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 £62,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 21 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 483 575 612
Rank change year-on-year +92 +37 -39
Permanent jobs requiring an Operations Manager 103 185 139
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.26% 0.26% 0.24%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.29% 0.27% 0.26%
Number of salaries quoted 36 140 93
10th Percentile £33,750 £41,250 £47,950
25th Percentile £45,750 £47,500 £53,970
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £56,500 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.62% -16.30% +3.85%
75th Percentile £74,250 £66,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £81,875 £72,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £57,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year +13.04% -17.86% -3.45%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies 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 35,898 67,972 52,779
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.59% 94.88% 89.24%
Number of salaries quoted 18,484 47,985 30,138
10th Percentile £26,951 £26,750 £29,750
25th Percentile £37,500 £35,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,564 £50,000 £53,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.13% -5.66% +6.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £76,250 £81,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -

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 21 May 2025.

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 21 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
North of England +41 36 £62,500 +4.17% 32
Midlands +57 22 £67,500 +26.17% 11
North West 0 22 £41,774 -34.47% 25
East of England +34 20 - - 12
West Midlands +54 16 £67,500 +26.17% 9
South East +56 13 £69,500 +23.01% 34
Yorkshire +64 11 £62,500 +25.00% 5
Scotland +111 6 - - 4
East Midlands +36 6 £35,000 -41.67% 1
Northern Ireland - 4 - -
South West +100 3 £57,670 +0.30% 8
North East +36 3 - - 3
Operations Manager
UK

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

For the 6 months to 21 May 2025, 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 45 (43.69%) Finance
2 39 (37.86%) Social Skills
3 34 (33.01%) Project Management
4 31 (30.10%) Legal
5 24 (23.30%) Business Strategy
6 23 (22.33%) Collaborative Culture
6 23 (22.33%) Continuous Improvement
7 22 (21.36%) CRM
7 22 (21.36%) Customer Service
8 20 (19.42%) CISSP
9 19 (18.45%) B2B
9 19 (18.45%) Service Delivery
10 17 (16.50%) Manufacturing
10 17 (16.50%) Commercial Awareness
11 16 (15.53%) Risk Management
12 15 (14.56%) Information Security
12 15 (14.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
12 15 (14.56%) Customer Retention
13 14 (13.59%) Decision-Making
13 14 (13.59%) Analytical Skills
13 14 (13.59%) Regulatory Compliance
13 14 (13.59%) Degree
13 14 (13.59%) Change Management
14 13 (12.62%) Electronics
14 13 (12.62%) Stakeholder Management
14 13 (12.62%) Oracle
14 13 (12.62%) Microsoft
14 13 (12.62%) Project Planning
14 13 (12.62%) Requirements Management
14 13 (12.62%) Marketing

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 4 (3.88%) SharePoint
Applications
1 8 (7.77%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (3.88%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.97%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 4 (3.88%) Azure
2 3 (2.91%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (2.91%) SaaS
3 2 (1.94%) AWS
4 1 (0.97%) Amazon ECS
4 1 (0.97%) Amazon EKS
4 1 (0.97%) AWS CloudFormation
4 1 (0.97%) Azure AKS
4 1 (0.97%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (0.97%) Entra ID
4 1 (0.97%) GCP
4 1 (0.97%) Google Kubernetes Engine
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.94%) Firewall
1 2 (1.94%) Network Security
1 2 (1.94%) Remote Desktop
2 1 (0.97%) Broadband
2 1 (0.97%) Unified Communications
Development Applications
1 1 (0.97%) GitLab
1 1 (0.97%) Jenkins
1 1 (0.97%) JIRA
General
1 45 (43.69%) Finance
2 39 (37.86%) Social Skills
3 31 (30.10%) Legal
4 17 (16.50%) Manufacturing
5 14 (13.59%) Analytical Skills
6 13 (12.62%) Billing
6 13 (12.62%) Electronics
6 13 (12.62%) Marketing
7 8 (7.77%) Influencing Skills
8 6 (5.83%) Public Sector
9 5 (4.85%) Retail
10 4 (3.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 4 (3.88%) Presentation Skills
11 3 (2.91%) Law
12 2 (1.94%) Military
12 2 (1.94%) Organisational Skills
12 2 (1.94%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.94%) Leaflet
2 1 (0.97%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 8 (7.77%) Marketing Technology
2 5 (4.85%) FMCG
2 5 (4.85%) Management Information System
2 5 (4.85%) NHS
3 4 (3.88%) Security Operations Centre
4 3 (2.91%) Cyber Threat
4 3 (2.91%) Operational Technology
5 2 (1.94%) CSOC
5 2 (1.94%) Cyber Defence
5 2 (1.94%) Social Media
6 1 (0.97%) Cyber Security Posture
6 1 (0.97%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 7 (6.80%) Windows
2 2 (1.94%) Android
2 2 (1.94%) Apple iOS
2 2 (1.94%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (33.01%) Project Management
2 24 (23.30%) Business Strategy
3 23 (22.33%) Collaborative Culture
3 23 (22.33%) Continuous Improvement
4 22 (21.36%) CRM
4 22 (21.36%) Customer Service
5 19 (18.45%) B2B
5 19 (18.45%) Service Delivery
6 17 (16.50%) Commercial Awareness
7 16 (15.53%) Risk Management
8 15 (14.56%) Customer Retention
8 15 (14.56%) Information Security
9 14 (13.59%) Change Management
9 14 (13.59%) Decision-Making
9 14 (13.59%) Regulatory Compliance
10 13 (12.62%) Manufacturing Engineering
10 13 (12.62%) Market Research
10 13 (12.62%) Project Planning
10 13 (12.62%) Requirements Management
10 13 (12.62%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (0.97%) Bash
1 1 (0.97%) Java
1 1 (0.97%) PowerShell
1 1 (0.97%) Python
1 1 (0.97%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 20 (19.42%) CISSP
2 14 (13.59%) Degree
3 13 (12.62%) BPSS Clearance
4 12 (11.65%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 12 (11.65%) CISA
4 12 (11.65%) Cisco Certification
4 12 (11.65%) CompTIA Security+
4 12 (11.65%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
5 6 (5.83%) HNC
6 5 (4.85%) CISM
7 4 (3.88%) DBS Check
8 3 (2.91%) Security Cleared
9 2 (1.94%) CEH
9 2 (1.94%) Computer Science Degree
9 2 (1.94%) DV Cleared
9 2 (1.94%) GCIH
9 2 (1.94%) GIAC
9 2 (1.94%) HND
10 1 (0.97%) AWS Certification
10 1 (0.97%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (14.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 12 (11.65%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 11 (10.68%) GDPR
4 6 (5.83%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 2 (1.94%) NIST
5 2 (1.94%) SLA
6 1 (0.97%) COSHH
6 1 (0.97%) Cyber Essentials
Systems Management
1 2 (1.94%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.97%) Ansible
Vendors
1 13 (12.62%) Microsoft
1 13 (12.62%) Oracle
2 4 (3.88%) Facebook
3 3 (2.91%) AlienVault
4 2 (1.94%) BT
4 2 (1.94%) YouTube
5 1 (0.97%) HubSpot
5 1 (0.97%) Salesforce
5 1 (0.97%) SAP