Operations Research Jobs in the UK excluding London

Operations Research (or Operational Research)
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for Operations Research skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Operations Research over the 6 months to 23 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 739 726 807
Rank change year-on-year -13 +81 -112
Permanent jobs citing Operations Research 22 44 44
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.030% 0.075% 0.060%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.037% 0.078% 0.064%
Number of salaries quoted 11 5 22
10th Percentile £20,000 £48,500 £42,375
25th Percentile £35,086 £53,750 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,528 £60,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.12% -14.29% +23.89%
75th Percentile £52,884 £62,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £65,000 £79,750 £90,939
UK median annual salary £51,528 £58,750 £70,000
% change year-on-year -12.29% -16.07% +23.89%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

Operations Research is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 60,251 56,179 68,558
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 83.03% 95.60% 94.21%
Number of salaries quoted 41,534 28,920 41,183
10th Percentile £27,300 £30,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £82,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £61,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.84% +1.67% +9.09%

Operations Research
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Operations Research as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Operations Research in the UK excluding London

Operations Research
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Operations Research in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Operations Research in the UK excluding London

Operations Research
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Operations Research in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 23 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Operations Research in the UK excluding London

Operations Research
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Operations Research within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 23 May 2024. 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
East of England +6 7 £20,000 - 3
North of England - 5 £51,528 - 2
Yorkshire - 5 £51,528 -
South West - 5 £60,000 - 5
South East -14 4 £60,000 -15.79% 1
Wales +9 1 £51,528 +14.51%
Operations Research
UK

Operations Research
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Application Platforms
1 6 (27.27%) Apache
1 6 (27.27%) Apache Spark
1 6 (27.27%) SAS
Applications
1 4 (18.18%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 4 (18.18%) Amazon EMR
1 4 (18.18%) AWS
1 4 (18.18%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (50.00%) Tableau
2 4 (18.18%) Amazon Redshift
2 4 (18.18%) Power BI
2 4 (18.18%) PowerPivot
2 4 (18.18%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 2 (9.09%) Rational DOORS
General
1 14 (63.64%) Analytical Skills
1 14 (63.64%) Finance
2 6 (27.27%) Banking
2 6 (27.27%) Presentation Skills
2 6 (27.27%) Retail
2 6 (27.27%) Retail Finance
2 6 (27.27%) Social Skills
3 4 (18.18%) Military
4 3 (13.64%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 14 (63.64%) Analyst
2 6 (27.27%) Senior
2 6 (27.27%) Senior Analyst
3 4 (18.18%) Business Analyst
3 4 (18.18%) Operations Analyst
4 3 (13.64%) Graduate
5 2 (9.09%) Consultant
5 2 (9.09%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (18.18%) Django
Miscellaneous
1 6 (27.27%) Credit Risk
2 4 (18.18%) Onboarding
2 4 (18.18%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (90.91%) Mathematics
2 13 (59.09%) Analytics
2 13 (59.09%) Economics
2 13 (59.09%) Statistics
3 11 (50.00%) Data Analysis
3 11 (50.00%) Validation
4 9 (40.91%) Physics
4 9 (40.91%) Statistical Analysis
5 8 (36.36%) Business Case
6 7 (31.82%) Computer Science
6 7 (31.82%) Mathematical Modelling
7 6 (27.27%) Agile
7 6 (27.27%) Credit Risk Management
7 6 (27.27%) Decision-Making
7 6 (27.27%) Risk Management
7 6 (27.27%) Roadmaps
7 6 (27.27%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 6 (27.27%) Statistical Modelling
7 6 (27.27%) Stress Testing
7 6 (27.27%) Technology Strategy
Programming Languages
1 17 (77.27%) Python
2 14 (63.64%) R
3 8 (36.36%) VBA
4 4 (18.18%) SQL
Qualifications
1 18 (81.82%) Degree
2 9 (40.91%) Security Cleared
3 7 (31.82%) BPSS Clearance
4 6 (27.27%) SC Cleared
5 3 (13.64%) Numerate Degree
6 2 (9.09%) DV Cleared
6 2 (9.09%) Master's Degree
6 2 (9.09%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (27.27%) CRD IV
1 6 (27.27%) IFRS
1 6 (27.27%) IFRS 9
2 2 (9.09%) ECSS
Vendors
1 4 (18.18%) Microsoft
1 4 (18.18%) MicroStrategy
1 4 (18.18%) Oracle
1 4 (18.18%) SIMUL8