Operations Management
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Operations Management skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Operations Management over the 6 months to 9 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 766 771 1109
Rank change year-on-year +5 +338 -296
Permanent jobs citing Operations Management 136 202 120
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.14% 0.20% 0.076%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.16% 0.21% 0.080%
Number of salaries quoted 76 95 62
10th Percentile £41,250 £35,950 £30,577
25th Percentile £47,188 £40,000 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,750 £57,500 £54,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.17% +5.50% -16.15%
75th Percentile £73,750 £80,000 £68,137
90th Percentile £85,000 £90,000 £84,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £40,000 £38,434
% change year-on-year +43.75% +4.07% -40.87%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Operations Management is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 84,809 96,894 150,102
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.57% 95.61% 95.67%
Number of salaries quoted 59,843 56,945 82,179
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,180 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.10% +1.97% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,550
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

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 9 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Operations Management in the UK

Operations Management
Top 17 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 9 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
England +34 127 £57,500 -6.12% 65
UK excluding London +1 103 £57,500 +43.75% 43
Work from Home +86 52 £62,250 -4.23% 20
North of England +46 43 £68,857 +83.62% 7
London +51 27 £72,500 - 25
North East +6 23 £42,500 +13.33% 1
East of England +37 19 £47,500 -48.65% 6
South West -9 15 - - 5
Midlands -17 13 £57,500 -9.45% 5
North West +13 11 £70,000 +122.22% 3
South East -17 10 £57,500 +43.75% 17
Yorkshire +73 9 £66,959 +13.97% 3
West Midlands +1 7 £61,125 -3.74% 4
East Midlands -12 6 £55,000 - 1
Wales - 1 £67,500 - 1
Channel Islands - 1 £100,000 -
Scotland - 1 - - 3

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:

