Operations Support Specialist Jobs

Operations Support Specialist
UK

The median Operations Support Specialist salary in the UK is £75,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 28 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
28 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 708 906 -
Rank change year-on-year +198 - -
Permanent jobs requiring an Operations Support Specialist 3 4 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.005% 0.004% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.006% 0.004% -
Number of salaries quoted 2 3 0
10th Percentile £66,750 - -
25th Percentile £69,375 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £25,643 -
Median % change year-on-year +192.48% - -
75th Percentile £81,875 £47,197 -
90th Percentile £85,250 £60,129 -
UK excluding London median annual salary - - -

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 49,435 96,820 89,564
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.41% 94.78% 91.46%
Number of salaries quoted 25,727 69,155 56,824
10th Percentile £28,822 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,000 £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 £70,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £96,250 £90,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,399 £50,000 £53,500
% change year-on-year +2.80% -6.54% +6.63%

Operations Support Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Operations Support Specialist in the UK

Operations Support Specialist
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Operations Support Specialist in the UK

Operations Support Specialist
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Operations Support Specialist over the 6 months to 28 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Operations Support Specialist in the UK

Operations Support Specialist
Top 3 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Operations Support Specialist within the UK over the 6 months to 28 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
England +158 3 £75,000 +192.48% 3
Work from Home +122 3 £75,000 +11.11% 1
London +120 3 £75,000 +192.48%

Operations Support Specialist Skill Set
Top 15 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 28 May 2025, Operations Support Specialist 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 Support Specialist in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) SQL
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
1 3 (100.00%) Unix
1 3 (100.00%) Linux
1 3 (100.00%) Python
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 3 (100.00%) Finance
1 3 (100.00%) FIX Protocol
1 3 (100.00%) Git
1 3 (100.00%) Bash
1 3 (100.00%) Relational Database
1 3 (100.00%) Knowledge Transfer
2 2 (66.67%) Banking

Operations Support Specialist 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 3 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (100.00%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 3 (100.00%) Git
General
1 3 (100.00%) Finance
2 2 (66.67%) Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (100.00%) FIX Protocol
Operating Systems
1 3 (100.00%) Linux
1 3 (100.00%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Knowledge Transfer
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) Bash
1 3 (100.00%) Python
1 3 (100.00%) SQL
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft