Operations Analyst Jobs in the Midlands

Operations Analyst
England > Midlands

The median Operations Analyst salary in the Midlands is £44,810 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 5 July 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 250 278 285
Rank change year-on-year +28 +7 +67
Permanent jobs requiring an Operations Analyst 5 66 12
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.072% 0.48% 0.15%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.078% 0.51% 0.16%
Number of salaries quoted 4 35 9
10th Percentile £41,532 £36,250 £47,500
25th Percentile £42,706 £38,125 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £44,810 £48,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.61% -15.65% +46.18%
75th Percentile £48,133 £50,250 £61,250
90th Percentile £51,503 £61,250 £65,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £48,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +34.02% -11.82% +22.22%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the Midlands. 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 Midlands with a recognized job title 6,383 13,035 7,327
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.91% 94.31% 89.82%
Number of salaries quoted 3,107 9,084 4,548
10th Percentile £26,500 £26,250 £29,000
25th Percentile £32,256 £35,000 £37,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,683 £47,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +0.39% -9.52% +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,500 £61,250 £66,250
90th Percentile £76,250 £75,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -

Operations Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Operations Analyst in the Midlands

Operations Analyst
Salary Trend in the Midlands

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

Salary trend for Operations Analyst in the Midlands

Operations Analyst
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Operations Analyst within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 5 July 2025. 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
West Midlands +15 4 £44,810 -7.61% 12
East Midlands +31 1 £41,500 +3.75% 10
Operations Analyst
England

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

For the 6 months to 5 July 2025, 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 across the Midlands region featuring Operations Analyst in the job title.

1 4 (80.00%) Security Operations
2 2 (40.00%) Cyber Defence
2 2 (40.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (40.00%) Retail
2 2 (40.00%) Police
3 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (20.00%) Incident Response
3 1 (20.00%) Cloud Security
3 1 (20.00%) Operational Technology
3 1 (20.00%) Decarbonisation
3 1 (20.00%) Power BI
3 1 (20.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
3 1 (20.00%) Data Management
3 1 (20.00%) CRM
3 1 (20.00%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (20.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (20.00%) PMI
3 1 (20.00%) PMI Certification
3 1 (20.00%) Project Management
3 1 (20.00%) Change Management
3 1 (20.00%) Security Management
3 1 (20.00%) Risk Management
3 1 (20.00%) Finance
3 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (20.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (20.00%) Marketing
3 1 (20.00%) Business Development
3 1 (20.00%) Degree
3 1 (20.00%) Risk Analysis
3 1 (20.00%) PCI DSS

Operations Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the 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:

Applications
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (20.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (20.00%) Power BI
General
1 2 (40.00%) Police
1 2 (40.00%) Retail
2 1 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Finance
2 1 (20.00%) Marketing
2 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Cyber Defence
2 1 (20.00%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (20.00%) Data Structures
2 1 (20.00%) Operational Technology
2 1 (20.00%) PMI
2 1 (20.00%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Security Operations
2 1 (20.00%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (20.00%) Change Management
2 1 (20.00%) Cloud Security
2 1 (20.00%) Collaborative Working
2 1 (20.00%) CRM
2 1 (20.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
2 1 (20.00%) Dashboard Development
2 1 (20.00%) Decarbonisation
2 1 (20.00%) Decision-Making
2 1 (20.00%) Incident Response
2 1 (20.00%) Patch Management
2 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (20.00%) Project Management
2 1 (20.00%) Risk Assessment
2 1 (20.00%) Risk Management
2 1 (20.00%) Security Management
2 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (20.00%) Threat Intelligence
2 1 (20.00%) Vulnerability Scanning
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) Degree
1 1 (20.00%) HND
1 1 (20.00%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) GDPR
1 1 (20.00%) PCI DSS
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) HubSpot
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft