Operations Manager Jobs in England

Operations Manager
UK > England

The median Operations Manager salary in England is £57,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 1 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
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 604 721 774
Rank change year-on-year +117 +53 -45
Permanent jobs requiring an Operations Manager 269 180 434
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.30% 0.21% 0.31%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.31% 0.23% 0.32%
Number of salaries quoted 215 128 180
10th Percentile £41,250 £50,000 £47,375
25th Percentile £50,000 £61,250 £60,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £72,500 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -20.69% - +26.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £80,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £88,750 £92,500
UK median annual salary £56,500 £70,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year -19.29% -3.45% +26.09%

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 86,182 76,808 135,607
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.72% 91.28% 96.02%
Number of salaries quoted 63,611 49,955 75,079
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,000 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,331 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.98% +0.55% +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,082 £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%

Operations Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Operations Manager in England

Operations Manager
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Operations Manager in England

Operations Manager
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Operations Manager in England over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Operations Manager in England

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 Operations Manager within the England region over the 6 months to 1 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 +142 100 £62,500 -20.63% 57
South East +18 44 £56,500 -19.29% 23
North of England +24 39 £57,500 -20.69% 11
Midlands -11 33 £55,000 -20.86% 7
East of England +22 28 £55,000 +10.00% 12
South West -8 25 £57,500 +15.00% 8
West Midlands -18 24 £53,500 -22.46% 4
North West +10 20 £65,000 +8.49% 4
Yorkshire +36 13 £50,000 -31.03% 6
East Midlands -12 9 £70,000 -1.41% 3
North East -6 6 £35,000 - 1
Operations Manager
UK

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

For the 6 months to 1 June 2024, 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 Operations Manager in the job title.

1 64 (23.79%) Social Skills
2 63 (23.42%) Microsoft
3 58 (21.56%) Finance
4 48 (17.84%) Service Delivery
5 46 (17.10%) Azure
6 41 (15.24%) Project Management
7 36 (13.38%) ITIL
8 34 (12.64%) Continuous Improvement
8 34 (12.64%) Microsoft 365
9 31 (11.52%) Cybersecurity
10 30 (11.15%) Tech Ops
10 30 (11.15%) Customer Service
11 28 (10.41%) Problem-Solving
11 28 (10.41%) Change Management
12 27 (10.04%) Degree
13 25 (9.29%) Retail
13 25 (9.29%) Windows
14 23 (8.55%) Logistics
14 23 (8.55%) Onboarding
15 21 (7.81%) ITSM
16 20 (7.43%) Management Information System
16 20 (7.43%) Service Management
16 20 (7.43%) Data Centre
17 19 (7.06%) Line Management
17 19 (7.06%) Customer Experience
17 19 (7.06%) SLA
17 19 (7.06%) AWS
18 17 (6.32%) Cisco
18 17 (6.32%) Roadmaps
19 16 (5.95%) Analytical Skills

