Head of Operations Jobs in England

Head of Operations
UK > England

The median Head of Operations salary in England is £85,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 25 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
25 Apr 2024		 Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 773 893 960
Rank change year-on-year +120 +67 -164
Permanent jobs requiring a Head of Operations 64 54 158
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.075% 0.058% 0.12%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.080% 0.063% 0.13%
Number of salaries quoted 36 47 76
10th Percentile £44,750 £72,500 £61,375
25th Percentile £63,888 £82,500 £67,891
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,500 £95,500 £84,290
Median % change year-on-year -10.47% +13.30% -0.84%
75th Percentile £96,250 £117,500 £100,000
90th Percentile £124,375 £128,500 £107,500
UK median annual salary £90,000 £98,750 £84,290
% change year-on-year -8.86% +17.16% -2.27%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 80,250 85,781 125,417
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.48% 91.57% 96.08%
Number of salaries quoted 60,143 54,189 75,436
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,000 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £60,567 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.84% +0.95% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,375 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £91,250 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £52,923 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -11.80% - +9.09%

Head of Operations
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Head of Operations in England

Head of Operations
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Head of Operations in England.

Salary trend for Head of Operations in England

Head of Operations
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Head of Operations in England over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Head of Operations in England

Head of Operations
Job Locations in England

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 England region over the 6 months to 25 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
London +121 27 £90,000 -18.18% 11
North of England +47 16 £87,500 +16.67% 12
South East +28 16 £87,500 -7.89% 6
Yorkshire +97 12 £87,500 +25.00% 3
West Midlands +26 9 £86,750 - 1
Midlands +15 9 £86,750 - 2
North West +9 4 £90,000 +5.88% 9
North East +2 3 £90,000 +84.62%
South West -18 3 £57,500 -42.50%
Head of Operations
UK

Head of Operations Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 25 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 England region featuring Head of Operations in the job title.

1 36 (56.25%) Finance
2 25 (39.06%) Service Delivery
3 17 (26.56%) Service Management
4 16 (25.00%) Social Skills
5 15 (23.44%) SLA
5 15 (23.44%) ITSM
6 14 (21.88%) Active Directory
7 13 (20.31%) ITIL
7 13 (20.31%) Coaching
8 11 (17.19%) Continuous Improvement
8 11 (17.19%) Microsoft
8 11 (17.19%) VMware
9 10 (15.63%) Windows
9 10 (15.63%) Azure
9 10 (15.63%) Problem-Solving
10 9 (14.06%) Technical Leadership
10 9 (14.06%) Customer Experience
10 9 (14.06%) Virtual Desktop
10 9 (14.06%) SQL
10 9 (14.06%) LAN
10 9 (14.06%) WAN
10 9 (14.06%) Firewall
10 9 (14.06%) Scrum
11 8 (12.50%) Kanban
11 8 (12.50%) PMI Certification
11 8 (12.50%) CRM
11 8 (12.50%) Budgeting and Forecasting
11 8 (12.50%) Microsoft 365
11 8 (12.50%) Decision-Making
12 7 (10.94%) Product Ownership

Head of Operations Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 4 (6.25%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 10 (15.63%) Azure
2 8 (12.50%) Microsoft 365
3 6 (9.38%) AWS
4 2 (3.13%) SaaS
5 1 (1.56%) Power Platform
5 1 (1.56%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 9 (14.06%) Firewall
1 9 (14.06%) LAN
1 9 (14.06%) WAN
2 7 (10.94%) VPN
2 7 (10.94%) Wireless
2 7 (10.94%) WLAN
3 4 (6.25%) Broadband
4 2 (3.13%) TCP/IP
5 1 (1.56%) NAS
5 1 (1.56%) SAN
Development Applications
1 1 (1.56%) JIRA
General
1 36 (56.25%) Finance
2 16 (25.00%) Social Skills
3 7 (10.94%) Influencing Skills
3 7 (10.94%) Retail
4 6 (9.38%) Marketing
5 5 (7.81%) Manufacturing
6 4 (6.25%) Public Sector
7 3 (4.69%) Electronics
7 3 (4.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (3.13%) Analytical Skills
8 2 (3.13%) Financial Institution
9 1 (1.56%) Banking
9 1 (1.56%) Investment Banking
9 1 (1.56%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (1.56%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (3.13%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 7 (10.94%) PMI
1 7 (10.94%) Product Ownership
2 3 (4.69%) Data Centre
2 3 (4.69%) FMCG
2 3 (4.69%) Virtual Team
3 2 (3.13%) IoT
4 1 (1.56%) Cloud Native
4 1 (1.56%) Enterprise Storage
Operating Systems
1 10 (15.63%) Windows
2 3 (4.69%) Linux
3 1 (1.56%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (39.06%) Service Delivery
2 17 (26.56%) Service Management
3 15 (23.44%) ITSM
4 13 (20.31%) Coaching
4 13 (20.31%) ITIL
5 11 (17.19%) Continuous Improvement
6 10 (15.63%) Problem-Solving
7 9 (14.06%) Customer Experience
7 9 (14.06%) Scrum
7 9 (14.06%) Technical Leadership
8 8 (12.50%) Budgeting and Forecasting
8 8 (12.50%) CRM
8 8 (12.50%) Decision-Making
8 8 (12.50%) Kanban
9 7 (10.94%) Agile
9 7 (10.94%) Vulnerability Management
10 6 (9.38%) Incident Management
10 6 (9.38%) Project Management
10 6 (9.38%) Service Desk Management
10 6 (9.38%) Statistical Analysis
Programming Languages
1 9 (14.06%) SQL
2 2 (3.13%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 8 (12.50%) PMI Certification
2 2 (3.13%) Degree
2 2 (3.13%) Master's Degree
3 1 (1.56%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (23.44%) SLA
2 3 (4.69%) Accessibility
2 3 (4.69%) QA
3 2 (3.13%) NCSC
4 1 (1.56%) Data Quality
4 1 (1.56%) NIST
4 1 (1.56%) PCI DSS
4 1 (1.56%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 14 (21.88%) Active Directory
2 9 (14.06%) Virtual Desktop
3 4 (6.25%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (1.56%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 1 (1.56%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
1 1 (1.56%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (1.56%) Nessus
1 1 (1.56%) Network Intrusion Detection System
1 1 (1.56%) Terraform
Vendors
1 11 (17.19%) Microsoft
1 11 (17.19%) VMware
2 5 (7.81%) Cisco
3 4 (6.25%) BT
3 4 (6.25%) Citrix
4 3 (4.69%) Aruba
4 3 (4.69%) Fortinet
4 3 (4.69%) Juniper
4 3 (4.69%) Ruckus Wireless
5 1 (1.56%) CheckPoint
5 1 (1.56%) Meraki
5 1 (1.56%) Palo Alto
5 1 (1.56%) ServiceNow
5 1 (1.56%) Snow
5 1 (1.56%) Splunk
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