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 2 November 2026.

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

6 months to
2 Nov 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 774 645 731
Rank change year-on-year -129 +86 -9
Permanent Senior Operations Engineer jobs 58 26 4
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.047% 0.052% 0.006%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.052% 0.057% 0.006%
Number of salaries quoted 50 16 4
10th Percentile £44,475 - £69,125
25th Percentile £45,225 £44,972 £75,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,076 £55,249 £88,750
Median % change year-on-year +14.17% -37.75% +54.35%
75th Percentile £65,640 £65,625 £95,000
90th Percentile £68,875 £72,500 -
UK excluding London median annual salary £63,076 £55,249 -
% change year-on-year +14.17% - -

All Permanent IT Job Roles
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job adverts matching a recognised job title. The table also shows what proportion of all permanent IT job adverts they make up.

6 months to
2 Nov 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Permanent job adverts in the UK matching a recognised job title 112,404 45,250 64,603
% of permanent job adverts matching a recognised job title 91.91% 90.18% 95.05%
Number of salaries quoted 75,014 27,416 36,585
10th Percentile £30,975 £28,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £35,000 £42,200
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,000 £52,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +12.38% -8.70% -4.17%
75th Percentile £76,250 £73,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £92,500 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £46,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +19.57% -8.00% -4.76%

Senior Operations Engineer Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent Senior Operations Engineer job postings 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 Senior Operations Engineer jobs over the 6 months to 2 November 2026.

Salary histogram for Senior Operations Engineer in the UK

Senior Operations Engineer Top 14 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in Senior Operations Engineer jobs within the UK over the 6 months to 2 November 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		 Job Ads
Past 6 Months		 Median Salary
Past 6 Months		 Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year		 Live
Jobs
England -97 52 £63,076 +14.17% 6
UK excluding London -108 46 £63,076 +14.17% 3
Work from Home -32 44 £63,076 +38.64% 4
North of England -62 31 £63,076 +38.64%
North West -43 13 £63,076 +14.17%
Yorkshire -30 10 £65,000 +22.55%
North East -67 8 £54,286 +19.32%
London -87 5 £40,000 - 5
South West - 5 - - 1
West Midlands -57 4 £64,038 -8.52%
Midlands -62 4 £64,038 -8.52%
South East - 3 £67,500 -
Wales - 2 £45,900 - 1
East of England - 1 £32,000 - 1

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

For the 6 months to 2 November 2026, Senior Operations Engineer job ads cited 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 Senior Operations Engineer job ads.

RankSkillShareJob Ads
1Problem-Solving36.2%21
2Mentoring31.0%18
2Root Cause Analysis31.0%18
4Coaching29.3%17
5Oracle25.9%15
5Oracle Reports25.9%15
5SQL25.9%15
8Accounts Payable24.1%14
8Cash Management24.1%14
8Oracle BI Publisher24.1%14
8Oracle Cash Management24.1%14
8Oracle EBS24.1%14
8Oracle Payables24.1%14
8Oracle Subledger Accounting24.1%14
8Oracle Workflow24.1%14
8Performance Tuning24.1%14
8Personalization24.1%14
8PL/SQL24.1%14
8Web Services24.1%14
8Workflow24.1%14
8XML24.1%14
22Infrastructure Engineering20.7%12
23Cloud Operations13.8%8
23Continuous Improvement13.8%8
23Microsoft13.8%8
23Security Operations13.8%8
27Service Delivery12.1%7
28Azure8.6%5
28Cybersecurity8.6%5
28Task Automation8.6%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 Engineer65.5%38
2Infrastructure Operations Engineer20.7%12
2Senior Infrastructure Engineer20.7%12
4Senior Cloud Engineer15.5%9
5Cloud Infrastructure Engineer8.6%5
6Senior Security Engineer6.9%4
7Senior CloudOps Engineer5.2%3
8Azure Engineer3.4%2
8Senior NOC Engineer3.4%2
8SOC Engineer3.4%2
11IT Operations Analyst1.7%1
11IT Support Engineer1.7%1
11Operational Support Analyst1.7%1
11Operations Support Analyst1.7%1
11Operations Support Engineer1.7%1
11Senior IT Engineer1.7%1
11Senior IT Support Analyst1.7%1
11Senior Operations Analyst1.7%1
11Senior Support Engineer1.7%1
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