IT Operations Manager Jobs in England

IT Operations Manager
UK > England

The median IT Operations Manager salary in England is £62,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 8 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
8 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 791 781 1114
Rank change year-on-year -10 +333 -262
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Operations Manager 70 92 66
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.075% 0.11% 0.046%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.079% 0.12% 0.048%
Number of salaries quoted 54 67 49
10th Percentile £47,500 £49,500 £42,500
25th Percentile £52,500 £61,875 £60,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £75,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +11.11% +17.39%
75th Percentile £87,500 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £94,250 £99,400 £92,500
UK median annual salary £62,500 £75,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -16.67% +15.38% +13.04%

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 88,935 75,643 138,160
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.74% 91.23% 95.96%
Number of salaries quoted 65,011 49,623 75,965
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,402 £45,000 £43,023
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,331 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.98% +0.55% +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,250 £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%

IT Operations Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Operations Manager in England

IT Operations Manager
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for IT Operations Manager in England

IT Operations Manager
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Operations Manager in England over the 6 months to 8 June 2024.

Salary histogram for IT Operations Manager in England

IT Operations Manager
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IT Operations Manager within the England region over the 6 months to 8 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
London +69 38 £70,000 -12.50% 2
North of England +4 16 £62,500 -10.71% 1
Midlands -30 10 £59,500 +16.21%
Yorkshire +56 9 £35,000 -51.72% 1
West Midlands +2 9 £56,500 +10.35%
North West -4 7 £62,500 +9.03%
South East -14 4 £56,500 -24.67% 4
East of England -12 2 £70,000 +55.56% 2
East Midlands - 1 £80,000 -
IT Operations Manager
UK

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

For the 6 months to 8 June 2024, IT 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 across the England region featuring IT Operations Manager in the job title.

1 28 (40.00%) Microsoft
2 27 (38.57%) Azure
3 26 (37.14%) Finance
4 19 (27.14%) ITIL
4 19 (27.14%) Microsoft 365
5 17 (24.29%) Change Management
6 16 (22.86%) Windows
7 15 (21.43%) Service Delivery
8 14 (20.00%) Service Management
8 14 (20.00%) Degree
9 12 (17.14%) Problem-Solving
10 11 (15.71%) Retail
10 11 (15.71%) AWS
10 11 (15.71%) Project Management
11 10 (14.29%) Active Directory
11 10 (14.29%) Incident Management
12 9 (12.86%) Problem Management
12 9 (12.86%) Supplier Management
12 9 (12.86%) SharePoint
12 9 (12.86%) SQL Server
12 9 (12.86%) ITSM
12 9 (12.86%) Social Skills
13 8 (11.43%) VMware
14 7 (10.00%) Management Information System
14 7 (10.00%) SQL
14 7 (10.00%) SLA
14 7 (10.00%) Cisco
14 7 (10.00%) Agile
14 7 (10.00%) Continuous Improvement
14 7 (10.00%) Azure Certification

IT Operations Manager 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 9 (12.86%) SharePoint
2 2 (2.86%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 4 (5.71%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (5.71%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (4.29%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 27 (38.57%) Azure
2 19 (27.14%) Microsoft 365
3 11 (15.71%) AWS
4 6 (8.57%) Cloud Computing
4 6 (8.57%) IaaS
4 6 (8.57%) PaaS
5 5 (7.14%) GCP
6 4 (5.71%) Power Platform
7 3 (4.29%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
7 3 (4.29%) Salesforce Service Cloud
8 2 (2.86%) Mimecast
8 2 (2.86%) WhatsApp
9 1 (1.43%) Azure DevOps
9 1 (1.43%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 1 (1.43%) Entra ID
9 1 (1.43%) Google Workspace
9 1 (1.43%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (7.14%) BIG-IP
1 5 (7.14%) Cisco Nexus
2 4 (5.71%) Firewall
3 3 (4.29%) DNS
3 3 (4.29%) LAN
3 3 (4.29%) TCP/IP
4 2 (2.86%) Network Security
4 2 (2.86%) VoIP
5 1 (1.43%) SD-WAN
5 1 (1.43%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (12.86%) SQL Server
2 4 (5.71%) Power BI
3 2 (2.86%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 3 (4.29%) JIRA
General
1 26 (37.14%) Finance
2 11 (15.71%) Retail
3 9 (12.86%) Social Skills
4 5 (7.14%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (5.71%) Electronics
6 3 (4.29%) Advertising
6 3 (4.29%) Banking
6 3 (4.29%) Billing
6 3 (4.29%) Marketing
7 2 (2.86%) Law
8 1 (1.43%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (1.43%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (1.43%) Legal
8 1 (1.43%) Local Government
8 1 (1.43%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (7.14%) .NET
2 3 (4.29%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 7 (10.00%) Management Information System
2 6 (8.57%) Data Centre
3 3 (4.29%) Enterprise Software
3 3 (4.29%) Reinsurance
4 2 (2.86%) Client/Server
4 2 (2.86%) Cyber Security Posture
5 1 (1.43%) Cloud Native
5 1 (1.43%) CMDB
5 1 (1.43%) Driving Licence
5 1 (1.43%) e-Learning
5 1 (1.43%) Onboarding
5 1 (1.43%) Private Cloud
5 1 (1.43%) Product Ownership
5 1 (1.43%) Public Cloud
5 1 (1.43%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (1.43%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 16 (22.86%) Windows
2 3 (4.29%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (27.14%) ITIL
2 17 (24.29%) Change Management
3 15 (21.43%) Service Delivery
4 14 (20.00%) Service Management
5 12 (17.14%) Problem-Solving
6 11 (15.71%) Project Management
7 10 (14.29%) Incident Management
8 9 (12.86%) ITSM
8 9 (12.86%) Problem Management
8 9 (12.86%) Supplier Management
9 7 (10.00%) Agile
9 7 (10.00%) Continuous Improvement
9 7 (10.00%) Service Delivery Management
10 6 (8.57%) Batch Processing
10 6 (8.57%) ERP
10 6 (8.57%) Line Management
11 5 (7.14%) Business Continuity
11 5 (7.14%) Cybersecurity
11 5 (7.14%) Infrastructure Management
11 5 (7.14%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 7 (10.00%) SQL
2 4 (5.71%) T-SQL
3 2 (2.86%) Java
Qualifications
1 14 (20.00%) Degree
2 7 (10.00%) Azure Certification
3 6 (8.57%) Microsoft Certification
4 4 (5.71%) ITIL Certification
4 4 (5.71%) MCP
4 4 (5.71%) MCSE
5 1 (1.43%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (1.43%) SC Cleared
5 1 (1.43%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (10.00%) SLA
2 5 (7.14%) Cyber Essentials
2 5 (7.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (2.86%) Accessibility
3 2 (2.86%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 2 (2.86%) GDPR
3 2 (2.86%) SOC 2
System Software
1 10 (14.29%) Active Directory
2 3 (4.29%) Virtual Desktop
2 3 (4.29%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 5 (7.14%) SCOM
2 3 (4.29%) Terraform
3 2 (2.86%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 28 (40.00%) Microsoft
2 8 (11.43%) VMware
3 7 (10.00%) Cisco
4 6 (8.57%) Citrix
4 6 (8.57%) Google
4 6 (8.57%) Salesforce
5 5 (7.14%) AppDynamics
5 5 (7.14%) Dynatrace
5 5 (7.14%) SolarWinds
6 2 (2.86%) Forcepoint
6 2 (2.86%) HubSpot
6 2 (2.86%) Meraki
7 1 (1.43%) SAP