Operations Manager Job Trends 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 3 January 2026.

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

6 months to
3 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 411 537 562
Rank change year-on-year +126 +25 +140
Permanent jobs requiring an Operations Manager 202 136 113
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.39% 0.28% 0.25%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.43% 0.30% 0.26%
Number of salaries quoted 136 76 90
10th Percentile £50,000 £45,625 £44,750
25th Percentile £60,000 £60,000 £49,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £80,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.75% +33.33% -9.09%
75th Percentile £78,000 £94,000 £73,438
90th Percentile £98,750 £118,750 £82,625
UK median annual salary £65,000 £80,000 £60,394
% change year-on-year -18.75% +32.46% -7.09%

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 47,256 45,608 43,773
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.71% 92.79% 95.07%
Number of salaries quoted 29,666 24,168 34,377
10th Percentile £28,523 £33,235 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -1.78%
75th Percentile £75,000 £78,750 £78,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £59,526
% change year-on-year -8.33% +0.80% -0.79%

Operations Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Operations Manager' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in England.

Operations Manager job vacancy trend in England

Operations Manager
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for Operations Manager job vacancies in England.

Salary distribution trend for Operations Manager job vacancies in England

Operations Manager
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Operations Manager in England over the 6 months to 3 January 2026.

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 3 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 +106 97 £70,313 -12.11% 31
Midlands +41 31 £60,000 +29.73% 9
North of England +39 25 £55,750 +0.90% 13
South East +20 24 £65,000 +13.04% 9
West Midlands +45 17 £100,000 +122.22% 3
South West +12 16 £72,000 -22.16% 8
North West +39 14 £48,750 -8.69% 8
East Midlands -2 14 £60,000 +26.32% 6
East of England +23 10 £57,500 -28.13% 4
Yorkshire +4 9 £75,000 +27.12% 4
North East - 2 - - 1
Operations Manager
UK

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

For the 6 months to 3 January 2026, Operations Manager 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 Manager in the job title.

1 57 (28.22%) Continuous Improvement
2 54 (26.73%) Service Delivery
3 51 (25.25%) Problem-Solving
4 50 (24.75%) ITIL
5 45 (22.28%) QA
5 45 (22.28%) Service Management
6 43 (21.29%) Incident Response
7 37 (18.32%) Incident Management
8 32 (15.84%) SaaS
9 30 (14.85%) Business Continuity
9 30 (14.85%) DevOps
10 29 (14.36%) Cybersecurity
10 29 (14.36%) Site Reliability Engineering
11 28 (13.86%) Agile
11 28 (13.86%) Change Management
11 28 (13.86%) Project Management
12 26 (12.87%) Microsoft
12 26 (12.87%) Stakeholder Management
13 25 (12.38%) Collaborative Culture
14 24 (11.88%) AI
14 24 (11.88%) Cyber Essentials
15 23 (11.39%) Observability
15 23 (11.39%) Resource Allocation
15 23 (11.39%) Strategic Planning
16 22 (10.89%) Customer Engagement
16 22 (10.89%) Scaled Agile Framework
16 22 (10.89%) Service Design
16 22 (10.89%) Software Engineering
17 21 (10.40%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
17 21 (10.40%) Security Operations

Operations Manager 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:

