Operations Manager Jobs in the UK excluding London

Operations Manager
UK > UK excluding London

The median Operations Manager salary in the UK excluding London is £56,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 4 May 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
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 590 621 598
Rank change year-on-year +31 -23 -3
Permanent jobs requiring an Operations Manager 181 141 275
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.26% 0.23% 0.39%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.27% 0.26% 0.40%
Number of salaries quoted 134 92 90
10th Percentile £41,625 £47,750 £45,000
25th Percentile £47,537 £53,970 £54,841
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,000 £67,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -17.04% +3.85% +18.18%
75th Percentile £66,250 £75,000 £79,375
90th Percentile £72,478 £80,000 £85,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £70,000 £72,000
% change year-on-year -17.86% -2.78% +21.01%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London. 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 UK excluding London with a recognized job title 66,715 54,769 68,069
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.79% 89.24% 95.82%
Number of salaries quoted 47,210 31,112 43,042
10th Percentile £26,750 £29,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £66,250
90th Percentile £76,250 £82,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Operations Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings that featured Operations Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Operations Manager in the UK excluding London

Operations Manager
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Salary trend for Operations Manager in the UK excluding London

Operations Manager
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Operations Manager in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Operations Manager in the UK excluding London

Operations Manager
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 Manager within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 4 May 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
South East +37 42 £55,250 -21.07% 16
North of England +21 38 £60,000 -14.29% 9
East of England +47 30 £55,000 +10.00% 9
Midlands +5 25 £53,500 -23.57% 10
South West -3 24 £57,500 +15.00% 14
North West +22 21 £63,750 +10.28% 5
West Midlands +1 18 £53,500 -22.46% 8
Scotland -62 16 £57,500 +4.55% 6
Yorkshire +61 11 £50,000 -31.03% 4
East Midlands -9 7 £60,000 -15.49% 1
North East +1 6 £35,000 -
Channel Islands - 4 - -
Wales +10 2 £58,750 +1.63%
Operations Manager
UK

Operations Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 4 May 2024, Operations Manager 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 UK excluding London region featuring Operations Manager in the job title.

1 38 (20.99%) Service Delivery
2 36 (19.89%) Finance
2 36 (19.89%) Social Skills
3 34 (18.78%) Microsoft
4 33 (18.23%) Project Management
5 30 (16.57%) Cybersecurity
6 27 (14.92%) ITIL
7 25 (13.81%) Customer Service
8 23 (12.71%) Azure
9 22 (12.15%) Degree
9 22 (12.15%) People Management
9 22 (12.15%) Problem-Solving
10 20 (11.05%) Continuous Improvement
11 19 (10.50%) Onboarding
12 18 (9.94%) Tech Ops
12 18 (9.94%) Management Information System
13 17 (9.39%) Change Management
13 17 (9.39%) Service Management
14 16 (8.84%) Logistics
15 15 (8.29%) Data Centre
15 15 (8.29%) Cisco
15 15 (8.29%) Security Operations
16 14 (7.73%) Retail
16 14 (7.73%) ITSM
16 14 (7.73%) Microsoft 365
17 13 (7.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
17 13 (7.18%) GDPR
17 13 (7.18%) Project Delivery
18 12 (6.63%) Operations Management
18 12 (6.63%) Strategic Planning

Operations Manager Skill Set
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:

