IT Operations Manager Jobs in England

IT Operations Manager
UK > England

The median IT Operations Manager salary in England is £62,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 26 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
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 754 846 1066
Rank change year-on-year +92 +220 -261
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Operations Manager 68 95 66
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.080% 0.10% 0.050%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.085% 0.11% 0.053%
Number of salaries quoted 51 63 46
10th Percentile £47,788 £47,750 £42,500
25th Percentile £52,500 £53,970 £60,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £72,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.79% +11.54% +20.93%
75th Percentile £87,500 £80,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £88,750 £92,500
UK median annual salary £62,500 £70,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -10.71% +7.69% +18.18%

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 80,251 85,470 125,579
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.48% 91.57% 96.08%
Number of salaries quoted 60,137 54,051 75,614
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,626 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,000 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,500 £60,899 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.15% +1.50% +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,991 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £91,250 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £52,686 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.19% - +9.09%

IT Operations Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Operations Manager in England

IT Operations Manager
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing IT Operations Manager in England.

Salary trend for IT Operations Manager in England

IT Operations Manager
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Operations Manager in England over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Salary histogram for IT Operations Manager in England

IT Operations Manager
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IT Operations Manager within the England region over the 6 months to 26 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 +132 35 £73,750 -3.28% 8
North of England +37 19 £60,000 +3.79% 1
North West +12 11 £62,500 +8.57% 1
West Midlands +31 9 £56,500 +11.66% 1
Midlands +11 9 £56,500 +11.66% 1
Yorkshire +84 8 £60,000 +3.79%
South East +22 5 £55,500 -26.00% 1
IT Operations Manager
UK

IT Operations Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 26 April 2024, IT Operations Manager 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 IT Operations Manager in the job title.

1 31 (45.59%) Microsoft
2 28 (41.18%) Azure
3 27 (39.71%) Finance
4 21 (30.88%) ITIL
5 20 (29.41%) Microsoft 365
6 17 (25.00%) Windows
7 16 (23.53%) Change Management
8 15 (22.06%) Degree
8 15 (22.06%) Problem-Solving
9 14 (20.59%) Service Management
9 14 (20.59%) Service Delivery
10 13 (19.12%) Active Directory
11 12 (17.65%) AWS
12 11 (16.18%) Retail
12 11 (16.18%) SQL Server
12 11 (16.18%) Project Management
13 10 (14.71%) VMware
13 10 (14.71%) SharePoint
13 10 (14.71%) Incident Management
13 10 (14.71%) Social Skills
14 9 (13.24%) Tech Ops
14 9 (13.24%) Data Centre
14 9 (13.24%) Supplier Management
14 9 (13.24%) Cybersecurity
14 9 (13.24%) SQL
15 8 (11.76%) Management Information System
15 8 (11.76%) ITSM
15 8 (11.76%) Problem Management
16 7 (10.29%) Continuous Improvement
16 7 (10.29%) SLA

IT Operations Manager 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 10 (14.71%) SharePoint
2 2 (2.94%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 4 (5.88%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (5.88%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (4.41%) Payment Gateway
2 1 (1.47%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 28 (41.18%) Azure
2 20 (29.41%) Microsoft 365
3 12 (17.65%) AWS
4 6 (8.82%) Cloud Computing
4 6 (8.82%) GCP
4 6 (8.82%) IaaS
4 6 (8.82%) PaaS
5 4 (5.88%) Power Platform
6 3 (4.41%) Entra ID
6 3 (4.41%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
6 3 (4.41%) Salesforce Service Cloud
7 2 (2.94%) Mimecast
8 1 (1.47%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 1 (1.47%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 6 (8.82%) Firewall
2 5 (7.35%) BIG-IP
2 5 (7.35%) Cisco Nexus
2 5 (7.35%) LAN
3 4 (5.88%) DNS
4 3 (4.41%) TCP/IP
4 3 (4.41%) WAN
5 2 (2.94%) Network Security
5 2 (2.94%) VoIP
5 2 (2.94%) VPN
5 2 (2.94%) WLAN
6 1 (1.47%) DHCP
6 1 (1.47%) SD-WAN
6 1 (1.47%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (16.18%) SQL Server
2 4 (5.88%) Power BI
3 2 (2.94%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 3 (4.41%) JIRA
General
1 27 (39.71%) Finance
2 11 (16.18%) Retail
3 10 (14.71%) Social Skills
4 4 (5.88%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (5.88%) Electronics
5 3 (4.41%) Banking
5 3 (4.41%) Billing
5 3 (4.41%) Marketing
6 2 (2.94%) Law
7 1 (1.47%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (1.47%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (1.47%) Legal
7 1 (1.47%) Local Government
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (7.35%) .NET
2 3 (4.41%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 9 (13.24%) Data Centre
2 8 (11.76%) Management Information System
3 3 (4.41%) Enterprise Software
3 3 (4.41%) Reinsurance
4 2 (2.94%) Client/Server
4 2 (2.94%) Cyber Security Posture
5 1 (1.47%) Algorithms
5 1 (1.47%) Cloud Native
5 1 (1.47%) CMDB
5 1 (1.47%) Driving Licence
5 1 (1.47%) Onboarding
5 1 (1.47%) Private Cloud
5 1 (1.47%) Product Ownership
5 1 (1.47%) Public Cloud
5 1 (1.47%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 17 (25.00%) Windows
2 3 (4.41%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (30.88%) ITIL
2 16 (23.53%) Change Management
3 15 (22.06%) Problem-Solving
4 14 (20.59%) Service Delivery
4 14 (20.59%) Service Management
5 11 (16.18%) Project Management
6 10 (14.71%) Incident Management
7 9 (13.24%) Cybersecurity
7 9 (13.24%) Supplier Management
7 9 (13.24%) Tech Ops
8 8 (11.76%) ITSM
8 8 (11.76%) Problem Management
9 7 (10.29%) Continuous Improvement
9 7 (10.29%) Service Delivery Management
10 6 (8.82%) Agile
10 6 (8.82%) Batch Processing
10 6 (8.82%) Contract Management
10 6 (8.82%) Line Management
10 6 (8.82%) Patch Management
10 6 (8.82%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 9 (13.24%) SQL
2 4 (5.88%) T-SQL
3 2 (2.94%) Java
4 1 (1.47%) Bash
4 1 (1.47%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 15 (22.06%) Degree
2 7 (10.29%) Azure Certification
3 6 (8.82%) Microsoft Certification
4 5 (7.35%) ITIL Certification
5 4 (5.88%) MCP
5 4 (5.88%) MCSE
6 1 (1.47%) SC Cleared
6 1 (1.47%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (10.29%) SLA
2 5 (7.35%) Cyber Essentials
2 5 (7.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (2.94%) Accessibility
3 2 (2.94%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 2 (2.94%) SOC 2
4 1 (1.47%) GDPR
System Software
1 13 (19.12%) Active Directory
2 5 (7.35%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (4.41%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 5 (7.35%) SCOM
2 3 (4.41%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (4.41%) Terraform
3 1 (1.47%) Ansible
Vendors
1 31 (45.59%) Microsoft
2 10 (14.71%) VMware
3 7 (10.29%) Cisco
4 6 (8.82%) Citrix
4 6 (8.82%) Salesforce
5 5 (7.35%) AppDynamics
5 5 (7.35%) Dynatrace
5 5 (7.35%) Google
5 5 (7.35%) SolarWinds
6 2 (2.94%) Forcepoint
6 2 (2.94%) HubSpot
6 2 (2.94%) Meraki
6 2 (2.94%) SAP