IT Operations Manager Jobs

IT Operations Manager
UK

The median IT Operations Manager salary in the UK is £62,500 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 829 826 1184
Rank change year-on-year -3 +358 -279
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Operations Manager 75 93 79
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.068% 0.10% 0.046%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.072% 0.11% 0.048%
Number of salaries quoted 59 69 56
10th Percentile £47,100 £49,750 £41,875
25th Percentile £52,500 £61,250 £60,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £75,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +15.38% +14.54%
75th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £93,000 £100,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,000 £62,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -8.80% -3.85% +23.81%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides 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 104,121 84,323 165,675
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.77% 91.19% 95.89%
Number of salaries quoted 73,469 54,972 85,174
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,603 £45,000 £42,750
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 £53,519 £50,296
% change year-on-year -6.58% +6.41% +5.89%

IT Operations Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Operations Manager in the UK

IT Operations Manager
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for IT Operations Manager in the UK

IT Operations Manager
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Operations Manager over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Salary histogram for IT Operations Manager in the UK

IT Operations Manager
Top 12 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IT Operations Manager within the UK 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
England +17 73 £62,500 -16.67% 11
London +93 40 £65,000 -18.75% 2
UK excluding London -70 33 £57,000 -8.80% 9
North of England +4 17 £54,750 -21.79% 3
Work from Home 0 17 £56,500 -24.67% 3
Yorkshire +56 10 £35,000 -51.72% 2
Midlands -30 10 £59,500 +16.21%
West Midlands -4 9 £56,500 +10.35%
North West -20 7 £62,500 +9.03% 1
South East -35 4 £56,500 -24.67% 4
East of England -11 2 £70,000 +55.56% 2
East Midlands - 1 £80,000 -

IT Operations Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 12 June 2024, IT Operations Manager 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 IT Operations Manager in the job title.

1 30 (40.00%) Microsoft
2 27 (36.00%) Azure
3 26 (34.67%) Finance
4 22 (29.33%) ITIL
5 21 (28.00%) Microsoft 365
6 19 (25.33%) Windows
7 17 (22.67%) Change Management
8 16 (21.33%) Service Management
8 16 (21.33%) Service Delivery
9 14 (18.67%) Degree
10 12 (16.00%) Supplier Management
10 12 (16.00%) Problem-Solving
11 11 (14.67%) Retail
11 11 (14.67%) AWS
11 11 (14.67%) Project Management
12 10 (13.33%) VMware
12 10 (13.33%) Active Directory
12 10 (13.33%) Incident Management
13 9 (12.00%) Problem Management
13 9 (12.00%) SharePoint
13 9 (12.00%) SQL Server
13 9 (12.00%) ITSM
13 9 (12.00%) Social Skills
14 7 (9.33%) Agile
14 7 (9.33%) Continuous Improvement
14 7 (9.33%) Management Information System
14 7 (9.33%) Business Continuity
14 7 (9.33%) SQL
14 7 (9.33%) SLA
14 7 (9.33%) Cisco

