Operational Technology Contract Job Trends in Oxfordshire

Operational Technology (OT)
South East > Oxfordshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Operational Technology in contract job vacancies in Oxfordshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Operational Technology over the 6 months leading up to 5 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 27 19 -
Rank change year-on-year -8 - -
Contract jobs citing Operational Technology 2 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in Oxfordshire 1.18% 0.72% -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 4.17% 2.70% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £455 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £460 - -
75th Percentile £465 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median daily rate £550 £630 £563
% change year-on-year -12.70% +12.00% -2.17%

All Generic Skills
Oxfordshire

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 Oxfordshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 48 37 66
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Oxfordshire 28.40% 26.62% 31.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 25 50
10th Percentile £200 £210 £180
25th Percentile £300 £325 £353
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £491
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -3.16% +9.00%
75th Percentile £550 £513 £634
90th Percentile £604 £598 £653
South East median daily rate £486 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -2.75% - -2.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 2
10th Percentile £17.60 - -
25th Percentile £20.38 - -
Median hourly rate £25.00 £25.99 £32.32
Median % change year-on-year -3.81% -19.59% +94.58%
75th Percentile £26.13 - -
90th Percentile £26.80 - -
South East median hourly rate £24.50 £52.50 £52.50
% change year-on-year -53.33% - +56.72%

Operational Technology
Job Vacancy Trend in Oxfordshire

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

Operational Technology job vacancy trend in Oxfordshire

Operational Technology
Contract Job Locations in Oxfordshire

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 Oxfordshire region over the 6 months to 5 November 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
Abingdon - 1 - - 1
Operational Technology
South East

Operational Technology
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Oxfordshire 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:

General
1 1 (50.00%) Documentation Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Consultant
1 1 (50.00%) Security Consultant
1 1 (50.00%) Security Operations Specialist
1 1 (50.00%) Security Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Greenfield Project
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (100.00%) GAP Analysis
1 2 (100.00%) Remediation Plan
2 1 (50.00%) Incident Response
2 1 (50.00%) Information Security
2 1 (50.00%) Mentoring
2 1 (50.00%) Regulatory Compliance
2 1 (50.00%) Roadmaps
2 1 (50.00%) SIEM
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (100.00%) NIST