Operational Technology Contracts in Reading

Operational Technology (OT)
Berkshire > Reading

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Operational Technology in contract job vacancies advertised in Reading. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Operational Technology over the 6 months to 30 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 77 77 94
Rank change year-on-year 0 +17 -31
Contract jobs citing Operational Technology 14 10 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Reading 1.17% 0.96% 0.29%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 4.44% 3.07% 0.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 6 4
10th Percentile £489 £391 £452
25th Percentile £500 £444 £472
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £501 £500 £506
Median % change year-on-year +0.10% -1.09% -19.12%
75th Percentile £588 - £532
90th Percentile - £534 £543
Berkshire median daily rate £501 £500 £526
% change year-on-year +0.10% -4.85% -8.61%

All Generic Skills
Reading

Operational Technology is in the General and Transferable Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in Reading with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 315 326 406
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading 26.43% 31.32% 29.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 190 223 257
10th Percentile £205 £347 £264
25th Percentile £213 £453 £407
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £513
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +7.32% +7.89%
75th Percentile £608 £654 £625
90th Percentile £650 £721 £675
Berkshire median daily rate £500 £510 £500
% change year-on-year -1.96% +2.00% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 9 1
10th Percentile £42.31 £45.70 -
25th Percentile £52.90 £63.14 £25.50
Median hourly rate £60.89 £70.00 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year -13.01% +169.23% -40.23%
75th Percentile £63.29 £79.19 £26.50
90th Percentile £69.62 - -
Berkshire median hourly rate £42.50 £64.68 £22.49
% change year-on-year -34.29% +187.64% -27.47%

Operational Technology
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

Job postings citing Operational Technology as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Reading.

Job vacancy trend for Operational Technology in Reading

Operational Technology
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Reading

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Operational Technology in Reading.

Daily rate trend for Operational Technology in Reading

Operational Technology
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Reading

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Operational Technology in Reading.

Hourly rate trend for Operational Technology in Reading

Operational Technology
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Reading 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (7.14%) ADSL
1 1 (7.14%) DSL
1 1 (7.14%) GSM
1 1 (7.14%) LAN
1 1 (7.14%) LTE
1 1 (7.14%) WAN
General
1 2 (14.29%) Aerospace
1 2 (14.29%) Automotive
1 2 (14.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 2 (14.29%) Public Sector
2 1 (7.14%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (7.14%) Presentation Skills
2 1 (7.14%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 7 (50.00%) Consultant
2 2 (14.29%) Chief Technology Officer
2 2 (14.29%) Graduate
2 2 (14.29%) SCADA Engineer
3 1 (7.14%) Applications Engineer
3 1 (7.14%) Applications Support
3 1 (7.14%) Applications Support Engineer
3 1 (7.14%) Design Engineer
3 1 (7.14%) Real Time Engineer
3 1 (7.14%) Support Engineer
3 1 (7.14%) Systems Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 7 (50.00%) Legacy Systems
2 3 (21.43%) SCADA
3 2 (14.29%) Management Information System
3 2 (14.29%) Robotics
4 1 (7.14%) Fibre Optics
4 1 (7.14%) Industry 4.0
4 1 (7.14%) IoT
4 1 (7.14%) Renewable Energy
4 1 (7.14%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (21.43%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (14.29%) Analytics
2 2 (14.29%) Artificial Intelligence
2 2 (14.29%) Business Strategy
2 2 (14.29%) Code Quality
2 2 (14.29%) Cost Reduction
2 2 (14.29%) Data Analytics
2 2 (14.29%) Data Management
2 2 (14.29%) Information Management
2 2 (14.29%) IT Strategy
2 2 (14.29%) Process Improvement
2 2 (14.29%) Product Roadmap
2 2 (14.29%) Project Delivery
2 2 (14.29%) Roadmaps
2 2 (14.29%) Service Delivery
2 2 (14.29%) Technical Leadership
2 2 (14.29%) Technology Strategy
3 1 (7.14%) Impact Assessments
3 1 (7.14%) Knowledge Transfer
3 1 (7.14%) Verification and Validation
Qualifications
1 2 (14.29%) DV Cleared
1 2 (14.29%) SC Cleared
1 2 (14.29%) Security Cleared
2 1 (7.14%) (ISC)2 CCSP
2 1 (7.14%) CCSK
2 1 (7.14%) CCSP
2 1 (7.14%) CEH
2 1 (7.14%) CISA
2 1 (7.14%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (7.14%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (21.43%) QA
2 1 (7.14%) NIST
2 1 (7.14%) NIST 800