IT Operations Manager Job Trends in the North West

IT Operations Manager
England > North West

The median IT Operations Manager salary in the North West 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 180 202 178
Rank change year-on-year +22 -24 +122
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Operations Manager 1 5 4
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 0.016% 0.096% 0.10%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.019% 0.10% 0.11%
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
England median annual salary £65,000 £76,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -15.03% +17.69% +8.33%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
North West

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the North West. 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 West with a recognized job title 5,294 4,833 3,694
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 85.89% 92.94% 95.40%
Number of salaries quoted 2,846 2,565 2,869
10th Percentile £28,000 £32,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £51,238 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.42% -2.40% -
75th Percentile £66,162 £66,067 £68,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £79,260 £82,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -1.64%

IT Operations Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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 the North West.

IT Operations Manager job vacancy trend in the North West

IT Operations Manager
Salary Trend in the North West

Salary distribution trend for IT Operations Manager job vacancies in the North West.

Salary distribution trend for IT Operations Manager job vacancies in the North West

IT Operations Manager
Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IT Operations Manager within the North West region over the 6 months to 30 December 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
Manchester - 1 £40,000 -
IT Operations Manager
England

IT Operations Manager Skill Set
Top 23 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West

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 North West 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 the North West 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