Head of Operations Jobs in London

Head of Operations
England > London

The median Head of Operations salary in London is £90,000 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 482 603 818
Rank change year-on-year +121 +215 -246
Permanent jobs requiring a Head of Operations 27 32 51
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 0.11% 0.089% 0.078%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.12% 0.093% 0.081%
Number of salaries quoted 16 30 32
10th Percentile £63,888 £78,125 £63,000
25th Percentile £80,625 £82,500 £72,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £90,000 £110,000 £95,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% +15.79% -9.52%
75th Percentile £119,688 £123,750 £100,000
90th Percentile £143,750 £130,000 £114,250
England median annual salary £85,500 £95,500 £84,290
% change year-on-year -10.47% +13.30% -0.84%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in 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 London with a recognized job title 22,169 34,255 62,848
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.11% 95.07% 96.34%
Number of salaries quoted 16,697 25,036 34,819
10th Percentile £38,500 £42,500 £41,250
25th Percentile £51,250 £55,000 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £72,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.45% +3.57% -
75th Percentile £93,750 £95,000 £91,250
90th Percentile £115,000 £115,000 £110,000
England median annual salary £54,000 £60,567 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.84% +0.95% +9.09%

Head of Operations
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Head of Operations in London

Head of Operations
Salary Trend in London

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

Salary trend for Head of Operations in London

Head of Operations
Salary Histogram in London

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

Salary histogram for Head of Operations in London

Head of Operations
Job Locations in 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 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
Central London +59 11 £105,000 -4.55% 4
West London 0 2 £150,000 +46.34% 1
Head of Operations
England

Head of Operations Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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 London region featuring Head of Operations in the job title.

1 12 (44.44%) Finance
2 9 (33.33%) Service Management
2 9 (33.33%) Service Delivery
2 9 (33.33%) ITIL
2 9 (33.33%) Windows
3 8 (29.63%) ITSM
3 8 (29.63%) Scrum
3 8 (29.63%) Kanban
4 7 (25.93%) Decision-Making
4 7 (25.93%) Problem-Solving
4 7 (25.93%) Technical Leadership
4 7 (25.93%) Microsoft 365
5 6 (22.22%) Service Desk Management
5 6 (22.22%) Virtual Desktop
5 6 (22.22%) Vulnerability Management
5 6 (22.22%) Critical Success Factor
5 6 (22.22%) Azure
5 6 (22.22%) Statistical Analysis
5 6 (22.22%) Incident Management
5 6 (22.22%) Agile
5 6 (22.22%) SLA
5 6 (22.22%) Active Directory
5 6 (22.22%) Major Incident Management
6 5 (18.52%) Social Skills
7 4 (14.81%) Roadmaps
7 4 (14.81%) Wireless
8 3 (11.11%) Linux
8 3 (11.11%) Strategic Management
8 3 (11.11%) Accessibility
8 3 (11.11%) Influencing Skills

Head of Operations Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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 (25.93%) Microsoft 365
2 6 (22.22%) Azure
3 1 (3.70%) AWS
3 1 (3.70%) Power Platform
3 1 (3.70%) PowerApps
3 1 (3.70%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (14.81%) Wireless
2 1 (3.70%) Firewall
2 1 (3.70%) LAN
2 1 (3.70%) NAS
2 1 (3.70%) SAN
2 1 (3.70%) WAN
General
1 12 (44.44%) Finance
2 5 (18.52%) Social Skills
3 3 (11.11%) Influencing Skills
4 2 (7.41%) Financial Institution
4 2 (7.41%) Public Sector
5 1 (3.70%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (3.70%) Banking
5 1 (3.70%) Investment Banking
Miscellaneous
1 1 (3.70%) Cloud Native
1 1 (3.70%) Enterprise Storage
Operating Systems
1 9 (33.33%) Windows
2 3 (11.11%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (33.33%) ITIL
1 9 (33.33%) Service Delivery
1 9 (33.33%) Service Management
2 8 (29.63%) ITSM
2 8 (29.63%) Kanban
2 8 (29.63%) Scrum
3 7 (25.93%) Decision-Making
3 7 (25.93%) Problem-Solving
3 7 (25.93%) Technical Leadership
4 6 (22.22%) Agile
4 6 (22.22%) Critical Success Factor
4 6 (22.22%) Incident Management
4 6 (22.22%) Major Incident Management
4 6 (22.22%) Service Desk Management
4 6 (22.22%) Statistical Analysis
4 6 (22.22%) Vulnerability Management
5 4 (14.81%) Roadmaps
6 3 (11.11%) Innovative Thinking
6 3 (11.11%) Strategic Management
7 2 (7.41%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 2 (7.41%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 2 (7.41%) Degree
1 2 (7.41%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (22.22%) SLA
2 3 (11.11%) Accessibility
3 2 (7.41%) NCSC
4 1 (3.70%) Data Quality
System Software
1 6 (22.22%) Active Directory
1 6 (22.22%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 1 (3.70%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (3.70%) Terraform
Vendors
1 2 (7.41%) Microsoft
2 1 (3.70%) Cisco
2 1 (3.70%) Meraki
2 1 (3.70%) Palo Alto
2 1 (3.70%) ServiceNow