Operations Director Jobs

Director of Operations
UK

The median Director of Operations salary in the UK is £77,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 29 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
29 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 697 894 938
Rank change year-on-year +197 +44 +257
Permanent jobs requiring an Operations Director 11 20 15
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.020% 0.019% 0.015%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.022% 0.021% 0.017%
Number of salaries quoted 4 20 13
10th Percentile - £85,000 £86,250
25th Percentile £72,500 £95,144 £92,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £105,000 £115,000
Median % change year-on-year -26.19% -8.70% +15.00%
75th Percentile £82,188 £145,000 £155,000
90th Percentile £86,125 - -
UK excluding London median annual salary - £105,000 £150,000
% change year-on-year - -30.00% +41.18%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title 49,581 97,268 88,998
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.39% 94.79% 91.42%
Number of salaries quoted 25,819 69,389 56,377
10th Percentile £28,750 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,875 £38,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -
75th Percentile £73,750 £70,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £90,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,000 £50,000 £53,500
% change year-on-year +2.00% -6.54% +6.63%

Operations Director
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Operations Director in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Operations Director in the UK

Operations Director
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Operations Director.

Salary trend for Operations Director in the UK

Operations Director
Top 7 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Operations Director within the UK over the 6 months to 29 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
England +169 11 £77,500 -34.04% 23
London +102 8 £77,500 -44.64% 7
UK excluding London +187 3 - - 21
Work from Home +115 2 - - 13
South East +94 2 - - 13
Midlands +58 1 - - 1
West Midlands +54 1 - -

Operations Director Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 29 May 2025, Operations Director 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 featuring Operations Director in the job title.

1 6 (54.55%) Finance
2 4 (36.36%) Risk Management
3 3 (27.27%) Decision-Making
3 3 (27.27%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (27.27%) Digital Media
3 3 (27.27%) Coaching
3 3 (27.27%) CCAB
3 3 (27.27%) Project Management
3 3 (27.27%) Retail
4 2 (18.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (18.18%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 2 (18.18%) Adobe
4 2 (18.18%) ITIL Certification
4 2 (18.18%) ITIL
4 2 (18.18%) PRINCE2
4 2 (18.18%) E-Commerce
4 2 (18.18%) Service Delivery
4 2 (18.18%) Change Management
4 2 (18.18%) Advertising
4 2 (18.18%) Information Security
4 2 (18.18%) Agile
4 2 (18.18%) Process Improvement
4 2 (18.18%) Cybersecurity
4 2 (18.18%) Tech Ops
4 2 (18.18%) Thought Leadership
4 2 (18.18%) Project Delivery
4 2 (18.18%) Strategic Thinking
4 2 (18.18%) GDPR
4 2 (18.18%) Cyber Essentials
4 2 (18.18%) Cost Control

Operations Director Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (9.09%) Structured Cabling
General
1 6 (54.55%) Finance
2 3 (27.27%) Retail
3 2 (18.18%) Advertising
4 1 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (9.09%) Banking
4 1 (9.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (9.09%) Marketing
4 1 (9.09%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (9.09%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 3 (27.27%) Digital Media
2 1 (9.09%) AI Agents
2 1 (9.09%) Marketing Technology
2 1 (9.09%) Media Streaming
2 1 (9.09%) Tandem
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (36.36%) Risk Management
2 3 (27.27%) Coaching
2 3 (27.27%) Decision-Making
2 3 (27.27%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (27.27%) Project Management
3 2 (18.18%) Agile
3 2 (18.18%) Change Management
3 2 (18.18%) Cost Control
3 2 (18.18%) Cybersecurity
3 2 (18.18%) Digital Strategy
3 2 (18.18%) E-Commerce
3 2 (18.18%) Information Security
3 2 (18.18%) ITIL
3 2 (18.18%) PRINCE2
3 2 (18.18%) Process Improvement
3 2 (18.18%) Project Delivery
3 2 (18.18%) Service Delivery
3 2 (18.18%) Strategic Thinking
3 2 (18.18%) Tech Ops
3 2 (18.18%) Thought Leadership
Qualifications
1 3 (27.27%) CCAB
2 2 (18.18%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (18.18%) Cyber Essentials
1 2 (18.18%) GDPR
1 2 (18.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (18.18%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Vendors
1 2 (18.18%) Adobe
1 2 (18.18%) TikTok
2 1 (9.09%) Microsoft