Operations Analyst Job Trends

Operations Analyst
UK

The median Operations Analyst salary in the UK is £47,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 8 May 2026.

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

6 months to
8 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 618 542 577
Rank change year-on-year -76 +35 +258
Permanent jobs requiring an Operations Analyst 90 122 309
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.099% 0.28% 0.32%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.11% 0.31% 0.34%
Number of salaries quoted 58 34 190
10th Percentile £31,063 £27,150 £29,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £34,188 £41,036
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £49,905 £48,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.82% +2.90% -3.00%
75th Percentile £60,000 £65,938 £57,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £86,000 £76,625
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £37,500 £48,500
% change year-on-year +20.00% -22.68% +5.43%

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 84,240 38,844 90,932
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.95% 89.44% 94.56%
Number of salaries quoted 54,564 23,127 66,916
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,000 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £58,033 £53,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.23% +9.50% -11.67%
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £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% -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 8 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 8 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 -58 81 £45,000 -18.18% 51
London -3 42 £60,000 -5.88% 28
UK excluding London -110 42 £45,000 +20.00% 28
Work from Home -2 25 £36,250 -36.96% 15
Midlands -17 13 £46,250 +3.21% 6
South East -38 10 £45,000 +20.00% 13
North of England -69 10 £31,250 -10.71% 7
Yorkshire -44 9 £31,250 - 4
West Midlands -21 8 £47,500 +6.00% 4
East of England -14 5 £45,000 +80.07% 1
East Midlands - 5 £37,000 - 2
Channel Islands - 2 - -
Scotland -28 1 - -
North West -42 1 £38,700 +3.20% 3
Wales - 1 £50,000 -

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

For the 6 months to 8 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 27 (30.00%) Cybersecurity
2 24 (26.67%) Security Operations
3 14 (15.56%) Problem-Solving
4 13 (14.44%) Analytics
5 12 (13.33%) Continuous Improvement
5 12 (13.33%) Microsoft Excel
5 12 (13.33%) SIEM
6 11 (12.22%) Azure
6 11 (12.22%) Windows
7 10 (11.11%) Microsoft
8 9 (10.00%) Business Intelligence
8 9 (10.00%) Data Analysis
8 9 (10.00%) Incident Response
8 9 (10.00%) Linux
8 9 (10.00%) Power BI
8 9 (10.00%) Power Platform
9 8 (8.89%) Degree
9 8 (8.89%) Information Security
10 7 (7.78%) Data Analytics
10 7 (7.78%) Power Automate
10 7 (7.78%) Power Query
10 7 (7.78%) PowerPivot
10 7 (7.78%) Process Improvement
11 6 (6.67%) Active Directory
11 6 (6.67%) Agile
11 6 (6.67%) AWS
11 6 (6.67%) BPSS Clearance
11 6 (6.67%) CISSP
11 6 (6.67%) Firewall
11 6 (6.67%) GDPR

