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 24 May 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
24 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 607 812 953
Rank change year-on-year +205 +141 -179
Permanent jobs requiring an Operations Analyst 310 151 316
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.31% 0.15% 0.19%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.32% 0.17% 0.20%
Number of salaries quoted 186 88 137
10th Percentile £29,000 £36,250 £26,750
25th Percentile £41,036 £41,250 £32,600
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,500 £52,500 £44,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.62% +17.98% -3.26%
75th Percentile £58,750 £60,313 £61,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £67,500 £75,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £48,500 £47,750 £37,000
% change year-on-year +1.57% +29.05% -13.25%

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 95,996 89,726 157,614
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.76% 91.49% 96.07%
Number of salaries quoted 68,581 56,645 84,697
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,001 £80,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,500 £50,173
% change year-on-year -6.54% +6.63% +5.63%

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 24 May 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 24 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
England +226 293 £48,500 -11.82% 88
UK excluding London +128 207 £48,500 +1.57% 41
Work from Home +130 101 £48,500 -11.82% 26
London +99 92 £55,000 - 52
Midlands +61 86 £48,500 -15.65% 5
West Midlands +82 75 £48,500 -15.65% 4
South West +14 38 £48,500 +3.74% 3
South East +39 32 £42,500 -7.61% 20
North of England +56 31 £31,000 -39.51% 10
North West +11 18 £31,000 -34.74% 7
East of England +25 14 £28,250 -48.64% 3
East Midlands -3 11 £40,000 +33.33% 1
Yorkshire +79 9 £42,500 -22.73% 3
Scotland -58 6 £39,174 -12.95% 1
North East - 4 £37,500 -

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

For the 6 months to 24 May 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 86 (27.74%) Social Skills
2 83 (26.77%) Finance
3 68 (21.94%) Analytical Skills
4 66 (21.29%) Microsoft
5 61 (19.68%) Problem-Solving
6 59 (19.03%) Continuous Improvement
7 54 (17.42%) LAN
7 54 (17.42%) Degree
8 53 (17.10%) WLAN
9 50 (16.13%) SD-WAN
10 45 (14.52%) ITIL
11 42 (13.55%) SQL
12 40 (12.90%) Active Directory
12 40 (12.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 39 (12.58%) WAN
14 35 (11.29%) Microsoft Excel
14 35 (11.29%) Law
14 35 (11.29%) Change Management
14 35 (11.29%) Roadmaps
15 34 (10.97%) Customer Service
15 34 (10.97%) OSPF
15 34 (10.97%) BGP
16 33 (10.65%) MPLS
16 33 (10.65%) CCDP
16 33 (10.65%) Cisco Certification
16 33 (10.65%) CCIE
16 33 (10.65%) CCNP
16 33 (10.65%) Azure
17 32 (10.32%) Cybersecurity
18 31 (10.00%) Power BI

