Operational Technology Contract Job Trends 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 24 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 21 - 43
Rank change year-on-year - - +4
Contract jobs citing Operational Technology 11 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in West Sussex 5.12% - 0.35%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 14.10% - 1.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 0 1
10th Percentile £475 - -
25th Percentile £494 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £675 - £600
Median % change year-on-year - - -5.88%
75th Percentile £763 - -
90th Percentile £788 - -
South East median daily rate £556 £630 £550
% change year-on-year -11.71% +14.55% -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 78 32 79
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in West Sussex 36.28% 24.81% 28.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 54 22 70
10th Percentile £170 £170 £200
25th Percentile £282 £313 £250
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £430 £374
Median % change year-on-year +13.37% +14.97% -28.76%
75th Percentile £684 £499 £569
90th Percentile £720 £800 £678
South East median daily rate £489 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -2.25% - -1.96%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £15.50 - -
Median hourly rate £18.82 - £70.07
Median % change year-on-year - - +227.58%
75th Percentile £20.69 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median hourly rate £25.00 £52.75 £52.50
% change year-on-year -52.61% +0.48% +81.66%

Operational Technology
Job Vacancy Trend in West Sussex

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

Operational Technology job vacancy trend in West Sussex

Operational Technology
Daily Rate Trend in West Sussex

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in West Sussex citing Operational Technology.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in West Sussex citing Operational Technology

Operational Technology
Daily Rate Histogram in West Sussex

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Operational Technology in West Sussex over the 6 months to 24 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram 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 24 October 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 - 11 £675 -
Operational Technology
South East

Operational Technology
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West Sussex 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 4 (36.36%) ThingWorx
Cloud Services
1 1 (9.09%) AWS
1 1 (9.09%) Azure
1 1 (9.09%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 4 (36.36%) 4G
1 4 (36.36%) ADSL
2 2 (18.18%) Firewall
3 1 (9.09%) LAN
General
1 4 (36.36%) Social Skills
2 1 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (54.55%) Architect
2 3 (27.27%) Technology Architect
3 2 (18.18%) Analyst
3 2 (18.18%) Business Analyst
3 2 (18.18%) Operations Analyst
3 2 (18.18%) Operations Business Analyst
4 1 (9.09%) Governance Manager
4 1 (9.09%) Identity Management Manager
4 1 (9.09%) IT Architect
4 1 (9.09%) IT Security Architect
4 1 (9.09%) Lead
4 1 (9.09%) Lead Architect
4 1 (9.09%) Network Engineer
4 1 (9.09%) Operational Security Analyst
4 1 (9.09%) Project Manager
4 1 (9.09%) Security Analyst
4 1 (9.09%) Security Architect
4 1 (9.09%) Security Operations Analyst
4 1 (9.09%) SOC Architect
4 1 (9.09%) Solutions Architect
Miscellaneous
1 5 (45.45%) SCADA
2 4 (36.36%) Data Centre
2 4 (36.36%) Industrial Internet of Things
2 4 (36.36%) IoT
3 1 (9.09%) Public Cloud
3 1 (9.09%) Security Operations Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (36.36%) Capacity Management
1 4 (36.36%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (27.27%) Use Case
3 2 (18.18%) Agile
3 2 (18.18%) Business Analysis
3 2 (18.18%) Identity Access Management
3 2 (18.18%) Regulatory Compliance
3 2 (18.18%) Requirements Workshops
3 2 (18.18%) SABSA
3 2 (18.18%) SIEM
3 2 (18.18%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (18.18%) User Stories
3 2 (18.18%) Workflow
3 2 (18.18%) Workflow Analysis
4 1 (9.09%) Business Case
4 1 (9.09%) Edge Computing
4 1 (9.09%) Full-Stack Development
4 1 (9.09%) MITRE ATT&CK
4 1 (9.09%) Project Delivery
4 1 (9.09%) SOAR
Qualifications
1 2 (18.18%) CISSP
1 2 (18.18%) Degree
1 2 (18.18%) ISEB
2 1 (9.09%) Azure Certification
2 1 (9.09%) CISM
2 1 (9.09%) CRISC
2 1 (9.09%) GIAC
2 1 (9.09%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
2 1 (9.09%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (27.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 3 (27.27%) NIST
2 2 (18.18%) GDPR
3 1 (9.09%) GAMP
3 1 (9.09%) GRC
3 1 (9.09%) HIPAA
3 1 (9.09%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
3 1 (9.09%) PCI DSS
3 1 (9.09%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 1 (9.09%) VMware NSX
Vendors
1 1 (9.09%) Cisco
1 1 (9.09%) VMware