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 advertised in the Thames Valley. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Operational Technology over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 242 252 275
Rank change year-on-year +10 +23 -
Permanent jobs citing Operational Technology 6 9 6
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.089% 0.15% 0.087%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.27% 0.35% 0.22%
Number of salaries quoted 3 6 6
10th Percentile £43,000 - -
25th Percentile £43,750 £42,500 £81,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,500 £83,750
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -43.28% -
75th Percentile £58,125 £52,267 £96,250
90th Percentile £60,000 £80,000 £100,000
South East median annual salary £65,000 £52,500 £77,500
% change year-on-year +23.81% -32.26% +3.33%

All Generic Skills
Thames Valley

Operational Technology is in the General and Transferable Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 2,246 2,563 2,684
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 33.39% 41.66% 39.10%
Number of salaries quoted 1,513 1,206 1,469
10th Percentile £28,500 £31,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,000 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,750 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -13.18% -4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £61,250 £72,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £73,750 £87,500 £85,000
South East median annual salary £49,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -10.91% - +4.76%

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
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 27 April 2024. 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
Berkshire +22 4 £50,000 +11.11% 6
Buckinghamshire -15 2 £51,250 - 2
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:

Applications
1 1 (16.67%) AutoCAD
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (16.67%) Azure
1 1 (16.67%) Cloud Computing
1 1 (16.67%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 2 (33.33%) Firewall
1 2 (33.33%) Network Security
2 1 (16.67%) Ethernet
2 1 (16.67%) Intrusion Detection
2 1 (16.67%) MPLS
2 1 (16.67%) SDH
General
1 1 (16.67%) Aerospace
1 1 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (16.67%) Automotive
1 1 (16.67%) Finance
1 1 (16.67%) Games
1 1 (16.67%) Manufacturing
1 1 (16.67%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (33.33%) SCADA Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Cybersecurity Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Electrical Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Graduate
2 1 (16.67%) Hardware Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) IT Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) IT Security Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Network Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Quantity Surveyor
2 1 (16.67%) Security Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Security Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Senior
2 1 (16.67%) Senior IT Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Senior Security Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) SCADA
2 1 (16.67%) Cyber Kill Chain
2 1 (16.67%) Cyber Threat
2 1 (16.67%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (33.33%) ITIL
3 1 (16.67%) Change Control
3 1 (16.67%) Code Quality
3 1 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (16.67%) Data Development
3 1 (16.67%) Data Loss Prevention
3 1 (16.67%) Incident Management
3 1 (16.67%) Incident Response
3 1 (16.67%) Mentoring
3 1 (16.67%) MITRE ATT&CK
3 1 (16.67%) Network Monitoring
3 1 (16.67%) Penetration Testing
3 1 (16.67%) Privileged Access Management
3 1 (16.67%) Root Cause Analysis
3 1 (16.67%) Security Architecture
3 1 (16.67%) SIEM
3 1 (16.67%) Technical Analysis
3 1 (16.67%) Vulnerability Scanning
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) Chartered Engineer
1 1 (16.67%) Postgraduate
1 1 (16.67%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (16.67%) COBIT
1 1 (16.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (16.67%) NIST
1 1 (16.67%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft