Operations Research Jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Operations Research (or Operational Research)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent remote or hybrid work 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 2 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 409 572 634
Rank change year-on-year +163 +62 +176
Permanent jobs citing Operations Research 4 17 37
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.027% 0.050% 0.087%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.029% 0.055% 0.090%
Number of salaries quoted 3 12 9
10th Percentile - £20,000 £50,329
25th Percentile - £29,595 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,272 £51,528 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -12.14% -10.39% -17.86%
75th Percentile £52,636 £52,884 £61,250
90th Percentile £57,054 £63,788 £70,250
UK median annual salary £60,125 £51,528 £57,500
% change year-on-year +16.68% -10.39% -17.86%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 13,938 31,020 41,026
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 93.13% 91.65% 96.09%
Number of salaries quoted 9,733 23,575 28,496
10th Percentile £30,000 £33,800 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -8.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £102,500 £95,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £61,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -10.57% +2.50%

Operations Research
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Operations Research as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Operations Research trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Operations Research
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Operations Research.

Operations Research salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Operations Research
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Operations Research over the 6 months to 2 May 2025.

Operations Research salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Operations Research
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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:

Cloud Services
1 3 (75.00%) GitHub
General
1 3 (75.00%) Analytical Skills
1 3 (75.00%) Influencing Skills
1 3 (75.00%) Retail
2 1 (25.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Analyst
1 3 (75.00%) Senior
1 3 (75.00%) Senior Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Data Scientist
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Data Science
1 4 (100.00%) Mathematics
1 4 (100.00%) Physics
1 4 (100.00%) Statistics
2 3 (75.00%) Business Case
2 3 (75.00%) Economics
2 3 (75.00%) SEO
3 1 (25.00%) Artificial Intelligence
3 1 (25.00%) Computer Science
3 1 (25.00%) Machine Learning
3 1 (25.00%) Product Management
3 1 (25.00%) Prototyping
Programming Languages
1 4 (100.00%) Python
1 4 (100.00%) R
1 4 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) Degree