IT Operations Manager 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 9 (12.00%) SharePoint
2 2 (2.67%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 4 (5.33%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (5.33%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (4.00%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 27 (36.00%) Azure
2 21 (28.00%) Microsoft 365
3 11 (14.67%) AWS
4 6 (8.00%) Cloud Computing
4 6 (8.00%) IaaS
4 6 (8.00%) PaaS
5 5 (6.67%) GCP
6 4 (5.33%) Power Platform
7 3 (4.00%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
7 3 (4.00%) Salesforce Service Cloud
8 2 (2.67%) Mimecast
8 2 (2.67%) WhatsApp
9 1 (1.33%) Azure DevOps
9 1 (1.33%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 1 (1.33%) Entra ID
9 1 (1.33%) Google Workspace
9 1 (1.33%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (6.67%) BIG-IP
1 5 (6.67%) Cisco Nexus
2 4 (5.33%) Firewall
3 3 (4.00%) DNS
3 3 (4.00%) LAN
3 3 (4.00%) TCP/IP
4 2 (2.67%) Network Security
4 2 (2.67%) SAN
4 2 (2.67%) VoIP
5 1 (1.33%) SD-WAN
5 1 (1.33%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (12.00%) SQL Server
2 4 (5.33%) Power BI
3 3 (4.00%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 3 (4.00%) JIRA
General
1 26 (34.67%) Finance
2 11 (14.67%) Retail
3 9 (12.00%) Social Skills
4 5 (6.67%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (5.33%) Electronics
6 3 (4.00%) Advertising
6 3 (4.00%) Banking
6 3 (4.00%) Billing
6 3 (4.00%) Marketing
7 2 (2.67%) Law
8 1 (1.33%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (1.33%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (1.33%) Legal
8 1 (1.33%) Local Government
8 1 (1.33%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (8.00%) .NET
2 3 (4.00%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 7 (9.33%) Management Information System
2 6 (8.00%) Data Centre
3 3 (4.00%) Client/Server
3 3 (4.00%) Enterprise Software
3 3 (4.00%) Reinsurance
3 3 (4.00%) Self-Motivation
4 2 (2.67%) Cyber Security Posture
5 1 (1.33%) Cloud Native
5 1 (1.33%) CMDB
5 1 (1.33%) Driving Licence
5 1 (1.33%) e-Learning
5 1 (1.33%) Onboarding
5 1 (1.33%) Private Cloud
5 1 (1.33%) Product Ownership
5 1 (1.33%) Public Cloud
5 1 (1.33%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 19 (25.33%) Windows
2 3 (4.00%) Windows 10
3 2 (2.67%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (29.33%) ITIL
2 17 (22.67%) Change Management
3 16 (21.33%) Service Delivery
3 16 (21.33%) Service Management
4 12 (16.00%) Problem-Solving
4 12 (16.00%) Supplier Management
5 11 (14.67%) Project Management
6 10 (13.33%) Incident Management
7 9 (12.00%) ITSM
7 9 (12.00%) Problem Management
8 7 (9.33%) Agile
8 7 (9.33%) Business Continuity
8 7 (9.33%) Continuous Improvement
8 7 (9.33%) Service Delivery Management
9 6 (8.00%) Batch Processing
9 6 (8.00%) Disaster Recovery
9 6 (8.00%) ERP
9 6 (8.00%) Line Management
9 6 (8.00%) Roadmaps
10 5 (6.67%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 7 (9.33%) SQL
2 4 (5.33%) T-SQL
3 3 (4.00%) Java
Qualifications
1 14 (18.67%) Degree
2 7 (9.33%) Azure Certification
3 6 (8.00%) Microsoft Certification
4 4 (5.33%) ITIL Certification
4 4 (5.33%) MCP
4 4 (5.33%) MCSE
5 1 (1.33%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (1.33%) SC Cleared
5 1 (1.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (9.33%) SLA
2 5 (6.67%) Cyber Essentials
2 5 (6.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (2.67%) Accessibility
3 2 (2.67%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 2 (2.67%) GDPR
3 2 (2.67%) SOC 2
System Software
1 10 (13.33%) Active Directory
2 3 (4.00%) Virtual Desktop
2 3 (4.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 5 (6.67%) SCOM
2 3 (4.00%) Terraform
3 2 (2.67%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 30 (40.00%) Microsoft
2 10 (13.33%) VMware
3 7 (9.33%) Cisco
4 6 (8.00%) Citrix
4 6 (8.00%) Google
4 6 (8.00%) Salesforce
5 5 (6.67%) AppDynamics
5 5 (6.67%) Dynatrace
5 5 (6.67%) SolarWinds
6 3 (4.00%) HubSpot
7 2 (2.67%) Forcepoint
7 2 (2.67%) Meraki
8 1 (1.33%) SAP