Operations Analyst Jobs

Operations Analyst
UK

The median Operations Analyst salary in the UK is £48,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 605 795 948
Rank change year-on-year +190 +153 -157
Permanent jobs requiring an Operations Analyst 323 153 318
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.31% 0.16% 0.19%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.32% 0.18% 0.20%
Number of salaries quoted 189 91 132
10th Percentile £29,000 £37,860 £26,750
25th Percentile £41,036 £41,250 £31,719
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,500 £55,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.82% +29.41% -7.61%
75th Percentile £57,500 £61,875 £61,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £67,500 £75,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £48,500 £48,000 £35,875
% change year-on-year +1.04% +33.80% -15.89%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. 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 the UK with a recognized job title 99,552 86,380 162,088
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.85% 91.27% 96.05%
Number of salaries quoted 70,786 55,655 84,889
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £80,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,500 £50,244
% change year-on-year -6.54% +6.48% +5.78%

Operations Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Operations Analyst in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Operations Analyst in the UK

Operations Analyst
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Operations Analyst.

Salary trend for Operations Analyst in the UK

Operations Analyst
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Operations Analyst over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Operations Analyst in the UK

Operations Analyst
Top 15 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Operations Analyst within the UK over the 6 months to 1 June 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
England +191 305 £48,500 -11.82% 88
UK excluding London +124 214 £48,500 +1.04% 47
Work from Home +93 102 £48,500 -11.82% 38
London +125 97 £55,000 - 41
Midlands +60 84 £48,500 -15.65% 5
West Midlands +52 73 £48,500 -15.65% 4
North of England +53 38 £43,750 -20.45% 16
South West +10 38 £48,500 -4.67% 4
South East +11 34 £40,000 -10.11% 19
North West +12 23 £45,000 -5.26% 12
East of England +11 14 £28,250 -48.64% 2
East Midlands -11 11 £40,000 +33.33% 1
Yorkshire +62 10 £42,500 -32.00% 4
Scotland -62 6 £39,174 -12.95% 1
North East - 5 £41,250 -

Operations Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 1 June 2024, Operations Analyst job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads featuring Operations Analyst in the job title.

1 88 (27.24%) Finance
2 85 (26.32%) Social Skills
3 71 (21.98%) Microsoft
4 69 (21.36%) Analytical Skills
5 64 (19.81%) Problem-Solving
6 60 (18.58%) Continuous Improvement
7 54 (16.72%) Degree
8 52 (16.10%) LAN
9 51 (15.79%) WLAN
10 49 (15.17%) ITIL
11 48 (14.86%) SD-WAN
12 41 (12.69%) SQL
13 40 (12.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 39 (12.07%) Active Directory
14 39 (12.07%) Change Management
15 37 (11.46%) WAN
16 36 (11.15%) Law
17 35 (10.84%) Microsoft Excel
17 35 (10.84%) Power BI
17 35 (10.84%) Customer Service
17 35 (10.84%) Roadmaps
17 35 (10.84%) Power Platform
18 34 (10.53%) Security Operations
19 33 (10.22%) Cybersecurity
19 33 (10.22%) VoIP
20 32 (9.91%) OSPF
20 32 (9.91%) BGP
20 32 (9.91%) Azure
21 31 (9.60%) MPLS
21 31 (9.60%) Cisco Certification

