Operations Manager
UK

The median Operations Manager salary in the UK is £57,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 18 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
18 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 615 762 833
Rank change year-on-year +147 +71 -118
Permanent jobs requiring an Operations Manager 292 242 391
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.30% 0.23% 0.26%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.32% 0.25% 0.27%
Number of salaries quoted 231 161 192
10th Percentile £40,500 £46,250 £47,500
25th Percentile £48,144 £53,970 £60,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £67,500 £72,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.81% -6.25% +25.22%
75th Percentile £68,750 £77,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £85,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -15.38% - +30.00%

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 92,025 97,996 146,640
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.63% 91.64% 96.02%
Number of salaries quoted 66,479 61,282 85,815
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.67% - +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 Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Operations Manager in the UK

Operations Manager
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Operations Manager in the UK

Operations Manager
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Operations Manager over the 6 months to 18 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Operations Manager in the UK

Operations Manager
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 Manager within the UK over the 6 months to 18 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 +160 242 £57,500 -17.86% 106
UK excluding London +57 184 £55,000 -15.38% 57
London +147 82 £67,500 -10.00% 51
Work from Home +73 58 £57,500 -17.86% 35
North of England +47 42 £60,000 -11.11% 14
South East +50 40 £55,000 -21.43% 16
East of England +54 30 £52,500 +10.53% 4
North West +21 24 £62,500 +8.11% 11
Midlands +1 24 £53,500 -24.65% 10
South West 0 24 £57,500 +15.00% 10
Scotland -54 19 £57,500 +4.55% 4
West Midlands +28 17 £53,500 -17.69% 7
Yorkshire +55 12 £50,000 -28.57% 3
East Midlands -10 7 £60,000 -15.49% 2
North East 0 6 £35,000 -
Channel Islands - 3 - -
Wales +3 2 £58,750 +1.63%

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

For the 6 months to 18 April 2024, 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.

1 66 (22.60%) Finance
1 66 (22.60%) Social Skills
2 61 (20.89%) Microsoft
3 50 (17.12%) Degree
4 48 (16.44%) Azure
5 47 (16.10%) Service Delivery
6 43 (14.73%) Continuous Improvement
7 42 (14.38%) ITIL
7 42 (14.38%) Cybersecurity
8 41 (14.04%) Project Management
9 33 (11.30%) Microsoft 365
10 32 (10.96%) Problem-Solving
11 28 (9.59%) Customer Service
11 28 (9.59%) Change Management
12 27 (9.25%) Windows
12 27 (9.25%) Data Centre
12 27 (9.25%) Security Operations
13 26 (8.90%) People Management
14 25 (8.56%) Service Management
14 25 (8.56%) Logistics
15 24 (8.22%) Project Delivery
16 22 (7.53%) Business Strategy
16 22 (7.53%) Management Information System
17 21 (7.19%) AWS
17 21 (7.19%) Onboarding
17 21 (7.19%) Tech Ops
18 20 (6.85%) Line Management
18 20 (6.85%) Retail
19 19 (6.51%) Operations Management
20 18 (6.16%) SLA

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:

