Operations Engineer Job Trends in Reading

Operations Engineer
Berkshire > Reading

The median Operations Engineer salary in Reading is £41,250 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 20 September 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 65 93 -
Rank change year-on-year +28 - -
Permanent jobs requiring an Operations Engineer 1 1 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Reading 0.19% 0.074% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.21% 0.079% -
Number of salaries quoted 1 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £39,625 £47,500 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,250 £50,000 -
Median % change year-on-year -17.50% - -
75th Percentile £42,875 £52,500 -
90th Percentile - - -
Berkshire median annual salary £41,250 £50,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year -17.50% +53.85% -50.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Reading

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Reading. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in Reading with a recognized job title 471 1,264 1,055
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.40% 93.98% 92.54%
Number of salaries quoted 280 690 680
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,125 £41,250 £40,320
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,250 £55,050
Median % change year-on-year -0.45% +0.36% -8.25%
75th Percentile £69,880 £72,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £87,625 £83,750 £85,000
Berkshire median annual salary £48,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -16.52% +4.55% -8.33%

Operations Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

Job postings that featured Operations Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Reading.

Job vacancy trend for Operations Engineer in Reading

Operations Engineer
Salary Trend in Reading

Salary distribution trend for Operations Engineer job vacancies in Reading.

Salary distribution trend for Operations Engineer job vacancies in Reading

Operations Engineer Skill Set
Top 7 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Reading

For the 6 months to 20 September 2025, Operations Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Reading region featuring Operations Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) SLA
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
1 1 (100.00%) Data Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Management
1 1 (100.00%) QA
1 1 (100.00%) Problem Management
1 1 (100.00%) Task Automation

Operations Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Reading 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:

Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Data Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Management
1 1 (100.00%) Problem Management
1 1 (100.00%) Task Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) QA
1 1 (100.00%) SLA