Operational Technology Contracts with Work from Home Options

Operational Technology (OT)
UK > Work from Home

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Operational Technology in contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH). Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Operational Technology over the 6 months to 9 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 284 369 532
Rank change year-on-year +85 +163 -89
Contract jobs citing Operational Technology 57 99 83
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.38% 0.39% 0.19%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.32% 1.25% 0.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 45 65 68
10th Percentile £337 £495 £465
25th Percentile £500 £550 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £615 £600
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% +2.50% +14.29%
75th Percentile £700 £680 £709
90th Percentile £788 £750 £758
UK median daily rate £575 £570 £590
% change year-on-year +0.88% -3.39% +12.38%

All Generic Skills
Work from Home

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 with a WFH option and a requirement for generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 4,326 7,897 13,802
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 28.70% 31.48% 31.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,958 5,553 9,859
10th Percentile £325 £363 £360
25th Percentile £431 £455 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £540
Median % change year-on-year - +1.85% +9.09%
75th Percentile £675 £684 £650
90th Percentile £800 £793 £750
UK median daily rate £540 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -1.82% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 190 154 221
10th Percentile £15.49 £19.00 £12.21
25th Percentile £25.50 £25.75 £20.75
Median hourly rate £51.00 £55.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -7.27% +23.60% +28.99%
75th Percentile £66.94 £70.00 £57.50
90th Percentile £72.50 £85.00 £66.00
UK median hourly rate £31.13 £22.49 £27.50
% change year-on-year +38.43% -18.24% +4.05%

Operational Technology
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Operational Technology as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Operational Technology trend for jobs with a WFH option

Operational Technology
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Operational Technology.

Operational Technology daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Operational Technology
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Operational Technology over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Operational Technology daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Operational Technology
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Operational Technology.

Operational Technology hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Operational Technology
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 (1.75%) Confluence
Business Applications
1 1 (1.75%) Maximo
Cloud Services
1 7 (12.28%) Azure
2 4 (7.02%) AWS
3 1 (1.75%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (1.75%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 9 (15.79%) Firewall
2 6 (10.53%) Wireless
3 5 (8.77%) WAN
4 4 (7.02%) WLAN
5 3 (5.26%) Cisco ASA
5 3 (5.26%) Cisco ISE
5 3 (5.26%) Cisco Nexus
5 3 (5.26%) Reverse Proxy
6 2 (3.51%) LAN
6 2 (3.51%) Network Security
6 2 (3.51%) SD-WAN
6 2 (3.51%) VLAN
7 1 (1.75%) Intrusion Detection
Development Applications
1 1 (1.75%) JIRA
General
1 13 (22.81%) Social Skills
2 9 (15.79%) Analytical Skills
3 7 (12.28%) Finance
4 6 (10.53%) Telecoms
5 5 (8.77%) Manufacturing
6 4 (7.02%) Banking
7 2 (3.51%) Legal
7 2 (3.51%) Marketing
8 1 (1.75%) Electronics
8 1 (1.75%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 16 (28.07%) Architect
2 8 (14.04%) Analyst
2 8 (14.04%) Security Architect
3 5 (8.77%) Enterprise Architect
3 5 (8.77%) Project Manager
4 4 (7.02%) Change Manager
4 4 (7.02%) Incident Analyst
4 4 (7.02%) Penetration Tester
4 4 (7.02%) Senior
4 4 (7.02%) Tester
5 3 (5.26%) Business Analyst
5 3 (5.26%) Consultant
5 3 (5.26%) Solutions Architect
6 2 (3.51%) Applications Support
6 2 (3.51%) Cisco Engineer
6 2 (3.51%) Enterprise Security Architect
6 2 (3.51%) Lead
6 2 (3.51%) Security Consultant
6 2 (3.51%) Security Manager
6 2 (3.51%) Security Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (5.26%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 13 (22.81%) SCADA
2 4 (7.02%) IoT
3 3 (5.26%) CCTV
3 3 (5.26%) Data Centre
3 3 (5.26%) Management Information System
3 3 (5.26%) Mobile App
4 2 (3.51%) Product Ownership
4 2 (3.51%) Renewable Energy
5 1 (1.75%) Cloud Security Posture
5 1 (1.75%) CMDB
5 1 (1.75%) Data Structures
5 1 (1.75%) Embedded Systems
5 1 (1.75%) Industrial Internet of Things
5 1 (1.75%) Security Operations Centre
5 1 (1.75%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 4 (7.02%) Linux
1 4 (7.02%) Windows
2 1 (1.75%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
2 11 (19.30%) Agile
3 9 (15.79%) Problem-Solving
3 9 (15.79%) Stakeholder Management
4 7 (12.28%) Waterfall
5 6 (10.53%) ITIL
6 5 (8.77%) Incident Management
6 5 (8.77%) IT Strategy
6 5 (8.77%) Knowledge Transfer
6 5 (8.77%) Migration
6 5 (8.77%) Penetration Testing
6 5 (8.77%) Performance Management
6 5 (8.77%) Project Management
6 5 (8.77%) Risk Management
6 5 (8.77%) Service Management
7 4 (7.02%) Information Management
7 4 (7.02%) Information Security
7 4 (7.02%) ITSM
7 4 (7.02%) Regulatory Compliance
7 4 (7.02%) Security Architecture
Programming Languages
1 4 (7.02%) Python
2 3 (5.26%) C++
2 3 (5.26%) JavaScript
3 1 (1.75%) C#
Qualifications
1 6 (10.53%) CISSP
2 5 (8.77%) SC Cleared
2 5 (8.77%) Security Cleared
3 4 (7.02%) Cisco Certification
3 4 (7.02%) CREST Certified
4 3 (5.26%) CCNA
4 3 (5.26%) CCNP
4 3 (5.26%) CEH
4 3 (5.26%) Degree
4 3 (5.26%) GIAC
4 3 (5.26%) GPEN
4 3 (5.26%) Network+ Certification
4 3 (5.26%) OSCP
5 1 (1.75%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 1 (1.75%) CCSP
5 1 (1.75%) CHECK Team Leader
5 1 (1.75%) CHECK Team Member
5 1 (1.75%) CISM
5 1 (1.75%) CTC Cleared
5 1 (1.75%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (14.04%) NIST
2 2 (3.51%) GRC
2 2 (3.51%) ISA99
3 1 (1.75%) GDPR
3 1 (1.75%) NCSC
3 1 (1.75%) QA
System Software
1 3 (5.26%) Active Directory
1 3 (5.26%) VMware Infrastructure
1 3 (5.26%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 1 (1.75%) CASB
1 1 (1.75%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 8 (14.04%) Cisco
2 6 (10.53%) Palo Alto
3 5 (8.77%) ServiceNow
4 3 (5.26%) CheckPoint
4 3 (5.26%) ForeScout
4 3 (5.26%) Fortinet
4 3 (5.26%) VMware
5 2 (3.51%) AVEVA
6 1 (1.75%) Cadence
6 1 (1.75%) SAP