Application Platforms
1 13 (4.45%) Microsoft Exchange
2 12 (4.11%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.68%) Confluence
4 1 (0.34%) CMS
4 1 (0.34%) MTS
Applications
1 14 (4.79%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (4.11%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.68%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.34%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.34%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 5 (1.71%) Salesforce CRM
2 4 (1.37%) SAP CX
3 3 (1.03%) Payment Gateway
3 3 (1.03%) SAP ERP
4 2 (0.68%) Raiser’s Edge
4 2 (0.68%) SAP CRM
5 1 (0.34%) SAP Business One
5 1 (0.34%) SAP Oil and Gas
Cloud Services
1 48 (16.44%) Azure
2 33 (11.30%) Microsoft 365
3 21 (7.19%) AWS
4 10 (3.42%) Cloud Computing
4 10 (3.42%) IaaS
5 8 (2.74%) GCP
5 8 (2.74%) PaaS
6 6 (2.05%) Entra ID
7 5 (1.71%) Salesforce Service Cloud
8 4 (1.37%) Google Workspace
8 4 (1.37%) Power Platform
9 3 (1.03%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
10 2 (0.68%) Amazon Cognito
10 2 (0.68%) Amazon SQS
10 2 (0.68%) AWS Lambda
10 2 (0.68%) Boomi
10 2 (0.68%) Datadog
10 2 (0.68%) Mimecast
10 2 (0.68%) Prefect
10 2 (0.68%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 14 (4.79%) Firewall
2 12 (4.11%) LAN
2 12 (4.11%) VoIP
3 11 (3.77%) Network Security
3 11 (3.77%) VPN
4 10 (3.42%) WAN
5 8 (2.74%) SD-WAN
5 8 (2.74%) Wi-Fi
6 7 (2.40%) SMS
7 5 (1.71%) BIG-IP
7 5 (1.71%) Cisco Nexus
7 5 (1.71%) Wireless
8 4 (1.37%) DNS
8 4 (1.37%) HTTP
8 4 (1.37%) MQTT
8 4 (1.37%) TCP/IP
9 3 (1.03%) Unified Communications
10 2 (0.68%) WLAN
11 1 (0.34%) Broadband
11 1 (0.34%) DHCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (3.42%) SQL Server
2 4 (1.37%) Power BI
3 3 (1.03%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (0.68%) Data Lake
4 2 (0.68%) Parquet
4 2 (0.68%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.34%) Amazon Aurora
5 1 (0.34%) FileMaker
5 1 (0.34%) Metadata
5 1 (0.34%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 6 (2.05%) JIRA
General
1 66 (22.60%) Finance
1 66 (22.60%) Social Skills
2 20 (6.85%) Retail
3 18 (6.16%) Analytical Skills
4 14 (4.79%) Local Government
4 14 (4.79%) Manufacturing
5 11 (3.77%) Law
6 9 (3.08%) Legal
6 9 (3.08%) Organisational Skills
7 8 (2.74%) Telecoms
8 7 (2.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 7 (2.40%) Marketing
9 6 (2.05%) Banking
9 6 (2.05%) Public Sector
10 5 (1.71%) Environmental Health
10 5 (1.71%) Games
11 4 (1.37%) Billing
12 3 (1.03%) Back Office
12 3 (1.03%) Electronics
12 3 (1.03%) Italian Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (2.05%) .NET
2 5 (1.71%) HTML
3 4 (1.37%) CSS
3 4 (1.37%) Node.js
4 3 (1.03%) .NET Framework
5 2 (0.68%) JSON
5 2 (0.68%) RESTful
6 1 (0.34%) Express.js
6 1 (0.34%) Flash
6 1 (0.34%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 27 (9.25%) Data Centre
2 22 (7.53%) Management Information System
3 21 (7.19%) Onboarding
4 11 (3.77%) Self-Motivation
5 10 (3.42%) Cyber Threat
6 9 (3.08%) Security Operations Centre
7 8 (2.74%) NHS
8 6 (2.05%) Cyber Security Posture
9 5 (1.71%) Operational Technology
9 5 (1.71%) SCADA
10 3 (1.03%) Analytical Mindset
10 3 (1.03%) Client/Server
10 3 (1.03%) Cyberattack
10 3 (1.03%) Driving Licence
10 3 (1.03%) Enterprise Software
10 3 (1.03%) Reinsurance
11 2 (0.68%) BYOD
11 2 (0.68%) FMCG
11 2 (0.68%) Private Cloud
11 2 (0.68%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 27 (9.25%) Windows
2 5 (1.71%) Windows 10
3 4 (1.37%) Linux
4 3 (1.03%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.34%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 47 (16.10%) Service Delivery
2 43 (14.73%) Continuous Improvement
3 42 (14.38%) Cybersecurity
3 42 (14.38%) ITIL
4 41 (14.04%) Project Management
5 32 (10.96%) Problem-Solving
6 28 (9.59%) Change Management
6 28 (9.59%) Customer Service
7 27 (9.25%) Security Operations
8 26 (8.90%) People Management
9 25 (8.56%) Logistics
9 25 (8.56%) Service Management
10 24 (8.22%) Project Delivery
11 22 (7.53%) Business Strategy
12 21 (7.19%) Tech Ops
13 20 (6.85%) Line Management
14 19 (6.51%) Operations Management
15 18 (6.16%) Process Improvement
16 17 (5.82%) Customer Experience
16 17 (5.82%) ITSM
Programming Languages
1 15 (5.14%) SQL
2 7 (2.40%) Java
3 4 (1.37%) Python
4 3 (1.03%) T-SQL
5 2 (0.68%) Scala
6 1 (0.34%) Bash
6 1 (0.34%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 50 (17.12%) Degree
2 9 (3.08%) HNC
3 8 (2.74%) Azure Certification
3 8 (2.74%) ITIL Certification
4 6 (2.05%) DBS Check
4 6 (2.05%) Microsoft Certification
4 6 (2.05%) Security Cleared
5 5 (1.71%) SC Cleared
6 3 (1.03%) BPSS Clearance
6 3 (1.03%) Master's Degree
6 3 (1.03%) MCP
6 3 (1.03%) MCSE
7 2 (0.68%) DV Cleared
7 2 (0.68%) HND
7 2 (0.68%) MBA
7 2 (0.68%) PMI Certification
8 1 (0.34%) AAT
8 1 (0.34%) CASP
8 1 (0.34%) GCIA
8 1 (0.34%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (6.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 18 (6.16%) SLA
2 16 (5.48%) NEBOSH
3 15 (5.14%) GDPR
4 9 (3.08%) Cyber Essentials
5 6 (2.05%) ISO 9001
5 6 (2.05%) QA
5 6 (2.05%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 5 (1.71%) Accessibility
7 4 (1.37%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 4 (1.37%) NIST
8 3 (1.03%) PMO
9 2 (0.68%) PCI DSS
9 2 (0.68%) SOC 2
10 1 (0.34%) GRC
10 1 (0.34%) ISO 22301
10 1 (0.34%) ISO 9000
10 1 (0.34%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 1 (0.34%) NCSC
System Software
1 16 (5.48%) Active Directory
2 10 (3.42%) Hyper-V
3 5 (1.71%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (1.37%) Firmware
5 3 (1.03%) Terminal Services
5 3 (1.03%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 7 (2.40%) WSUS
2 5 (1.71%) QRadar
2 5 (1.71%) SCOM
2 5 (1.71%) Terraform
3 4 (1.37%) Microsoft Intune
4 3 (1.03%) Ansible
5 2 (0.68%) McAfee ePO
6 1 (0.34%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 61 (20.89%) Microsoft
2 17 (5.82%) Cisco
3 13 (4.45%) Salesforce
4 12 (4.11%) VMware
5 10 (3.42%) SAP
6 9 (3.08%) Siemens
7 8 (2.74%) Citrix
7 8 (2.74%) Google
8 7 (2.40%) SolarWinds
9 5 (1.71%) AppDynamics
9 5 (1.71%) Darktrace
9 5 (1.71%) Dynatrace
10 3 (1.03%) HubSpot
10 3 (1.03%) QAD
10 3 (1.03%) Reuters
10 3 (1.03%) Splunk
10 3 (1.03%) Xero
11 2 (0.68%) Adobe
11 2 (0.68%) Forcepoint
11 2 (0.68%) McAfee