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 9 March 2026.

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

6 months to
9 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 305 361 411
Rank change year-on-year +56 +50 +126
Permanent jobs requiring an Operations Manager 87 48 69
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.53% 0.35% 0.32%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.58% 0.38% 0.33%
Number of salaries quoted 73 29 60
10th Percentile £42,500 £52,500 £47,500
25th Percentile £60,000 £60,000 £59,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,313 £69,373 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +1.36% +2.77% -3.57%
75th Percentile £78,000 £80,000 £87,500
90th Percentile £99,500 £95,750 £91,375
England median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year - +13.04% -14.50%

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 15,072 12,523 20,617
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.54% 90.98% 94.20%
Number of salaries quoted 10,050 7,713 16,416
10th Percentile £37,342 £42,000 £39,750
25th Percentile £51,250 £56,250 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £73,651 £75,000 £72,102
Median % change year-on-year -1.80% +4.02% -1.23%
75th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £95,000
90th Percentile £110,000 £120,000 £115,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -9.84%

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 9 March 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 9 March 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 +8 11 £65,000 -7.47% 8
South London - 8 £40,000 -
West London -10 1 £90,000 +56.52% 1
Operations Manager
England

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

For the 6 months to 9 March 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 19 (21.84%) Strategic Planning
1 19 (21.84%) Windows
2 18 (20.69%) Cisco
2 18 (20.69%) Service Delivery
3 15 (17.24%) LAN
3 15 (17.24%) Meraki
3 15 (17.24%) WAN
4 14 (16.09%) Incident Response
4 14 (16.09%) Service Management
5 13 (14.94%) Mobile Device Management
5 13 (14.94%) Problem-Solving
5 13 (14.94%) Ruckus Wireless
5 13 (14.94%) Technical Leadership
5 13 (14.94%) WebEx
5 13 (14.94%) Wi-Fi
6 12 (13.79%) Cybersecurity
6 12 (13.79%) ITIL
6 12 (13.79%) Microsoft
6 12 (13.79%) Security Operations
7 11 (12.64%) CISSP
8 10 (11.49%) Continuous Improvement
8 10 (11.49%) Cyber Essentials
8 10 (11.49%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 10 (11.49%) GDPR
8 10 (11.49%) QA
8 10 (11.49%) Stakeholder Management
9 9 (10.34%) Incident Management
9 9 (10.34%) Project Management
10 8 (9.20%) ITSM
10 8 (9.20%) PMP

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 4 (4.60%) SharePoint
2 2 (2.30%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 5 (5.75%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 7 (8.05%) Azure
2 5 (5.75%) SaaS
3 2 (2.30%) AWS
3 2 (2.30%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (2.30%) Microsoft Purview
3 2 (2.30%) OneDrive
4 1 (1.15%) Azure Sentinel
4 1 (1.15%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 15 (17.24%) LAN
1 15 (17.24%) WAN
2 13 (14.94%) WebEx
2 13 (14.94%) Wi-Fi
3 6 (6.90%) Network Security
4 4 (4.60%) VoIP
5 3 (3.45%) VPN
6 2 (2.30%) BGP
6 2 (2.30%) Cisco ASA
6 2 (2.30%) Cisco Nexus
6 2 (2.30%) IP Telephony
6 2 (2.30%) MPLS
6 2 (2.30%) OSPF
6 2 (2.30%) SD-WAN
6 2 (2.30%) Wireless
7 1 (1.15%) Modbus
7 1 (1.15%) Structured Cabling
General
1 18 (20.69%) Finance
2 16 (18.39%) Retail
3 14 (16.09%) Social Skills
4 11 (12.64%) Analytical Skills
5 5 (5.75%) Advertising
5 5 (5.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 4 (4.60%) Banking
7 3 (3.45%) Aviation
7 3 (3.45%) Fire and Rescue
7 3 (3.45%) Legal
7 3 (3.45%) Marketing
7 3 (3.45%) Police
7 3 (3.45%) Public Sector
8 2 (2.30%) Financial Institution
8 2 (2.30%) Influencing Skills
8 2 (2.30%) Manufacturing
9 1 (1.15%) Electronics
9 1 (1.15%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.15%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 10 (11.49%) Data Centre
2 6 (6.90%) Onboarding
3 4 (4.60%) Cyber Defence
4 3 (3.45%) Robotics
4 3 (3.45%) Social Media
5 2 (2.30%) CMDB
5 2 (2.30%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
5 2 (2.30%) Security Operations Centre
6 1 (1.15%) Cyber Kill Chain
6 1 (1.15%) Operational Technology
6 1 (1.15%) SCADA
6 1 (1.15%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 19 (21.84%) Windows
2 6 (6.90%) Windows Server
3 1 (1.15%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (21.84%) Strategic Planning
2 18 (20.69%) Service Delivery
3 14 (16.09%) Incident Response
3 14 (16.09%) Service Management
4 13 (14.94%) Mobile Device Management
4 13 (14.94%) Problem-Solving
4 13 (14.94%) Technical Leadership
5 12 (13.79%) Cybersecurity
5 12 (13.79%) ITIL
5 12 (13.79%) Security Operations
6 10 (11.49%) Continuous Improvement
6 10 (11.49%) Stakeholder Management
7 9 (10.34%) Incident Management
7 9 (10.34%) Project Management
8 8 (9.20%) ITSM
8 8 (9.20%) Root Cause Analysis
9 7 (8.05%) Data Centre Operations
9 7 (8.05%) Line Management
10 6 (6.90%) Collaborative Working
10 6 (6.90%) Data Loss Prevention
Qualifications
1 11 (12.64%) CISSP
2 8 (9.20%) PMP
3 7 (8.05%) Degree
3 7 (8.05%) PMI Certification
4 5 (5.75%) GCIH
5 4 (4.60%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 4 (4.60%) CCSP
5 4 (4.60%) Cisco Certification
5 4 (4.60%) SC Cleared
5 4 (4.60%) Security Cleared
6 2 (2.30%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (1.15%) BICSI Certification
7 1 (1.15%) CISM
7 1 (1.15%) GCFA
7 1 (1.15%) GIAC
7 1 (1.15%) HNC
7 1 (1.15%) HND
7 1 (1.15%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (11.49%) Cyber Essentials
1 10 (11.49%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
1 10 (11.49%) GDPR
1 10 (11.49%) QA
2 6 (6.90%) NIST
3 5 (5.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (4.60%) Data Quality
4 4 (4.60%) SLA
5 2 (2.30%) GRC
5 2 (2.30%) PERC
6 1 (1.15%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 2 (2.30%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (2.30%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 18 (20.69%) Cisco
2 15 (17.24%) Meraki
3 13 (14.94%) Ruckus Wireless
4 12 (13.79%) Microsoft
5 3 (3.45%) Juniper
6 2 (2.30%) CheckPoint
6 2 (2.30%) Palo Alto
6 2 (2.30%) SolarWinds
7 1 (1.15%) NVIDIA
7 1 (1.15%) SAP
7 1 (1.15%) Siemens