Operations Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 4 (1.24%) IIS
2 2 (0.62%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.31%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 35 (10.84%) Microsoft Excel
2 13 (4.02%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.93%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.62%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (0.62%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (0.31%) Aladdin
2 1 (0.31%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.31%) SAP HCM
2 1 (0.31%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 35 (10.84%) Power Platform
2 32 (9.91%) Azure
3 20 (6.19%) Microsoft 365
4 18 (5.57%) AWS
5 8 (2.48%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 5 (1.55%) SaaS
7 4 (1.24%) GCP
7 4 (1.24%) OCI
8 1 (0.31%) Azure Sentinel
8 1 (0.31%) Dynamics 365
8 1 (0.31%) Entra ID
8 1 (0.31%) OneDrive
8 1 (0.31%) Power Automate
8 1 (0.31%) PowerApps
8 1 (0.31%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 52 (16.10%) LAN
2 51 (15.79%) WLAN
3 48 (14.86%) SD-WAN
4 37 (11.46%) WAN
5 33 (10.22%) VoIP
6 32 (9.91%) BGP
6 32 (9.91%) OSPF
7 31 (9.60%) MPLS
8 28 (8.67%) Firewall
9 11 (3.41%) TCP/IP
10 9 (2.79%) Intrusion Detection
10 9 (2.79%) VPN
11 8 (2.48%) VLAN
12 7 (2.17%) DNS
12 7 (2.17%) EIGRP
13 6 (1.86%) HSRP
13 6 (1.86%) Spanning Tree
13 6 (1.86%) VRRP
13 6 (1.86%) Wireless
13 6 (1.86%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 35 (10.84%) Power BI
2 17 (5.26%) Tableau
3 9 (2.79%) Oracle Reports
4 1 (0.31%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.31%) Oracle OWB
4 1 (0.31%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (0.62%) JIRA
1 2 (0.62%) Postman
2 1 (0.31%) Eclipse
General
1 88 (27.24%) Finance
2 85 (26.32%) Social Skills
3 69 (21.36%) Analytical Skills
4 40 (12.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 36 (11.15%) Law
6 29 (8.98%) Banking
7 28 (8.67%) Retail
8 27 (8.36%) Organisational Skills
9 19 (5.88%) Investment Banking
10 13 (4.02%) Military
11 12 (3.72%) Pharmaceutical
12 11 (3.41%) Manufacturing
13 8 (2.48%) Marketing
14 6 (1.86%) Legal
15 4 (1.24%) Documentation Skills
15 4 (1.24%) Public Sector
16 3 (0.93%) Front Office
17 2 (0.62%) Back Office
17 2 (0.62%) Financial Institution
17 2 (0.62%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (2.79%) Oracle Fusion
2 2 (0.62%) OpenID
3 1 (0.31%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 27 (8.36%) Self-Motivation
2 20 (6.19%) Fat Client
2 20 (6.19%) Thin Client
3 16 (4.95%) Management Information System
3 16 (4.95%) Security Operations Centre
4 13 (4.02%) Cyberattack
4 13 (4.02%) Virtual Team
5 12 (3.72%) Biopharmaceutical
6 9 (2.79%) Data Centre
7 7 (2.17%) FMCG
8 6 (1.86%) Cyber Defence
9 5 (1.55%) Analytical Mindset
9 5 (1.55%) Blog
10 4 (1.24%) Cyber Threat
11 3 (0.93%) Driving Licence
11 3 (0.93%) Hedge funds
11 3 (0.93%) Operational Technology
11 3 (0.93%) Security Posture
12 2 (0.62%) Low-Code
12 2 (0.62%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 30 (9.29%) Windows
2 21 (6.50%) Linux
3 6 (1.86%) Windows 10
3 6 (1.86%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.62%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 2 (0.62%) Unix
5 1 (0.31%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.31%) Windows Server 2012
5 1 (0.31%) Windows Server 2019
5 1 (0.31%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 64 (19.81%) Problem-Solving
2 60 (18.58%) Continuous Improvement
3 49 (15.17%) ITIL
4 39 (12.07%) Change Management
5 35 (10.84%) Customer Service
5 35 (10.84%) Roadmaps
6 34 (10.53%) Security Operations
7 33 (10.22%) Cybersecurity
8 31 (9.60%) Agile
8 31 (9.60%) Business Intelligence
9 29 (8.98%) Mentoring
10 26 (8.05%) Service Delivery
11 25 (7.74%) ERP
12 24 (7.43%) SIEM
13 22 (6.81%) Incident Response
14 21 (6.50%) Tech Ops
15 20 (6.19%) Asset Management
15 20 (6.19%) Data Analysis
15 20 (6.19%) Project Delivery
15 20 (6.19%) Project Planning
Programming Languages
1 41 (12.69%) SQL
2 25 (7.74%) Python
3 10 (3.10%) R
4 6 (1.86%) PowerShell
4 6 (1.86%) VBA
5 1 (0.31%) Bash
5 1 (0.31%) MATLAB
5 1 (0.31%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 54 (16.72%) Degree
2 31 (9.60%) CCDP
2 31 (9.60%) CCIE
2 31 (9.60%) CCNP
2 31 (9.60%) Cisco Certification
3 25 (7.74%) CCNA
4 23 (7.12%) Security Cleared
5 13 (4.02%) BPSS Clearance
6 12 (3.72%) SC Cleared
7 9 (2.79%) Master's Degree
8 8 (2.48%) CISM
8 8 (2.48%) CISSP
9 7 (2.17%) CISA
9 7 (2.17%) CompTIA CySA+
10 6 (1.86%) CCIE Routing and Switching
11 5 (1.55%) DV Cleared
11 5 (1.55%) NVQ Level 3
11 5 (1.55%) PhD
12 2 (0.62%) CEH
12 2 (0.62%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (3.72%) QA
2 10 (3.10%) Data Quality
3 9 (2.79%) GDPR
3 9 (2.79%) NIST
4 8 (2.48%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 6 (1.86%) GxP
5 6 (1.86%) SLA
6 2 (0.62%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (0.62%) EMIR
6 2 (0.62%) MiFID
6 2 (0.62%) Solvency II
7 1 (0.31%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 39 (12.07%) Active Directory
2 12 (3.72%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (1.86%) Firmware
3 6 (1.86%) Virtual Desktop
3 6 (1.86%) Virtual Servers
4 4 (1.24%) Virtual Machines
4 4 (1.24%) vSphere
5 1 (0.31%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 20 (6.19%) SCCM
2 2 (0.62%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.31%) Jamf Pro
3 1 (0.31%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 71 (21.98%) Microsoft
2 13 (4.02%) Oracle
3 12 (3.72%) Cisco
3 12 (3.72%) VMware
4 10 (3.10%) SAP
5 8 (2.48%) Alteryx
5 8 (2.48%) Databricks
6 6 (1.86%) Citrix
6 6 (1.86%) CrowdStrike
6 6 (1.86%) Ekahau
6 6 (1.86%) Meraki
7 5 (1.55%) Apple
7 5 (1.55%) Salesforce
7 5 (1.55%) ServiceNow
8 4 (1.24%) Cadence
8 4 (1.24%) SIMUL8
9 2 (0.62%) Adobe
9 2 (0.62%) Red Hat
9 2 (0.62%) Sun
9 2 (0.62%) Symantec