Operational Technology Contract Job Trends in Heathrow

Operational Technology (OT)
Hillingdon > Heathrow

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Operational Technology in contract job vacancies in Heathrow. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Operational Technology over the 6 months leading up to 9 October 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 6 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Operational Technology 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Heathrow 8.33% - -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 33.33% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 - -
Hillingdon median daily rate £600 - -

All Generic Skills
Heathrow

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 Heathrow.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 3 5 9
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Heathrow 25.00% 50.00% 34.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 2 8
10th Percentile £530 £183 £167
25th Percentile £575 £203 £248
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £235 £463
Median % change year-on-year +176.60% -49.19% -33.93%
75th Percentile - £268 £500
90th Percentile - £287 -
Hillingdon median daily rate £700 £425 £500
% change year-on-year +64.71% -15.00% -28.57%

Operational Technology
Job Vacancy Trend in Heathrow

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

Operational Technology job vacancy trend in Heathrow

Operational Technology
Daily Rate Trend in Heathrow

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

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

Operational Technology
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Heathrow 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Aviation
1 1 (100.00%) Influencing Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Security Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Onboarding
1 1 (100.00%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Resilience
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Register
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CISA
1 1 (100.00%) CISM
1 1 (100.00%) CISSP
1 1 (100.00%) CRISC
1 1 (100.00%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
1 1 (100.00%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27005
1 1 (100.00%) NCSC
1 1 (100.00%) NIST
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft