Head of Operations Jobs in the City of London

Head of Operations
Central London > City of London

The median Head of Operations salary in the City of London is £105,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 25 April 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
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 167 229 274
Rank change year-on-year +62 +45 -39
Permanent jobs requiring a Head of Operations 11 4 4
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 0.33% 0.084% 0.057%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.34% 0.087% 0.060%
Number of salaries quoted 4 4 4
10th Percentile £89,500 £91,000 £62,250
25th Percentile £96,250 £100,000 £65,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £105,000 £110,000 £73,750
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +49.15% -18.06%
75th Percentile £120,625 £115,000 £88,750
90th Percentile £130,750 - £100,000
Central London median annual salary £105,000 £110,000 £73,750
% change year-on-year -4.55% +49.15% -18.06%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
City of London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the City of London. 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 City of London with a recognized job title 3,219 4,624 6,707
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.80% 96.53% 95.68%
Number of salaries quoted 2,579 3,901 5,616
10th Percentile £41,000 £42,500 £43,750
25th Percentile £53,193 £55,000 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £73,000 £75,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.67% +3.45% -
75th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £93,750
90th Percentile £112,500 £112,500 £110,000
Central London median annual salary £72,500 £75,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year -3.33% +3.45% +3.57%

Head of Operations
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Job postings that featured Head of Operations in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Job vacancy trend for Head of Operations in the City of London

Head of Operations
Salary Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Head of Operations in the City of London.

Salary trend for Head of Operations in the City of London

Head of Operations
Salary Histogram in the City of London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Head of Operations in the City of London over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Head of Operations in the City of London

Head of Operations
Job Locations in the City of London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Head of Operations within the City of London region over the 6 months to 25 April 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 Bridge - 1 £125,000 -
Head of Operations
Central London

Head of Operations Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of London

For the 6 months to 25 April 2024, Head of 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 job ads across the City of London region featuring Head of Operations in the job title.

1 8 (72.73%) ITIL
1 8 (72.73%) Service Management
1 8 (72.73%) Service Delivery
2 7 (63.64%) ITSM
2 7 (63.64%) Microsoft 365
2 7 (63.64%) Decision-Making
2 7 (63.64%) Problem-Solving
3 6 (54.55%) Technical Leadership
3 6 (54.55%) Major Incident Management
3 6 (54.55%) Active Directory
3 6 (54.55%) Vulnerability Management
3 6 (54.55%) Service Desk Management
3 6 (54.55%) Critical Success Factor
3 6 (54.55%) Virtual Desktop
3 6 (54.55%) Windows
3 6 (54.55%) SLA
3 6 (54.55%) Scrum
3 6 (54.55%) Statistical Analysis
3 6 (54.55%) Incident Management
3 6 (54.55%) Kanban
4 5 (45.45%) Finance
5 2 (18.18%) Financial Institution
6 1 (9.09%) Cloud Native
6 1 (9.09%) Master's Degree
6 1 (9.09%) Fintech
6 1 (9.09%) Terraform
6 1 (9.09%) ServiceNow
6 1 (9.09%) DevOps
6 1 (9.09%) User Experience
6 1 (9.09%) People Management

Head of Operations Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of London 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 7 (63.64%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (9.09%) Azure
2 1 (9.09%) Power Platform
2 1 (9.09%) PowerApps
General
1 5 (45.45%) Finance
2 2 (18.18%) Financial Institution
3 1 (9.09%) Banking
3 1 (9.09%) Investment Banking
3 1 (9.09%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (9.09%) Cloud Native
Operating Systems
1 6 (54.55%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (72.73%) ITIL
1 8 (72.73%) Service Delivery
1 8 (72.73%) Service Management
2 7 (63.64%) Decision-Making
2 7 (63.64%) ITSM
2 7 (63.64%) Problem-Solving
3 6 (54.55%) Critical Success Factor
3 6 (54.55%) Incident Management
3 6 (54.55%) Kanban
3 6 (54.55%) Major Incident Management
3 6 (54.55%) Scrum
3 6 (54.55%) Service Desk Management
3 6 (54.55%) Statistical Analysis
3 6 (54.55%) Technical Leadership
3 6 (54.55%) Vulnerability Management
4 1 (9.09%) CI/CD
4 1 (9.09%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (9.09%) DevOps
4 1 (9.09%) Fintech
4 1 (9.09%) Migration
Qualifications
1 1 (9.09%) Degree
1 1 (9.09%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (54.55%) SLA
System Software
1 6 (54.55%) Active Directory
1 6 (54.55%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 1 (9.09%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (9.09%) Terraform
Vendors
1 1 (9.09%) Microsoft
1 1 (9.09%) ServiceNow