%) GIS
3 2 (2.35%) Metadata
3 2 (2.35%) QGIS
3 2 (2.35%) Relational Database
3 2 (2.35%) Spatial Data
3 2 (2.35%) Tableau
4 1 (1.18%) Looker
Development Applications
1 2 (2.35%) GitLab
2 1 (1.18%) JIRA
General
1 25 (29.41%) Social Skills
2 16 (18.82%) Analytical Skills
3 15 (17.65%) Finance
4 9 (10.59%) Automotive
5 6 (7.06%) Law
5 6 (7.06%) Legal
6 5 (5.88%) Retail
7 4 (4.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 3 (3.53%) Banking
8 3 (3.53%) Documentation Skills
8 3 (3.53%) Presentation Skills
9 2 (2.35%) Marketing
9 2 (2.35%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (1.18%) Aerospace
10 1 (1.18%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (1.18%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.35%) FIX Protocol
Miscellaneous
1 9 (10.59%) Security Operations Centre
2 6 (7.06%) Operational Technology
3 5 (5.88%) Security Posture
4 3 (3.53%) Analytical Mindset
4 3 (3.53%) Cyber Defence
4 3 (3.53%) Cyber Threat
4 3 (3.53%) Enterprise Software
5 2 (2.35%) Cyber Security Posture
5 2 (2.35%) Insider Threat
5 2 (2.35%) Onboarding
5 2 (2.35%) Renewable Energy
5 2 (2.35%) SCADA
5 2 (2.35%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (1.18%) Blog
6 1 (1.18%) Clustering
6 1 (1.18%) Cyber Kill Chain
6 1 (1.18%) Mobile App
6 1 (1.18%) Podcast
6 1 (1.18%) Product Ownership
6 1 (1.18%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 9 (10.59%) Linux
1 9 (10.59%) Windows
2 3 (3.53%) Windows Server
3 2 (2.35%) Unix
4 1 (1.18%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (30.59%) Cybersecurity
2 21 (24.71%) Security Operations
3 13 (15.29%) Analytics
3 13 (15.29%) Problem-Solving
4 12 (14.12%) Continuous Improvement
5 10 (11.76%) Incident Response
5 10 (11.76%) SIEM
6 9 (10.59%) Business Intelligence
6 9 (10.59%) Data Analysis
7 8 (9.41%) Information Security
8 7 (8.24%) Data Analytics
9 6 (7.06%) Process Improvement
9 6 (7.06%) Stakeholder Management
10 5 (5.88%) Agile
10 5 (5.88%) Cloud Security
10 5 (5.88%) High Availability
10 5 (5.88%) Incident Management
10 5 (5.88%) Vulnerability Scanning
11 4 (4.71%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
11 4 (4.71%) Threat Detection
Programming Languages
1 8 (9.41%) Python
2 5 (5.88%) PowerShell
2 5 (5.88%) SQL
3 4 (4.71%) Bash
4 1 (1.18%) VBA
Qualifications
1 11 (12.94%) Degree
2 7 (8.24%) CISSP
3 6 (7.06%) BPSS Clearance
3 6 (7.06%) Security Cleared
4 5 (5.88%) GIAC
4 5 (5.88%) SC Cleared
5 4 (4.71%) CompTIA Security+
6 3 (3.53%) CEH
7 2 (2.35%) GCIA
7 2 (2.35%) GCIH
7 2 (2.35%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
7 2 (2.35%) SSCP
8 1 (1.18%) CBAP
8 1 (1.18%) CCNA
8 1 (1.18%) Cisco Certification
8 1 (1.18%) CompTIA CySA+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (7.06%) NIST
2 5 (5.88%) GDPR
2 5 (5.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (3.53%) GRC
3 3 (3.53%) PCI DSS
3 3 (3.53%) QA
4 2 (2.35%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (3.53%) Active Directory
1 3 (3.53%) Hyper-V
2 2 (2.35%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (3.53%) Grafana
2 2 (2.35%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (1.18%) Failover Clustering
3 1 (1.18%) Jamf Pro
3 1 (1.18%) Kibana
3 1 (1.18%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
Vendors
1 7 (8.24%) Microsoft
2 5 (5.88%) ServiceNow
3 3 (3.53%) Atlassian
3 3 (3.53%) TikTok
4 2 (2.35%) Apple
4 2 (2.35%) ESRI
4 2 (2.35%) Palo Alto
4 2 (2.35%) Rapid7
4 2 (2.35%) Splunk
4 2 (2.35%) VMware
5 1 (1.18%) Blue Prism
5 1 (1.18%) Dell
5 1 (1.18%) HP
5 1 (1.18%) Meraki
5 1 (1.18%) Pega