Operational Technology Contract Job Trends in Merseyside

Operational Technology (OT)
North West > Merseyside

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Operational Technology in contract job vacancies in Merseyside. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Operational Technology over the 6 months leading up to 10 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 41 25 -
Rank change year-on-year -16 - -
Contract jobs citing Operational Technology 3 2 0
As % of all contract jobs in Merseyside 0.96% 1.19% -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 3.37% 5.71% -
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 - -
North West median daily rate £550 £447 £950
% change year-on-year +23.04% -52.95% +79.67%

All Generic Skills
Merseyside

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 Merseyside.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 89 35 41
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Merseyside 28.34% 20.83% 17.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 24 17
10th Percentile £153 £153 £115
25th Percentile £404 £206 £143
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £494 £400 £388
Median % change year-on-year +23.44% +3.23% -8.82%
75th Percentile £569 £534 £488
90th Percentile £613 £550 £525
North West median daily rate £488 £450 £493
% change year-on-year +8.33% -8.72% -1.40%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 1 8
10th Percentile £14.68 - £18.09
25th Percentile - - £20.09
Median hourly rate £25.38 £17.30 £32.12
Median % change year-on-year +46.71% -46.13% -49.02%
75th Percentile £43.96 - £34.24
90th Percentile - - £34.32
North West median hourly rate £43.96 £35.50 £25.25
% change year-on-year +23.83% +40.59% -9.30%

Operational Technology
Job Vacancy Trend in Merseyside

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

Operational Technology job vacancy trend in Merseyside

Operational Technology
Daily Rate Trend in Merseyside

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

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

Operational Technology
Daily Rate Histogram in Merseyside

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Operational Technology in Merseyside over the 6 months to 10 July 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Operational Technology in Merseyside

Operational Technology
Contract Job Locations in Merseyside

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 Merseyside region over the 6 months to 10 July 2026. 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
Liverpool -11 3 £550 -
Operational Technology
North West

Operational Technology
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Merseyside 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