Operations Analyst Jobs

Operations Analyst
UK

The median Operations Analyst salary in the UK is £44,810 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 30 April 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 563 590 845
Rank change year-on-year +27 +255 +104
Permanent jobs requiring an Operations Analyst 121 314 142
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.23% 0.32% 0.14%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.26% 0.34% 0.15%
Number of salaries quoted 33 195 78
10th Percentile £27,100 £29,400 £33,709
25th Percentile £33,500 £41,036 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £44,810 £48,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.61% -3.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £66,250 £57,500 £60,938
90th Percentile £86,500 £76,250 £67,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £37,500 £48,500 £43,000
% change year-on-year -22.68% +12.79% +14.67%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
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 46,971 93,051 95,196
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.06% 94.62% 91.53%
Number of salaries quoted 27,308 66,827 59,871
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £38,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £52,750 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.00% -12.08% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £71,250 £81,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £90,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,344 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +4.69% -4.76% +5.00%

Operations Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Operations Analyst in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Operations Analyst in the UK

Operations Analyst
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Operations Analyst.

Salary trend for Operations Analyst in the UK

Operations Analyst
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Operations Analyst over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.

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 30 April 2025. 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 -4 93 £55,000 +13.40% 130
UK excluding London +89 85 £37,500 -22.68% 64
Work from Home +111 38 £57,500 +18.56% 44
London +42 35 £63,750 +15.91% 94
North of England +81 27 £35,000 +12.90% 10
Scotland +146 24 £24,990 -36.21% 8
North West +39 23 £37,500 +20.97% 3
South East +101 15 £37,500 -16.67% 27
South West +82 5 £37,500 -22.68% 3
East of England +48 5 £24,990 -16.70% 12
West Midlands -24 5 £44,810 -7.61% 2
Midlands -24 5 £44,810 -7.61% 7
Northern Ireland - 4 - -
Yorkshire +64 3 £31,250 -26.47% 4
North East +49 1 £35,000 -6.67% 3

Operations Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 30 April 2025, Operations Analyst job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads featuring Operations Analyst in the job title.

1 69 (57.02%) Finance
2 53 (43.80%) Social Skills
3 44 (36.36%) Customer Service
4 42 (34.71%) Banking
5 22 (18.18%) Analytical Skills
6 20 (16.53%) SIEM
7 19 (15.70%) Degree
7 19 (15.70%) Organisational Skills
7 19 (15.70%) Problem-Solving
8 18 (14.88%) Cybersecurity
9 15 (12.40%) Agile
9 15 (12.40%) Python
10 14 (11.57%) Microsoft Excel
10 14 (11.57%) Microsoft
10 14 (11.57%) Stakeholder Management
10 14 (11.57%) Azure
11 13 (10.74%) Security Operations
12 12 (9.92%) Performance Metrics
12 12 (9.92%) Anti-Money Laundering
12 12 (9.92%) Windows
12 12 (9.92%) Firewall
12 12 (9.92%) Decision-Making
12 12 (9.92%) Incident Response
13 11 (9.09%) Operational Technology
13 11 (9.09%) DataOps
13 11 (9.09%) Data Analysis
13 11 (9.09%) Coaching
14 10 (8.26%) CompTIA Security+
14 10 (8.26%) PowerShell
14 10 (8.26%) CEH

