Operational Technology Contract Job Trends in Leeds

Operational Technology (OT)
West Yorkshire > Leeds

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Operational Technology in contract job vacancies in Leeds. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Operational Technology over the 6 months leading up to 24 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 80 - 63
Rank change year-on-year - - +25
Contract jobs citing Operational Technology 2 0 3
As % of all contract jobs in Leeds 0.23% - 0.38%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.62% - 1.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 3
10th Percentile - - £610
25th Percentile £525 - £625
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 - £650
Median % change year-on-year - - +13.04%
75th Percentile £575 - -
90th Percentile - - -
West Yorkshire median daily rate £370 £625 £650
% change year-on-year -40.80% -3.85% +13.04%

All Generic Skills
Leeds

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 Leeds.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 322 157 203
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Leeds 37.01% 33.76% 25.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 193 94 112
10th Percentile £313 £283 £277
25th Percentile £439 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - -9.09%
75th Percentile £550 £575 £575
90th Percentile £635 £725 £619
West Yorkshire median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% -13.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 4 33
10th Percentile - £34.18 -
25th Percentile - £38.24 £12.15
Median hourly rate £14.25 £65.71 £12.30
Median % change year-on-year -78.31% +434.21% -42.79%
75th Percentile £16.81 £97.12 £15.19
90th Percentile £18.61 £97.98 £15.24
West Yorkshire median hourly rate £17.12 £41.00 £13.50
% change year-on-year -58.24% +203.70% -37.21%

Operational Technology
Job Vacancy Trend in Leeds

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

Operational Technology job vacancy trend in Leeds

Operational Technology
Daily Rate Trend in Leeds

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

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

Operational Technology
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Leeds 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:

Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Project
Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) Firewall
1 1 (50.00%) Internet
1 1 (50.00%) Intrusion Detection
1 1 (50.00%) NAS
1 1 (50.00%) SAN
1 1 (50.00%) VLAN
1 1 (50.00%) VPN
General
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Project Manager
1 1 (50.00%) Security Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Linux
1 1 (50.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (100.00%) Regulatory Compliance
2 1 (50.00%) Asset Management
2 1 (50.00%) Disaster Recovery
2 1 (50.00%) Incident Response
2 1 (50.00%) Infrastructure Management
2 1 (50.00%) Network Segmentation
2 1 (50.00%) PRINCE2
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Programme Governance
2 1 (50.00%) Project Management
2 1 (50.00%) Roadmaps
2 1 (50.00%) Storage Management
2 1 (50.00%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) CCNA
1 1 (50.00%) CCNP
1 1 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (50.00%) CISSP
1 1 (50.00%) CompTIA Security+
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (50.00%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) GxP
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Cisco
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft