Operational Technology Contracts in Glasgow

Operational Technology (OT)
Scotland > Glasgow

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Operational Technology in contract job vacancies in Glasgow. 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 76 75 82
Rank change year-on-year -1 +7 -4
Contract jobs citing Operational Technology 3 7 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Glasgow 0.38% 0.80% 0.22%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.98% 2.53% 0.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 6 2
10th Percentile £420 £450 £571
25th Percentile £450 £541 £571
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £663 £585
Median % change year-on-year -24.53% +13.25% +26.02%
75th Percentile £550 £697 £611
90th Percentile £580 £744 £620
Scotland median daily rate £486 £625 £550
% change year-on-year -22.24% +13.64% +12.02%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £83.20 - -
Scotland median hourly rate £83.20 - -

All Generic Skills
Glasgow

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 Glasgow.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 307 277 372
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Glasgow 38.47% 31.58% 40.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 158 163 238
10th Percentile £313 £214 £267
25th Percentile £407 £356 £411
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £440 £488
Median % change year-on-year +5.57% -9.74% +8.33%
75th Percentile £550 £538 £613
90th Percentile £589 £675 £750
Scotland median daily rate £467 £475 £488
% change year-on-year -1.68% -2.56% +2.63%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 12 16
10th Percentile £15.65 £15.42 -
25th Percentile £18.28 £15.86 -
Median hourly rate £20.29 £18.00 £10.63
Median % change year-on-year +12.72% +69.33% -51.68%
75th Percentile £36.64 £28.06 £22.81
90th Percentile £64.58 £57.13 £41.37
Scotland median hourly rate £22.00 £18.14 £12.30
% change year-on-year +21.31% +47.44% -71.40%

Operational Technology
Job Vacancy Trend in Glasgow

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

Job vacancy trend for Operational Technology in Glasgow

Operational Technology
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Glasgow

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Operational Technology in Glasgow.

Daily rate trend for Operational Technology in Glasgow

Operational Technology
Daily Rate Histogram in Glasgow

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

Daily rate histogram for Operational Technology in Glasgow

Operational Technology
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Glasgow 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 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) Cisco Firepower
1 1 (33.33%) Wireless
General
1 2 (66.67%) Finance
2 1 (33.33%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Azure Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Cybersecurity Manager
1 1 (33.33%) Network Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Project Manager
1 1 (33.33%) Project Manager - Cybersecurity
1 1 (33.33%) Security Manager
1 1 (33.33%) Security Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Enterprise Software
1 1 (33.33%) Management Information System
1 1 (33.33%) PMI
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (33.33%) Business Process Improvement
2 1 (33.33%) Change Management
2 1 (33.33%) Contingency Planning
2 1 (33.33%) Cyber Assurance
2 1 (33.33%) GAP Analysis
2 1 (33.33%) Impact Assessments
2 1 (33.33%) PRINCE
2 1 (33.33%) PRINCE2
2 1 (33.33%) Process Improvement
2 1 (33.33%) Programme Governance
2 1 (33.33%) Project Delivery
2 1 (33.33%) Project Governance
2 1 (33.33%) Project Management
2 1 (33.33%) Project Planning
2 1 (33.33%) Regulatory Compliance
2 1 (33.33%) Risk Assessment
2 1 (33.33%) Risk Management
2 1 (33.33%) Roadmaps
2 1 (33.33%) Security Architecture
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) CISM
1 1 (33.33%) CISSP
1 1 (33.33%) CRISC
1 1 (33.33%) Degree
1 1 (33.33%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
1 1 (33.33%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (33.33%) NIST
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Cisco
1 1 (33.33%) Meraki