Operational Technology Contracts in the Midlands

Operational Technology (OT)
England > Midlands

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Operational Technology in contract job vacancies advertised in the Midlands. 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 110 118 196
Rank change year-on-year +8 +78 -43
Contract jobs citing Operational Technology 29 44 11
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 1.06% 1.28% 0.22%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 3.44% 4.04% 0.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 24 29 11
10th Percentile - £445 £500
25th Percentile £325 £495 £540
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £600 £625
Median % change year-on-year -22.92% -4.00% -
75th Percentile £656 £680 £750
90th Percentile £831 £779 -
England median daily rate £563 £575 £600
% change year-on-year -2.17% -4.17% +14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £62.50 - -
Median hourly rate £65.00 - -
75th Percentile £67.50 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £65.00 - -

All Generic Skills
Midlands

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 the Midlands with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 844 1,088 1,473
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 30.94% 31.63% 29.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 549 733 1,077
10th Percentile £220 £240 £213
25th Percentile £350 £373 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% - +17.28%
75th Percentile £611 £600 £575
90th Percentile £750 £700 £675
England median daily rate £550 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 62 41 58
10th Percentile £10.47 £16.70 £12.27
25th Percentile £13.93 £18.13 £14.66
Median hourly rate £19.50 £22.50 £16.37
Median % change year-on-year -13.33% +37.43% +5.63%
75th Percentile £28.88 £53.75 £19.94
90th Percentile £58.75 £65.00 £22.90
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 the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Operational Technology in the Midlands

Operational Technology
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for Operational Technology in the Midlands

Operational Technology
Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

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

Daily rate histogram for Operational Technology in the Midlands

Operational Technology
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Hourly rate trend for Operational Technology in the Midlands

Operational Technology
Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

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 Midlands 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 Midlands +15 28 £463 -27.73% 32
East Midlands +18 1 - - 2
Operational Technology
England

Operational Technology
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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 (6.90%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (6.90%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 2 (6.90%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (3.45%) Azure
2 1 (3.45%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 3 (10.34%) Network Security
1 3 (10.34%) Wireless
2 1 (3.45%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (6.90%) MS Access
General
1 10 (34.48%) Telecoms
2 8 (27.59%) Social Skills
3 6 (20.69%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (6.90%) Electronics
4 2 (6.90%) Military
4 2 (6.90%) Public Sector
5 1 (3.45%) Finance
5 1 (3.45%) Manufacturing
5 1 (3.45%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 16 (55.17%) Analyst
2 7 (24.14%) Incident Analyst
3 5 (17.24%) Architect
4 4 (13.79%) Security Architect
5 3 (10.34%) Senior
5 3 (10.34%) Senior Analyst
5 3 (10.34%) Threat Intelligence Analyst
6 2 (6.90%) Cybersecurity Architect
6 2 (6.90%) Enterprise Architect
6 2 (6.90%) Enterprise Security Architect
7 1 (3.45%) Business IT Analyst
7 1 (3.45%) Information Analyst
7 1 (3.45%) Information Security Analyst
7 1 (3.45%) Infrastructure Architect
7 1 (3.45%) IT Business Analyst
7 1 (3.45%) Project Coordinator
7 1 (3.45%) Security Analyst
7 1 (3.45%) Security Specialist
7 1 (3.45%) Solutions Architect
7 1 (3.45%) Systems Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 5 (17.24%) Management Information System
2 3 (10.34%) Cyber Threat
3 2 (6.90%) CMDB
3 2 (6.90%) IoT
3 2 (6.90%) Renewable Energy
3 2 (6.90%) SCADA
4 1 (3.45%) Cyber Defence
4 1 (3.45%) Cyberattack
4 1 (3.45%) Data Centre
4 1 (3.45%) Data Structures
4 1 (3.45%) Distributed Applications
4 1 (3.45%) FMCG
4 1 (3.45%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (44.83%) ITIL
2 11 (37.93%) Service Management
3 10 (34.48%) Cybersecurity
3 10 (34.48%) Incident Management
3 10 (34.48%) Performance Management
4 7 (24.14%) ITSM
5 6 (20.69%) Problem-Solving
6 5 (17.24%) Risk Management
7 4 (13.79%) Agile
7 4 (13.79%) Project Management
7 4 (13.79%) Waterfall
8 3 (10.34%) Actionable Insight
8 3 (10.34%) Computer Science
8 3 (10.34%) Cyber Intelligence
8 3 (10.34%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
8 3 (10.34%) Information Security
8 3 (10.34%) IT Strategy
8 3 (10.34%) Open Source
8 3 (10.34%) Security Architecture
8 3 (10.34%) Threat Intelligence
Qualifications
1 5 (17.24%) Security Cleared
2 4 (13.79%) Degree
3 3 (10.34%) DV Cleared
3 3 (10.34%) SC Cleared
4 1 (3.45%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 1 (3.45%) CCSP
4 1 (3.45%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (3.45%) CISSP
4 1 (3.45%) ITIL Certification
4 1 (3.45%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (10.34%) NIST
2 1 (3.45%) NCSC
System Software
1 1 (3.45%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 9 (31.03%) ServiceNow
2 2 (6.90%) NEC
2 2 (6.90%) SAP
3 1 (3.45%) Cadence
3 1 (3.45%) CrowdStrike
3 1 (3.45%) Red Hat