Operations Analyst Jobs

Operations Analyst
UK

The median Operations Analyst salary in the UK is £57,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 16 July 2025.

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

6 months to
16 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 639 584 737
Rank change year-on-year -55 +153 +204
Permanent jobs requiring an Operations Analyst 96 326 163
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.16% 0.32% 0.19%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.18% 0.33% 0.21%
Number of salaries quoted 43 176 103
10th Percentile £37,600 £29,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,679 £40,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £48,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +18.56% -11.82% +29.41%
75th Percentile £79,375 £57,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £78,125 £67,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £43,000 £45,000 £49,000
% change year-on-year -4.44% -8.16% +32.43%

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 53,777 97,812 78,207
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 89.51% 94.82% 91.66%
Number of salaries quoted 29,741 68,374 53,667
10th Percentile £27,250 £29,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £38,876 £44,192
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -
75th Percentile £73,159 £70,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £90,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £52,700
% change year-on-year - -5.12% +2.83%

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 16 July 2025.

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 16 July 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 -54 77 £62,500 +28.87% 113
UK excluding London +19 59 £43,000 -4.44% 41
London +44 31 £70,000 +27.27% 80
Work from Home +48 30 £57,500 +18.56% 65
North of England +38 22 £38,000 -15.56% 7
North West +3 15 - - 2
Scotland +100 13 £24,990 -35.92% 6
South East +44 13 £55,000 +22.22% 16
Yorkshire +42 6 £38,000 -10.59% 3
Midlands +16 5 £44,810 -7.61% 5
West Midlands +21 4 £44,810 -7.61% 2
East of England +30 3 £43,000 +52.21% 3
South West +57 2 £85,000 +88.89% 5
North East +39 1 £35,000 -15.15% 2
East Midlands +33 1 £41,500 +3.75% 3
Northern Ireland - 1 - - 1

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

For the 6 months to 16 July 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 47 (48.96%) Finance
2 45 (46.88%) Social Skills
3 24 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
4 20 (20.83%) Customer Service
4 20 (20.83%) Degree
5 19 (19.79%) Analytical Skills
6 18 (18.75%) Banking
7 17 (17.71%) Microsoft Excel
7 17 (17.71%) Decision-Making
8 16 (16.67%) Azure
8 16 (16.67%) Microsoft
9 14 (14.58%) Agile
9 14 (14.58%) Stakeholder Management
9 14 (14.58%) Python
10 13 (13.54%) Security Operations
11 12 (12.50%) Microsoft 365
11 12 (12.50%) SQL
11 12 (12.50%) ITIL
11 12 (12.50%) Operational Technology
11 12 (12.50%) Organisational Skills
12 11 (11.46%) Visualisation
13 10 (10.42%) SIEM
13 10 (10.42%) Microsoft Office
14 9 (9.38%) Analytical Mindset
14 9 (9.38%) Scenario Testing
14 9 (9.38%) Windows
14 9 (9.38%) Cybersecurity
14 9 (9.38%) Test Scripting
15 8 (8.33%) Data Visualisation
15 8 (8.33%) Performance Metrics

