Operational Technology Contracts in Tyne and Wear

Operational Technology (OT)
North East > Tyne and Wear

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Operational Technology in contract job vacancies in Tyne and Wear. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Operational Technology over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 33 28 -
Rank change year-on-year -5 - -
Contract jobs citing Operational Technology 4 4 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear 1.64% 1.65% -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 5.13% 5.97% -
Number of daily rates quoted 4 3 0
10th Percentile £384 £570 -
25th Percentile £491 £581 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £588 £600 -
Median % change year-on-year -2.08% - -
75th Percentile £628 £625 -
90th Percentile £634 £640 -
North East median daily rate £575 £600 -
% change year-on-year -4.17% - -

All Generic Skills
Tyne and Wear

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 Tyne and Wear.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 78 67 90
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear 31.97% 27.57% 25.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 50 38 69
10th Percentile £325 £299 £460
25th Percentile £381 £363 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £475 £650
Median % change year-on-year +10.53% -26.92% +30.00%
75th Percentile £625 £538 £725
90th Percentile £653 £615 £836
North East median daily rate £534 £475 £600
% change year-on-year +12.42% -20.83% +37.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 6 0
Median hourly rate £52.00 £47.50 -
Median % change year-on-year +9.47% - -
North East median hourly rate £49.09 £32.50 -
% change year-on-year +51.05% - -

Operational Technology
Job Vacancy Trend in Tyne and Wear

Job postings citing Operational Technology as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear.

Job vacancy trend for Operational Technology in Tyne and Wear

Operational Technology
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Tyne and Wear

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Operational Technology in Tyne and Wear.

Daily rate trend for Operational Technology in Tyne and Wear

Operational Technology
Daily Rate Histogram in Tyne and Wear

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Operational Technology in Tyne and Wear over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Operational Technology in Tyne and Wear

Operational Technology
Contract Job Locations in Tyne and Wear

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 Tyne and Wear region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
Newcastle upon Tyne -9 3 £625 - 3
Sunderland - 1 £325 -
Operational Technology
North East

Operational Technology
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Tyne and Wear by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) AWS
1 1 (25.00%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) Network Security
1 1 (25.00%) TCP/IP
General
1 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Documentation Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Presentation Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Architect
2 2 (50.00%) Solutions Architect
3 1 (25.00%) Cybersecurity Architect
3 1 (25.00%) Security Architect
3 1 (25.00%) Systems Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 1 (25.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (25.00%) Budget Management
1 1 (25.00%) Capacity Planning
1 1 (25.00%) Collaborative Working
1 1 (25.00%) Converged Infrastructure
1 1 (25.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (25.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (25.00%) ITIL
1 1 (25.00%) Matrix Organization
1 1 (25.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (25.00%) People Management
1 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (25.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (25.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (25.00%) SABSA
1 1 (25.00%) Security Monitoring
1 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (25.00%) Threat Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) Threat Modelling
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (25.00%) CCNA
2 1 (25.00%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (25.00%) CISM
2 1 (25.00%) CISSP
2 1 (25.00%) ITIL Certification
2 1 (25.00%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (25.00%) NCSC
System Software
1 2 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (25.00%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 1 (25.00%) VxRail
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) VMware
2 1 (25.00%) Cisco
2 1 (25.00%) Dell
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft