The first table below looks at the demand for the Head of Operations role in IT jobs advertised for the England region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Head of Operations in their job title over the 3 months to 24 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles advertised for the England region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Head of Operations
Rank 808 814 810
Rank change year-on-year
+6 -4
Permanent jobs requiring a Head of Operations 33 52 40
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in England 0.033% 0.046% 0.034%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.035% 0.048% 0.036%
Number of salaries quoted 28 41 37
Average salary £74,000 £80,000 £75,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-7.50% +6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £55,000 £51,740
10% offered a salary of more than £114,600 £100,000 £100,000
UK excluding London average salary £63,750 £67,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year
-4.85% +16.52%
All Job Titles
England
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
95490 107493 111049
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in England 94.41% 94.82% 94.26%
Number of salaries quoted 80297 92843 94497
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £42,500
90% offered a salary of more than £26,925 £27,500 £26,250
10% offered a salary of more than £67,500 £72,500 £70,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Head of Operations
UK

Head of Operations
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Head of Operations across the England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

England Head of Operations Jobs Demand Trend

Head of Operations
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Head of Operations across the England region.

England Head of Operations Salary Trend

Head of Operations
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Head of Operations across the England region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

England Head of Operations Salary Histogram

Head of Operations
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Head of Operations within the England region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Yorkshire +14 12 £50,000 -37.50%
London +34 10 £110,000 +25.71%
South East -2 4 £74,000 +34.54%
East Midlands -1 3 £55,000 -21.42%
North West +4 2 £82,500 +40.42%
South West 0 2 £63,750 -17.74%
Head of Operations
UK

Head of Operations
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the England region that cited Head of Operations in their job title mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled with Head of Operations in their job title.

1 23 (29.49%) Service Delivery
1 23 (29.49%) Finance
2 22 (28.21%) ITIL
3 13 (16.67%) Business Continuity
4 11 (14.10%) Telecoms
5 10 (12.82%) Disaster Recovery
5 10 (12.82%) Service Management
5 10 (12.82%) Degree
6 9 (11.54%) Banking
6 9 (11.54%) SLA
7 8 (10.26%) E-Commerce
7 8 (10.26%) Problem Management
8 7 (8.974%) Legal
8 7 (8.974%) PRINCE2
8 7 (8.974%) Continuous Improvement
9 6 (7.692%) Project Management
9 6 (7.692%) ITIL Certification
9 6 (7.692%) Marketing
10 5 (6.410%) Supplier Management
10 5 (6.410%) Incident Management
10 5 (6.410%) Retail
10 5 (6.410%) Active Directory
10 5 (6.410%) Configuration Management
10 5 (6.410%) Change Management
10 5 (6.410%) Firewall
10 5 (6.410%) Windows
10 5 (6.410%) Java
10 5 (6.410%) Microsoft
11 4 (5.128%) Cisco
11 4 (5.128%) MS Exchange