Application Platforms
1 8 (3.96%) Microsoft Exchange
1 8 (3.96%) SharePoint
2 3 (1.49%) HCL Domino
2 3 (1.49%) HCL Notes
3 1 (0.50%) CMS
Applications
1 8 (3.96%) Microsoft Project
2 7 (3.47%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (2.48%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (2.48%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (1.98%) Spreadsheet
5 3 (1.49%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 3 (1.49%) Adobe Illustrator
5 3 (1.49%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 3 (1.49%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 32 (15.84%) SaaS
2 20 (9.90%) Azure
3 16 (7.92%) Microsoft 365
4 8 (3.96%) OneDrive
5 7 (3.47%) AWS
6 4 (1.98%) Amazon ECS
6 4 (1.98%) AWS CloudFormation
6 4 (1.98%) Entra ID
7 3 (1.49%) Microsoft Purview
7 3 (1.49%) Power Platform
8 1 (0.50%) Azure Key Vault
8 1 (0.50%) Azure Logic Apps
8 1 (0.50%) Azure Sentinel
8 1 (0.50%) GCP
8 1 (0.50%) Microsoft Copilot
8 1 (0.50%) Power Automate
8 1 (0.50%) PowerApps
8 1 (0.50%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 10 (4.95%) LAN
1 10 (4.95%) WAN
1 10 (4.95%) WebEx
1 10 (4.95%) Wi-Fi
2 4 (1.98%) Network Security
3 3 (1.49%) VoIP
3 3 (1.49%) Wireless
3 3 (1.49%) Wireless Security
4 2 (0.99%) VPN
5 1 (0.50%) Modbus
5 1 (0.50%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (1.49%) Power BI
2 1 (0.50%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 9 (4.46%) JIRA
2 4 (1.98%) GitLab
2 4 (1.98%) Jenkins
General
1 62 (30.69%) Social Skills
2 56 (27.72%) Finance
3 25 (12.38%) Marketing
4 22 (10.89%) Aviation
4 22 (10.89%) Fire and Rescue
4 22 (10.89%) Police
5 19 (9.41%) Analytical Skills
5 19 (9.41%) Manufacturing
6 17 (8.42%) Retail
7 13 (6.44%) Public Sector
8 12 (5.94%) Electronics
9 11 (5.45%) Advertising
10 10 (4.95%) Telecoms
11 8 (3.96%) Influencing Skills
12 6 (2.97%) Banking
12 6 (2.97%) Legal
12 6 (2.97%) Organisational Skills
13 5 (2.48%) Billing
13 5 (2.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 4 (1.98%) Law
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.98%) EDI
2 3 (1.49%) BREW
3 1 (0.50%) Java RMI
3 1 (0.50%) Microsoft Graph
Miscellaneous
1 22 (10.89%) Robotics
2 14 (6.93%) Data Centre
2 14 (6.93%) Onboarding
3 10 (4.95%) Self-Motivation
4 4 (1.98%) Replication
4 4 (1.98%) Social Media
5 3 (1.49%) Security Operations Centre
6 2 (0.99%) CMDB
6 2 (0.99%) Cyber Threat
6 2 (0.99%) Driving Licence
6 2 (0.99%) PropTech
6 2 (0.99%) Security Posture
6 2 (0.99%) Virtual Team
7 1 (0.50%) AI Agents
7 1 (0.50%) Analytical Mindset
7 1 (0.50%) CCTV
7 1 (0.50%) Cyber Kill Chain
7 1 (0.50%) Digital Signage
7 1 (0.50%) Operational Technology
7 1 (0.50%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 21 (10.40%) Windows
2 6 (2.97%) Windows Server
3 2 (0.99%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 57 (28.22%) Continuous Improvement
2 54 (26.73%) Service Delivery
3 51 (25.25%) Problem-Solving
4 50 (24.75%) ITIL
5 45 (22.28%) Service Management
6 43 (21.29%) Incident Response
7 37 (18.32%) Incident Management
8 30 (14.85%) Business Continuity
8 30 (14.85%) DevOps
9 29 (14.36%) Cybersecurity
9 29 (14.36%) Site Reliability Engineering
10 28 (13.86%) Agile
10 28 (13.86%) Change Management
10 28 (13.86%) Project Management
11 26 (12.87%) Stakeholder Management
12 25 (12.38%) Collaborative Culture
13 24 (11.88%) AI
14 23 (11.39%) Observability
14 23 (11.39%) Resource Allocation
14 23 (11.39%) Strategic Planning
Programming Languages
1 9 (4.46%) PowerShell
2 4 (1.98%) Bash
2 4 (1.98%) Java
2 4 (1.98%) Python
2 4 (1.98%) SQL
2 4 (1.98%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 19 (9.41%) CISSP
2 14 (6.93%) PMP
3 13 (6.44%) PMI Certification
4 10 (4.95%) Degree
5 6 (2.97%) GCIH
6 4 (1.98%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 4 (1.98%) AWS Certification
6 4 (1.98%) CCSP
6 4 (1.98%) Cisco Certification
7 3 (1.49%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 2 (0.99%) Computer Science Degree
8 2 (0.99%) GIAC
8 2 (0.99%) Master's Degree
9 1 (0.50%) CISM
9 1 (0.50%) CompTIA CySA+
9 1 (0.50%) DBS Check
9 1 (0.50%) GCFA
9 1 (0.50%) SANS
9 1 (0.50%) SC Cleared
9 1 (0.50%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 45 (22.28%) QA
2 24 (11.88%) Cyber Essentials
3 21 (10.40%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 18 (8.91%) GDPR
5 15 (7.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 9 (4.46%) NIST
7 5 (2.48%) SLA
8 3 (1.49%) Data Quality
8 3 (1.49%) ISO 9001
9 2 (0.99%) GRC
9 2 (0.99%) NEBOSH
9 2 (0.99%) PCI DSS
9 2 (0.99%) PERC
10 1 (0.50%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 1 (0.50%) ISO 22301
10 1 (0.50%) NCSC
10 1 (0.50%) SEPA
System Software
1 8 (3.96%) Active Directory
2 3 (1.49%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.50%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (0.50%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.50%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 5 (2.48%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (1.98%) Ansible
2 4 (1.98%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.50%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 26 (12.87%) Microsoft
2 14 (6.93%) Cisco
3 12 (5.94%) Meraki
4 11 (5.45%) SAP
5 10 (4.95%) Ruckus Wireless
6 5 (2.48%) HubSpot
7 4 (1.98%) VMware
8 3 (1.49%) Adobe
8 3 (1.49%) IBM
8 3 (1.49%) Lotus
9 2 (0.99%) Juniper
9 2 (0.99%) Oracle
9 2 (0.99%) Veeam
10 1 (0.50%) Fortinet
10 1 (0.50%) NVIDIA
10 1 (0.50%) ServiceNow
10 1 (0.50%) Siemens
10 1 (0.50%) Sophos