Operational Technology Jobs in the South East

Operational Technology (OT)
England > South East

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Operational Technology in permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Operational Technology over the 6 months to 19 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
19 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 366 364 463
Rank change year-on-year -2 +99 -91
Permanent jobs citing Operational Technology 35 33 23
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 0.21% 0.23% 0.12%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.60% 0.55% 0.28%
Number of salaries quoted 21 23 23
10th Percentile £45,000 £41,250 £43,250
25th Percentile £47,500 £45,000 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £52,500 £77,500
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -32.26% +3.33%
75th Percentile £72,500 £78,750 £84,375
90th Percentile - £88,750 £99,500
England median annual salary £52,500 £65,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -19.23% -7.14% -8.50%

All Generic Skills
South East

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 South East with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 5,792 6,049 8,319
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 34.32% 42.18% 41.61%
Number of salaries quoted 3,740 3,167 4,526
10th Percentile £26,250 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £34,000 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,000 £57,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.04% +3.64% +4.76%
75th Percentile £63,750 £73,963 £72,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £88,750 £85,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -15.38% +4.00% +4.17%

Operational Technology
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Operational Technology in the South East

Operational Technology
Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Operational Technology in the South East.

Salary trend for Operational Technology in the South East

Operational Technology
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Operational Technology in the South East over the 6 months to 19 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Operational Technology in the South East

Operational Technology
Job Locations in the South East

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 East region over the 6 months to 19 May 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
Thames Valley +23 11 £50,000 -33.33% 9
West Sussex +28 9 £72,500 +38.10% 2
Hampshire -24 9 £70,000 +64.71% 7
Berkshire +26 8 £50,000 -41.18% 8
Surrey -2 6 £70,000 +12.00%
Buckinghamshire -15 3 £45,000 -14.29%
Operational Technology
England

