IT Operations Manager
UK

The median IT Operations Manager salary in the UK is £62,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 24 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
24 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 824 875 1124
Rank change year-on-year +51 +249 -281
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Operations Manager 70 110 80
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.071% 0.10% 0.052%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.076% 0.11% 0.054%
Number of salaries quoted 53 70 54
10th Percentile £48,630 £48,625 £42,500
25th Percentile £52,500 £53,970 £60,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £68,750 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +5.77% +18.18%
75th Percentile £87,500 £78,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £94,500 £88,750 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £57,810 £65,000
% change year-on-year +3.79% -11.06% +36.84%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title 92,682 96,623 147,884
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.63% 91.57% 96.06%
Number of salaries quoted 66,673 60,571 85,427
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.67% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%

IT Operations Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Operations Manager in the UK

IT Operations Manager
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing IT Operations Manager.

Salary trend for IT Operations Manager in the UK

IT Operations Manager
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Operations Manager over the 6 months to 24 April 2024.

Salary histogram for IT Operations Manager in the UK

IT Operations Manager
Top 10 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IT Operations Manager within the UK over the 6 months to 24 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
England +98 69 £62,500 -13.79% 10
London +151 36 £75,000 -3.23% 7
UK excluding London -9 33 £60,000 +3.79% 3
North of England +44 19 £60,000 +3.79% 1
Work from Home +76 16 £56,500 -24.67% 1
North West +15 11 £62,500 +8.11% 1
West Midlands +35 9 £56,500 +11.66% 1
Midlands +8 9 £56,500 +11.66% 1
Yorkshire +78 8 £60,000 +3.79%
South East +14 5 £55,500 -26.00% 1

IT Operations Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 24 April 2024, IT 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 featuring IT Operations Manager in the job title.

1 31 (44.29%) Microsoft
2 29 (41.43%) Azure
3 27 (38.57%) Finance
4 22 (31.43%) ITIL
5 20 (28.57%) Microsoft 365
6 18 (25.71%) Windows
7 16 (22.86%) Change Management
8 15 (21.43%) Service Delivery
8 15 (21.43%) Degree
8 15 (21.43%) Problem-Solving
9 14 (20.00%) Service Management
10 13 (18.57%) Active Directory
10 13 (18.57%) AWS
11 11 (15.71%) Retail
11 11 (15.71%) SQL Server
11 11 (15.71%) Project Management
11 11 (15.71%) Social Skills
12 10 (14.29%) VMware
12 10 (14.29%) SharePoint
12 10 (14.29%) Supplier Management
12 10 (14.29%) Incident Management
13 9 (12.86%) Cybersecurity
13 9 (12.86%) SQL
13 9 (12.86%) Tech Ops
13 9 (12.86%) Data Centre
14 8 (11.43%) Management Information System
14 8 (11.43%) ITSM
14 8 (11.43%) Problem Management
15 7 (10.00%) Continuous Improvement
15 7 (10.00%) SLA

