Operations Management Job Trends in England

Operations Management
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in England requiring Operations Management skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 547 605 608
Rank change year-on-year +58 +3 +171
Permanent jobs citing Operations Management 70 74 72
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.13% 0.15% 0.15%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.16% 0.17% 0.16%
Number of salaries quoted 13 37 37
10th Percentile £45,000 £43,911 £40,350
25th Percentile £65,000 £46,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £67,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.70% -3.57% +27.27%
75th Percentile £82,250 £82,500 £75,000
90th Percentile - £85,500 £85,000
UK median annual salary £70,000 £67,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +3.70% +3.85% +18.18%

All Process & Methodology Skills
England

Operations Management falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 42,913 43,729 44,234
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 81.21% 90.84% 89.77%
Number of salaries quoted 25,804 21,413 34,236
10th Percentile £28,742 £35,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £46,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%
75th Percentile £76,250 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £100,000 £98,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Operations Management
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Operations Management relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in England.

Operations Management job vacancy trend in England

Operations Management
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Operations Management.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Operations Management

Operations Management
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Operations Management in England over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Operations Management in England

Operations Management
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 Management within the England region over the 6 months to 14 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
South West +37 28 - -
Midlands +41 21 £45,000 -37.93% 5
East Midlands +9 18 - - 3
London +39 12 £67,500 -15.63% 7
South East +21 6 - - 5
North West +16 4 £78,283 +20.44%
North of England 0 4 £78,283 +18.16%
West Midlands - 3 £45,000 - 2
East of England +18 1 - - 1
Operations Management
UK

Operations Management
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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (4.29%) SharePoint
2 2 (2.86%) FactoryTalk
2 2 (2.86%) Oracle Workflow
2 2 (2.86%) WinCC
3 1 (1.43%) ArcGIS
Applications
1 2 (2.86%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.43%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.43%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (1.43%) SmartSuite
Business Applications
1 6 (8.57%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (1.43%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 2 (2.86%) Amazon EC2
1 2 (2.86%) AWS
1 2 (2.86%) Azure
1 2 (2.86%) Boomi
1 2 (2.86%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (1.43%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.86%) Ethernet
2 1 (1.43%) LAN
2 1 (1.43%) SD-WAN
2 1 (1.43%) Skype
2 1 (1.43%) WAN
2 1 (1.43%) Wireless
2 1 (1.43%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.86%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 1 (1.43%) BigQuery
2 1 (1.43%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (1.43%) Geospatial Data
2 1 (1.43%) GIS
2 1 (1.43%) Metadata
General
1 53 (75.71%) Finance
2 45 (64.29%) Banking
3 16 (22.86%) Social Skills
4 7 (10.00%) Manufacturing
5 6 (8.57%) Influencing Skills
6 5 (7.14%) Analytical Skills
7 3 (4.29%) Presentation Skills
8 2 (2.86%) Law
8 2 (2.86%) Public Sector
9 1 (1.43%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (1.43%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (1.43%) Legal
9 1 (1.43%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 7 (10.00%) Lead
2 4 (5.71%) Delivery Manager
2 4 (5.71%) Operations Manager
2 4 (5.71%) Senior
2 4 (5.71%) Service Delivery Manager
2 4 (5.71%) Service Manager
3 3 (4.29%) Analyst
3 3 (4.29%) Senior Manager
4 2 (2.86%) ICT Manager
4 2 (2.86%) ICT Service Delivery Manager
4 2 (2.86%) Integration Manager
4 2 (2.86%) Operations Analyst
4 2 (2.86%) Technology Analyst
5 1 (1.43%) Delivery Director
5 1 (1.43%) GIS Technician
5 1 (1.43%) Network Manager
5 1 (1.43%) Presales Technical Architect
5 1 (1.43%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
5 1 (1.43%) Service Desk Analyst
5 1 (1.43%) Vendor Manager
Miscellaneous
1 12 (17.14%) Onboarding
2 8 (11.43%) Management Information System
3 7 (10.00%) Self-Motivation
4 2 (2.86%) Operational Technology
4 2 (2.86%) SCADA
5 1 (1.43%) CCTV
Operating Systems
1 2 (2.86%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 51 (72.86%) Risk Management
1 51 (72.86%) Supply Chain Management
2 47 (67.14%) Business Continuity
2 47 (67.14%) Information Security
2 47 (67.14%) Roadmaps
3 45 (64.29%) Business Continuity Management
3 45 (64.29%) Due Diligence
3 45 (64.29%) Process Improvement
3 45 (64.29%) Risk Assessment
4 9 (12.86%) Analytics
4 9 (12.86%) Data Governance
5 8 (11.43%) Contract Management
5 8 (11.43%) Stakeholder Management
6 7 (10.00%) Data Management
6 7 (10.00%) Data Science
6 7 (10.00%) Data Strategy
6 7 (10.00%) Decision-Making
6 7 (10.00%) ITIL
6 7 (10.00%) Regulatory Compliance
6 7 (10.00%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 2 (2.86%) SQL
Qualifications
1 45 (64.29%) CISA
1 45 (64.29%) CISSP
1 45 (64.29%) CRISC
2 9 (12.86%) Degree
3 2 (2.86%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
4 1 (1.43%) DV Cleared
4 1 (1.43%) Master's Degree
4 1 (1.43%) MBA
4 1 (1.43%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 45 (64.29%) NIST
1 45 (64.29%) PCI DSS
2 2 (2.86%) COBIT
2 2 (2.86%) GDPR
2 2 (2.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (1.43%) Accessibility
3 1 (1.43%) Data Quality
3 1 (1.43%) QA
3 1 (1.43%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (2.86%) Active Directory
1 2 (2.86%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 2 (2.86%) AssetCenter
1 2 (2.86%) SCCM
Vendors
1 6 (8.57%) SAP
2 5 (7.14%) Microsoft
3 3 (4.29%) ServiceNow
4 2 (2.86%) Cisco
4 2 (2.86%) Kepware
4 2 (2.86%) Oracle
4 2 (2.86%) Rockwell
4 2 (2.86%) Siemens
4 2 (2.86%) Software AG
4 2 (2.86%) VMware
4 2 (2.86%) webMethods
5 1 (1.43%) Databricks
5 1 (1.43%) Remedy