Head of IT Operations Jobs with Work from Home Options

Head of Information Technology Operations
UK > Work from Home

The median Head of Information Technology Operations salary for remote or hybrid work is £85,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 11 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
11 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 588 624 874
Rank change year-on-year +36 +250 -283
Permanent jobs requiring a Head of IT Operations 14 11 17
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.040% 0.029% 0.023%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.041% 0.030% 0.023%
Number of salaries quoted 11 8 16
10th Percentile - £78,750 £48,750
25th Percentile £65,000 £100,313 £57,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £117,500 £68,886
Median % change year-on-year -27.66% +70.57% -12.53%
75th Percentile £120,000 £122,500 £77,063
90th Percentile £150,000 £124,000 £91,250
UK median annual salary £92,500 £105,000 £72,000
% change year-on-year -11.90% +45.83% -10.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies with WFH or hybrid options. 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 Work from Home with a recognized job title 34,116 36,108 73,498
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.27% 95.94% 97.29%
Number of salaries quoted 25,883 26,404 42,665
10th Percentile £33,250 £36,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,000 £45,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £75,000 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £93,750 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Head of IT Operations
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option which featured Head of IT Operations in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Head of IT Operations trend for jobs with a WFH option

Head of IT Operations
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Head of IT Operations.

Head of IT Operations salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Head of IT Operations
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Head of IT Operations over the 6 months to 11 June 2024.

Head of IT Operations salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Head of IT Operations Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

For the 6 months to 11 June 2024, Head of IT Operations 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 jobs with remote work options featuring Head of IT Operations in the job title.

1 8 (57.14%) Continuous Improvement
2 7 (50.00%) ITIL
2 7 (50.00%) Service Delivery
3 6 (42.86%) PMP
3 6 (42.86%) PMI Certification
3 6 (42.86%) Data Protection
3 6 (42.86%) Azure
3 6 (42.86%) Social Skills
4 5 (35.71%) Contract Negotiation
4 5 (35.71%) GDPR
4 5 (35.71%) People Management
4 5 (35.71%) Operations Management
4 5 (35.71%) Risk Management
4 5 (35.71%) Stakeholder Management
4 5 (35.71%) CISSP
5 4 (28.57%) Finance
5 4 (28.57%) Decision-Making
5 4 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
6 3 (21.43%) Microsoft 365
6 3 (21.43%) Agile
6 3 (21.43%) Asset Management
6 3 (21.43%) SharePoint
6 3 (21.43%) Project Management
7 2 (14.29%) Change Management
7 2 (14.29%) Financial Institution
7 2 (14.29%) Disaster Recovery
7 2 (14.29%) Microsoft
7 2 (14.29%) Manufacturing
7 2 (14.29%) Service Management
7 2 (14.29%) ITSM

Head of IT Operations Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 3 (21.43%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 6 (42.86%) Azure
2 3 (21.43%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (7.14%) AWS
3 1 (7.14%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (7.14%) Firewall
1 1 (7.14%) LAN
1 1 (7.14%) NAS
1 1 (7.14%) SAN
1 1 (7.14%) TCP/IP
1 1 (7.14%) WAN
General
1 6 (42.86%) Social Skills
2 4 (28.57%) Finance
3 2 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (14.29%) Financial Institution
3 2 (14.29%) Manufacturing
3 2 (14.29%) Organisational Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (7.14%) Enterprise Storage
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (57.14%) Continuous Improvement
2 7 (50.00%) ITIL
2 7 (50.00%) Service Delivery
3 6 (42.86%) Data Protection
4 5 (35.71%) Contract Negotiation
4 5 (35.71%) Operations Management
4 5 (35.71%) People Management
4 5 (35.71%) Risk Management
4 5 (35.71%) Stakeholder Management
5 4 (28.57%) Decision-Making
5 4 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
6 3 (21.43%) Agile
6 3 (21.43%) Asset Management
6 3 (21.43%) Project Management
7 2 (14.29%) Change Management
7 2 (14.29%) Disaster Recovery
7 2 (14.29%) ITSM
7 2 (14.29%) Problem Management
7 2 (14.29%) Service Management
7 2 (14.29%) Time Management
Qualifications
1 6 (42.86%) PMI Certification
1 6 (42.86%) PMP
2 5 (35.71%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (35.71%) GDPR
2 1 (7.14%) NIST
2 1 (7.14%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Vendors
1 2 (14.29%) Microsoft
2 1 (7.14%) Cisco
2 1 (7.14%) Meraki
2 1 (7.14%) Palo Alto
2 1 (7.14%) Snow