Operational Technology Job Trends in Reading

Operational Technology (OT)
Berkshire > Reading

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Operational Technology in permanent job vacancies in Reading. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Operational Technology over the 6 months leading up to 30 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Jul 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 73 - 101
Rank change year-on-year - - +4
Permanent jobs citing Operational Technology 2 0 3
As % of all permanent jobs in Reading 0.14% - 0.20%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.53% - 0.61%
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 - £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.76%
75th Percentile - - £62,500
90th Percentile - - -
Berkshire median annual salary £65,000 £70,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year -7.14% -6.67% +8.70%

All Generic Skills
Reading

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 Reading.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 374 217 491
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Reading 26.32% 40.64% 32.89%
Number of salaries quoted 265 122 264
10th Percentile £30,750 £28,050 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,500 £43,125 £39,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,803 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.50% -3.23% -19.23%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,777 £62,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £83,625 £75,000
Berkshire median annual salary £50,001 £50,803 £52,500
% change year-on-year -1.58% -3.23% -8.70%

Operational Technology
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

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

Operational Technology job vacancy trend in Reading

Operational Technology
Salary Trend in Reading

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing Operational Technology.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing Operational Technology

Operational Technology
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Reading 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:

General
1 2 (100.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Analyst
1 2 (100.00%) Cyber Threat Analyst
1 2 (100.00%) Vulnerability Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Cyber Threat
1 2 (100.00%) Management Information System
1 2 (100.00%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Cloud Security
1 2 (100.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (100.00%) Data Security
1 2 (100.00%) Information Security
1 2 (100.00%) Offensive Security
1 2 (100.00%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
1 2 (100.00%) Threat Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) Threat Modelling
1 2 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
1 2 (100.00%) Vulnerability Remediation
1 2 (100.00%) Vulnerability Scanning
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
1 2 (100.00%) CISSP
1 2 (100.00%) CTC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) OSCP
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) GDPR
1 2 (100.00%) PCI DSS
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) CA Agile Central
Operational Technology jobs