Operational Technology Contract Job Trends in Bedfordshire

Operational Technology (OT)
East of England > Bedfordshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Operational Technology in contract job vacancies in Bedfordshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Operational Technology over the 6 months leading up to 25 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 38 - 26
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Operational Technology 1 0 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Bedfordshire 0.44% - 2.47%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.22% - 7.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £625 - £690
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 - £700
75th Percentile £675 - £710
90th Percentile - - -
East of England median daily rate £263 £365 £525
% change year-on-year -28.01% -30.48% +18.64%

All Generic Skills
Bedfordshire

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 Bedfordshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 82 49 57
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bedfordshire 36.44% 25.39% 35.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 37 22 27
10th Percentile £131 £325 £174
25th Percentile £450 £463 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +15.00% - -
75th Percentile £625 £579 £550
90th Percentile £650 £650 £600
East of England median daily rate £500 £450 £475
% change year-on-year +11.11% -5.26% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 7 2
10th Percentile £57.45 £30.67 £52.75
25th Percentile £67.50 £42.91 £53.13
Median hourly rate £80.00 £62.50 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year +28.00% +13.64% +214.29%
75th Percentile £88.00 £74.00 £56.88
90th Percentile £91.00 £80.50 £57.25
East of England median hourly rate £54.00 £61.25 £60.00
% change year-on-year -11.84% +2.08% +48.64%

Operational Technology
Job Vacancy Trend in Bedfordshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Operational Technology in Bedfordshire

Operational Technology
Contract Job Locations in Bedfordshire

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 Bedfordshire region over the 6 months to 25 September 2025. 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
Luton - 1 £650 -
Operational Technology
East of England

Operational Technology
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bedfordshire 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Ethernet
1 1 (100.00%) Modbus
General
1 1 (100.00%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Consultant
1 1 (100.00%) Security Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) SCADA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) NIST
1 1 (100.00%) NIST 800