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 2 August 2026.

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

6 months to
2 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 660 598 575
Rank change year-on-year -62 -23 +110
Permanent jobs requiring an Operations Analyst 121 89 268
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.12% 0.18% 0.32%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.12% 0.20% 0.34%
Number of salaries quoted 84 42 117
10th Percentile £33,250 £38,275 £29,000
25th Percentile £36,500 £43,358 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £58,750 £48,500
Median % change year-on-year -23.40% +21.13% -7.62%
75th Percentile £57,500 £86,250 £57,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £90,000 £80,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £40,000 £43,905 £45,000
% change year-on-year -8.89% -2.43% -6.25%

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 97,516 44,723 79,510
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.23% 90.09% 94.89%
Number of salaries quoted 66,672 26,642 54,124
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 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -8.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £71,991
90th Percentile £96,250 £95,000 £91,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +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 2 August 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 2 August 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 -39 114 £40,000 -37.25% 52
UK excluding London -63 66 £40,000 -8.89% 44
London -17 48 £55,000 -21.43% 21
Work from Home -16 31 £40,000 -30.43% 11
South East -12 24 £40,000 -27.27% 9
North of England -43 21 £38,350 +0.92% 15
Midlands -16 19 £47,500 +6.00% 8
West Midlands -25 16 £47,500 +6.00% 4
North West -9 11 £40,000 - 4
Yorkshire -34 10 £32,500 -14.47% 5
East Midlands -28 3 - - 4
East of England -24 2 - - 3

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

For the 6 months to 2 August 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 (28.10%) Security Operations
2 21 (17.36%) Cybersecurity
2 21 (17.36%) Problem-Solving
3 20 (16.53%) Continuous Improvement
4 15 (12.40%) DataOps
5 14 (11.57%) Business Intelligence
5 14 (11.57%) Microsoft Excel
5 14 (11.57%) Process Improvement
6 13 (10.74%) Data Analysis
6 13 (10.74%) ITIL
6 13 (10.74%) Microsoft
6 13 (10.74%) Power BI
6 13 (10.74%) Power Platform
7 12 (9.92%) SIEM
8 11 (9.09%) Analytics
8 11 (9.09%) Incident Response
8 11 (9.09%) Information Security
8 11 (9.09%) Security Cleared
8 11 (9.09%) SQL
9 10 (8.26%) Decision-Making
9 10 (8.26%) Degree
9 10 (8.26%) Incident Management
9 10 (8.26%) Patch Management
9 10 (8.26%) Windows
10 8 (6.61%) BPSS Clearance
10 8 (6.61%) Customer Service
10 8 (6.61%) Service Delivery
11 7 (5.79%) Active Directory
11 7 (5.79%) AI
11 7 (5.79%) Azure

