IT Operations Manager Job Trends in Sheffield

IT Operations Manager
South Yorkshire > Sheffield

The median IT Operations Manager salary in Sheffield is £59,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 23 October 2025.

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

6 months to
23 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 41 57 62
Rank change year-on-year +16 +5 -
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Operations Manager 1 6 1
As % of all permanent jobs in Sheffield 0.26% 0.78% 0.24%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.27% 0.81% 0.26%
Number of salaries quoted 1 5 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £61,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,000 £35,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +68.57% -44.00% -
75th Percentile - - £63,750
90th Percentile - - -
South Yorkshire median annual salary £59,000 £35,000 £56,250
% change year-on-year +68.57% -37.78% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Sheffield

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Sheffield. 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 Sheffield with a recognized job title 377 740 391
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 97.67% 95.85% 95.37%
Number of salaries quoted 278 401 313
10th Percentile £26,250 £33,750 £24,900
25th Percentile £31,250 £40,000 £32,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,000 £52,500 £43,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.38% +22.09% -14.00%
75th Percentile £60,000 £67,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £79,300 £81,250 £69,950
South Yorkshire median annual salary £42,500 £52,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -19.05% +16.67% -10.00%

IT Operations Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Sheffield

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 Sheffield.

IT Operations Manager job vacancy trend in Sheffield

IT Operations Manager
Salary Trend in Sheffield

Salary distribution trend for IT Operations Manager job vacancies in Sheffield.

Salary distribution trend for IT Operations Manager job vacancies in Sheffield

IT Operations Manager Skill Set
Top 9 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Sheffield

For the 6 months to 23 October 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 Sheffield region featuring IT Operations Manager in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) DataOps
1 1 (100.00%) Hyper-V
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Line Management
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (100.00%) VMware
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure

IT Operations Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Sheffield 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%) Microsoft 365
General
1 1 (100.00%) Manufacturing
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) DataOps
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Line Management
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) Hyper-V
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) VMware