Operational Technology Contracts in Wales

Operational Technology (OT)
UK > Wales

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Operational Technology in contract job vacancies in Wales. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Operational Technology over the 6 months leading up to 23 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 42 - 62
Rank change year-on-year - - +12
Contract jobs citing Operational Technology 1 0 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Wales 0.35% - 0.17%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.85% - 0.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 - -
UK median daily rate £600 £575 £570
% change year-on-year +4.35% +0.88% -4.20%

All Generic Skills
Wales

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 Wales.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 118 134 255
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Wales 40.97% 36.81% 42.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 81 90 183
10th Percentile £160 £160 £166
25th Percentile £256 £408 £273
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year -25.00% +11.11% -
75th Percentile £466 £550 £550
90th Percentile £586 £576 £623
UK median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.42% -2.18% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 8 10
10th Percentile £20.20 - £12.61
25th Percentile £21.01 £11.75 £15.25
Median hourly rate £37.50 £16.25 £18.10
Median % change year-on-year +130.77% -10.22% +12.74%
75th Percentile £45.00 £27.69 £21.50
90th Percentile - £63.43 £27.64
UK median hourly rate £31.29 £32.12 £22.08
% change year-on-year -2.58% +45.45% -19.71%

Operational Technology
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

Job postings citing Operational Technology as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Wales.

Job vacancy trend for Operational Technology in Wales

Operational Technology
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Wales

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Operational Technology in Wales.

Daily rate trend for Operational Technology in Wales

Operational Technology
Contract Job Locations in Wales

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 Wales region over the 6 months to 23 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
South Wales - 1 £650 - 6
Operational Technology
UK

Operational Technology
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Wales 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) SAS
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (100.00%) IaaS
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (100.00%) SaaS
General
1 1 (100.00%) Automotive
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Industrial Internet of Things
1 1 (100.00%) IoT
1 1 (100.00%) SCADA
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Application Security
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Security
1 1 (100.00%) Cryptography
1 1 (100.00%) Ethical Hacking
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Red Team
1 1 (100.00%) Security Testing
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CREST Certified
1 1 (100.00%) OSCE