AIOps Job Trends in the Thames Valley

AIOps
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Thames Valley requiring AIOps skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 27 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 182 - 221
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing AIOps 7 0 1
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 0.11% - 0.018%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.16% - 0.022%
Number of salaries quoted 3 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £57,500 - £65,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 - £75,000
75th Percentile £72,500 - £85,000
90th Percentile - - -
South East median annual salary £85,000 - £75,000

All Process & Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

AIOps falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the Thames Valley.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 4,507 3,269 4,567
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 71.02% 90.60% 81.73%
Number of salaries quoted 3,124 1,426 2,972
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £35,891 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £51,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -1.96% -7.27%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £83,750 £80,000
South East median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% - -9.09%

AIOps
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing AIOps relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

AIOps job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

AIOps
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing AIOps.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing AIOps

AIOps
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing AIOps within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 27 July 2026. 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
Buckinghamshire - 4 £65,000 -
Berkshire - 3 - - 1
AIOps
South East

AIOps
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (14.29%) Apache Spark
1 1 (14.29%) Camunda
Cloud Services
1 3 (42.86%) AWS
2 2 (28.57%) Azure
2 2 (28.57%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 1 (14.29%) Broadband
1 1 (14.29%) Radio Access Network
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (14.29%) Data Lake
1 1 (14.29%) MongoDB
1 1 (14.29%) PostgreSQL
General
1 6 (85.71%) Telecoms
2 3 (42.86%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (28.57%) Social Skills
4 1 (14.29%) Games
Job Titles
1 5 (71.43%) Architect
2 4 (57.14%) ServiceNow Architect
3 2 (28.57%) Telecoms Architect
4 1 (14.29%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
4 1 (14.29%) Automation Architect
4 1 (14.29%) Intelligent Automation Architect
4 1 (14.29%) Platform Engineer
4 1 (14.29%) Product Owner
4 1 (14.29%) Python Engineer
4 1 (14.29%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (57.14%) REST
2 3 (42.86%) AngularJS
2 3 (42.86%) CSS
2 3 (42.86%) HTML
2 3 (42.86%) OAuth
2 3 (42.86%) SAML
2 3 (42.86%) SOAP
3 1 (14.29%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 5 (71.43%) Product Ownership
2 4 (57.14%) CMDB
3 3 (42.86%) Legacy Systems
3 3 (42.86%) Self-Motivation
3 3 (42.86%) TM Forum
4 2 (28.57%) Low-Code
5 1 (14.29%) Algorithms
5 1 (14.29%) Cloud Native
5 1 (14.29%) Video\Live Streaming
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (71.43%) Stakeholder Management
2 4 (57.14%) AI
2 4 (57.14%) Change Management
2 4 (57.14%) Continuous Improvement
2 4 (57.14%) Data-Driven Decision Making
2 4 (57.14%) Decision-Making
2 4 (57.14%) Enterprise Architecture
2 4 (57.14%) Integration Patterns
2 4 (57.14%) ITSM
2 4 (57.14%) Presales
2 4 (57.14%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 4 (57.14%) Test Automation
3 3 (42.86%) Design Patterns
3 3 (42.86%) Dynamic Pricing
3 3 (42.86%) IT Strategy
3 3 (42.86%) Performance Optimisation
3 3 (42.86%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (42.86%) Service Catalogue
3 3 (42.86%) Strategic Thinking
3 3 (42.86%) Technology Strategy
Programming Languages
1 3 (42.86%) JavaScript
2 2 (28.57%) Python
3 1 (14.29%) Go
Qualifications
1 1 (14.29%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
1 1 (14.29%) Degree
1 1 (14.29%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (57.14%) SLA
2 1 (14.29%) QA
Systems Management
1 3 (42.86%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 5 (71.43%) ServiceNow
2 1 (14.29%) Automation Anywhere
2 1 (14.29%) Pega
2 1 (14.29%) UiPath