Application Platforms
1 11 (6.08%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (1.10%) Confluence
2 2 (1.10%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.55%) MTS
Applications
1 11 (6.08%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (2.76%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (1.10%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.55%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.55%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.55%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 3 (1.66%) Salesforce CRM
1 3 (1.66%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 23 (12.71%) Azure
2 14 (7.73%) Microsoft 365
3 11 (6.08%) AWS
4 5 (2.76%) Entra ID
4 5 (2.76%) GCP
5 4 (2.21%) Google Workspace
6 2 (1.10%) Cloud Computing
6 2 (1.10%) IaaS
7 1 (0.55%) Power Automate
7 1 (0.55%) SAP Fieldglass
7 1 (0.55%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 11 (6.08%) Network Security
2 10 (5.52%) Firewall
2 10 (5.52%) VoIP
3 9 (4.97%) VPN
3 9 (4.97%) WAN
4 8 (4.42%) LAN
4 8 (4.42%) SD-WAN
5 7 (3.87%) Wi-Fi
6 5 (2.76%) BIG-IP
6 5 (2.76%) Cisco Nexus
6 5 (2.76%) Wireless
7 4 (2.21%) HTTP
7 4 (2.21%) MQTT
7 4 (2.21%) SMS
8 3 (1.66%) Unified Communications
9 1 (0.55%) Broadband
9 1 (0.55%) Internet
9 1 (0.55%) Radio Access Network
9 1 (0.55%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.55%) Amazon Aurora
1 1 (0.55%) Data Lake
1 1 (0.55%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (1.10%) JIRA
General
1 36 (19.89%) Finance
1 36 (19.89%) Social Skills
2 14 (7.73%) Retail
3 11 (6.08%) Analytical Skills
4 10 (5.52%) Manufacturing
5 9 (4.97%) Law
5 9 (4.97%) Organisational Skills
6 8 (4.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 8 (4.42%) Telecoms
7 7 (3.87%) Legal
8 5 (2.76%) Environmental Health
9 4 (2.21%) Marketing
10 3 (1.66%) Back Office
11 2 (1.10%) Automotive
11 2 (1.10%) Banking
11 2 (1.10%) Financial Institution
11 2 (1.10%) Investment Banking
11 2 (1.10%) Public Sector
11 2 (1.10%) Social Housing
12 1 (0.55%) Influencing Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (2.76%) HTML
2 4 (2.21%) CSS
2 4 (2.21%) Node.js
3 1 (0.55%) Express.js
3 1 (0.55%) Flash
3 1 (0.55%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 19 (10.50%) Onboarding
2 18 (9.94%) Management Information System
3 15 (8.29%) Data Centre
4 8 (4.42%) NHS
4 8 (4.42%) Self-Motivation
5 6 (3.31%) Cyber Threat
6 5 (2.76%) Security Operations Centre
7 4 (2.21%) Cyber Security Posture
8 3 (1.66%) Analytical Mindset
8 3 (1.66%) Enterprise Software
9 2 (1.10%) BYOD
9 2 (1.10%) Cyberattack
9 2 (1.10%) Driving Licence
9 2 (1.10%) PMI
9 2 (1.10%) Security Posture
10 1 (0.55%) Cyber Defence
10 1 (0.55%) e-Learning
10 1 (0.55%) Hybrid Cloud
10 1 (0.55%) Operational Technology
10 1 (0.55%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 10 (5.52%) Windows
2 4 (2.21%) Linux
3 3 (1.66%) Windows Server
4 2 (1.10%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.55%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (20.99%) Service Delivery
2 33 (18.23%) Project Management
3 30 (16.57%) Cybersecurity
4 27 (14.92%) ITIL
5 25 (13.81%) Customer Service
6 22 (12.15%) People Management
6 22 (12.15%) Problem-Solving
7 20 (11.05%) Continuous Improvement
8 18 (9.94%) Tech Ops
9 17 (9.39%) Change Management
9 17 (9.39%) Service Management
10 16 (8.84%) Logistics
11 15 (8.29%) Security Operations
12 14 (7.73%) ITSM
13 13 (7.18%) Project Delivery
14 12 (6.63%) Operations Management
14 12 (6.63%) Strategic Planning
15 11 (6.08%) Process Improvement
15 11 (6.08%) Strategic Thinking
16 10 (5.52%) Resource Allocation
Programming Languages
1 6 (3.31%) SQL
2 4 (2.21%) Java
2 4 (2.21%) Python
3 1 (0.55%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 22 (12.15%) Degree
2 5 (2.76%) DBS Check
2 5 (2.76%) HNC
3 4 (2.21%) ITIL Certification
4 3 (1.66%) Azure Certification
5 2 (1.10%) Master's Degree
5 2 (1.10%) MBA
5 2 (1.10%) PMI Certification
5 2 (1.10%) Security Cleared
6 1 (0.55%) AAT
6 1 (0.55%) CASP
6 1 (0.55%) CISSP
6 1 (0.55%) GCIA
6 1 (0.55%) GCIH
6 1 (0.55%) GIAC
6 1 (0.55%) HND
6 1 (0.55%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (7.18%) GDPR
1 13 (7.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 12 (6.63%) SLA
3 7 (3.87%) Cyber Essentials
3 7 (3.87%) NEBOSH
4 6 (3.31%) ISO 9001
5 5 (2.76%) QA
5 5 (2.76%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 3 (1.66%) Accessibility
7 2 (1.10%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 2 (1.10%) NIST
7 2 (1.10%) PCI DSS
7 2 (1.10%) SOC 2
8 1 (0.55%) GRC
8 1 (0.55%) ISO 9000
8 1 (0.55%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 1 (0.55%) NCSC
8 1 (0.55%) PMO
System Software
1 10 (5.52%) Hyper-V
2 7 (3.87%) Active Directory
3 4 (2.21%) Firmware
4 3 (1.66%) Terminal Services
5 2 (1.10%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 7 (3.87%) WSUS
2 6 (3.31%) Terraform
3 5 (2.76%) SCOM
4 2 (1.10%) Ansible
4 2 (1.10%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (0.55%) QRadar
5 1 (0.55%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 34 (18.78%) Microsoft
2 15 (8.29%) Cisco
3 6 (3.31%) Google
4 5 (2.76%) AppDynamics
4 5 (2.76%) Dynatrace
4 5 (2.76%) SolarWinds
5 4 (2.21%) SAP
6 3 (1.66%) QAD
6 3 (1.66%) Reuters
6 3 (1.66%) Salesforce
6 3 (1.66%) Xero
7 2 (1.10%) Adobe
7 2 (1.10%) Citrix
7 2 (1.10%) Tanium
7 2 (1.10%) VMware
8 1 (0.55%) Ericsson
8 1 (0.55%) Facebook
8 1 (0.55%) Nokia
8 1 (0.55%) Sage
8 1 (0.55%) Splunk