Operations Manager Jobs in the North of England

Operations Manager
England > North of England

The median Operations Manager salary in the North of England is £62,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 27 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 312 354 383
Rank change year-on-year +42 +29 +26
Permanent jobs requiring an Operations Manager 32 38 50
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 0.28% 0.21% 0.30%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.30% 0.22% 0.34%
Number of salaries quoted 11 27 36
10th Percentile £35,000 £34,000 £51,360
25th Percentile £57,000 £49,375 £61,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £71,250
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% -15.79% +9.62%
75th Percentile £66,250 £73,089 £77,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £79,750 £80,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £57,500 £72,500
% change year-on-year +13.04% -20.69% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
North of England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the North of England. 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 North of England with a recognized job title 10,560 17,161 14,899
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.23% 95.07% 89.45%
Number of salaries quoted 5,436 13,253 8,076
10th Percentile £25,087 £27,000 £30,500
25th Percentile £37,574 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £50,000 £53,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.11% -5.66% +6.00%
75th Percentile £62,500 £65,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £80,750
England median annual salary £56,000 £52,500 £60,800
% change year-on-year +6.67% -13.65% +1.33%

Operations Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Job postings that featured Operations Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Job vacancy trend for Operations Manager in the North of England

Operations Manager
Salary Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Operations Manager in the North of England.

Salary trend for Operations Manager in the North of England

Operations Manager
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Operations Manager in the North of England over the 6 months to 27 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Operations Manager in the North of England

Operations Manager
Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Operations Manager within the North of England region over the 6 months to 27 May 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
North West -2 19 £35,000 -45.10% 64
Yorkshire +61 10 £62,500 +25.00% 34
North East +46 3 - - 11
Operations Manager
England

Operations Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England

For the 6 months to 27 May 2025, Operations Manager 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 North of England region featuring Operations Manager in the job title.

1 16 (50.00%) Manufacturing
2 14 (43.75%) Business Strategy
3 13 (40.63%) Business Case
3 13 (40.63%) Manufacturing Engineering
3 13 (40.63%) Stakeholder Management
3 13 (40.63%) Requirements Management
3 13 (40.63%) BPSS Clearance
4 11 (34.38%) Social Skills
5 10 (31.25%) Finance
6 8 (25.00%) Risk Management
7 7 (21.88%) Legal
7 7 (21.88%) Project Management
8 6 (18.75%) Continuous Improvement
8 6 (18.75%) Collaborative Culture
9 5 (15.63%) Budgeting
9 5 (15.63%) GDPR
9 5 (15.63%) Cybersecurity
9 5 (15.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 5 (15.63%) Information Security
9 5 (15.63%) FMCG
9 5 (15.63%) CISSP
10 4 (12.50%) Cisco Certification
10 4 (12.50%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 4 (12.50%) CISA
10 4 (12.50%) Risk Assessment
10 4 (12.50%) Disaster Recovery
10 4 (12.50%) CompTIA Security+
10 4 (12.50%) Regulatory Compliance
10 4 (12.50%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 4 (12.50%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor

Operations Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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 1 (3.13%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (3.13%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 2 (6.25%) Azure
2 1 (3.13%) Amazon ECS
2 1 (3.13%) AWS
2 1 (3.13%) AWS CloudFormation
2 1 (3.13%) Entra ID
2 1 (3.13%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.13%) Broadband
Development Applications
1 1 (3.13%) GitLab
1 1 (3.13%) Jenkins
General
1 16 (50.00%) Manufacturing
2 11 (34.38%) Social Skills
3 10 (31.25%) Finance
4 7 (21.88%) Legal
5 3 (9.38%) Law
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.13%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 5 (15.63%) FMCG
2 3 (9.38%) Operational Technology
3 2 (6.25%) Management Information System
4 1 (3.13%) Cyber Security Posture
4 1 (3.13%) Cyber Threat
4 1 (3.13%) NHS
4 1 (3.13%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.13%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (43.75%) Business Strategy
2 13 (40.63%) Business Case
2 13 (40.63%) Manufacturing Engineering
2 13 (40.63%) Requirements Management
2 13 (40.63%) Stakeholder Management
3 8 (25.00%) Risk Management
4 7 (21.88%) Project Management
5 6 (18.75%) Collaborative Culture
5 6 (18.75%) Continuous Improvement
6 5 (15.63%) Budgeting
6 5 (15.63%) Cybersecurity
6 5 (15.63%) Information Security
7 4 (12.50%) Disaster Recovery
7 4 (12.50%) Regulatory Change
7 4 (12.50%) Regulatory Compliance
7 4 (12.50%) Risk Assessment
8 3 (9.38%) Customer Experience
8 3 (9.38%) Decision-Making
8 3 (9.38%) Problem-Solving
8 3 (9.38%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.13%) Bash
1 1 (3.13%) Java
1 1 (3.13%) PowerShell
1 1 (3.13%) Python
1 1 (3.13%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 13 (40.63%) BPSS Clearance
2 5 (15.63%) CISSP
3 4 (12.50%) (ISC)2 CCSP
3 4 (12.50%) CISA
3 4 (12.50%) Cisco Certification
3 4 (12.50%) CompTIA Security+
3 4 (12.50%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
4 3 (9.38%) Degree
5 2 (6.25%) CEH
5 2 (6.25%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (3.13%) AWS Certification
6 1 (3.13%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 1 (3.13%) CISM
6 1 (3.13%) CISMP
6 1 (3.13%) GCIA
6 1 (3.13%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (15.63%) GDPR
1 5 (15.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (12.50%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 1 (3.13%) Cyber Essentials
Systems Management
1 1 (3.13%) Ansible
1 1 (3.13%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 2 (6.25%) Microsoft