Operations Manager Jobs in England

Operations Manager
UK > England

The median Operations Manager salary in England is £56,504 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 584 733 751
Rank change year-on-year +149 +18 -27
Permanent jobs requiring an Operations Manager 280 166 468
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.29% 0.20% 0.33%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.31% 0.22% 0.34%
Number of salaries quoted 222 120 207
10th Percentile £41,250 £50,000 £42,136
25th Percentile £50,000 £61,250 £57,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,504 £72,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -22.06% +3.57% +21.74%
75th Percentile £70,000 £80,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £88,875 £91,750
UK median annual salary £56,000 £71,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -21.13% +1.43% +21.74%

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 90,043 75,204 138,046
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.61% 91.22% 95.88%
Number of salaries quoted 65,775 49,529 75,271
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,331 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.98% +0.55% +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 Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Operations Manager in England

Operations Manager
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Operations Manager in England

Operations Manager
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Operations Manager in England over the 6 months to 11 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Operations Manager in England

Operations Manager
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 Manager within the England region over the 6 months to 11 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 +123 103 £62,000 -22.50% 45
North of England +21 44 £51,250 -29.31% 17
South East +1 44 £57,500 -22.03% 17
Midlands -18 35 £55,000 -20.86% 6
East of England +17 29 £55,000 +10.00% 12
South West -11 25 £57,500 +15.00% 6
West Midlands -15 24 £53,500 -22.46% 3
North West -4 20 £65,000 +8.49% 8
Yorkshire +38 18 £50,000 -31.03% 8
East Midlands -28 11 £70,000 -1.41% 3
North East -14 6 £35,000 - 1
Operations Manager
UK

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

For the 6 months to 11 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 across the England region featuring Operations Manager in the job title.

1 64 (22.86%) Microsoft
2 62 (22.14%) Social Skills
3 57 (20.36%) Finance
4 49 (17.50%) Service Delivery
5 46 (16.43%) Azure
6 43 (15.36%) Project Management
7 37 (13.21%) ITIL
8 36 (12.86%) Microsoft 365
9 35 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
10 31 (11.07%) Cybersecurity
11 30 (10.71%) Tech Ops
12 29 (10.36%) Customer Service
12 29 (10.36%) Change Management
13 28 (10.00%) Windows
14 27 (9.64%) Problem-Solving
15 25 (8.93%) Degree
15 25 (8.93%) Retail
16 23 (8.21%) Service Management
17 22 (7.86%) Logistics
17 22 (7.86%) Onboarding
18 21 (7.50%) ITSM
18 21 (7.50%) Management Information System
19 20 (7.14%) Data Centre
20 19 (6.79%) Line Management
20 19 (6.79%) Customer Experience
20 19 (6.79%) SLA
21 18 (6.43%) AWS
22 17 (6.07%) Cisco
22 17 (6.07%) Information Security
22 17 (6.07%) People Management

Operations Manager 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:

