Operations Management Jobs

Operations Management
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Operations Management skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Operations Management over the 6 months to 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 776 769 1135
Rank change year-on-year -7 +366 -301
Permanent jobs citing Operations Management 131 179 126
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.12% 0.19% 0.075%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.15% 0.20% 0.078%
Number of salaries quoted 74 89 68
10th Percentile £41,250 £36,150 £30,363
25th Percentile £46,250 £40,000 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% +25.00% -21.10%
75th Percentile £73,750 £80,000 £66,298
90th Percentile £82,500 £90,750 £83,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £40,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year +43.75% -5.88% -26.09%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Operations Management is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 87,829 90,354 161,874
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 83.68% 95.46% 95.93%
Number of salaries quoted 61,251 54,292 82,971
10th Percentile £29,250 £34,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,800 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.54% +1.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

Operations Management
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Operations Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Operations Management in the UK

Operations Management
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Operations Management in the UK

Operations Management
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Operations Management over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Operations Management in the UK

Operations Management
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Operations Management within the UK 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
England -17 122 £57,500 -8.00% 52
UK excluding London -25 100 £57,500 +43.75% 28
Work from Home +63 53 £62,250 -0.40% 16
North of England +25 41 £67,908 +59.78% 6
London +62 25 £72,500 - 24
North East 0 23 £42,500 +13.33% 3
East of England +13 16 £47,500 -48.65% 2
South West -12 16 £70,000 +24.84% 4
Midlands -13 13 £57,500 -9.45% 4
North West -5 12 £70,000 +96.94% 2
South East -20 11 £57,500 +43.75% 9
West Midlands -18 7 £61,125 -3.74% 1
Yorkshire +46 6 £66,959 +19.04% 1
East Midlands -14 6 £55,000 - 3
Wales - 1 £67,500 -
Channel Islands - 1 £100,000 -
Scotland - 1 - - 2