Operational Technology
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 1 (2.86%) Apache
1 1 (2.86%) IIS
1 1 (2.86%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (2.86%) WebSphere
Applications
1 3 (8.57%) AutoCAD
2 2 (5.71%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (2.86%) PTC Creo
3 1 (2.86%) SOLIDWORKS
Cloud Services
1 7 (20.00%) IaaS
1 7 (20.00%) PaaS
2 6 (17.14%) SaaS
3 3 (8.57%) Azure
4 2 (5.71%) GCP
5 1 (2.86%) AWS
5 1 (2.86%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (2.86%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (2.86%) Entra ID
5 1 (2.86%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 8 (22.86%) Network Security
2 3 (8.57%) Firewall
3 2 (5.71%) Ethernet
3 2 (5.71%) MPLS
3 2 (5.71%) SDH
4 1 (2.86%) Internet
4 1 (2.86%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.86%) SAP HANA
1 1 (2.86%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (2.86%) Chocolatey
1 1 (2.86%) Git
1 1 (2.86%) Jenkins
General
1 4 (11.43%) Legal
1 4 (11.43%) Retail
1 4 (11.43%) Social Skills
2 3 (8.57%) Games
2 3 (8.57%) Influencing Skills
3 2 (5.71%) Finance
4 1 (2.86%) Aerospace
4 1 (2.86%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (2.86%) Automotive
4 1 (2.86%) Manufacturing
4 1 (2.86%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 8 (22.86%) Analyst
2 6 (17.14%) Engineering Manager
3 5 (14.29%) Compliance Manager
3 5 (14.29%) Security Analyst
4 4 (11.43%) Cybersecurity Manager
4 4 (11.43%) Security Manager
5 3 (8.57%) Risk Analyst
5 3 (8.57%) SCADA Engineer
5 3 (8.57%) Technology Risk Analyst
5 3 (8.57%) Vulnerability Manager
6 2 (5.71%) Hardware Engineer
6 2 (5.71%) Information Analyst
6 2 (5.71%) Information Security Analyst
6 2 (5.71%) IT Engineer
6 2 (5.71%) IT Security Engineer
6 2 (5.71%) Network Engineer
6 2 (5.71%) Security Engineer
7 1 (2.86%) Quantity Surveyor
7 1 (2.86%) Security Operations Specialist
7 1 (2.86%) Senior IT Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (17.14%) Middleware
1 6 (17.14%) Web Services
2 1 (2.86%) Elastic Stack
2 1 (2.86%) XML
2 1 (2.86%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 9 (25.71%) Management Information System
2 6 (17.14%) SCADA
3 3 (8.57%) Cyber Threat
3 3 (8.57%) Security Posture
4 2 (5.71%) Cyber Security Posture
5 1 (2.86%) Cyber Defence
5 1 (2.86%) Cyber Kill Chain
5 1 (2.86%) Cyberattack
5 1 (2.86%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (2.86%) Product Ownership
5 1 (2.86%) Public Cloud
5 1 (2.86%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.86%) Windows
1 1 (2.86%) Windows Server
1 1 (2.86%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (80.00%) Cybersecurity
2 21 (60.00%) Information Security
3 14 (40.00%) Vulnerability Management
4 9 (25.71%) ITIL
5 8 (22.86%) Security Architecture
6 6 (17.14%) Cryptography
6 6 (17.14%) Information Security Management
6 6 (17.14%) Project Governance
6 6 (17.14%) Security Hardening
6 6 (17.14%) Security Management
6 6 (17.14%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
6 6 (17.14%) Threat Intelligence
6 6 (17.14%) Threat Management
6 6 (17.14%) Vulnerability Remediation
7 5 (14.29%) Compliance Management
7 5 (14.29%) Regulatory Compliance
8 4 (11.43%) Identity Access Management
8 4 (11.43%) Incident Response
8 4 (11.43%) Mentoring
8 4 (11.43%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.86%) Bash
1 1 (2.86%) MATLAB
1 1 (2.86%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 5 (14.29%) Security Cleared
2 3 (8.57%) CISA
2 3 (8.57%) CRISC
3 2 (5.71%) Chartered Engineer
3 2 (5.71%) CISSP
3 2 (5.71%) Degree
4 1 (2.86%) AWS Certification
4 1 (2.86%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
4 1 (2.86%) Azure Certification
4 1 (2.86%) CASP
4 1 (2.86%) CISM
4 1 (2.86%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (2.86%) GCIA
4 1 (2.86%) GCIH
4 1 (2.86%) GIAC
4 1 (2.86%) MCSA
4 1 (2.86%) MCSE
4 1 (2.86%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (2.86%) Postgraduate
4 1 (2.86%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (31.43%) NIST
2 10 (28.57%) COBIT
3 9 (25.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 6 (17.14%) NCSC
4 6 (17.14%) PCI DSS
5 4 (11.43%) GRC
6 3 (8.57%) COSO
6 3 (8.57%) ITGC
7 2 (5.71%) GDPR
8 1 (2.86%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 1 (2.86%) QA
System Software
1 2 (5.71%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (11.43%) Nessus
2 1 (2.86%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 1 (2.86%) Ansible
2 1 (2.86%) QRadar
2 1 (2.86%) SCCM
2 1 (2.86%) SCOM
2 1 (2.86%) Terraform
Vendors
1 6 (17.14%) Microsoft
2 5 (14.29%) Qualys
3 1 (2.86%) Darktrace
3 1 (2.86%) Forcepoint
3 1 (2.86%) IBM
3 1 (2.86%) LogRhythm
3 1 (2.86%) MathWorks
3 1 (2.86%) Oracle
3 1 (2.86%) PTC
3 1 (2.86%) Red Hat
3 1 (2.86%) SAP
3 1 (2.86%) ServiceNow
3 1 (2.86%) SonicWALL
3 1 (2.86%) TOWER Software
3 1 (2.86%) Varonis