Operational Technology Contracts in the UK excluding London

Operational Technology (OT)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Operational Technology in contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Operational Technology over the 6 months to 28 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 265 321 434
Rank change year-on-year +56 +113 -36
Contract jobs citing Operational Technology 126 136 75
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.61% 0.56% 0.24%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.07% 1.74% 0.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 93 92 57
10th Percentile £325 £328 £445
25th Percentile £425 £439 £472
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £562
Median % change year-on-year - -2.08% +6.99%
75th Percentile £660 £650 £619
90th Percentile £798 £699 £750
UK median daily rate £575 £570 £585
% change year-on-year +0.88% -2.56% +17.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £62.50 - -
Median hourly rate £65.00 - -
75th Percentile £67.50 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £65.00 - -

All Generic Skills
UK excluding London

Operational Technology is in the General and Transferable Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 6,081 7,809 9,799
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 29.43% 32.44% 31.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,631 5,283 6,773
10th Percentile £208 £213 £204
25th Percentile £375 £387 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £600 £618 £575
90th Percentile £688 £700 £669
UK median daily rate £538 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.27% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 715 439 466
10th Percentile £12.15 £9.80 £12.02
25th Percentile £14.06 £10.63 £15.25
Median hourly rate £27.50 £22.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% +10.00% -16.67%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.00 £45.15
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £61.50
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £22.49 £27.50
% change year-on-year +28.97% -18.24% +3.19%

Operational Technology
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Operational Technology as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Operational Technology in the UK excluding London

Operational Technology
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Operational Technology in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Operational Technology in the UK excluding London

Operational Technology
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Operational Technology in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Operational Technology in the UK excluding London

Operational Technology
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Operational Technology in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Operational Technology in the UK excluding London

Operational Technology
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 28 April 2024. 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
South East +25 33 £501 -9.00% 23
Midlands +12 29 £463 -22.92% 35
West Midlands +16 28 £463 -27.73% 32
Scotland +32 25 £625 +13.64% 7
South West +29 18 £563 -29.69% 8
North of England +30 16 £650 +13.04% 10
East of England +2 8 £400 +14.29% 12
Yorkshire +21 6 £650 +13.04% 4
North West +19 6 £963 +86.44% 4
North East - 4 £600 - 2
East Midlands +19 1 - - 2
Operational Technology
UK

