Operational Technology Contracts in the Thames Valley

Operational Technology (OT)
South East > Thames Valley

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Operational Technology in contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Operational Technology over the 6 months to 28 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 123 131 158
Rank change year-on-year +8 +27 -23
Contract jobs citing Operational Technology 20 17 6
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.75% 0.58% 0.17%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.52% 1.81% 0.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 10 5
10th Percentile £413 £248 £456
25th Percentile £438 £373 £483
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £501 £500 £526
Median % change year-on-year +0.10% -4.85% -8.61%
75th Percentile £544 £552 £550
90th Percentile £588 £650 £640
South East median daily rate £501 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -9.00% -4.35% -8.00%

All Generic Skills
Thames Valley

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 the Thames Valley with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 795 939 1,085
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 29.75% 31.96% 31.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 461 618 696
10th Percentile £205 £280 £200
25th Percentile £280 £406 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £508 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.48% +1.50% +11.11%
75th Percentile £600 £619 £588
90th Percentile £675 £700 £660
South East median daily rate £500 £513 £500
% change year-on-year -2.44% +2.50% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 62 24 30
10th Percentile £11.79 £18.08 £17.42
25th Percentile £22.50 £19.63 £17.50
Median hourly rate £30.00 £48.75 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -38.46% +143.75% -21.57%
75th Percentile £59.97 £70.90 £26.88
90th Percentile £65.00 £77.93 £67.57
South East median hourly rate £47.19 £51.25 £21.50
% change year-on-year -7.93% +138.37% -33.85%

Operational Technology
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings citing Operational Technology as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for Operational Technology in the Thames Valley

Operational Technology
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Operational Technology in the Thames Valley.

Daily rate trend for Operational Technology in the Thames Valley

Operational Technology
Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Operational Technology in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Operational Technology in the Thames Valley

Operational Technology
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Operational Technology in the Thames Valley.

Hourly rate trend for Operational Technology in the Thames Valley

Operational Technology
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Operational Technology within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 28 April 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Berkshire +1 20 £501 +0.10% 6
Operational Technology
South East

Operational Technology
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 5 (25.00%) Firewall
2 4 (20.00%) WAN
3 3 (15.00%) Cisco ASA
3 3 (15.00%) Cisco Nexus
3 3 (15.00%) Reverse Proxy
4 1 (5.00%) ADSL
4 1 (5.00%) DSL
4 1 (5.00%) GSM
4 1 (5.00%) LAN
4 1 (5.00%) LTE
General
1 7 (35.00%) Social Skills
2 5 (25.00%) Automotive
3 4 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (15.00%) Manufacturing
5 2 (10.00%) Aerospace
5 2 (10.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 2 (10.00%) Public Sector
6 1 (5.00%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 7 (35.00%) Consultant
2 3 (15.00%) Junior
2 3 (15.00%) Security Engineer
3 2 (10.00%) Chief Technology Officer
3 2 (10.00%) Graduate
3 2 (10.00%) SCADA Engineer
4 1 (5.00%) Applications Engineer
4 1 (5.00%) Applications Support
4 1 (5.00%) Applications Support Engineer
4 1 (5.00%) Design Engineer
4 1 (5.00%) Real Time Engineer
4 1 (5.00%) Support Engineer
4 1 (5.00%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (15.00%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 7 (35.00%) Legacy Systems
2 6 (30.00%) SCADA
3 3 (15.00%) CCTV
3 3 (15.00%) Data Centre
4 2 (10.00%) Management Information System
4 2 (10.00%) Robotics
5 1 (5.00%) Fibre Optics
5 1 (5.00%) Industry 4.0
5 1 (5.00%) IoT
5 1 (5.00%) Renewable Energy
5 1 (5.00%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 3 (15.00%) Unix
1 3 (15.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
2 4 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (15.00%) Energy Management
3 3 (15.00%) Network Design
3 3 (15.00%) Network Virtualisation
3 3 (15.00%) Security Monitoring
4 2 (10.00%) Analytics
4 2 (10.00%) Artificial Intelligence
4 2 (10.00%) Cost Reduction
4 2 (10.00%) Data Analytics
4 2 (10.00%) Data Management
4 2 (10.00%) Information Management
4 2 (10.00%) IT Strategy
4 2 (10.00%) Network Architecture
4 2 (10.00%) Process Improvement
4 2 (10.00%) Product Roadmap
4 2 (10.00%) Project Delivery
4 2 (10.00%) Service Delivery
4 2 (10.00%) Technical Leadership
4 2 (10.00%) Technology Strategy
Qualifications
1 4 (20.00%) Cisco Certification
2 3 (15.00%) CCNA
2 3 (15.00%) CCNP
2 3 (15.00%) Network+ Certification
3 2 (10.00%) DV Cleared
3 2 (10.00%) SC Cleared
3 2 (10.00%) Security Cleared
4 1 (5.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 1 (5.00%) CCSK
4 1 (5.00%) CCSP
4 1 (5.00%) CEH
4 1 (5.00%) CISA
4 1 (5.00%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (15.00%) QA
2 1 (5.00%) NIST
2 1 (5.00%) NIST 800
System Software
1 3 (15.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 3 (15.00%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 2 (10.00%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 3 (15.00%) CheckPoint
1 3 (15.00%) Cisco
1 3 (15.00%) Microsoft
1 3 (15.00%) Palo Alto
1 3 (15.00%) VMware
2 2 (10.00%) CrowdStrike
2 2 (10.00%) ServiceNow