IT Operations Manager Job Trends in Manchester

IT Operations Manager
North West > Manchester

The median IT Operations Manager salary in Manchester is £40,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 30 December 2025.

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

6 months to
30 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 133 - 139
Rank change year-on-year - - +103
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Operations Manager 1 0 4
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 0.036% - 0.18%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.041% - 0.19%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - £55,250
25th Percentile - - £55,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 - £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -7.69%
75th Percentile - - £64,375
90th Percentile - - £64,750
North West median annual salary £40,000 - £60,000
% change year-on-year - - -7.69%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Manchester

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Manchester. 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 Manchester with a recognized job title 2,453 2,588 2,158
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 89.04% 93.97% 95.28%
Number of salaries quoted 1,548 1,254 1,725
10th Percentile £28,500 £35,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -
75th Percentile £72,500 £72,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £87,500 £85,000 £84,056
North West median annual salary £50,000 £51,238 £52,500
% change year-on-year -2.42% -2.40% -

IT Operations Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'IT Operations Manager' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Manchester.

IT Operations Manager job vacancy trend in Manchester

IT Operations Manager
Salary Trend in Manchester

Salary distribution trend for IT Operations Manager job vacancies in Manchester.

Salary distribution trend for IT Operations Manager job vacancies in Manchester

IT Operations Manager Skill Set
Top 23 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester

For the 6 months to 30 December 2025, IT 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 Manchester region featuring IT Operations Manager in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Budget Management
1 1 (100.00%) Business Continuity
1 1 (100.00%) Containerisation
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (100.00%) FortiGate
1 1 (100.00%) Fortinet
1 1 (100.00%) GDPR
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Graph
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) Service Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) Virtual Desktop
1 1 (100.00%) Virtual Machines

IT Operations Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Graph
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Budget Management
1 1 (100.00%) Business Continuity
1 1 (100.00%) Containerisation
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) GDPR
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) Virtual Desktop
1 1 (100.00%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) FortiGate
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Fortinet
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft