Operational Technology Contract Job Trends in Loughborough

Operational Technology (OT)
Leicestershire > Loughborough

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Operational Technology in contract job vacancies in Loughborough. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Operational Technology over the 6 months leading up to 17 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 4 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Operational Technology 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Loughborough 12.50% - -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 33.33% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £463 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 - -
75th Percentile £488 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Leicestershire median daily rate £475 - -

All Generic Skills
Loughborough

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 Loughborough.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 3 1 0
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Loughborough 37.50% 50.00% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 0
10th Percentile £468 - -
25th Percentile £475 £513 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 -
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -
75th Percentile £525 £538 -
90th Percentile £533 - -
Leicestershire median daily rate £538 £498 £464
% change year-on-year +8.04% +7.28% +17.41%

Operational Technology
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Loughborough 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%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Security Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Senior
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Security Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Security Management
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
1 1 (100.00%) Verification and Validation
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CESG Certified Professional
1 1 (100.00%) CISSP
1 1 (100.00%) CSSLP