Operations Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 28 (21.37%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (3.82%) SharePoint
3 3 (2.29%) Confluence
Applications
1 14 (10.69%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (4.58%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (2.29%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.76%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 7 (5.34%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.76%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 32 (24.43%) Azure
2 23 (17.56%) Microsoft 365
3 20 (15.27%) Entra ID
4 12 (9.16%) Power Platform
5 9 (6.87%) WhatsApp
6 7 (5.34%) SaaS
7 5 (3.82%) Azure AKS
8 2 (1.53%) AWS
8 2 (1.53%) GitHub
8 2 (1.53%) SonarCloud
9 1 (0.76%) Azure App Service
9 1 (0.76%) Azure Logic Apps
9 1 (0.76%) GitHub Actions
9 1 (0.76%) Google Workspace
9 1 (0.76%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 10 (7.63%) Firewall
2 8 (6.11%) DNS
3 7 (5.34%) DHCP
4 4 (3.05%) SSL
4 4 (3.05%) VPN
5 3 (2.29%) Broadband
5 3 (2.29%) Intrusion Detection
5 3 (2.29%) NaaS
5 3 (2.29%) VoIP
5 3 (2.29%) Wireless
6 1 (0.76%) Cisco IOS
6 1 (0.76%) FTP
6 1 (0.76%) HTTP
6 1 (0.76%) POP3
6 1 (0.76%) SMTP
6 1 (0.76%) SSH
6 1 (0.76%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.76%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (8.40%) Power BI
2 7 (5.34%) Big Data
3 6 (4.58%) Data Mining
4 4 (3.05%) MySQL
4 4 (3.05%) Power Query
5 3 (2.29%) Relational Database
6 2 (1.53%) SQL Server
7 1 (0.76%) Azure SQL Database
7 1 (0.76%) Elasticsearch
7 1 (0.76%) Redis
Development Applications
1 5 (3.82%) JIRA
2 1 (0.76%) Git
2 1 (0.76%) GitKraken
2 1 (0.76%) JetBrains Rider
2 1 (0.76%) ReSharper
2 1 (0.76%) Visual Studio
General
1 35 (26.72%) Finance
2 28 (21.37%) Social Skills
3 14 (10.69%) Analytical Skills
4 13 (9.92%) Banking
4 13 (9.92%) Law
5 12 (9.16%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 12 (9.16%) Legal
6 11 (8.40%) Investment Banking
6 11 (8.40%) Retail
7 8 (6.11%) Telecoms
8 6 (4.58%) Influencing Skills
9 5 (3.82%) Health Technology
9 5 (3.82%) Presentation Skills
10 3 (2.29%) Manufacturing
10 3 (2.29%) Organisational Skills
11 2 (1.53%) Documentation Skills
11 2 (1.53%) Financial Institution
12 1 (0.76%) Automotive
12 1 (0.76%) Back Office
12 1 (0.76%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 16 (12.21%) Operations Manager
2 13 (9.92%) IT Manager
3 12 (9.16%) Cloud Specialist
3 12 (9.16%) ICT Specialist
3 12 (9.16%) Infrastructure Specialist
4 10 (7.63%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 9 (6.87%) Data Manager
6 8 (6.11%) Consultant
6 8 (6.11%) Developer
7 7 (5.34%) Associate Consultant
7 7 (5.34%) Azure Engineer
7 7 (5.34%) ERP Consultant
7 7 (5.34%) Head of IT
7 7 (5.34%) IT Consultant
7 7 (5.34%) Service Manager
8 6 (4.58%) Head of IT Operations
8 6 (4.58%) Head of Operations
8 6 (4.58%) IT Services Manager
8 6 (4.58%) ServiceNow Developer
9 5 (3.82%) Cloud Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (7.63%) REST
1 10 (7.63%) SOAP
2 5 (3.82%) CSS
2 5 (3.82%) HTML
3 3 (2.29%) Kafka
3 3 (2.29%) LDAP
3 3 (2.29%) ODBC
3 3 (2.29%) RESTful
4 2 (1.53%) React
5 1 (0.76%) .NET
5 1 (0.76%) .NET Framework
5 1 (0.76%) AngularJS
5 1 (0.76%) ASP.NET
5 1 (0.76%) ASP.NET Core
5 1 (0.76%) Blazor
5 1 (0.76%) Entity Framework
5 1 (0.76%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 32 (24.43%) Management Information System
2 11 (8.40%) Enterprise Software
3 10 (7.63%) Onboarding
4 9 (6.87%) Self-Motivation
5 6 (4.58%) CMDB
6 5 (3.82%) Security Posture
7 4 (3.05%) PMI
8 3 (2.29%) Reinsurance
8 3 (2.29%) TM Forum
9 2 (1.53%) Analytical Mindset
9 2 (1.53%) Cyberattack
9 2 (1.53%) Security Operations Centre
10 1 (0.76%) Blockchain
10 1 (0.76%) Cloud Native
10 1 (0.76%) Cyber Threat
10 1 (0.76%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
10 1 (0.76%) Driving Licence
10 1 (0.76%) Operational Technology
10 1 (0.76%) Product Ownership
10 1 (0.76%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 27 (20.61%) Windows
2 26 (19.85%) Windows Server
3 8 (6.11%) Windows Server 2016
4 7 (5.34%) Windows Server 2012
5 1 (0.76%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.76%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (29.77%) Problem-Solving
2 32 (24.43%) ITIL
3 31 (23.66%) Project Management
4 27 (20.61%) Agile
4 27 (20.61%) Analytics
5 24 (18.32%) Energy Management
5 24 (18.32%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 24 (18.32%) Migration
6 23 (17.56%) Service Management
7 22 (16.79%) Cybersecurity
7 22 (16.79%) ITSM
8 21 (16.03%) Continuous Improvement
8 21 (16.03%) Roadmaps
8 21 (16.03%) Stakeholder Management
9 18 (13.74%) Service Delivery
10 16 (12.21%) Mentoring
10 16 (12.21%) Security Operations
11 15 (11.45%) Risk Management
12 13 (9.92%) Business Strategy
12 13 (9.92%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 16 (12.21%) SQL
2 9 (6.87%) JavaScript
3 2 (1.53%) PowerShell
3 2 (1.53%) Python
4 1 (0.76%) C#
Qualifications
1 32 (24.43%) Degree
2 14 (10.69%) Microsoft Certification
3 12 (9.16%) PMI Certification
4 9 (6.87%) CISSP
4 9 (6.87%) Master's Degree
4 9 (6.87%) MBA
5 8 (6.11%) PMP
6 5 (3.82%) ITIL Certification
7 4 (3.05%) Security Cleared
8 3 (2.29%) BPSS Clearance
8 3 (2.29%) CISM
8 3 (2.29%) Computer Science Degree
9 2 (1.53%) Azure Certification
9 2 (1.53%) GIAC
10 1 (0.76%) APMP
10 1 (0.76%) CEH
10 1 (0.76%) CRISC
10 1 (0.76%) MCSA
10 1 (0.76%) SAP Certification
10 1 (0.76%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (12.21%) GDPR
2 12 (9.16%) SLA
3 9 (6.87%) Data Quality
4 8 (6.11%) QA
5 6 (4.58%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 5 (3.82%) GRC
6 5 (3.82%) ITGC
7 2 (1.53%) Accessibility
7 2 (1.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 2 (1.53%) NIST
8 1 (0.76%) HIPAA
8 1 (0.76%) WCAG
System Software
1 26 (19.85%) Active Directory
2 6 (4.58%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (3.82%) Virtual Desktop
4 4 (3.05%) Hyper-V
5 3 (2.29%) Terminal Services
6 2 (1.53%) Docker
Systems Management
1 13 (9.92%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (4.58%) Kubernetes
3 2 (1.53%) Terraform
4 1 (0.76%) CSIRT
4 1 (0.76%) Jamf Pro
4 1 (0.76%) WMI
Vendors
1 33 (25.19%) Microsoft
2 18 (13.74%) VMware
3 8 (6.11%) ServiceNow
4 4 (3.05%) Splunk
5 2 (1.53%) Cisco
5 2 (1.53%) Google
6 1 (0.76%) Oracle
6 1 (0.76%) SAP