Operations Director Job Trends in the East Midlands

Director of Operations
England > East Midlands

The median Director of Operations salary in the East Midlands is £125,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 14 January 2026.

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

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 134 127 -
Rank change year-on-year -7 - -
Permanent jobs requiring an Operations Director 1 1 0
As % of all permanent jobs in the East Midlands 0.040% 0.045% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.043% 0.047% -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £122,500 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £125,000 - -
75th Percentile £127,500 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median annual salary £115,000 £105,000 £93,750
% change year-on-year +9.52% +12.00% -30.56%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
East Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the East 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 East Midlands with a recognized job title 2,325 2,115 1,809
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.41% 95.70% 95.41%
Number of salaries quoted 1,556 932 1,458
10th Percentile £26,250 £29,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £30,750 £36,250 £34,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £49,990
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +0.02% -2.46%
75th Percentile £60,000 £62,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £70,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -6.50%

Operations Director
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

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

Operations Director job vacancy trend in the East Midlands

Operations Director
Salary Trend in the East Midlands

Salary distribution trend for Operations Director job vacancies in the East Midlands.

Salary distribution trend for Operations Director job vacancies in the East Midlands

Operations Director Skill Set
Top 11 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East Midlands

For the 6 months to 14 January 2026, Operations Director 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 East Midlands region featuring Operations Director in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) Digital Innovation
1 1 (100.00%) Information Governance
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Technology Roadmap
1 1 (100.00%) VMware
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure

Operations Director Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East Midlands 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:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Enterprise Storage
1 1 (100.00%) Life Science
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Digital Innovation
1 1 (100.00%) Information Governance
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Technology Roadmap
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) VMware