Operations Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 2 (1.65%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (1.65%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.83%) Confluence
2 1 (0.83%) IBM Domino
Applications
1 14 (11.57%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (8.26%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (2.48%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (0.83%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 14 (11.57%) Azure
2 8 (6.61%) Microsoft 365
3 5 (4.13%) AWS
4 4 (3.31%) Power Platform
5 3 (2.48%) Azure Sentinel
6 2 (1.65%) PowerApps
6 2 (1.65%) SaaS
7 1 (0.83%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (0.83%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 12 (9.92%) Firewall
2 9 (7.44%) SAN
3 5 (4.13%) Network Security
4 3 (2.48%) LAN
4 3 (2.48%) WAN
5 2 (1.65%) 802.11
5 2 (1.65%) DHCP
5 2 (1.65%) DNS
5 2 (1.65%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
5 2 (1.65%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
5 2 (1.65%) MPLS
5 2 (1.65%) NGFW
5 2 (1.65%) OSPF
5 2 (1.65%) PBX
5 2 (1.65%) SD-WAN
5 2 (1.65%) SNMP
5 2 (1.65%) Software-Defined Networking
5 2 (1.65%) SSL
5 2 (1.65%) TCP/IP
5 2 (1.65%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (3.31%) Power BI
2 3 (2.48%) Relational Database
3 2 (1.65%) Metadata
4 1 (0.83%) Semantic Layer
4 1 (0.83%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (1.65%) Git
General
1 69 (57.02%) Finance
2 53 (43.80%) Social Skills
3 42 (34.71%) Banking
4 22 (18.18%) Analytical Skills
5 19 (15.70%) Organisational Skills
6 5 (4.13%) Aerospace
6 5 (4.13%) Electronics
6 5 (4.13%) Retail
7 3 (2.48%) Documentation Skills
7 3 (2.48%) Financial Institution
8 2 (1.65%) Police
9 1 (0.83%) Advertising
9 1 (0.83%) Back Office
9 1 (0.83%) Front Office
9 1 (0.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (2.48%) FIX Protocol
2 2 (1.65%) 802.1X
2 2 (1.65%) Lightning Web Components
3 1 (0.83%) HTML
3 1 (0.83%) HTML5
3 1 (0.83%) jQuery
3 1 (0.83%) JSON
3 1 (0.83%) REST
3 1 (0.83%) SOAP
3 1 (0.83%) Web Services
3 1 (0.83%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 11 (9.09%) Operational Technology
2 9 (7.44%) Hedge funds
2 9 (7.44%) Podcast
3 7 (5.79%) Analytical Mindset
4 6 (4.96%) Cyber Threat
5 5 (4.13%) Security Posture
6 4 (3.31%) Security Operations Centre
7 2 (1.65%) Cyber Defence
7 2 (1.65%) Cyberattack
7 2 (1.65%) Data Centre
7 2 (1.65%) Onboarding
8 1 (0.83%) Educational Technology
8 1 (0.83%) Enterprise Software
8 1 (0.83%) Hybrid Cloud
8 1 (0.83%) Interest Rate Derivative
8 1 (0.83%) Linux Command Line
8 1 (0.83%) Management Information System
8 1 (0.83%) Reference Data
8 1 (0.83%) Robotics
8 1 (0.83%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 12 (9.92%) Windows
2 3 (2.48%) Linux
3 2 (1.65%) Unix
3 2 (1.65%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.83%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (36.36%) Customer Service
2 20 (16.53%) SIEM
3 19 (15.70%) Problem-Solving
4 18 (14.88%) Cybersecurity
5 15 (12.40%) Agile
6 14 (11.57%) Stakeholder Management
7 13 (10.74%) Security Operations
8 12 (9.92%) Anti-Money Laundering
8 12 (9.92%) Decision-Making
8 12 (9.92%) Incident Response
8 12 (9.92%) Performance Metrics
9 11 (9.09%) Coaching
9 11 (9.09%) Data Analysis
9 11 (9.09%) DataOps
10 9 (7.44%) Data Collection
10 9 (7.44%) Scenario Testing
10 9 (7.44%) Test Scripting
11 7 (5.79%) Continuous Improvement
11 7 (5.79%) Data Visualisation
11 7 (5.79%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 15 (12.40%) Python
2 10 (8.26%) PowerShell
3 6 (4.96%) SQL
4 2 (1.65%) Bash
4 2 (1.65%) VBA
5 1 (0.83%) Apex Code
5 1 (0.83%) JavaScript
5 1 (0.83%) Kusto Query Language
5 1 (0.83%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 19 (15.70%) Degree
2 10 (8.26%) CEH
2 10 (8.26%) CISSP
2 10 (8.26%) CompTIA Security+
3 9 (7.44%) Computer Science Degree
3 9 (7.44%) GCIA
3 9 (7.44%) GCIH
3 9 (7.44%) OSCP
3 9 (7.44%) SANS
4 6 (4.96%) CBAP
5 4 (3.31%) CCNA
5 4 (3.31%) Cisco Certification
6 2 (1.65%) CCNP
6 2 (1.65%) DV Cleared
6 2 (1.65%) Master's Degree
6 2 (1.65%) Microsoft Certification
6 2 (1.65%) SC Cleared
6 2 (1.65%) Security Cleared
7 1 (0.83%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (4.96%) QA
2 5 (4.13%) SLA
3 3 (2.48%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 2 (1.65%) Cyber Essentials
4 2 (1.65%) Data Quality
4 2 (1.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (1.65%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.83%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.83%) Actionable Recommendations
5 1 (0.83%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (0.83%) EMIR
5 1 (0.83%) GDPR
5 1 (0.83%) MiFID
5 1 (0.83%) NIST
System Software
1 1 (0.83%) Hyper-V
1 1 (0.83%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (0.83%) McAfee ePO
1 1 (0.83%) QRadar
1 1 (0.83%) SCOM
Vendors
1 14 (11.57%) Microsoft
2 10 (8.26%) CrowdStrike
3 5 (4.13%) Bloomberg
3 5 (4.13%) SolarWinds
4 4 (3.31%) Cisco
4 4 (3.31%) F5
4 4 (3.31%) Salesforce
5 3 (2.48%) BT
6 2 (1.65%) Avaya
6 2 (1.65%) ForeScout
6 2 (1.65%) Fortinet
6 2 (1.65%) LogicMonitor
6 2 (1.65%) Palo Alto
6 2 (1.65%) Pega
6 2 (1.65%) ServiceNow
6 2 (1.65%) SevOne
6 2 (1.65%) Splunk
6 2 (1.65%) Tenable
7 1 (0.83%) Darktrace
7 1 (0.83%) Refinitiv