Operational Technology Contract Job Trends in Liverpool

Operational Technology (OT)
Merseyside > Liverpool

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Operational Technology in contract job vacancies in Liverpool. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Operational Technology over the 6 months leading up to 23 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 39 25 -
Rank change year-on-year -14 - -
Contract jobs citing Operational Technology 3 2 0
As % of all contract jobs in Liverpool 1.09% 1.47% -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 3.66% 6.06% -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £525 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 - -
75th Percentile £663 - -
90th Percentile £715 - -
Merseyside median daily rate £550 - -

All Generic Skills
Liverpool

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 Liverpool.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 82 33 29
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Liverpool 29.71% 24.26% 17.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 20 9
10th Percentile £405 £150 £137
25th Percentile £500 £210 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £425 £450
Median % change year-on-year +23.53% -5.56% +5.88%
75th Percentile £588 £499 £488
90th Percentile £638 £550 £525
Merseyside median daily rate £525 £425 £450
% change year-on-year +23.53% -5.56% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 1 5
10th Percentile £14.68 - £18.06
25th Percentile £29.32 - £18.11
Median hourly rate £43.96 £17.30 £34.21
Median % change year-on-year +154.10% -49.43% +17.97%
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
Merseyside median hourly rate £34.67 £17.30 £27.86
% change year-on-year +100.40% -37.89% -3.95%

Operational Technology
Job Vacancy Trend in Liverpool

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

Operational Technology job vacancy trend in Liverpool

Operational Technology
Daily Rate Trend in Liverpool

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

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

Operational Technology
Daily Rate Histogram in Liverpool

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Operational Technology in Liverpool over the 6 months to 23 July 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Operational Technology in Liverpool

Operational Technology
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Liverpool 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:

Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) JIRA
General
1 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (33.33%) Law
1 1 (33.33%) Legal
1 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Lead
2 1 (33.33%) Incident and Problem Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Incident Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Incident Response Lead
2 1 (33.33%) ITIL Manager
2 1 (33.33%) ITIL Problem Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Problem Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Management Information System
2 1 (33.33%) Cyber Threat
2 1 (33.33%) SCADA
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Incident Response
2 2 (66.67%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (66.67%) Incident Management
2 2 (66.67%) Root Cause Analysis
3 1 (33.33%) Actionable Insight
3 1 (33.33%) Cyber Intelligence
3 1 (33.33%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
3 1 (33.33%) Data-Driven Decision Making
3 1 (33.33%) Decision-Making
3 1 (33.33%) Digital Forensics
3 1 (33.33%) ITIL
3 1 (33.33%) Major Incident Management
3 1 (33.33%) MITRE ATT&CK
3 1 (33.33%) Problem Management
3 1 (33.33%) Service Management
3 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (33.33%) Strategic Roadmap
3 1 (33.33%) Threat Intelligence
3 1 (33.33%) Validation
3 1 (33.33%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) CISSP
1 2 (66.67%) CREST Certified
2 1 (33.33%) GCFA
2 1 (33.33%) GCIA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) NCSC
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) ServiceNow