Operations Management Job Trends in the West Midlands

Operations Management
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the West Midlands requiring Operations Management skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 168 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Operations Management 2 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in the West Midlands 0.038% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.046% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 - -
England median annual salary £72,500 £67,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year +7.41% -3.57% +27.27%

All Process & Methodology Skills
West Midlands

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 the West Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 4,314 3,806 3,278
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 82.12% 91.45% 87.02%
Number of salaries quoted 2,238 1,700 2,744
10th Percentile £29,000 £32,500 £26,500
25th Percentile £38,125 £41,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £67,500 £70,000 £63,250
90th Percentile £82,500 £82,500 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Operations Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Operations Management job vacancy trend in the West Midlands

Operations Management
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Operations Management.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Operations Management

Operations Management
Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Operations Management within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 11 January 2026. 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
Walsall - 1 £45,000 -
Shropshire - 1 - -
Operations Management
England

Operations Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West Midlands 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (50.00%) ArcGIS
1 1 (50.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (50.00%) SmartSuite
Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Azure
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) Geospatial Data
1 1 (50.00%) GIS
General
1 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Delivery Manager
1 1 (50.00%) GIS Technician
1 1 (50.00%) ICT Manager
1 1 (50.00%) ICT Service Delivery Manager
1 1 (50.00%) Service Delivery Manager
1 1 (50.00%) Service Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Service Delivery
2 1 (50.00%) Collaborative Working
2 1 (50.00%) Data Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) ITIL
2 1 (50.00%) Spatial Analysis
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft