Operations Manager Jobs

Operations Manager
UK

The median Operations Manager salary in the UK is £56,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

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

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 614 751 814
Rank change year-on-year +137 +63 -68
Permanent jobs requiring an Operations Manager 313 199 485
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.30% 0.21% 0.29%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.31% 0.23% 0.30%
Number of salaries quoted 247 141 208
10th Percentile £39,300 £50,000 £45,000
25th Percentile £47,500 £61,250 £60,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,500 £70,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -19.29% -3.45% +26.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £80,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £83,100 £88,750 £98,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £56,500 £67,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -16.30% +3.85% +18.18%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes 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 99,552 86,380 162,088
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.85% 91.27% 96.05%
Number of salaries quoted 70,786 55,655 84,889
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,625
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 £53,500 £50,244
% change year-on-year -6.54% +6.48% +5.78%

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 1 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 1 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 +117 269 £57,500 -20.69% 115
UK excluding London +37 193 £56,500 -16.30% 62
London +142 100 £62,500 -20.63% 57
Work from Home +20 63 £56,000 -22.76% 35
South East +18 44 £56,500 -19.29% 22
North of England +24 39 £57,500 -20.69% 11
Midlands -11 33 £55,000 -20.86% 7
East of England +22 28 £55,000 +10.00% 12
South West -8 25 £57,500 +15.00% 8
West Midlands -18 24 £53,500 -22.46% 4
North West +10 20 £65,000 +8.49% 4
Scotland -56 18 £57,500 +4.55% 5
Yorkshire +36 13 £50,000 -31.03% 6
East Midlands -12 9 £70,000 -1.41% 3
North East -6 6 £35,000 - 1
Channel Islands - 4 - -
Wales +8 2 £58,750 -21.67%

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

For the 6 months to 1 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 79 (25.24%) Social Skills
2 67 (21.41%) Finance
3 64 (20.45%) Microsoft
4 50 (15.97%) Service Delivery
5 48 (15.34%) Project Management
6 46 (14.70%) Azure
7 43 (13.74%) Continuous Improvement
8 42 (13.42%) ITIL
9 36 (11.50%) Cybersecurity
10 34 (10.86%) Microsoft 365
11 31 (9.90%) Customer Service
12 30 (9.58%) Tech Ops
13 29 (9.27%) Degree
14 28 (8.95%) Change Management
14 28 (8.95%) Problem-Solving
15 26 (8.31%) Service Management
15 26 (8.31%) Windows
16 25 (7.99%) Retail
16 25 (7.99%) Logistics
16 25 (7.99%) Data Centre
17 24 (7.67%) Line Management
18 23 (7.35%) People Management
18 23 (7.35%) Onboarding
19 21 (6.71%) Analytical Skills
19 21 (6.71%) ITSM
20 20 (6.39%) Management Information System
21 19 (6.07%) AWS
21 19 (6.07%) SLA
21 19 (6.07%) Security Operations
21 19 (6.07%) Customer Experience

