Operational Technology Contracts in Berkshire

Operational Technology (OT)
South East > Berkshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Operational Technology in contract job vacancies in Berkshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Operational Technology over the 6 months leading up to 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 67 98 94
Rank change year-on-year +31 -4 +36
Contract jobs citing Operational Technology 22 19 18
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Berkshire 1.93% 0.99% 1.03%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 5.50% 3.35% 2.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 10 9
10th Percentile £500 £413 £331
25th Percentile £550 £472 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £501 £500
Median % change year-on-year +14.89% +0.10% -4.85%
75th Percentile £610 £566 £638
90th Percentile £672 £588 £650
South East median daily rate £600 £501 £525
% change year-on-year +19.88% -4.67% -4.55%

All Generic Skills
Berkshire

Operational Technology falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in Berkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 400 567 611
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 35.15% 29.44% 34.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 249 317 388
10th Percentile £305 £205 £313
25th Percentile £406 £300 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £588 £608 £623
90th Percentile £650 £650 £700
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £513
% change year-on-year - -2.44% +2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 29 17
10th Percentile £32.05 £11.79 £18.50
25th Percentile £43.88 £20.50 £56.88
Median hourly rate £61.50 £42.50 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year +44.69% -39.29% +169.23%
75th Percentile £88.53 £61.50 £74.25
90th Percentile £91.41 £68.04 £79.19
South East median hourly rate £47.90 £50.00 £52.50
% change year-on-year -4.20% -4.76% +144.19%

Operational Technology
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Operational Technology in Berkshire

Operational Technology
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

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

Daily rate trend for Operational Technology in Berkshire

Operational Technology
Daily Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Operational Technology in Berkshire over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Operational Technology in Berkshire

Operational Technology
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Operational Technology in Berkshire

Operational Technology
Contract Job Locations in Berkshire

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 Berkshire region over the 6 months to 31 May 2025. 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
Reading +29 10 £550 +9.89%
Wokingham - 8 £600 -
Slough - 2 £615 - 1
Windsor - 1 £600 -
Operational Technology
South East

Operational Technology
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Berkshire 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (9.09%) Azure
2 1 (4.55%) AWS
2 1 (4.55%) Azure Sentinel
2 1 (4.55%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.55%) Modbus
1 1 (4.55%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (27.27%) GIS
2 2 (9.09%) Big Data
2 2 (9.09%) SQL Server
2 2 (9.09%) SQL Server Reporting Services
General
1 7 (31.82%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (18.18%) Organisational Skills
2 4 (18.18%) Social Skills
3 2 (9.09%) Public Sector
4 1 (4.55%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 8 (36.36%) Analyst
1 8 (36.36%) Security Analyst
2 7 (31.82%) Consultant
3 5 (22.73%) Solutions Consultant
4 2 (9.09%) Architect
4 2 (9.09%) Cybersecurity Analyst
4 2 (9.09%) SCADA Engineer
4 2 (9.09%) Senior
4 2 (9.09%) Senior Analyst
4 2 (9.09%) Senior Security Analyst
4 2 (9.09%) Solutions Architect
4 2 (9.09%) Test Engineer
5 1 (4.55%) Information Security Specialist
5 1 (4.55%) Operations Consultant
5 1 (4.55%) Project Manager
5 1 (4.55%) Security Consultant
5 1 (4.55%) Security Manager
5 1 (4.55%) Security Project Manager
5 1 (4.55%) Security Specialist
5 1 (4.55%) SOC Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (22.73%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 12 (54.55%) SCADA
2 2 (9.09%) Management Information System
2 2 (9.09%) Replication
3 1 (4.55%) Cyber Threat
3 1 (4.55%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 4 (18.18%) Linux
1 4 (18.18%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 4 (18.18%) Cartography
2 4 (18.18%) Remediation Plan
3 3 (13.64%) Decision-Making
3 3 (13.64%) Incident Response
3 3 (13.64%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (13.64%) Roadmaps
4 2 (9.09%) Analytics
4 2 (9.09%) Big Data Analytics
4 2 (9.09%) Data Analytics
4 2 (9.09%) Data Integration
4 2 (9.09%) Incident Management
4 2 (9.09%) Runbook
4 2 (9.09%) SIEM
4 2 (9.09%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (9.09%) System Testing
4 2 (9.09%) Test Automation
4 2 (9.09%) Test Scripting
4 2 (9.09%) Vulnerability Management
5 1 (4.55%) Risk Assessment
Programming Languages
1 7 (31.82%) Perl
1 7 (31.82%) PL/SQL
1 7 (31.82%) SQL
2 1 (4.55%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 8 (36.36%) Security Cleared
2 6 (27.27%) SC Cleared
3 4 (18.18%) Degree
4 2 (9.09%) CISM
4 2 (9.09%) CISSP
5 1 (4.55%) CEH
5 1 (4.55%) CISA
5 1 (4.55%) CompTIA Security+
5 1 (4.55%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (4.55%) DV Cleared
5 1 (4.55%) Master's Degree
5 1 (4.55%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (22.73%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 5 (22.73%) NIST
2 2 (9.09%) NCSC
3 1 (4.55%) Actionable Recommendations
3 1 (4.55%) NIST 800
Systems Management
1 2 (9.09%) CSIRT
1 2 (9.09%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 3 (13.64%) Microsoft