Operational Technology Contracts in the East of England

Operational Technology (OT)
England > East of England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Operational Technology in contract job vacancies in the East of England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Operational Technology over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 73 104 108
Rank change year-on-year +31 +4 +34
Contract jobs citing Operational Technology 9 8 15
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East of England 0.96% 0.42% 0.73%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.16% 1.56% 2.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 12
10th Percentile £333 - £210
25th Percentile £377 - £234
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £400 £350
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% +14.29% -40.17%
75th Percentile - - £356
90th Percentile - - £375
England median daily rate £575 £563 £575
% change year-on-year +2.22% -2.17% -4.17%

All Generic Skills
East of England

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 the East of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 416 512 682
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 44.35% 26.82% 33.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 231 253 450
10th Percentile £225 £178 £185
25th Percentile £398 £295 £260
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £465 £450
Median % change year-on-year +11.83% +3.33% -5.26%
75th Percentile £619 £550 £588
90th Percentile £675 £650 £700
England median daily rate £548 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -0.36% -4.35% +4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 71 127 52
10th Percentile £16.95 £13.24 £20.54
25th Percentile £26.30 £17.00 £21.00
Median hourly rate £66.00 £55.00 £63.00
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% -12.70% +121.75%
75th Percentile £83.25 £65.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £87.50 £70.00 £79.38
England median hourly rate £33.00 £30.16 £22.50
% change year-on-year +9.42% +34.04% -16.67%

Operational Technology
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

Job postings citing Operational Technology as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the East of England.

Job vacancy trend for Operational Technology in the East of England

Operational Technology
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Operational Technology in the East of England.

Daily rate trend for Operational Technology in the East of England

Operational Technology
Daily Rate Histogram in the East of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Operational Technology in the East of England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Operational Technology in the East of England

Operational Technology
Contract Job Locations in the East of England

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 East of England region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
Hertfordshire +31 8 £379 - 13
Cambridgeshire - 1 £450 - 9
Operational Technology
England

Operational Technology
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of England 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:

Applications
1 7 (77.78%) Microsoft Excel
Communications & Networking
1 7 (77.78%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (11.11%) Metadata
General
1 8 (88.89%) Analytical Skills
2 5 (55.56%) Social Skills
3 2 (22.22%) Pharmaceutical
4 1 (11.11%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 2 (22.22%) IT Engineer
1 2 (22.22%) Support Engineer
2 1 (11.11%) Consultant
2 1 (11.11%) Desktop Engineer
2 1 (11.11%) Desktop Support
2 1 (11.11%) Desktop Support Engineer
2 1 (11.11%) Manufacturing Engineer
2 1 (11.11%) User Experience Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 2 (22.22%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (11.11%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (11.11%) Product Ownership
2 1 (11.11%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 7 (77.78%) Apple iOS
2 5 (55.56%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (77.78%) Agile
1 7 (77.78%) Coaching
1 7 (77.78%) Computer Security
1 7 (77.78%) Incident Management
1 7 (77.78%) Software Testing
1 7 (77.78%) Validation
2 2 (22.22%) Data Protection
3 1 (11.11%) Change Management
3 1 (11.11%) Project Management
3 1 (11.11%) User Experience
3 1 (11.11%) User Research
3 1 (11.11%) UX Design
3 1 (11.11%) Visualisation
3 1 (11.11%) Workflow
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (77.78%) GxP
2 1 (11.11%) GMP
System Software
1 7 (77.78%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 8 (88.89%) Microsoft
2 7 (77.78%) ServiceNow
3 1 (11.11%) DataCore