Tech Ops Job Trends in Wales

Technical Operations (TechOps)
UK > Wales

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Wales requiring Tech Ops skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 66 81 -
Rank change year-on-year +15 - -
Permanent jobs citing Tech Ops 6 1 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Wales 0.57% 0.11% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.76% 0.14% -
Number of salaries quoted 6 1 0
10th Percentile £71,097 - -
25th Percentile £75,395 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £65,000 -
Median % change year-on-year +30.77% - -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £55,750
% change year-on-year +10.00% -10.31% +2.76%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Wales

Tech Ops falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Wales.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 789 737 863
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 75.50% 84.32% 89.90%
Number of salaries quoted 534 353 640
10th Percentile £25,087 £31,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £30,000 £36,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,122 £49,104 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.00% +3.38% -
75th Percentile £60,000 £65,000 £61,063
90th Percentile £78,068 £75,000 £72,433
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Tech Ops
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Tech Ops relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Wales.

Tech Ops job vacancy trend in Wales

Tech Ops
Salary Trend in Wales

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing Tech Ops.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing Tech Ops

Tech Ops
Salary Histogram in Wales

Salary distribution for jobs citing Tech Ops in Wales over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Tech Ops in Wales

Tech Ops
Job Locations in Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Tech Ops within the Wales region over the 6 months to 14 January 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
South Wales +8 6 £85,000 +30.77%
Tech Ops
UK

Tech Ops
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Wales by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 5 (83.33%) Azure
1 5 (83.33%) SaaS
2 4 (66.67%) AWS
2 4 (66.67%) GCP
3 1 (16.67%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (66.67%) DNS
1 4 (66.67%) SSL
General
1 4 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 4 (66.67%) Head of Cybersecurity
1 4 (66.67%) Head of IT
2 1 (16.67%) Delivery Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Lead
2 1 (16.67%) Lead Product Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Product Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Service Delivery Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Service Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Technical Delivery Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Technical Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Technical Service Delivery Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Technical Services Manager
Miscellaneous
1 4 (66.67%) Digital Media
1 4 (66.67%) Onboarding
2 1 (16.67%) Cloud Native
Operating Systems
1 1 (16.67%) Linux
1 1 (16.67%) Unix
1 1 (16.67%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 5 (83.33%) ITIL
2 5 (83.33%) Roadmaps
3 4 (66.67%) Cloud Security
3 4 (66.67%) Collaborative Culture
3 4 (66.67%) Computer Science
3 4 (66.67%) Identity Management
3 4 (66.67%) Incident Response
3 4 (66.67%) IT Strategy
3 4 (66.67%) Network Architecture
3 4 (66.67%) SIEM
3 4 (66.67%) Threat Detection
4 1 (16.67%) Agile
4 1 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (16.67%) Decision-Making
4 1 (16.67%) DevOps
4 1 (16.67%) Performance Metrics
4 1 (16.67%) Problem Management
4 1 (16.67%) Service Delivery
4 1 (16.67%) Test Automation
Qualifications
1 4 (66.67%) CEH
1 4 (66.67%) CISM
1 4 (66.67%) CISSP
1 4 (66.67%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (66.67%) GDPR
1 4 (66.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 4 (66.67%) NIST
1 4 (66.67%) SOC 2
Vendors
1 1 (16.67%) VMware