Operations Manager Jobs in England

Operations Manager
UK > England

The median Operations Manager salary in England is £65,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 31 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 509 595 720
Rank change year-on-year +86 +125 +63
Permanent jobs requiring an Operations Manager 172 262 185
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.35% 0.29% 0.22%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.38% 0.31% 0.24%
Number of salaries quoted 81 212 131
10th Percentile £37,000 £41,375 £50,000
25th Percentile £57,670 £50,000 £61,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £57,500 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +13.04% -20.69% -
75th Percentile £74,445 £70,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £83,750 £85,000 £88,750
UK median annual salary £65,000 £57,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year +13.04% -17.86% -3.45%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
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 44,774 85,031 77,815
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.79% 94.67% 91.36%
Number of salaries quoted 23,692 62,917 50,230
10th Percentile £29,000 £28,500 £32,750
25th Percentile £41,000 £38,066 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,000 £52,500 £60,567
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% -13.32% +0.95%
75th Percentile £75,000 £71,250 £81,250
90th Percentile £96,250 £90,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -

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 31 May 2025.

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 31 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
London +82 76 £65,000 +4.00% 122
North of England +37 34 £62,500 +2.04% 28
Midlands +57 23 £67,500 +22.73% 13
East of England +44 22 - - 11
North West +5 21 £35,000 -46.15% 22
West Midlands +50 17 £67,500 +26.17% 8
South East +46 12 £74,000 +30.97% 18
Yorkshire +55 10 £62,500 +25.00% 5
East Midlands +41 6 £35,000 -50.00% 4
South West +91 4 £63,835 +11.02% 9
North East +47 3 - - 1
Operations Manager
UK

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

For the 6 months to 31 May 2025, 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 81 (47.09%) Social Skills
2 73 (42.44%) Finance
3 57 (33.14%) Project Management
4 43 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
5 42 (24.42%) Service Delivery
6 37 (21.51%) GDPR
7 36 (20.93%) Analytical Skills
8 34 (19.77%) Microsoft
8 34 (19.77%) Legal
9 33 (19.19%) CRM
10 32 (18.60%) Manufacturing
10 32 (18.60%) Electronics
11 30 (17.44%) Marketing
11 30 (17.44%) CISSP
12 27 (15.70%) Customer Service
13 26 (15.12%) Cybersecurity
14 25 (14.53%) Continuous Improvement
14 25 (14.53%) Business Strategy
15 24 (13.95%) ITIL
16 22 (12.79%) Stakeholder Management
16 22 (12.79%) Public Sector
17 21 (12.21%) Collaborative Working
17 21 (12.21%) Incident Response
17 21 (12.21%) Budgeting
17 21 (12.21%) Business Intelligence
17 21 (12.21%) B2B
17 21 (12.21%) Service Management
18 20 (11.63%) Budget Management
18 20 (11.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
18 20 (11.63%) Project Delivery

