Operational Technology Job Trends in Somerset

Operational Technology (OT)
South West > Somerset

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Operational Technology in permanent job vacancies in Somerset. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Operational Technology over the 6 months leading up to 5 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 54 49 49
Rank change year-on-year -5 0 +44
Permanent jobs citing Operational Technology 2 3 2
As % of all permanent jobs in Somerset 0.43% 0.44% 0.50%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.02% 2.03% 1.33%
Number of salaries quoted 1 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £85,000 £75,000 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £90,000 £80,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% +28.00% +171.74%
75th Percentile £95,000 £85,000 £68,750
90th Percentile - - -
South West median annual salary £55,000 £80,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -31.25% +23.08% -7.14%

All Generic Skills
Somerset

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 Somerset.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 197 148 150
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Somerset 42.37% 21.86% 37.69%
Number of salaries quoted 103 85 128
10th Percentile £24,400 - £28,850
25th Percentile £27,000 £10,258 £37,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £35,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - -36.36% +10.00%
75th Percentile £47,729 £57,500 £69,625
90th Percentile £58,500 £77,000 £70,375
South West median annual salary £42,500 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -15.00% -9.09% +8.60%

Operational Technology
Job Vacancy Trend in Somerset

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

Operational Technology job vacancy trend in Somerset

Operational Technology
Salary Trend in Somerset

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Somerset citing Operational Technology.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Somerset citing Operational Technology

Operational Technology
Job Locations in Somerset

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Operational Technology within the Somerset region over the 6 months to 5 November 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Wells - 1 £90,000 - 1
Operational Technology
South West

Operational Technology
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Somerset 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:

Applications
1 1 (50.00%) AutoCAD
Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) Firewall
1 1 (50.00%) Modbus
1 1 (50.00%) RS-485
1 1 (50.00%) VLAN
1 1 (50.00%) VPN
General
1 1 (50.00%) Electronics
1 1 (50.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 1 (50.00%) Manufacturing
1 1 (50.00%) Pharmaceutical
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Head of Technology
1 1 (50.00%) IT Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Systems Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) CCTV
1 1 (50.00%) Derivative
1 1 (50.00%) Driving Licence
1 1 (50.00%) Life Science
1 1 (50.00%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Debian
1 1 (50.00%) Linux
1 1 (50.00%) OpenWrt
1 1 (50.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Biotechnology
2 1 (50.00%) Computer Science
2 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (50.00%) Data Acquisition
2 1 (50.00%) ERP
2 1 (50.00%) High Availability
2 1 (50.00%) PLM
2 1 (50.00%) QMS
2 1 (50.00%) Quality Management
2 1 (50.00%) Security Patching
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) C#
1 1 (50.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) Degree
2 1 (50.00%) Computer Science Degree
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) iptables
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) Ansible
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Cisco
1 1 (50.00%) Fortinet
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (50.00%) MikroTik