Operational Resilience Job Trends in the North West

Operational Resilience
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the North West requiring Operational Resilience skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 22 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

	6 months to 22 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	223	220	230
Rank change year-on-year	-3	+10	-32
Permanent jobs citing Operational Resilience	37	7	2
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West	0.29%	0.15%	0.028%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category	0.39%	0.17%	0.035%
Number of salaries quoted	21	5	2
10^th Percentile	-	£54,850	£31,750
25^th Percentile	£52,500	£67,750	£34,375
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£83,500	£68,500	£40,500
Median % change year-on-year	+21.90%	+69.14%	-31.96%
75^th Percentile	£100,000	£69,250	£47,375
90^th Percentile	£130,000	-	£50,450
England median annual salary	£75,000	£80,000	£65,000
% change year-on-year	-6.25%	+23.08%	-0.05%

All Process & Methodology Skills
North West

Operational Resilience 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 the North West.

	6 months to 22 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills	9,507	4,153	5,690
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West	73.32%	86.97%	80.64%
Number of salaries quoted	7,001	2,206	2,899
10^th Percentile	£30,500	£27,000	£31,250
25^th Percentile	£41,250	£35,000	£40,000
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£55,000	£50,000	£52,000
Median % change year-on-year	+10.00%	-3.85%	-5.45%
75^th Percentile	£75,000	£65,000	£65,000
90^th Percentile	£90,000	£80,000	£78,750
England median annual salary	£60,000	£55,000	£60,000
% change year-on-year	+9.09%	-8.33%	-

Operational Resilience Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Operational Resilience relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Operational Resilience Salary Trend in the North West

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Operational Resilience.

Operational Resilience Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Operational Resilience in the North West over the 6 months to 22 October 2026.

Salary histogram for Operational Resilience in the North West

Operational Resilience 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 Operational Resilience within the North West region over the 6 months to 22 October 2026. 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	-33	32	£83,000	+21.17%	2
Cheshire	-	4	-	-
Merseyside	-	1	£90,000	-
Operational Resilience England

Operational Resilience Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West

For the 6 months to 22 October 2026, job vacancies citing Operational Resilience also mentioned 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 with a requirement for Operational Resilience.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Python	32.4%	12
2	Continuous Improvement	29.7%	11
2	Roadmaps	29.7%	11
4	Incident Management	27.0%	10
5	Cybersecurity	24.3%	9
5	Microsoft	24.3%	9
5	Problem-Solving	24.3%	9
8	AI	21.6%	8
8	Stakeholder Management	21.6%	8
10	Business Continuity	18.9%	7
10	Firewall	18.9%	7
12	Agile	16.2%	6
12	CI/CD	16.2%	6
12	Coaching	16.2%	6
12	Collaborative Culture	16.2%	6
12	Collaborative Working	16.2%	6
12	People Management	16.2%	6
12	Service Delivery	16.2%	6
12	Technology Roadmap	16.2%	6
20	ActionScript	13.5%	5
20	Artificial Intelligence Engineering	13.5%	5
20	AWS	13.5%	5
20	BIG-IP	13.5%	5
20	Digital Strategy	13.5%	5
20	Digital Transformation Programme	13.5%	5
20	DNS	13.5%	5
20	Entra ID	13.5%	5
20	F5	13.5%	5
20	F5 BIG-IP GTM	13.5%	5
20	F5 BIG-IP LTM	13.5%	5

Operational Resilience Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Processes & Methodologies

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Continuous Improvement	29.7%	11
1	Roadmaps	29.7%	11
3	Incident Management	27.0%	10
4	Cybersecurity	24.3%	9
4	Problem-Solving	24.3%	9
6	AI	21.6%	8
6	Stakeholder Management	21.6%	8
8	Business Continuity	18.9%	7
9	Agile	16.2%	6
9	CI/CD	16.2%	6
9	Coaching	16.2%	6
9	Collaborative Culture	16.2%	6
9	Collaborative Working	16.2%	6
9	People Management	16.2%	6
9	Service Delivery	16.2%	6
9	Technology Roadmap	16.2%	6
17	Artificial Intelligence Engineering	13.5%	5
17	Digital Strategy	13.5%	5
17	Digital Transformation Programme	13.5%	5
17	Infrastructure Engineering	13.5%	5