Operational Technology Contracts in West Sussex

Operational Technology (OT)
South East > West Sussex

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Operational Technology in contract job vacancies in West Sussex. 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 26 - 40
Rank change year-on-year - - +5
Contract jobs citing Operational Technology 1 0 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in West Sussex 0.68% - 0.69%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.45% - 2.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - £605
25th Percentile £763 - £613
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £775 - £625
Median % change year-on-year - - +4.17%
75th Percentile £788 - £638
90th Percentile - - £645
South East median daily rate £595 £501 £550
% change year-on-year +18.88% -9.00% -4.35%

All Generic Skills
West Sussex

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 West Sussex.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 69 82 96
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in West Sussex 47.26% 31.42% 33.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 35 56 71
10th Percentile £193 £247 £200
25th Percentile £230 £409 £351
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £450 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% -18.18% +7.84%
75th Percentile £619 £563 £678
90th Percentile £733 £600 £698
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £513
% change year-on-year - -2.44% +2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £16.95 £36.75 -
Median hourly rate £18.82 £38.50 £22.16
Median % change year-on-year -51.12% +73.74% -68.34%
75th Percentile £44.21 £40.25 -
90th Percentile £85.50 - -
South East median hourly rate £47.81 £47.19 £51.25
% change year-on-year +1.31% -7.93% +138.37%

Operational Technology
Job Vacancy Trend in West Sussex

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

Job vacancy trend for Operational Technology in West Sussex

Operational Technology
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in West Sussex

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

Daily rate trend for Operational Technology in West Sussex

Operational Technology
Contract Job Locations in West Sussex

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 West Sussex 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
Worthing - 1 £775 - 4
Operational Technology
South East

Operational Technology
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in West Sussex 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%) ThingWorx
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Programme Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Industrial Internet of Things
1 1 (100.00%) IoT
1 1 (100.00%) Management Information System
1 1 (100.00%) SCADA
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Capacity Management
1 1 (100.00%) Coaching
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) People Management
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Management
1 1 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 1 (100.00%) Process Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Programme Management
1 1 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) PMI Certification
1 1 (100.00%) PMP