Chief Operating Officer Jobs in London

Chief Operating Officer
England > London

The median Chief Operating Officer salary in London is £84,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 28 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
28 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 389 - 599
Rank change year-on-year - - +319
Permanent jobs requiring a Chief Operating Officer 3 0 12
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 0.024% - 0.036%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.027% - 0.038%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 9
10th Percentile - - £68,000
25th Percentile £82,250 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £84,500 - £75,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -41.18%
75th Percentile £86,750 - -
90th Percentile - - £96,000
England median annual salary £84,500 - £75,000
% change year-on-year - - -41.18%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in London. 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 London with a recognized job title 11,289 22,453 31,519
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.22% 94.39% 95.14%
Number of salaries quoted 6,829 16,734 23,288
10th Percentile £41,200 £37,500 £42,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £51,143 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £70,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% -3.45% +3.57%
75th Percentile £100,000 £93,750 £95,000
90th Percentile £122,500 £115,000 £115,000
England median annual salary £56,000 £52,500 £60,800
% change year-on-year +6.67% -13.65% +1.33%

Chief Operating Officer
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings that featured Chief Operating Officer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for Chief Operating Officer in London

Chief Operating Officer
Salary Trend in London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Chief Operating Officer in London.

Salary trend for Chief Operating Officer in London

Chief Operating Officer
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Chief Operating Officer within the London region over the 6 months to 28 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
North London - 1 - -
Chief Operating Officer
England

Chief Operating Officer Skill Set
Top 18 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 28 May 2025, Chief Operating Officer 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 London region featuring Chief Operating Officer in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Finance
2 2 (66.67%) Marketing
3 1 (33.33%) Mentoring
3 1 (33.33%) IT Strategy
3 1 (33.33%) Strategic Thinking
3 1 (33.33%) Emotional Intelligence
3 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
3 1 (33.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (33.33%) Law
3 1 (33.33%) Manufacturing
3 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (33.33%) Local Government
3 1 (33.33%) Strategic Management
3 1 (33.33%) Strategic Planning
3 1 (33.33%) ACCA
3 1 (33.33%) CIPFA
3 1 (33.33%) Management Information System
3 1 (33.33%) Risk Management

Chief Operating Officer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 3 (100.00%) Finance
2 2 (66.67%) Marketing
3 1 (33.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (33.33%) Law
3 1 (33.33%) Local Government
3 1 (33.33%) Manufacturing
3 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) Emotional Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) IT Strategy
1 1 (33.33%) Mentoring
1 1 (33.33%) Risk Management
1 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (33.33%) Strategic Management
1 1 (33.33%) Strategic Planning
1 1 (33.33%) Strategic Thinking
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) ACCA
1 1 (33.33%) CIPFA