The first table below looks at the demand for the Operations Manager role in IT jobs advertised for the Scotland 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 22 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 Scotland region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Operations Manager
Rank 151 151 151
Rank change year-on-year
0 0
Permanent jobs requiring an Operations Manager 3 2 5
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Scotland 0.094% 0.057% 0.146%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.099% 0.060% 0.155%
Number of salaries quoted 0 1 5
Average salary - £33,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -12.00%
UK excluding London average salary £52,500 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year
+5.00% -
All Job Titles
Scotland
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
3021 3308 3235
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Scotland 94.67% 94.51% 94.62%
Number of salaries quoted 1807 2408 2435
Average salary £40,000 £37,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.66% -6.25%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,000 £25,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £57,500 £55,000 £57,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Operations Manager
UK

Operations Manager
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Scotland 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 Scotland region.

Scotland Operations Manager Salary Trend

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 Scotland region over the 3 months to 22 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
Glasgow - 2 - -
Renfrewshire - 1 - -
Operations Manager
UK

Operations Manager
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Scotland 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 6 (60.00%) Microsoft
2 4 (40.00%) Degree
3 3 (30.00%) Operations Management
3 3 (30.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 3 (30.00%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
3 3 (30.00%) HP
3 3 (30.00%) SAN
3 3 (30.00%) MS Exchange
3 3 (30.00%) VoIP
3 3 (30.00%) WAN
3 3 (30.00%) SQL Server
3 3 (30.00%) ITIL
3 3 (30.00%) Windows
3 3 (30.00%) Symantec
3 3 (30.00%) Telecoms
3 3 (30.00%) Finance
3 3 (30.00%) VMware
3 3 (30.00%) Backup Exec
4 2 (20.00%) Business Continuity
4 2 (20.00%) Project Management
4 2 (20.00%) MS Excel
4 2 (20.00%) Perl
4 2 (20.00%) VBScript
4 2 (20.00%) HP SIM
4 2 (20.00%) Disaster Recovery
4 2 (20.00%) Release Management
5 1 (10.00%) SC Cleared
5 1 (10.00%) Security Cleared
5 1 (10.00%) Windows Server 2008
5 1 (10.00%) Risk Management

Operations Manager
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Scotland 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 3 (30.00%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 2 (20.00%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 3 (30.00%) SAN
1 3 (30.00%) VoIP
1 3 (30.00%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (30.00%) SQL Server
2 1 (10.00%) Data Warehouse
General
1 3 (30.00%) Telecoms
1 3 (30.00%) Finance
2 1 (10.00%) Banking
2 1 (10.00%) Investment Banking
Miscellaneous
1 1 (10.00%) Fixed Income
1 1 (10.00%) Equities
Operating Systems
1 3 (30.00%) Windows
2 1 (10.00%) Windows Server 2008
2 1 (10.00%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (30.00%) Operations Management
1 3 (30.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 3 (30.00%) ITIL
2 2 (20.00%) Business Continuity
2 2 (20.00%) Project Management
2 2 (20.00%) Disaster Recovery
2 2 (20.00%) Release Management
3 1 (10.00%) Risk Management
3 1 (10.00%) CRM
3 1 (10.00%) ERP
3 1 (10.00%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (10.00%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (20.00%) Perl
1 2 (20.00%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 4 (40.00%) Degree
2 1 (10.00%) SC Cleared
2 1 (10.00%) Security Cleared
Systems Management
1 3 (30.00%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
1 3 (30.00%) Backup Exec
2 2 (20.00%) HP SIM
3 1 (10.00%) OpenView Configuration Management
Vendors
1 6 (60.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (30.00%) HP
2 3 (30.00%) Symantec
2 3 (30.00%) VMware
3 1 (10.00%) Business Objects
3 1 (10.00%) Netezza