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 20 May 2025.
The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 20 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
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| Rank | 651 | 696 | 777 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +45 | +81 | +49 |
| Permanent jobs requiring an Operations Engineer | 61 | 215 | 182 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.11% | 0.22% | 0.18% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.12% | 0.23% | 0.20% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 43 | 163 | 151 |
| 10th Percentile | £36,050 | £30,500 | £40,750 |
| 25th Percentile | £43,750 | £37,500 | £45,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £50,000 | £57,500 | £58,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -13.04% | -1.71% | +7.24% |
| 75th Percentile | £64,375 | £67,500 | £71,875 |
| 90th Percentile | £77,000 | £77,500 | £87,500 |
| 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 | 50,981 | 94,642 | 91,089 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 90.74% | 94.70% | 91.53% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 27,187 | 67,606 | 57,639 |
| 10th Percentile | £29,500 | £28,500 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £41,250 | £38,500 | £45,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £55,000 | £52,500 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +4.76% | -12.50% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £73,750 | £71,000 | £80,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £96,250 | £90,000 | £100,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £51,564 | £50,000 | £53,059 |
| % change year-on-year | +3.13% | -5.76% | +6.12% |
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 20 May 2025.
Operations Engineer
Top 13 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 20 May 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 | +17 | 58 | £50,000 | -16.67% | 128 |
| UK excluding London | +39 | 32 | £47,500 | -13.64% | 101 |
| Work from Home | +71 | 29 | £51,058 | -21.45% | 80 |
| London | +94 | 25 | £70,000 | +16.67% | 51 |
| South West | +102 | 10 | £51,058 | -11.20% | 13 |
| West Midlands | +41 | 8 | £47,500 | +11.76% | 5 |
| Midlands | +24 | 8 | £47,500 | +18.75% | 12 |
| North of England | -5 | 8 | £45,000 | -28.27% | 27 |
| South East | +87 | 6 | £35,000 | -36.36% | 24 |
| Yorkshire | +65 | 4 | - | - | 7 |
| North West | -50 | 4 | £45,000 | -30.77% | 15 |
| Wales | +39 | 1 | £36,500 | +26.96% | 7 |
| East of England | +17 | 1 | £39,500 | -43.57% | 11 |
Operations Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 20 May 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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