Operations Engineer
UK
The median Operations Engineer salary in the UK is £50,000 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 | |
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| Rank | 619 | 673 | 803 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +54 | +130 | +34 |
| Permanent jobs requiring an Operations Engineer | 65 | 214 | 184 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.12% | 0.22% | 0.18% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.14% | 0.23% | 0.19% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 47 | 166 | 153 |
| 10th Percentile | £36,650 | £30,500 | £41,250 |
| 25th Percentile | £42,500 | £37,500 | £46,250 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £50,000 | £55,000 | £59,999 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -9.09% | -8.33% | +10.90% |
| 75th Percentile | £64,375 | £67,500 | £73,750 |
| 90th Percentile | £77,500 | £77,500 | £94,500 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £47,500 | £55,000 | £47,500 |
| % change year-on-year | -13.64% | +15.79% | +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 | 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 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 30 April 2025.
Operations Engineer
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 Engineer 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 |
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| England | +58 | 62 | £50,000 | -16.67% | 62 |
| UK excluding London | +82 | 36 | £47,500 | -13.64% | 48 |
| Work from Home | +123 | 31 | £51,058 | -21.45% | 31 |
| London | +82 | 25 | £70,000 | +16.67% | 25 |
| South West | +118 | 12 | £51,058 | -14.90% | 3 |
| North of England | +30 | 9 | £47,500 | -26.92% | 14 |
| Midlands | +27 | 9 | £42,500 | +6.25% | 11 |
| West Midlands | +29 | 8 | £45,000 | +5.88% | 7 |
| South East | +108 | 6 | £35,000 | -36.36% | 7 |
| North West | -9 | 5 | £47,500 | -26.92% | 10 |
| Yorkshire | +62 | 4 | - | - | 3 |
| Scotland | +116 | 1 | £100,000 | +203.03% | 4 |
| Wales | +39 | 1 | £36,500 | +26.96% | 4 |
| East Midlands | +37 | 1 | £40,000 | - | 4 |
| East of England | +36 | 1 | £39,500 | -43.57% | 2 |
Operations Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 30 April 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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