Operations Director Jobs in the UK excluding London

Director of Operations
UK > UK excluding London

The median Director of Operations salary in the UK excluding London is £105,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 12 June 2024.

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

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 769 722 850
Rank change year-on-year -47 +128 -151
Permanent jobs requiring an Operations Director 11 6 24
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.014% 0.011% 0.031%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.014% 0.012% 0.033%
Number of salaries quoted 11 6 5
10th Percentile £85,000 £88,125 £68,903
25th Percentile £91,250 £104,688 £92,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £105,000 £150,000 £102,500
Median % change year-on-year -30.00% +46.34% +30.16%
75th Percentile £112,500 £155,000 £110,000
90th Percentile £137,500 - £122,000
UK median annual salary £105,000 £115,000 £100,000
% change year-on-year -8.70% +15.00% -2.44%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies 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 permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the UK excluding London with a recognized job title 75,991 49,070 72,896
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.87% 88.81% 95.46%
Number of salaries quoted 53,059 29,227 42,783
10th Percentile £26,750 £29,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,519 £50,296
Median % change year-on-year -6.58% +6.41% +5.89%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £76,250 £81,250 £80,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Operations Director
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Operations Director in the UK excluding London

Operations Director
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Salary trend for Operations Director in the UK excluding London

Operations Director
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Operations Director in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Operations Director in the UK excluding London

Operations Director
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 Director within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 12 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
South East -24 7 £105,000 -30.00% 2
Midlands - 3 £90,000 -
West Midlands - 3 £90,000 -
South West -40 1 £130,000 +52.94%
Operations Director
UK

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

For the 6 months to 12 June 2024, Operations Director 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 UK excluding London region featuring Operations Director in the job title.

1 6 (54.55%) Telecoms
1 6 (54.55%) Strategic Planning
1 6 (54.55%) Continuous Improvement
1 6 (54.55%) Budgeting
2 5 (45.45%) NETCONF
2 5 (45.45%) Cost Management
2 5 (45.45%) GDPR
2 5 (45.45%) Contract Negotiation
2 5 (45.45%) Cybersecurity
2 5 (45.45%) Coaching
2 5 (45.45%) Capacity Planning
2 5 (45.45%) Network Management
2 5 (45.45%) High Availability
2 5 (45.45%) Cyber Threat
2 5 (45.45%) HIPAA
2 5 (45.45%) Wi-Fi
2 5 (45.45%) Service Management
2 5 (45.45%) Security Management
2 5 (45.45%) SNMP
2 5 (45.45%) B2B
2 5 (45.45%) SLA
2 5 (45.45%) ITIL
2 5 (45.45%) MPLS
3 3 (27.27%) Project Management
3 3 (27.27%) Social Skills
4 2 (18.18%) SaaS
4 2 (18.18%) Service Delivery
5 1 (9.09%) Business Analysis
5 1 (9.09%) Risk Management
5 1 (9.09%) Customer Engagement

Operations Director 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (18.18%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (45.45%) MPLS
1 5 (45.45%) SNMP
1 5 (45.45%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (9.09%) Electronic Patient Records
General
1 6 (54.55%) Telecoms
2 3 (27.27%) Social Skills
3 1 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (9.09%) Finance
3 1 (9.09%) Health Technology
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (45.45%) NETCONF
Miscellaneous
1 5 (45.45%) Cyber Threat
2 1 (9.09%) Management Information System
2 1 (9.09%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (54.55%) Budgeting
1 6 (54.55%) Continuous Improvement
1 6 (54.55%) Strategic Planning
2 5 (45.45%) B2B
2 5 (45.45%) Capacity Planning
2 5 (45.45%) Coaching
2 5 (45.45%) Contract Negotiation
2 5 (45.45%) Cost Management
2 5 (45.45%) Cybersecurity
2 5 (45.45%) High Availability
2 5 (45.45%) ITIL
2 5 (45.45%) Network Management
2 5 (45.45%) Security Management
2 5 (45.45%) Service Management
3 3 (27.27%) Project Management
4 2 (18.18%) Service Delivery
5 1 (9.09%) Business Continuity
5 1 (9.09%) Change Management
5 1 (9.09%) CRM
5 1 (9.09%) Risk Management
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (45.45%) GDPR
1 5 (45.45%) HIPAA
1 5 (45.45%) SLA