Operational Technology Jobs in the South East

Operational Technology (OT)
England > South East

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Operational Technology in permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries 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 352 362 458
Rank change year-on-year +10 +96 -98
Permanent jobs citing Operational Technology 33 44 24
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 0.20% 0.29% 0.12%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.58% 0.69% 0.29%
Number of salaries quoted 21 34 24
10th Percentile £45,000 £41,250 £45,125
25th Percentile £47,500 £42,500 £55,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £52,500 £77,500
Median % change year-on-year +23.81% -32.26% +3.33%
75th Percentile £72,500 £63,750 £87,500
90th Percentile - £88,750 £99,250
England median annual salary £52,500 £65,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -19.23% -7.14% -6.67%

All Generic Skills
South East

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 permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 5,729 6,344 8,146
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 34.47% 42.31% 41.16%
Number of salaries quoted 3,755 3,297 4,648
10th Percentile £26,250 £31,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £34,000 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.91% - +4.76%
75th Percentile £63,750 £73,875 £72,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £87,500 £85,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -15.38% +4.00% +4.17%

Operational Technology
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Operational Technology in the South East

Operational Technology
Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Operational Technology in the South East.

Salary trend for Operational Technology in the South East

Operational Technology
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Operational Technology in the South East over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Operational Technology in the South East

Operational Technology
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Operational Technology within the South East 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
West Sussex +31 11 £65,000 +18.18% 4
Hampshire -19 9 £70,000 +64.71% 5
Surrey +10 7 £70,000 +12.00%
Thames Valley +17 6 £50,000 - 10
Berkshire +31 4 £50,000 +11.11% 7
Buckinghamshire -19 2 £51,250 -2.38% 2
Operational Technology
England

Operational Technology
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 1 (3.03%) Apache
1 1 (3.03%) IIS
1 1 (3.03%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (3.03%) WebSphere
Applications
1 2 (6.06%) AutoCAD
2 1 (3.03%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (3.03%) PTC Creo
2 1 (3.03%) SOLIDWORKS
Cloud Services
1 7 (21.21%) IaaS
1 7 (21.21%) PaaS
2 6 (18.18%) SaaS
3 3 (9.09%) Azure
4 2 (6.06%) GCP
5 1 (3.03%) AWS
5 1 (3.03%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (3.03%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (3.03%) Entra ID
5 1 (3.03%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 8 (24.24%) Network Security
2 3 (9.09%) Firewall
3 2 (6.06%) Internet
4 1 (3.03%) Ethernet
4 1 (3.03%) Intrusion Detection
4 1 (3.03%) MPLS
4 1 (3.03%) SDH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.03%) SAP HANA
1 1 (3.03%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (3.03%) Chocolatey
1 1 (3.03%) Git
1 1 (3.03%) Jenkins
General
1 5 (15.15%) Social Skills
2 3 (9.09%) Influencing Skills
3 2 (6.06%) Finance
3 2 (6.06%) Games
3 2 (6.06%) Manufacturing
4 1 (3.03%) Aerospace
4 1 (3.03%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (3.03%) Automotive
4 1 (3.03%) Legal
4 1 (3.03%) Public Sector
4 1 (3.03%) Retail
Job Titles
1 6 (18.18%) Analyst
1 6 (18.18%) Engineering Manager
2 5 (15.15%) Compliance Manager
2 5 (15.15%) Security Analyst
3 4 (12.12%) Cybersecurity Manager
3 4 (12.12%) IT Engineer
3 4 (12.12%) IT Security Engineer
3 4 (12.12%) Security Engineer
3 4 (12.12%) Security Manager
4 3 (9.09%) IT Security Specialist
4 3 (9.09%) Security Specialist
4 3 (9.09%) Vulnerability Manager
5 2 (6.06%) Operations Engineer
5 2 (6.06%) SCADA Engineer
5 2 (6.06%) Security Operations Specialist
6 1 (3.03%) Automation Engineer
6 1 (3.03%) Quantity Surveyor
6 1 (3.03%) Senior IT Engineer
6 1 (3.03%) SOC Engineer
6 1 (3.03%) SOC Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (18.18%) Middleware
1 6 (18.18%) Web Services
2 1 (3.03%) Elastic Stack
2 1 (3.03%) XML
2 1 (3.03%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 10 (30.30%) Management Information System
2 5 (15.15%) SCADA
3 4 (12.12%) Cyber Threat
4 3 (9.09%) Security Posture
5 2 (6.06%) Cyber Security Posture
6 1 (3.03%) Cyber Defence
6 1 (3.03%) Cyber Kill Chain
6 1 (3.03%) Cyberattack
6 1 (3.03%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (3.03%) Product Ownership
6 1 (3.03%) Public Cloud
6 1 (3.03%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.03%) Windows
1 1 (3.03%) Windows Server
1 1 (3.03%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (78.79%) Cybersecurity
2 17 (51.52%) Information Security
3 15 (45.45%) Vulnerability Management
4 8 (24.24%) ITIL
4 8 (24.24%) Security Architecture
5 6 (18.18%) Cryptography
5 6 (18.18%) Incident Response
5 6 (18.18%) Information Security Management
5 6 (18.18%) Project Governance
5 6 (18.18%) Security Hardening
5 6 (18.18%) Security Management
5 6 (18.18%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
5 6 (18.18%) Threat Intelligence
5 6 (18.18%) Threat Management
5 6 (18.18%) Vulnerability Remediation
6 5 (15.15%) Compliance Management
6 5 (15.15%) Regulatory Compliance
7 4 (12.12%) Data Loss Prevention
7 4 (12.12%) Penetration Testing
7 4 (12.12%) Security Operations
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.03%) Bash
1 1 (3.03%) MATLAB
1 1 (3.03%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 5 (15.15%) Security Cleared
2 2 (6.06%) CISSP
2 2 (6.06%) Degree
3 1 (3.03%) AWS Certification
3 1 (3.03%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
3 1 (3.03%) Azure Certification
3 1 (3.03%) CASP
3 1 (3.03%) Chartered Engineer
3 1 (3.03%) CISM
3 1 (3.03%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (3.03%) GCIA
3 1 (3.03%) GCIH
3 1 (3.03%) GIAC
3 1 (3.03%) MCSA
3 1 (3.03%) MCSE
3 1 (3.03%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (3.03%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (27.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 8 (24.24%) NIST
3 7 (21.21%) COBIT
4 6 (18.18%) NCSC
4 6 (18.18%) PCI DSS
5 5 (15.15%) GRC
6 2 (6.06%) GDPR
7 1 (3.03%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 1 (3.03%) QA
System Software
1 2 (6.06%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (9.09%) Nessus
2 1 (3.03%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 1 (3.03%) Ansible
2 1 (3.03%) QRadar
2 1 (3.03%) SCCM
2 1 (3.03%) SCOM
2 1 (3.03%) Terraform
Vendors
1 6 (18.18%) Microsoft
2 5 (15.15%) Qualys
3 2 (6.06%) Forcepoint
3 2 (6.06%) LogRhythm
3 2 (6.06%) ServiceNow
3 2 (6.06%) Varonis
4 1 (3.03%) Darktrace
4 1 (3.03%) IBM
4 1 (3.03%) MathWorks
4 1 (3.03%) Oracle
4 1 (3.03%) PTC
4 1 (3.03%) Red Hat
4 1 (3.03%) SAP
4 1 (3.03%) SonicWALL
4 1 (3.03%) TOWER Software