As of April 22, 2025, the average annual salary for an Operations Director in the United Kingdom is £82,968, with an hourly rate of £40, according to Salary.com Global Salary IQ data. The average salary ranges from £66,626 to £98,837, influenced by factors like location, education, experience, and more.

Global Market Data
25TH   £66,626
50TH(Median)   £82,968
75TH   £98,837
Operations Director Salaries by Percentile
Percentile Salary Location Last Updated
25th Percentile Operations Director Salary £66,626 United Kingdom April 22, 2025
50th Percentile Operations Director Salary £82,968 United Kingdom April 22, 2025
75th Percentile Operations Director Salary £98,837 United Kingdom April 22, 2025

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How Much Does an Operations Director Make by Hour, Week, Month, and Year?

Last Updated on April 22, 2025

Salary.com provides you with accurate and diversified Operations Director salary data based on specialized databases to help you get a fairer salary. The average annual pay for an Operations Director is about £82,968 a year, this translates to an approximate hourly rate of £40, a monthly salary of about £6,914, and a weekly pay of around £1,596. Click the switch button below to see more details about Operations Director hourly pay, weekly pay, monthly pay, and so on.

How Much Do Operations Directors Earn at Different Levels in 2025?

An Operations Director's salary varies significantly based on experience level. Entry typically earn £65,894 - £76,382, while Intermediate make £67,358 - £77,602, Senior earn £69,553 - £79,309, Specialist earn £72,968 - £82,480, Expert can reach £76,870 - £85,810 or more, depending on the company and location.

Levels Salary
Entry Level Operations Director £72,968
Intermediate Level Operations Director £74,431
Senior Level Operations Director £76,382
Specialist Level Operations Director £79,309
Expert Level Operations Director £82,968
£72,968 0 yr
£74,431 < 2 yrs
£76,382 2-4 yrs
£79,309 5-8 yrs
£82,968 > 8 yrs
Entry Level 12%
Intermediate Level 10%
Senior Level 8%
Specialist Level 4%
Expert Level 0%
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Last Updated on April 22, 2025

Skills to Boost an Operations Director Salary

Mastering key skills can significantly increase your earning potential as an Operations Director. According to Salary.com's Real-time Job Posting Data, expertise in Leadership can lead to a 16% salary raise, while strong Continuous Improvement skills boost pay by a 2%. Even Purchasing can result in a 1% salary increase.

Skill Library evaluates talent skills across five levels, supported by 5-10 behavior indicators, delivering precise insights for data-driven hiring decisions.
Leadership
Knowledge of and ability to employ effective strategies that motivate and guide other members within our business to achieve optimum results.
Continuous Improvement
A continual improvement process, also often called a continuous improvement process (abbreviated as CIP or CI), is an ongoing effort to improve products, services, or processes. These efforts can seek "incremental" improvement over time or "breakthrough" improvement all at once. Delivery (customer valued) processes are constantly evaluated and improved in the light of their efficiency, effectiveness and flexibility. Some see CIPs as a meta-process for most management systems (such as business process management, quality management, project management, and program management). W. Edwards Deming, a pioneer of the field, saw it as part of the 'system' whereby feedback from the process and customer were evaluated against organisational goals. The fact that it can be called a management process does not mean that it needs to be executed by 'management'; but rather merely that it makes decisions about the implementation of the delivery process and the design of the delivery process itself.
Purchasing
Purchasing refers to a business or organization attempting to acquire goods or services to accomplish its goals. Although there are several organizations that attempt to set standards in the purchasing process, processes can vary greatly between organizations. Typically the word “purchasing” is not used interchangeably with the word “procurement”, since procurement typically includes expediting, supplier quality, and transportation and logistics (T&L) in addition to purchasing.
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Based on recent job listings, in-demand skills in the Operations Director field include Leadership (16%), Continuous Improvement (2%), Purchasing (1%), and Programming (1%). These skills reflect current market needs.
Skills Salary Demand
Skill & Salary Demand
Leadership £96,243
Leadership
£96,243
16%
Continuous Improvement £84,627
Continuous Improvement
£84,627
2%
Purchasing £83,798
Purchasing
£83,798
1%
Programming £83,798
Programming
£83,798
1%
Leadership
3.07%
Continuous Improvement
0.77%
Purchasing
2.63%
Programming
1.55%

What are the Highest Paying Cities in the United Kingdom for Operations Director?

The top 3 highest-paying cities in the United Kingdom for Operations Director are London, Brighton and Hove, and Manchester. In London, the average salary is £89,605 per year, while Brighton and Hove offers £83,584, and Manchester pays around £79,529 annually.

Which Job Pays More: Director of Operations or Operations Director?

As of April 22, 2025 , an Director of Operations makes less than an Operations Director. An Director of Operations earns an average annual salary of £80,281. And an Operations Director earns an average annual salary of £82,968.

Job Title Salary Range in GBP
Director of Operations
£59,424
£103,137
General Operations Director
£56,917
£98,777
Director of Business Operations
£57,342
£99,515
Logistics Operations Director
£63,359
£106,479

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