Operational Technology Job Trends in Oxfordshire

Operational Technology (OT)
South East > Oxfordshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Operational Technology in permanent job vacancies in Oxfordshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Operational Technology over the 6 months leading up to 24 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 78 71 -
Rank change year-on-year -7 - -
Permanent jobs citing Operational Technology 5 1 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Oxfordshire 0.34% 0.14% -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.37% 0.36% -
Number of salaries quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £45,000 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 - -
75th Percentile £107,500 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year - -7.14% +11.55%

All Generic Skills
Oxfordshire

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

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 366 277 509
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Oxfordshire 24.83% 39.12% 31.75%
Number of salaries quoted 260 163 327
10th Percentile £29,750 £26,400 £28,498
25th Percentile £40,188 £39,000 £35,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,000 £53,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.67% +18.89% -18.18%
75th Percentile £69,063 £67,500 £59,250
90th Percentile £87,500 £87,500 £68,000
South East median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% - -13.04%

Operational Technology
Job Vacancy Trend in Oxfordshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Operational Technology relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Oxfordshire.

Operational Technology job vacancy trend in Oxfordshire

Operational Technology
Salary Trend in Oxfordshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Oxfordshire citing Operational Technology.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Oxfordshire citing Operational Technology

Operational Technology
Salary Histogram in Oxfordshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Operational Technology in Oxfordshire over the 6 months to 24 July 2026.

Salary histogram for Operational Technology in Oxfordshire

Operational Technology
Job Locations in Oxfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Operational Technology within the Oxfordshire region over the 6 months to 24 July 2026. 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
Banbury - 4 £75,000 -
Abingdon - 1 - -
Operational Technology
South East

Operational Technology
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Oxfordshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 2 (40.00%) CMS
Business Applications
1 2 (40.00%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 2 (40.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (40.00%) Power BI
General
1 4 (80.00%) Manufacturing
2 1 (20.00%) Documentation Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Data Engineer
1 2 (40.00%) Group IT Director
1 2 (40.00%) IT Director
1 2 (40.00%) IT Engineer
1 2 (40.00%) Systems Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Cybersecurity Specialist
2 1 (20.00%) Security Specialist
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Cybersecurity
1 3 (60.00%) Roadmaps
2 2 (40.00%) AI
2 2 (40.00%) Business Intelligence
2 2 (40.00%) Customer Experience
2 2 (40.00%) ERP
2 2 (40.00%) Inventory Management
2 2 (40.00%) IT Strategy
2 2 (40.00%) Logistics
2 2 (40.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (40.00%) Strategic Planning
2 2 (40.00%) Technology Roadmap
2 2 (40.00%) Technology Strategy
3 1 (20.00%) GAP Analysis
3 1 (20.00%) Incident Response
3 1 (20.00%) Mentoring
3 1 (20.00%) Regulatory Compliance
3 1 (20.00%) Remediation Plan
3 1 (20.00%) SIEM
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (60.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (20.00%) NIST