Operations Manager Job Trends in Bradford

Operations Manager
West Yorkshire > Bradford

The median Operations Manager salary in Bradford is £56,250 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 28 September 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 31 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring an Operations Manager 6 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Bradford 1.46% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 1.55% - -
Number of salaries quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £52,500 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,250 - -
75th Percentile £61,250 - -
90th Percentile - - -
West Yorkshire median annual salary £65,000 £75,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year -13.33% +3.45% +20.83%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Bradford

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Bradford. 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 Bradford with a recognized job title 388 181 152
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.63% 96.79% 97.44%
Number of salaries quoted 189 65 84
10th Percentile £30,000 £25,800 £29,825
25th Percentile £42,500 £38,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% +17.65% -15.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £57,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £93,500 £70,000
West Yorkshire median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% +4.76% -4.55%

Operations Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Bradford

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Operations Manager' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Bradford.

Operations Manager job vacancy trend in Bradford

Operations Manager
Salary Trend in Bradford

Salary distribution trend for Operations Manager job vacancies in Bradford.

Salary distribution trend for Operations Manager job vacancies in Bradford

Operations Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bradford

For the 6 months to 28 September 2026, Operations Manager job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Bradford region featuring Operations Manager in the job title.

1 6 (100.00%) AI
1 6 (100.00%) Azure
1 6 (100.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 6 (100.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
1 6 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 6 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 6 (100.00%) ITSM
1 6 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 6 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 6 (100.00%) Microsoft Copilot
1 6 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 6 (100.00%) Service Management
1 6 (100.00%) Windows
2 4 (66.67%) Case Management
2 4 (66.67%) Copilot Studio
2 4 (66.67%) Disaster Recovery
2 4 (66.67%) NetDocuments
2 4 (66.67%) Performance Management
2 4 (66.67%) Power Automate
2 4 (66.67%) Practice Management
3 2 (33.33%) Anti-Money Laundering
3 2 (33.33%) Budgeting and Forecasting
3 2 (33.33%) Business Forecasting
3 2 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
3 2 (33.33%) Business Strategy
3 2 (33.33%) Communications Security
3 2 (33.33%) Cyber Resilience
3 2 (33.33%) Data Protection
3 2 (33.33%) Data Security
3 2 (33.33%) Data Strategy

Operations Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bradford by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Applications
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 6 (100.00%) Azure
1 6 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 6 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 6 (100.00%) Microsoft Copilot
2 4 (66.67%) Copilot Studio
2 4 (66.67%) NetDocuments
2 4 (66.67%) Power Automate
3 2 (33.33%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 2 (33.33%) LAN
1 2 (33.33%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (33.33%) Power BI
General
1 6 (100.00%) Legal
2 2 (33.33%) Law
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) AI Agents
1 2 (33.33%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 6 (100.00%) Windows
2 1 (16.67%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) AI
1 6 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 6 (100.00%) ITSM
1 6 (100.00%) Service Management
2 4 (66.67%) Case Management
2 4 (66.67%) Disaster Recovery
2 4 (66.67%) Performance Management
2 4 (66.67%) Practice Management
3 2 (33.33%) Anti-Money Laundering
3 2 (33.33%) Budgeting and Forecasting
3 2 (33.33%) Business Forecasting
3 2 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
3 2 (33.33%) Business Strategy
3 2 (33.33%) Cyber Resilience
3 2 (33.33%) Data Strategy
3 2 (33.33%) IT Strategy
3 2 (33.33%) Network Monitoring
3 2 (33.33%) Risk Management
3 2 (33.33%) User Experience
3 2 (33.33%) Workload Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (33.33%) SQL
1 2 (33.33%) XAML
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (100.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 6 (100.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 2 (33.33%) QA
Systems Management
1 6 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 6 (100.00%) Microsoft