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 29 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
29 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 608 748 796
Rank change year-on-year +140 +48 -61
Permanent jobs requiring an Operations Manager 290 239 449
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 232 159 192
10th Percentile £40,000 £49,950 £47,500
25th Percentile £47,612 £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 £83,850 £85,250 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £66,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -16.67% +1.54% +23.81%

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 93,044 95,188 149,713
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.61% 91.52% 96.08%
Number of salaries quoted 66,821 59,863 85,291
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,750 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.08% - +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 29 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 29 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% 116
UK excluding London +45 181 £55,000 -16.67% 65
London +119 80 £66,000 -12.00% 56
Work from Home +47 57 £57,500 -17.86% 60
South East +28 41 £55,000 -18.52% 22
North of England +19 41 £60,000 -14.29% 9
East of England +39 29 £52,500 +5.00% 6
Midlands +3 24 £53,500 -24.65% 12
North West +19 23 £62,500 +8.11% 6
South West +1 23 £57,500 +15.00% 12
West Midlands +16 17 £53,500 -17.69% 10
Scotland -48 17 £57,500 +4.55% 6
Yorkshire +62 12 £50,000 -31.03% 2
East Midlands -10 7 £60,000 -15.49% 1
North East 0 6 £35,000 - 1
Channel Islands - 4 - -
Wales +8 2 £58,750 +1.63%

