Operations Manager
UK
The median Operations Manager salary in the UK is £65,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 31 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 31 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 515 | 615 | 761 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +100 | +146 | +53 |
| Permanent jobs requiring an Operations Manager | 189 | 305 | 208 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.34% | 0.29% | 0.22% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.37% | 0.31% | 0.24% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 81 | 244 | 147 |
| 10th Percentile | £37,000 | £40,000 | £50,000 |
| 25th Percentile | £57,670 | £47,500 | £61,250 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £65,000 | £57,500 | £70,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +13.04% | -17.86% | -3.45% |
| 75th Percentile | £74,445 | £70,000 | £80,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £83,750 | £83,550 | £88,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £62,500 | £56,500 | £67,500 |
| % change year-on-year | +10.62% | -16.30% | +3.85% |
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 | 50,444 | 98,297 | 87,491 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 90.33% | 94.81% | 91.34% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 26,384 | 69,991 | 55,965 |
| 10th Percentile | £28,750 | £28,500 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £40,748 | £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% | +6.49% |
Operations Manager
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Operations Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Operations Manager
Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Operations Manager.
Operations Manager
Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing Operations Manager over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.
Operations Manager
Top 16 Job Locations
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 over the 6 months to 31 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 |
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| England | +86 | 172 | £65,000 | +13.04% | 199 |
| UK excluding London | +103 | 104 | £62,500 | +10.62% | 83 |
| London | +82 | 76 | £65,000 | +4.00% | 126 |
| North of England | +37 | 34 | £62,500 | +2.04% | 26 |
| Work from Home | +85 | 26 | £78,750 | +40.00% | 77 |
| Midlands | +57 | 23 | £67,500 | +22.73% | 13 |
| East of England | +44 | 22 | - | - | 12 |
| North West | +5 | 21 | £35,000 | -46.15% | 20 |
| West Midlands | +50 | 17 | £67,500 | +26.17% | 8 |
| South East | +46 | 12 | £74,000 | +30.97% | 18 |
| Yorkshire | +55 | 10 | £62,500 | +25.00% | 5 |
| Scotland | +111 | 6 | - | - | 3 |
| East Midlands | +41 | 6 | £35,000 | -50.00% | 4 |
| South West | +91 | 4 | £63,835 | +11.02% | 9 |
| Northern Ireland | - | 4 | - | - | |
| North East | +47 | 3 | - | - | 1 |
Operations Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 31 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 featuring Operations Manager in the job title.
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Operations Manager 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:
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