Senior Operations Engineer Job Trends in Worthing

Senior Operations Engineer
West Sussex > Worthing

The median Senior Operations Engineer salary in Worthing is £70,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 11 February 2026.

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

6 months to
11 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 7 - 18
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Operations Engineer 4 0 6
As % of all permanent jobs in Worthing 12.12% - 6.82%
As % of the Job Titles category 12.90% - 7.06%
Number of salaries quoted 4 0 6
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £59,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 - £61,500
75th Percentile - - £63,750
90th Percentile - - £64,375
West Sussex median annual salary £70,000 - £61,500

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Worthing

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Worthing. 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.

Permanent vacancies in Worthing with a recognized job title 31 39 85
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.94% 100.00% 96.59%
Number of salaries quoted 27 20 77
10th Percentile £27,700 £29,825 £36,050
25th Percentile £40,375 £30,000 £51,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £50,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% -16.67% +4.35%
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £72,500
90th Percentile - - £76,150
West Sussex median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - - -9.09%

Senior Operations Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Worthing

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 in Worthing.

Senior Operations Engineer job vacancy trend in Worthing

Senior Operations Engineer
Salary Trend in Worthing

Salary distribution trend for Senior Operations Engineer job vacancies in Worthing.

Salary distribution trend for Senior Operations Engineer job vacancies in Worthing

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

For the 6 months to 11 February 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 across the Worthing region featuring Senior Operations Engineer in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) Azure
1 4 (100.00%) Cloud Operations
2 3 (75.00%) Bicep
2 3 (75.00%) CI/CD
2 3 (75.00%) Containerisation
2 3 (75.00%) DevOps
2 3 (75.00%) Docker
2 3 (75.00%) FinOps
2 3 (75.00%) IaaS
2 3 (75.00%) Infrastructure as Code
2 3 (75.00%) Kubernetes
2 3 (75.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (75.00%) PaaS
2 3 (75.00%) PowerShell
2 3 (75.00%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (75.00%) Python
2 3 (75.00%) RBAC
2 3 (75.00%) Terraform
3 2 (50.00%) BCP
3 2 (50.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
3 2 (50.00%) Runbook
3 2 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (25.00%) Analytics
4 1 (25.00%) ARM Templates
4 1 (25.00%) AWS CloudFormation
4 1 (25.00%) Cloud Security
4 1 (25.00%) Computer Science
4 1 (25.00%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (25.00%) Degree

Senior Operations Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Worthing 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 4 (100.00%) Azure
2 3 (75.00%) IaaS
2 3 (75.00%) PaaS
3 1 (25.00%) AWS CloudFormation
Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) VPN
General
1 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Finance
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (25.00%) ARM Templates
Miscellaneous
1 3 (75.00%) Cloud Native
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Cloud Operations
2 3 (75.00%) CI/CD
2 3 (75.00%) Containerisation
2 3 (75.00%) DevOps
2 3 (75.00%) FinOps
2 3 (75.00%) Infrastructure as Code
2 3 (75.00%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (75.00%) RBAC
3 2 (50.00%) BCP
3 2 (50.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
3 2 (50.00%) Runbook
3 2 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (25.00%) Analytics
4 1 (25.00%) Computer Science
4 1 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (25.00%) Disaster Recovery
4 1 (25.00%) Enterprise Architecture
4 1 (25.00%) Root Cause Analysis
4 1 (25.00%) Service Delivery
4 1 (25.00%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 3 (75.00%) Bicep
1 3 (75.00%) PowerShell
1 3 (75.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (25.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) NIST
1 1 (25.00%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 3 (75.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (75.00%) Kubernetes
1 3 (75.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft