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 in the Thames Valley. 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 80 125 134
Rank change year-on-year +45 +9 +26
Contract jobs citing Operational Technology 22 20 17
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 1.46% 0.74% 0.58%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 4.04% 2.50% 1.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 11 10
10th Percentile £530 £413 £248
25th Percentile £550 £438 £373
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £590 £501 £500
Median % change year-on-year +17.88% +0.10% -4.85%
75th Percentile £630 £544 £552
90th Percentile £675 £588 £650
South East median daily rate £595 £501 £550
% change year-on-year +18.88% -9.00% -4.35%

All Generic Skills
Thames Valley

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 the Thames Valley.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 545 801 934
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 36.07% 29.82% 31.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 322 473 613
10th Percentile £303 £205 £280
25th Percentile £423 £295 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £517 £500 £510
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% -1.96% +2.00%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £620
90th Percentile £650 £675 £700
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £513
% change year-on-year - -2.44% +2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 62 24
10th Percentile £14.16 £11.79 £18.08
25th Percentile £24.08 £22.50 £19.63
Median hourly rate £52.50 £30.00 £48.75
Median % change year-on-year +75.00% -38.46% +143.75%
75th Percentile £66.12 £59.97 £70.90
90th Percentile £88.60 £65.00 £77.93
South East median hourly rate £47.81 £47.19 £51.25
% change year-on-year +1.31% -7.93% +138.37%

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 1 May 2025.

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 1 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
Berkshire +33 22 £590 +17.88% 14
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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (9.09%) AWS
1 2 (9.09%) Azure
2 1 (4.55%) AWS CloudFormation
2 1 (4.55%) GCP
2 1 (4.55%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.55%) Modbus
1 1 (4.55%) Network Security
1 1 (4.55%) NGFW
1 1 (4.55%) SSL
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 6 (27.27%) 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 7 (31.82%) Consultant
2 6 (27.27%) Analyst
2 6 (27.27%) Security Analyst
3 5 (22.73%) Solutions Consultant
4 3 (13.64%) Architect
4 3 (13.64%) SCADA Engineer
4 3 (13.64%) Test Engineer
5 2 (9.09%) Cybersecurity Analyst
5 2 (9.09%) Senior
5 2 (9.09%) Senior Analyst
5 2 (9.09%) Senior Security Analyst
5 2 (9.09%) Solutions Architect
6 1 (4.55%) Information Assurance Specialist
6 1 (4.55%) Information Security Specialist
6 1 (4.55%) Information Specialist
6 1 (4.55%) Security Architect
6 1 (4.55%) Security Manager
6 1 (4.55%) Security Project Manager
6 1 (4.55%) Security Specialist
6 1 (4.55%) Technology Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (22.73%) SOAP
2 1 (4.55%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 13 (59.09%) SCADA
2 2 (9.09%) Management Information System
2 2 (9.09%) Replication
2 2 (9.09%) Security Posture
3 1 (4.55%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 5 (22.73%) Linux
1 5 (22.73%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 5 (22.73%) Cartography
3 4 (18.18%) Remediation Plan
4 3 (13.64%) Decision-Making
4 3 (13.64%) Incident Response
4 3 (13.64%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (13.64%) Roadmaps
4 3 (13.64%) Test Automation
4 3 (13.64%) Test Scripting
5 2 (9.09%) Analytics
5 2 (9.09%) Data Integration
5 2 (9.09%) Data Security
5 2 (9.09%) Incident Management
5 2 (9.09%) Information Security
5 2 (9.09%) Security Architecture
5 2 (9.09%) SIEM
5 2 (9.09%) Stakeholder Management
5 2 (9.09%) System Testing
5 2 (9.09%) Threat Modelling
5 2 (9.09%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 8 (36.36%) Perl
1 8 (36.36%) PL/SQL
1 8 (36.36%) SQL
Qualifications
1 8 (36.36%) Security Cleared
2 6 (27.27%) SC Cleared
3 5 (22.73%) Degree
4 3 (13.64%) CISM
4 3 (13.64%) CISSP
5 1 (4.55%) Azure Certification
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
5 1 (4.55%) TOGAF Certification
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
System Software
1 1 (4.55%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (9.09%) CSIRT
1 2 (9.09%) Kubernetes
2 1 (4.55%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 1 (4.55%) Terraform
Vendors
1 3 (13.64%) Microsoft