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 5 (5.56%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (2.22%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.11%) CMS
3 1 (1.11%) Confluence
Applications
1 12 (13.33%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (2.22%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (2.22%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 11 (12.22%) Azure
2 9 (10.00%) Power Platform
3 7 (7.78%) Power Automate
4 6 (6.67%) AWS
5 5 (5.56%) Azure Sentinel
5 5 (5.56%) Microsoft 365
6 4 (4.44%) GCP
7 2 (2.22%) Entra ID
7 2 (2.22%) SaaS
8 1 (1.11%) Azure Logic Apps
8 1 (1.11%) Azure Monitor
8 1 (1.11%) GitHub
8 1 (1.11%) IaaS
8 1 (1.11%) OneDrive
8 1 (1.11%) PaaS
8 1 (1.11%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 6 (6.67%) Firewall
2 3 (3.33%) LAN
2 3 (3.33%) VPN
2 3 (3.33%) WAN
3 2 (2.22%) DNS
3 2 (2.22%) Wireless
4 1 (1.11%) Broadband
4 1 (1.11%) DHCP
4 1 (1.11%) IPv4
4 1 (1.11%) IPv6
4 1 (1.11%) MPLS
4 1 (1.11%) SD-WAN
4 1 (1.11%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (10.00%) Power BI
2 7 (7.78%) Power Query
2 7 (7.78%) PowerPivot
3 2 (2.22%) Relational Database
3 2 (2.22%) Tableau
4 1 (1.11%) Crystal Reports
4 1 (1.11%) Looker
Development Applications
1 2 (2.22%) GitLab
2 1 (1.11%) JIRA
General
1 21 (23.33%) Social Skills
2 17 (18.89%) Finance
3 13 (14.44%) Analytical Skills
4 9 (10.00%) Automotive
5 6 (6.67%) Law
6 5 (5.56%) Retail
7 4 (4.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 4 (4.44%) Legal
8 3 (3.33%) Banking
8 3 (3.33%) Documentation Skills
8 3 (3.33%) Presentation Skills
9 2 (2.22%) Marketing
10 1 (1.11%) Aerospace
10 1 (1.11%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (1.11%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.22%) FIX Protocol
Miscellaneous
1 9 (10.00%) Operational Technology
2 8 (8.89%) Security Operations Centre
3 4 (4.44%) Cyber Threat
3 4 (4.44%) Security Posture
4 3 (3.33%) Analytical Mindset
4 3 (3.33%) Cyber Defence
4 3 (3.33%) Enterprise Software
4 3 (3.33%) Onboarding
5 2 (2.22%) Hybrid Cloud
5 2 (2.22%) Insider Threat
5 2 (2.22%) Management Information System
5 2 (2.22%) SCADA
6 1 (1.11%) Blog
6 1 (1.11%) Clustering
6 1 (1.11%) Cyber Security Posture
6 1 (1.11%) Mobile App
6 1 (1.11%) Podcast
6 1 (1.11%) Product Ownership
6 1 (1.11%) Replication
6 1 (1.11%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 11 (12.22%) Windows
2 9 (10.00%) Linux
3 5 (5.56%) Windows Server
4 2 (2.22%) Unix
5 1 (1.11%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (30.00%) Cybersecurity
2 24 (26.67%) Security Operations
3 14 (15.56%) Problem-Solving
4 13 (14.44%) Analytics
5 12 (13.33%) Continuous Improvement
5 12 (13.33%) SIEM
6 9 (10.00%) Business Intelligence
6 9 (10.00%) Data Analysis
6 9 (10.00%) Incident Response
7 8 (8.89%) Information Security
8 7 (7.78%) Data Analytics
8 7 (7.78%) Process Improvement
9 6 (6.67%) Agile
9 6 (6.67%) ITIL
9 6 (6.67%) Stakeholder Management
9 6 (6.67%) Vulnerability Scanning
10 5 (5.56%) Cloud Security
10 5 (5.56%) High Availability
10 5 (5.56%) Patch Management
10 5 (5.56%) Security Monitoring
Programming Languages
1 6 (6.67%) Python
2 5 (5.56%) PowerShell
3 4 (4.44%) Bash
3 4 (4.44%) SQL
4 1 (1.11%) VBA
Qualifications
1 8 (8.89%) Degree
2 6 (6.67%) BPSS Clearance
2 6 (6.67%) CISSP
2 6 (6.67%) Security Cleared
3 5 (5.56%) GIAC
3 5 (5.56%) SC Cleared
4 3 (3.33%) CEH
4 3 (3.33%) CompTIA Security+
5 2 (2.22%) Azure Certification
5 2 (2.22%) DBS Check
5 2 (2.22%) GCIA
5 2 (2.22%) GCIH
5 2 (2.22%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
5 2 (2.22%) MCSE
5 2 (2.22%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (1.11%) CBAP
6 1 (1.11%) CCNA
6 1 (1.11%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (1.11%) CompTIA CySA+
6 1 (1.11%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (6.67%) GDPR
1 6 (6.67%) NIST
2 5 (5.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (4.44%) GRC
3 4 (4.44%) PCI DSS
4 2 (2.22%) SLA
5 1 (1.11%) QA
System Software
1 6 (6.67%) Active Directory
2 3 (3.33%) Hyper-V
2 3 (3.33%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (2.22%) vSphere
4 1 (1.11%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 3 (3.33%) Grafana
2 2 (2.22%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (2.22%) SCCM
3 1 (1.11%) Failover Clustering
3 1 (1.11%) Jamf Pro
3 1 (1.11%) Kibana
3 1 (1.11%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
Vendors
1 10 (11.11%) Microsoft
2 4 (4.44%) ServiceNow
3 3 (3.33%) Atlassian
3 3 (3.33%) TikTok
3 3 (3.33%) Veeam
3 3 (3.33%) VMware
4 2 (2.22%) Apple
4 2 (2.22%) Rapid7
4 2 (2.22%) Splunk
5 1 (1.11%) Blue Prism
5 1 (1.11%) Dell
5 1 (1.11%) HP
5 1 (1.11%) Meraki
5 1 (1.11%) Palo Alto
5 1 (1.11%) Pega