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 12 (4.46%) Microsoft Exchange
1 12 (4.46%) SharePoint
2 2 (0.74%) Confluence
3 1 (0.37%) Apache
3 1 (0.37%) CMS
3 1 (0.37%) Moodle
3 1 (0.37%) MTS
3 1 (0.37%) WordPress
Applications
1 15 (5.58%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (4.46%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.74%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.37%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.37%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.37%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.37%) Trello
Business Applications
1 5 (1.86%) Salesforce CRM
2 4 (1.49%) SAP CX
3 3 (1.12%) Payment Gateway
3 3 (1.12%) SAP ERP
4 2 (0.74%) Raiser’s Edge
4 2 (0.74%) SAP CRM
5 1 (0.37%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 46 (17.10%) Azure
2 34 (12.64%) Microsoft 365
3 19 (7.06%) AWS
4 10 (3.72%) Cloud Computing
4 10 (3.72%) IaaS
5 8 (2.97%) PaaS
6 6 (2.23%) GCP
7 5 (1.86%) Entra ID
7 5 (1.86%) Salesforce Service Cloud
8 4 (1.49%) Google Workspace
8 4 (1.49%) Power Platform
9 3 (1.12%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
10 2 (0.74%) Amazon Cognito
10 2 (0.74%) Amazon SQS
10 2 (0.74%) dbt
10 2 (0.74%) Fivetran
10 2 (0.74%) Power Automate
10 2 (0.74%) Prefect
10 2 (0.74%) Snowflake
10 2 (0.74%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 14 (5.20%) Firewall
2 12 (4.46%) VoIP
3 11 (4.09%) Network Security
4 10 (3.72%) LAN
5 8 (2.97%) SD-WAN
5 8 (2.97%) VPN
5 8 (2.97%) WAN
5 8 (2.97%) Wi-Fi
6 5 (1.86%) BIG-IP
6 5 (1.86%) Cisco Nexus
6 5 (1.86%) Wireless
7 4 (1.49%) DNS
7 4 (1.49%) HTTP
7 4 (1.49%) MQTT
8 3 (1.12%) TCP/IP
8 3 (1.12%) Unified Communications
9 1 (0.37%) Broadband
9 1 (0.37%) DHCP
9 1 (0.37%) Internet
9 1 (0.37%) Radio Access Network
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (3.35%) SQL Server
2 4 (1.49%) Power BI
3 2 (0.74%) Data Lake
3 2 (0.74%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (0.74%) Parquet
3 2 (0.74%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (0.37%) Amazon Aurora
4 1 (0.37%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 5 (1.86%) JIRA
General
1 64 (23.79%) Social Skills
2 58 (21.56%) Finance
3 25 (9.29%) Retail
4 16 (5.95%) Analytical Skills
4 16 (5.95%) Banking
5 12 (4.46%) Law
6 11 (4.09%) Retail Banking
7 9 (3.35%) Marketing
7 9 (3.35%) Organisational Skills
8 8 (2.97%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 8 (2.97%) Legal
8 8 (2.97%) Manufacturing
8 8 (2.97%) Telecoms
9 5 (1.86%) Environmental Health
9 5 (1.86%) Games
10 4 (1.49%) Billing
10 4 (1.49%) Electronics
11 3 (1.12%) Advertising
11 3 (1.12%) Back Office
11 3 (1.12%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (2.23%) HTML
2 5 (1.86%) .NET
2 5 (1.86%) CSS
3 4 (1.49%) Node.js
4 3 (1.12%) .NET Framework
5 2 (0.74%) JSON
5 2 (0.74%) RESTful
6 1 (0.37%) Express.js
6 1 (0.37%) Flash
6 1 (0.37%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 23 (8.55%) Onboarding
2 20 (7.43%) Data Centre
2 20 (7.43%) Management Information System
3 10 (3.72%) Self-Motivation
4 8 (2.97%) NHS
5 5 (1.86%) Cyber Threat
5 5 (1.86%) Operational Technology
5 5 (1.86%) SCADA
6 3 (1.12%) Analytical Mindset
6 3 (1.12%) Cyberattack
6 3 (1.12%) Driving Licence
6 3 (1.12%) Enterprise Software
6 3 (1.12%) Reinsurance
7 2 (0.74%) BYOD
7 2 (0.74%) Cyber Security Posture
7 2 (0.74%) FMCG
7 2 (0.74%) Hybrid Cloud
7 2 (0.74%) PMI
7 2 (0.74%) Private Cloud
7 2 (0.74%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 25 (9.29%) Windows
2 5 (1.86%) Windows 10
3 4 (1.49%) Linux
3 4 (1.49%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.37%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 48 (17.84%) Service Delivery
2 41 (15.24%) Project Management
3 36 (13.38%) ITIL
4 34 (12.64%) Continuous Improvement
5 31 (11.52%) Cybersecurity
6 30 (11.15%) Customer Service
6 30 (11.15%) Tech Ops
7 28 (10.41%) Change Management
7 28 (10.41%) Problem-Solving
8 23 (8.55%) Logistics
9 21 (7.81%) ITSM
10 20 (7.43%) Service Management
11 19 (7.06%) Customer Experience
11 19 (7.06%) Line Management
12 17 (6.32%) Roadmaps
13 16 (5.95%) Operations Management
13 16 (5.95%) People Management
14 15 (5.58%) Agile
14 15 (5.58%) CRM
14 15 (5.58%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 13 (4.83%) SQL
2 6 (2.23%) Java
3 4 (1.49%) Python
3 4 (1.49%) T-SQL
4 3 (1.12%) PowerShell
5 2 (0.74%) Scala
6 1 (0.37%) Bash
Qualifications
1 27 (10.04%) Degree
2 8 (2.97%) Azure Certification
3 7 (2.60%) ITIL Certification
3 7 (2.60%) Microsoft Certification
4 6 (2.23%) DBS Check
5 4 (1.49%) MCP
5 4 (1.49%) MCSE
6 2 (0.74%) HNC
6 2 (0.74%) HND
6 2 (0.74%) PMI Certification
6 2 (0.74%) Security Cleared
7 1 (0.37%) AAT
7 1 (0.37%) CASP
7 1 (0.37%) CISSP
7 1 (0.37%) GCIA
7 1 (0.37%) GCIH
7 1 (0.37%) GIAC
7 1 (0.37%) Master's Degree
7 1 (0.37%) MBA
7 1 (0.37%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (7.06%) SLA
2 16 (5.95%) GDPR
3 13 (4.83%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 9 (3.35%) NEBOSH
5 8 (2.97%) Accessibility
6 7 (2.60%) Cyber Essentials
7 6 (2.23%) ISO 9001
8 4 (1.49%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 3 (1.12%) QA
9 3 (1.12%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 2 (0.74%) PCI DSS
10 2 (0.74%) PMO
10 2 (0.74%) SOC 2
11 1 (0.37%) GRC
11 1 (0.37%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 1 (0.37%) NCSC
System Software
1 15 (5.58%) Active Directory
2 10 (3.72%) Hyper-V
3 5 (1.86%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (1.49%) Firmware
5 3 (1.12%) Terminal Services
5 3 (1.12%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 7 (2.60%) Terraform
1 7 (2.60%) WSUS
2 5 (1.86%) QRadar
2 5 (1.86%) SCOM
3 4 (1.49%) Microsoft Intune
4 3 (1.12%) Ansible
5 1 (0.37%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 63 (23.42%) Microsoft
2 17 (6.32%) Cisco
3 13 (4.83%) Salesforce
4 11 (4.09%) VMware
5 9 (3.35%) SAP
6 8 (2.97%) Citrix
7 7 (2.60%) Google
8 5 (1.86%) AppDynamics
8 5 (1.86%) Darktrace
8 5 (1.86%) Dynatrace
8 5 (1.86%) SolarWinds
9 3 (1.12%) HubSpot
9 3 (1.12%) QAD
9 3 (1.12%) Reuters
9 3 (1.12%) Xero
10 2 (0.74%) Adobe
10 2 (0.74%) Dataiku
10 2 (0.74%) Forcepoint
10 2 (0.74%) Meraki
11 1 (0.37%) ServiceNow