Application Platforms
1 28 (20.59%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (3.68%) SharePoint
3 3 (2.21%) Confluence
Applications
1 17 (12.50%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (4.41%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (4.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.74%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 7 (5.15%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.74%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 29 (21.32%) Azure
2 22 (16.18%) Microsoft 365
3 20 (14.71%) Entra ID
4 11 (8.09%) Power Platform
5 9 (6.62%) WhatsApp
6 5 (3.68%) SaaS
7 3 (2.21%) Azure AKS
8 2 (1.47%) AWS
8 2 (1.47%) GitHub
8 2 (1.47%) SonarCloud
9 1 (0.74%) GitHub Actions
9 1 (0.74%) Google Workspace
9 1 (0.74%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 10 (7.35%) Firewall
2 8 (5.88%) DNS
3 7 (5.15%) DHCP
4 4 (2.94%) SSL
4 4 (2.94%) VPN
5 3 (2.21%) Broadband
5 3 (2.21%) Intrusion Detection
5 3 (2.21%) NaaS
5 3 (2.21%) VoIP
5 3 (2.21%) Wireless
6 1 (0.74%) Cisco IOS
6 1 (0.74%) FTP
6 1 (0.74%) HTTP
6 1 (0.74%) POP3
6 1 (0.74%) SMTP
6 1 (0.74%) SSH
6 1 (0.74%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.74%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (8.09%) Power BI
2 7 (5.15%) Big Data
3 6 (4.41%) Data Mining
4 4 (2.94%) MySQL
4 4 (2.94%) Power Query
5 3 (2.21%) Relational Database
6 1 (0.74%) Elasticsearch
6 1 (0.74%) Redis
6 1 (0.74%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (2.94%) JIRA
2 1 (0.74%) GitKraken
2 1 (0.74%) JetBrains Rider
2 1 (0.74%) ReSharper
2 1 (0.74%) Visual Studio
General
1 40 (29.41%) Finance
2 31 (22.79%) Social Skills
3 17 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
4 13 (9.56%) Banking
4 13 (9.56%) Law
5 12 (8.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 12 (8.82%) Legal
6 11 (8.09%) Investment Banking
6 11 (8.09%) Retail
6 11 (8.09%) Telecoms
7 6 (4.41%) Influencing Skills
8 5 (3.68%) Presentation Skills
9 4 (2.94%) Manufacturing
10 3 (2.21%) Health Technology
10 3 (2.21%) Organisational Skills
10 3 (2.21%) Public Sector
11 2 (1.47%) Documentation Skills
11 2 (1.47%) Financial Institution
12 1 (0.74%) Automotive
12 1 (0.74%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 17 (12.50%) Operations Manager
2 16 (11.76%) IT Manager
3 12 (8.82%) Cloud Specialist
3 12 (8.82%) ICT Specialist
3 12 (8.82%) Infrastructure Specialist
4 10 (7.35%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 9 (6.62%) Data Manager
6 8 (5.88%) Consultant
6 8 (5.88%) Head of Operations
7 7 (5.15%) Associate Consultant
7 7 (5.15%) ERP Consultant
7 7 (5.15%) Head of IT
7 7 (5.15%) IT Consultant
7 7 (5.15%) Service Manager
8 6 (4.41%) Developer
8 6 (4.41%) Head of IT Operations
8 6 (4.41%) IT Services Manager
9 5 (3.68%) Analyst
9 5 (3.68%) Cloud Engineer
9 5 (3.68%) ServiceNow Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (7.35%) REST
1 10 (7.35%) SOAP
2 4 (2.94%) CSS
2 4 (2.94%) HTML
3 3 (2.21%) Kafka
3 3 (2.21%) LDAP
3 3 (2.21%) ODBC
4 1 (0.74%) .NET
4 1 (0.74%) .NET Framework
4 1 (0.74%) ASP.NET
4 1 (0.74%) ASP.NET Core
4 1 (0.74%) Blazor
4 1 (0.74%) Entity Framework
4 1 (0.74%) RabbitMQ
4 1 (0.74%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 35 (25.74%) Management Information System
2 14 (10.29%) Onboarding
3 11 (8.09%) Enterprise Software
4 8 (5.88%) Self-Motivation
5 6 (4.41%) CMDB
6 4 (2.94%) PMI
6 4 (2.94%) Security Posture
7 3 (2.21%) Reinsurance
7 3 (2.21%) TM Forum
8 2 (1.47%) Analytical Mindset
8 2 (1.47%) Cyberattack
8 2 (1.47%) Security Operations Centre
9 1 (0.74%) Blockchain
9 1 (0.74%) Cloud Native
9 1 (0.74%) Cyber Threat
9 1 (0.74%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
9 1 (0.74%) Driving Licence
9 1 (0.74%) Operational Technology
9 1 (0.74%) Product Ownership
9 1 (0.74%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 27 (19.85%) Windows
2 26 (19.12%) Windows Server
3 8 (5.88%) Windows Server 2016
4 7 (5.15%) Windows Server 2012
5 1 (0.74%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.74%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 43 (31.62%) Problem-Solving
2 35 (25.74%) ITIL
3 33 (24.26%) Project Management
4 28 (20.59%) Analytics
5 26 (19.12%) Continuous Improvement
6 25 (18.38%) Agile
7 24 (17.65%) Energy Management
7 24 (17.65%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 24 (17.65%) Migration
8 22 (16.18%) Cybersecurity
8 22 (16.18%) Service Management
9 21 (15.44%) ITSM
9 21 (15.44%) Stakeholder Management
10 20 (14.71%) Roadmaps
10 20 (14.71%) Service Delivery
11 16 (11.76%) Data Analysis
11 16 (11.76%) Mentoring
12 15 (11.03%) Coaching
12 15 (11.03%) People Management
12 15 (11.03%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 15 (11.03%) SQL
2 7 (5.15%) JavaScript
3 2 (1.47%) PowerShell
4 1 (0.74%) C#
4 1 (0.74%) Python
Qualifications
1 35 (25.74%) Degree
2 13 (9.56%) Microsoft Certification
3 12 (8.82%) PMI Certification
4 9 (6.62%) CISSP
4 9 (6.62%) Master's Degree
4 9 (6.62%) MBA
5 8 (5.88%) PMP
6 5 (3.68%) ITIL Certification
7 4 (2.94%) Security Cleared
8 3 (2.21%) BPSS Clearance
8 3 (2.21%) CISM
9 2 (1.47%) Computer Science Degree
9 2 (1.47%) GIAC
10 1 (0.74%) APMP
10 1 (0.74%) CEH
10 1 (0.74%) CRISC
10 1 (0.74%) DBS Check
10 1 (0.74%) MCSA
10 1 (0.74%) SAP Certification
10 1 (0.74%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (13.24%) GDPR
2 14 (10.29%) SLA
3 12 (8.82%) QA
4 10 (7.35%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 9 (6.62%) Data Quality
6 8 (5.88%) ITGC
7 5 (3.68%) GRC
8 2 (1.47%) Accessibility
8 2 (1.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 2 (1.47%) NIST
9 1 (0.74%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.74%) WCAG
System Software
1 26 (19.12%) Active Directory
2 6 (4.41%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (3.68%) Virtual Desktop
4 4 (2.94%) Hyper-V
5 3 (2.21%) Terminal Services
6 2 (1.47%) Docker
Systems Management
1 13 (9.56%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (2.94%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.74%) CSIRT
3 1 (0.74%) Jamf Pro
3 1 (0.74%) Terraform
3 1 (0.74%) WMI
Vendors
1 32 (23.53%) Microsoft
2 18 (13.24%) VMware
3 7 (5.15%) ServiceNow
4 4 (2.94%) Splunk
5 2 (1.47%) Cisco
5 2 (1.47%) Google
6 1 (0.74%) Oracle
6 1 (0.74%) SAP