Operations Manager Job Trends in Essex

Operations Manager
East of England > Essex

The median Operations Manager salary in Essex is £75,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 7 September 2025.

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

6 months to
7 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 36 - 64
Rank change year-on-year - - +41
Permanent jobs requiring an Operations Manager 25 0 1
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Essex 3.91% - 0.18%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.32% - 0.21%
Number of salaries quoted 4 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £61,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 - £63,500
Median % change year-on-year - - +41.11%
75th Percentile - - £65,250
90th Percentile - - -
East of England median annual salary £75,000 £80,000 £55,500
% change year-on-year -6.25% +44.14% +11.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Essex

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Essex. 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 Essex with a recognized job title 579 586 473
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.61% 92.72% 85.84%
Number of salaries quoted 398 385 320
10th Percentile £26,500 £28,000 £23,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £36,250 £29,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £47,610
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +5.02% +0.23%
75th Percentile £60,000 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £75,270 £85,000 £85,000
East of England median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -10.00% -4.76% +5.00%

Operations Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Essex

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

Job vacancy trend for Operations Manager in Essex

Operations Manager
Salary Trend in Essex

Salary distribution trend for Operations Manager job vacancies in Essex.

Salary distribution trend for Operations Manager job vacancies in Essex

Operations Manager
Job Locations in Essex

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Operations Manager within the Essex region over the 6 months to 7 September 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
Harlow - 21 - -
Chelmsford - 4 £75,000 - 1
Operations Manager
East of England

Operations Manager Skill Set
Top 20 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Essex

For the 6 months to 7 September 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 Essex region featuring Operations Manager in the job title.

1 25 (100.00%) Finance
2 21 (84.00%) Legal
2 21 (84.00%) Billing
2 21 (84.00%) Project Planning
2 21 (84.00%) Market Research
2 21 (84.00%) Oracle
2 21 (84.00%) CRM
2 21 (84.00%) B2B
2 21 (84.00%) Project Management
2 21 (84.00%) Service Delivery
2 21 (84.00%) Change Management
2 21 (84.00%) Electronics
2 21 (84.00%) Commercial Awareness
2 21 (84.00%) Order Management
2 21 (84.00%) Customer Service
2 21 (84.00%) Customer Retention
3 9 (36.00%) Customer Engagement
4 4 (16.00%) Public Sector
4 4 (16.00%) Security Operations
4 4 (16.00%) Security Operations Centre

Operations Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Essex 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:

General
1 25 (100.00%) Finance
2 21 (84.00%) Billing
2 21 (84.00%) Electronics
2 21 (84.00%) Legal
3 4 (16.00%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 4 (16.00%) Security Operations Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (84.00%) B2B
1 21 (84.00%) Change Management
1 21 (84.00%) Commercial Awareness
1 21 (84.00%) CRM
1 21 (84.00%) Customer Retention
1 21 (84.00%) Customer Service
1 21 (84.00%) Market Research
1 21 (84.00%) Order Management
1 21 (84.00%) Project Management
1 21 (84.00%) Project Planning
1 21 (84.00%) Service Delivery
2 9 (36.00%) Customer Engagement
3 4 (16.00%) Security Operations
Vendors
1 21 (84.00%) Oracle