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 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 631 757 815
Rank change year-on-year +126 +58 -93
Permanent jobs requiring an Operations Manager 289 241 413
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.30% 0.23% 0.27%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.31% 0.25% 0.28%
Number of salaries quoted 228 161 191
10th Percentile £40,350 £47,500 £47,500
25th Percentile £47,772 £53,970 £60,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £67,500 £72,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.81% -6.25% +25.22%
75th Percentile £68,750 £77,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -15.38% - +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 91,989 97,583 147,027
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.63% 91.61% 96.02%
Number of salaries quoted 66,379 61,119 85,881
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 £95,000
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 19 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 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
England +155 239 £57,500 -17.86% 104
UK excluding London +62 183 £55,000 -15.38% 57
London +140 80 £67,500 -10.00% 49
Work from Home +73 58 £57,500 -17.86% 34
North of England +48 42 £60,000 -11.11% 14
South East +22 39 £55,000 -21.43% 15
East of England +60 30 £52,500 +10.53% 4
North West +27 24 £62,500 +8.11% 11
South West +7 24 £57,500 +15.00% 11
Midlands +4 24 £53,500 -24.65% 10
Scotland -56 18 £57,500 +4.55% 4
West Midlands +19 17 £53,500 -17.69% 7
Yorkshire +75 12 £50,000 -28.57% 3
East Midlands -12 7 £60,000 -15.49% 2
North East -1 6 £35,000 -
Channel Islands - 4 - -
Wales +3 2 £58,750 +1.63%

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

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 featuring Operations Manager in the job title.

1 66 (22.84%) Finance
2 65 (22.49%) Social Skills
3 60 (20.76%) Microsoft
4 48 (16.61%) Degree
5 47 (16.26%) Service Delivery
6 45 (15.57%) Azure
7 42 (14.53%) Continuous Improvement
8 41 (14.19%) Project Management
8 41 (14.19%) ITIL
8 41 (14.19%) Cybersecurity
9 32 (11.07%) Microsoft 365
10 31 (10.73%) Problem-Solving
11 28 (9.69%) Customer Service
11 28 (9.69%) Change Management
12 27 (9.34%) Data Centre
13 26 (9.00%) People Management
13 26 (9.00%) Security Operations
13 26 (9.00%) Windows
14 25 (8.65%) Service Management
14 25 (8.65%) Logistics
15 24 (8.30%) Project Delivery
16 22 (7.61%) Business Strategy
17 21 (7.27%) Tech Ops
17 21 (7.27%) Onboarding
17 21 (7.27%) Management Information System
18 20 (6.92%) Retail
18 20 (6.92%) AWS
18 20 (6.92%) Line Management
19 19 (6.57%) Operations Management
20 18 (6.23%) Process Improvement

