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 17 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 167 263 236
Rank change year-on-year +96 -27 +67
Permanent jobs citing Operational Technology 12 27 27
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 0.33% 0.29% 0.40%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.07% 0.93% 1.00%
Number of salaries quoted 10 14 20
10th Percentile £37,500 - £45,000
25th Percentile £44,000 £30,000 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,000 £40,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +15.00% -40.74% +10.20%
75th Percentile £56,563 £63,125 £79,750
90th Percentile £57,500 £72,000 £81,375
England median annual salary £65,500 £53,750 £65,000
% change year-on-year +21.86% -17.31% -7.14%

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 1,121 2,916 2,696
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 31.19% 31.23% 40.17%
Number of salaries quoted 592 2,044 1,373
10th Percentile £28,500 £28,000 £28,500
25th Percentile £32,500 £36,250 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,665 £50,000 £54,590
Median % change year-on-year +3.33% -8.41% +3.98%
75th Percentile £68,525 £66,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,675 £82,500 £87,185
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
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 17 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
Devon +27 8 £45,500 +13.75% 6
Gloucestershire +53 3 £55,000 - 5
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 (25.00%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (25.00%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 3 (25.00%) AWS
1 3 (25.00%) Azure
1 3 (25.00%) Entra ID
1 3 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 6 (50.00%) Firewall
1 6 (50.00%) WAN
1 6 (50.00%) Wi-Fi
2 3 (25.00%) ADSL
2 3 (25.00%) Cisco Firepower
2 3 (25.00%) Cisco Nexus
2 3 (25.00%) LoRaWAN
2 3 (25.00%) Modbus
2 3 (25.00%) MPLS
2 3 (25.00%) SD-WAN
2 3 (25.00%) VoIP
2 3 (25.00%) VPN
3 1 (8.33%) Network Security
Development Applications
1 3 (25.00%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 7 (58.33%) Manufacturing
2 3 (25.00%) Aerospace
2 3 (25.00%) Automotive
2 3 (25.00%) Electronics
2 3 (25.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (8.33%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 3 (25.00%) 3rd Line Support
1 3 (25.00%) 3rd Line Support Specialist
1 3 (25.00%) 3rd Line Technical Support
1 3 (25.00%) Network Engineer
1 3 (25.00%) Presales Engineer
1 3 (25.00%) Presales Network Engineer
1 3 (25.00%) Support Specialist
1 3 (25.00%) Technical Specialist
1 3 (25.00%) Technical Support
1 3 (25.00%) Technical Support Specialist
2 2 (16.67%) Analyst
2 2 (16.67%) IT Support
2 2 (16.67%) IT Support Technician
2 2 (16.67%) IT Technician
2 2 (16.67%) Support Technician
3 1 (8.33%) Business Analyst
3 1 (8.33%) Cisco Design Engineer
3 1 (8.33%) Cisco Engineer
3 1 (8.33%) Cisco Network Engineer
3 1 (8.33%) Vulnerability Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 3 (25.00%) FMCG
1 3 (25.00%) IoT
1 3 (25.00%) Renewable Energy
1 3 (25.00%) Video Conferencing
2 1 (8.33%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 5 (41.67%) Windows
2 2 (16.67%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (25.00%) Enterprise Architecture
1 3 (25.00%) Identity Management
1 3 (25.00%) Mentoring
1 3 (25.00%) Network Design
1 3 (25.00%) Presales
1 3 (25.00%) Roadmaps
1 3 (25.00%) Technology Roadmap
2 2 (16.67%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (16.67%) Digital Strategy
3 1 (8.33%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (8.33%) Change Control
3 1 (8.33%) Collaborative Working
3 1 (8.33%) Inventory Management
3 1 (8.33%) Network Architecture
3 1 (8.33%) Project Delivery
3 1 (8.33%) Project Management
3 1 (8.33%) Risk Assessment
3 1 (8.33%) Risk Management
3 1 (8.33%) Vulnerability Assessment
3 1 (8.33%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (25.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 3 (25.00%) CCDA
1 3 (25.00%) CCDP
1 3 (25.00%) CCNA
1 3 (25.00%) CCNP
1 3 (25.00%) Cisco Certification
1 3 (25.00%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 3 (25.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (25.00%) Ansible
1 3 (25.00%) CASB
1 3 (25.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 3 (25.00%) SCCM
1 3 (25.00%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 6 (50.00%) Cisco
1 6 (50.00%) Fortinet
1 6 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (25.00%) Aerohive Networks
2 3 (25.00%) Aruba
2 3 (25.00%) Ekahau
2 3 (25.00%) Extreme Networks
2 3 (25.00%) Juniper
2 3 (25.00%) Meraki
2 3 (25.00%) Okta
2 3 (25.00%) Palo Alto
2 3 (25.00%) SolarWinds
3 1 (8.33%) Allen-Bradley
3 1 (8.33%) Siemens