Director of Operations
UK

The median Director of Operations salary in the UK is £105,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 875 965 1159
Rank change year-on-year +90 +194 -291
Permanent jobs requiring an Operations Director 19 24 37
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.019% 0.023% 0.024%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.020% 0.025% 0.025%
Number of salaries quoted 19 13 18
10th Percentile £85,000 £91,500 £77,500
25th Percentile £92,787 £95,000 £81,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £105,000 £115,000 £100,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +15.00% -13.04%
75th Percentile £145,000 £155,000 £109,688
90th Percentile - - £137,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £105,000 £150,000 £106,250
% change year-on-year -30.00% +41.18% +46.55%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes 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 92,894 96,310 147,847
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.63% 91.58% 96.06%
Number of salaries quoted 66,756 60,420 85,018
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,923 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.80% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%

Operations Director
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Operations Director in the UK

Operations Director
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Operations Director in the UK

Operations Director
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Operations Director over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Operations Director in the UK

Operations Director
Top 8 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Operations Director within the UK over the 6 months to 25 April 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 +104 17 £105,000 -20.75% 30
UK excluding London +1 10 £105,000 -30.00% 9
London +126 6 £140,000 +33.33% 21
South East +20 6 £105,000 -30.00% 3
Work from Home +95 5 £140,000 -6.67% 10
West Midlands +20 3 £90,000 - 1
Midlands +9 3 £90,000 - 2
South West - 1 £130,000 - 3

Operations Director Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 25 April 2024, Operations Director 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 Director in the job title.

1 10 (52.63%) ITIL
1 10 (52.63%) Service Management
2 8 (42.11%) Strategic Planning
2 8 (42.11%) Continuous Improvement
3 6 (31.58%) Telecoms
3 6 (31.58%) Service Delivery
3 6 (31.58%) Change Management
3 6 (31.58%) Cybersecurity
3 6 (31.58%) Budgeting
4 5 (26.32%) NETCONF
4 5 (26.32%) Roadmaps
4 5 (26.32%) Line Management
4 5 (26.32%) Coaching
4 5 (26.32%) GDPR
4 5 (26.32%) Process Improvement
4 5 (26.32%) HIPAA
4 5 (26.32%) Test Automation
4 5 (26.32%) Capacity Planning
4 5 (26.32%) Network Management
4 5 (26.32%) Trend Analysis
4 5 (26.32%) High Availability
4 5 (26.32%) Cyber Threat
4 5 (26.32%) Contract Negotiation
4 5 (26.32%) Thought Leadership
4 5 (26.32%) Strategic Roadmap
4 5 (26.32%) Major Incident Management
4 5 (26.32%) Cost Management
4 5 (26.32%) ITSM
4 5 (26.32%) Security Management
4 5 (26.32%) Wi-Fi

Operations Director 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (5.26%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 3 (15.79%) SaaS
2 1 (5.26%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 5 (26.32%) MPLS
1 5 (26.32%) SNMP
1 5 (26.32%) Wi-Fi
General
1 6 (31.58%) Telecoms
2 3 (15.79%) Finance
2 3 (15.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 3 (15.79%) Social Skills
3 1 (5.26%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (5.26%) Marketing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (26.32%) NETCONF
Miscellaneous
1 5 (26.32%) CMDB
1 5 (26.32%) Cyber Threat
2 1 (5.26%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (52.63%) ITIL
1 10 (52.63%) Service Management
2 8 (42.11%) Continuous Improvement
2 8 (42.11%) Strategic Planning
3 6 (31.58%) Budgeting
3 6 (31.58%) Change Management
3 6 (31.58%) Cybersecurity
3 6 (31.58%) Service Delivery
4 5 (26.32%) B2B
4 5 (26.32%) Capacity Planning
4 5 (26.32%) Incident Management
4 5 (26.32%) ITSM
4 5 (26.32%) Line Management
4 5 (26.32%) Network Management
4 5 (26.32%) Problem Management
4 5 (26.32%) Process Improvement
4 5 (26.32%) Roadmaps
4 5 (26.32%) Security Management
4 5 (26.32%) Test Automation
4 5 (26.32%) Trend Analysis
Qualifications
1 5 (26.32%) ITIL Certification
2 2 (10.53%) Degree
3 1 (5.26%) Master's Degree
3 1 (5.26%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (26.32%) GDPR
1 5 (26.32%) HIPAA
1 5 (26.32%) SLA
Vendors
1 1 (5.26%) Salesforce