IT Operations Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 10 (14.29%) SharePoint
2 2 (2.86%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 4 (5.71%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (5.71%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (4.29%) Payment Gateway
2 1 (1.43%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 29 (41.43%) Azure
2 20 (28.57%) Microsoft 365
3 13 (18.57%) AWS
4 7 (10.00%) GCP
5 6 (8.57%) Cloud Computing
5 6 (8.57%) IaaS
5 6 (8.57%) PaaS
6 4 (5.71%) Power Platform
7 3 (4.29%) Entra ID
7 3 (4.29%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
7 3 (4.29%) Salesforce Service Cloud
8 2 (2.86%) Mimecast
9 1 (1.43%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 1 (1.43%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 6 (8.57%) Firewall
2 5 (7.14%) BIG-IP
2 5 (7.14%) Cisco Nexus
2 5 (7.14%) LAN
3 4 (5.71%) DNS
4 3 (4.29%) TCP/IP
4 3 (4.29%) WAN
5 2 (2.86%) Network Security
5 2 (2.86%) VoIP
5 2 (2.86%) VPN
5 2 (2.86%) WLAN
6 1 (1.43%) DHCP
6 1 (1.43%) SD-WAN
6 1 (1.43%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (15.71%) SQL Server
2 4 (5.71%) Power BI
3 3 (4.29%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 3 (4.29%) JIRA
General
1 27 (38.57%) Finance
2 11 (15.71%) Retail
2 11 (15.71%) Social Skills
3 4 (5.71%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (5.71%) Electronics
4 3 (4.29%) Banking
4 3 (4.29%) Billing
4 3 (4.29%) Marketing
5 2 (2.86%) Law
6 1 (1.43%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (1.43%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (1.43%) Legal
6 1 (1.43%) Local Government
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (8.57%) .NET
2 3 (4.29%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 9 (12.86%) Data Centre
2 8 (11.43%) Management Information System
3 3 (4.29%) Client/Server
3 3 (4.29%) Enterprise Software
3 3 (4.29%) Reinsurance
4 2 (2.86%) Cyber Security Posture
5 1 (1.43%) Algorithms
5 1 (1.43%) Cloud Native
5 1 (1.43%) CMDB
5 1 (1.43%) Driving Licence
5 1 (1.43%) Onboarding
5 1 (1.43%) Private Cloud
5 1 (1.43%) Product Ownership
5 1 (1.43%) Public Cloud
5 1 (1.43%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 18 (25.71%) Windows
2 3 (4.29%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (31.43%) ITIL
2 16 (22.86%) Change Management
3 15 (21.43%) Problem-Solving
3 15 (21.43%) Service Delivery
4 14 (20.00%) Service Management
5 11 (15.71%) Project Management
6 10 (14.29%) Incident Management
6 10 (14.29%) Supplier Management
7 9 (12.86%) Cybersecurity
7 9 (12.86%) Tech Ops
8 8 (11.43%) ITSM
8 8 (11.43%) Problem Management
9 7 (10.00%) Continuous Improvement
9 7 (10.00%) Roadmaps
9 7 (10.00%) Service Delivery Management
10 6 (8.57%) Agile
10 6 (8.57%) Batch Processing
10 6 (8.57%) Contract Management
10 6 (8.57%) Line Management
10 6 (8.57%) Patch Management
Programming Languages
1 9 (12.86%) SQL
2 4 (5.71%) T-SQL
3 3 (4.29%) Java
4 1 (1.43%) Bash
4 1 (1.43%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 15 (21.43%) Degree
2 7 (10.00%) Azure Certification
3 6 (8.57%) Microsoft Certification
4 5 (7.14%) ITIL Certification
5 4 (5.71%) MCP
5 4 (5.71%) MCSE
6 1 (1.43%) SC Cleared
6 1 (1.43%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (10.00%) SLA
2 6 (8.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (7.14%) Cyber Essentials
4 2 (2.86%) Accessibility
4 2 (2.86%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 2 (2.86%) SOC 2
5 1 (1.43%) GDPR
5 1 (1.43%) NIST
System Software
1 13 (18.57%) Active Directory
2 5 (7.14%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (4.29%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 5 (7.14%) SCOM
2 3 (4.29%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (4.29%) Terraform
3 1 (1.43%) Ansible
Vendors
1 31 (44.29%) Microsoft
2 10 (14.29%) VMware
3 7 (10.00%) Cisco
4 6 (8.57%) Citrix
4 6 (8.57%) Google
4 6 (8.57%) Salesforce
5 5 (7.14%) AppDynamics
5 5 (7.14%) Dynatrace
5 5 (7.14%) SolarWinds
6 3 (4.29%) HubSpot
7 2 (2.86%) Forcepoint
7 2 (2.86%) Meraki
7 2 (2.86%) SAP