Application Platforms
1 12 (4.29%) Microsoft Exchange
2 11 (3.93%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.71%) Confluence
4 1 (0.36%) Apache
4 1 (0.36%) CMS
4 1 (0.36%) Moodle
4 1 (0.36%) MTS
4 1 (0.36%) WordPress
Applications
1 15 (5.36%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (4.29%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.71%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.36%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.36%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.36%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.36%) Trello
Business Applications
1 5 (1.79%) Salesforce CRM
2 4 (1.43%) SAP CX
3 3 (1.07%) Payment Gateway
3 3 (1.07%) SAP ERP
4 2 (0.71%) Raiser’s Edge
4 2 (0.71%) SAP CRM
Cloud Services
1 46 (16.43%) Azure
2 36 (12.86%) Microsoft 365
3 18 (6.43%) AWS
4 10 (3.57%) Cloud Computing
4 10 (3.57%) IaaS
5 8 (2.86%) PaaS
6 5 (1.79%) GCP
6 5 (1.79%) Google Workspace
6 5 (1.79%) Salesforce Service Cloud
7 4 (1.43%) Entra ID
7 4 (1.43%) Power Platform
8 3 (1.07%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
9 2 (0.71%) Amazon Cognito
9 2 (0.71%) Amazon SQS
9 2 (0.71%) Boomi
9 2 (0.71%) Datadog
9 2 (0.71%) dbt
9 2 (0.71%) Fivetran
9 2 (0.71%) Mimecast
9 2 (0.71%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 14 (5.00%) Firewall
2 12 (4.29%) VoIP
3 11 (3.93%) Network Security
4 10 (3.57%) LAN
5 8 (2.86%) SD-WAN
5 8 (2.86%) VPN
5 8 (2.86%) WAN
6 7 (2.50%) Wi-Fi
7 5 (1.79%) BIG-IP
7 5 (1.79%) Cisco Nexus
7 5 (1.79%) Wireless
8 4 (1.43%) HTTP
8 4 (1.43%) MQTT
9 3 (1.07%) DNS
9 3 (1.07%) TCP/IP
9 3 (1.07%) Unified Communications
10 2 (0.71%) SAN
11 1 (0.36%) Broadband
11 1 (0.36%) Internet
11 1 (0.36%) Radio Access Network
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (3.21%) SQL Server
2 4 (1.43%) Power BI
3 2 (0.71%) Data Lake
3 2 (0.71%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (0.71%) Parquet
3 2 (0.71%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (0.36%) Amazon Aurora
4 1 (0.36%) Big Data
4 1 (0.36%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 5 (1.79%) JIRA
General
1 62 (22.14%) Social Skills
2 57 (20.36%) Finance
3 25 (8.93%) Retail
4 16 (5.71%) Analytical Skills
4 16 (5.71%) Banking
5 12 (4.29%) Law
6 11 (3.93%) Retail Banking
7 9 (3.21%) Marketing
7 9 (3.21%) Organisational Skills
7 9 (3.21%) Telecoms
8 8 (2.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 8 (2.86%) Legal
8 8 (2.86%) Manufacturing
9 5 (1.79%) Electronics
9 5 (1.79%) Environmental Health
9 5 (1.79%) Games
10 4 (1.43%) Billing
10 4 (1.43%) Public Sector
11 3 (1.07%) Advertising
11 3 (1.07%) Back Office
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (2.14%) HTML
2 5 (1.79%) .NET
2 5 (1.79%) CSS
3 4 (1.43%) Node.js
4 3 (1.07%) .NET Framework
5 2 (0.71%) JSON
5 2 (0.71%) RESTful
6 1 (0.36%) EDI
6 1 (0.36%) Express.js
6 1 (0.36%) Flash
6 1 (0.36%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 22 (7.86%) Onboarding
2 21 (7.50%) Management Information System
3 20 (7.14%) Data Centre
4 12 (4.29%) Self-Motivation
5 8 (2.86%) NHS
6 5 (1.79%) Cyber Threat
6 5 (1.79%) Operational Technology
6 5 (1.79%) SCADA
7 3 (1.07%) Analytical Mindset
7 3 (1.07%) Cyberattack
7 3 (1.07%) Driving Licence
7 3 (1.07%) Enterprise Software
7 3 (1.07%) Reinsurance
8 2 (0.71%) BYOD
8 2 (0.71%) Cyber Security Posture
8 2 (0.71%) FMCG
8 2 (0.71%) Hybrid Cloud
8 2 (0.71%) Private Cloud
8 2 (0.71%) Public Cloud
8 2 (0.71%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 28 (10.00%) Windows
2 6 (2.14%) Windows Server
3 5 (1.79%) Windows 10
4 4 (1.43%) Linux
5 1 (0.36%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 49 (17.50%) Service Delivery
2 43 (15.36%) Project Management
3 37 (13.21%) ITIL
4 35 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
5 31 (11.07%) Cybersecurity
6 30 (10.71%) Tech Ops
7 29 (10.36%) Change Management
7 29 (10.36%) Customer Service
8 27 (9.64%) Problem-Solving
9 23 (8.21%) Service Management
10 22 (7.86%) Logistics
11 21 (7.50%) ITSM
12 19 (6.79%) Customer Experience
12 19 (6.79%) Line Management
13 17 (6.07%) Information Security
13 17 (6.07%) People Management
14 16 (5.71%) Agile
14 16 (5.71%) Roadmaps
15 15 (5.36%) Operations Management
15 15 (5.36%) Supplier Management
Programming Languages
1 13 (4.64%) SQL
2 6 (2.14%) Java
3 4 (1.43%) Python
3 4 (1.43%) T-SQL
4 2 (0.71%) PowerShell
4 2 (0.71%) Scala
Qualifications
1 25 (8.93%) Degree
2 8 (2.86%) Azure Certification
3 7 (2.50%) Microsoft Certification
4 6 (2.14%) DBS Check
4 6 (2.14%) ITIL Certification
5 4 (1.43%) MCP
5 4 (1.43%) MCSE
6 3 (1.07%) Security Cleared
7 2 (0.71%) HNC
7 2 (0.71%) HND
7 2 (0.71%) PMI Certification
7 2 (0.71%) SC Cleared
8 1 (0.36%) AAT
8 1 (0.36%) CISSP
8 1 (0.36%) CTC Cleared
8 1 (0.36%) DV Cleared
8 1 (0.36%) GCIA
8 1 (0.36%) GCIH
8 1 (0.36%) GIAC
8 1 (0.36%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (6.79%) SLA
2 16 (5.71%) GDPR
3 13 (4.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 9 (3.21%) NEBOSH
5 8 (2.86%) Accessibility
6 7 (2.50%) Cyber Essentials
7 6 (2.14%) ISO 9001
8 4 (1.43%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 2 (0.71%) PCI DSS
9 2 (0.71%) PMO
9 2 (0.71%) QA
9 2 (0.71%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 2 (0.71%) SOC 2
10 1 (0.36%) GRC
10 1 (0.36%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 1 (0.36%) NCSC
System Software
1 14 (5.00%) Active Directory
2 10 (3.57%) Hyper-V
3 5 (1.79%) Firmware
3 5 (1.79%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (1.07%) Terminal Services
4 3 (1.07%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.36%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 7 (2.50%) Terraform
1 7 (2.50%) WSUS
2 5 (1.79%) QRadar
2 5 (1.79%) SCOM
3 4 (1.43%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (0.71%) Ansible
5 1 (0.36%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 64 (22.86%) Microsoft
2 17 (6.07%) Cisco
3 13 (4.64%) Salesforce
3 13 (4.64%) VMware
4 8 (2.86%) Citrix
4 8 (2.86%) Google
4 8 (2.86%) SAP
5 5 (1.79%) AppDynamics
5 5 (1.79%) Darktrace
5 5 (1.79%) Dynatrace
5 5 (1.79%) SolarWinds
6 3 (1.07%) HubSpot
6 3 (1.07%) QAD
6 3 (1.07%) Reuters
6 3 (1.07%) Xero
7 2 (0.71%) Adobe
7 2 (0.71%) Dataiku
7 2 (0.71%) Forcepoint
7 2 (0.71%) Meraki
8 1 (0.36%) Splunk