Operational Technology Contract Job Trends in Edinburgh

Operational Technology (OT)
Scotland > Edinburgh

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Operational Technology in contract job vacancies in Edinburgh. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Operational Technology over the 6 months leading up to 12 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 63 - 84
Rank change year-on-year - - +46
Contract jobs citing Operational Technology 1 0 4
As % of all contract jobs in Edinburgh 0.17% - 0.43%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.44% - 1.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £750 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £800 - £450
Median % change year-on-year - - -20.35%
75th Percentile £850 - £494
90th Percentile - - £520
Scotland median daily rate £478 £600 £525
% change year-on-year -20.42% +14.29% +11.11%

All Generic Skills
Edinburgh

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 Edinburgh.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 227 234 344
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 37.96% 35.51% 36.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 112 109 176
10th Percentile £153 £192 £300
25th Percentile £262 £363 £409
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £450 £480
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% -6.25% +1.05%
75th Percentile £510 £538 £550
90th Percentile £573 £619 £625
Scotland median daily rate £450 £450 £500
% change year-on-year - -10.00% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 16 6
10th Percentile £14.35 £18.92 £14.69
25th Percentile £15.69 £21.74 £19.01
Median hourly rate £23.75 £23.59 £28.94
Median % change year-on-year +0.68% -18.47% +27.55%
75th Percentile £63.75 £24.18 £53.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £26.28 £60.75
Scotland median hourly rate £25.15 £23.59 £19.18
% change year-on-year +6.61% +22.99% -8.67%

Operational Technology
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

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

Operational Technology job vacancy trend in Edinburgh

Operational Technology
Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh

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

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

Operational Technology
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Edinburgh 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%) Architect
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) SCADA
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Asset Management
1 1 (100.00%) Fault Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Operational Acceptance Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) AVEVA