Head of IT Operations Job Trends in Surrey

Head of Information Technology Operations
South East > Surrey

The median Head of Information Technology Operations salary in Surrey is £100,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 23 December 2025.

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

6 months to
23 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 91 106 -
Rank change year-on-year +15 - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Head of IT Operations 7 1 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Surrey 0.42% 0.080% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.48% 0.088% -
Number of salaries quoted 7 1 0
10th Percentile £92,500 - -
25th Percentile £93,750 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £100,000 £95,000 -
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% - -
75th Percentile £105,000 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median annual salary £100,000 £95,000 -
% change year-on-year +5.26% - -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Surrey

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Surrey. 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 Surrey with a recognized job title 1,468 1,132 842
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 87.80% 90.92% 92.73%
Number of salaries quoted 930 587 577
10th Percentile £28,000 £35,000 £31,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £42,500 £40,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £59,908 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -16.54% +14.11% -8.70%
75th Percentile £64,688 £74,375 £63,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £72,500
South East median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% -4.55%

Head of IT Operations
Job Vacancy Trend in Surrey

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Head of IT Operations' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Surrey.

Head of IT Operations job vacancy trend in Surrey

Head of IT Operations
Salary Trend in Surrey

Salary distribution trend for Head of IT Operations job vacancies in Surrey.

Salary distribution trend for Head of IT Operations job vacancies in Surrey

Head of IT Operations
Job Locations in Surrey

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 Surrey region over the 6 months to 23 December 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
Woking - 7 £100,000 -
Head of IT Operations
South East

Head of IT Operations Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Surrey

For the 6 months to 23 December 2025, Head of IT Operations 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 Surrey region featuring Head of IT Operations in the job title.

1 7 (100.00%) AWS
1 7 (100.00%) AWS Certification
1 7 (100.00%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
1 7 (100.00%) Azure
1 7 (100.00%) Azure Certification
1 7 (100.00%) Budget Management
1 7 (100.00%) Budgeting
1 7 (100.00%) Business Continuity
1 7 (100.00%) CCNP
1 7 (100.00%) Cisco
1 7 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 7 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 7 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 7 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 7 (100.00%) Degree
1 7 (100.00%) DevOps
1 7 (100.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
1 7 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 7 (100.00%) ERP
1 7 (100.00%) High Availability
1 7 (100.00%) Infrastructure as Code
1 7 (100.00%) Infrastructure Management
1 7 (100.00%) Infrastructure Transformation
1 7 (100.00%) ITIL
1 7 (100.00%) ITSM
1 7 (100.00%) LAN
1 7 (100.00%) Logistics
1 7 (100.00%) Master's Degree
1 7 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 7 (100.00%) NIST

Head of IT Operations Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Surrey 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 7 (100.00%) AWS
1 7 (100.00%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 7 (100.00%) LAN
1 7 (100.00%) SD-WAN
1 7 (100.00%) Unified Communications
1 7 (100.00%) VoIP
1 7 (100.00%) VPN
1 7 (100.00%) WAN
1 7 (100.00%) Wi-Fi
General
1 7 (100.00%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 7 (100.00%) Operational Technology
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (100.00%) Business Continuity
1 7 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 7 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 7 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 7 (100.00%) DevOps
1 7 (100.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
1 7 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 7 (100.00%) ERP
1 7 (100.00%) High Availability
1 7 (100.00%) Infrastructure Management
1 7 (100.00%) Infrastructure Transformation
1 7 (100.00%) ITIL
1 7 (100.00%) ITSM
1 7 (100.00%) Logistics
1 7 (100.00%) Problem Management
1 7 (100.00%) Project Management
1 7 (100.00%) Resource Management
1 7 (100.00%) Service Delivery
1 7 (100.00%) Service Management
1 7 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 7 (100.00%) AWS Certification
1 7 (100.00%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
1 7 (100.00%) Azure Certification
1 7 (100.00%) CCNP
1 7 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 7 (100.00%) Degree
1 7 (100.00%) Master's Degree
1 7 (100.00%) PMI Certification
1 7 (100.00%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (100.00%) NIST
Vendors
1 7 (100.00%) Cisco
1 7 (100.00%) Microsoft