The first table below looks at the demand for the Operations Manager role in IT jobs advertised for the North West region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Operations Manager in their job title over the 3 months to 21 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 North West region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Operations Manager
Rank 235 228 221
Rank change year-on-year
-7 -7
Permanent jobs requiring an Operations Manager 19 17 11
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 0.263% 0.240% 0.163%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.276% 0.250% 0.170%
Number of salaries quoted 16 15 9
Average salary £42,500 £35,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+21.42% -
90% offered a salary of more than £41,250 £35,000 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £75,000 £50,100 £65,000
UK excluding London average salary £52,500 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year
+5.00% -
All Job Titles
North West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
6890 6797 6466
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 95.52% 95.92% 95.52%
Number of salaries quoted 5851 6007 5715
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
90% offered a salary of more than £23,500 £23,000 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Operations Manager
England

Operations Manager
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North West Operations Manager Jobs Demand Trend

Operations Manager
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Operations Manager across the North West region.

North West Operations Manager Salary Trend

Operations Manager
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Operations Manager across the North West region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

North West Operations Manager Salary Histogram

Operations Manager
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Operations Manager within the North West region over the 3 months to 21 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
Cheshire - 11 £42,500 -
Manchester -19 8 £47,500 +35.71%
Operations Manager
England

Operations Manager
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the North West region that cited Operations Manager 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 Operations Manager in their job title.

1 12 (46.15%) Windows
1 12 (46.15%) HP
2 11 (42.31%) ITIL
3 10 (38.46%) Finance
3 10 (38.46%) Incident Management
4 9 (34.62%) Workflow
5 8 (30.77%) Problem Management
6 7 (26.92%) NonStop SQL
6 7 (26.92%) AS400
6 7 (26.92%) Mainframe
6 7 (26.92%) Change Management
6 7 (26.92%) UNIX
6 7 (26.92%) zOS
7 6 (23.08%) VoIP
7 6 (23.08%) VMS
7 6 (23.08%) Cisco
8 5 (19.23%) IBM
8 5 (19.23%) SQL Server
8 5 (19.23%) DHCP
8 5 (19.23%) DNS
8 5 (19.23%) Linux
8 5 (19.23%) SharePoint
8 5 (19.23%) MOM
8 5 (19.23%) Nagios
8 5 (19.23%) Project Management
8 5 (19.23%) ITIL Certification
8 5 (19.23%) Avaya
8 5 (19.23%) SAN
8 5 (19.23%) Banking
8 5 (19.23%) VMware

Operations Manager
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the North West region that cited Operations Manager 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 Operations Manager in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 5 (19.23%) SharePoint
Communications & Networking
1 6 (23.08%) VoIP
2 5 (19.23%) DHCP
2 5 (19.23%) DNS
2 5 (19.23%) SAN
3 1 (3.846%) Frame Relay
3 1 (3.846%) TDMA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (26.92%) NonStop SQL
2 5 (19.23%) SQL Server
General
1 10 (38.46%) Finance
2 5 (19.23%) Banking
3 3 (11.54%) Law
3 3 (11.54%) Legal
4 2 (7.692%) Games
4 2 (7.692%) Corporate Banking
4 2 (7.692%) Financial Institution
Miscellaneous
1 7 (26.92%) AS400
1 7 (26.92%) Mainframe
2 2 (7.692%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 12 (46.15%) Windows
2 7 (26.92%) UNIX
2 7 (26.92%) zOS
3 6 (23.08%) VMS
4 5 (19.23%) Linux
4 5 (19.23%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (42.31%) ITIL
2 10 (38.46%) Incident Management
3 9 (34.62%) Workflow
4 8 (30.77%) Problem Management
5 7 (26.92%) Change Management
6 5 (19.23%) Project Management
6 5 (19.23%) Change Control
7 4 (15.38%) Service Management
8 2 (7.692%) Root Cause Analysis
8 2 (7.692%) Risk Management
8 2 (7.692%) ITSM
9 1 (3.846%) Stakeholder Management
9 1 (3.846%) Pay per click
9 1 (3.846%) SEO
9 1 (3.846%) 3D Modelling
Qualifications
1 5 (19.23%) ITIL Certification
2 3 (11.54%) Degree
3 1 (3.846%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (19.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (11.54%) GAAP
3 2 (7.692%) QA
4 1 (3.846%) SLA
System Software
1 5 (19.23%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 5 (19.23%) MOM
1 5 (19.23%) Nagios
Vendors
1 12 (46.15%) HP
2 6 (23.08%) Cisco
3 5 (19.23%) IBM
3 5 (19.23%) Avaya
3 5 (19.23%) VMware
4 3 (11.54%) Microsoft
Crewe, North West
Supporting Managed Services across network and IT infrastructure, experienced within a Cisco environment is preferred but not essential... There will be future internal opportunities to move into mid-...
Energize Recruitment Solutions Ltd
Salary: £33000 - £40000 per annum + + Benefits + Bonus
Posted: 8 May 2013
Cheshire, North West
Service Operations Manager - ITIL - Incident Management, Service Level Management - This is an excellent opportunity to progress a challenging, varied and stable career working for my cutting edge Financial...
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £45000.00 - £54000.00 per annum + Excellent Package
Posted: 18 May 2013
Cheshire
Service Operations Manager - ITIL - Incident Management, Service Level Management - This is an excellent opportunity to progress a challenging, varied and stable career working for my cutting edge Financial...
HAYS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Salary: £45000.00 - £54000.00 per annum + Excellent Package
Posted: 17 May 2013
Cheshire
Service Operation Manager (ITIL, Delivery, Banking) A leading global bank is searching for a Service Operation Manager (ITIL, Delivery, Banking) to join the Operations Team of their Corporate...
ANSON MCCADE
Salary: Up to £55,000 per annum + Overtime/On-Call, Banking Bonus and benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013