Operational Technology Contracts in the North East

Operational Technology (OT)
England > North East

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Operational Technology in contract job vacancies in the North East. 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 31 34 -
Rank change year-on-year +3 - -
Contract jobs citing Operational Technology 7 4 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North East 2.19% 1.18% -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 7.07% 4.17% -
Number of daily rates quoted 7 3 0
10th Percentile £410 £570 -
25th Percentile £513 £581 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £600 -
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% - -
75th Percentile £606 £625 -
90th Percentile £630 £640 -
England median daily rate £575 £563 £575
% change year-on-year +2.22% -2.17% -4.17%

All Generic Skills
North East

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 the North East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 99 96 109
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North East 30.94% 28.40% 25.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 61 56 85
10th Percentile £325 £163 £196
25th Percentile £400 £314 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £534 £475 £600
Median % change year-on-year +12.42% -20.83% +37.14%
75th Percentile £625 £549 £700
90th Percentile £650 £688 £775
England median daily rate £548 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -0.36% -4.35% +4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 8 0
10th Percentile £27.06 £11.44 -
25th Percentile £39.35 £15.05 -
Median hourly rate £49.09 £32.50 -
Median % change year-on-year +51.05% - -
75th Percentile £53.40 £48.75 -
90th Percentile £55.91 £52.13 -
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 the North East

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

Job vacancy trend for Operational Technology in the North East

Operational Technology
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North East

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

Daily rate trend for Operational Technology in the North East

Operational Technology
Daily Rate Histogram in the North East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Operational Technology in the North East over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Operational Technology in the North East

Operational Technology
Contract Job Locations in the North East

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 North East 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
Tyne and Wear -5 4 £588 -2.08% 3
Northumberland - 2 £575 -
Durham - 1 £475 - 2
Operational Technology
England

Operational Technology
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North East 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (14.29%) AWS
1 1 (14.29%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 1 (14.29%) Network Security
1 1 (14.29%) TCP/IP
General
1 2 (28.57%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (28.57%) Social Skills
2 1 (14.29%) Documentation Skills
2 1 (14.29%) Manufacturing
2 1 (14.29%) Presentation Skills
2 1 (14.29%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 3 (42.86%) Architect
2 2 (28.57%) Analyst
2 2 (28.57%) Solutions Architect
2 2 (28.57%) Systems Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Cybersecurity Architect
3 1 (14.29%) IT Manager
3 1 (14.29%) IT Project Manager
3 1 (14.29%) Network Manager
3 1 (14.29%) Network Operations Manager
3 1 (14.29%) Network Project Manager
3 1 (14.29%) Project Manager
3 1 (14.29%) Security Architect
3 1 (14.29%) Systems Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (28.57%) Management Information System
2 1 (14.29%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 1 (14.29%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (42.86%) Collaborative Working
1 3 (42.86%) Problem-Solving
1 3 (42.86%) Risk Management
2 2 (28.57%) Change Management
2 2 (28.57%) Collaborative Culture
2 2 (28.57%) Computer Science
2 2 (28.57%) Process Improvement
2 2 (28.57%) Regulatory Compliance
2 2 (28.57%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (28.57%) Supplier Management
3 1 (14.29%) Converged Infrastructure
3 1 (14.29%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
3 1 (14.29%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (14.29%) ITIL
3 1 (14.29%) Matrix Organization
3 1 (14.29%) People Management
3 1 (14.29%) SABSA
3 1 (14.29%) Security Monitoring
3 1 (14.29%) Threat Intelligence
3 1 (14.29%) Threat Modelling
Qualifications
1 2 (28.57%) Computer Science Degree
1 2 (28.57%) Degree
1 2 (28.57%) SC Cleared
1 2 (28.57%) Security Cleared
2 1 (14.29%) CCNA
2 1 (14.29%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (14.29%) CISM
2 1 (14.29%) CISSP
2 1 (14.29%) ITIL Certification
2 1 (14.29%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (14.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (14.29%) NCSC
System Software
1 2 (28.57%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (14.29%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 1 (14.29%) VxRail
Vendors
1 2 (28.57%) VMware
2 1 (14.29%) Cisco
2 1 (14.29%) Dell
2 1 (14.29%) Microsoft