Operations Manager Jobs in the South East

Operations Manager
England > South East

The median Operations Manager salary in the South East is £55,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 19 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
19 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 366 388 435
Rank change year-on-year +22 +47 -89
Permanent jobs requiring an Operations Manager 39 21 46
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 0.24% 0.14% 0.23%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.25% 0.15% 0.24%
Number of salaries quoted 32 14 28
10th Percentile £45,000 £51,425 £47,500
25th Percentile £49,688 £55,129 £60,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £70,000 £71,250
Median % change year-on-year -21.43% -1.75% +18.75%
75th Percentile £67,813 £83,125 £83,125
90th Percentile £70,000 £88,750 £90,375
England median annual salary £57,500 £70,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year -17.86% -3.45% +26.09%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
South East

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the South East. 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 the South East with a recognized job title 15,515 13,804 18,906
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.90% 90.69% 96.33%
Number of salaries quoted 11,273 8,655 12,709
10th Percentile £27,500 £29,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £35,750 £39,875 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £64,750 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £85,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £54,000 £60,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.74% +0.83% +9.09%

Operations Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings that featured Operations Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Operations Manager in the South East

Operations Manager
Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Operations Manager in the South East.

Salary trend for Operations Manager in the South East

Operations Manager
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Operations Manager in the South East over the 6 months to 19 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Operations Manager in the South East

Operations Manager
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Operations Manager within the South East region over the 6 months to 19 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
Thames Valley +22 23 £57,500 -17.86% 11
Berkshire +33 17 £57,500 - 6
West Sussex +49 6 £55,000 -35.29%
Buckinghamshire -11 6 £56,250 -25.00% 1
Hampshire -14 4 £45,000 -21.86%
Surrey - 2 £51,750 - 1
Kent -1 1 £43,000 -
Operations Manager
England

Operations Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 19 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 South East region featuring Operations Manager in the job title.

1 16 (41.03%) Social Skills
2 13 (33.33%) Project Management
3 7 (17.95%) Microsoft
3 7 (17.95%) Management Information System
3 7 (17.95%) Law
3 7 (17.95%) Continuous Improvement
3 7 (17.95%) Security Operations
3 7 (17.95%) Onboarding
4 6 (15.38%) Cybersecurity
4 6 (15.38%) Degree
4 6 (15.38%) Finance
4 6 (15.38%) Microsoft Excel
5 5 (12.82%) Service Delivery
5 5 (12.82%) Retail
5 5 (12.82%) Logistics
5 5 (12.82%) Kalman Filter
5 5 (12.82%) DBS Check
5 5 (12.82%) Project Delivery
6 4 (10.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 4 (10.26%) Contract Management
6 4 (10.26%) GDPR
6 4 (10.26%) Visualisation
6 4 (10.26%) Data Visualisation
6 4 (10.26%) People Management
6 4 (10.26%) Network Monitoring
6 4 (10.26%) Strategic Planning
6 4 (10.26%) Information Security
6 4 (10.26%) Legal
7 3 (7.69%) Wireless
7 3 (7.69%) Back Office

Operations Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 (2.56%) MTS
Applications
1 6 (15.38%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (5.13%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (5.13%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (2.56%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 2 (5.13%) Azure
1 2 (5.13%) Cloud Computing
1 2 (5.13%) IaaS
2 1 (2.56%) Google Workspace
2 1 (2.56%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 3 (7.69%) Unified Communications
1 3 (7.69%) Wireless
General
1 16 (41.03%) Social Skills
2 7 (17.95%) Law
3 6 (15.38%) Finance
4 5 (12.82%) Retail
5 4 (10.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 4 (10.26%) Legal
6 3 (7.69%) Back Office
6 3 (7.69%) Telecoms
7 2 (5.13%) Automotive
7 2 (5.13%) Organisational Skills
7 2 (5.13%) Public Sector
8 1 (2.56%) Games
8 1 (2.56%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (2.56%) Marketing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.56%) Flash
Miscellaneous
1 7 (17.95%) Management Information System
1 7 (17.95%) Onboarding
2 2 (5.13%) Data Centre
3 1 (2.56%) CCTV
3 1 (2.56%) Cyber Defence
3 1 (2.56%) Cyber Threat
3 1 (2.56%) Cyberattack
3 1 (2.56%) NHS
3 1 (2.56%) Operational Technology
3 1 (2.56%) SCADA
3 1 (2.56%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (2.56%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 2 (5.13%) Windows
1 2 (5.13%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (33.33%) Project Management
2 7 (17.95%) Continuous Improvement
2 7 (17.95%) Security Operations
3 6 (15.38%) Cybersecurity
4 5 (12.82%) Kalman Filter
4 5 (12.82%) Logistics
4 5 (12.82%) Project Delivery
4 5 (12.82%) Service Delivery
5 4 (10.26%) Contract Management
5 4 (10.26%) Data Visualisation
5 4 (10.26%) Information Security
5 4 (10.26%) Network Monitoring
5 4 (10.26%) People Management
5 4 (10.26%) Strategic Planning
5 4 (10.26%) Visualisation
6 3 (7.69%) Analytics
6 3 (7.69%) DataOps
6 3 (7.69%) Mentoring
6 3 (7.69%) Strategic Thinking
6 3 (7.69%) Supplier Relationship Management
Qualifications
1 6 (15.38%) Degree
2 5 (12.82%) DBS Check
3 1 (2.56%) AAT
3 1 (2.56%) CASP
3 1 (2.56%) CISSP
3 1 (2.56%) GCIA
3 1 (2.56%) GCIH
3 1 (2.56%) GIAC
3 1 (2.56%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (10.26%) GDPR
2 3 (7.69%) Accessibility
2 3 (7.69%) ISO 9001
2 3 (7.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (5.13%) Cyber Essentials
3 2 (5.13%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 2 (5.13%) PCI DSS
4 1 (2.56%) GRC
4 1 (2.56%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
4 1 (2.56%) NCSC
4 1 (2.56%) PMO
System Software
1 1 (2.56%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (5.13%) Ansible
1 2 (5.13%) Terraform
2 1 (2.56%) QRadar
Vendors
1 7 (17.95%) Microsoft
2 3 (7.69%) Cisco
2 3 (7.69%) Reuters
3 1 (2.56%) Darktrace
3 1 (2.56%) Ericsson
3 1 (2.56%) Google
3 1 (2.56%) Nokia
3 1 (2.56%) Sage