Operations Manager
UK

The median Operations Manager salary in the UK is £57,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 27 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
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 616 734 809
Rank change year-on-year +118 +75 -82
Permanent jobs requiring an Operations Manager 289 238 447
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.29% 0.23% 0.29%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.31% 0.25% 0.30%
Number of salaries quoted 231 158 192
10th Percentile £40,000 £49,925 £47,500
25th Percentile £47,686 £55,000 £60,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £70,000 £72,250
Median % change year-on-year -17.86% -3.11% +25.65%
75th Percentile £68,750 £77,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £84,000 £85,375 £94,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £66,750 £65,000
% change year-on-year -17.60% +2.69% +30.00%

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 92,756 95,826 148,057
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.61% 91.56% 96.06%
Number of salaries quoted 66,592 60,202 85,221
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,550 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.42% - +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%

Operations Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Operations Manager in the UK

Operations Manager
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Operations Manager in the UK

Operations Manager
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Operations Manager over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Operations Manager in the UK

Operations Manager
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Operations Manager within the UK over the 6 months to 27 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 +139 238 £57,500 -17.86% 111
UK excluding London +54 181 £55,000 -17.60% 62
London +124 80 £66,000 -12.00% 53
Work from Home +62 57 £57,500 -19.30% 34
South East +51 41 £55,000 -21.43% 21
North of England +40 41 £60,000 -14.29% 9
East of England +37 29 £52,500 +5.00% 6
Midlands -4 24 £53,500 -24.65% 11
North West +25 23 £62,500 +8.11% 8
South West +14 23 £57,500 +15.00% 12
West Midlands +11 17 £53,500 -17.69% 9
Scotland -60 17 £57,500 +4.55% 5
Yorkshire +65 12 £50,000 -31.03% 1
East Midlands -11 7 £60,000 -15.49% 1
North East +2 6 £35,000 -
Channel Islands - 4 - -
Wales +10 2 £58,750 +1.63%

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

For the 6 months to 27 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 featuring Operations Manager in the job title.

1 68 (23.53%) Finance
2 66 (22.84%) Social Skills
3 62 (21.45%) Microsoft
4 47 (16.26%) Service Delivery
4 47 (16.26%) Degree
5 44 (15.22%) Azure
5 44 (15.22%) Project Management
6 42 (14.53%) Continuous Improvement
7 41 (14.19%) ITIL
8 39 (13.49%) Cybersecurity
9 33 (11.42%) Microsoft 365
10 30 (10.38%) Problem-Solving
11 29 (10.03%) Customer Service
12 28 (9.69%) Change Management
13 27 (9.34%) Windows
14 26 (9.00%) People Management
15 25 (8.65%) Data Centre
15 25 (8.65%) Service Management
15 25 (8.65%) Logistics
16 24 (8.30%) Project Delivery
17 23 (7.96%) Tech Ops
18 22 (7.61%) Security Operations
18 22 (7.61%) Business Strategy
19 21 (7.27%) Onboarding
19 21 (7.27%) Line Management
20 20 (6.92%) Management Information System
20 20 (6.92%) Retail
21 19 (6.57%) AWS
21 19 (6.57%) SLA
22 18 (6.23%) Operations Management

