Operations Management Job Trends in Manchester

Operations Management
North West > Manchester

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Manchester requiring Operations Management skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 129 150 150
Rank change year-on-year +21 0 +100
Permanent jobs citing Operations Management 3 6 1
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 0.10% 0.22% 0.040%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.13% 0.24% 0.043%
Number of salaries quoted 2 6 1
10th Percentile £75,557 £56,250 -
25th Percentile £76,506 £62,500 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,392 £66,250 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +21.35% +10.42% +4.35%
75th Percentile £83,223 £101,563 -
90th Percentile £83,539 £112,500 -
North West median annual salary £78,283 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +20.44% +8.33% +21.75%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Manchester

Operations Management falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Manchester.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,325 2,507 2,301
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 79.71% 94.00% 90.95%
Number of salaries quoted 1,407 1,181 1,840
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,988 £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 £87,500 £84,056
North West median annual salary £50,000 £52,084 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.00% -0.79% -4.55%

Operations Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Operations Management relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Manchester.

Operations Management job vacancy trend in Manchester

Operations Management
Salary Trend in Manchester

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Operations Management.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Operations Management

Operations Management
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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (66.67%) Oracle Workflow
2 1 (33.33%) FactoryTalk
2 1 (33.33%) WinCC
Cloud Services
1 2 (66.67%) Boomi
2 1 (33.33%) Amazon EC2
2 1 (33.33%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (66.67%) SQL Server Integration Services
General
1 3 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Integration Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Operations Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Technology Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Operational Technology
1 1 (33.33%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) API Management
1 2 (66.67%) CI/CD
1 2 (66.67%) Continuous Integration
1 2 (66.67%) Data Governance
1 2 (66.67%) DevOps
1 2 (66.67%) Information Security
1 2 (66.67%) Project Planning
1 2 (66.67%) Stakeholder Management
1 2 (66.67%) Strategic Thinking
1 2 (66.67%) Test Automation
1 2 (66.67%) Workflow
2 1 (33.33%) Data Security
2 1 (33.33%) ITIL
2 1 (33.33%) ITSM
2 1 (33.33%) Performance Monitoring
2 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (66.67%) GDPR
System Software
1 1 (33.33%) Active Directory
1 1 (33.33%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 1 (33.33%) AssetCenter
1 1 (33.33%) SCCM
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft
1 2 (66.67%) Oracle
1 2 (66.67%) Software AG
1 2 (66.67%) webMethods
2 1 (33.33%) Cisco
2 1 (33.33%) Kepware
2 1 (33.33%) Rockwell
2 1 (33.33%) ServiceNow
2 1 (33.33%) Siemens
2 1 (33.33%) VMware