Operations Manager Jobs

Operations Manager
UK

The median Operations Manager salary in the UK is £56,000 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 593 741 794
Rank change year-on-year +148 +53 -48
Permanent jobs requiring an Operations Manager 328 180 518
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.30% 0.19% 0.30%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.32% 0.21% 0.31%
Number of salaries quoted 257 131 236
10th Percentile £38,250 £50,000 £42,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £61,250 £55,898
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,000 £71,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -21.13% +1.43% +21.74%
75th Percentile £68,750 £80,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £88,750 £94,375
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £69,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -20.29% +6.15% +18.18%

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%

Operations Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Operations Manager in the UK

Operations Manager
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Operations Manager in the UK

Operations Manager
Salary Histogram

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

Salary histogram for Operations Manager in the UK

Operations Manager
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing 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 +137 282 £56,504 -22.06% 96
UK excluding London +38 203 £55,000 -20.29% 57
London +131 103 £62,000 -22.50% 40
Work from Home +14 63 £56,000 -22.76% 30
North of England +11 45 £52,500 -27.59% 18
South East -1 44 £57,500 -20.69% 16
Midlands -31 35 £55,000 -20.86% 5
East of England +14 29 £55,000 +10.00% 12
South West -22 25 £57,500 +15.00% 5
West Midlands -12 24 £53,500 -22.46% 3
North West -7 21 £63,750 +6.41% 9
Scotland -55 19 £57,500 +4.55% 3
Yorkshire +46 18 £50,000 -31.03% 8
East Midlands -21 11 £70,000 -1.41% 2
North East -13 6 £35,000 - 1
Channel Islands - 4 - -
Wales +13 2 £58,750 -21.67%

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

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

1 77 (23.48%) Social Skills
2 66 (20.12%) Finance
2 66 (20.12%) Microsoft
3 51 (15.55%) Service Delivery
4 50 (15.24%) Project Management
5 46 (14.02%) Azure
6 44 (13.41%) Continuous Improvement
7 43 (13.11%) ITIL
8 36 (10.98%) Microsoft 365
8 36 (10.98%) Cybersecurity
9 30 (9.15%) Tech Ops
9 30 (9.15%) Customer Service
10 29 (8.84%) Change Management
10 29 (8.84%) Service Management
10 29 (8.84%) Windows
11 27 (8.23%) Problem-Solving
12 26 (7.93%) Data Centre
12 26 (7.93%) Degree
12 26 (7.93%) Retail
13 24 (7.32%) Logistics
13 24 (7.32%) Line Management
13 24 (7.32%) People Management
14 22 (6.71%) Onboarding
15 21 (6.40%) ITSM
15 21 (6.40%) Management Information System
15 21 (6.40%) Analytical Skills
16 20 (6.10%) Security Operations
17 19 (5.79%) Customer Experience
17 19 (5.79%) SLA
18 18 (5.49%) Information Security

