Operations Team Leader Jobs

Operations Team Lead
UK

The median Operations Team Lead salary in the UK is £55,865 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 28 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
28 May 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 705 891 936
Rank change year-on-year +186 +45 +284
Permanent jobs requiring an Operations Team Leader 6 19 28
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.011% 0.019% 0.029%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.012% 0.020% 0.031%
Number of salaries quoted 6 17 18
10th Percentile £47,744 £26,500 £51,474
25th Percentile £48,894 £28,500 £52,105
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,865 £60,000 £63,750
Median % change year-on-year -6.89% -5.88% +27.50%
75th Percentile £62,500 £67,500 £71,313
90th Percentile £70,000 £68,500 £72,875
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,729 £42,500 £58,310
% change year-on-year +21.72% -27.11% +16.62%

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 49,435 96,820 89,564
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.41% 94.78% 91.46%
Number of salaries quoted 25,727 69,155 56,824
10th Percentile £28,822 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,000 £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 £96,250 £90,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,399 £50,000 £53,500
% change year-on-year +2.80% -6.54% +6.63%

Operations Team Leader
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Operations Team Leader in the UK

Operations Team Leader
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Operations Team Leader in the UK

Operations Team Leader
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Operations Team Leader over the 6 months to 28 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Operations Team Leader in the UK

Operations Team Leader
Top 6 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Operations Team Leader within the UK over the 6 months to 28 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 +148 6 £55,865 +31.45% 11
Work from Home +117 6 £55,865 -14.05% 5
UK excluding London +181 3 £51,729 +21.72% 8
London +121 2 £60,000 -29.41% 3
South West - 2 £51,729 -
South East +87 1 £75,000 +81.82% 6

Operations Team Leader Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 28 May 2025, Operations Team Leader 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 Team Leader in the job title.

1 3 (50.00%) Social Skills
1 3 (50.00%) Service Management
1 3 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (33.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 2 (33.33%) Technical Leadership
2 2 (33.33%) SIEM
2 2 (33.33%) Process Improvement
2 2 (33.33%) Vulnerability Management
2 2 (33.33%) Cyber Threat
2 2 (33.33%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
2 2 (33.33%) Security Operations
2 2 (33.33%) Security Operations Centre
2 2 (33.33%) Cyber Intelligence
2 2 (33.33%) Security Monitoring
2 2 (33.33%) Threat Intelligence
2 2 (33.33%) Runbook
2 2 (33.33%) Strategic Thinking
2 2 (33.33%) Cloud Operations
2 2 (33.33%) ITSM
2 2 (33.33%) Management Information System
2 2 (33.33%) Workflow
2 2 (33.33%) Workflow Management
2 2 (33.33%) Degree
2 2 (33.33%) SC Cleared
2 2 (33.33%) Security Cleared
2 2 (33.33%) Technology Strategy
2 2 (33.33%) Business Strategy
2 2 (33.33%) Incident Response
2 2 (33.33%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
2 2 (33.33%) Collaborative Culture

Operations Team Leader 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (16.67%) Azure
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft 365
General
1 3 (50.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) Cyber Threat
1 2 (33.33%) Management Information System
1 2 (33.33%) Security Operations Centre
2 1 (16.67%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
1 3 (50.00%) Service Management
2 2 (33.33%) Business Strategy
2 2 (33.33%) Collaborative Culture
2 2 (33.33%) Cyber Intelligence
2 2 (33.33%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
2 2 (33.33%) Incident Response
2 2 (33.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 2 (33.33%) ITSM
2 2 (33.33%) Process Improvement
2 2 (33.33%) Security Monitoring
2 2 (33.33%) Security Operations
2 2 (33.33%) SIEM
2 2 (33.33%) Technical Leadership
2 2 (33.33%) Technology Strategy
2 2 (33.33%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
2 2 (33.33%) Threat Intelligence
2 2 (33.33%) Vulnerability Management
2 2 (33.33%) Workflow
2 2 (33.33%) Workflow Management
Qualifications
1 2 (33.33%) Degree
1 2 (33.33%) SC Cleared
1 2 (33.33%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 1 (16.67%) Cisco
2 1 (16.67%) Okta
2 1 (16.67%) Zscaler