Operations Manager Jobs in England

Operations Manager
UK > England

The median Operations Manager salary in England is £57,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 10 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
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 587 724 750
Rank change year-on-year +137 +26 -41
Permanent jobs requiring an Operations Manager 249 207 404
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.29% 0.23% 0.30%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.31% 0.25% 0.32%
Number of salaries quoted 201 139 172
10th Percentile £44,000 £50,000 £47,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £61,250 £60,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £71,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -19.01% -2.07% +20.83%
75th Percentile £70,000 £80,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £87,750 £92,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £70,000 £72,250
% change year-on-year -17.86% -3.11% +20.42%

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 81,130 82,270 127,705
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.48% 91.46% 96.08%
Number of salaries quoted 60,549 52,263 74,733
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 £90,857 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Operations Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Operations Manager in England

Operations Manager
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Operations Manager in England

Operations Manager
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Operations Manager in England over the 6 months to 10 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Operations Manager in England

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 Operations Manager within the England region over the 6 months to 10 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
London +114 88 £65,000 -13.33% 56
South East +35 43 £55,500 -23.45% 14
North of England +33 38 £60,000 -14.29% 6
East of England +42 29 £55,000 +10.00% 8
South West -1 26 £57,500 +15.00% 11
Midlands -26 25 £53,500 -23.57% 10
North West +13 21 £63,750 +5.98% 3
West Midlands -14 18 £53,500 -22.46% 9
Yorkshire +59 11 £50,000 -31.03% 3
East Midlands -12 7 £60,000 -15.49%
North East -2 6 £35,000 -
Operations Manager
UK

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

For the 6 months to 10 May 2024, 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 Operations Manager in the job title.

1 61 (24.50%) Microsoft
2 60 (24.10%) Finance
3 58 (23.29%) Social Skills
4 45 (18.07%) Service Delivery
4 45 (18.07%) Azure
5 40 (16.06%) Project Management
6 36 (14.46%) ITIL
7 35 (14.06%) Cybersecurity
8 34 (13.65%) Microsoft 365
9 33 (13.25%) Continuous Improvement
10 30 (12.05%) Problem-Solving
11 29 (11.65%) Degree
12 28 (11.24%) Change Management
12 28 (11.24%) Customer Service
13 27 (10.84%) Tech Ops
14 26 (10.44%) Windows
15 23 (9.24%) Logistics
16 21 (8.43%) Onboarding
17 20 (8.03%) Data Centre
17 20 (8.03%) Retail
17 20 (8.03%) Service Management
18 19 (7.63%) ITSM
18 19 (7.63%) Management Information System
18 19 (7.63%) SLA
18 19 (7.63%) AWS
18 19 (7.63%) People Management
19 18 (7.23%) Line Management
19 18 (7.23%) Customer Experience
20 17 (6.83%) Operations Management
20 17 (6.83%) Cisco