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 10 (3.46%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.69%) Confluence
4 1 (0.35%) MTS
Applications
1 14 (4.84%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (4.15%) Microsoft Office
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 45 (15.57%) Azure
2 32 (11.07%) Microsoft 365
3 20 (6.92%) AWS
4 10 (3.46%) Cloud Computing
4 10 (3.46%) IaaS
5 8 (2.77%) PaaS
6 7 (2.42%) GCP
7 6 (2.08%) Entra ID
8 5 (1.73%) Salesforce Service Cloud
9 4 (1.38%) Google Workspace
10 3 (1.04%) Power Platform
10 3 (1.04%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
11 2 (0.69%) AWS Lambda
11 2 (0.69%) Boomi
11 2 (0.69%) Datadog
11 2 (0.69%) dbt
11 2 (0.69%) Fivetran
11 2 (0.69%) Mimecast
11 2 (0.69%) Serverless
11 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 6 (2.08%) SMS
7 5 (1.73%) BIG-IP
7 5 (1.73%) Cisco Nexus
7 5 (1.73%) Wireless
8 4 (1.38%) DNS
8 4 (1.38%) HTTP
8 4 (1.38%) MQTT
8 4 (1.38%) TCP/IP
9 3 (1.04%) Unified Communications
10 2 (0.69%) WLAN
11 1 (0.35%) Broadband
11 1 (0.35%) DHCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (3.46%) SQL Server
2 3 (1.04%) Data Warehouse
2 3 (1.04%) Power BI
3 2 (0.69%) Data Lake
3 2 (0.69%) Parquet
3 2 (0.69%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (0.35%) Amazon Aurora
4 1 (0.35%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 6 (2.08%) JIRA
General
1 66 (22.84%) Finance
2 65 (22.49%) Social Skills
3 20 (6.92%) Retail
4 18 (6.23%) Analytical Skills
5 14 (4.84%) Local Government
5 14 (4.84%) Manufacturing
6 11 (3.81%) Law
7 9 (3.11%) Organisational Skills
8 8 (2.77%) Legal
8 8 (2.77%) Telecoms
9 7 (2.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 7 (2.42%) Marketing
10 6 (2.08%) Banking
10 6 (2.08%) Public Sector
11 5 (1.73%) Environmental Health
11 5 (1.73%) Games
12 4 (1.38%) Billing
13 3 (1.04%) Back Office
13 3 (1.04%) Electronics
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 27 (9.34%) Data Centre
2 21 (7.27%) Management Information System
2 21 (7.27%) Onboarding
3 11 (3.81%) Self-Motivation
4 10 (3.46%) Cyber Threat
5 9 (3.11%) Security Operations Centre
6 8 (2.77%) NHS
7 6 (2.08%) Cyber Security Posture
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 26 (9.00%) 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 42 (14.53%) Continuous Improvement
3 41 (14.19%) Cybersecurity
3 41 (14.19%) ITIL
3 41 (14.19%) Project Management
4 31 (10.73%) Problem-Solving
5 28 (9.69%) Change Management
5 28 (9.69%) Customer Service
6 26 (9.00%) People Management
6 26 (9.00%) Security Operations
7 25 (8.65%) Logistics
7 25 (8.65%) Service Management
8 24 (8.30%) Project Delivery
9 22 (7.61%) Business Strategy
10 21 (7.27%) Tech Ops
11 20 (6.92%) Line Management
12 19 (6.57%) Operations Management
13 18 (6.23%) Process Improvement
14 17 (5.88%) Customer Experience
14 17 (5.88%) ITSM
Programming Languages
1 15 (5.19%) SQL
2 7 (2.42%) Java
3 4 (1.38%) Python
4 3 (1.04%) T-SQL
5 2 (0.69%) Scala
6 1 (0.35%) Bash
6 1 (0.35%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 48 (16.61%) Degree
2 8 (2.77%) Azure Certification
2 8 (2.77%) HNC
2 8 (2.77%) ITIL Certification
3 6 (2.08%) DBS Check
3 6 (2.08%) Microsoft Certification
3 6 (2.08%) Security Cleared
4 5 (1.73%) SC Cleared
5 3 (1.04%) BPSS Clearance
5 3 (1.04%) MCP
5 3 (1.04%) MCSE
6 2 (0.69%) DV Cleared
6 2 (0.69%) HND
6 2 (0.69%) Master's Degree
6 2 (0.69%) MBA
6 2 (0.69%) PMI Certification
7 1 (0.35%) AAT
7 1 (0.35%) CASP
7 1 (0.35%) GCIA
7 1 (0.35%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (6.23%) SLA
2 17 (5.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 15 (5.19%) GDPR
3 15 (5.19%) NEBOSH
4 9 (3.11%) Cyber Essentials
5 6 (2.08%) ISO 9001
5 6 (2.08%) QA
5 6 (2.08%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 5 (1.73%) Accessibility
7 4 (1.38%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 3 (1.04%) NIST
8 3 (1.04%) PMO
9 2 (0.69%) PCI DSS
9 2 (0.69%) SOC 2
10 1 (0.35%) GRC
10 1 (0.35%) ISO 22301
10 1 (0.35%) ISO 9000
10 1 (0.35%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 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 2 (0.69%) McAfee ePO
6 1 (0.35%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 60 (20.76%) Microsoft
2 17 (5.88%) Cisco
3 13 (4.50%) Salesforce
4 11 (3.81%) VMware
5 9 (3.11%) SAP
5 9 (3.11%) Siemens
6 8 (2.77%) Citrix
7 7 (2.42%) Google
7 7 (2.42%) SolarWinds
8 5 (1.73%) AppDynamics
8 5 (1.73%) Darktrace
8 5 (1.73%) Dynatrace
9 3 (1.04%) HubSpot
9 3 (1.04%) QAD
9 3 (1.04%) Reuters
9 3 (1.04%) Splunk
9 3 (1.04%) Xero
10 2 (0.69%) Adobe
10 2 (0.69%) Forcepoint
10 2 (0.69%) McAfee