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 8 (8.33%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (4.17%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.04%) Confluence
3 1 (1.04%) IBM Domino
Applications
1 17 (17.71%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (10.42%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (3.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (3.13%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 16 (16.67%) Azure
2 12 (12.50%) Microsoft 365
3 7 (7.29%) AWS
4 5 (5.21%) Power Platform
5 2 (2.08%) Azure Sentinel
5 2 (2.08%) Entra ID
5 2 (2.08%) Google Workspace
5 2 (2.08%) IaaS
5 2 (2.08%) PaaS
5 2 (2.08%) PowerApps
5 2 (2.08%) SaaS
6 1 (1.04%) Dynamics 365
6 1 (1.04%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 8 (8.33%) Firewall
2 6 (6.25%) Network Security
3 5 (5.21%) VPN
4 3 (3.13%) 802.11
4 3 (3.13%) BGP
4 3 (3.13%) BIG-IP
4 3 (3.13%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
4 3 (3.13%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
4 3 (3.13%) IPsec
4 3 (3.13%) LAN
4 3 (3.13%) MPLS
4 3 (3.13%) NGFW
4 3 (3.13%) OSPF
4 3 (3.13%) PBX
4 3 (3.13%) SAN
4 3 (3.13%) SD-WAN
4 3 (3.13%) SSL
4 3 (3.13%) VLAN
4 3 (3.13%) WAN
4 3 (3.13%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (7.29%) Relational Database
2 5 (5.21%) Metadata
2 5 (5.21%) Power BI
3 4 (4.17%) Tableau
4 3 (3.13%) MySQL
4 3 (3.13%) QlikView
4 3 (3.13%) SQL Server
5 1 (1.04%) Amazon QuickSight
Development Applications
1 3 (3.13%) Git
1 3 (3.13%) JIRA
General
1 47 (48.96%) Finance
2 45 (46.88%) Social Skills
3 19 (19.79%) Analytical Skills
4 18 (18.75%) Banking
5 12 (12.50%) Organisational Skills
6 7 (7.29%) Retail
7 4 (4.17%) Manufacturing
8 3 (3.13%) Documentation Skills
9 2 (2.08%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (2.08%) Law
9 2 (2.08%) Legal
9 2 (2.08%) Marketing
9 2 (2.08%) Police
10 1 (1.04%) Advertising
10 1 (1.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (1.04%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (6.25%) FIX Protocol
2 3 (3.13%) 802.1X
3 2 (2.08%) Lightning Web Components
4 1 (1.04%) HTML
4 1 (1.04%) HTML5
4 1 (1.04%) jQuery
4 1 (1.04%) JSON
4 1 (1.04%) REST
4 1 (1.04%) SOAP
4 1 (1.04%) Web Services
4 1 (1.04%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 12 (12.50%) Operational Technology
2 9 (9.38%) Analytical Mindset
3 3 (3.13%) Cyberattack
3 3 (3.13%) FMCG
3 3 (3.13%) Hedge funds
3 3 (3.13%) Interest Rate Derivative
3 3 (3.13%) Podcast
3 3 (3.13%) Security Operations Centre
4 2 (2.08%) Cyber Defence
4 2 (2.08%) Cyber Threat
4 2 (2.08%) Data Centre
4 2 (2.08%) Driving Licence
5 1 (1.04%) Data Structures
5 1 (1.04%) Educational Technology
5 1 (1.04%) Hybrid Cloud
5 1 (1.04%) Management Information System
5 1 (1.04%) Onboarding
5 1 (1.04%) PMI
5 1 (1.04%) Reference Data
5 1 (1.04%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 9 (9.38%) Windows
2 7 (7.29%) Linux
3 6 (6.25%) Unix
4 5 (5.21%) Windows Server
5 2 (2.08%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
2 20 (20.83%) Customer Service
3 17 (17.71%) Decision-Making
4 14 (14.58%) Agile
4 14 (14.58%) Stakeholder Management
5 13 (13.54%) Security Operations
6 12 (12.50%) ITIL
7 11 (11.46%) Visualisation
8 10 (10.42%) SIEM
9 9 (9.38%) Cybersecurity
9 9 (9.38%) Scenario Testing
9 9 (9.38%) Test Scripting
10 8 (8.33%) Data Visualisation
10 8 (8.33%) Performance Metrics
11 7 (7.29%) Incident Response
11 7 (7.29%) Process Improvement
12 6 (6.25%) Business Development
12 6 (6.25%) Cost Reduction
12 6 (6.25%) Knowledge Transfer
12 6 (6.25%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 14 (14.58%) Python
2 12 (12.50%) SQL
3 6 (6.25%) Bash
3 6 (6.25%) PowerShell
4 2 (2.08%) VBA
5 1 (1.04%) Apex Code
5 1 (1.04%) JavaScript
5 1 (1.04%) Kusto Query Language
5 1 (1.04%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 20 (20.83%) Degree
2 6 (6.25%) CBAP
3 5 (5.21%) CompTIA Security+
4 4 (4.17%) CEH
4 4 (4.17%) CISSP
5 3 (3.13%) CCNA
5 3 (3.13%) Cisco Certification
5 3 (3.13%) Computer Science Degree
5 3 (3.13%) GCIA
5 3 (3.13%) GCIH
5 3 (3.13%) OSCP
5 3 (3.13%) SANS
6 2 (2.08%) DV Cleared
6 2 (2.08%) Master's Degree
6 2 (2.08%) MCSA
6 2 (2.08%) Microsoft Certification
6 2 (2.08%) SC Cleared
6 2 (2.08%) Security Cleared
7 1 (1.04%) Network+ Certification
7 1 (1.04%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (5.21%) GDPR
2 3 (3.13%) PCI DSS
3 2 (2.08%) Data Quality
3 2 (2.08%) QA
3 2 (2.08%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 1 (1.04%) Accessibility
4 1 (1.04%) Actionable Recommendations
4 1 (1.04%) ISO 8583
4 1 (1.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (1.04%) NIST
4 1 (1.04%) SLA
System Software
1 5 (5.21%) Hyper-V
2 3 (3.13%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (2.08%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (3.13%) Grafana
2 2 (2.08%) Jamf Pro
2 2 (2.08%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (2.08%) SCCM
3 1 (1.04%) McAfee ePO
3 1 (1.04%) QRadar
Vendors
1 16 (16.67%) Microsoft
2 7 (7.29%) Salesforce
3 6 (6.25%) ServiceNow
4 5 (5.21%) Pega
5 4 (4.17%) Bloomberg
5 4 (4.17%) CrowdStrike
5 4 (4.17%) F5
5 4 (4.17%) SolarWinds
6 3 (3.13%) Atlassian
6 3 (3.13%) Avaya
6 3 (3.13%) BT
6 3 (3.13%) Google
6 3 (3.13%) Palo Alto
6 3 (3.13%) SevOne
6 3 (3.13%) Splunk
6 3 (3.13%) VMware
7 2 (2.08%) Okta
7 2 (2.08%) Tenable
8 1 (1.04%) FactSet
8 1 (1.04%) Refinitiv