Head of IT Operations Jobs in the UK excluding London

Head of Information Technology Operations
UK > UK excluding London

The median Head of Information Technology Operations salary in the UK excluding London is £75,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 18 May 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
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 745 718 835
Rank change year-on-year -27 +117 -167
Permanent jobs requiring a Head of IT Operations 17 15 16
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.024% 0.025% 0.022%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.025% 0.029% 0.023%
Number of salaries quoted 9 11 15
10th Percentile - £72,500 £48,750
25th Percentile £65,000 £78,750 £58,321
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £90,000 £68,886
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +30.65% -16.50%
75th Percentile £102,500 £110,000 £91,250
90th Percentile £150,000 £122,500 £95,250
UK median annual salary £85,000 £110,000 £70,750
% change year-on-year -22.73% +55.48% -14.24%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding 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 the UK excluding London with a recognized job title 67,926 52,593 68,736
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.85% 89.19% 95.74%
Number of salaries quoted 47,990 30,014 42,465
10th Percentile £26,750 £29,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £66,250
90th Percentile £76,250 £81,250 £80,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Head of IT Operations
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Head of IT Operations in the UK excluding London

Head of IT Operations
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Head of IT Operations in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Head of IT Operations in the UK excluding London

Head of IT Operations
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Head of IT Operations in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Head of IT Operations in the UK excluding London

Head of IT Operations
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Head of IT Operations within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 18 May 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
North of England +60 14 £70,000 -12.50%
Yorkshire +89 7 - -
North West +8 7 £70,000 -17.65%
South East +2 2 £150,000 +81.82%
West Midlands +11 1 £75,000 -14.29% 2
Midlands -10 1 £75,000 -14.29% 4
Head of IT Operations
UK

Head of IT Operations Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 18 May 2024, Head of IT 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 UK excluding London region featuring Head of IT Operations in the job title.

1 13 (76.47%) PMI Certification
2 12 (70.59%) Service Delivery
3 10 (58.82%) Finance
4 8 (47.06%) Service Management
4 8 (47.06%) Microsoft
5 7 (41.18%) Active Directory
5 7 (41.18%) VPN
5 7 (41.18%) SLA
5 7 (41.18%) PMI
5 7 (41.18%) SQL
5 7 (41.18%) LAN
5 7 (41.18%) WLAN
5 7 (41.18%) WAN
5 7 (41.18%) VMware
5 7 (41.18%) Retail
5 7 (41.18%) Firewall
5 7 (41.18%) ITSM
5 7 (41.18%) Coaching
5 7 (41.18%) Product Ownership
6 6 (35.29%) Operations Management
6 6 (35.29%) Stakeholder Management
6 6 (35.29%) Data Protection
6 6 (35.29%) ITIL
6 6 (35.29%) PMP
7 5 (29.41%) CISSP
7 5 (29.41%) Risk Management
7 5 (29.41%) Contract Negotiation
7 5 (29.41%) Continuous Improvement
7 5 (29.41%) People Management
7 5 (29.41%) GDPR

Head of IT Operations Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (5.88%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 3 (17.65%) Azure
2 1 (5.88%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 7 (41.18%) Firewall
1 7 (41.18%) LAN
1 7 (41.18%) VPN
1 7 (41.18%) WAN
1 7 (41.18%) WLAN
2 1 (5.88%) TCP/IP
General
1 10 (58.82%) Finance
2 7 (41.18%) Retail
3 2 (11.76%) Manufacturing
3 2 (11.76%) Social Skills
4 1 (5.88%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (5.88%) Presentation Skills
Miscellaneous
1 7 (41.18%) PMI
1 7 (41.18%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (70.59%) Service Delivery
2 8 (47.06%) Service Management
3 7 (41.18%) Coaching
3 7 (41.18%) ITSM
4 6 (35.29%) Data Protection
4 6 (35.29%) ITIL
4 6 (35.29%) Operations Management
4 6 (35.29%) Stakeholder Management
5 5 (29.41%) Continuous Improvement
5 5 (29.41%) Contract Negotiation
5 5 (29.41%) People Management
5 5 (29.41%) Risk Management
6 2 (11.76%) Disaster Recovery
6 2 (11.76%) Project Management
7 1 (5.88%) Asset Management
7 1 (5.88%) BCP
7 1 (5.88%) PRINCE2
7 1 (5.88%) Process Improvement
7 1 (5.88%) Supplier Management
7 1 (5.88%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 7 (41.18%) SQL
Qualifications
1 13 (76.47%) PMI Certification
2 6 (35.29%) PMP
3 5 (29.41%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (41.18%) SLA
2 5 (29.41%) GDPR
3 1 (5.88%) NIST
3 1 (5.88%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 7 (41.18%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 8 (47.06%) Microsoft
2 7 (41.18%) VMware
3 1 (5.88%) Snow