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 30 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 30 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 533 | 617 | 751 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +84 | +134 | +51 |
| Permanent jobs requiring an Operations Manager | 181 | 308 | 211 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.33% | 0.30% | 0.22% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.36% | 0.31% | 0.24% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 75 | 247 | 150 |
| 10th Percentile | £39,500 | £40,000 | £50,000 |
| 25th Percentile | £61,250 | £47,500 | £61,250 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £65,000 | £57,500 | £70,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +13.04% | -17.86% | -3.11% |
| 75th Percentile | £74,445 | £70,000 | £80,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £83,150 | £83,100 | £88,750 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £63,750 | £57,000 | £67,500 |
| % change year-on-year | +11.84% | -15.56% | +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 | 50,066 | 97,923 | 88,829 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 90.36% | 94.81% | 91.43% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 26,124 | 69,761 | 56,179 |
| 10th Percentile | £28,750 | £28,500 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £40,750 | £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 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 30 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 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 |
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| England | +64 | 164 | £65,000 | +13.04% | 444 |
| UK excluding London | +106 | 101 | £63,750 | +11.84% | 431 |
| London | +86 | 71 | £65,000 | +4.00% | 83 |
| North of England | +47 | 33 | £62,500 | +4.17% | 104 |
| Midlands | +77 | 22 | £67,500 | +22.73% | 66 |
| East of England | +41 | 22 | - | - | 56 |
| Work from Home | +78 | 21 | £88,750 | +57.78% | 86 |
| North West | +10 | 20 | £35,000 | -45.10% | 63 |
| West Midlands | +51 | 16 | £67,500 | +26.17% | 37 |
| South East | +55 | 11 | £74,000 | +30.97% | 142 |
| Yorkshire | +57 | 10 | £62,500 | +25.00% | 33 |
| Scotland | +107 | 6 | - | - | 20 |
| East Midlands | +44 | 6 | £35,000 | -50.00% | 24 |
| South West | +84 | 4 | £63,835 | +11.02% | 44 |
| Northern Ireland | - | 4 | - | - | 4 |
| North East | +44 | 3 | - | - | 9 |
Operations Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 30 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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