Operations Analyst Contracts in the UK excluding London

Operations Analyst
UK > UK excluding London

The median Operations Analyst daily rate in the UK excluding London is £370 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 9 June 2024.

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

6 months to
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 360 358 466
Rank change year-on-year -2 +108 -22
Contract jobs requiring an Operations Analyst 32 77 49
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.15% 0.34% 0.16%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.16% 0.36% 0.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 41 41
10th Percentile £111 £350 £263
25th Percentile £210 £413 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £370 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year -22.11% - +68.89%
75th Percentile £431 £575 £508
90th Percentile £588 £625 £550
UK median daily rate £513 £500 £500
% change year-on-year +2.50% - +17.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 6 2
10th Percentile £11.25 £15.11 -
25th Percentile £14.45 £15.21 £25.75
Median hourly rate £17.64 £19.18 £26.50
Median % change year-on-year -8.03% -27.62% +89.29%
75th Percentile £26.71 £23.15 £27.25
90th Percentile £28.42 £25.93 -
UK median hourly rate £21.32 £21.70 £26.50
% change year-on-year -1.75% -18.11% -5.36%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London. 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 contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the UK excluding London with a recognized job title 19,497 21,400 29,228
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.43% 94.21% 95.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,649 14,865 20,542
10th Percentile £213 £225 £206
25th Percentile £363 £388 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% +5.26% +8.68%
75th Percentile £591 £600 £575
90th Percentile £684 £688 £656
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +6.60%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,477 1,094 1,390
10th Percentile £12.53 £13.41 £12.50
25th Percentile £15.85 £18.08 £15.00
Median hourly rate £40.00 £42.50 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% +112.50% +7.17%
75th Percentile £62.50 £65.00 £46.42
90th Percentile £74.15 £75.50 £61.71
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year -16.67% +80.00% +16.28%

Operations Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Operations Analyst in the UK excluding London

Operations Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Operations Analyst in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Operations Analyst in the UK excluding London

Operations Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Operations Analyst in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 9 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Operations Analyst in the UK excluding London

Operations Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Operations Analyst in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Operations Analyst in the UK excluding London

Operations Analyst
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Operations Analyst in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 9 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Operations Analyst in the UK excluding London

Operations Analyst
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Operations Analyst within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 9 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
South East +8 7 £370 -36.34% 17
North of England -1 7 £425 -20.19% 11
Midlands +9 6 £525 +22.09% 4
North West -11 6 £425 -25.11% 9
West Midlands +15 5 £525 +5.00% 3
East of England +6 5 £288 -17.86% 3
Scotland +34 4 £123 -71.35% 2
South West +12 2 £265 -39.43% 7
North East - 1 - -
Northern Ireland - 1 £450 -
Operations Analyst
UK

Operations Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 9 June 2024, Operations Analyst contract 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 contract job ads across the UK excluding London region featuring Operations Analyst in the job title.

1 15 (46.88%) Analytical Skills
1 15 (46.88%) Social Skills
2 11 (34.38%) Problem-Solving
3 9 (28.13%) Microsoft
4 8 (25.00%) Security Operations
5 6 (18.75%) Incident Response
5 6 (18.75%) Security Cleared
6 5 (15.63%) Business Intelligence
6 5 (15.63%) Power Platform
6 5 (15.63%) Power BI
7 4 (12.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 4 (12.50%) Security Operations Centre
7 4 (12.50%) Cybersecurity
7 4 (12.50%) Management Information System
7 4 (12.50%) Automotive
7 4 (12.50%) Legal
7 4 (12.50%) ITIL
7 4 (12.50%) Microsoft Excel
7 4 (12.50%) DTCC
7 4 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
7 4 (12.50%) Data Analysis
7 4 (12.50%) Problem Management
7 4 (12.50%) Market Risk
8 3 (9.38%) Incident Management
8 3 (9.38%) Splunk
8 3 (9.38%) Windows
8 3 (9.38%) Linux
8 3 (9.38%) Risk Management
8 3 (9.38%) Finance
8 3 (9.38%) SQL

Operations Analyst Skill Set
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 1 (3.13%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (12.50%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 5 (15.63%) Power Platform
2 2 (6.25%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (3.13%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 2 (6.25%) DHCP
1 2 (6.25%) DNS
1 2 (6.25%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (15.63%) Power BI
2 1 (3.13%) Tableau
General
1 15 (46.88%) Analytical Skills
1 15 (46.88%) Social Skills
2 4 (12.50%) Automotive
2 4 (12.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 4 (12.50%) Legal
3 3 (9.38%) Finance
4 2 (6.25%) Manufacturing
4 2 (6.25%) Public Sector
4 2 (6.25%) Retail
5 1 (3.13%) Aerospace
5 1 (3.13%) Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (6.25%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 4 (12.50%) DTCC
1 4 (12.50%) Management Information System
1 4 (12.50%) Market Risk
1 4 (12.50%) Security Operations Centre
2 2 (6.25%) CCTV
2 2 (6.25%) CMDB
2 2 (6.25%) Derivative
2 2 (6.25%) Equities
2 2 (6.25%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 1 (3.13%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 3 (9.38%) Linux
1 3 (9.38%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (34.38%) Problem-Solving
2 8 (25.00%) Security Operations
3 6 (18.75%) Incident Response
4 5 (15.63%) Business Intelligence
5 4 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
5 4 (12.50%) Cybersecurity
5 4 (12.50%) Data Analysis
5 4 (12.50%) ITIL
5 4 (12.50%) Problem Management
6 3 (9.38%) Design Thinking
6 3 (9.38%) Incident Management
6 3 (9.38%) Risk Management
6 3 (9.38%) Service Management
7 2 (6.25%) Continuous Improvement Process
7 2 (6.25%) Customer Service
7 2 (6.25%) Data Collection
7 2 (6.25%) Process Management
7 2 (6.25%) Remediation Plan
7 2 (6.25%) Service Delivery
7 2 (6.25%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 3 (9.38%) SQL
2 2 (6.25%) PowerShell
2 2 (6.25%) Python
Qualifications
1 6 (18.75%) Security Cleared
2 2 (6.25%) CCNA
2 2 (6.25%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (6.25%) DV Cleared
2 2 (6.25%) Network+ Certification
2 2 (6.25%) SC Cleared
3 1 (3.13%) Azure Certification
3 1 (3.13%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.13%) QA
Systems Management
1 2 (6.25%) Nagios
1 2 (6.25%) ZABBIX
2 1 (3.13%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 9 (28.13%) Microsoft
2 3 (9.38%) Splunk
3 2 (6.25%) Apple
3 2 (6.25%) SolarWinds
4 1 (3.13%) Darktrace
4 1 (3.13%) Varonis