Head of Operations Jobs in the Thames Valley

Head of Operations
South East > Thames Valley

The median Head of Operations salary in the Thames Valley is £90,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 236 258 268
Rank change year-on-year +22 +10 -44
Permanent jobs requiring a Head of Operations 8 2 10
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.12% 0.033% 0.15%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.13% 0.036% 0.15%
Number of salaries quoted 3 2 6
10th Percentile £86,500 - £67,696
25th Percentile £86,875 £92,500 £67,891
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £90,000 £95,000 £68,886
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% +37.91% -
75th Percentile £92,500 £97,500 £71,845
90th Percentile - - £74,375
South East median annual salary £87,500 £95,000 £72,000
% change year-on-year -7.89% +31.94% -12.73%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Thames Valley

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley. 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 Thames Valley with a recognized job title 6,389 5,529 6,578
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.72% 89.92% 96.16%
Number of salaries quoted 4,564 3,220 4,174
10th Percentile £29,000 £29,000 £28,750
25th Percentile £36,500 £37,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £54,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.41% -1.82% +3.77%
75th Percentile £65,000 £71,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £86,250 £81,250
South East median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%

Head of Operations
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for Head of Operations in the Thames Valley

Head of Operations
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Head of Operations in the Thames Valley.

Salary trend for Head of Operations in the Thames Valley

Head of Operations
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Head of Operations within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 26 April 2024. 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
Berkshire - 8 £90,000 - 5
Head of Operations
South East

Head of Operations Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley

For the 6 months to 26 April 2024, Head of 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 Thames Valley region featuring Head of Operations in the job title.

1 4 (50.00%) Cisco
1 4 (50.00%) Service Delivery
1 4 (50.00%) BT
1 4 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 4 (50.00%) Influencing Skills
1 4 (50.00%) Customer Experience
2 3 (37.50%) Wireless
2 3 (37.50%) Cost Optimisation
2 3 (37.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 3 (37.50%) Coaching
2 3 (37.50%) Proactive Management
2 3 (37.50%) Social Skills
2 3 (37.50%) Budgeting and Forecasting
2 3 (37.50%) Aruba
2 3 (37.50%) Ruckus Wireless
2 3 (37.50%) Finance
2 3 (37.50%) Fortinet
2 3 (37.50%) Juniper
2 3 (37.50%) CRM
3 2 (25.00%) Benchmarking
4 1 (12.50%) Windows
4 1 (12.50%) CheckPoint
4 1 (12.50%) Telecoms
4 1 (12.50%) Firewall
4 1 (12.50%) LAN
4 1 (12.50%) WAN
4 1 (12.50%) TCP/IP
4 1 (12.50%) Microsoft
4 1 (12.50%) Active Directory
4 1 (12.50%) Citrix

Head of Operations Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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:

Communications & Networking
1 3 (37.50%) Wireless
2 1 (12.50%) Firewall
2 1 (12.50%) LAN
2 1 (12.50%) TCP/IP
2 1 (12.50%) WAN
General
1 4 (50.00%) Influencing Skills
2 3 (37.50%) Finance
2 3 (37.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 3 (37.50%) Social Skills
3 1 (12.50%) Telecoms
Operating Systems
1 1 (12.50%) Windows
1 1 (12.50%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 4 (50.00%) Customer Experience
1 4 (50.00%) Service Delivery
2 3 (37.50%) Budgeting and Forecasting
2 3 (37.50%) Coaching
2 3 (37.50%) Cost Optimisation
2 3 (37.50%) CRM
2 3 (37.50%) Proactive Management
3 2 (25.00%) Benchmarking
4 1 (12.50%) Cybersecurity
4 1 (12.50%) Data Loss Prevention
4 1 (12.50%) Identity Access Management
4 1 (12.50%) Incident Response
4 1 (12.50%) Information Security
4 1 (12.50%) Kalman Filter
4 1 (12.50%) Security Monitoring
4 1 (12.50%) Security Operations
4 1 (12.50%) SIEM
4 1 (12.50%) Vulnerability Management
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (12.50%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 1 (12.50%) Active Directory
1 1 (12.50%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (12.50%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 1 (12.50%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
1 1 (12.50%) Nessus
1 1 (12.50%) Network Intrusion Detection System
Vendors
1 4 (50.00%) BT
1 4 (50.00%) Cisco
2 3 (37.50%) Aruba
2 3 (37.50%) Fortinet
2 3 (37.50%) Juniper
2 3 (37.50%) Ruckus Wireless
3 1 (12.50%) CheckPoint
3 1 (12.50%) Citrix
3 1 (12.50%) Microsoft
3 1 (12.50%) Splunk
3 1 (12.50%) VMware