Operational Technology Contracts in Slough

Operational Technology (OT)
Berkshire > Slough

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Operational Technology in contract job vacancies in Slough. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Operational Technology over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 19 - 25
Rank change year-on-year - - +14
Contract jobs citing Operational Technology 2 0 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Slough 2.82% - 1.00%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 5.71% - 2.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 2
10th Percentile £602 - -
25th Percentile £604 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £615 - £650
Median % change year-on-year - - -7.14%
75th Percentile £634 - -
90th Percentile £641 - -
Berkshire median daily rate £590 £501 £500
% change year-on-year +17.88% +0.10% -4.85%

All Generic Skills
Slough

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 Slough.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 35 37 75
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Slough 49.30% 48.68% 37.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 31 58
10th Percentile £213 - £275
25th Percentile £363 £280 £318
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £300 £400
Median % change year-on-year +50.00% -25.00% -15.79%
75th Percentile £525 £550 £475
90th Percentile £599 £585 £587
Berkshire median daily rate £500 £500 £513
% change year-on-year - -2.44% +2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 4 0
Median hourly rate £24.66 £11.79 -
Median % change year-on-year +109.16% - -
Berkshire median hourly rate £61.50 £42.50 £64.68
% change year-on-year +44.69% -34.29% +187.64%

Operational Technology
Job Vacancy Trend in Slough

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

Job vacancy trend for Operational Technology in Slough

Operational Technology
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Slough

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

Daily rate trend for Operational Technology in Slough

Operational Technology
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Slough 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 (50.00%) Modbus
General
1 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Information Assurance Specialist
1 1 (50.00%) Information Security Specialist
1 1 (50.00%) Information Specialist
1 1 (50.00%) Security Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (50.00%) SCADA
2 1 (50.00%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 2 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
2 1 (50.00%) Actionable Insight
2 1 (50.00%) Cyber Assurance
2 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (50.00%) Ethical Hacking
2 1 (50.00%) Information Security
2 1 (50.00%) Information Security Management
2 1 (50.00%) Malware Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) Network Monitoring
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Regulatory Compliance
2 1 (50.00%) Root Cause Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) Runbook
2 1 (50.00%) Security Management
2 1 (50.00%) Security Monitoring
2 1 (50.00%) SIEM
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (50.00%) Threat Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) CISM
1 2 (100.00%) CISSP
1 2 (100.00%) Degree
2 1 (50.00%) CEH
2 1 (50.00%) CISA
2 1 (50.00%) CompTIA Security+
2 1 (50.00%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (50.00%) Master's Degree
2 1 (50.00%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) NIST
2 1 (50.00%) Actionable Recommendations
2 1 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (50.00%) NIST 800
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) CSIRT