Head of IT Operations Jobs in England

Head of Information Technology Operations
UK > England

The median Head of Information Technology Operations salary in England is £85,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 2 June 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
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 819 893 1148
Rank change year-on-year +74 +255 -265
Permanent jobs requiring a Head of IT Operations 29 21 22
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.032% 0.025% 0.016%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.034% 0.027% 0.016%
Number of salaries quoted 13 12 21
10th Percentile - £78,750 £48,750
25th Percentile £65,000 £81,563 £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £105,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -19.05% +50.00% -15.15%
75th Percentile £102,500 £120,000 £91,250
90th Percentile £147,500 £125,625 £95,000
UK median annual salary £92,500 £110,000 £70,750
% change year-on-year -15.91% +55.48% -14.24%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 86,435 76,952 135,807
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.72% 91.31% 96.01%
Number of salaries quoted 63,785 50,234 75,047
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,000 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,567 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.32% +0.95% +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,000 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Head of IT Operations
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Head of IT Operations in England

Head of IT Operations
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Head of IT Operations in England.

Salary trend for Head of IT Operations in England

Head of IT Operations
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Head of IT Operations in England over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Head of IT Operations in England

Head of IT Operations
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Head of IT Operations within the England region over the 6 months to 2 June 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
North of England +40 14 £70,000 -17.65%
London +113 11 £125,000 +4.17% 1
Yorkshire +65 7 - -
North West -9 7 £70,000 -17.65%
Midlands -10 3 £75,000 -14.29% 2
West Midlands -10 2 £75,000 -14.29%
South East -14 2 £150,000 +81.82%
East Midlands - 1 - - 2
East of England - 1 £100,000 -
Head of IT Operations
UK

Head of IT Operations Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 2 June 2024, Head of IT Operations 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 across the England region featuring Head of IT Operations in the job title.

1 19 (65.52%) Service Delivery
2 15 (51.72%) Service Management
3 14 (48.28%) ITSM
4 13 (44.83%) PMI Certification
4 13 (44.83%) ITIL
4 13 (44.83%) SLA
4 13 (44.83%) Active Directory
4 13 (44.83%) Finance
5 9 (31.03%) Microsoft
5 9 (31.03%) Firewall
5 9 (31.03%) Decision-Making
5 9 (31.03%) Problem-Solving
6 8 (27.59%) Coaching
6 8 (27.59%) Technical Leadership
6 8 (27.59%) WAN
6 8 (27.59%) LAN
6 8 (27.59%) Microsoft 365
7 7 (24.14%) Continuous Improvement
7 7 (24.14%) Retail
7 7 (24.14%) Statistical Analysis
7 7 (24.14%) Incident Management
7 7 (24.14%) VMware
7 7 (24.14%) WLAN
7 7 (24.14%) SQL
7 7 (24.14%) VPN
7 7 (24.14%) PMI
7 7 (24.14%) Product Ownership
8 6 (20.69%) Major Incident Management
8 6 (20.69%) Critical Success Factor
8 6 (20.69%) Virtual Desktop

Head of IT Operations Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 2 (6.90%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 8 (27.59%) Microsoft 365
2 5 (17.24%) Azure
3 1 (3.45%) AWS
3 1 (3.45%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 9 (31.03%) Firewall
2 8 (27.59%) LAN
2 8 (27.59%) WAN
3 7 (24.14%) VPN
3 7 (24.14%) WLAN
4 1 (3.45%) NAS
4 1 (3.45%) SAN
4 1 (3.45%) TCP/IP
General
1 13 (44.83%) Finance
2 7 (24.14%) Retail
3 5 (17.24%) Social Skills
4 2 (6.90%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (6.90%) Financial Institution
4 2 (6.90%) Manufacturing
5 1 (3.45%) Banking
5 1 (3.45%) Law
5 1 (3.45%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (3.45%) Presentation Skills
Miscellaneous
1 7 (24.14%) PMI
1 7 (24.14%) Product Ownership
2 1 (3.45%) Enterprise Storage
Operating Systems
1 6 (20.69%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (65.52%) Service Delivery
2 15 (51.72%) Service Management
3 14 (48.28%) ITSM
4 13 (44.83%) ITIL
5 9 (31.03%) Decision-Making
5 9 (31.03%) Problem-Solving
6 8 (27.59%) Coaching
6 8 (27.59%) Technical Leadership
7 7 (24.14%) Continuous Improvement
7 7 (24.14%) Incident Management
7 7 (24.14%) Statistical Analysis
8 6 (20.69%) Critical Success Factor
8 6 (20.69%) Data Protection
8 6 (20.69%) Kanban
8 6 (20.69%) Major Incident Management
8 6 (20.69%) Operations Management
8 6 (20.69%) Scrum
8 6 (20.69%) Service Desk Management
8 6 (20.69%) Stakeholder Management
8 6 (20.69%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 7 (24.14%) SQL
Qualifications
1 13 (44.83%) PMI Certification
2 6 (20.69%) PMP
3 5 (17.24%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (44.83%) SLA
2 5 (17.24%) GDPR
3 1 (3.45%) NIST
3 1 (3.45%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 13 (44.83%) Active Directory
2 6 (20.69%) Virtual Desktop
Vendors
1 9 (31.03%) Microsoft
2 7 (24.14%) VMware
3 1 (3.45%) Cisco
3 1 (3.45%) Meraki
3 1 (3.45%) Palo Alto
3 1 (3.45%) Snow