Operations Management Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Operations Management
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Thames Valley requiring Operations Management skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 165 173 198
Rank change year-on-year +8 +25 +44
Permanent jobs citing Operations Management 6 8 1
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 0.15% 0.24% 0.025%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.18% 0.26% 0.028%
Number of salaries quoted 0 5 1
10th Percentile - £38,564 -
25th Percentile - £43,911 £39,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - £44,982 £42,000
Median % change year-on-year - +7.10% -27.59%
75th Percentile - £46,053 £45,000
90th Percentile - - -
South East median annual salary - £44,982 £42,000
% change year-on-year - +7.10% -22.94%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

Operations Management falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the Thames Valley.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,245 3,106 3,530
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 80.48% 91.78% 89.19%
Number of salaries quoted 1,770 1,383 2,439
10th Percentile £30,000 £35,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £35,500 £45,000 £39,043
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +9.09% -
75th Percentile £68,750 £76,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £90,000 £83,750
South East median annual salary £50,000 £58,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -14.53% +11.43% -4.55%

Operations Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Operations Management relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Operations Management job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

Operations Management
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Operations Management.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Operations Management

Operations Management
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 Operations Management within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 14 January 2026. 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 -4 6 - - 1
Operations Management
South East

Operations Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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:

Business Applications
1 6 (100.00%) SAP S/4HANA
General
1 6 (100.00%) Finance
1 6 (100.00%) Influencing Skills
1 6 (100.00%) Manufacturing
1 6 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (100.00%) Lead
Miscellaneous
1 6 (100.00%) Management Information System
1 6 (100.00%) Onboarding
1 6 (100.00%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) Analytics
1 6 (100.00%) Backlog Management
1 6 (100.00%) Backlog Prioritisation
1 6 (100.00%) Contract Management
1 6 (100.00%) Data Governance
1 6 (100.00%) Data Integration
1 6 (100.00%) Data Management
1 6 (100.00%) Data Science
1 6 (100.00%) Data Strategy
1 6 (100.00%) Decarbonisation
1 6 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 6 (100.00%) Digital Analytics
1 6 (100.00%) Regulatory Compliance
1 6 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 6 (100.00%) Source to Pay
1 6 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 6 (100.00%) Supplier Management
1 6 (100.00%) Supply Chain Management
1 6 (100.00%) System Integration Testing
1 6 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
Qualifications
1 6 (100.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 6 (100.00%) SAP