Head of Operations Jobs in the West Midlands

Head of Operations
England > West Midlands

The median Head of Operations salary in the West Midlands is £86,750 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 233 273 276
Rank change year-on-year +40 +3 -51
Permanent jobs requiring a Head of Operations 9 3 8
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 0.13% 0.044% 0.11%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.14% 0.048% 0.12%
Number of salaries quoted 6 1 0
10th Percentile £77,750 - -
25th Percentile £83,000 £76,250 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £86,750 £77,500 -
Median % change year-on-year +11.94% - -
75th Percentile £91,625 £78,750 -
90th Percentile £92,500 - -
England median annual salary £85,000 £95,250 £84,290
% change year-on-year -10.76% +13.00% -0.84%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
West Midlands

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands. 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 West Midlands with a recognized job title 6,646 6,198 6,878
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.94% 90.07% 94.65%
Number of salaries quoted 5,104 3,390 4,835
10th Percentile £26,250 £30,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,966 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +7.53%
75th Percentile £63,563 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £78,750 £78,750
England median annual salary £54,000 £60,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.74% +0.83% +9.09%

Head of Operations
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Head of Operations in the West Midlands

Head of Operations
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Head of Operations in the West Midlands.

Salary trend for Head of Operations in the West Midlands

Head of Operations
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Head of Operations in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 19 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Head of Operations in the West Midlands

Head of Operations
Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Head of Operations within the West Midlands region 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
Birmingham - 4 £88,750 - 2
Wolverhampton - 2 £86,000 -
Head of Operations
England

Head of Operations Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands

For the 6 months to 19 April 2024, Head of 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 West Midlands region featuring Head of Operations in the job title.

1 7 (77.78%) Social Skills
2 5 (55.56%) Coaching
2 5 (55.56%) Finance
3 3 (33.33%) Wireless
3 3 (33.33%) Juniper
3 3 (33.33%) Project Management
3 3 (33.33%) CRM
3 3 (33.33%) Cisco
3 3 (33.33%) Ruckus Wireless
3 3 (33.33%) Asset Management
3 3 (33.33%) Aruba
3 3 (33.33%) Logistics
3 3 (33.33%) Fortinet
3 3 (33.33%) FMCG
3 3 (33.33%) Virtual Team
3 3 (33.33%) Cost Reduction
3 3 (33.33%) Process Improvement
4 2 (22.22%) Customer Experience
4 2 (22.22%) Virtual Desktop
4 2 (22.22%) Budgeting and Forecasting
4 2 (22.22%) People Management
4 2 (22.22%) Data Centre
4 2 (22.22%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (22.22%) Azure
4 2 (22.22%) AWS
4 2 (22.22%) QA
4 2 (22.22%) Release Management
4 2 (22.22%) Performance Management
4 2 (22.22%) Waterfall
4 2 (22.22%) Continuous Improvement

Head of Operations Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 2 (22.22%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 2 (22.22%) AWS
1 2 (22.22%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 3 (33.33%) Wireless
General
1 7 (77.78%) Social Skills
2 5 (55.56%) Finance
3 1 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (11.11%) Manufacturing
Miscellaneous
1 3 (33.33%) FMCG
1 3 (33.33%) Virtual Team
2 2 (22.22%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (55.56%) Coaching
2 3 (33.33%) Asset Management
2 3 (33.33%) Cost Reduction
2 3 (33.33%) CRM
2 3 (33.33%) Logistics
2 3 (33.33%) Process Improvement
2 3 (33.33%) Project Management
3 2 (22.22%) Budgeting and Forecasting
3 2 (22.22%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (22.22%) Customer Experience
3 2 (22.22%) ITIL
3 2 (22.22%) Mentoring
3 2 (22.22%) People Management
3 2 (22.22%) Performance Management
3 2 (22.22%) Quality Management
3 2 (22.22%) Release Management
3 2 (22.22%) Service Delivery
3 2 (22.22%) Waterfall
4 1 (11.11%) IT Strategy
4 1 (11.11%) Resource Allocation
Qualifications
1 1 (11.11%) PMI Certification
1 1 (11.11%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (22.22%) QA
System Software
1 2 (22.22%) Virtual Desktop
1 2 (22.22%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 3 (33.33%) Aruba
1 3 (33.33%) Cisco
1 3 (33.33%) Fortinet
1 3 (33.33%) Juniper
1 3 (33.33%) Ruckus Wireless
2 2 (22.22%) Citrix
2 2 (22.22%) VMware