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 in London. 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 318 358 424
Rank change year-on-year +40 +66 +130
Contract jobs citing Operational Technology 35 33 69
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.28% 0.19% 0.26%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.78% 0.56% 0.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 21 50
10th Percentile £450 £388 £416
25th Percentile £511 £525 £489
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £650 £625
Median % change year-on-year -11.54% +4.00% -
75th Percentile £750 £700 £707
90th Percentile £764 £960 £777
England median daily rate £575 £563 £575
% change year-on-year +2.22% -2.17% -4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £70.24 - -
25th Percentile £72.40 - -
Median hourly rate £78.40 - -
75th Percentile £82.00 - -
90th Percentile £82.72 - -
England median hourly rate £78.40 £65.00 -
% change year-on-year +20.62% - -

All Generic Skills
London

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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 4,516 5,909 9,701
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 35.99% 33.14% 35.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,054 4,182 6,966
10th Percentile £325 £301 £375
25th Percentile £451 £450 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £583 £600
Median % change year-on-year -1.29% -2.92% -
75th Percentile £738 £725 £750
90th Percentile £850 £850 £838
England median daily rate £548 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -0.36% -4.35% +4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 74 160 109
10th Percentile £15.84 £15.50 £18.93
25th Percentile £22.60 £18.93 £21.24
Median hourly rate £34.50 £26.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +32.69% -25.71% -21.35%
75th Percentile £50.31 £47.81 £64.50
90th Percentile £80.05 £66.78 £83.15
England median hourly rate £33.00 £30.16 £22.50
% change year-on-year +9.42% +34.04% -16.67%

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 1 May 2025.

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 1 May 2025. 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
Central London +4 4 £563 -17.58% 1
South London - 3 - -
East London - 1 £600 -
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 2 (5.71%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 7 (20.00%) Azure
2 3 (8.57%) AWS
3 2 (5.71%) Microsoft Purview
4 1 (2.86%) Azure Stack
4 1 (2.86%) Boomi
Communications & Networking
1 8 (22.86%) Firewall
2 3 (8.57%) 4G
2 3 (8.57%) ISDN
2 3 (8.57%) LAN
2 3 (8.57%) MPLS
2 3 (8.57%) PSTN
2 3 (8.57%) VPN
2 3 (8.57%) WAN
3 2 (5.71%) Network Security
4 1 (2.86%) Cisco ASA
4 1 (2.86%) Cisco Firepower
4 1 (2.86%) Cisco ISE
4 1 (2.86%) MQTT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.86%) SQL Server
General
1 8 (22.86%) Social Skills
2 7 (20.00%) Public Sector
3 4 (11.43%) Finance
3 4 (11.43%) Presentation Skills
4 2 (5.71%) Manufacturing
4 2 (5.71%) Pharmaceutical
4 2 (5.71%) Telecoms
5 1 (2.86%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (2.86%) Back Office
5 1 (2.86%) Front Office
5 1 (2.86%) Law
Job Titles
1 14 (40.00%) Architect
2 8 (22.86%) Lead
3 6 (17.14%) Technical Architect
4 5 (14.29%) Security Architect
5 4 (11.43%) Analyst
5 4 (11.43%) Consultant
5 4 (11.43%) Lead Architect
5 4 (11.43%) Technical Leader
6 3 (8.57%) Integration Architect
6 3 (8.57%) Security Consultant
7 2 (5.71%) Cybersecurity Analyst
7 2 (5.71%) Network Architect
7 2 (5.71%) Network Engineer
7 2 (5.71%) Network Security Engineer
7 2 (5.71%) Penetration Tester
7 2 (5.71%) Project Engineer
7 2 (5.71%) Risk Analyst
7 2 (5.71%) Security Engineer
7 2 (5.71%) Solutions Architect
7 2 (5.71%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.86%) IBM Integration Bus
1 1 (2.86%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 3 (8.57%) Low-Code
1 3 (8.57%) Product Ownership
1 3 (8.57%) Security Posture
2 2 (5.71%) Cloud Native
2 2 (5.71%) Enterprise Software
2 2 (5.71%) FMCG
3 1 (2.86%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (2.86%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.86%) Linux
1 1 (2.86%) Windows
1 1 (2.86%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (34.29%) Cybersecurity
2 8 (22.86%) Risk Management
3 6 (17.14%) Data Governance
3 6 (17.14%) Risk Assessment
3 6 (17.14%) Security Architecture
3 6 (17.14%) Stakeholder Management
4 5 (14.29%) Technical Architecture
5 4 (11.43%) Network Architecture
6 3 (8.57%) Cryptography
6 3 (8.57%) DevOps
6 3 (8.57%) Network Virtualisation
6 3 (8.57%) Penetration Testing
6 3 (8.57%) Project Management
6 3 (8.57%) Red Team
6 3 (8.57%) Regulatory Compliance
6 3 (8.57%) Security Management
6 3 (8.57%) Social Engineering
6 3 (8.57%) TOGAF
6 3 (8.57%) Zero Trust
7 2 (5.71%) MITRE ATT&CK
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.86%) Java
1 1 (2.86%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 10 (28.57%) CISSP
2 9 (25.71%) CISM
2 9 (25.71%) Security Cleared
3 7 (20.00%) SC Cleared
4 4 (11.43%) CISA
4 4 (11.43%) CRISC
4 4 (11.43%) Degree
4 4 (11.43%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
5 2 (5.71%) BPSS Clearance
5 2 (5.71%) Master's Degree
6 1 (2.86%) CCNP
6 1 (2.86%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (2.86%) CompTIA Security+
6 1 (2.86%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (2.86%) GIAC
6 1 (2.86%) PMI Certification
6 1 (2.86%) PMP
6 1 (2.86%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (34.29%) NIST
2 8 (22.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 6 (17.14%) NIST 800
4 2 (5.71%) Cyber Essentials
4 2 (5.71%) GRC
4 2 (5.71%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
5 1 (2.86%) GDPR
System Software
1 3 (8.57%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (2.86%) KVM
2 1 (2.86%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 3 (8.57%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (5.71%) Nagios
2 2 (5.71%) SCCM
3 1 (2.86%) Ansible
3 1 (2.86%) SCOM
Vendors
1 5 (14.29%) Microsoft
2 3 (8.57%) VMware
3 2 (5.71%) Qualys
3 2 (5.71%) ServiceNow
3 2 (5.71%) Snow
4 1 (2.86%) AlgoSec
4 1 (2.86%) Cisco
4 1 (2.86%) Dell
4 1 (2.86%) IBM
4 1 (2.86%) MuleSoft
4 1 (2.86%) Red Hat
4 1 (2.86%) Tufin