Operational Technology Contract Job Trends in North Yorkshire

Operational Technology (OT)
Yorkshire > North Yorkshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Operational Technology in contract job vacancies in North Yorkshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Operational Technology over the 6 months leading up to 15 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 27 17 -
Rank change year-on-year -10 - -
Contract jobs citing Operational Technology 2 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in North Yorkshire 1.09% 1.20% -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 4.00% 4.55% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £750 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £751 £600 -
Median % change year-on-year +25.08% - -
75th Percentile £751 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Yorkshire median daily rate £650 £575 £650
% change year-on-year +13.04% -11.54% +13.04%

All Generic Skills
North Yorkshire

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 North Yorkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 50 22 53
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in North Yorkshire 27.17% 26.51% 33.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 42 8 21
10th Percentile £193 £140 £313
25th Percentile £424 £155 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £375 £600
Median % change year-on-year +46.67% -37.50% +60.00%
75th Percentile £738 £581 £850
90th Percentile £843 £600 -
Yorkshire median daily rate £500 £480 £500
% change year-on-year +4.11% -3.95% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate - £18.51 £13.50
Median % change year-on-year - +37.11% -38.64%
75th Percentile - £19.76 £15.31
90th Percentile - £20.50 £18.57
Yorkshire median hourly rate £25.36 £19.76 £14.63
% change year-on-year +28.37% +35.08% +37.58%

Operational Technology
Job Vacancy Trend in North Yorkshire

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

Operational Technology job vacancy trend in North Yorkshire

Operational Technology
Daily Rate Trend in North Yorkshire

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in North Yorkshire citing Operational Technology

Operational Technology
Contract Job Locations in North Yorkshire

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 Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 15 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
Selby +5 1 - -
Middlesbrough - 1 £751 - 2
Operational Technology
Yorkshire

Operational Technology
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in North Yorkshire 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) LTE
1 1 (50.00%) Structured Cabling
1 1 (50.00%) TETRA
1 1 (50.00%) VoIP
General
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Commissioning Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Project Manager
1 1 (50.00%) Telecoms Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Fibre Optics
1 1 (50.00%) Management Information System
1 1 (50.00%) PMI
1 1 (50.00%) SCADA
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) AI
1 1 (50.00%) Asset Management
1 1 (50.00%) Generative AI
1 1 (50.00%) Matrix Organization
1 1 (50.00%) PRINCE2
1 1 (50.00%) Project Management
1 1 (50.00%) Regulatory Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) PMI Certification