Operational Technology Jobs in the South West

Operational Technology (OT)
England > South West

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Operational Technology in permanent job vacancies in the South West. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Operational Technology over the 6 months leading up to 14 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 166 267 231
Rank change year-on-year +101 -36 +86
Permanent jobs citing Operational Technology 15 30 24
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 0.42% 0.28% 0.37%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.34% 0.99% 0.92%
Number of salaries quoted 13 14 19
10th Percentile £38,800 - £45,000
25th Percentile £44,000 £30,000 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £40,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +31.25% -38.46% +23.81%
75th Percentile £57,500 £63,125 £79,750
90th Percentile - £72,000 £81,250
England median annual salary £65,000 £55,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year +18.18% -21.43% +12.00%

All Generic Skills
South West

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 West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 1,122 3,037 2,605
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 31.53% 28.67% 40.59%
Number of salaries quoted 585 2,073 1,386
10th Percentile £27,250 £27,750 £29,000
25th Percentile £31,750 £36,250 £39,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £54,941
Median % change year-on-year - -8.99% +4.65%
75th Percentile £67,500 £65,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £85,000
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 West

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

Job vacancy trend for Operational Technology in the South West

Operational Technology
Salary Trend in the South West

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

Salary trend for Operational Technology in the South West

Operational Technology
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Operational Technology in the South West over the 6 months to 14 June 2025.

Salary histogram for Operational Technology in the South West

Operational Technology
Job Locations in the South West

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 West region over the 6 months to 14 June 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
Devon +32 9 £46,000 +15.00% 4
Gloucestershire +54 5 £55,000 - 6
Operational Technology
England

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

Applications
1 3 (20.00%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 5 (33.33%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 3 (20.00%) AWS
1 3 (20.00%) Azure
1 3 (20.00%) Entra ID
1 3 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 8 (53.33%) Firewall
1 8 (53.33%) WAN
1 8 (53.33%) Wi-Fi
2 5 (33.33%) ADSL
2 5 (33.33%) Cisco Firepower
2 5 (33.33%) Cisco Nexus
2 5 (33.33%) LoRaWAN
2 5 (33.33%) Modbus
2 5 (33.33%) MPLS
2 5 (33.33%) VPN
3 3 (20.00%) SD-WAN
3 3 (20.00%) VoIP
4 1 (6.67%) Network Security
Development Applications
1 5 (33.33%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 7 (46.67%) Manufacturing
2 5 (33.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 3 (20.00%) Aerospace
3 3 (20.00%) Automotive
3 3 (20.00%) Electronics
4 1 (6.67%) Advertising
4 1 (6.67%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (33.33%) Network Engineer
1 5 (33.33%) Presales Engineer
1 5 (33.33%) Presales Network Engineer
2 3 (20.00%) 3rd Line Support
2 3 (20.00%) 3rd Line Support Specialist
2 3 (20.00%) 3rd Line Technical Support
2 3 (20.00%) Support Specialist
2 3 (20.00%) Technical Specialist
2 3 (20.00%) Technical Support
2 3 (20.00%) Technical Support Specialist
3 2 (13.33%) Analyst
3 2 (13.33%) Cisco Design Engineer
3 2 (13.33%) Cisco Engineer
3 2 (13.33%) Cisco Network Engineer
3 2 (13.33%) IT Support
3 2 (13.33%) IT Support Technician
3 2 (13.33%) IT Technician
3 2 (13.33%) Support Technician
4 1 (6.67%) Lead
4 1 (6.67%) Vulnerability Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 3 (20.00%) FMCG
1 3 (20.00%) IoT
1 3 (20.00%) Renewable Energy
1 3 (20.00%) Video Conferencing
2 2 (13.33%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 5 (33.33%) Windows
2 2 (13.33%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (33.33%) Identity Management
1 5 (33.33%) Mentoring
1 5 (33.33%) Network Design
1 5 (33.33%) Presales
1 5 (33.33%) Roadmaps
1 5 (33.33%) Technology Roadmap
2 3 (20.00%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (20.00%) Enterprise Architecture
3 2 (13.33%) Digital Strategy
3 2 (13.33%) Project Management
4 1 (6.67%) Business Intelligence
4 1 (6.67%) Change Control
4 1 (6.67%) Cloud Security
4 1 (6.67%) Network Architecture
4 1 (6.67%) Programme Management
4 1 (6.67%) Risk Assessment
4 1 (6.67%) Risk Management
4 1 (6.67%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (6.67%) Vulnerability Assessment
4 1 (6.67%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (20.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 5 (33.33%) CCDA
1 5 (33.33%) CCDP
1 5 (33.33%) CCNA
1 5 (33.33%) CCNP
1 5 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
2 3 (20.00%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (6.67%) CISM
3 1 (6.67%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (6.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (6.67%) NIST
System Software
1 3 (20.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 5 (33.33%) Ansible
1 5 (33.33%) CASB
1 5 (33.33%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
2 3 (20.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (20.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 8 (53.33%) Cisco
1 8 (53.33%) Fortinet
1 8 (53.33%) Microsoft
2 5 (33.33%) Aerohive Networks
2 5 (33.33%) Ekahau
2 5 (33.33%) Extreme Networks
2 5 (33.33%) Juniper
2 5 (33.33%) Meraki
2 5 (33.33%) Palo Alto
2 5 (33.33%) SolarWinds
3 3 (20.00%) Aruba
3 3 (20.00%) Okta
4 1 (6.67%) Allen-Bradley
4 1 (6.67%) Siemens