Operational Technology Contract Job Trends in South Yorkshire

Operational Technology (OT)
Yorkshire > South Yorkshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Operational Technology in contract job vacancies in South Yorkshire. 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 97 77 62
Rank change year-on-year -20 -15 -13
Contract jobs citing Operational Technology 5 1 1
As % of all contract jobs in South Yorkshire 0.44% 0.16% 0.21%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.04% 0.43% 0.74%
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 - -
Yorkshire median daily rate £650 £575 £650
% change year-on-year +13.04% -11.54% +13.04%

All Generic Skills
South 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 South Yorkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 483 234 135
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in South Yorkshire 42.29% 38.05% 28.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 301 142 79
10th Percentile £353 £316 £213
25th Percentile £413 £362 £411
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £425 £520
Median % change year-on-year +17.65% -18.27% -9.57%
75th Percentile £588 £524 £594
90th Percentile £688 £609 £645
Yorkshire median daily rate £500 £475 £513
% change year-on-year +5.26% -7.32% -3.30%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 2 3
10th Percentile £14.61 - -
25th Percentile £16.00 - £40.63
Median hourly rate £20.60 £15.00 £41.25
Median % change year-on-year +37.33% -63.64% -
75th Percentile £22.20 - £41.88
90th Percentile - - -
Yorkshire median hourly rate £26.72 £18.51 £14.63
% change year-on-year +44.35% +26.56% -32.76%

Operational Technology
Job Vacancy Trend in South Yorkshire

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

Operational Technology job vacancy trend in South Yorkshire

Operational Technology
Daily Rate Trend in South Yorkshire

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

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

Operational Technology
Daily Rate Histogram in South Yorkshire

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

Daily rate histogram for Operational Technology in South Yorkshire

Operational Technology
Contract Job Locations in South 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 South Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 5 August 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
Sheffield -27 5 £500 - 5
Operational Technology
Yorkshire

Operational Technology
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South 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:

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