Operational Technology Jobs in the Thames Valley

Operational Technology (OT)
South East > Thames Valley

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Operational Technology in permanent job vacancies in the Thames Valley. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Operational Technology over the 6 months leading up to 18 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 173 238 257
Rank change year-on-year +65 +19 +17
Permanent jobs citing Operational Technology 11 11 6
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.32% 0.16% 0.10%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.79% 0.49% 0.25%
Number of salaries quoted 8 5 3
10th Percentile - £38,000 £55,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £61,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -33.33% -10.45%
75th Percentile £75,000 £55,000 £92,500
90th Percentile - £58,750 £101,500
South East median annual salary £67,500 £60,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +12.50% +14.29% -32.26%

All Generic Skills
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 1,384 2,233 2,444
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 40.21% 33.25% 41.42%
Number of salaries quoted 556 1,473 1,130
10th Percentile £26,688 £28,750 £31,250
25th Percentile £39,750 £35,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,000 £47,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.47% -13.64% -4.35%
75th Percentile £67,500 £60,750 £73,875
90th Percentile £85,000 £73,750 £87,500
South East median annual salary £55,000 £49,000 £56,500
% change year-on-year +12.24% -13.27% +2.73%

Operational Technology
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for Operational Technology in the Thames Valley

Operational Technology
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Operational Technology in the Thames Valley.

Salary trend for Operational Technology in the Thames Valley

Operational Technology
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing Operational Technology in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 18 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Operational Technology in the Thames Valley

Operational Technology
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 Technology within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 18 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
Buckinghamshire +40 7 £45,000 -
Berkshire +26 4 £70,000 +40.00% 10
Operational Technology
South East

Operational Technology
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 (18.18%) IBM Domino
2 1 (9.09%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 4 (36.36%) SAP Business One
2 1 (9.09%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 5 (45.45%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (36.36%) AWS
2 4 (36.36%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 8 (72.73%) Network Security
2 5 (45.45%) Firewall
2 5 (45.45%) VPN
3 4 (36.36%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (36.36%) Data Warehouse
1 4 (36.36%) SQL Server
General
1 5 (45.45%) Manufacturing
2 4 (36.36%) Social Skills
3 2 (18.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 5 (45.45%) IT Manager
2 3 (27.27%) Infrastructure Manager
3 2 (18.18%) Information Manager
3 2 (18.18%) Information Security Manager
3 2 (18.18%) IT Infrastructure Manager
3 2 (18.18%) Lead
3 2 (18.18%) Security Manager
3 2 (18.18%) Supply Chain Manager
3 2 (18.18%) Systems Manager
3 2 (18.18%) Technical Leader
4 1 (9.09%) IT Engineer
4 1 (9.09%) Project Engineer
4 1 (9.09%) Technical Engineer
4 1 (9.09%) Technical Infrastructure Manager
4 1 (9.09%) Technical Manager
Miscellaneous
1 6 (54.55%) Security Posture
2 4 (36.36%) Management Information System
3 1 (9.09%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 9 (81.82%) Windows
1 9 (81.82%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (36.36%) Analytics
1 4 (36.36%) Budgeting and Resource Allocation
1 4 (36.36%) Business Analytics
1 4 (36.36%) Business Continuity
1 4 (36.36%) Business Intelligence
1 4 (36.36%) Computer Science
1 4 (36.36%) Cybersecurity
1 4 (36.36%) Data Development
1 4 (36.36%) Data Protection
1 4 (36.36%) Decision-Making
1 4 (36.36%) Disaster Recovery
1 4 (36.36%) ERP
1 4 (36.36%) High Availability
1 4 (36.36%) Logistics
1 4 (36.36%) Problem-Solving
1 4 (36.36%) Process Improvement
1 4 (36.36%) Project Management
1 4 (36.36%) Resource Allocation
1 4 (36.36%) Risk Management
1 4 (36.36%) Service Delivery
Qualifications
1 4 (36.36%) Computer Science Degree
1 4 (36.36%) Degree
1 4 (36.36%) MCSA
1 4 (36.36%) MCSE
1 4 (36.36%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (18.18%) CISM
2 2 (18.18%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (36.36%) Cyber Essentials
2 2 (18.18%) GRC
2 2 (18.18%) NIST
System Software
1 5 (45.45%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (36.36%) Active Directory
2 4 (36.36%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 5 (45.45%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 9 (81.82%) Microsoft
2 5 (45.45%) VMware
3 4 (36.36%) Fortinet
3 4 (36.36%) SAP
4 1 (9.09%) Apple
4 1 (9.09%) Dell
4 1 (9.09%) HP
4 1 (9.09%) Sophos
4 1 (9.09%) Veeam