Operations Manager Jobs in the South East

Operations Manager
England > South East

The median Operations Manager salary in the South East is £70,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 17 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
17 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 298 352 381
Rank change year-on-year +54 +29 +40
Permanent jobs requiring an Operations Manager 14 44 18
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 0.15% 0.26% 0.13%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.17% 0.28% 0.14%
Number of salaries quoted 13 36 13
10th Percentile £36,250 £45,000 £54,803
25th Percentile £61,250 £51,250 £55,471
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £56,500 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +23.89% -22.07% -
75th Percentile £83,750 £70,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £97,500 - £88,750
England median annual salary £65,000 £57,500 £72,250
% change year-on-year +13.04% -20.42% -0.34%

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 8,348 15,844 12,920
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 86.97% 94.01% 90.29%
Number of salaries quoted 4,552 11,341 8,137
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,500 £29,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,032 £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 £56,800 £53,000 £60,800
% change year-on-year +7.17% -12.83% +1.33%

Operations Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Operations Manager in the South East

Operations Manager
Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Operations Manager in the South East.

Salary trend for Operations Manager in the South East

Operations Manager
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Operations Manager in the South East over the 6 months to 17 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Operations Manager in the South East

Operations Manager
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 Operations Manager within the South East region over the 6 months to 17 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
Hampshire +74 8 £65,000 +44.44%
Thames Valley +35 5 £95,000 +43.40% 9
Buckinghamshire +31 4 £95,000 +40.74% 3
Surrey +46 1 £52,500 +1.45%
Berkshire +14 1 £82,500 +32.00% 6
Operations Manager
England

Operations Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 17 May 2025, Operations Manager 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 Operations Manager in the job title.

1 7 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 5 (35.71%) Microsoft
2 5 (35.71%) CISSP
3 4 (28.57%) Degree
3 4 (28.57%) Continuous Improvement
3 4 (28.57%) Customer Service
4 3 (21.43%) Cloud Security
4 3 (21.43%) AlienVault
4 3 (21.43%) Security Operations
4 3 (21.43%) Collaborative Culture
4 3 (21.43%) Cybersecurity
4 3 (21.43%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (21.43%) Finance
5 2 (14.29%) Firewall
5 2 (14.29%) Management Information System
5 2 (14.29%) BT
5 2 (14.29%) Telecoms
5 2 (14.29%) GIAC
5 2 (14.29%) GCIH
5 2 (14.29%) Service Management
5 2 (14.29%) CISM
5 2 (14.29%) Project Management
5 2 (14.29%) ITIL
5 2 (14.29%) Windows
5 2 (14.29%) Android
5 2 (14.29%) Mac OS
5 2 (14.29%) Supplier Management
5 2 (14.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (14.29%) Web Development
5 2 (14.29%) Microsoft 365

Operations Manager 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:

Applications
1 3 (21.43%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (7.14%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (7.14%) Dynamics AX
Cloud Services
1 2 (14.29%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (7.14%) Azure
2 1 (7.14%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (7.14%) Entra ID
2 1 (7.14%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (14.29%) Firewall
1 2 (14.29%) Remote Desktop
2 1 (7.14%) Unified Communications
Development Applications
1 1 (7.14%) JIRA
General
1 7 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (21.43%) Finance
3 2 (14.29%) Telecoms
4 1 (7.14%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (7.14%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (7.14%) Legal
4 1 (7.14%) Marketing
4 1 (7.14%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (7.14%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (7.14%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 2 (14.29%) Cyber Defence
1 2 (14.29%) Cyber Threat
1 2 (14.29%) Management Information System
1 2 (14.29%) Security Operations Centre
1 2 (14.29%) Social Media
2 1 (7.14%) Cyber Security Posture
2 1 (7.14%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 2 (14.29%) Android
1 2 (14.29%) Apple iOS
1 2 (14.29%) Mac OS
1 2 (14.29%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (28.57%) Continuous Improvement
1 4 (28.57%) Customer Service
2 3 (21.43%) Cloud Security
2 3 (21.43%) Collaborative Culture
2 3 (21.43%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (21.43%) Security Operations
3 2 (14.29%) Cost Reduction
3 2 (14.29%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
3 2 (14.29%) Incident Response
3 2 (14.29%) Infrastructure Management
3 2 (14.29%) MITRE ATT&CK
3 2 (14.29%) Performance Metrics
3 2 (14.29%) Regulatory Compliance
3 2 (14.29%) SIEM
3 2 (14.29%) SOAR
3 2 (14.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 2 (14.29%) Supplier Management
3 2 (14.29%) Threat Detection
3 2 (14.29%) Threat Intelligence
3 2 (14.29%) Virtual Environments
Qualifications
1 5 (35.71%) CISSP
2 4 (28.57%) Degree
3 2 (14.29%) CISM
3 2 (14.29%) GCIH
3 2 (14.29%) GIAC
4 1 (7.14%) CEH
4 1 (7.14%) CISMP
4 1 (7.14%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (7.14%) SC Cleared
4 1 (7.14%) Security Cleared
4 1 (7.14%) Six Sigma Black Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (14.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (14.29%) NIST
2 1 (7.14%) COSHH
2 1 (7.14%) GDPR
2 1 (7.14%) SLA
Vendors
1 5 (35.71%) Microsoft
2 3 (21.43%) AlienVault
3 2 (14.29%) BT
3 2 (14.29%) Facebook
4 1 (7.14%) HubSpot
4 1 (7.14%) Salesforce
4 1 (7.14%) SAP