Head of Operations Jobs in the Midlands

Head of Operations
England > Midlands

The median Head of Operations salary in the Midlands is £86,750 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 311 326 342
Rank change year-on-year +15 +16 -57
Permanent jobs requiring a Head of Operations 9 2 11
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.077% 0.021% 0.10%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.082% 0.023% 0.11%
Number of salaries quoted 6 0 0
10th Percentile £77,750 - -
25th Percentile £83,000 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £86,750 - -
75th Percentile £91,625 - -
90th Percentile £92,500 - -
England median annual salary £85,500 £95,500 £84,290
% change year-on-year -10.47% +13.30% -0.84%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Midlands

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the Midlands. 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 the Midlands with a recognized job title 10,977 8,632 10,291
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.27% 89.44% 94.79%
Number of salaries quoted 8,231 4,784 7,097
10th Percentile £26,250 £29,000 £27,500
25th Percentile £33,750 £37,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £60,741 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £77,500
England median annual salary £54,000 £60,567 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.84% +0.95% +9.09%

Head of Operations
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

Job postings that featured Head of Operations in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Head of Operations in the Midlands

Head of Operations
Salary Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Head of Operations in the Midlands.

Salary trend for Head of Operations in the Midlands

Head of Operations
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Head of Operations in the Midlands over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Head of Operations in the Midlands

Head of Operations
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Head of Operations within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 25 April 2024. 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
West Midlands +26 9 £86,750 - 1
Head of Operations
England

Head of Operations Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands

For the 6 months to 25 April 2024, Head of Operations job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Midlands region featuring Head of Operations in the job title.

1 7 (77.78%) Social Skills
2 5 (55.56%) Coaching
2 5 (55.56%) Finance
3 3 (33.33%) Wireless
3 3 (33.33%) Juniper
3 3 (33.33%) Project Management
3 3 (33.33%) CRM
3 3 (33.33%) Cisco
3 3 (33.33%) Ruckus Wireless
3 3 (33.33%) Asset Management
3 3 (33.33%) Aruba
3 3 (33.33%) Logistics
3 3 (33.33%) Fortinet
3 3 (33.33%) FMCG
3 3 (33.33%) Virtual Team
3 3 (33.33%) Cost Reduction
3 3 (33.33%) Process Improvement
4 2 (22.22%) Customer Experience
4 2 (22.22%) Virtual Desktop
4 2 (22.22%) Budgeting and Forecasting
4 2 (22.22%) People Management
4 2 (22.22%) Data Centre
4 2 (22.22%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (22.22%) Azure
4 2 (22.22%) AWS
4 2 (22.22%) QA
4 2 (22.22%) Release Management
4 2 (22.22%) Performance Management
4 2 (22.22%) Waterfall
4 2 (22.22%) Continuous Improvement

Head of Operations Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 2 (22.22%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 2 (22.22%) AWS
1 2 (22.22%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 3 (33.33%) Wireless
General
1 7 (77.78%) Social Skills
2 5 (55.56%) Finance
3 1 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (11.11%) Manufacturing
Miscellaneous
1 3 (33.33%) FMCG
1 3 (33.33%) Virtual Team
2 2 (22.22%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (55.56%) Coaching
2 3 (33.33%) Asset Management
2 3 (33.33%) Cost Reduction
2 3 (33.33%) CRM
2 3 (33.33%) Logistics
2 3 (33.33%) Process Improvement
2 3 (33.33%) Project Management
3 2 (22.22%) Budgeting and Forecasting
3 2 (22.22%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (22.22%) Customer Experience
3 2 (22.22%) ITIL
3 2 (22.22%) Mentoring
3 2 (22.22%) People Management
3 2 (22.22%) Performance Management
3 2 (22.22%) Quality Management
3 2 (22.22%) Release Management
3 2 (22.22%) Service Delivery
3 2 (22.22%) Waterfall
4 1 (11.11%) IT Strategy
4 1 (11.11%) Resource Allocation
Qualifications
1 1 (11.11%) PMI Certification
1 1 (11.11%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (22.22%) QA
System Software
1 2 (22.22%) Virtual Desktop
1 2 (22.22%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 3 (33.33%) Aruba
1 3 (33.33%) Cisco
1 3 (33.33%) Fortinet
1 3 (33.33%) Juniper
1 3 (33.33%) Ruckus Wireless
2 2 (22.22%) Citrix
2 2 (22.22%) VMware