Operations Management
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Operations Management skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Operations Management over the 6 months to 20 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 753 779 1119
Rank change year-on-year +26 +340 -284
Permanent jobs citing Operations Management 131 197 123
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.13% 0.20% 0.076%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.15% 0.21% 0.079%
Number of salaries quoted 73 92 65
10th Percentile £41,250 £36,250 £31,218
25th Percentile £46,250 £40,000 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - +15.00% -23.08%
75th Percentile £73,750 £80,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £82,500 £90,000 £84,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £40,000 £39,217
% change year-on-year +43.75% +2.00% -35.18%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Operations Management is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 85,108 95,066 155,930
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.18% 95.58% 95.78%
Number of salaries quoted 59,794 56,135 83,138
10th Percentile £29,071 £34,000 £33,645
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,180 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.10% +1.97% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +10.53%

Operations Management
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Operations Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Operations Management in the UK

Operations Management
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Operations Management in the UK

Operations Management
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Operations Management over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Operations Management in the UK

Operations Management
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 Management within the UK over the 6 months to 20 May 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 +17 122 £57,500 -8.00% 67
UK excluding London -13 99 £57,500 +43.75% 38
Work from Home +101 51 £62,250 -0.40% 18
North of England +26 41 £68,857 +83.62% 5
London +53 26 £72,500 - 29
North East +8 23 £42,500 +13.33% 1
East of England +21 17 £47,500 -48.65% 4
South West -10 15 - - 5
Midlands -14 13 £57,500 -9.45% 1
North West -3 11 £70,000 +96.94% 2
South East -4 10 £57,500 +43.75% 22
Yorkshire +65 7 £66,959 +33.92% 2
West Midlands +2 7 £61,125 -3.74% 1
East Midlands -14 6 £55,000 -
Wales - 1 £67,500 -
Channel Islands - 1 £100,000 -
Scotland - 1 - - 2

