Operations Director Jobs in England

Director of Operations
UK > England

The median Director of Operations salary in England is £105,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 13 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
13 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 845 882 1144
Rank change year-on-year +37 +262 -249
Permanent jobs requiring an Operations Director 18 12 42
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.019% 0.015% 0.029%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.020% 0.016% 0.030%
Number of salaries quoted 18 10 14
10th Percentile £85,000 £84,750 £77,500
25th Percentile £97,500 £91,563 £89,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £105,000 £115,000 £100,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +15.00% -1.23%
75th Percentile £145,000 £155,000 £113,750
90th Percentile - - £125,500
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
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 90,431 74,847 138,483
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.61% 91.19% 95.86%
Number of salaries quoted 65,915 49,353 75,297
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,713 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.53% +1.19% +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Operations Director
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Operations Director in England

Operations Director
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Operations Director in England

Operations Director
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Operations Director in England over the 6 months to 13 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Operations Director in England

Operations Director
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Operations Director within the England region over the 6 months to 13 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
London +97 7 £140,000 +33.33% 7
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 England

For the 6 months to 13 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 England region featuring Operations Director in the job title.

1 10 (55.56%) ITIL
1 10 (55.56%) Service Management
2 7 (38.89%) Service Delivery
2 7 (38.89%) Strategic Planning
2 7 (38.89%) Continuous Improvement
3 6 (33.33%) Budgeting
3 6 (33.33%) Change Management
3 6 (33.33%) Telecoms
4 5 (27.78%) ITSM
4 5 (27.78%) Security Management
4 5 (27.78%) MPLS
4 5 (27.78%) SNMP
4 5 (27.78%) B2B
4 5 (27.78%) SLA
4 5 (27.78%) ITIL Certification
4 5 (27.78%) Incident Management
4 5 (27.78%) Wi-Fi
4 5 (27.78%) Problem Management
4 5 (27.78%) HIPAA
4 5 (27.78%) Test Automation
4 5 (27.78%) Capacity Planning
4 5 (27.78%) Network Management
4 5 (27.78%) Trend Analysis
4 5 (27.78%) High Availability
4 5 (27.78%) NETCONF
4 5 (27.78%) Cost Management
4 5 (27.78%) Roadmaps
4 5 (27.78%) Contract Negotiation
4 5 (27.78%) Thought Leadership
4 5 (27.78%) Strategic Roadmap

Operations Director Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 3 (16.67%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (27.78%) MPLS
1 5 (27.78%) SNMP
1 5 (27.78%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.56%) Electronic Patient Records
General
1 6 (33.33%) Telecoms
2 4 (22.22%) Social Skills
3 2 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (11.11%) Finance
4 1 (5.56%) Health Technology
4 1 (5.56%) Marketing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (27.78%) NETCONF
Miscellaneous
1 5 (27.78%) CMDB
1 5 (27.78%) Cyber Threat
2 1 (5.56%) Management Information System
2 1 (5.56%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (55.56%) ITIL
1 10 (55.56%) Service Management
2 7 (38.89%) Continuous Improvement
2 7 (38.89%) Service Delivery
2 7 (38.89%) Strategic Planning
3 6 (33.33%) Budgeting
3 6 (33.33%) Change Management
4 5 (27.78%) B2B
4 5 (27.78%) Capacity Planning
4 5 (27.78%) Cybersecurity
4 5 (27.78%) High Availability
4 5 (27.78%) Incident Management
4 5 (27.78%) ITSM
4 5 (27.78%) Line Management
4 5 (27.78%) Network Management
4 5 (27.78%) Problem Management
4 5 (27.78%) Process Improvement
4 5 (27.78%) Roadmaps
4 5 (27.78%) Security Management
4 5 (27.78%) Trend Analysis
Qualifications
1 5 (27.78%) ITIL Certification
2 1 (5.56%) Degree
2 1 (5.56%) Master's Degree
2 1 (5.56%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (27.78%) GDPR
1 5 (27.78%) HIPAA
1 5 (27.78%) SLA
Vendors
1 1 (5.56%) Salesforce