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 31 December 2025.

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

6 months to
31 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 282 376 402
Rank change year-on-year +94 +26 +165
Permanent jobs requiring an Operations Manager 97 62 37
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.71% 0.39% 0.21%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.78% 0.42% 0.22%
Number of salaries quoted 61 40 31
10th Percentile £57,500 £52,500 £49,750
25th Percentile £62,500 £65,938 £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 £82,250 £115,000 £76,875
90th Percentile £97,500 £119,050 £102,500
England median annual salary £66,434 £80,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -16.96% +33.33% -9.09%

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 12,433 14,742 16,770
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.78% 93.00% 95.20%
Number of salaries quoted 8,215 8,650 13,551
10th Percentile £35,750 £42,500 £41,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £55,000 £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 £95,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £115,000 £120,000 £115,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -1.64%

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 31 December 2025.

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 31 December 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
Central London +23 9 £65,000 -18.75% 15
East London -10 4 £105,000 -
West London -4 1 £90,000 +63.64% 2
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 31 December 2025, 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 43 (44.33%) Incident Response
2 42 (43.30%) Service Delivery
3 39 (40.21%) Problem-Solving
3 39 (40.21%) Service Management
4 38 (39.18%) ITIL
5 35 (36.08%) Continuous Improvement
5 35 (36.08%) Incident Management
5 35 (36.08%) QA
6 25 (25.77%) DevOps
7 24 (24.74%) Change Management
7 24 (24.74%) Site Reliability Engineering
8 23 (23.71%) Agile
8 23 (23.71%) AI
8 23 (23.71%) Business Continuity
9 22 (22.68%) Collaborative Culture
9 22 (22.68%) Customer Engagement
9 22 (22.68%) Observability
9 22 (22.68%) Resource Allocation
9 22 (22.68%) SaaS
9 22 (22.68%) Scaled Agile Framework
9 22 (22.68%) Service Design
9 22 (22.68%) Software Engineering
10 21 (21.65%) Project Management
10 21 (21.65%) Strategic Planning
11 18 (18.56%) Cybersecurity
11 18 (18.56%) GDPR
12 17 (17.53%) CISSP
13 16 (16.49%) Cyber Essentials
13 16 (16.49%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 16 (16.49%) Microsoft

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 5 (5.15%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (4.12%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (3.09%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (3.09%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (2.06%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 22 (22.68%) SaaS
2 11 (11.34%) Azure
3 8 (8.25%) Microsoft 365
4 5 (5.15%) Microsoft Purview
5 4 (4.12%) OneDrive
6 3 (3.09%) Entra ID
7 2 (2.06%) AWS
7 2 (2.06%) Microsoft Copilot
7 2 (2.06%) Power Automate
7 2 (2.06%) Power Platform
7 2 (2.06%) PowerApps
8 1 (1.03%) Azure Sentinel
8 1 (1.03%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 10 (10.31%) LAN
1 10 (10.31%) WAN
2 9 (9.28%) WebEx
2 9 (9.28%) Wi-Fi
3 4 (4.12%) Network Security
4 2 (2.06%) VoIP
4 2 (2.06%) VPN
5 1 (1.03%) Firewall
5 1 (1.03%) Modbus
5 1 (1.03%) MPLS
5 1 (1.03%) SAN
5 1 (1.03%) Structured Cabling
5 1 (1.03%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.06%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (1.03%) JIRA
General
1 42 (43.30%) Social Skills
2 30 (30.93%) Finance
3 22 (22.68%) Aviation
3 22 (22.68%) Fire and Rescue
3 22 (22.68%) Police
4 16 (16.49%) Analytical Skills
5 14 (14.43%) Marketing
6 13 (13.40%) Public Sector
6 13 (13.40%) Retail
7 12 (12.37%) Manufacturing
8 11 (11.34%) Electronics
8 11 (11.34%) Telecoms
9 6 (6.19%) Advertising
10 5 (5.15%) Banking
10 5 (5.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 4 (4.12%) Legal
12 2 (2.06%) Presentation Skills
13 1 (1.03%) Influencing Skills
13 1 (1.03%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.03%) EDI
1 1 (1.03%) Java RMI
Miscellaneous
1 22 (22.68%) Robotics
2 8 (8.25%) Data Centre
2 8 (8.25%) Onboarding
3 3 (3.09%) Security Operations Centre
4 2 (2.06%) CMDB
4 2 (2.06%) Self-Motivation
4 2 (2.06%) Virtual Team
5 1 (1.03%) CCTV
5 1 (1.03%) Cyber Kill Chain
5 1 (1.03%) Cyber Threat
5 1 (1.03%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 1 (1.03%) Operational Technology
5 1 (1.03%) SCADA
5 1 (1.03%) Security Posture
5 1 (1.03%) Social Media
5 1 (1.03%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 15 (15.46%) Windows
2 4 (4.12%) Windows Server
3 1 (1.03%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 43 (44.33%) Incident Response
2 42 (43.30%) Service Delivery
3 39 (40.21%) Problem-Solving
3 39 (40.21%) Service Management
4 38 (39.18%) ITIL
5 35 (36.08%) Continuous Improvement
5 35 (36.08%) Incident Management
6 25 (25.77%) DevOps
7 24 (24.74%) Change Management
7 24 (24.74%) Site Reliability Engineering
8 23 (23.71%) Agile
8 23 (23.71%) AI
8 23 (23.71%) Business Continuity
9 22 (22.68%) Collaborative Culture
9 22 (22.68%) Customer Engagement
9 22 (22.68%) Observability
9 22 (22.68%) Resource Allocation
9 22 (22.68%) Scaled Agile Framework
9 22 (22.68%) Service Design
9 22 (22.68%) Software Engineering
Qualifications
1 17 (17.53%) CISSP
2 14 (14.43%) PMP
3 13 (13.40%) PMI Certification
4 6 (6.19%) Degree
5 5 (5.15%) GCIH
6 4 (4.12%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 4 (4.12%) CCSP
6 4 (4.12%) Cisco Certification
7 2 (2.06%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (1.03%) BICSI Certification
8 1 (1.03%) CISM
8 1 (1.03%) GCFA
8 1 (1.03%) GIAC
8 1 (1.03%) HNC
8 1 (1.03%) HND
8 1 (1.03%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (36.08%) QA
2 18 (18.56%) GDPR
3 16 (16.49%) Cyber Essentials
3 16 (16.49%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 8 (8.25%) NIST
5 6 (6.19%) SLA
6 5 (5.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 3 (3.09%) Data Quality
7 3 (3.09%) PCI DSS
8 2 (2.06%) GRC
8 2 (2.06%) PERC
9 1 (1.03%) SEPA
System Software
1 3 (3.09%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.03%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (4.12%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (1.03%) SCCM
Vendors
1 16 (16.49%) Microsoft
2 11 (11.34%) SAP
3 10 (10.31%) Cisco
4 9 (9.28%) Meraki
4 9 (9.28%) Ruckus Wireless
5 1 (1.03%) Juniper
5 1 (1.03%) NVIDIA
5 1 (1.03%) Siemens
5 1 (1.03%) Sophos
5 1 (1.03%) VMware