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 13 (3.96%) Microsoft Exchange
2 11 (3.35%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.61%) Confluence
4 1 (0.30%) Apache
4 1 (0.30%) CMS
4 1 (0.30%) Moodle
4 1 (0.30%) MTS
4 1 (0.30%) WordPress
Applications
1 17 (5.18%) Microsoft Excel
2 13 (3.96%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.91%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.61%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.30%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.30%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.30%) Trello
Business Applications
1 5 (1.52%) Salesforce CRM
2 4 (1.22%) SAP CX
3 3 (0.91%) Payment Gateway
3 3 (0.91%) SAP ERP
4 2 (0.61%) Raiser’s Edge
4 2 (0.61%) SAP CRM
Cloud Services
1 46 (14.02%) Azure
2 36 (10.98%) Microsoft 365
3 18 (5.49%) AWS
4 10 (3.05%) Cloud Computing
4 10 (3.05%) IaaS
5 8 (2.44%) PaaS
6 5 (1.52%) GCP
6 5 (1.52%) Google Workspace
6 5 (1.52%) Salesforce Service Cloud
7 4 (1.22%) Entra ID
7 4 (1.22%) Power Platform
8 3 (0.91%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
9 2 (0.61%) Amazon Cognito
9 2 (0.61%) AWS Lambda
9 2 (0.61%) Azure DevOps
9 2 (0.61%) Boomi
9 2 (0.61%) Datadog
9 2 (0.61%) Mimecast
9 2 (0.61%) Power Automate
9 2 (0.61%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 14 (4.27%) Firewall
2 12 (3.66%) VoIP
3 11 (3.35%) Network Security
4 10 (3.05%) LAN
5 8 (2.44%) SD-WAN
5 8 (2.44%) VPN
5 8 (2.44%) WAN
6 7 (2.13%) Wi-Fi
7 5 (1.52%) BIG-IP
7 5 (1.52%) Cisco Nexus
7 5 (1.52%) Wireless
8 4 (1.22%) HTTP
8 4 (1.22%) MQTT
9 3 (0.91%) DNS
9 3 (0.91%) TCP/IP
9 3 (0.91%) Unified Communications
10 2 (0.61%) SAN
11 1 (0.30%) Broadband
11 1 (0.30%) Internet
11 1 (0.30%) Radio Access Network
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (2.74%) SQL Server
2 4 (1.22%) Power BI
3 3 (0.91%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (0.61%) Data Lake
4 2 (0.61%) Parquet
4 2 (0.61%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.30%) Amazon Aurora
5 1 (0.30%) Big Data
5 1 (0.30%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 5 (1.52%) JIRA
General
1 77 (23.48%) Social Skills
2 66 (20.12%) Finance
3 26 (7.93%) Retail
4 21 (6.40%) Analytical Skills
5 16 (4.88%) Banking
6 12 (3.66%) Law
7 11 (3.35%) Manufacturing
7 11 (3.35%) Marketing
7 11 (3.35%) Retail Banking
8 9 (2.74%) Organisational Skills
8 9 (2.74%) Telecoms
9 8 (2.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 8 (2.44%) Legal
10 5 (1.52%) Electronics
10 5 (1.52%) Environmental Health
10 5 (1.52%) Games
11 4 (1.22%) Billing
11 4 (1.22%) Influencing Skills
11 4 (1.22%) Public Sector
12 3 (0.91%) Italian Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (1.83%) .NET
1 6 (1.83%) HTML
2 5 (1.52%) CSS
3 4 (1.22%) Node.js
4 3 (0.91%) .NET Framework
5 2 (0.61%) JSON
5 2 (0.61%) RESTful
6 1 (0.30%) EDI
6 1 (0.30%) Express.js
6 1 (0.30%) Flash
6 1 (0.30%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 26 (7.93%) Data Centre
2 22 (6.71%) Onboarding
3 21 (6.40%) Management Information System
4 13 (3.96%) Self-Motivation
5 10 (3.05%) Cyber Threat
6 8 (2.44%) NHS
7 6 (1.83%) Cyber Security Posture
8 5 (1.52%) Operational Technology
8 5 (1.52%) SCADA
8 5 (1.52%) Security Operations Centre
9 3 (0.91%) Analytical Mindset
9 3 (0.91%) Client/Server
9 3 (0.91%) Cyberattack
9 3 (0.91%) Driving Licence
9 3 (0.91%) Enterprise Software
9 3 (0.91%) Reinsurance
10 2 (0.61%) BYOD
10 2 (0.61%) Hybrid Cloud
10 2 (0.61%) Private Cloud
10 2 (0.61%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 29 (8.84%) Windows
2 6 (1.83%) Windows Server
3 5 (1.52%) Windows 10
4 4 (1.22%) Linux
5 1 (0.30%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 51 (15.55%) Service Delivery
2 50 (15.24%) Project Management
3 44 (13.41%) Continuous Improvement
4 43 (13.11%) ITIL
5 36 (10.98%) Cybersecurity
6 30 (9.15%) Customer Service
6 30 (9.15%) Tech Ops
7 29 (8.84%) Change Management
7 29 (8.84%) Service Management
8 27 (8.23%) Problem-Solving
9 24 (7.32%) Line Management
9 24 (7.32%) Logistics
9 24 (7.32%) People Management
10 21 (6.40%) ITSM
11 20 (6.10%) Security Operations
12 19 (5.79%) Customer Experience
13 18 (5.49%) Information Security
14 17 (5.18%) Roadmaps
15 16 (4.88%) ERP
15 16 (4.88%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 13 (3.96%) SQL
2 7 (2.13%) Java
3 4 (1.22%) Python
3 4 (1.22%) T-SQL
4 2 (0.61%) PowerShell
4 2 (0.61%) Scala
Qualifications
1 26 (7.93%) Degree
2 8 (2.44%) Azure Certification
3 7 (2.13%) Microsoft Certification
4 6 (1.83%) DBS Check
4 6 (1.83%) ITIL Certification
5 4 (1.22%) MCP
5 4 (1.22%) MCSE
6 3 (0.91%) Security Cleared
7 2 (0.61%) CISSP
7 2 (0.61%) HNC
7 2 (0.61%) HND
7 2 (0.61%) Master's Degree
7 2 (0.61%) MBA
7 2 (0.61%) PMI Certification
7 2 (0.61%) SC Cleared
8 1 (0.30%) AAT
8 1 (0.30%) CASP
8 1 (0.30%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (0.30%) GCIA
8 1 (0.30%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (5.79%) SLA
2 16 (4.88%) GDPR
3 13 (3.96%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 9 (2.74%) NEBOSH
5 8 (2.44%) Accessibility
6 7 (2.13%) Cyber Essentials
7 6 (1.83%) ISO 9001
8 4 (1.22%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 3 (0.91%) PMO
10 2 (0.61%) PCI DSS
10 2 (0.61%) QA
10 2 (0.61%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 2 (0.61%) SOC 2
11 1 (0.30%) GRC
11 1 (0.30%) ISO 9000
11 1 (0.30%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 1 (0.30%) NCSC
System Software
1 14 (4.27%) Active Directory
2 10 (3.05%) Hyper-V
3 5 (1.52%) Firmware
3 5 (1.52%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (0.91%) Terminal Services
4 3 (0.91%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.30%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 7 (2.13%) Terraform
1 7 (2.13%) WSUS
2 5 (1.52%) QRadar
2 5 (1.52%) SCOM
3 4 (1.22%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (0.61%) Ansible
5 1 (0.30%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 66 (20.12%) Microsoft
2 17 (5.18%) Cisco
3 15 (4.57%) Salesforce
4 13 (3.96%) VMware
5 9 (2.74%) Siemens
6 8 (2.44%) Citrix
6 8 (2.44%) Google
6 8 (2.44%) SAP
7 6 (1.83%) Darktrace
8 5 (1.52%) AppDynamics
8 5 (1.52%) Dynatrace
8 5 (1.52%) SolarWinds
9 4 (1.22%) HubSpot
10 3 (0.91%) QAD
10 3 (0.91%) Reuters
10 3 (0.91%) Xero
11 2 (0.61%) Adobe
11 2 (0.61%) Dataiku
11 2 (0.61%) Forcepoint
11 2 (0.61%) Meraki