Operations Research Jobs in the West Midlands

Operations Research (or Operational Research)
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands requiring Operations Research skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Operations Research over the 6 months leading up to 11 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 196 - 257
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Operations Research 1 0 1
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 0.023% - 0.016%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.025% - 0.016%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 - -
England median annual salary £60,000 £51,528 £57,500
% change year-on-year +16.44% -10.39% -14.82%

All Process and Methodology Skills
West Midlands

Operations Research 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 the West Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 4,009 6,113 6,175
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 91.28% 82.87% 96.79%
Number of salaries quoted 1,693 4,561 3,191
10th Percentile £29,000 £26,250 £31,000
25th Percentile £38,250 £35,700 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £53,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -5.66% +6.00%
75th Percentile £67,500 £63,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £78,750
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -12.00% +4.17%

Operations Research
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Job postings citing Operations Research as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Operations Research in the West Midlands

Operations Research
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Operations Research in the West Midlands.

Salary trend for Operations Research in the West Midlands

Operations Research
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Data Scientist
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Artificial Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Data Science
1 1 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 1 (100.00%) Mathematics
1 1 (100.00%) Physics
1 1 (100.00%) Product Management
1 1 (100.00%) Prototyping
1 1 (100.00%) Statistics
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) R
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree