Operational Technology Jobs in the South East

Operational Technology (OT)
England > South East

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Operational Technology in permanent job vacancies in the South East. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Operational Technology over the 6 months leading up to 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 285 361 368
Rank change year-on-year +76 +7 +94
Permanent jobs citing Operational Technology 30 32 31
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 0.31% 0.18% 0.22%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.79% 0.54% 0.52%
Number of salaries quoted 15 22 25
10th Percentile £42,500 £45,000 £41,250
25th Percentile £47,500 £47,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £58,750 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +19.15% +11.90% -22.22%
75th Percentile £80,625 £72,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £75,000 £91,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £55,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year +18.18% -18.52% -1.10%

All Generic Skills
South East

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 the South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 3,779 5,922 5,933
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 39.02% 33.61% 42.67%
Number of salaries quoted 1,889 3,792 3,056
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,250 £32,000
25th Percentile £39,000 £34,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £50,000 £56,588
Median % change year-on-year +15.00% -11.64% +2.89%
75th Percentile £70,000 £63,750 £73,875
90th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £87,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -15.38% +4.00%

Operational Technology
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing Operational Technology as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Operational Technology in the South East

Operational Technology
Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Operational Technology in the South East.

Salary trend for Operational Technology in the South East

Operational Technology
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Operational Technology in the South East over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Operational Technology in the South East

Operational Technology
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Operational Technology within the South East region over the 6 months to 31 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Hampshire +78 13 £71,250 +18.75% 9
Thames Valley +61 11 £55,000 +2.33% 1
Buckinghamshire +36 6 £45,000 -12.20%
Berkshire +30 4 £70,000 +12.00% 1
West Sussex +34 3 £80,000 +10.34% 2
East Sussex - 3 - - 3
Oxfordshire - 1 - -
Operational Technology
England

Operational Technology
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (6.67%) ThingWorx
2 1 (3.33%) IBM Domino
2 1 (3.33%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 4 (13.33%) SAP Business One
2 1 (3.33%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 10 (33.33%) Azure
2 6 (20.00%) Azure DevOps
3 5 (16.67%) AWS
3 5 (16.67%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (3.33%) GitHub
4 1 (3.33%) GitHub Actions
4 1 (3.33%) Power Platform
4 1 (3.33%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 9 (30.00%) Network Security
2 5 (16.67%) Firewall
2 5 (16.67%) VPN
3 4 (13.33%) Intrusion Detection
4 3 (10.00%) Modbus
5 2 (6.67%) Ethernet
5 2 (6.67%) MQTT
6 1 (3.33%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (33.33%) SQL Server
2 6 (20.00%) Relational Database
3 4 (13.33%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 6 (20.00%) Git
General
1 13 (43.33%) Manufacturing
2 11 (36.67%) Social Skills
3 2 (6.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 2 (6.67%) Pharmaceutical
4 1 (3.33%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (3.33%) Legal
4 1 (3.33%) Military
4 1 (3.33%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 8 (26.67%) Automation Engineer
2 6 (20.00%) Principal Engineer
2 6 (20.00%) Programme Manager
3 5 (16.67%) IT Manager
4 4 (13.33%) Infrastructure Manager
5 3 (10.00%) Analyst
5 3 (10.00%) Lead
6 2 (6.67%) IT Infrastructure Manager
6 2 (6.67%) Security Analyst
6 2 (6.67%) Senior
6 2 (6.67%) Systems Manager
6 2 (6.67%) Technical Leader
7 1 (3.33%) Head of Technology
7 1 (3.33%) Network Infrastructure Manager
7 1 (3.33%) Operational Security Analyst
7 1 (3.33%) Security Operations Analyst
7 1 (3.33%) Senior Analyst
7 1 (3.33%) Senior Operations Analyst
7 1 (3.33%) Supply Chain Manager
7 1 (3.33%) Technical Infrastructure Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.33%) .NET
1 1 (3.33%) CSS
1 1 (3.33%) React
Miscellaneous
1 12 (40.00%) SCADA
2 6 (20.00%) Life Science
2 6 (20.00%) Management Information System
3 5 (16.67%) IoT
3 5 (16.67%) Security Posture
4 4 (13.33%) Data Centre
5 3 (10.00%) Industrial Internet of Things
5 3 (10.00%) Renewable Energy
6 2 (6.67%) Biopharmaceutical
6 2 (6.67%) Industry 4.0
6 2 (6.67%) Product Ownership
7 1 (3.33%) Cloud Native
7 1 (3.33%) Driving Licence
7 1 (3.33%) Learning Management System
Operating Systems
1 9 (30.00%) Windows
1 9 (30.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (43.33%) Computer Science
2 11 (36.67%) Cybersecurity
2 11 (36.67%) Mentoring
3 8 (26.67%) Roadmaps
4 7 (23.33%) Process Improvement
4 7 (23.33%) Project Management
4 7 (23.33%) Risk Management
4 7 (23.33%) Technical Leadership
4 7 (23.33%) Technology Roadmap
5 6 (20.00%) Biotechnology
5 6 (20.00%) DevOps
5 6 (20.00%) Information Security
5 6 (20.00%) Project Delivery
6 5 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
6 5 (16.67%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 5 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
7 4 (13.33%) Agile
7 4 (13.33%) Business Continuity
7 4 (13.33%) Disaster Recovery
7 4 (13.33%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 8 (26.67%) Python
2 7 (23.33%) C#
3 6 (20.00%) SQL
4 1 (3.33%) JavaScript
4 1 (3.33%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 15 (50.00%) Degree
2 7 (23.33%) Computer Science Degree
3 4 (13.33%) MCSA
3 4 (13.33%) MCSE
3 4 (13.33%) Microsoft Certification
4 3 (10.00%) PMI Certification
4 3 (10.00%) PMP
5 2 (6.67%) Chartered Engineer
5 2 (6.67%) HNC
5 2 (6.67%) HND
6 1 (3.33%) CISM
6 1 (3.33%) CISSP
6 1 (3.33%) SC Cleared
6 1 (3.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (13.33%) Cyber Essentials
2 2 (6.67%) GDPR
2 2 (6.67%) NIST
2 2 (6.67%) PCI DSS
2 2 (6.67%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 1 (3.33%) GRC
System Software
1 7 (23.33%) VMware Infrastructure
2 6 (20.00%) Virtual Machines
3 4 (13.33%) Active Directory
3 4 (13.33%) Hyper-V
4 2 (6.67%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (3.33%) Docker
Systems Management
1 5 (16.67%) FortiGate
2 2 (6.67%) Functional Safety
3 1 (3.33%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 10 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 8 (26.67%) Rockwell
2 8 (26.67%) Siemens
3 7 (23.33%) VMware
4 4 (13.33%) Fortinet
4 4 (13.33%) SAP
5 2 (6.67%) AVEVA
6 1 (3.33%) Apple
6 1 (3.33%) Dell
6 1 (3.33%) Foundry
6 1 (3.33%) HP
6 1 (3.33%) Palantir
6 1 (3.33%) Sophos
6 1 (3.33%) Veeam