Operational Stability Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Operational Stability
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Thames Valley requiring Operational Stability skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 26 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 164 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Operational Stability 5 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 0.10% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.14% - -
Number of salaries quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile £56,000 - -
25th Percentile £65,000 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 - -
75th Percentile £81,250 - -
90th Percentile £83,500 - -
South East median annual salary £75,000 - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

Operational Stability 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 3,617 2,555 5,338
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 74.55% 94.07% 85.42%
Number of salaries quoted 2,264 1,188 3,938
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £29,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £41,969 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £59,759 £51,010
Median % change year-on-year -16.33% +17.15% -3.30%
75th Percentile £68,750 £75,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £82,125 £90,000 £82,500
South East median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -9.09%

Operational Stability
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Operational Stability job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

Operational Stability
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Operational Stability.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Operational Stability

Operational Stability
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing Operational Stability in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 26 March 2026.

Salary histogram for Operational Stability in the Thames Valley

Operational Stability
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 Operational Stability within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 26 March 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
Oxfordshire - 3 £75,000 - 1
Buckinghamshire - 2 £50,000 - 1
Operational Stability
South East

Operational Stability
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:

Cloud Services
1 4 (80.00%) Azure
2 2 (40.00%) SaaS
3 1 (20.00%) GitHub
3 1 (20.00%) GitHub Actions
3 1 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (20.00%) SQL Server
General
1 2 (40.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 1 (20.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Lead
2 1 (20.00%) Data Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Head of Operations
2 1 (20.00%) Platform Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 1 (20.00%) Windows
1 1 (20.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) IT Strategy
2 2 (40.00%) Agile
2 2 (40.00%) BCP
2 2 (40.00%) Data Mapping
2 2 (40.00%) Identity Access Management
2 2 (40.00%) Incident Management
2 2 (40.00%) Project Delivery
2 2 (40.00%) Tech Ops
3 1 (20.00%) Capacity Planning
3 1 (20.00%) Cloud Security
3 1 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (20.00%) Cost Optimisation
3 1 (20.00%) Customer Experience
3 1 (20.00%) Observability
3 1 (20.00%) Platform Engineering
3 1 (20.00%) Problem Management
3 1 (20.00%) RBAC
3 1 (20.00%) Root Cause Analysis
3 1 (20.00%) Service Delivery
3 1 (20.00%) Zero Trust
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) SLA
Systems Management
1 1 (20.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft