Operations Manager Job Trends in London

Operations Manager
England > London

The median Operations Manager salary in London is £70,313 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 12 January 2026.

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

6 months to
12 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 279 368 415
Rank change year-on-year +89 +47 +137
Permanent jobs requiring an Operations Manager 96 65 37
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.69% 0.42% 0.20%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.76% 0.45% 0.21%
Number of salaries quoted 60 39 31
10th Percentile £57,500 £58,500 £49,750
25th Percentile £64,375 £69,375 £55,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,313 £80,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.11% +23.08% -10.34%
75th Percentile £79,063 £115,000 £81,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £119,050 £102,500
England median annual salary £65,000 £75,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -13.33% +25.00% -7.69%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
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 12,668 14,309 17,494
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.10% 92.69% 95.21%
Number of salaries quoted 8,385 8,261 14,080
10th Percentile £36,250 £42,500 £41,216
25th Percentile £50,000 £56,000 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% - +3.45%
75th Percentile £95,000 £96,250 £95,000
90th Percentile £113,750 £120,000 £115,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,965
% change year-on-year -8.33% +3.51% -5.75%

Operations Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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 London.

Operations Manager job vacancy trend in London

Operations Manager
Salary Trend in London

Salary distribution trend for Operations Manager job vacancies in London.

Salary distribution trend for Operations Manager job vacancies in London

Operations Manager
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Operations Manager in London over the 6 months to 12 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Operations Manager in London

Operations Manager
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Operations Manager within the London region over the 6 months to 12 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
Central London +28 11 £65,000 -18.75% 4
East London -6 3 £105,000 -
West London +4 1 £90,000 - 3
North London - 1 £34,500 -
Operations Manager
England

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

For the 6 months to 12 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 London region featuring Operations Manager in the job title.

1 41 (42.71%) Service Delivery
2 40 (41.67%) Incident Response
3 37 (38.54%) Service Management
4 36 (37.50%) Problem-Solving
5 35 (36.46%) ITIL
6 33 (34.38%) Continuous Improvement
6 33 (34.38%) Incident Management
6 33 (34.38%) QA
7 25 (26.04%) Change Management
7 25 (26.04%) DevOps
8 24 (25.00%) AI
8 24 (25.00%) Site Reliability Engineering
9 23 (23.96%) Agile
9 23 (23.96%) Business Continuity
10 22 (22.92%) Collaborative Culture
10 22 (22.92%) Customer Engagement
10 22 (22.92%) Observability
10 22 (22.92%) Resource Allocation
10 22 (22.92%) SaaS
10 22 (22.92%) Scaled Agile Framework
10 22 (22.92%) Service Design
10 22 (22.92%) Software Engineering
11 21 (21.88%) Strategic Planning
12 18 (18.75%) Cybersecurity
12 18 (18.75%) Project Management
13 17 (17.71%) Windows
14 15 (15.63%) CISSP
14 15 (15.63%) GDPR
14 15 (15.63%) Microsoft
15 14 (14.58%) Cyber Essentials

