Head of Operations Jobs in England

Head of Operations
UK > England

The median Head of Operations salary in England is £100,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 13 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 654 781 877
Rank change year-on-year +127 +96 +112
Permanent jobs requiring a Head of Operations 41 66 56
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.084% 0.077% 0.062%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.092% 0.081% 0.068%
Number of salaries quoted 29 37 47
10th Percentile £55,150 £47,050 £72,500
25th Percentile £62,500 £63,888 £82,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £100,000 £85,000 £95,000
Median % change year-on-year +17.65% -10.53% +12.71%
75th Percentile - £95,000 £117,500
90th Percentile £121,000 £116,500 £128,500
UK median annual salary £100,000 £90,000 £95,500
% change year-on-year +11.11% -5.76% +13.30%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies 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 44,533 81,192 82,548
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.73% 94.49% 91.54%
Number of salaries quoted 24,433 60,582 52,517
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,355 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £53,500 £60,800
Median % change year-on-year +7.48% -12.01% +1.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £71,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £91,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £56,500 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +7.62% -12.50% -

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 13 May 2025.

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 13 May 2025. 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
North of England +41 11 £100,000 +25.00% 7
South East +93 10 £80,000 -8.57% 8
Yorkshire +71 10 £100,000 +12.68% 1
London +82 7 £85,000 -5.56% 17
East of England - 7 £90,000 - 2
South West +119 3 £50,000 -13.04% 1
Midlands +65 3 £72,500 -16.43% 4
West Midlands +42 3 £72,500 -16.43%
North West +4 1 £110,000 +57.14% 6
Head of Operations
UK

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

For the 6 months to 13 May 2025, 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 19 (46.34%) Cybersecurity
2 16 (39.02%) ITIL
3 14 (34.15%) Finance
4 11 (26.83%) Microsoft
4 11 (26.83%) People Management
5 10 (24.39%) ERP
6 8 (19.51%) Project Management
7 7 (17.07%) Business Strategy
8 6 (14.63%) Customer Experience
8 6 (14.63%) Decision-Making
8 6 (14.63%) Social Skills
8 6 (14.63%) GDPR
8 6 (14.63%) Business Intelligence
8 6 (14.63%) SharePoint
8 6 (14.63%) Legal
9 5 (12.20%) Retail
9 5 (12.20%) Operations Management
9 5 (12.20%) IT Strategy
9 5 (12.20%) Continuous Improvement
9 5 (12.20%) Data Privacy
9 5 (12.20%) Presentation Skills
9 5 (12.20%) Influencing Skills
9 5 (12.20%) Onboarding
9 5 (12.20%) Budget Management
9 5 (12.20%) Incident Response
10 4 (9.76%) Budgeting
10 4 (9.76%) Problem-Solving
10 4 (9.76%) Line Management
10 4 (9.76%) Analytical Skills
10 4 (9.76%) Budgeting and Forecasting

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 6 (14.63%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (2.44%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (2.44%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (2.44%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 3 (7.32%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (4.88%) AWS
2 2 (4.88%) Azure
3 1 (2.44%) Cloud Computing
3 1 (2.44%) Entra ID
3 1 (2.44%) Microsoft Copilot
3 1 (2.44%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (4.88%) DNS
1 2 (4.88%) Intrusion Detection
2 1 (2.44%) DHCP
2 1 (2.44%) Firewall
2 1 (2.44%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.44%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (2.44%) Git
1 1 (2.44%) Subversion
General
1 14 (34.15%) Finance
2 6 (14.63%) Legal
2 6 (14.63%) Social Skills
3 5 (12.20%) Influencing Skills
3 5 (12.20%) Presentation Skills
3 5 (12.20%) Retail
4 4 (9.76%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (7.32%) Law
6 1 (2.44%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (7.32%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 5 (12.20%) Onboarding
2 3 (7.32%) Self-Motivation
3 2 (4.88%) Security Operations Centre
4 1 (2.44%) Cyber Security Posture
4 1 (2.44%) Cyber Threat
4 1 (2.44%) Greenfield Project
4 1 (2.44%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (2.44%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 3 (7.32%) Windows
2 2 (4.88%) Linux
2 2 (4.88%) Unix
3 1 (2.44%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (46.34%) Cybersecurity
2 16 (39.02%) ITIL
3 11 (26.83%) People Management
4 10 (24.39%) ERP
5 8 (19.51%) Project Management
6 7 (17.07%) Business Strategy
7 6 (14.63%) Business Intelligence
7 6 (14.63%) Customer Experience
7 6 (14.63%) Decision-Making
8 5 (12.20%) Budget Management
8 5 (12.20%) Continuous Improvement
8 5 (12.20%) Data Privacy
8 5 (12.20%) Incident Response
8 5 (12.20%) IT Strategy
8 5 (12.20%) Operations Management
9 4 (9.76%) Budgeting
9 4 (9.76%) Information Security
9 4 (9.76%) Line Management
9 4 (9.76%) Problem-Solving
9 4 (9.76%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 2 (4.88%) PowerShell
1 2 (4.88%) Python
2 1 (2.44%) VBA
Qualifications
1 4 (9.76%) CISM
1 4 (9.76%) CISSP
2 3 (7.32%) Degree
2 3 (7.32%) PMI Certification
2 3 (7.32%) PMP
3 2 (4.88%) IISP
3 2 (4.88%) ITIL Certification
3 2 (4.88%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (14.63%) GDPR
2 3 (7.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (4.88%) Cyber Essentials
3 2 (4.88%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 1 (2.44%) Actionable Recommendations
4 1 (2.44%) NIST
4 1 (2.44%) PCI DSS
4 1 (2.44%) QA
System Software
1 2 (4.88%) Active Directory
1 2 (4.88%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (4.88%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 11 (26.83%) Microsoft
2 2 (4.88%) AlienVault
2 2 (4.88%) Salesforce
3 1 (2.44%) OpenAI
3 1 (2.44%) Oracle
3 1 (2.44%) SAP
3 1 (2.44%) Workday