Operations Management Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Operations Management
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Operations Management skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 444 501 513
Rank change year-on-year +57 +12 +126
Permanent jobs citing Operations Management 62 50 47
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.15% 0.14% 0.14%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.19% 0.16% 0.15%
Number of salaries quoted 4 27 17
10th Percentile £51,000 £43,347 £40,350
25th Percentile £60,000 £44,456 £42,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £71,642 £57,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +24.59% +21.05% -8.65%
75th Percentile £82,169 £70,000 £57,500
90th Percentile £83,117 £91,000 £70,000
UK median annual salary £77,500 £67,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +14.81% +3.85% +18.18%

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 32,958 31,987 30,742
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 78.54% 88.93% 88.63%
Number of salaries quoted 18,919 14,386 22,914
10th Percentile £27,750 £31,250 £28,000
25th Percentile £33,500 £41,250 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +5.77% -5.45%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £66,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £83,750 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Operations Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Operations Management job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Operations Management
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Operations Management.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Operations Management

Operations Management
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Operations Management in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 12 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Operations Management in the UK excluding London

Operations Management
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Operations Management within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 12 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
South West +39 28 - - 8
Midlands +38 20 £45,000 -37.93% 8
East Midlands +9 18 - - 6
South East +12 6 - - 16
North West +31 4 £78,283 +20.44% 2
North of England +5 4 £78,283 +20.44% 7
Scotland 0 3 - - 2
West Midlands - 2 £45,000 - 1
East of England +16 1 - - 7
Operations Management
UK

Operations Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (3.23%) FactoryTalk
1 2 (3.23%) Oracle Workflow
1 2 (3.23%) WinCC
2 1 (1.61%) ArcGIS
2 1 (1.61%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (1.61%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (1.61%) SmartSuite
Business Applications
1 6 (9.68%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (1.61%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 2 (3.23%) Amazon EC2
1 2 (3.23%) AWS
1 2 (3.23%) Boomi
2 1 (1.61%) Azure
2 1 (1.61%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (3.23%) Ethernet
2 1 (1.61%) Skype
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.23%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 1 (1.61%) Geospatial Data
2 1 (1.61%) GIS
General
1 53 (85.48%) Finance
2 45 (72.58%) Banking
3 13 (20.97%) Social Skills
4 7 (11.29%) Influencing Skills
4 7 (11.29%) Manufacturing
5 5 (8.06%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (3.23%) Legal
7 1 (1.61%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (1.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (1.61%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (1.61%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 6 (9.68%) Lead
2 3 (4.84%) Analyst
3 2 (3.23%) Integration Manager
3 2 (3.23%) Operations Analyst
3 2 (3.23%) Technology Analyst
4 1 (1.61%) Architect
4 1 (1.61%) Delivery Manager
4 1 (1.61%) GIS Technician
4 1 (1.61%) ICT Manager
4 1 (1.61%) ICT Service Delivery Manager
4 1 (1.61%) Presales Technical Architect
4 1 (1.61%) Product Manager
4 1 (1.61%) Service Analyst
4 1 (1.61%) Service Delivery Manager
4 1 (1.61%) Service Desk Analyst
4 1 (1.61%) Service Manager
4 1 (1.61%) ServiceNow Manager
4 1 (1.61%) Technical Architect
Miscellaneous
1 8 (12.90%) Management Information System
2 7 (11.29%) Self-Motivation
3 6 (9.68%) Onboarding
4 2 (3.23%) Operational Technology
4 2 (3.23%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 2 (3.23%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 53 (85.48%) Risk Management
2 51 (82.26%) Supply Chain Management
3 47 (75.81%) Information Security
4 46 (74.19%) Roadmaps
5 45 (72.58%) Business Continuity
5 45 (72.58%) Business Continuity Management
5 45 (72.58%) Due Diligence
5 45 (72.58%) Process Improvement
5 45 (72.58%) Risk Assessment
6 9 (14.52%) Stakeholder Management
7 8 (12.90%) Data Governance
8 6 (9.68%) Analytics
8 6 (9.68%) Contract Management
8 6 (9.68%) Data Integration
8 6 (9.68%) Data Strategy
8 6 (9.68%) Digital Analytics
8 6 (9.68%) Regulatory Compliance
8 6 (9.68%) Source to Pay
8 6 (9.68%) System Integration Testing
8 6 (9.68%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 2 (3.23%) SQL
Qualifications
1 45 (72.58%) CISA
1 45 (72.58%) CISSP
1 45 (72.58%) CRISC
2 8 (12.90%) Degree
3 1 (1.61%) DV Cleared
3 1 (1.61%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
3 1 (1.61%) Master's Degree
3 1 (1.61%) MBA
3 1 (1.61%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 45 (72.58%) NIST
1 45 (72.58%) PCI DSS
2 2 (3.23%) GDPR
System Software
1 2 (3.23%) Active Directory
1 2 (3.23%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 2 (3.23%) AssetCenter
1 2 (3.23%) SCCM
Vendors
1 6 (9.68%) SAP
2 3 (4.84%) Microsoft
2 3 (4.84%) ServiceNow
3 2 (3.23%) Cisco
3 2 (3.23%) Kepware
3 2 (3.23%) Oracle
3 2 (3.23%) Rockwell
3 2 (3.23%) Siemens
3 2 (3.23%) Software AG
3 2 (3.23%) VMware
3 2 (3.23%) webMethods
4 1 (1.61%) Remedy