Operations Management
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 28 (21.37%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (3.82%) SharePoint
3 3 (2.29%) Confluence
Applications
1 16 (12.21%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (4.58%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 5 (3.82%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.76%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 7 (5.34%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.76%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 30 (22.90%) Azure
2 22 (16.79%) Microsoft 365
3 20 (15.27%) Entra ID
4 11 (8.40%) Power Platform
5 9 (6.87%) WhatsApp
6 6 (4.58%) SaaS
7 4 (3.05%) Azure AKS
8 2 (1.53%) AWS
8 2 (1.53%) GitHub
8 2 (1.53%) SonarCloud
9 1 (0.76%) GitHub Actions
9 1 (0.76%) Google Workspace
9 1 (0.76%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 10 (7.63%) Firewall
2 8 (6.11%) DNS
3 7 (5.34%) DHCP
4 4 (3.05%) SSL
4 4 (3.05%) VPN
5 3 (2.29%) Broadband
5 3 (2.29%) Intrusion Detection
5 3 (2.29%) NaaS
5 3 (2.29%) VoIP
5 3 (2.29%) Wireless
6 1 (0.76%) Cisco IOS
6 1 (0.76%) FTP
6 1 (0.76%) HTTP
6 1 (0.76%) POP3
6 1 (0.76%) SMTP
6 1 (0.76%) SSH
6 1 (0.76%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.76%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (8.40%) Power BI
2 7 (5.34%) Big Data
3 6 (4.58%) Data Mining
4 4 (3.05%) MySQL
4 4 (3.05%) Power Query
5 3 (2.29%) Relational Database
6 1 (0.76%) Elasticsearch
6 1 (0.76%) Redis
6 1 (0.76%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (3.05%) JIRA
2 1 (0.76%) GitKraken
2 1 (0.76%) JetBrains Rider
2 1 (0.76%) ReSharper
2 1 (0.76%) Visual Studio
General
1 35 (26.72%) Finance
2 29 (22.14%) Social Skills
3 16 (12.21%) Analytical Skills
4 13 (9.92%) Banking
4 13 (9.92%) Law
5 12 (9.16%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 12 (9.16%) Legal
6 11 (8.40%) Investment Banking
6 11 (8.40%) Retail
7 9 (6.87%) Telecoms
8 6 (4.58%) Influencing Skills
9 5 (3.82%) Presentation Skills
10 4 (3.05%) Health Technology
11 3 (2.29%) Manufacturing
11 3 (2.29%) Organisational Skills
12 2 (1.53%) Documentation Skills
12 2 (1.53%) Financial Institution
13 1 (0.76%) Back Office
13 1 (0.76%) Games
13 1 (0.76%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 16 (12.21%) Operations Manager
2 14 (10.69%) IT Manager
3 12 (9.16%) Cloud Specialist
3 12 (9.16%) ICT Specialist
3 12 (9.16%) Infrastructure Specialist
4 10 (7.63%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 9 (6.87%) Data Manager
6 8 (6.11%) Consultant
7 7 (5.34%) Associate Consultant
7 7 (5.34%) ERP Consultant
7 7 (5.34%) Head of IT
7 7 (5.34%) IT Consultant
7 7 (5.34%) Service Manager
8 6 (4.58%) Azure Engineer
8 6 (4.58%) Developer
8 6 (4.58%) Head of IT Operations
8 6 (4.58%) Head of Operations
8 6 (4.58%) IT Services Manager
9 5 (3.82%) Analyst
9 5 (3.82%) ServiceNow Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (7.63%) REST
1 10 (7.63%) SOAP
2 4 (3.05%) CSS
2 4 (3.05%) HTML
3 3 (2.29%) Kafka
3 3 (2.29%) LDAP
3 3 (2.29%) ODBC
4 1 (0.76%) .NET
4 1 (0.76%) .NET Framework
4 1 (0.76%) ASP.NET
4 1 (0.76%) ASP.NET Core
4 1 (0.76%) Blazor
4 1 (0.76%) Entity Framework
4 1 (0.76%) RabbitMQ
4 1 (0.76%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 33 (25.19%) Management Information System
2 12 (9.16%) Onboarding
3 11 (8.40%) Enterprise Software
4 8 (6.11%) Self-Motivation
5 6 (4.58%) CMDB
6 4 (3.05%) PMI
6 4 (3.05%) Security Posture
7 3 (2.29%) Reinsurance
7 3 (2.29%) TM Forum
8 2 (1.53%) Analytical Mindset
8 2 (1.53%) Cyberattack
8 2 (1.53%) Security Operations Centre
9 1 (0.76%) Blockchain
9 1 (0.76%) Cloud Native
9 1 (0.76%) Cyber Threat
9 1 (0.76%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
9 1 (0.76%) Driving Licence
9 1 (0.76%) FMCG
9 1 (0.76%) Operational Technology
9 1 (0.76%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 27 (20.61%) Windows
2 26 (19.85%) Windows Server
3 8 (6.11%) Windows Server 2016
4 7 (5.34%) Windows Server 2012
5 1 (0.76%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.76%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 41 (31.30%) Problem-Solving
2 33 (25.19%) ITIL
3 31 (23.66%) Project Management
4 27 (20.61%) Analytics
5 25 (19.08%) Agile
6 24 (18.32%) Energy Management
6 24 (18.32%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 24 (18.32%) Migration
7 23 (17.56%) Continuous Improvement
8 22 (16.79%) Cybersecurity
8 22 (16.79%) Service Management
9 21 (16.03%) ITSM
9 21 (16.03%) Stakeholder Management
10 20 (15.27%) Roadmaps
11 18 (13.74%) Service Delivery
12 16 (12.21%) Mentoring
13 15 (11.45%) Data Analysis
13 15 (11.45%) Risk Management
14 14 (10.69%) Security Operations
15 13 (9.92%) Budgeting
Programming Languages
1 15 (11.45%) SQL
2 7 (5.34%) JavaScript
3 2 (1.53%) PowerShell
4 1 (0.76%) C#
4 1 (0.76%) Python
Qualifications
1 33 (25.19%) Degree
2 13 (9.92%) Microsoft Certification
3 12 (9.16%) PMI Certification
4 9 (6.87%) CISSP
4 9 (6.87%) Master's Degree
4 9 (6.87%) MBA
5 8 (6.11%) PMP
6 5 (3.82%) ITIL Certification
7 4 (3.05%) Security Cleared
8 3 (2.29%) BPSS Clearance
8 3 (2.29%) CISM
9 2 (1.53%) Computer Science Degree
9 2 (1.53%) GIAC
10 1 (0.76%) APMP
10 1 (0.76%) Azure Certification
10 1 (0.76%) CEH
10 1 (0.76%) CRISC
10 1 (0.76%) DBS Check
10 1 (0.76%) MCSA
10 1 (0.76%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (12.21%) GDPR
2 12 (9.16%) SLA
3 10 (7.63%) QA
4 9 (6.87%) Data Quality
5 8 (6.11%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 6 (4.58%) ITGC
7 5 (3.82%) GRC
8 2 (1.53%) Accessibility
8 2 (1.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 2 (1.53%) NIST
9 1 (0.76%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.76%) WCAG
System Software
1 26 (19.85%) Active Directory
2 6 (4.58%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (3.82%) Virtual Desktop
4 4 (3.05%) Hyper-V
5 3 (2.29%) Terminal Services
6 2 (1.53%) Docker
Systems Management
1 13 (9.92%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (3.82%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.76%) CSIRT
3 1 (0.76%) Jamf Pro
3 1 (0.76%) Terraform
3 1 (0.76%) WMI
Vendors
1 32 (24.43%) Microsoft
2 18 (13.74%) VMware
3 7 (5.34%) ServiceNow
4 4 (3.05%) Splunk
5 2 (1.53%) Cisco
5 2 (1.53%) Google
6 1 (0.76%) Oracle
6 1 (0.76%) SAP