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

For the 6 months to 29 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 69 (23.79%) Finance
2 67 (23.10%) Social Skills
3 62 (21.38%) Microsoft
4 47 (16.21%) Service Delivery
4 47 (16.21%) Degree
5 45 (15.52%) Project Management
6 44 (15.17%) Azure
7 42 (14.48%) Continuous Improvement
8 41 (14.14%) ITIL
9 39 (13.45%) Cybersecurity
10 33 (11.38%) Microsoft 365
11 30 (10.34%) Problem-Solving
12 29 (10.00%) Customer Service
13 28 (9.66%) Change Management
14 27 (9.31%) Windows
15 26 (8.97%) People Management
16 25 (8.62%) Data Centre
16 25 (8.62%) Service Management
16 25 (8.62%) Logistics
17 24 (8.28%) Project Delivery
18 23 (7.93%) Tech Ops
19 22 (7.59%) Security Operations
19 22 (7.59%) Line Management
19 22 (7.59%) Business Strategy
20 21 (7.24%) Onboarding
21 20 (6.90%) Management Information System
21 20 (6.90%) Retail
22 19 (6.55%) AWS
22 19 (6.55%) SLA
23 18 (6.21%) 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 (4.48%) Microsoft Exchange
2 11 (3.79%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.69%) Confluence
4 1 (0.34%) MTS
Applications
1 17 (5.86%) Microsoft Excel
2 13 (4.48%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.69%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.34%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.34%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 5 (1.72%) Salesforce CRM
2 4 (1.38%) SAP CX
3 3 (1.03%) Payment Gateway
3 3 (1.03%) SAP ERP
4 2 (0.69%) Raiser’s Edge
4 2 (0.69%) SAP CRM
5 1 (0.34%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 44 (15.17%) Azure
2 33 (11.38%) Microsoft 365
3 19 (6.55%) AWS
4 10 (3.45%) Cloud Computing
4 10 (3.45%) IaaS
5 8 (2.76%) PaaS
6 6 (2.07%) Entra ID
6 6 (2.07%) GCP
7 5 (1.72%) Salesforce Service Cloud
8 4 (1.38%) Google Workspace
8 4 (1.38%) Power Platform
9 3 (1.03%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
10 2 (0.69%) AWS Lambda
10 2 (0.69%) Boomi
10 2 (0.69%) Datadog
10 2 (0.69%) dbt
10 2 (0.69%) Fivetran
10 2 (0.69%) Mimecast
10 2 (0.69%) Serverless
10 2 (0.69%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 14 (4.83%) Firewall
2 12 (4.14%) LAN
2 12 (4.14%) VoIP
3 11 (3.79%) Network Security
3 11 (3.79%) VPN
4 10 (3.45%) WAN
5 8 (2.76%) SD-WAN
5 8 (2.76%) Wi-Fi
6 5 (1.72%) BIG-IP
6 5 (1.72%) Cisco Nexus
6 5 (1.72%) SMS
6 5 (1.72%) Wireless
7 4 (1.38%) DNS
7 4 (1.38%) HTTP
7 4 (1.38%) MQTT
7 4 (1.38%) TCP/IP
8 3 (1.03%) Unified Communications
9 2 (0.69%) WLAN
10 1 (0.34%) DHCP
10 1 (0.34%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (3.79%) SQL Server
2 4 (1.38%) Power BI
3 3 (1.03%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (0.69%) Data Lake
4 2 (0.69%) Parquet
4 2 (0.69%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.34%) Amazon Aurora
5 1 (0.34%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 6 (2.07%) JIRA
General
1 69 (23.79%) Finance
2 67 (23.10%) Social Skills
3 20 (6.90%) Retail
4 18 (6.21%) Analytical Skills
5 14 (4.83%) Local Government
6 13 (4.48%) Manufacturing
7 11 (3.79%) Law
8 9 (3.10%) Organisational Skills
8 9 (3.10%) Telecoms
9 8 (2.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 8 (2.76%) Legal
9 8 (2.76%) Marketing
10 7 (2.41%) Banking
11 5 (1.72%) Environmental Health
11 5 (1.72%) Games
11 5 (1.72%) Public Sector
12 4 (1.38%) Billing
12 4 (1.38%) Electronics
13 3 (1.03%) Back Office
13 3 (1.03%) Italian Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (2.07%) .NET
2 5 (1.72%) HTML
3 4 (1.38%) CSS
3 4 (1.38%) Node.js
4 3 (1.03%) .NET Framework
5 2 (0.69%) JSON
5 2 (0.69%) RESTful
6 1 (0.34%) Express.js
6 1 (0.34%) Flash
6 1 (0.34%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 25 (8.62%) Data Centre
2 21 (7.24%) Onboarding
3 20 (6.90%) Management Information System
4 11 (3.79%) Self-Motivation
5 10 (3.45%) Cyber Threat
6 8 (2.76%) NHS
7 6 (2.07%) Cyber Security Posture
7 6 (2.07%) Security Operations Centre
8 5 (1.72%) Operational Technology
8 5 (1.72%) SCADA
9 3 (1.03%) Analytical Mindset
9 3 (1.03%) Client/Server
9 3 (1.03%) Cyberattack
9 3 (1.03%) Driving Licence
9 3 (1.03%) Enterprise Software
9 3 (1.03%) Reinsurance
10 2 (0.69%) BYOD
10 2 (0.69%) FMCG
10 2 (0.69%) Private Cloud
10 2 (0.69%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 27 (9.31%) Windows
2 5 (1.72%) Windows 10
3 4 (1.38%) Linux
4 2 (0.69%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.34%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 47 (16.21%) Service Delivery
2 45 (15.52%) Project Management
3 42 (14.48%) Continuous Improvement
4 41 (14.14%) ITIL
5 39 (13.45%) Cybersecurity
6 30 (10.34%) Problem-Solving
7 29 (10.00%) Customer Service
8 28 (9.66%) Change Management
9 26 (8.97%) People Management
10 25 (8.62%) Logistics
10 25 (8.62%) Service Management
11 24 (8.28%) Project Delivery
12 23 (7.93%) Tech Ops
13 22 (7.59%) Business Strategy
13 22 (7.59%) Line Management
13 22 (7.59%) Security Operations
14 18 (6.21%) Operations Management
15 17 (5.86%) Customer Experience
15 17 (5.86%) ITSM
15 17 (5.86%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 16 (5.52%) SQL
2 7 (2.41%) Java
3 4 (1.38%) Python
3 4 (1.38%) T-SQL
4 2 (0.69%) Scala
5 1 (0.34%) Bash
5 1 (0.34%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 47 (16.21%) Degree
2 8 (2.76%) Azure Certification
2 8 (2.76%) ITIL Certification
3 7 (2.41%) HNC
3 7 (2.41%) Microsoft Certification
4 6 (2.07%) DBS Check
5 4 (1.38%) MCP
5 4 (1.38%) MCSE
6 3 (1.03%) 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 (0.34%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (0.34%) CASP
8 1 (0.34%) CISSP
8 1 (0.34%) GCIA
8 1 (0.34%) GCIH
8 1 (0.34%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (6.55%) SLA
2 16 (5.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 15 (5.17%) GDPR
4 14 (4.83%) NEBOSH
5 9 (3.10%) Cyber Essentials
6 6 (2.07%) ISO 9001
7 5 (1.72%) Accessibility
7 5 (1.72%) QA
7 5 (1.72%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 4 (1.38%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 3 (1.03%) PMO
10 2 (0.69%) NIST
10 2 (0.69%) PCI DSS
10 2 (0.69%) SOC 2
11 1 (0.34%) GRC
11 1 (0.34%) ISO 22301
11 1 (0.34%) ISO 9000
11 1 (0.34%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 1 (0.34%) NCSC
System Software
1 15 (5.17%) Active Directory
2 10 (3.45%) Hyper-V
3 5 (1.72%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (1.38%) Firmware
5 3 (1.03%) Terminal Services
5 3 (1.03%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 7 (2.41%) WSUS
2 5 (1.72%) QRadar
2 5 (1.72%) SCOM
2 5 (1.72%) Terraform
3 4 (1.38%) Microsoft Intune
4 3 (1.03%) Ansible
5 1 (0.34%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 62 (21.38%) Microsoft
2 17 (5.86%) Cisco
3 14 (4.83%) Salesforce
4 11 (3.79%) VMware
5 9 (3.10%) SAP
5 9 (3.10%) Siemens
6 8 (2.76%) Citrix
7 6 (2.07%) Google
8 5 (1.72%) AppDynamics
8 5 (1.72%) Darktrace
8 5 (1.72%) Dynatrace
8 5 (1.72%) SolarWinds
9 3 (1.03%) HubSpot
9 3 (1.03%) QAD
9 3 (1.03%) Reuters
9 3 (1.03%) Xero
10 2 (0.69%) Adobe
10 2 (0.69%) Dataiku
10 2 (0.69%) Forcepoint
10 2 (0.69%) Meraki