Operations Management Jobs in the UK excluding London

Operations Management
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Operations Management skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Operations Management over the 6 months leading up to 28 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 542 667 659
Rank change year-on-year +125 -8 +144
Permanent jobs citing Operations Management 29 98 100
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.075% 0.13% 0.17%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.080% 0.16% 0.18%
Number of salaries quoted 21 47 45
10th Percentile £32,544 £41,250 £29,850
25th Percentile £37,000 £43,750 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £57,500 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +43.75% -5.88%
75th Percentile £60,250 £68,857 £66,250
90th Percentile £72,500 £75,000 £85,250
UK median annual salary £50,000 £57,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year -13.04% -8.00% +25.00%

All Process and 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 36,047 60,812 55,780
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 92.70% 82.57% 95.55%
Number of salaries quoted 17,118 41,900 28,987
10th Percentile £26,338 £27,300 £30,500
25th Percentile £37,000 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,645 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.29% -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £82,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £61,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% -9.84% +1.67%

Operations Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Operations Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Operations Management in the UK excluding London

Operations Management
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Operations Management in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Operations Management in the UK excluding London

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 28 May 2025.

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 28 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
South West +112 9 £41,272 - 35
North of England +8 8 £59,500 -12.38% 68
North East +31 6 £60,750 +42.94% 13
South East +85 5 £38,000 -33.91% 92
Midlands +52 5 £53,000 -7.83% 55
West Midlands +60 3 £53,000 -13.29% 30
Scotland +125 2 £90,051 - 10
North West -9 2 £47,250 -32.50% 31
Operations Management
UK

Operations Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 1 (3.45%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 3 (10.34%) Azure
1 3 (10.34%) SaaS
2 2 (6.90%) Cloud Computing
2 2 (6.90%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (3.45%) Azure AKS
3 1 (3.45%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 2 (6.90%) LAN
1 2 (6.90%) Network Security
1 2 (6.90%) VLAN
1 2 (6.90%) WAN
2 1 (3.45%) Firewall
2 1 (3.45%) RFID
2 1 (3.45%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (10.34%) GIS
2 2 (6.90%) Elasticsearch
General
1 14 (48.28%) Social Skills
2 7 (24.14%) Finance
3 5 (17.24%) Retail
4 3 (10.34%) Welsh Language
5 2 (6.90%) Banking
6 1 (3.45%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (3.45%) Health Technology
6 1 (3.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (3.45%) Manufacturing
6 1 (3.45%) Military
6 1 (3.45%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (3.45%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 3 (10.34%) Head of IT
1 3 (10.34%) Head of Operations
1 3 (10.34%) Technical Support
2 2 (6.90%) Cybersecurity Manager
2 2 (6.90%) IT Manager
2 2 (6.90%) Network Engineer
2 2 (6.90%) Operations Manager
2 2 (6.90%) Security Manager
2 2 (6.90%) Service Manager
3 1 (3.45%) Administrator
3 1 (3.45%) Azure DevOps Engineer
3 1 (3.45%) Azure Engineer
3 1 (3.45%) ICT Manager
3 1 (3.45%) IT Operations Manager
3 1 (3.45%) IT Services Manager
3 1 (3.45%) Operations Director
3 1 (3.45%) Service Desk Manager
3 1 (3.45%) ServiceNow Administrator
3 1 (3.45%) Technology Director
3 1 (3.45%) Trainee
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (10.34%) EDI
2 2 (6.90%) 802.1X
3 1 (3.45%) Ajax
3 1 (3.45%) AngularJS
3 1 (3.45%) CSS
3 1 (3.45%) HTML
3 1 (3.45%) LDAP
3 1 (3.45%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 4 (13.79%) Data Centre
2 3 (10.34%) Onboarding
3 2 (6.90%) Hybrid Cloud
3 2 (6.90%) Management Information System
4 1 (3.45%) Cyber Defence
4 1 (3.45%) Cyber Threat
4 1 (3.45%) Driving Licence
4 1 (3.45%) Lidar
4 1 (3.45%) Security Posture
4 1 (3.45%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 4 (13.79%) Windows
2 2 (6.90%) Linux
2 2 (6.90%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (24.14%) Cybersecurity
1 7 (24.14%) Project Management
2 5 (17.24%) IT Strategy
3 4 (13.79%) Continuous Improvement
3 4 (13.79%) Energy Management
3 4 (13.79%) ITIL
3 4 (13.79%) Project Delivery
3 4 (13.79%) Risk Management
3 4 (13.79%) Service Delivery
4 3 (10.34%) Agile
4 3 (10.34%) Budget Management
4 3 (10.34%) Budgeting and Forecasting
4 3 (10.34%) Budgeting and Resource Allocation
4 3 (10.34%) Data-Driven Decision Making
4 3 (10.34%) Facilities Management
4 3 (10.34%) Information Security
4 3 (10.34%) ITSM
4 3 (10.34%) Performance Management
4 3 (10.34%) Resource Allocation
4 3 (10.34%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.45%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 10 (34.48%) Degree
2 3 (10.34%) DBS Check
2 3 (10.34%) PMI Certification
2 3 (10.34%) PMP
3 2 (6.90%) CCNA
3 2 (6.90%) CCNP
3 2 (6.90%) CISA
3 2 (6.90%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (6.90%) CISM
3 2 (6.90%) CISSP
3 2 (6.90%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (3.45%) DV Cleared
4 1 (3.45%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
4 1 (3.45%) SC Cleared
4 1 (3.45%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (10.34%) SLA
2 2 (6.90%) Cyber Essentials
2 2 (6.90%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 2 (6.90%) GDPR
2 2 (6.90%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
2 2 (6.90%) NIST
System Software
1 2 (6.90%) Docker
2 1 (3.45%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 1 (3.45%) Kubernetes
1 1 (3.45%) Single Sign-On
1 1 (3.45%) Terraform
Vendors
1 7 (24.14%) Microsoft
2 2 (6.90%) CheckPoint
2 2 (6.90%) Cisco
2 2 (6.90%) Meraki
3 1 (3.45%) Remedy
3 1 (3.45%) ServiceNow