Operational Technology Contract Job Trends in Devon

Operational Technology (OT)
South West > Devon

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Operational Technology in contract job vacancies in Devon. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Operational Technology over the 6 months leading up to 9 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 22 - 31
Rank change year-on-year - - +3
Contract jobs citing Operational Technology 3 0 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Devon 1.91% - 0.54%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 6.52% - 1.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £700 - -
South West median daily rate £750 £538 £675
% change year-on-year +39.53% -20.37% +28.57%

All Generic Skills
Devon

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 Devon.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 46 40 70
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Devon 29.30% 17.47% 37.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 22 55
10th Percentile - £143 £320
25th Percentile £145 £180 £409
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £275 £388 £465
Median % change year-on-year -29.03% -16.67% -9.27%
75th Percentile £520 £600 £600
90th Percentile £538 £673 £675
South West median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.42% -2.18% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 3 2
10th Percentile £23.74 £20.59 £19.31
25th Percentile £25.20 £21.73 £21.26
Median hourly rate £27.64 £25.28 £24.53
Median % change year-on-year +9.36% +3.06% +122.95%
75th Percentile £28.32 £32.84 £27.79
90th Percentile £28.73 £36.38 £29.75
South West median hourly rate £18.87 £70.00 £70.00
% change year-on-year -73.04% - +27.27%

Operational Technology
Job Vacancy Trend in Devon

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

Job vacancy trend for Operational Technology in Devon

Operational Technology
Contract Job Locations in Devon

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 Devon region over the 6 months to 9 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
Exeter - 2 - - 1
Plymouth - 1 £700 -
Operational Technology
South West

Operational Technology
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Devon 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:

General
1 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Lead
1 1 (33.33%) Project Manager
1 1 (33.33%) Security Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) SCADA
2 1 (33.33%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Linux
1 1 (33.33%) Mac OS
1 1 (33.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (66.67%) Regulatory Compliance
3 1 (33.33%) Cloud Security
3 1 (33.33%) Culture Change
3 1 (33.33%) High Availability
3 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (33.33%) Risk Management
3 1 (33.33%) Software Deployment
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) PowerShell
1 1 (33.33%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) CISM
1 1 (33.33%) CISSP
1 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
1 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) NIST
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Tanium