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 (1.65%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (1.65%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.83%) CMS
2 1 (0.83%) Confluence
Applications
1 14 (11.57%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (3.31%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.83%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 13 (10.74%) Power Platform
2 7 (5.79%) Azure
3 6 (4.96%) AWS
3 6 (4.96%) Microsoft 365
4 4 (3.31%) Azure Sentinel
5 3 (2.48%) Power Automate
5 3 (2.48%) WeChat
6 2 (1.65%) Entra ID
6 2 (1.65%) GCP
7 1 (0.83%) Cloud Computing
7 1 (0.83%) Datadog
7 1 (0.83%) dbt
7 1 (0.83%) SaaS
7 1 (0.83%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 6 (4.96%) Firewall
2 4 (3.31%) DNS
2 4 (3.31%) TCP/IP
2 4 (3.31%) VPN
3 3 (2.48%) LAN
3 3 (2.48%) WAN
4 2 (1.65%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (10.74%) Power BI
2 5 (4.13%) Power Query
2 5 (4.13%) Tableau
3 4 (3.31%) Crystal Reports
4 3 (2.48%) Metadata
4 3 (2.48%) PowerPivot
5 2 (1.65%) MySQL
6 1 (0.83%) Looker
6 1 (0.83%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (0.83%) GitLab
1 1 (0.83%) JIRA
General
1 26 (21.49%) Analytical Skills
2 22 (18.18%) Social Skills
3 21 (17.36%) Finance
4 9 (7.44%) Law
5 8 (6.61%) Automotive
6 7 (5.79%) Legal
7 6 (4.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 5 (4.13%) Retail
9 4 (3.31%) Aerospace
9 4 (3.31%) Organisational Skills
10 3 (2.48%) Banking
10 3 (2.48%) Documentation Skills
10 3 (2.48%) Mandarin Language
10 3 (2.48%) Manufacturing
11 2 (1.65%) Billing
11 2 (1.65%) Local Government
11 2 (1.65%) Marketing
12 1 (0.83%) Presentation Skills
12 1 (0.83%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 10 (8.26%) Operational Technology
2 8 (6.61%) Security Operations Centre
3 7 (5.79%) Management Information System
4 5 (4.13%) Enterprise Software
5 4 (3.31%) Replication
6 3 (2.48%) Cyber Defence
6 3 (2.48%) Onboarding
7 2 (1.65%) Analytical Mindset
7 2 (1.65%) Cyber Threat
7 2 (1.65%) Housing Association
7 2 (1.65%) Hybrid Cloud
7 2 (1.65%) Low-Code
7 2 (1.65%) SCADA
7 2 (1.65%) Self-Motivation
8 1 (0.83%) Mobile App
8 1 (0.83%) Product Ownership
8 1 (0.83%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 10 (8.26%) Windows
2 7 (5.79%) Windows Server
3 3 (2.48%) Linux
4 1 (0.83%) Mac OS
4 1 (0.83%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (28.10%) Security Operations
2 21 (17.36%) Cybersecurity
2 21 (17.36%) Problem-Solving
3 20 (16.53%) Continuous Improvement
4 15 (12.40%) DataOps
5 14 (11.57%) Business Intelligence
5 14 (11.57%) Process Improvement
6 13 (10.74%) Data Analysis
6 13 (10.74%) ITIL
7 12 (9.92%) SIEM
8 11 (9.09%) Analytics
8 11 (9.09%) Incident Response
8 11 (9.09%) Information Security
9 10 (8.26%) Decision-Making
9 10 (8.26%) Incident Management
9 10 (8.26%) Patch Management
10 8 (6.61%) Customer Service
10 8 (6.61%) Service Delivery
11 7 (5.79%) AI
12 6 (4.96%) Business Analysis
Programming Languages
1 11 (9.09%) SQL
2 7 (5.79%) Python
3 6 (4.96%) PowerShell
4 1 (0.83%) VBA
Qualifications
1 11 (9.09%) Security Cleared
2 10 (8.26%) Degree
3 8 (6.61%) BPSS Clearance
4 7 (5.79%) SC Cleared
5 4 (3.31%) CEH
5 4 (3.31%) CISSP
5 4 (3.31%) DBS Check
6 3 (2.48%) CompTIA Security+
6 3 (2.48%) DV Cleared
6 3 (2.48%) GIAC
7 2 (1.65%) Azure Certification
7 2 (1.65%) Cisco Certification
7 2 (1.65%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
7 2 (1.65%) MCSE
7 2 (1.65%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (0.83%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 1 (0.83%) CCNA
8 1 (0.83%) CCSP
8 1 (0.83%) CompTIA CySA+
8 1 (0.83%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (4.96%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (4.13%) GRC
3 4 (3.31%) GDPR
3 4 (3.31%) NIST
4 3 (2.48%) PMO
4 3 (2.48%) SLA
5 2 (1.65%) Accessibility
5 2 (1.65%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.83%) QA
System Software
1 7 (5.79%) Active Directory
2 4 (3.31%) Hyper-V
2 4 (3.31%) Virtual Servers
3 2 (1.65%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (1.65%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 3 (2.48%) Grafana
2 2 (1.65%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (1.65%) SCCM
3 1 (0.83%) Jamf Pro
3 1 (0.83%) Kibana
3 1 (0.83%) SCOM
Vendors
1 13 (10.74%) Microsoft
2 6 (4.96%) Veeam
3 4 (3.31%) ServiceNow
4 3 (2.48%) SAP
4 3 (2.48%) TikTok
5 2 (1.65%) Rapid7
5 2 (1.65%) Splunk
5 2 (1.65%) VMware
6 1 (0.83%) Apple
6 1 (0.83%) Atlassian
6 1 (0.83%) Blue Prism
6 1 (0.83%) Meraki
6 1 (0.83%) Pega
6 1 (0.83%) SolarWinds