Head of IT Operations Jobs in the South East

Head of Information Technology Operations
England > South East

The median Head of Information Technology Operations salary in the South East is £80,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 16 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
16 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 293 395 400
Rank change year-on-year +102 +5 +74
Permanent jobs requiring a Head of IT Operations 4 2 2
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 0.042% 0.012% 0.014%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.048% 0.013% 0.015%
Number of salaries quoted 2 2 1
10th Percentile £65,500 - -
25th Percentile £70,000 - £78,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £150,000 £82,500
Median % change year-on-year -46.67% +81.82% +19.76%
75th Percentile £90,000 - £86,250
90th Percentile £94,500 - -
England median annual salary £100,000 £82,500 £105,000
% change year-on-year +21.21% -21.43% +49.59%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
South East

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the South East. 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 South East with a recognized job title 8,254 15,768 12,916
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 86.53% 94.01% 90.27%
Number of salaries quoted 4,528 11,302 8,136
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,500 £29,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -
75th Percentile £68,750 £65,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £78,750 £77,500 £85,000
England median annual salary £57,000 £53,500 £60,800
% change year-on-year +6.54% -12.01% +1.33%

Head of IT Operations
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings that featured Head of IT Operations in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Head of IT Operations in the South East

Head of IT Operations
Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Head of IT Operations in the South East.

Salary trend for Head of IT Operations in the South East

Head of IT Operations
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Head of IT Operations in the South East over the 6 months to 16 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Head of IT Operations in the South East

Head of IT Operations
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Head of IT Operations within the South East region over the 6 months to 16 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
Surrey +52 3 £65,000 -56.67%
Hampshire - 1 £95,000 -
Head of IT Operations
England

Head of IT Operations Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 16 May 2025, Head of IT Operations 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 South East region featuring Head of IT Operations in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) ITIL
2 3 (75.00%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (75.00%) Service Delivery
2 3 (75.00%) Change Management
2 3 (75.00%) Project Management
2 3 (75.00%) Finance
3 2 (50.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 2 (50.00%) PRINCE2
3 2 (50.00%) ITIL Certification
3 2 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (50.00%) GDPR
3 2 (50.00%) Cyber Essentials
3 2 (50.00%) Tech Ops
3 2 (50.00%) Project Delivery
3 2 (50.00%) Cost Control
3 2 (50.00%) Information Security
4 1 (25.00%) Risk Register
4 1 (25.00%) Roadmaps
4 1 (25.00%) Onboarding
4 1 (25.00%) Budget Management
4 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
4 1 (25.00%) Cost Optimisation
4 1 (25.00%) Technology Roadmap
4 1 (25.00%) IT Strategy
4 1 (25.00%) Workday
4 1 (25.00%) IT Governance
4 1 (25.00%) NetSuite
4 1 (25.00%) Time Management
4 1 (25.00%) Cloud Computing
4 1 (25.00%) Process Improvement

Head of IT Operations Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 (25.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (25.00%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) Azure
1 1 (25.00%) Cloud Computing
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
General
1 3 (75.00%) Finance
2 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Legal
2 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Cyber Threat
1 1 (25.00%) Management Information System
1 1 (25.00%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) ITIL
2 3 (75.00%) Change Management
2 3 (75.00%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (75.00%) Project Management
2 3 (75.00%) Service Delivery
3 2 (50.00%) Cost Control
3 2 (50.00%) Information Security
3 2 (50.00%) PRINCE2
3 2 (50.00%) Project Delivery
3 2 (50.00%) Tech Ops
4 1 (25.00%) BCP
4 1 (25.00%) Budget Management
4 1 (25.00%) Cost Optimisation
4 1 (25.00%) Disaster Recovery
4 1 (25.00%) ERP
4 1 (25.00%) IT Governance
4 1 (25.00%) Risk Register
4 1 (25.00%) Roadmaps
4 1 (25.00%) Technology Roadmap
4 1 (25.00%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) VBA
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (50.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 2 (50.00%) GDPR
1 2 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (50.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (25.00%) Salesforce
1 1 (25.00%) SAP
1 1 (25.00%) Workday