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 (4.15%) Microsoft Exchange
2 12 (3.83%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.64%) Confluence
4 1 (0.32%) Apache
4 1 (0.32%) CMS
4 1 (0.32%) Moodle
4 1 (0.32%) MTS
4 1 (0.32%) WordPress
Applications
1 17 (5.43%) Microsoft Excel
2 13 (4.15%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.96%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.64%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.32%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.32%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.32%) Trello
Business Applications
1 5 (1.60%) Salesforce CRM
2 4 (1.28%) SAP CX
3 3 (0.96%) Payment Gateway
3 3 (0.96%) SAP ERP
4 2 (0.64%) Raiser’s Edge
4 2 (0.64%) SAP CRM
5 1 (0.32%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 46 (14.70%) Azure
2 34 (10.86%) Microsoft 365
3 19 (6.07%) AWS
4 10 (3.19%) Cloud Computing
4 10 (3.19%) IaaS
5 8 (2.56%) PaaS
6 6 (1.92%) GCP
7 5 (1.60%) Entra ID
7 5 (1.60%) Salesforce Service Cloud
8 4 (1.28%) Google Workspace
8 4 (1.28%) Power Platform
9 3 (0.96%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
10 2 (0.64%) Amazon Cognito
10 2 (0.64%) AWS Lambda
10 2 (0.64%) Boomi
10 2 (0.64%) Datadog
10 2 (0.64%) dbt
10 2 (0.64%) Fivetran
10 2 (0.64%) Mimecast
10 2 (0.64%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 14 (4.47%) Firewall
2 12 (3.83%) VoIP
3 11 (3.51%) Network Security
4 10 (3.19%) LAN
5 8 (2.56%) SD-WAN
5 8 (2.56%) VPN
5 8 (2.56%) WAN
5 8 (2.56%) Wi-Fi
6 5 (1.60%) BIG-IP
6 5 (1.60%) Cisco Nexus
6 5 (1.60%) Wireless
7 4 (1.28%) DNS
7 4 (1.28%) HTTP
7 4 (1.28%) MQTT
8 3 (0.96%) TCP/IP
8 3 (0.96%) Unified Communications
9 1 (0.32%) Broadband
9 1 (0.32%) DHCP
9 1 (0.32%) Internet
9 1 (0.32%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (2.88%) SQL Server
2 4 (1.28%) Power BI
3 3 (0.96%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (0.64%) Data Lake
4 2 (0.64%) Parquet
4 2 (0.64%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.32%) Amazon Aurora
5 1 (0.32%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 5 (1.60%) JIRA
General
1 79 (25.24%) Social Skills
2 67 (21.41%) Finance
3 25 (7.99%) Retail
4 21 (6.71%) Analytical Skills
5 16 (5.11%) Banking
6 12 (3.83%) Law
7 11 (3.51%) Manufacturing
7 11 (3.51%) Marketing
7 11 (3.51%) Retail Banking
8 9 (2.88%) Organisational Skills
9 8 (2.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 8 (2.56%) Legal
9 8 (2.56%) Telecoms
10 5 (1.60%) Environmental Health
10 5 (1.60%) Games
11 4 (1.28%) Billing
11 4 (1.28%) Electronics
11 4 (1.28%) Influencing Skills
12 3 (0.96%) Back Office
12 3 (0.96%) Italian Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (1.92%) .NET
1 6 (1.92%) HTML
2 5 (1.60%) CSS
3 4 (1.28%) Node.js
4 3 (0.96%) .NET Framework
5 2 (0.64%) JSON
5 2 (0.64%) RESTful
6 1 (0.32%) Express.js
6 1 (0.32%) Flash
6 1 (0.32%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 25 (7.99%) Data Centre
2 23 (7.35%) Onboarding
3 20 (6.39%) Management Information System
4 11 (3.51%) Self-Motivation
5 10 (3.19%) Cyber Threat
6 8 (2.56%) NHS
7 6 (1.92%) Cyber Security Posture
8 5 (1.60%) Operational Technology
8 5 (1.60%) SCADA
8 5 (1.60%) Security Operations Centre
9 3 (0.96%) Analytical Mindset
9 3 (0.96%) Client/Server
9 3 (0.96%) Cyberattack
9 3 (0.96%) Driving Licence
9 3 (0.96%) Enterprise Software
9 3 (0.96%) Reinsurance
10 2 (0.64%) BYOD
10 2 (0.64%) Hybrid Cloud
10 2 (0.64%) Private Cloud
10 2 (0.64%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 26 (8.31%) Windows
2 5 (1.60%) Windows 10
3 4 (1.28%) Linux
3 4 (1.28%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.32%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 50 (15.97%) Service Delivery
2 48 (15.34%) Project Management
3 43 (13.74%) Continuous Improvement
4 42 (13.42%) ITIL
5 36 (11.50%) Cybersecurity
6 31 (9.90%) Customer Service
7 30 (9.58%) Tech Ops
8 28 (8.95%) Change Management
8 28 (8.95%) Problem-Solving
9 26 (8.31%) Service Management
10 25 (7.99%) Logistics
11 24 (7.67%) Line Management
12 23 (7.35%) People Management
13 21 (6.71%) ITSM
14 19 (6.07%) Customer Experience
14 19 (6.07%) Security Operations
15 18 (5.75%) Roadmaps
16 17 (5.43%) Mentoring
17 16 (5.11%) Operations Management
18 15 (4.79%) Agile
Programming Languages
1 13 (4.15%) SQL
2 7 (2.24%) Java
3 4 (1.28%) Python
3 4 (1.28%) T-SQL
4 3 (0.96%) PowerShell
5 2 (0.64%) Scala
6 1 (0.32%) Bash
Qualifications
1 29 (9.27%) Degree
2 8 (2.56%) Azure Certification
3 7 (2.24%) ITIL Certification
3 7 (2.24%) Microsoft Certification
4 6 (1.92%) DBS Check
5 4 (1.28%) MCP
5 4 (1.28%) MCSE
6 3 (0.96%) HNC
7 2 (0.64%) HND
7 2 (0.64%) Master's Degree
7 2 (0.64%) MBA
7 2 (0.64%) PMI Certification
7 2 (0.64%) Security Cleared
8 1 (0.32%) AAT
8 1 (0.32%) CASP
8 1 (0.32%) CISSP
8 1 (0.32%) GCIA
8 1 (0.32%) GCIH
8 1 (0.32%) GIAC
8 1 (0.32%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (6.07%) SLA
2 16 (5.11%) GDPR
3 13 (4.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 10 (3.19%) NEBOSH
5 8 (2.56%) Accessibility
6 7 (2.24%) Cyber Essentials
7 6 (1.92%) ISO 9001
8 4 (1.28%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 3 (0.96%) PMO
9 3 (0.96%) QA
9 3 (0.96%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 2 (0.64%) PCI DSS
10 2 (0.64%) SOC 2
11 1 (0.32%) GRC
11 1 (0.32%) ISO 9000
11 1 (0.32%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 1 (0.32%) NCSC
System Software
1 15 (4.79%) Active Directory
2 10 (3.19%) Hyper-V
3 5 (1.60%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (1.28%) Firmware
5 3 (0.96%) Terminal Services
5 3 (0.96%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 7 (2.24%) Terraform
1 7 (2.24%) WSUS
2 5 (1.60%) QRadar
2 5 (1.60%) SCOM
3 4 (1.28%) Microsoft Intune
4 3 (0.96%) Ansible
5 1 (0.32%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 64 (20.45%) Microsoft
2 17 (5.43%) Cisco
3 15 (4.79%) Salesforce
4 11 (3.51%) VMware
5 9 (2.88%) SAP
5 9 (2.88%) Siemens
6 8 (2.56%) Citrix
7 7 (2.24%) Google
8 5 (1.60%) AppDynamics
8 5 (1.60%) Darktrace
8 5 (1.60%) Dynatrace
8 5 (1.60%) SolarWinds
9 4 (1.28%) HubSpot
10 3 (0.96%) QAD
10 3 (0.96%) Reuters
10 3 (0.96%) Xero
11 2 (0.64%) Adobe
11 2 (0.64%) Dataiku
11 2 (0.64%) Forcepoint
11 2 (0.64%) Meraki