Head of Operations
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the England region that cited Head of Operations in their job title mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled with Head of Operations in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 4 (5.128%) XML
2 3 (3.846%) LAMP
3 1 (1.282%) WebSphere
3 1 (1.282%) Middleware
3 1 (1.282%) .NET
3 1 (1.282%) XSD
Application Platforms
1 4 (5.128%) MS Exchange
2 1 (1.282%) TIBCO EMS
2 1 (1.282%) ActiveMQ
2 1 (1.282%) WebSphere MQ
2 1 (1.282%) IIS
Applications
1 1 (1.282%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (1.282%) Remedy ITSM
1 1 (1.282%) BusinessWorks
Communications & Networking
1 5 (6.410%) Firewall
2 4 (5.128%) VoIP
2 4 (5.128%) Internet
3 3 (3.846%) WAN
3 3 (3.846%) DNS
4 2 (2.564%) LAN
5 1 (1.282%) Network Security
5 1 (1.282%) MPLS
5 1 (1.282%) ATM
5 1 (1.282%) HTTP
5 1 (1.282%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (3.846%) RDBMS
2 1 (1.282%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (1.282%) Log4j
1 1 (1.282%) MSI
General
1 23 (29.49%) Finance
2 11 (14.10%) Telecoms
3 9 (11.54%) Banking
4 7 (8.974%) Legal
5 6 (7.692%) Marketing
6 5 (6.410%) Retail
7 3 (3.846%) Games
8 2 (2.564%) Military
8 2 (2.564%) French Language
8 2 (2.564%) Italian Language
8 2 (2.564%) Portuguese Language
8 2 (2.564%) Spanish Language
9 1 (1.282%) Investment Banking
9 1 (1.282%) Law
9 1 (1.282%) Front Office
9 1 (1.282%) Back Office
Miscellaneous
1 4 (5.128%) Statistics
2 3 (3.846%) Clustering
2 3 (3.846%) Management Information System
3 2 (2.564%) Client/Server
3 2 (2.564%) Online Games
3 2 (2.564%) FMCG
4 1 (1.282%) Mobile App
4 1 (1.282%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (1.282%) Cloud Computing
4 1 (1.282%) Open Source
4 1 (1.282%) Digital Media
4 1 (1.282%) CESG
4 1 (1.282%) EPoS
4 1 (1.282%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 5 (6.410%) Windows
2 4 (5.128%) Linux
3 3 (3.846%) UNIX
4 1 (1.282%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (29.49%) Service Delivery
2 22 (28.21%) ITIL
3 13 (16.67%) Business Continuity
4 10 (12.82%) Disaster Recovery
4 10 (12.82%) Service Management
5 8 (10.26%) E-Commerce
5 8 (10.26%) Problem Management
6 7 (8.974%) PRINCE2
6 7 (8.974%) Continuous Improvement
7 6 (7.692%) Project Management
8 5 (6.410%) Supplier Management
8 5 (6.410%) Incident Management
8 5 (6.410%) Configuration Management
8 5 (6.410%) Change Management
9 4 (5.128%) Service Desk Management
10 3 (3.846%) Capacity Management
10 3 (3.846%) Operations Management
10 3 (3.846%) Knowledge Management
10 3 (3.846%) Performance Management
10 3 (3.846%) Matrix Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (6.410%) Java
2 3 (3.846%) Shell Script
3 2 (2.564%) C
4 1 (1.282%) SQL
Qualifications
1 10 (12.82%) Degree
2 6 (7.692%) ITIL Certification
3 3 (3.846%) PRINCE2 Certification
4 1 (1.282%) MBA
4 1 (1.282%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (1.282%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (1.282%) MCP
4 1 (1.282%) HND
4 1 (1.282%) CCIE
4 1 (1.282%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (11.54%) SLA
2 2 (2.564%) COBIT
3 1 (1.282%) PCI DSS
3 1 (1.282%) QA
3 1 (1.282%) GAAP
System Software
1 5 (6.410%) Active Directory
2 4 (5.128%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (3.846%) Sendmail
Vendors
1 5 (6.410%) Microsoft
2 4 (5.128%) Cisco
2 4 (5.128%) VMware
3 3 (3.846%) Citrix
4 2 (2.564%) SAP
4 2 (2.564%) Oracle
4 2 (2.564%) HP
4 2 (2.564%) EMC
5 1 (1.282%) Blue Coat
5 1 (1.282%) TIBCO
5 1 (1.282%) Juniper
5 1 (1.282%) Apple
5 1 (1.282%) Remedy
5 1 (1.282%) IBM
5 1 (1.282%) Sun
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Salary: £75000 - £85000 per annum + Awesome Prospects
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Salary: £60000 - £80000 per annum + Good Benefits Package
Posted: 22 May 2013
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Salary: £62,907 per annum
Posted: 13 May 2013
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This role will be responsible for the HR services in the UK & Ireland and will have a team of 15 in total. The shared service that this role...
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Salary: £70000 - £80000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 3 May 2013