Operational Technology Contract Job Trends in Aberdeen

Operational Technology (OT)
Scotland > Aberdeen

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Operational Technology in contract job vacancies in Aberdeen. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Operational Technology over the 6 months leading up to 12 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 10 - 3
Rank change year-on-year - - +5
Contract jobs citing Operational Technology 1 0 7
As % of all contract jobs in Aberdeen 2.44% - 25.93%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 7.14% - 46.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 7
10th Percentile - - £150
25th Percentile - - £155
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 - £575
Median % change year-on-year - - +9.52%
75th Percentile - - £634
90th Percentile - - £638
Scotland median daily rate £525 £472 £550
% change year-on-year +11.23% -14.18% -3.51%

All Generic Skills
Aberdeen

Operational Technology falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in Aberdeen.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 14 3 15
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Aberdeen 34.15% 17.65% 55.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 3 9
10th Percentile £243 £428 £150
25th Percentile £413 £441 £160
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £475 £575
Median % change year-on-year +7.89% -17.39% +342.31%
75th Percentile £538 £488 £630
90th Percentile £765 - £638
Scotland median daily rate £470 £450 £475
% change year-on-year +4.44% -5.26% -2.56%

Operational Technology
Job Vacancy Trend in Aberdeen

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Operational Technology relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Aberdeen.

Operational Technology job vacancy trend in Aberdeen

Operational Technology
Daily Rate Trend in Aberdeen

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Aberdeen citing Operational Technology.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Aberdeen citing Operational Technology

Operational Technology
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Aberdeen by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) IT Manager
1 1 (100.00%) IT Risk Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Enterprise Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) IT Governance
1 1 (100.00%) IT Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Matrix Organization
1 1 (100.00%) Quality Management
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) Service Management
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) COBIT
1 1 (100.00%) ISO 31000
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27005