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 6 (3.49%) SharePoint
2 2 (1.16%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 12 (6.98%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (6.40%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (1.74%) Photoshop
3 3 (1.74%) Trello
Business Applications
1 5 (2.91%) Salesforce CRM
2 1 (0.58%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 13 (7.56%) Microsoft 365
2 6 (3.49%) Azure
3 4 (2.33%) Entra ID
3 4 (2.33%) Power Platform
4 3 (1.74%) Asana
4 3 (1.74%) SaaS
5 2 (1.16%) AWS
5 2 (1.16%) OneDrive
6 1 (0.58%) Amazon ECS
6 1 (0.58%) Amazon EKS
6 1 (0.58%) AWS CloudFormation
6 1 (0.58%) Azure Sentinel
6 1 (0.58%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (0.58%) Cohesity
6 1 (0.58%) GCP
6 1 (0.58%) Google Kubernetes Engine
6 1 (0.58%) Google Workspace
6 1 (0.58%) MailChimp
6 1 (0.58%) Power Automate
6 1 (0.58%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.74%) Firewall
1 3 (1.74%) FTP
1 3 (1.74%) Internet
2 2 (1.16%) Network Security
2 2 (1.16%) Remote Desktop
3 1 (0.58%) Broadband
3 1 (0.58%) DNS
3 1 (0.58%) VLAN
3 1 (0.58%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (2.33%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (1.16%) JIRA
2 1 (0.58%) GitLab
2 1 (0.58%) Jenkins
General
1 81 (47.09%) Social Skills
2 73 (42.44%) Finance
3 36 (20.93%) Analytical Skills
4 34 (19.77%) Legal
5 32 (18.60%) Electronics
5 32 (18.60%) Manufacturing
6 30 (17.44%) Marketing
7 22 (12.79%) Public Sector
8 20 (11.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 19 (11.05%) Telecoms
10 15 (8.72%) Billing
11 8 (4.65%) Influencing Skills
12 7 (4.07%) Law
12 7 (4.07%) Retail
13 6 (3.49%) Presentation Skills
14 5 (2.91%) Games
14 5 (2.91%) Organisational Skills
15 4 (2.33%) Military
16 3 (1.74%) Advertising
17 1 (0.58%) Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.74%) EDI
1 3 (1.74%) Flash
1 3 (1.74%) HTML
2 2 (1.16%) Leaflet
3 1 (0.58%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 11 (6.40%) Onboarding
2 10 (5.81%) Management Information System
3 8 (4.65%) Marketing Technology
3 8 (4.65%) Social Media
4 7 (4.07%) Cyber Defence
5 5 (2.91%) FMCG
5 5 (2.91%) NHS
6 4 (2.33%) Security Operations Centre
7 3 (1.74%) Cyber Threat
7 3 (1.74%) Driving Licence
7 3 (1.74%) Operational Technology
7 3 (1.74%) Renewable Energy
8 2 (1.16%) CSOC
8 2 (1.16%) Data Protection Act
8 2 (1.16%) Photovoltaics
8 2 (1.16%) SCADA
8 2 (1.16%) Solar Energy
9 1 (0.58%) Cyber Security Posture
9 1 (0.58%) Low-Code
9 1 (0.58%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 11 (6.40%) Windows
2 2 (1.16%) Android
2 2 (1.16%) Apple iOS
2 2 (1.16%) Mac OS
2 2 (1.16%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.58%) Linux
3 1 (0.58%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 57 (33.14%) Project Management
2 43 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
3 42 (24.42%) Service Delivery
4 33 (19.19%) CRM
5 27 (15.70%) Customer Service
6 26 (15.12%) Cybersecurity
7 25 (14.53%) Business Strategy
7 25 (14.53%) Continuous Improvement
8 24 (13.95%) ITIL
9 22 (12.79%) Stakeholder Management
10 21 (12.21%) B2B
10 21 (12.21%) Budgeting
10 21 (12.21%) Business Intelligence
10 21 (12.21%) Collaborative Working
10 21 (12.21%) Incident Response
10 21 (12.21%) Service Management
11 20 (11.63%) Budget Management
11 20 (11.63%) Project Delivery
12 19 (11.05%) Collaborative Culture
12 19 (11.05%) Commercial Awareness
Programming Languages
1 3 (1.74%) JavaScript
2 2 (1.16%) PowerShell
2 2 (1.16%) Python
3 1 (0.58%) Bash
3 1 (0.58%) Java
3 1 (0.58%) SQL
3 1 (0.58%) TypeScript
3 1 (0.58%) VBA
Qualifications
1 30 (17.44%) CISSP
2 15 (8.72%) Degree
2 15 (8.72%) PMI Certification
2 15 (8.72%) PMP
3 13 (7.56%) BPSS Clearance
4 7 (4.07%) CISA
4 7 (4.07%) Cisco Certification
4 7 (4.07%) DBS Check
5 6 (3.49%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 6 (3.49%) CISM
5 6 (3.49%) CompTIA Security+
5 6 (3.49%) HNC
5 6 (3.49%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
6 3 (1.74%) Security Cleared
7 2 (1.16%) CEH
7 2 (1.16%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (1.16%) DV Cleared
7 2 (1.16%) GCIH
7 2 (1.16%) GIAC
7 2 (1.16%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (21.51%) GDPR
2 17 (9.88%) Cyber Essentials
3 15 (8.72%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 15 (8.72%) QA
4 9 (5.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 6 (3.49%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 6 (3.49%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 6 (3.49%) SLA
6 4 (2.33%) Accessibility
7 3 (1.74%) NIST
8 2 (1.16%) GLP
9 1 (0.58%) COSHH
9 1 (0.58%) PSD2
System Software
1 1 (0.58%) Active Directory
1 1 (0.58%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (1.74%) Kubernetes
2 2 (1.16%) Ansible
3 1 (0.58%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.58%) Terraform
Vendors
1 34 (19.77%) Microsoft
2 16 (9.30%) SAP
3 15 (8.72%) Oracle
4 11 (6.40%) Salesforce
5 7 (4.07%) Facebook
6 5 (2.91%) Cisco
7 4 (2.33%) Google
7 4 (2.33%) Orchard
8 3 (1.74%) Adobe
8 3 (1.74%) AlienVault
8 3 (1.74%) Apple
8 3 (1.74%) Meraki
8 3 (1.74%) TP-LINK
8 3 (1.74%) ZyXEL
9 2 (1.16%) BT
9 2 (1.16%) ServiceNow
9 2 (1.16%) VMware
9 2 (1.16%) YouTube
10 1 (0.58%) Brocade
10 1 (0.58%) Citrix