Senior Operations Engineer Job Trends

Senior Operations Engineer
UK

The median Senior Operations Engineer salary in the UK is £63,076 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 18 October 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Oct 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 753 654 745
Rank change year-on-year -99 +91 -8
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Operations Engineer 55 16 4
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.046% 0.033% 0.006%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.050% 0.036% 0.006%
Number of salaries quoted 49 10 4
10th Percentile £43,978 £45,733 £69,125
25th Percentile £45,000 £63,125 £75,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,076 £65,000 £88,750
Median % change year-on-year -2.96% -26.76% +54.35%
75th Percentile £65,640 £71,250 £95,000
90th Percentile £69,000 £72,500 -
UK excluding London median annual salary £63,076 £65,000 -
% change year-on-year -2.96% - -

All Permanent IT Job Roles
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.

6 months to
18 Oct 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Permanent vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 110,370 44,004 66,431
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.35% 89.88% 95.35%
Number of salaries quoted 74,737 25,905 38,039
10th Percentile £30,250 £28,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £35,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,750 £52,500 £56,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.90% -6.25% -6.67%
75th Percentile £76,250 £73,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £98,750 £95,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £45,390 £50,000
% change year-on-year +21.17% -9.22% -4.76%

Senior Operations Engineer Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Senior Operations Engineer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Senior Operations Engineer job vacancy trend in the UK

Senior Operations Engineer Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for Senior Operations Engineer job vacancies in the UK.

Salary distribution trend for Senior Operations Engineer job vacancies in the UK

Senior Operations Engineer Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Operations Engineer over the 6 months to 18 October 2026.

Salary histogram for Senior Operations Engineer in the UK

Senior 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 Senior Operations Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 18 October 2026. 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 -116 51 £63,076 -2.96% 27
Work from Home -26 44 £63,076 -2.96% 13
UK excluding London -98 44 £63,076 -2.96% 16
North of England -46 31 £63,076 -2.96% 2
North West -31 13 £63,076 -2.96% 1
Yorkshire -25 10 £65,000 +22.55%
North East -63 8 £54,286 -16.48% 1
South West - 5 - - 5
Midlands -41 4 £64,038 -8.52% 6
West Midlands -47 4 £64,038 -8.52% 2
London -73 4 £40,000 - 9
South East - 3 £67,500 - 2
East of England - 1 £32,000 -

Senior Operations Engineer Skill Set Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 18 October 2026, Senior Operations Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads featuring Senior Operations Engineer in the job title.

RankSkillShareJob Ads
1Problem-Solving38.2%21
2Mentoring32.7%18
2Root Cause Analysis32.7%18
4Coaching30.9%17
5Oracle27.3%15
5Oracle Reports27.3%15
5SQL27.3%15
8Accounts Payable25.5%14
8Cash Management25.5%14
8Oracle BI Publisher25.5%14
8Oracle Cash Management25.5%14
8Oracle EBS25.5%14
8Oracle Payables25.5%14
8Oracle Subledger Accounting25.5%14
8Oracle Workflow25.5%14
8Performance Tuning25.5%14
8Personalization25.5%14
8PL/SQL25.5%14
8Web Services25.5%14
8Workflow25.5%14
8XML25.5%14
22Infrastructure Engineering16.4%9
23Cloud Operations14.5%8
23Continuous Improvement14.5%8
23Microsoft14.5%8
26Service Delivery12.7%7
27Security Operations10.9%6
28Azure9.1%5
28Cybersecurity9.1%5
28Task Automation9.1%5

Senior Operations Engineer Skill Set Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Job Titles

RankJob TitleShareJob Ads
1Senior Applications Engineer69.1%38
2Infrastructure Operations Engineer16.4%9
2Senior Cloud Engineer16.4%9
2Senior Infrastructure Engineer16.4%9
5Cloud Infrastructure Engineer9.1%5
6Senior Security Engineer7.3%4
7Senior CloudOps Engineer5.5%3
8Azure Engineer3.6%2
9IT Operations Analyst1.8%1
9IT Support Engineer1.8%1
9Operational Support Analyst1.8%1
9Operations Support Analyst1.8%1
9Operations Support Engineer1.8%1
9Senior IT Engineer1.8%1
9Senior IT Support Analyst1.8%1
9Senior Operations Analyst1.8%1
9Senior Support Engineer1.8%1
31 Senior Operations Engineer jobs Nationwide