Operations Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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 3 (3.13%) Microsoft Exchange
1 3 (3.13%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (3.13%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (3.13%) Microsoft Office
1 3 (3.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 22 (22.92%) SaaS
2 11 (11.46%) Azure
3 6 (6.25%) Microsoft 365
4 3 (3.13%) Microsoft Purview
4 3 (3.13%) OneDrive
5 2 (2.08%) AWS
6 1 (1.04%) Azure Sentinel
6 1 (1.04%) Entra ID
6 1 (1.04%) GCP
6 1 (1.04%) Microsoft Copilot
6 1 (1.04%) Power Automate
6 1 (1.04%) Power Platform
6 1 (1.04%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 11 (11.46%) LAN
1 11 (11.46%) WAN
1 11 (11.46%) WebEx
1 11 (11.46%) Wi-Fi
2 4 (4.17%) Network Security
2 4 (4.17%) VoIP
3 2 (2.08%) VPN
4 1 (1.04%) Modbus
4 1 (1.04%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.04%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (1.04%) JIRA
General
1 39 (40.63%) Social Skills
2 26 (27.08%) Finance
3 22 (22.92%) Aviation
3 22 (22.92%) Fire and Rescue
3 22 (22.92%) Police
4 15 (15.63%) Retail
5 14 (14.58%) Analytical Skills
6 11 (11.46%) Marketing
7 10 (10.42%) Public Sector
8 9 (9.38%) Manufacturing
9 8 (8.33%) Electronics
9 8 (8.33%) Telecoms
10 6 (6.25%) Advertising
11 5 (5.21%) Banking
12 4 (4.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 4 (4.17%) Legal
13 1 (1.04%) Influencing Skills
13 1 (1.04%) Organisational Skills
13 1 (1.04%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.04%) Java RMI
Miscellaneous
1 22 (22.92%) Robotics
2 9 (9.38%) Data Centre
3 6 (6.25%) Onboarding
4 2 (2.08%) CMDB
4 2 (2.08%) Security Operations Centre
4 2 (2.08%) Virtual Team
5 1 (1.04%) CCTV
5 1 (1.04%) Cyber Kill Chain
5 1 (1.04%) Cyber Threat
5 1 (1.04%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 1 (1.04%) Operational Technology
5 1 (1.04%) SCADA
5 1 (1.04%) Security Posture
5 1 (1.04%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (1.04%) Social Media
5 1 (1.04%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 17 (17.71%) Windows
2 5 (5.21%) Windows Server
3 1 (1.04%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 41 (42.71%) Service Delivery
2 40 (41.67%) Incident Response
3 37 (38.54%) Service Management
4 36 (37.50%) Problem-Solving
5 35 (36.46%) ITIL
6 33 (34.38%) Continuous Improvement
6 33 (34.38%) Incident Management
7 25 (26.04%) Change Management
7 25 (26.04%) DevOps
8 24 (25.00%) AI
8 24 (25.00%) Site Reliability Engineering
9 23 (23.96%) Agile
9 23 (23.96%) Business Continuity
10 22 (22.92%) Collaborative Culture
10 22 (22.92%) Customer Engagement
10 22 (22.92%) Observability
10 22 (22.92%) Resource Allocation
10 22 (22.92%) Scaled Agile Framework
10 22 (22.92%) Service Design
10 22 (22.92%) Software Engineering
Qualifications
1 15 (15.63%) CISSP
2 12 (12.50%) PMP
3 11 (11.46%) PMI Certification
4 6 (6.25%) Degree
5 5 (5.21%) GCIH
6 4 (4.17%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 4 (4.17%) CCSP
6 4 (4.17%) Cisco Certification
7 2 (2.08%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (1.04%) BICSI Certification
8 1 (1.04%) CISM
8 1 (1.04%) GCFA
8 1 (1.04%) GIAC
8 1 (1.04%) HNC
8 1 (1.04%) HND
8 1 (1.04%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (34.38%) QA
2 15 (15.63%) GDPR
3 14 (14.58%) Cyber Essentials
3 14 (14.58%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 7 (7.29%) NIST
5 5 (5.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 5 (5.21%) SLA
6 3 (3.13%) Data Quality
7 2 (2.08%) GRC
7 2 (2.08%) PCI DSS
7 2 (2.08%) PERC
8 1 (1.04%) SEPA
System Software
1 2 (2.08%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (3.13%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 15 (15.63%) Microsoft
2 13 (13.54%) Cisco
3 11 (11.46%) Meraki
3 11 (11.46%) Ruckus Wireless
4 8 (8.33%) SAP
5 2 (2.08%) Juniper
6 1 (1.04%) NVIDIA
6 1 (1.04%) Siemens
6 1 (1.04%) Sophos