Hybrid/Remote Operations Director Job Trends

Director of Operations
UK > Work from Home

The median Director of Operations salary for remote or hybrid work is £102,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 3 September 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

 6 months to
3 Sep 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 422 501 524
Rank change year-on-year +79 +23 +324
Permanent jobs requiring an Operations Director 3 6 3
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.018% 0.025% 0.011%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.020% 0.026% 0.012%
Number of salaries quoted 1 6 3
10th Percentile - £111,250 £63,700
25th Percentile £98,750 £125,625 £70,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £102,500 £140,000 £85,000
Median % change year-on-year -26.79% +64.71% -29.17%
75th Percentile £106,250 £145,000 £95,000
90th Percentile - - £99,500
UK median annual salary £75,000 £105,000 £90,000
% change year-on-year -28.57% +16.67% -10.00%

All DemandTrendPermanent IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies with WFH or hybrid options. 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 Work from Home with a recognized job title 15,149 23,310 25,285
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.70% 96.33% 96.34%
Number of salaries quoted 9,239 15,981 20,810
10th Percentile £29,750 £35,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £43,750 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,965 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -0.80% -7.26% +4.17%
75th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £96,250 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - -8.33% -

Operations Director
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options which featured Operations Director in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Operations Director trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Operations Director
Salary Trend for Jobs with Hybrid Work Options

Salary distribution trend for remote Operations Director job vacancies.

Salary distribution trend for remote Operations Director job vacancies

Operations Director Skill Set
Top 18 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

For the 6 months to 3 September 2025, 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 jobs with hybrid or remote work options featuring Operations Director in the job title.

1 2 (66.67%) E-Commerce
1 2 (66.67%) Adobe
1 2 (66.67%) Digital Media
1 2 (66.67%) Coaching
1 2 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (66.67%) Thought Leadership
1 2 (66.67%) TikTok
1 2 (66.67%) Digital Strategy
1 2 (66.67%) Advertising
1 2 (66.67%) Retail
2 1 (33.33%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (33.33%) CRM
2 1 (33.33%) Business Strategy
2 1 (33.33%) Collaborative Culture
2 1 (33.33%) Value Proposition
2 1 (33.33%) Service Delivery
2 1 (33.33%) ERP
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft

Operations Director Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Dynamics CRM
General
1 2 (66.67%) Advertising
1 2 (66.67%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Digital Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Coaching
1 2 (66.67%) Digital Strategy
1 2 (66.67%) E-Commerce
1 2 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (66.67%) Thought Leadership
2 1 (33.33%) Business Strategy
2 1 (33.33%) Collaborative Culture
2 1 (33.33%) CRM
2 1 (33.33%) ERP
2 1 (33.33%) Service Delivery
2 1 (33.33%) Value Proposition
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Adobe
1 2 (66.67%) TikTok
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft
48 Operations Director jobs Nationwide