Operations Director Job Trends in England

Director of Operations
UK > England

The median Director of Operations salary in England is £115,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 7 January 2026.

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

6 months to
7 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 595 668 655
Rank change year-on-year +73 -13 +281
Permanent jobs requiring an Operations Director 11 25 13
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.021% 0.051% 0.027%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.023% 0.055% 0.029%
Number of salaries quoted 8 4 12
10th Percentile £85,000 £88,750 £60,350
25th Percentile £95,313 £94,375 £83,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £115,000 £105,000 £93,750
Median % change year-on-year +9.52% +12.00% -6.25%
75th Percentile £118,125 £118,750 £128,750
90th Percentile £128,625 £130,000 £152,000
UK median annual salary £115,000 £105,000 £92,500
% change year-on-year +9.52% +13.51% -11.90%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
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 47,734 45,224 45,133
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.77% 92.74% 95.10%
Number of salaries quoted 30,054 23,853 35,288
10th Percentile £28,697 £33,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,750 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -2.04%
75th Percentile £75,000 £79,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £58,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +3.45% -3.33%

Operations Director
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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 England.

Operations Director job vacancy trend in England

Operations Director
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for Operations Director job vacancies in England.

Salary distribution trend for Operations Director job vacancies in England

Operations Director
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Operations Director in England over the 6 months to 7 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Operations Director in England

Operations Director
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Operations Director within the England region over the 6 months to 7 January 2026. 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 +47 6 £115,000 - 6
Midlands +23 4 £93,750 - 2
West Midlands - 4 £93,750 - 1
North of England +13 1 £120,000 +14.29% 2
Yorkshire - 1 £120,000 - 1
Operations Director
UK

Operations Director Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 7 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 England region featuring Operations Director in the job title.

1 5 (45.45%) Roadmaps
2 4 (36.36%) Technology Roadmap
3 3 (27.27%) Business Strategy
3 3 (27.27%) Degree
3 3 (27.27%) ERP
3 3 (27.27%) Microsoft
3 3 (27.27%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (18.18%) Active Directory
4 2 (18.18%) Agile
4 2 (18.18%) Change Management
4 2 (18.18%) Computer Science
4 2 (18.18%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (18.18%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (18.18%) DevOps
4 2 (18.18%) Digital Innovation
4 2 (18.18%) Due Diligence
4 2 (18.18%) Enterprise Architecture
4 2 (18.18%) Information Governance
4 2 (18.18%) IT Strategy
4 2 (18.18%) Matrix Organization
4 2 (18.18%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (18.18%) Project Management
4 2 (18.18%) Regulatory Compliance
4 2 (18.18%) Root Cause Analysis
4 2 (18.18%) SaaS
4 2 (18.18%) Service Delivery
4 2 (18.18%) SQL Server
4 2 (18.18%) Strategic Planning
4 2 (18.18%) Strategic Roadmap
4 2 (18.18%) Systems Analysis

Operations Director Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (9.09%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 2 (18.18%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (18.18%) VPN
1 2 (18.18%) WAN
1 2 (18.18%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (18.18%) SQL Server
General
1 3 (27.27%) Finance
1 3 (27.27%) Influencing Skills
1 3 (27.27%) Social Skills
2 1 (9.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (9.09%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 2 (18.18%) Data Centre
1 2 (18.18%) Enterprise Storage
2 1 (9.09%) Cyber Defence
2 1 (9.09%) FMCG
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (45.45%) Roadmaps
2 4 (36.36%) Technology Roadmap
3 3 (27.27%) Business Strategy
3 3 (27.27%) ERP
3 3 (27.27%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (18.18%) Agile
4 2 (18.18%) Change Management
4 2 (18.18%) Computer Science
4 2 (18.18%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (18.18%) DevOps
4 2 (18.18%) Due Diligence
4 2 (18.18%) Enterprise Architecture
4 2 (18.18%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (18.18%) Project Management
4 2 (18.18%) Service Delivery
4 2 (18.18%) Strategic Planning
4 2 (18.18%) Strategic Roadmap
4 2 (18.18%) Systems Analysis
4 2 (18.18%) Tech Ops
4 2 (18.18%) Technology Strategy
Qualifications
1 3 (27.27%) Degree
2 2 (18.18%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (9.09%) Master's Degree
System Software
1 2 (18.18%) Active Directory
1 2 (18.18%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 3 (27.27%) Microsoft
2 2 (18.18%) VMware
3 1 (9.09%) IBM
3 1 (9.09%) SAP
3 1 (9.09%) ServiceNow