Operations Management Job Trends in Wakefield

Operations Management
West Yorkshire > Wakefield

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Wakefield requiring Operations Management skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 24 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 17 - 26
Rank change year-on-year - - +20
Permanent jobs citing Operations Management 1 0 3
As % of all permanent jobs in Wakefield 0.83% - 2.73%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.28% - 2.97%
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - - -
West Yorkshire median annual salary - - £66,959
% change year-on-year - - -9.21%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Wakefield

Operations Management falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Wakefield.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 78 61 101
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wakefield 65.00% 100.00% 91.82%
Number of salaries quoted 63 42 69
10th Percentile £32,500 - £25,500
25th Percentile £36,250 - £27,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £42,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.19% -6.67% -
75th Percentile £60,000 - £63,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £48,164 £75,000
West Yorkshire median annual salary £55,000 £53,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +2.80% +1.90% -4.55%

Operations Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Wakefield

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Operations Management relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Wakefield.

Operations Management job vacancy trend in Wakefield

Operations Management
Salary Trend in Wakefield

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Wakefield citing Operations Management.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Wakefield citing Operations Management

Operations Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Wakefield by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Operations Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Backlog Management
1 1 (100.00%) Collaborative Culture
1 1 (100.00%) Commercial Awareness
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) Escalation Management
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Management
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) ITSM
1 1 (100.00%) Major Incident Management
1 1 (100.00%) Process Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Root Cause Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Service Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Service Management
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) SLA