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 12 (4.82%) Microsoft Exchange
2 11 (4.42%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.80%) Confluence
4 1 (0.40%) Apache
4 1 (0.40%) CMS
4 1 (0.40%) Moodle
4 1 (0.40%) MTS
4 1 (0.40%) WordPress
Applications
1 16 (6.43%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (4.82%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.80%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.40%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.40%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.40%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 5 (2.01%) Salesforce CRM
2 4 (1.61%) SAP CX
3 3 (1.20%) Payment Gateway
3 3 (1.20%) SAP ERP
4 2 (0.80%) Raiser’s Edge
4 2 (0.80%) SAP CRM
5 1 (0.40%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 45 (18.07%) Azure
2 34 (13.65%) Microsoft 365
3 19 (7.63%) AWS
4 10 (4.02%) Cloud Computing
4 10 (4.02%) IaaS
5 8 (3.21%) PaaS
6 6 (2.41%) Entra ID
6 6 (2.41%) GCP
7 5 (2.01%) Salesforce Service Cloud
8 4 (1.61%) Google Workspace
8 4 (1.61%) Power Platform
9 3 (1.20%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
10 2 (0.80%) Amazon Cognito
10 2 (0.80%) Amazon SQS
10 2 (0.80%) dbt
10 2 (0.80%) Fivetran
10 2 (0.80%) Prefect
10 2 (0.80%) Serverless
10 2 (0.80%) Snowflake
10 2 (0.80%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 14 (5.62%) Firewall
2 12 (4.82%) VoIP
3 11 (4.42%) LAN
3 11 (4.42%) Network Security
4 9 (3.61%) VPN
4 9 (3.61%) WAN
5 8 (3.21%) SD-WAN
5 8 (3.21%) Wi-Fi
6 5 (2.01%) BIG-IP
6 5 (2.01%) Cisco Nexus
6 5 (2.01%) Wireless
7 4 (1.61%) DNS
7 4 (1.61%) HTTP
7 4 (1.61%) MQTT
8 3 (1.20%) TCP/IP
8 3 (1.20%) Unified Communications
9 1 (0.40%) DHCP
9 1 (0.40%) Internet
9 1 (0.40%) Radio Access Network
9 1 (0.40%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (4.02%) SQL Server
2 4 (1.61%) Power BI
3 2 (0.80%) Data Lake
3 2 (0.80%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (0.80%) Parquet
3 2 (0.80%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (0.40%) Amazon Aurora
4 1 (0.40%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 6 (2.41%) JIRA
General
1 60 (24.10%) Finance
2 58 (23.29%) Social Skills
3 20 (8.03%) Retail
4 14 (5.62%) Analytical Skills
5 11 (4.42%) Banking
5 11 (4.42%) Law
6 9 (3.61%) Manufacturing
6 9 (3.61%) Organisational Skills
7 8 (3.21%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 8 (3.21%) Legal
7 8 (3.21%) Marketing
7 8 (3.21%) Telecoms
8 6 (2.41%) Retail Banking
9 5 (2.01%) Environmental Health
9 5 (2.01%) Games
10 4 (1.61%) Billing
10 4 (1.61%) Electronics
10 4 (1.61%) Public Sector
11 3 (1.20%) Back Office
11 3 (1.20%) Local Government
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (2.41%) HTML
2 5 (2.01%) .NET
2 5 (2.01%) CSS
3 4 (1.61%) Node.js
4 3 (1.20%) .NET Framework
5 2 (0.80%) JSON
5 2 (0.80%) RESTful
6 1 (0.40%) Express.js
6 1 (0.40%) Flash
6 1 (0.40%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 21 (8.43%) Onboarding
2 20 (8.03%) Data Centre
3 19 (7.63%) Management Information System
4 10 (4.02%) Self-Motivation
5 8 (3.21%) NHS
6 5 (2.01%) Cyber Threat
6 5 (2.01%) Operational Technology
6 5 (2.01%) SCADA
7 3 (1.20%) Analytical Mindset
7 3 (1.20%) Cyberattack
7 3 (1.20%) Driving Licence
7 3 (1.20%) Enterprise Software
7 3 (1.20%) Reinsurance
8 2 (0.80%) BYOD
8 2 (0.80%) Cyber Security Posture
8 2 (0.80%) FMCG
8 2 (0.80%) PMI
8 2 (0.80%) Private Cloud
8 2 (0.80%) Public Cloud
8 2 (0.80%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 26 (10.44%) Windows
2 5 (2.01%) Windows 10
3 4 (1.61%) Linux
4 3 (1.20%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.40%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (18.07%) Service Delivery
2 40 (16.06%) Project Management
3 36 (14.46%) ITIL
4 35 (14.06%) Cybersecurity
5 33 (13.25%) Continuous Improvement
6 30 (12.05%) Problem-Solving
7 28 (11.24%) Change Management
7 28 (11.24%) Customer Service
8 27 (10.84%) Tech Ops
9 23 (9.24%) Logistics
10 20 (8.03%) Service Management
11 19 (7.63%) ITSM
11 19 (7.63%) People Management
12 18 (7.23%) Customer Experience
12 18 (7.23%) Line Management
13 17 (6.83%) Operations Management
14 16 (6.43%) Mentoring
14 16 (6.43%) Process Improvement
14 16 (6.43%) Security Operations
15 15 (6.02%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 14 (5.62%) SQL
2 6 (2.41%) Java
3 4 (1.61%) Python
3 4 (1.61%) T-SQL
4 2 (0.80%) PowerShell
4 2 (0.80%) Scala
5 1 (0.40%) Bash
Qualifications
1 29 (11.65%) Degree
2 8 (3.21%) Azure Certification
2 8 (3.21%) ITIL Certification
3 7 (2.81%) Microsoft Certification
4 6 (2.41%) DBS Check
5 4 (1.61%) MCP
5 4 (1.61%) MCSE
6 2 (0.80%) HNC
6 2 (0.80%) HND
6 2 (0.80%) PMI Certification
6 2 (0.80%) Security Cleared
7 1 (0.40%) AAT
7 1 (0.40%) CASP
7 1 (0.40%) CISSP
7 1 (0.40%) GCIA
7 1 (0.40%) GCIH
7 1 (0.40%) GIAC
7 1 (0.40%) Master's Degree
7 1 (0.40%) MBA
7 1 (0.40%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (7.63%) SLA
2 16 (6.43%) GDPR
3 15 (6.02%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 9 (3.61%) Cyber Essentials
4 9 (3.61%) NEBOSH
5 6 (2.41%) Accessibility
5 6 (2.41%) ISO 9001
6 4 (1.61%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 4 (1.61%) QA
6 4 (1.61%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 2 (0.80%) NIST
7 2 (0.80%) PCI DSS
7 2 (0.80%) PMO
7 2 (0.80%) SOC 2
8 1 (0.40%) GRC
8 1 (0.40%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 1 (0.40%) NCSC
System Software
1 15 (6.02%) Active Directory
2 10 (4.02%) Hyper-V
3 5 (2.01%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (1.61%) Firmware
5 3 (1.20%) Terminal Services
5 3 (1.20%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 7 (2.81%) WSUS
2 6 (2.41%) Terraform
3 5 (2.01%) Microsoft Intune
3 5 (2.01%) QRadar
3 5 (2.01%) SCOM
4 3 (1.20%) Ansible
5 1 (0.40%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 61 (24.50%) Microsoft
2 17 (6.83%) Cisco
3 13 (5.22%) Salesforce
4 11 (4.42%) VMware
5 9 (3.61%) SAP
6 8 (3.21%) Citrix
7 7 (2.81%) Google
8 5 (2.01%) AppDynamics
8 5 (2.01%) Darktrace
8 5 (2.01%) Dynatrace
8 5 (2.01%) SolarWinds
9 3 (1.20%) QAD
9 3 (1.20%) Reuters
9 3 (1.20%) Xero
10 2 (0.80%) Adobe
10 2 (0.80%) Dataiku
10 2 (0.80%) Forcepoint
10 2 (0.80%) HubSpot
10 2 (0.80%) Meraki
10 2 (0.80%) Tanium