Operations Manager Jobs in England

Operations Manager
UK > England

The median Operations Manager salary in England is £57,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 28 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
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 582 719 762
Rank change year-on-year +137 +43 -60
Permanent jobs requiring an Operations Manager 238 209 404
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.28% 0.23% 0.31%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.30% 0.25% 0.32%
Number of salaries quoted 190 137 176
10th Percentile £43,850 £49,900 £48,000
25th Percentile £49,063 £56,445 £60,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £70,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -17.86% -3.45% +21.85%
75th Percentile £70,000 £80,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £86,750 £92,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £70,000 £72,250
% change year-on-year -17.86% -3.11% +25.65%

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 80,172 84,782 125,764
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.46% 91.52% 96.09%
Number of salaries quoted 60,024 53,688 75,723
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,000 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,500 £60,567 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.67% +0.95% +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,991 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £52,550 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.42% - +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 28 April 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 28 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 +126 80 £66,000 -12.00% 57
South East +40 41 £55,000 -18.52% 22
North of England +25 41 £60,000 -14.29% 10
East of England +37 29 £52,500 +5.00% 6
Midlands -13 24 £53,500 -24.65% 12
North West +29 23 £62,500 +8.11% 8
South West -3 23 £57,500 +15.00% 13
West Midlands +11 17 £53,500 -17.69% 10
Yorkshire +65 12 £50,000 -31.03% 1
East Midlands -9 7 £60,000 -15.49% 1
North East 0 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 28 April 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 61 (25.63%) Finance
1 61 (25.63%) Microsoft
2 53 (22.27%) Social Skills
3 45 (18.91%) Service Delivery
4 44 (18.49%) Azure
5 39 (16.39%) Project Management
6 35 (14.71%) ITIL
7 34 (14.29%) Cybersecurity
8 33 (13.87%) Microsoft 365
8 33 (13.87%) Continuous Improvement
9 30 (12.61%) Degree
9 30 (12.61%) Problem-Solving
10 28 (11.76%) Customer Service
10 28 (11.76%) Change Management
11 26 (10.92%) Windows
12 24 (10.08%) Logistics
13 23 (9.66%) Tech Ops
14 21 (8.82%) Onboarding
15 20 (8.40%) Data Centre
15 20 (8.40%) Retail
15 20 (8.40%) Management Information System
16 19 (7.98%) Service Management
16 19 (7.98%) SLA
16 19 (7.98%) AWS
16 19 (7.98%) People Management
17 18 (7.56%) Operations Management
18 17 (7.14%) ITSM
18 17 (7.14%) Cisco
18 17 (7.14%) Process Improvement
18 17 (7.14%) Line 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 (5.04%) Microsoft Exchange
2 11 (4.62%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.84%) Confluence
4 1 (0.42%) MTS
Applications
1 16 (6.72%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (5.04%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.84%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.42%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.42%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.42%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 5 (2.10%) Salesforce CRM
2 4 (1.68%) SAP CX
3 3 (1.26%) Payment Gateway
3 3 (1.26%) SAP ERP
4 2 (0.84%) Raiser’s Edge
4 2 (0.84%) SAP CRM
5 1 (0.42%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 44 (18.49%) Azure
2 33 (13.87%) Microsoft 365
3 19 (7.98%) AWS
4 10 (4.20%) Cloud Computing
4 10 (4.20%) IaaS
5 8 (3.36%) PaaS
6 6 (2.52%) Entra ID
6 6 (2.52%) GCP
7 5 (2.10%) Salesforce Service Cloud
8 4 (1.68%) Google Workspace
8 4 (1.68%) Power Platform
9 3 (1.26%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
10 2 (0.84%) Amazon Cognito
10 2 (0.84%) Amazon SQS
10 2 (0.84%) Datadog
10 2 (0.84%) dbt
10 2 (0.84%) Fivetran
10 2 (0.84%) Prefect
10 2 (0.84%) Serverless
10 2 (0.84%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 14 (5.88%) Firewall
2 12 (5.04%) LAN
2 12 (5.04%) VoIP
3 11 (4.62%) Network Security
3 11 (4.62%) VPN
4 10 (4.20%) WAN
5 8 (3.36%) SD-WAN
5 8 (3.36%) Wi-Fi
6 5 (2.10%) BIG-IP
6 5 (2.10%) Cisco Nexus
6 5 (2.10%) Wireless
7 4 (1.68%) DNS
7 4 (1.68%) HTTP
7 4 (1.68%) MQTT
7 4 (1.68%) TCP/IP
8 3 (1.26%) Unified Communications
