Operational Technology Contract Job Trends in Prestwick

Operational Technology (OT)
South Ayrshire > Prestwick

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Operational Technology in contract job vacancies in Prestwick. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Operational Technology over the 6 months leading up to 27 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 7 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Operational Technology 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Prestwick 15.38% - -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 66.67% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £317 - -
25th Percentile £323 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £344 - -
75th Percentile £361 - -
90th Percentile £366 - -
South Ayrshire median daily rate £344 - -

All Generic Skills
Prestwick

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 Prestwick.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 3 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Prestwick 23.08% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £317 - -
25th Percentile £323 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £344 - -
75th Percentile £361 - -
90th Percentile £366 - -
South Ayrshire median daily rate £344 £153 £141
% change year-on-year +124.97% +8.03% +4.00%

Operational Technology
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Prestwick 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) Ethernet
1 1 (50.00%) Firewall
1 1 (50.00%) LAN
1 1 (50.00%) Modbus
1 1 (50.00%) Network Security
1 1 (50.00%) SD-WAN
1 1 (50.00%) TCP/IP
1 1 (50.00%) VLAN
1 1 (50.00%) WAN
General
1 1 (50.00%) Manufacturing
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Network Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) IT Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) 3D Printing
1 1 (50.00%) IoT
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Business Enablement
1 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (50.00%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) CCNA
1 1 (50.00%) CCNP
1 1 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (50.00%) Network+ Certification
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) CheckPoint
1 1 (50.00%) Cisco