IT Operations Manager Job Trends in Preston

IT Operations Manager
Lancashire > Preston

The median IT Operations Manager salary in Preston is £100,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 19 March 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 26 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Operations Manager 4 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Preston 2.30% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 2.34% - -
Number of salaries quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £60,000 - -
25th Percentile £75,000 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £100,000 - -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
Lancashire median annual salary £100,000 - -

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Preston

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Preston. 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 Preston with a recognized job title 171 99 159
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 98.28% 100.00% 90.86%
Number of salaries quoted 113 59 121
10th Percentile £30,000 £39,000 £27,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £47,683 £32,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £55,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% +37.50% -4.98%
75th Percentile £60,000 £63,375 £57,500
90th Percentile £70,000 £79,600 £63,750
Lancashire median annual salary £45,497 £50,055 £45,000
% change year-on-year -9.11% +11.23% -

IT Operations Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Preston

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 Preston.

IT Operations Manager job vacancy trend in Preston

IT Operations Manager
Salary Histogram in Preston

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Operations Manager in Preston over the 6 months to 19 March 2026.

Salary histogram for IT Operations Manager in Preston

IT Operations Manager Skill Set
Top 17 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Preston

For the 6 months to 19 March 2026, 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 Preston region featuring IT Operations Manager in the job title.

1 1 (25.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (25.00%) AWS
1 1 (25.00%) Azure
1 1 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (25.00%) ERP
1 1 (25.00%) ITIL
1 1 (25.00%) ITSM
1 1 (25.00%) Logistics
1 1 (25.00%) Mac OS
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (25.00%) Order Management
1 1 (25.00%) Runbook
1 1 (25.00%) Service Management
1 1 (25.00%) Wi-Fi
1 1 (25.00%) Windows
1 1 (25.00%) Windows Server

IT Operations Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Preston 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 (25.00%) AWS
1 1 (25.00%) Azure
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) Wi-Fi
General
1 1 (25.00%) Manufacturing
1 1 (25.00%) Retail
Operating Systems
1 1 (25.00%) Mac OS
1 1 (25.00%) Windows
1 1 (25.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (25.00%) ERP
1 1 (25.00%) ITIL
1 1 (25.00%) ITSM
1 1 (25.00%) Logistics
1 1 (25.00%) Order Management
1 1 (25.00%) Runbook
1 1 (25.00%) Service Management
System Software
1 1 (25.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft