Operational Technology Contracts in the North of England

Operational Technology (OT)
England > North of England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Operational Technology in contract job vacancies advertised in the North of England. 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 168 199 243
Rank change year-on-year +31 +44 -61
Contract jobs citing Operational Technology 16 18 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 0.34% 0.31% 0.042%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.24% 1.00% 0.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 8 2
10th Percentile £570 £522 -
25th Percentile £600 £555 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year +13.04% -4.17% +113.33%
75th Percentile £975 £588 -
90th Percentile £988 £591 -
England median daily rate £563 £575 £600
% change year-on-year -2.17% -4.17% +14.29%

All Generic Skills
North of England

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 North of England with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 1,295 1,801 2,445
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 27.18% 30.85% 33.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 796 1,220 1,824
10th Percentile £251 £281 £200
25th Percentile £400 £410 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £498 £524 £475
Median % change year-on-year -5.01% +10.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £583 £619 £575
90th Percentile £653 £688 £657
England median daily rate £550 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 152 91 108
10th Percentile £12.15 £9.80 £11.36
25th Percentile £13.00 £10.63 £12.79
Median hourly rate £15.05 £20.00 £18.60
Median % change year-on-year -24.74% +7.53% +3.91%
75th Percentile £26.50 £42.95 £26.63
90th Percentile £48.49 £66.00 £43.83
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 North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Operational Technology in the North of England

Operational Technology
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

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

Daily rate trend for Operational Technology in the North of England

Operational Technology
Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

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

Daily rate histogram for Operational Technology in the North of England

Operational Technology
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Operational Technology in the North of England.

Hourly rate trend for Operational Technology in the North of England

Operational Technology
Contract Job Locations in the North of England

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 of England 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
Yorkshire +18 6 £650 +13.04% 3
North West +12 6 £963 +86.44% 4
North East - 4 £600 - 2
Operational Technology
England

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

Business Applications
1 1 (6.25%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 3 (18.75%) Entra ID
2 2 (12.50%) Azure
2 2 (12.50%) Cloud Computing
3 1 (6.25%) AWS
3 1 (6.25%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (6.25%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 6 (37.50%) Wireless
2 2 (12.50%) LTE
2 2 (12.50%) MQTT
3 1 (6.25%) DHCP
3 1 (6.25%) DNS
3 1 (6.25%) Firewall
3 1 (6.25%) LAN
3 1 (6.25%) NetScaler
3 1 (6.25%) WAN
3 1 (6.25%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (6.25%) SQL Server
General
1 6 (37.50%) Social Skills
2 4 (25.00%) Legal
3 2 (12.50%) Manufacturing
3 2 (12.50%) Pharmaceutical
3 2 (12.50%) Telecoms
4 1 (6.25%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (6.25%) Back Office
4 1 (6.25%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (6.25%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 5 (31.25%) Penetration Tester
1 5 (31.25%) Tester
2 4 (25.00%) Consultant
3 2 (12.50%) Architect
3 2 (12.50%) IAM Consultant
3 2 (12.50%) SOC Consultant
3 2 (12.50%) Solutions Architect
4 1 (6.25%) 2nd/3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
4 1 (6.25%) 3rd Line Engineer
4 1 (6.25%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
4 1 (6.25%) Automation Specialist
4 1 (6.25%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 1 (6.25%) Security Advisor
4 1 (6.25%) Technical Specialist
4 1 (6.25%) Telecoms Specialist
4 1 (6.25%) Test Manager
Miscellaneous
1 6 (37.50%) Mobile App
2 2 (12.50%) CCTV
2 2 (12.50%) Industrial Internet of Things
2 2 (12.50%) IoT
2 2 (12.50%) Robotics
2 2 (12.50%) SCADA
2 2 (12.50%) Security Posture
3 1 (6.25%) Client/Server
3 1 (6.25%) LIMS
3 1 (6.25%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 7 (43.75%) Windows
2 6 (37.50%) Linux
3 1 (6.25%) Windows Server
3 1 (6.25%) Windows Server 2012
3 1 (6.25%) Windows Server 2016
3 1 (6.25%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (62.50%) Cybersecurity
2 6 (37.50%) Application Security
2 6 (37.50%) Ethical Hacking
2 6 (37.50%) Offensive Security
2 6 (37.50%) Penetration Testing
2 6 (37.50%) Red Team
3 3 (18.75%) Risk Assessment
3 3 (18.75%) Security Operations
4 2 (12.50%) Artificial Intelligence
4 2 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (12.50%) Edge Computing
4 2 (12.50%) Knowledge Transfer
4 2 (12.50%) Mentoring
4 2 (12.50%) QMS
4 2 (12.50%) Threat Management
5 1 (6.25%) Information Security
5 1 (6.25%) Process Improvement
5 1 (6.25%) Requirements Analysis
5 1 (6.25%) SIEM
5 1 (6.25%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 6 (37.50%) C++
1 6 (37.50%) JavaScript
1 6 (37.50%) Python
2 1 (6.25%) SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (43.75%) Security Cleared
2 6 (37.50%) CEH
2 6 (37.50%) CREST Certified
2 6 (37.50%) GIAC
2 6 (37.50%) GPEN
2 6 (37.50%) OSCP
2 6 (37.50%) SC Cleared
3 2 (12.50%) Degree
3 2 (12.50%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (56.25%) NIST
2 2 (12.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 8 (50.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (6.25%) Virtual Desktop
2 1 (6.25%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (6.25%) vSphere
2 1 (6.25%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 1 (6.25%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 3 (18.75%) Microsoft
2 1 (6.25%) Aruba
2 1 (6.25%) Cisco
2 1 (6.25%) Citrix
2 1 (6.25%) Fortinet
2 1 (6.25%) HP
2 1 (6.25%) Intel
2 1 (6.25%) NetApp
2 1 (6.25%) Oracle
2 1 (6.25%) Sophos
2 1 (6.25%) VMware