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 (1.29%) IIS
2 3 (0.97%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.32%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 35 (11.29%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (3.87%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.97%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.65%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (0.65%) Adaptiv
1 2 (0.65%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (0.32%) Aladdin
2 1 (0.32%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.32%) SAP HCM
2 1 (0.32%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 33 (10.65%) Azure
2 31 (10.00%) Power Platform
3 20 (6.45%) Microsoft 365
4 13 (4.19%) AWS
5 9 (2.90%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 5 (1.61%) SaaS
7 4 (1.29%) GCP
7 4 (1.29%) OCI
8 1 (0.32%) Azure Sentinel
8 1 (0.32%) Dynamics 365
8 1 (0.32%) Entra ID
8 1 (0.32%) OneDrive
8 1 (0.32%) Power Automate
8 1 (0.32%) PowerApps
8 1 (0.32%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 54 (17.42%) LAN
2 53 (17.10%) WLAN
3 50 (16.13%) SD-WAN
4 39 (12.58%) WAN
5 34 (10.97%) BGP
5 34 (10.97%) OSPF
6 33 (10.65%) MPLS
7 29 (9.35%) VoIP
8 22 (7.10%) Firewall
9 11 (3.55%) TCP/IP
10 9 (2.90%) VPN
11 8 (2.58%) VLAN
12 7 (2.26%) DNS
12 7 (2.26%) EIGRP
13 6 (1.94%) HSRP
13 6 (1.94%) Spanning Tree
13 6 (1.94%) VRRP
13 6 (1.94%) Wireless
13 6 (1.94%) Wireshark
14 5 (1.61%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 31 (10.00%) Power BI
2 18 (5.81%) Tableau
3 9 (2.90%) Oracle Reports
4 1 (0.32%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.32%) Oracle OWB
4 1 (0.32%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (0.65%) JIRA
1 2 (0.65%) Postman
2 1 (0.32%) Eclipse
General
1 86 (27.74%) Social Skills
2 83 (26.77%) Finance
3 68 (21.94%) Analytical Skills
4 40 (12.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 35 (11.29%) Law
6 31 (10.00%) Banking
7 28 (9.03%) Retail
8 26 (8.39%) Organisational Skills
9 21 (6.77%) Investment Banking
10 13 (4.19%) Military
11 12 (3.87%) Pharmaceutical
12 11 (3.55%) Manufacturing
13 7 (2.26%) Marketing
14 6 (1.94%) Legal
15 4 (1.29%) Documentation Skills
16 3 (0.97%) Financial Institution
16 3 (0.97%) Front Office
16 3 (0.97%) Public Sector
17 2 (0.65%) Aviation
17 2 (0.65%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (2.90%) Oracle Fusion
2 2 (0.65%) OpenID
3 1 (0.32%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 27 (8.71%) Self-Motivation
2 20 (6.45%) Fat Client
2 20 (6.45%) Thin Client
3 13 (4.19%) Cyberattack
3 13 (4.19%) Virtual Team
4 12 (3.87%) Biopharmaceutical
4 12 (3.87%) Management Information System
5 11 (3.55%) Security Operations Centre
6 9 (2.90%) Data Centre
7 7 (2.26%) FMCG
8 5 (1.61%) Analytical Mindset
8 5 (1.61%) Blog
9 4 (1.29%) Cyber Threat
9 4 (1.29%) Hedge funds
10 3 (0.97%) Cyber Defence
10 3 (0.97%) Driving Licence
10 3 (0.97%) Operational Technology
11 2 (0.65%) Low-Code
11 2 (0.65%) Reinsurance
11 2 (0.65%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 29 (9.35%) Windows
2 18 (5.81%) Linux
3 6 (1.94%) Windows 10
3 6 (1.94%) Windows Server
4 3 (0.97%) Unix
5 2 (0.65%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.32%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (0.32%) Windows Server 2019
6 1 (0.32%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 61 (19.68%) Problem-Solving
2 59 (19.03%) Continuous Improvement
3 45 (14.52%) ITIL
4 35 (11.29%) Change Management
4 35 (11.29%) Roadmaps
5 34 (10.97%) Customer Service
6 32 (10.32%) Cybersecurity
7 31 (10.00%) Agile
8 28 (9.03%) Security Operations
9 26 (8.39%) Business Intelligence
9 26 (8.39%) Mentoring
9 26 (8.39%) Service Delivery
10 25 (8.06%) ERP
11 21 (6.77%) Asset Management
11 21 (6.77%) Process Improvement
11 21 (6.77%) Tech Ops
12 20 (6.45%) Project Delivery
12 20 (6.45%) Project Planning
13 18 (5.81%) Data Analysis
13 18 (5.81%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 42 (13.55%) SQL
2 26 (8.39%) Python
3 10 (3.23%) R
4 6 (1.94%) PowerShell
4 6 (1.94%) VBA
5 1 (0.32%) Bash
5 1 (0.32%) MATLAB
5 1 (0.32%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 54 (17.42%) Degree
2 33 (10.65%) CCDP
2 33 (10.65%) CCIE
2 33 (10.65%) CCNP
2 33 (10.65%) Cisco Certification
3 27 (8.71%) CCNA
4 22 (7.10%) Security Cleared
5 13 (4.19%) BPSS Clearance
6 12 (3.87%) SC Cleared
7 9 (2.90%) Master's Degree
8 6 (1.94%) CCIE Routing and Switching
9 5 (1.61%) DV Cleared
9 5 (1.61%) NVQ Level 3
9 5 (1.61%) PhD
10 4 (1.29%) CISM
10 4 (1.29%) CISSP
11 3 (0.97%) CISA
11 3 (0.97%) CompTIA CySA+
12 2 (0.65%) ITIL Certification
12 2 (0.65%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (3.87%) QA
2 11 (3.55%) Data Quality
3 9 (2.90%) GDPR
3 9 (2.90%) NIST
4 8 (2.58%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 8 (2.58%) SLA
5 6 (1.94%) GxP
6 2 (0.65%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (0.65%) EMIR
6 2 (0.65%) MiFID
6 2 (0.65%) Solvency II
System Software
1 40 (12.90%) Active Directory
2 12 (3.87%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (1.94%) Firmware
3 6 (1.94%) Virtual Desktop
3 6 (1.94%) Virtual Servers
4 4 (1.29%) Virtual Machines
4 4 (1.29%) vSphere
5 1 (0.32%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 20 (6.45%) SCCM
2 2 (0.65%) Control-M
2 2 (0.65%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (0.65%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
2 2 (0.65%) SafeCom
3 1 (0.32%) Jamf Pro
3 1 (0.32%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 66 (21.29%) Microsoft
2 15 (4.84%) Oracle
3 12 (3.87%) Cisco
3 12 (3.87%) VMware
4 10 (3.23%) SAP
5 9 (2.90%) Alteryx
5 9 (2.90%) Databricks
6 6 (1.94%) Citrix
6 6 (1.94%) CrowdStrike
6 6 (1.94%) Ekahau
6 6 (1.94%) Meraki
7 5 (1.61%) Apple
7 5 (1.61%) Salesforce
7 5 (1.61%) ServiceNow
8 4 (1.29%) Cadence
8 4 (1.29%) SIMUL8
9 2 (0.65%) Adobe
9 2 (0.65%) Red Hat
9 2 (0.65%) Symantec
9 2 (0.65%) Veritas