Operational Technology Contract Job Trends in Oxford

Operational Technology (OT)
Oxfordshire > Oxford

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Operational Technology in contract job vacancies in Oxford. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Operational Technology over the 6 months leading up to 5 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 14 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Operational Technology 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Oxford 1.25% - -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 3.70% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £435 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £440 - -
75th Percentile £445 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Oxfordshire median daily rate £425 - -

All Generic Skills
Oxford

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 Oxford.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 27 26 24
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Oxford 33.75% 53.06% 22.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 10 16
10th Percentile £299 £334 £304
25th Percentile £406 £389 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £469
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +17.33% -1.32%
75th Percentile £538 £681 £511
90th Percentile £641 £700 £566
Oxfordshire median daily rate £500 £550 £438
% change year-on-year -9.09% +25.71% -7.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 5
10th Percentile £16.63 - £35.60
25th Percentile £18.15 £13.08 -
Median hourly rate £21.57 £14.08 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +53.27% -78.35% +259.51%
75th Percentile £24.82 £15.07 -
90th Percentile £26.22 - -
Oxfordshire median hourly rate £37.71 £14.08 £48.75
% change year-on-year +167.92% -71.13% +169.63%

Operational Technology
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Oxford 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:

Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Consultant
1 1 (100.00%) Security Consultant
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) GAP Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security
1 1 (100.00%) Remediation Plan
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (100.00%) NIST