Operations Engineer
UK
The median Operations Engineer salary in the UK is £51,058 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 1 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 1 Jul 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 639 | 717 | 770 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +78 | +53 | +80 |
| Permanent jobs requiring an Operations Engineer | 89 | 206 | 147 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.15% | 0.19% | 0.16% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.17% | 0.20% | 0.18% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 45 | 151 | 123 |
| 10th Percentile | £42,500 | £30,500 | £38,767 |
| 25th Percentile | £46,250 | £37,500 | £45,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £51,058 | £57,500 | £55,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -11.20% | +4.55% | +1.66% |
| 75th Percentile | £65,000 | £72,500 | £69,500 |
| 90th Percentile | £76,500 | £77,500 | £78,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £51,058 | £57,500 | £47,500 |
| % change year-on-year | -11.20% | +21.05% | +5.56% |
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 | 52,152 | 102,300 | 81,659 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 89.82% | 94.79% | 91.21% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 28,176 | 72,142 | 54,048 |
| 10th Percentile | £27,000 | £28,500 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £38,000 | £38,750 | £44,250 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £55,000 | £52,500 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +4.76% | -12.50% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £73,708 | £70,000 | £80,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £95,000 | £90,000 | £100,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £50,000 | £50,000 | £53,118 |
| % change year-on-year | - | -5.87% | +5.18% |
Operations Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Operations Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Operations Engineer
Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Operations Engineer.
Operations Engineer
Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing Operations Engineer over the 6 months to 1 July 2025.
Operations Engineer
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 Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 1 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 |
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| England | +69 | 82 | £51,058 | -15.56% | 272 |
| UK excluding London | +90 | 54 | £51,058 | -11.20% | 144 |
| Work from Home | +82 | 32 | £58,500 | -10.00% | 118 |
| London | +96 | 31 | £67,500 | +12.50% | 147 |
| North of England | +25 | 18 | £60,000 | -7.69% | 41 |
| South West | +96 | 12 | £51,058 | -31.92% | 20 |
| Midlands | +46 | 12 | £47,500 | +18.75% | 10 |
| North West | -10 | 9 | £52,500 | -19.23% | 29 |
| West Midlands | +51 | 8 | £47,500 | -2.56% | 8 |
| Yorkshire | +51 | 7 | £65,000 | +8.33% | 8 |
| South East | +83 | 4 | £35,000 | -26.32% | 51 |
| East Midlands | +31 | 4 | - | - | 2 |
| Scotland | +85 | 3 | - | - | 12 |
| East of England | +23 | 3 | £39,500 | -43.57% | 7 |
| Wales | +42 | 2 | £36,500 | +26.96% | 2 |
| North East | +40 | 2 | £65,000 | +8.33% | 4 |
Operations Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 1 July 2025, Operations Engineer 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 Engineer in the job title.
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Operations Engineer 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:
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