Operational Technology Contract Job Trends in Sheffield

Operational Technology (OT)
South Yorkshire > Sheffield

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

6 months to
5 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 95 68 56
Rank change year-on-year -27 -12 -10
Contract jobs citing Operational Technology 5 1 1
As % of all contract jobs in Sheffield 0.48% 0.18% 0.24%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.15% 0.45% 0.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £460 - -
25th Percentile £475 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 - -
75th Percentile £625 - -
90th Percentile £670 - -
South Yorkshire median daily rate £500 - -

All Generic Skills
Sheffield

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 Sheffield.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 434 221 124
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Sheffield 42.01% 39.75% 29.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 279 135 68
10th Percentile £353 £320 £400
25th Percentile £425 £364 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £514 £425 £525
Median % change year-on-year +20.94% -19.05% -12.50%
75th Percentile £600 £521 £609
90th Percentile £694 £600 £647
South Yorkshire median daily rate £500 £425 £520
% change year-on-year +17.65% -18.27% -9.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £40.63
Median hourly rate £13.69 £15.00 £41.25
Median % change year-on-year -8.73% -63.64% -
75th Percentile - - £41.88
90th Percentile - - -
South Yorkshire median hourly rate £20.60 £15.00 £41.25
% change year-on-year +37.33% -63.64% -

Operational Technology
Job Vacancy Trend in Sheffield

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

Operational Technology job vacancy trend in Sheffield

Operational Technology
Daily Rate Trend in Sheffield

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Sheffield citing Operational Technology

Operational Technology
Daily Rate Histogram in Sheffield

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Operational Technology in Sheffield over the 6 months to 5 August 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Operational Technology in Sheffield

Operational Technology
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Sheffield 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (40.00%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 1 (20.00%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) Network Security
Development Applications
1 2 (40.00%) JIRA
General
1 2 (40.00%) Banking
2 1 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Finance
2 1 (20.00%) Financial Institution
2 1 (20.00%) Retail
2 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (20.00%) Architect
1 1 (20.00%) Consultant
1 1 (20.00%) IT Manager
1 1 (20.00%) IT Risk Manager
1 1 (20.00%) IT Services Manager
1 1 (20.00%) Lead
1 1 (20.00%) Network Architect
1 1 (20.00%) Network Security Architect
1 1 (20.00%) Risk Manager
1 1 (20.00%) Security Architect
1 1 (20.00%) Security Engineer
1 1 (20.00%) Service Manager
Miscellaneous
1 3 (60.00%) Data Protection Act
2 2 (40.00%) IoT
2 2 (40.00%) SCADA
3 1 (20.00%) Cloud Native
3 1 (20.00%) Data Centre
3 1 (20.00%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 3 (60.00%) Cybersecurity
1 3 (60.00%) Data Protection
2 2 (40.00%) Network Segmentation
2 2 (40.00%) Remediation Plan
2 2 (40.00%) Risk Management
2 2 (40.00%) SIEM
2 2 (40.00%) Threat Detection
2 2 (40.00%) Vulnerability Management
3 1 (20.00%) Agile
3 1 (20.00%) Biometrics
3 1 (20.00%) Change Management
3 1 (20.00%) Disaster Recovery
3 1 (20.00%) Incident Management
3 1 (20.00%) ITIL
3 1 (20.00%) ITSM
3 1 (20.00%) Problem Management
3 1 (20.00%) Security Architecture
3 1 (20.00%) Service Delivery
3 1 (20.00%) Service Management
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) CISM
1 2 (40.00%) CISSP
2 1 (20.00%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (40.00%) ISA99
1 2 (40.00%) NIST
1 2 (40.00%) NIST 800