Operational Technology Contracts in London

Operational Technology (OT)
England > London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Operational Technology in contract job vacancies advertised in London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Operational Technology over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 361 426 556
Rank change year-on-year +65 +130 -105
Contract jobs citing Operational Technology 33 69 48
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.19% 0.25% 0.12%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.56% 0.71% 0.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 50 37
10th Percentile £388 £416 £510
25th Percentile £525 £489 £563
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £625 £625
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% - +28.21%
75th Percentile £700 £707 £725
90th Percentile £960 £777 £738
England median daily rate £563 £575 £600
% change year-on-year -2.17% -4.17% +14.29%

All Generic Skills
London

Operational Technology is in the General and Transferable Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 5,852 9,722 14,221
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 33.04% 35.90% 36.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,137 6,983 10,364
10th Percentile £300 £375 £400
25th Percentile £450 £500 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £600 £600
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% - +10.34%
75th Percentile £725 £745 £700
90th Percentile £850 £838 £800
England median daily rate £550 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 161 113 196
10th Percentile £15.50 £18.93 £18.50
25th Percentile £18.93 £21.24 £23.91
Median hourly rate £26.00 £35.00 £44.15
Median % change year-on-year -25.71% -20.72% +35.85%
75th Percentile £46.86 £64.50 £53.16
90th Percentile £67.00 £83.60 £71.55
England median hourly rate £30.00 £22.50 £26.98
% change year-on-year +33.33% -16.60% +1.24%

Operational Technology
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Operational Technology in London

Operational Technology
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for Operational Technology in London

Operational Technology
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Operational Technology in London over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Operational Technology in London

Operational Technology
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Operational Technology in London.

Hourly rate trend for Operational Technology in London

Operational Technology
Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Operational Technology within the London region over the 6 months to 27 April 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
West London +22 6 £650 -7.14% 2
Central London +31 4 £683 +36.50% 1
Operational Technology
England

Operational Technology
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 (3.03%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (3.03%) Microsoft Project
1 1 (3.03%) Trello
Cloud Services
1 4 (12.12%) AWS
2 3 (9.09%) Azure
3 1 (3.03%) Entra ID
3 1 (3.03%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (6.06%) DNS
1 2 (6.06%) Firewall
1 2 (6.06%) SNMP
2 1 (3.03%) Internet
2 1 (3.03%) Modbus
2 1 (3.03%) Network Security
2 1 (3.03%) TCP/IP
Development Applications
1 1 (3.03%) JIRA
General
1 9 (27.27%) Finance
2 8 (24.24%) Banking
3 7 (21.21%) Social Skills
4 4 (12.12%) Financial Institution
4 4 (12.12%) International Banking
5 2 (6.06%) Advertising
5 2 (6.06%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (3.03%) Legal
6 1 (3.03%) Manufacturing
6 1 (3.03%) Pharmaceutical
6 1 (3.03%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 8 (24.24%) Architect
2 7 (21.21%) Consultant
3 6 (18.18%) Change Manager
4 5 (15.15%) Security Architect
4 5 (15.15%) Security Consultant
5 3 (9.09%) Cybersecurity Architect
6 2 (6.06%) Enterprise Architect
6 2 (6.06%) Information Officer
6 2 (6.06%) Information Security Officer
6 2 (6.06%) Project Manager
6 2 (6.06%) Regulatory Change Manager
6 2 (6.06%) Security Officer
7 1 (3.03%) Chief Technology Officer
7 1 (3.03%) IAM Consultant
7 1 (3.03%) IT Architect
7 1 (3.03%) Penetration Tester
7 1 (3.03%) Project Manager - Cybersecurity
7 1 (3.03%) Security Manager
7 1 (3.03%) Security Project Manager
7 1 (3.03%) Technical Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 6 (18.18%) Security Posture
2 5 (15.15%) SCADA
3 2 (6.06%) Data Centre
3 2 (6.06%) Industry 4.0
3 2 (6.06%) IoT
4 1 (3.03%) BBC
4 1 (3.03%) Cloud Security Posture
4 1 (3.03%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (3.03%) Embedded Systems
4 1 (3.03%) Industrial Internet of Things
4 1 (3.03%) Management Information System
4 1 (3.03%) Product Ownership
4 1 (3.03%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.03%) Windows
1 1 (3.03%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (42.42%) Cybersecurity
2 8 (24.24%) Information Management
2 8 (24.24%) Regulatory Compliance
3 5 (15.15%) Information Security
3 5 (15.15%) Security Operations
4 4 (12.12%) Cloud Security
4 4 (12.12%) Risk Management
4 4 (12.12%) Stakeholder Management
5 3 (9.09%) Migration
5 3 (9.09%) Security Architecture
5 3 (9.09%) Value Proposition
6 2 (6.06%) Agile
6 2 (6.06%) Data Migration
6 2 (6.06%) Data Protection
6 2 (6.06%) Penetration Testing
6 2 (6.06%) Project Management
6 2 (6.06%) Regulatory Change
6 2 (6.06%) SABSA
6 2 (6.06%) Task Automation
6 2 (6.06%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 2 (6.06%) PowerShell
1 2 (6.06%) SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (18.18%) CISM
1 6 (18.18%) CISSP
2 4 (12.12%) Cisco Certification
3 3 (9.09%) (ISC)2 CCSP
3 3 (9.09%) CCSK
3 3 (9.09%) CCSP
3 3 (9.09%) CISA
4 2 (6.06%) CCNP
4 2 (6.06%) CEH
4 2 (6.06%) Degree
5 1 (3.03%) CCA
5 1 (3.03%) CCNA
5 1 (3.03%) CHECK Team Leader
5 1 (3.03%) CHECK Team Member
5 1 (3.03%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (3.03%) CREST Certified
5 1 (3.03%) CTC Cleared
5 1 (3.03%) DBS Check
5 1 (3.03%) SC Cleared
5 1 (3.03%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (36.36%) NIST
2 4 (12.12%) NCSC
3 3 (9.09%) ISA99
3 3 (9.09%) NIST 800
4 2 (6.06%) GRC
4 2 (6.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (6.06%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
5 1 (3.03%) Actionable Recommendations
5 1 (3.03%) GDPR
System Software
1 3 (9.09%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (3.03%) CASB
1 1 (3.03%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 3 (9.09%) Microsoft
2 2 (6.06%) Cisco
2 2 (6.06%) Palo Alto
3 1 (3.03%) Cadence
3 1 (3.03%) CheckPoint
3 1 (3.03%) ForeScout
3 1 (3.03%) Intel