Operations Management Jobs

Operations Management
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies 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 30 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 665 783 774
Rank change year-on-year +118 -9 +339
Permanent jobs citing Operations Management 44 129 188
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.079% 0.12% 0.19%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.085% 0.15% 0.20%
Number of salaries quoted 35 73 90
10th Percentile £34,133 £41,250 £36,200
25th Percentile £39,125 £46,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £57,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% -8.00% +25.00%
75th Percentile £77,375 £73,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £90,450 £82,500 £90,375
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £57,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year -13.04% +43.75% -5.88%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 51,902 86,889 92,846
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 93.67% 84.13% 95.56%
Number of salaries quoted 25,611 60,763 54,796
10th Percentile £28,822 £29,250 £34,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,443 £55,000 £60,899
Median % change year-on-year +4.44% -9.69% +1.50%
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £81,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £92,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,574 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +3.15% -9.09% +4.76%

Operations Management
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Operations Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Operations Management in the UK

Operations Management
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Operations Management in the UK

Operations Management
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Operations Management over the 6 months to 30 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Operations Management in the UK

Operations Management
Top 12 Job Locations

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 over the 6 months to 30 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 +77 39 £51,500 -10.43% 279
UK excluding London +127 31 £50,000 -13.04% 284
Work from Home +83 15 £50,000 -19.68% 111
South West +100 10 £50,000 - 31
London +99 10 £78,500 +8.28% 29
North of England +20 9 £59,500 -12.38% 60
North East +31 7 £60,750 +42.94% 10
South East +83 5 £38,000 -33.91% 83
Midlands +78 5 £53,000 -7.83% 55
West Midlands +54 3 £53,000 -13.29% 30
Scotland +119 2 £90,051 - 9
North West -1 2 £47,250 -32.50% 28

Operations Management
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:

Applications
1 1 (2.27%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 4 (9.09%) Azure
1 4 (9.09%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (6.82%) SaaS
3 2 (4.55%) Cloud Computing
4 1 (2.27%) Azure AKS
4 1 (2.27%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (2.27%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 3 (6.82%) Firewall
1 3 (6.82%) LAN
1 3 (6.82%) Network Security
1 3 (6.82%) VLAN
1 3 (6.82%) WAN
2 1 (2.27%) DHCP
2 1 (2.27%) DNS
2 1 (2.27%) RFID
2 1 (2.27%) TCP/IP
2 1 (2.27%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (6.82%) GIS
2 2 (4.55%) Elasticsearch
General
1 22 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 10 (22.73%) Finance
3 5 (11.36%) Retail
4 4 (9.09%) Banking
5 3 (6.82%) Welsh Language
6 2 (4.55%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (4.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (2.27%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (2.27%) Health Technology
7 1 (2.27%) Manufacturing
7 1 (2.27%) Military
7 1 (2.27%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (2.27%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (2.27%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 6 (13.64%) Operations Manager
2 4 (9.09%) Head of IT
2 4 (9.09%) Head of Operations
3 3 (6.82%) Administrator
3 3 (6.82%) IT Manager
3 3 (6.82%) Network Engineer
3 3 (6.82%) Senior
3 3 (6.82%) Senior Manager
3 3 (6.82%) Service Manager
3 3 (6.82%) Technical Support
4 2 (4.55%) Consultant
4 2 (4.55%) Cybersecurity Manager
4 2 (4.55%) IT Administrator
4 2 (4.55%) IT Security Administrator
4 2 (4.55%) Presales Consultant
4 2 (4.55%) Security Administrator
4 2 (4.55%) Security Manager
5 1 (2.27%) Azure Engineer
5 1 (2.27%) Finance Manager
5 1 (2.27%) Head of IT Operations
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (6.82%) 802.1X
1 3 (6.82%) EDI
2 1 (2.27%) Ajax
2 1 (2.27%) AngularJS
2 1 (2.27%) CSS
2 1 (2.27%) HTML
2 1 (2.27%) LDAP
2 1 (2.27%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 6 (13.64%) Onboarding
2 4 (9.09%) Data Centre
3 2 (4.55%) Cyber Security Posture
3 2 (4.55%) Hybrid Cloud
3 2 (4.55%) Management Information System
4 1 (2.27%) Cyber Defence
4 1 (2.27%) Cyber Threat
4 1 (2.27%) Driving Licence
4 1 (2.27%) Lidar
4 1 (2.27%) NHS
4 1 (2.27%) Product Ownership
4 1 (2.27%) Security Posture
4 1 (2.27%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 5 (11.36%) Windows
2 3 (6.82%) Windows Server
3 2 (4.55%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (29.55%) Project Management
2 9 (20.45%) Cybersecurity
3 8 (18.18%) Service Delivery
4 6 (13.64%) Budget Management
4 6 (13.64%) IT Strategy
5 5 (11.36%) Continuous Improvement
5 5 (11.36%) Data Protection
5 5 (11.36%) Energy Management
5 5 (11.36%) Information Security
5 5 (11.36%) ITIL
5 5 (11.36%) Line Management
5 5 (11.36%) Problem-Solving
6 4 (9.09%) Analytics
6 4 (9.09%) Project Delivery
6 4 (9.09%) Resource Allocation
6 4 (9.09%) Risk Management
6 4 (9.09%) Security Operations
7 3 (6.82%) Budgeting and Forecasting
7 3 (6.82%) Budgeting and Resource Allocation
7 3 (6.82%) Data-Driven Decision Making
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.27%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 13 (29.55%) Degree
2 3 (6.82%) CCNA
2 3 (6.82%) CCNP
2 3 (6.82%) Cisco Certification
2 3 (6.82%) DBS Check
2 3 (6.82%) PMI Certification
2 3 (6.82%) PMP
3 2 (4.55%) CISA
3 2 (4.55%) CISM
3 2 (4.55%) CISSP
3 2 (4.55%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (2.27%) ACCA
4 1 (2.27%) CIMA
4 1 (2.27%) DV Cleared
4 1 (2.27%) ITIL Certification
4 1 (2.27%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
4 1 (2.27%) SC Cleared
4 1 (2.27%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (9.09%) GDPR
2 3 (6.82%) SLA
3 2 (4.55%) Cyber Essentials
3 2 (4.55%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 2 (4.55%) ISO 9001
3 2 (4.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (4.55%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
3 2 (4.55%) NIST
System Software
1 2 (4.55%) Docker
2 1 (2.27%) Active Directory
2 1 (2.27%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 1 (2.27%) Kubernetes
1 1 (2.27%) Single Sign-On
1 1 (2.27%) Terraform
Vendors
1 10 (22.73%) Microsoft
2 3 (6.82%) CheckPoint
2 3 (6.82%) Cisco
2 3 (6.82%) Meraki
3 1 (2.27%) Remedy
3 1 (2.27%) ServiceNow