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 13 (4.50%) Microsoft Exchange
2 11 (3.81%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.69%) Confluence
4 1 (0.35%) MTS
Applications
1 17 (5.88%) Microsoft Excel
2 13 (4.50%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.69%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.35%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.35%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 5 (1.73%) Salesforce CRM
2 4 (1.38%) SAP CX
3 3 (1.04%) Payment Gateway
3 3 (1.04%) SAP ERP
4 2 (0.69%) Raiser’s Edge
4 2 (0.69%) SAP CRM
5 1 (0.35%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 44 (15.22%) Azure
2 33 (11.42%) Microsoft 365
3 19 (6.57%) AWS
4 10 (3.46%) Cloud Computing
4 10 (3.46%) IaaS
5 8 (2.77%) PaaS
6 6 (2.08%) Entra ID
6 6 (2.08%) GCP
7 5 (1.73%) Salesforce Service Cloud
8 4 (1.38%) Google Workspace
8 4 (1.38%) Power Platform
9 3 (1.04%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
10 2 (0.69%) Amazon Cognito
10 2 (0.69%) Amazon SQS
10 2 (0.69%) Datadog
10 2 (0.69%) dbt
10 2 (0.69%) Fivetran
10 2 (0.69%) Prefect
10 2 (0.69%) Serverless
10 2 (0.69%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 14 (4.84%) Firewall
2 12 (4.15%) LAN
2 12 (4.15%) VoIP
3 11 (3.81%) Network Security
3 11 (3.81%) VPN
4 10 (3.46%) WAN
5 8 (2.77%) SD-WAN
5 8 (2.77%) Wi-Fi
6 5 (1.73%) BIG-IP
6 5 (1.73%) Cisco Nexus
6 5 (1.73%) SMS
6 5 (1.73%) Wireless
7 4 (1.38%) DNS
7 4 (1.38%) HTTP
7 4 (1.38%) MQTT
7 4 (1.38%) TCP/IP
8 3 (1.04%) Unified Communications
9 2 (0.69%) WLAN
10 1 (0.35%) Broadband
10 1 (0.35%) DHCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (3.81%) SQL Server
2 4 (1.38%) Power BI
3 3 (1.04%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (0.69%) Data Lake
4 2 (0.69%) Parquet
4 2 (0.69%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.35%) Amazon Aurora
5 1 (0.35%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 6 (2.08%) JIRA
General
1 68 (23.53%) Finance
2 66 (22.84%) Social Skills
3 20 (6.92%) Retail
4 18 (6.23%) Analytical Skills
5 14 (4.84%) Local Government
6 13 (4.50%) Manufacturing
7 11 (3.81%) Law
8 9 (3.11%) Organisational Skills
8 9 (3.11%) Telecoms
9 8 (2.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 8 (2.77%) Legal
9 8 (2.77%) Marketing
10 7 (2.42%) Banking
11 5 (1.73%) Environmental Health
11 5 (1.73%) Games
11 5 (1.73%) Public Sector
12 4 (1.38%) Billing
12 4 (1.38%) Electronics
13 3 (1.04%) Back Office
13 3 (1.04%) Italian Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (2.08%) .NET
2 5 (1.73%) HTML
3 4 (1.38%) CSS
3 4 (1.38%) Node.js
4 3 (1.04%) .NET Framework
5 2 (0.69%) JSON
5 2 (0.69%) RESTful
6 1 (0.35%) Express.js
6 1 (0.35%) Flash
6 1 (0.35%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 25 (8.65%) Data Centre
2 21 (7.27%) Onboarding
3 20 (6.92%) Management Information System
4 11 (3.81%) Self-Motivation
5 10 (3.46%) Cyber Threat
6 8 (2.77%) NHS
7 6 (2.08%) Cyber Security Posture
7 6 (2.08%) Security Operations Centre
8 5 (1.73%) Operational Technology
8 5 (1.73%) SCADA
9 3 (1.04%) Analytical Mindset
9 3 (1.04%) Client/Server
9 3 (1.04%) Cyberattack
9 3 (1.04%) Driving Licence
9 3 (1.04%) Enterprise Software
9 3 (1.04%) Reinsurance
10 2 (0.69%) BYOD
10 2 (0.69%) Private Cloud
10 2 (0.69%) Public Cloud
10 2 (0.69%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 27 (9.34%) Windows
2 5 (1.73%) Windows 10
3 4 (1.38%) Linux
4 2 (0.69%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.35%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 47 (16.26%) Service Delivery
2 44 (15.22%) Project Management
3 42 (14.53%) Continuous Improvement
4 41 (14.19%) ITIL
5 39 (13.49%) Cybersecurity
6 30 (10.38%) Problem-Solving
7 29 (10.03%) Customer Service
8 28 (9.69%) Change Management
9 26 (9.00%) People Management
10 25 (8.65%) Logistics
10 25 (8.65%) Service Management
11 24 (8.30%) Project Delivery
12 23 (7.96%) Tech Ops
13 22 (7.61%) Business Strategy
13 22 (7.61%) Security Operations
14 21 (7.27%) Line Management
15 18 (6.23%) Operations Management
16 17 (5.88%) Customer Experience
16 17 (5.88%) ITSM
16 17 (5.88%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 16 (5.54%) SQL
2 7 (2.42%) Java
3 4 (1.38%) Python
3 4 (1.38%) T-SQL
4 2 (0.69%) Scala
5 1 (0.35%) Bash
5 1 (0.35%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 47 (16.26%) Degree
2 8 (2.77%) Azure Certification
2 8 (2.77%) ITIL Certification
3 7 (2.42%) HNC
3 7 (2.42%) Microsoft Certification
4 6 (2.08%) DBS Check
5 4 (1.38%) MCP
5 4 (1.38%) MCSE
6 3 (1.04%) Security Cleared
7 2 (0.69%) HND
7 2 (0.69%) Master's Degree
7 2 (0.69%) MBA
7 2 (0.69%) PMI Certification
7 2 (0.69%) SC Cleared
8 1 (0.35%) AAT
8 1 (0.35%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (0.35%) CASP
8 1 (0.35%) GCIA
8 1 (0.35%) GCIH
8 1 (0.35%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (6.57%) SLA
2 16 (5.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 15 (5.19%) GDPR
4 14 (4.84%) NEBOSH
5 9 (3.11%) Cyber Essentials
6 6 (2.08%) ISO 9001
7 5 (1.73%) Accessibility
7 5 (1.73%) QA
7 5 (1.73%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 4 (1.38%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 3 (1.04%) PMO
10 2 (0.69%) NIST
10 2 (0.69%) PCI DSS
10 2 (0.69%) SOC 2
11 1 (0.35%) GRC
11 1 (0.35%) ISO 22301
11 1 (0.35%) ISO 9000
11 1 (0.35%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 1 (0.35%) NCSC
System Software
1 15 (5.19%) Active Directory
2 10 (3.46%) Hyper-V
3 5 (1.73%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (1.38%) Firmware
5 3 (1.04%) Terminal Services
5 3 (1.04%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 7 (2.42%) WSUS
2 5 (1.73%) QRadar
2 5 (1.73%) SCOM
2 5 (1.73%) Terraform
3 4 (1.38%) Microsoft Intune
4 3 (1.04%) Ansible
5 1 (0.35%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 62 (21.45%) Microsoft
2 17 (5.88%) Cisco
3 14 (4.84%) Salesforce
4 11 (3.81%) VMware
5 9 (3.11%) SAP
5 9 (3.11%) Siemens
6 8 (2.77%) Citrix
7 6 (2.08%) Google
8 5 (1.73%) AppDynamics
8 5 (1.73%) Darktrace
8 5 (1.73%) Dynatrace
8 5 (1.73%) SolarWinds
9 3 (1.04%) HubSpot
9 3 (1.04%) QAD
9 3 (1.04%) Reuters
9 3 (1.04%) Xero
10 2 (0.69%) Adobe
10 2 (0.69%) Dataiku
10 2 (0.69%) Forcepoint
10 2 (0.69%) Meraki