9 2 (0.84%) WLAN
10 1 (0.42%) Broadband
10 1 (0.42%) DHCP
10 1 (0.42%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (4.62%) SQL Server
2 4 (1.68%) Power BI
3 2 (0.84%) Data Lake
3 2 (0.84%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (0.84%) Parquet
3 2 (0.84%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (0.42%) Amazon Aurora
4 1 (0.42%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 6 (2.52%) JIRA
General
1 61 (25.63%) Finance
2 53 (22.27%) Social Skills
3 20 (8.40%) Retail
4 13 (5.46%) Analytical Skills
5 11 (4.62%) Law
6 10 (4.20%) Manufacturing
7 9 (3.78%) Organisational Skills
7 9 (3.78%) Telecoms
8 8 (3.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 8 (3.36%) Legal
9 7 (2.94%) Banking
9 7 (2.94%) Marketing
10 5 (2.10%) Environmental Health
10 5 (2.10%) Games
10 5 (2.10%) Public Sector
11 4 (1.68%) Billing
11 4 (1.68%) Electronics
12 3 (1.26%) Back Office
12 3 (1.26%) Local Government
13 2 (0.84%) Investment Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (2.10%) .NET
1 5 (2.10%) HTML
2 4 (1.68%) CSS
2 4 (1.68%) Node.js
3 3 (1.26%) .NET Framework
4 2 (0.84%) JSON
4 2 (0.84%) RESTful
5 1 (0.42%) Express.js
5 1 (0.42%) Flash
5 1 (0.42%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 21 (8.82%) Onboarding
2 20 (8.40%) Data Centre
2 20 (8.40%) Management Information System
3 10 (4.20%) Self-Motivation
4 8 (3.36%) NHS
5 5 (2.10%) Cyber Threat
5 5 (2.10%) Operational Technology
5 5 (2.10%) SCADA
6 3 (1.26%) Analytical Mindset
6 3 (1.26%) Cyberattack
6 3 (1.26%) Driving Licence
6 3 (1.26%) Enterprise Software
6 3 (1.26%) Reinsurance
7 2 (0.84%) BYOD
7 2 (0.84%) Client/Server
7 2 (0.84%) FMCG
7 2 (0.84%) PMI
7 2 (0.84%) Private Cloud
7 2 (0.84%) Public Cloud
7 2 (0.84%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 26 (10.92%) Windows
2 5 (2.10%) Windows 10
3 4 (1.68%) Linux
4 2 (0.84%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.42%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (18.91%) Service Delivery
2 39 (16.39%) Project Management
3 35 (14.71%) ITIL
4 34 (14.29%) Cybersecurity
5 33 (13.87%) Continuous Improvement
6 30 (12.61%) Problem-Solving
7 28 (11.76%) Change Management
7 28 (11.76%) Customer Service
8 24 (10.08%) Logistics
9 23 (9.66%) Tech Ops
10 19 (7.98%) People Management
10 19 (7.98%) Service Management
11 18 (7.56%) Operations Management
12 17 (7.14%) Customer Experience
12 17 (7.14%) ITSM
12 17 (7.14%) Line Management
12 17 (7.14%) Process Improvement
12 17 (7.14%) Security Operations
13 15 (6.30%) Mentoring
13 15 (6.30%) Strategic Planning
Programming Languages
1 16 (6.72%) SQL
2 6 (2.52%) Java
3 4 (1.68%) Python
3 4 (1.68%) T-SQL
4 2 (0.84%) Scala
5 1 (0.42%) Bash
5 1 (0.42%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 30 (12.61%) Degree
2 8 (3.36%) Azure Certification
2 8 (3.36%) ITIL Certification
3 7 (2.94%) Microsoft Certification
4 6 (2.52%) DBS Check
5 4 (1.68%) MCP
5 4 (1.68%) MCSE
6 3 (1.26%) Security Cleared
7 2 (0.84%) HNC
7 2 (0.84%) HND
7 2 (0.84%) PMI Certification
7 2 (0.84%) SC Cleared
8 1 (0.42%) AAT
8 1 (0.42%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (0.42%) CASP
8 1 (0.42%) CISSP
8 1 (0.42%) GCIA
8 1 (0.42%) GCIH
8 1 (0.42%) GIAC
8 1 (0.42%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (7.98%) SLA
2 16 (6.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 15 (6.30%) GDPR
4 9 (3.78%) Cyber Essentials
4 9 (3.78%) NEBOSH
5 6 (2.52%) ISO 9001
6 5 (2.10%) Accessibility
6 5 (2.10%) QA
6 5 (2.10%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 4 (1.68%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 2 (0.84%) NIST
8 2 (0.84%) PCI DSS
8 2 (0.84%) PMO
8 2 (0.84%) SOC 2
9 1 (0.42%) GRC
9 1 (0.42%) ISO 22301
9 1 (0.42%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 1 (0.42%) NCSC
System Software
1 15 (6.30%) Active Directory
2 10 (4.20%) Hyper-V
3 5 (2.10%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (1.68%) Firmware
5 3 (1.26%) Terminal Services
5 3 (1.26%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 7 (2.94%) WSUS
2 5 (2.10%) QRadar
2 5 (2.10%) SCOM
2 5 (2.10%) Terraform
3 4 (1.68%) Microsoft Intune
4 3 (1.26%) Ansible
5 1 (0.42%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 61 (25.63%) Microsoft
2 17 (7.14%) Cisco
3 13 (5.46%) Salesforce
4 11 (4.62%) VMware
5 9 (3.78%) SAP
6 8 (3.36%) Citrix
7 6 (2.52%) Google
8 5 (2.10%) AppDynamics
8 5 (2.10%) Darktrace
8 5 (2.10%) Dynatrace
8 5 (2.10%) SolarWinds
9 3 (1.26%) QAD
9 3 (1.26%) Reuters
9 3 (1.26%) Xero
10 2 (0.84%) Adobe
10 2 (0.84%) Dataiku
10 2 (0.84%) Forcepoint
10 2 (0.84%) HubSpot
10 2 (0.84%) Meraki
10 2 (0.84%) Tanium