Operational Technology
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Applications
1 2 (1.59%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (0.79%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (1.59%) Primavera
2 1 (0.79%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 8 (6.35%) Azure
2 5 (3.97%) AWS
3 3 (2.38%) Entra ID
3 3 (2.38%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (1.59%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (0.79%) Mimecast
5 1 (0.79%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 18 (14.29%) Firewall
2 14 (11.11%) WAN
2 14 (11.11%) Wireless
3 11 (8.73%) LAN
3 11 (8.73%) Network Security
4 9 (7.14%) WLAN
5 7 (5.56%) Internet
6 5 (3.97%) SD-WAN
7 3 (2.38%) Cisco ASA
7 3 (2.38%) Cisco Nexus
7 3 (2.38%) LTE
7 3 (2.38%) Reverse Proxy
7 3 (2.38%) Telepresence
7 3 (2.38%) Unified Communications
8 2 (1.59%) Cisco ISE
8 2 (1.59%) MPLS
8 2 (1.59%) MQTT
9 1 (0.79%) ADSL
9 1 (0.79%) DSL
9 1 (0.79%) GSM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.59%) MS Access
2 1 (0.79%) SQL Server
General
1 31 (24.60%) Social Skills
2 22 (17.46%) Analytical Skills
3 16 (12.70%) Manufacturing
4 12 (9.52%) Telecoms
5 7 (5.56%) Military
5 7 (5.56%) Public Sector
6 5 (3.97%) Automotive
6 5 (3.97%) Legal
7 4 (3.17%) Finance
8 3 (2.38%) Pharmaceutical
9 2 (1.59%) Aerospace
9 2 (1.59%) Electronics
9 2 (1.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (1.59%) Marketing
9 2 (1.59%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.79%) Back Office
10 1 (0.79%) Banking
10 1 (0.79%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (0.79%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (0.79%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 30 (23.81%) Analyst
2 26 (20.63%) Architect
3 19 (15.08%) Consultant
4 14 (11.11%) Solutions Architect
5 8 (6.35%) Threat Intelligence Analyst
6 7 (5.56%) Incident Analyst
6 7 (5.56%) Security Architect
7 6 (4.76%) Business Analyst
7 6 (4.76%) Network Engineer
7 6 (4.76%) Security Consultant
8 5 (3.97%) Penetration Tester
8 5 (3.97%) Security Engineer
8 5 (3.97%) Senior
8 5 (3.97%) Tester
9 4 (3.17%) Cybersecurity Architect
9 4 (3.17%) Project Manager
9 4 (3.17%) Support Engineer
10 3 (2.38%) Cybersecurity Analyst
10 3 (2.38%) Designer
10 3 (2.38%) Security Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (2.38%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 19 (15.08%) SCADA
2 12 (9.52%) Management Information System
3 8 (6.35%) Cyber Threat
4 7 (5.56%) CMDB
4 7 (5.56%) IoT
4 7 (5.56%) Legacy Systems
5 6 (4.76%) Mobile App
6 5 (3.97%) CCTV
7 4 (3.17%) Cyber Defence
7 4 (3.17%) Data Centre
7 4 (3.17%) Robotics
8 3 (2.38%) Cloud Native
8 3 (2.38%) Private Cloud
8 3 (2.38%) Renewable Energy
8 3 (2.38%) Security Operations Centre
8 3 (2.38%) Security Posture
9 2 (1.59%) Distributed Applications
9 2 (1.59%) FMCG
9 2 (1.59%) Industrial Internet of Things
9 2 (1.59%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 10 (7.94%) Linux
1 10 (7.94%) Windows
2 3 (2.38%) Unix
3 1 (0.79%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.79%) Windows Server 2012
3 1 (0.79%) Windows Server 2016
3 1 (0.79%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 54 (42.86%) Cybersecurity
2 16 (12.70%) Problem-Solving
3 14 (11.11%) Agile
4 13 (10.32%) ITIL
4 13 (10.32%) Waterfall
5 12 (9.52%) Information Security
5 12 (9.52%) Risk Management
5 12 (9.52%) Security Operations
5 12 (9.52%) Stakeholder Management
6 11 (8.73%) Service Management
6 11 (8.73%) SIEM
7 10 (7.94%) Incident Management
7 10 (7.94%) IT Strategy
7 10 (7.94%) Performance Management
7 10 (7.94%) TOGAF
8 9 (7.14%) Cyber Resilience
8 9 (7.14%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
8 9 (7.14%) Mentoring
8 9 (7.14%) Threat Intelligence
9 8 (6.35%) Identity Access Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (4.76%) C++
1 6 (4.76%) JavaScript
1 6 (4.76%) Python
2 1 (0.79%) SQL
Qualifications
1 28 (22.22%) Security Cleared
2 18 (14.29%) SC Cleared
3 14 (11.11%) Degree
4 12 (9.52%) DV Cleared
5 8 (6.35%) Cisco Certification
5 8 (6.35%) OSCP
6 7 (5.56%) CEH
6 7 (5.56%) CISSP
7 6 (4.76%) CCNA
7 6 (4.76%) CREST Certified
7 6 (4.76%) GIAC
7 6 (4.76%) GPEN
8 4 (3.17%) CCNP
9 3 (2.38%) CISA
9 3 (2.38%) Master's Degree
9 3 (2.38%) Network+ Certification
10 2 (1.59%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 2 (1.59%) CCSP
10 2 (1.59%) CISM
11 1 (0.79%) CTC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (11.90%) NIST
2 3 (2.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (2.38%) NIST 800
2 3 (2.38%) QA
3 2 (1.59%) GRC
4 1 (0.79%) GDPR
4 1 (0.79%) ISA99
4 1 (0.79%) NCSC
System Software
1 9 (7.14%) Active Directory
2 4 (3.17%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (2.38%) VMware NSX
4 2 (1.59%) Firmware
5 1 (0.79%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.79%) vSphere
5 1 (0.79%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 2 (1.59%) RSA Archer
2 1 (0.79%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 14 (11.11%) Cisco
2 11 (8.73%) ServiceNow
3 8 (6.35%) Palo Alto
4 7 (5.56%) Microsoft
5 6 (4.76%) Fortinet
6 5 (3.97%) CheckPoint
7 4 (3.17%) VMware
8 3 (2.38%) CrowdStrike
9 2 (1.59%) Cadence
9 2 (1.59%) NEC
9 2 (1.59%) Red Hat
9 2 (1.59%) SAP
10 1 (0.79%) Aruba
10 1 (0.79%) Citrix
10 1 (0.79%) HP
10 1 (0.79%) Intel
10 1 (0.79%) Juniper
10 1 (0.79%) NetApp
10 1 (0.79%) Oracle
10 1 (0.79%) Sophos