Operations Director Jobs in England

Director of Operations
UK > England

The median Director of Operations salary in England is £117,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 9 May 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
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 813 915 1092
Rank change year-on-year +102 +177 -228
Permanent jobs requiring an Operations Director 18 15 32
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.021% 0.017% 0.024%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.022% 0.018% 0.025%
Number of salaries quoted 18 11 12
10th Percentile £85,000 £91,250 £77,750
25th Percentile £97,500 £100,000 £80,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £117,500 £150,000 £93,750
Median % change year-on-year -21.67% +60.00% -15.73%
75th Percentile £145,000 £155,000 £109,063
90th Percentile - - £114,500
UK median annual salary £105,000 £132,500 £100,000
% change year-on-year -20.75% +32.50% -13.04%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised 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 81,041 82,556 127,446
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.48% 91.46% 96.08%
Number of salaries quoted 60,522 52,365 74,626
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,250 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,500 £60,800 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.01% +1.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £90,822 £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 9 May 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 9 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
South East +2 7 £105,000 -30.00% 3
London +107 6 £140,000 +33.33% 8
West Midlands +14 3 £90,000 -
Midlands -8 3 £90,000 -
South West - 1 £130,000 - 1
Operations Director
UK

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

For the 6 months to 9 May 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 8 (44.44%) Strategic Planning
2 8 (44.44%) Continuous Improvement
3 7 (38.89%) Service Delivery
4 6 (33.33%) Change Management
4 6 (33.33%) Telecoms
4 6 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
4 6 (33.33%) Budgeting
5 5 (27.78%) Roadmaps
5 5 (27.78%) Cost Management
5 5 (27.78%) NETCONF
5 5 (27.78%) Line Management
5 5 (27.78%) Process Improvement
5 5 (27.78%) Coaching
5 5 (27.78%) Cyber Threat
5 5 (27.78%) Problem Management
5 5 (27.78%) HIPAA
5 5 (27.78%) Test Automation
5 5 (27.78%) Capacity Planning
5 5 (27.78%) Network Management
5 5 (27.78%) Trend Analysis
5 5 (27.78%) High Availability
5 5 (27.78%) GDPR
5 5 (27.78%) Contract Negotiation
5 5 (27.78%) Thought Leadership
5 5 (27.78%) Strategic Roadmap
5 5 (27.78%) Major Incident Management
5 5 (27.78%) Incident Management
5 5 (27.78%) CMDB

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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (5.56%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 3 (16.67%) SaaS
2 1 (5.56%) Microsoft 365
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%) Inclusion and Diversity
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 8 (44.44%) Continuous Improvement
2 8 (44.44%) Strategic Planning
3 7 (38.89%) Service Delivery
4 6 (33.33%) Budgeting
4 6 (33.33%) Change Management
4 6 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
5 5 (27.78%) Capacity Planning
5 5 (27.78%) Coaching
5 5 (27.78%) Cost Management
5 5 (27.78%) High Availability
5 5 (27.78%) Line Management
5 5 (27.78%) Major Incident Management
5 5 (27.78%) Network Management
5 5 (27.78%) Problem Management
5 5 (27.78%) Process Improvement
5 5 (27.78%) Roadmaps
5 5 (27.78%) Test Automation
5 5 (27.78%) Trend Analysis
Qualifications
1 5 (27.78%) ITIL Certification
2 2 (11.11%) Degree
3 1 (5.56%) Master's Degree
3 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