Head of Service Operations Jobs in England

Head of Service Operations
UK > England

The median Head of Service Operations salary in England is £85,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 11 May 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
11 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 831 912 1148
Rank change year-on-year +81 +236 -291
Permanent jobs requiring a Head of Service Operations 8 6 7
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.009% 0.007% 0.005%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.010% 0.007% 0.005%
Number of salaries quoted 2 6 7
10th Percentile £76,000 £73,125 £77,000
25th Percentile £77,500 £78,750 £80,564
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £83,750 £85,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.49% -1.47% -
75th Percentile £92,500 £87,500 £95,000
90th Percentile £94,000 - £103,750
UK median annual salary £85,000 £83,750 £85,000
% change year-on-year +1.49% -1.47% -1.45%

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 81,157 82,189 127,880
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.48% 91.48% 96.07%
Number of salaries quoted 60,579 52,238 74,819
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,250 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,500 £60,800 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.01% +1.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,500 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £90,822 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Head of Service Operations
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Head of Service Operations in England

Head of Service Operations
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Head of Service Operations in England

Head of Service 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 Service Operations within the England region over the 6 months to 11 May 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
South East +9 4 - -
North of England +41 3 £80,000 +14.29%
North West - 2 - -
London +124 1 £90,000 +5.88% 1
Yorkshire +82 1 £80,000 +14.29%
Head of Service Operations
UK

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

For the 6 months to 11 May 2024, Head of Service 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 Service Operations in the job title.

1 6 (75.00%) Service Delivery
2 5 (62.50%) Continuous Improvement
2 5 (62.50%) Finance
2 5 (62.50%) Customer Experience
3 4 (50.00%) Budgeting and Forecasting
3 4 (50.00%) BT
3 4 (50.00%) Influencing Skills
4 3 (37.50%) Cost Optimisation
4 3 (37.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 3 (37.50%) CI/CD
4 3 (37.50%) Proactive Management
5 2 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (25.00%) Web Application Development
5 2 (25.00%) Analytics
5 2 (25.00%) Infrastructure Management
5 2 (25.00%) IoT
5 2 (25.00%) User Experience
5 2 (25.00%) AWS
5 2 (25.00%) Node.js
5 2 (25.00%) Data Management
5 2 (25.00%) Marketing
5 2 (25.00%) SQL
5 2 (25.00%) Benchmarking
6 1 (12.50%) Business Forecasting
6 1 (12.50%) ITIL
6 1 (12.50%) SLA
6 1 (12.50%) Microsoft
6 1 (12.50%) Operations Management
6 1 (12.50%) Microsoft 365
6 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Intune

Head of Service 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (25.00%) AWS
2 1 (12.50%) Azure
2 1 (12.50%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (12.50%) Power Platform
2 1 (12.50%) PowerApps
General
1 5 (62.50%) Finance
2 4 (50.00%) Influencing Skills
3 3 (37.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 2 (25.00%) Marketing
5 1 (12.50%) Public Sector
5 1 (12.50%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (25.00%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 2 (25.00%) IoT
2 1 (12.50%) Cloud Native
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (75.00%) Service Delivery
2 5 (62.50%) Continuous Improvement
2 5 (62.50%) Customer Experience
3 4 (50.00%) Budgeting and Forecasting
4 3 (37.50%) CI/CD
4 3 (37.50%) Cost Optimisation
4 3 (37.50%) Proactive Management
5 2 (25.00%) Analytics
5 2 (25.00%) Benchmarking
5 2 (25.00%) Data Management
5 2 (25.00%) Infrastructure Management
5 2 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (25.00%) User Experience
5 2 (25.00%) Web Application Development
6 1 (12.50%) Business Forecasting
6 1 (12.50%) DevOps
6 1 (12.50%) DevSecOps
6 1 (12.50%) ITIL
6 1 (12.50%) Operations Management
6 1 (12.50%) People Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (25.00%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (12.50%) SLA
Systems Management
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (12.50%) Terraform
Vendors
1 4 (50.00%) BT
2 1 (12.50%) Microsoft
2 1 (12.50%) ServiceNow