Operational Technology Contracts in Scotland

Operational Technology (OT)
UK > Scotland

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Operational Technology in contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Operational Technology over the 6 months to 29 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
29 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 103 136 152
Rank change year-on-year +33 +16 +5
Contract jobs citing Operational Technology 25 27 28
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 1.13% 0.94% 0.80%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 3.42% 2.60% 2.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 23 23
10th Percentile £177 £336 £195
25th Percentile £489 £488 £458
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £550 £491
Median % change year-on-year +13.64% +12.02% +63.12%
75th Percentile £700 £613 £593
90th Percentile £784 £698 £750
UK median daily rate £575 £570 £591
% change year-on-year +0.88% -3.59% +18.25%

All Generic Skills
Scotland

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 contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 730 1,037 1,180
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 32.88% 36.23% 33.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 424 712 814
10th Percentile £202 £250 £240
25th Percentile £400 £413 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £488 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.56% +2.63% +11.76%
75th Percentile £588 £560 £550
90th Percentile £675 £675 £634
UK median daily rate £538 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.18% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 36 23 23
10th Percentile £13.75 - £15.53
25th Percentile £16.25 £10.63 £18.90
Median hourly rate £18.14 £12.30 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +47.44% -71.40% -4.44%
75th Percentile £38.25 £28.81 £53.75
90th Percentile £60.38 £52.55 £55.75
UK median hourly rate £30.00 £22.49 £27.50
% change year-on-year +33.42% -18.24% +3.19%

Operational Technology
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Job postings citing Operational Technology as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Job vacancy trend for Operational Technology in Scotland

Operational Technology
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Operational Technology in Scotland.

Daily rate trend for Operational Technology in Scotland

Operational Technology
Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Operational Technology in Scotland over the 6 months to 29 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Operational Technology in Scotland

Operational Technology
Contract Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Operational Technology within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 29 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Aberdeen +7 7 £575 +9.52% 3
Glasgow +6 7 £663 +13.25% 4
Perthshire 0 4 £700 +22.81%
Edinburgh +41 1 - -
Lanarkshire +2 1 £525 - 1
Operational Technology
UK

Operational Technology
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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:

Cloud Services
1 5 (20.00%) Azure
2 4 (16.00%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (20.00%) Firewall
2 3 (12.00%) Internet
2 3 (12.00%) Telepresence
2 3 (12.00%) Unified Communications
General
1 6 (24.00%) Social Skills
2 5 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (16.00%) Manufacturing
4 3 (12.00%) Finance
5 1 (4.00%) Banking
5 1 (4.00%) Legal
5 1 (4.00%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 10 (40.00%) Architect
2 8 (32.00%) Solutions Architect
3 4 (16.00%) Project Manager
4 3 (12.00%) Desktop Engineer
4 3 (12.00%) Desktop Support
4 3 (12.00%) Desktop Support Engineer
4 3 (12.00%) Security Architect
4 3 (12.00%) Support Engineer
5 2 (8.00%) Consultant
5 2 (8.00%) Cybersecurity Architect
5 2 (8.00%) Field Engineer
5 2 (8.00%) Network Engineer
5 2 (8.00%) Network Field Engineer
5 2 (8.00%) Security Consultant
5 2 (8.00%) Security Solutions Architect
5 2 (8.00%) SOC Manager
6 1 (4.00%) Cybersecurity Consultant
6 1 (4.00%) Infrastructure Project Manager
6 1 (4.00%) Lead
6 1 (4.00%) Technical Infrastructure Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 4 (16.00%) SCADA
2 1 (4.00%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 4 (16.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (44.00%) Cybersecurity
2 10 (40.00%) Agile
2 10 (40.00%) TOGAF
3 9 (36.00%) Waterfall
4 8 (32.00%) Cyber Resilience
5 5 (20.00%) Data Integration
5 5 (20.00%) Identity Access Management
5 5 (20.00%) IT Strategy
5 5 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
5 5 (20.00%) Project Delivery
5 5 (20.00%) Risk Assessment
5 5 (20.00%) Roadmaps
5 5 (20.00%) Security Operations
5 5 (20.00%) SIEM
5 5 (20.00%) Technology Strategy
6 4 (16.00%) Information Security
6 4 (16.00%) Stakeholder Management
7 3 (12.00%) Change Management
7 3 (12.00%) Critical Thinking
7 3 (12.00%) Service Delivery
Qualifications
1 4 (16.00%) Degree
2 1 (4.00%) CISA
2 1 (4.00%) CISSP
System Software
1 2 (8.00%) Firmware
Vendors
1 2 (8.00%) CheckPoint
1 2 (8.00%) Cisco