Operations Management Jobs in England

Operations Management
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England requiring Operations Management skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Operations Management over the 6 months leading up to 30 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 646 723 713
Rank change year-on-year +77 -10 +352
Permanent jobs citing Operations Management 39 120 184
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.080% 0.13% 0.21%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.085% 0.16% 0.22%
Number of salaries quoted 30 66 87
10th Percentile £32,544 £41,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £38,063 £45,688 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,500 £57,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.43% -8.00% +25.00%
75th Percentile £79,813 £73,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £86,950 £82,500 £91,500
UK median annual salary £50,000 £57,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year -13.04% -8.00% +25.00%

All Process and 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 46,039 75,199 82,570
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 94.03% 84.05% 95.58%
Number of salaries quoted 22,875 54,702 49,146
10th Percentile £29,500 £29,000 £34,452
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £46,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -12.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £97,528 £93,750 £102,500
UK median annual salary £57,443 £55,000 £60,899
% change year-on-year +4.44% -9.69% +1.50%

Operations Management
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Operations Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Operations Management in England

Operations Management
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Operations Management in England

Operations Management
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Operations Management in England over the 6 months to 30 May 2025.

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 30 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
South West +100 10 £50,000 - 31
London +99 10 £78,500 +8.28% 29
North of England +20 9 £59,500 -12.38% 57
North East +31 7 £60,750 +42.94% 8
South East +83 5 £38,000 -33.91% 84
Midlands +78 5 £53,000 -7.83% 53
West Midlands +54 3 £53,000 -13.29% 29
North West -1 2 £47,250 -32.50% 27
Operations Management
UK

Operations Management
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:

Applications
1 1 (2.56%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 4 (10.26%) Azure
1 4 (10.26%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (7.69%) SaaS
3 2 (5.13%) Cloud Computing
4 1 (2.56%) Azure AKS
4 1 (2.56%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (2.56%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 3 (7.69%) Firewall
1 3 (7.69%) LAN
1 3 (7.69%) Network Security
1 3 (7.69%) VLAN
1 3 (7.69%) WAN
2 1 (2.56%) DHCP
2 1 (2.56%) DNS
2 1 (2.56%) RFID
2 1 (2.56%) TCP/IP
2 1 (2.56%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (7.69%) GIS
2 2 (5.13%) Elasticsearch
General
1 19 (48.72%) Social Skills
2 8 (20.51%) Finance
3 5 (12.82%) Retail
4 3 (7.69%) Banking
4 3 (7.69%) Welsh Language
5 2 (5.13%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (2.56%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (2.56%) Health Technology
6 1 (2.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (2.56%) Manufacturing
6 1 (2.56%) Military
6 1 (2.56%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (2.56%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (2.56%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 6 (15.38%) Operations Manager
2 4 (10.26%) Head of IT
2 4 (10.26%) Head of Operations
3 3 (7.69%) Administrator
3 3 (7.69%) IT Manager
3 3 (7.69%) Network Engineer
3 3 (7.69%) Senior
3 3 (7.69%) Senior Manager
3 3 (7.69%) Service Manager
3 3 (7.69%) Technical Support
4 2 (5.13%) Cybersecurity Manager
4 2 (5.13%) IT Administrator
4 2 (5.13%) IT Security Administrator
4 2 (5.13%) Security Administrator
4 2 (5.13%) Security Manager
5 1 (2.56%) Delivery Manager
5 1 (2.56%) IT Services Manager
5 1 (2.56%) Operations Director
5 1 (2.56%) Service Desk Manager
5 1 (2.56%) Trainee
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (7.69%) 802.1X
1 3 (7.69%) EDI
2 1 (2.56%) Ajax
2 1 (2.56%) AngularJS
2 1 (2.56%) CSS
2 1 (2.56%) HTML
2 1 (2.56%) LDAP
2 1 (2.56%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 6 (15.38%) Onboarding
2 4 (10.26%) Data Centre
3 2 (5.13%) Cyber Security Posture
3 2 (5.13%) Hybrid Cloud
3 2 (5.13%) Management Information System
4 1 (2.56%) Driving Licence
4 1 (2.56%) Lidar
4 1 (2.56%) Security Posture
4 1 (2.56%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 5 (12.82%) Windows
2 3 (7.69%) Windows Server
3 2 (5.13%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (28.21%) Project Management
2 9 (23.08%) Cybersecurity
3 6 (15.38%) Budget Management
3 6 (15.38%) IT Strategy
4 5 (12.82%) Data Protection
4 5 (12.82%) Energy Management
4 5 (12.82%) Information Security
4 5 (12.82%) ITIL
4 5 (12.82%) Line Management
4 5 (12.82%) Problem-Solving
4 5 (12.82%) Service Delivery
5 4 (10.26%) Analytics
5 4 (10.26%) Project Delivery
5 4 (10.26%) Resource Allocation
6 3 (7.69%) Budgeting
6 3 (7.69%) Budgeting and Resource Allocation
6 3 (7.69%) Continuous Improvement
6 3 (7.69%) Data-Driven Decision Making
6 3 (7.69%) Performance Management
6 3 (7.69%) Security Operations
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.56%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 13 (33.33%) Degree
2 3 (7.69%) CCNA
2 3 (7.69%) CCNP
2 3 (7.69%) Cisco Certification
2 3 (7.69%) DBS Check
2 3 (7.69%) PMI Certification
2 3 (7.69%) PMP
3 2 (5.13%) CISA
3 2 (5.13%) CISM
3 2 (5.13%) CISSP
3 2 (5.13%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (2.56%) ACCA
4 1 (2.56%) CIMA
4 1 (2.56%) DV Cleared
4 1 (2.56%) ITIL Certification
4 1 (2.56%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
4 1 (2.56%) SC Cleared
4 1 (2.56%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (10.26%) GDPR
2 2 (5.13%) Cyber Essentials
2 2 (5.13%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 2 (5.13%) ISO 9001
2 2 (5.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (5.13%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
2 2 (5.13%) NIST
2 2 (5.13%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (5.13%) Docker
2 1 (2.56%) Active Directory
2 1 (2.56%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 1 (2.56%) Kubernetes
1 1 (2.56%) Single Sign-On
1 1 (2.56%) Terraform
Vendors
1 10 (25.64%) Microsoft
2 3 (7.69%) CheckPoint
2 3 (7.69%) Cisco
2 3 (7.69%) Meraki
3 1 (2.56%) Remedy
3 1 (2.56%) ServiceNow