Operational Technology Contract Job Trends in Worcester

Operational Technology (OT)
Worcestershire > Worcester

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Operational Technology in contract job vacancies in Worcester. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Operational Technology over the 6 months leading up to 27 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 5 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Operational Technology 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Worcester 8.33% - -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 40.00% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £51 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £52 - -
75th Percentile £53 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Worcestershire median daily rate £300 - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £43.50 - -
Median hourly rate £47.00 - -
75th Percentile £50.50 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Worcestershire median hourly rate £38.75 - -

All Generic Skills
Worcester

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 Worcester.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 5 15 12
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Worcester 20.83% 60.00% 40.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 10 6
10th Percentile £193 £110 £338
25th Percentile £407 £168 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £555 £700 £485
Median % change year-on-year -20.71% +44.33% -7.62%
75th Percentile £582 £850 £520
90th Percentile £585 £900 £545
Worcestershire median daily rate £550 £600 £500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +20.00% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 4 3
10th Percentile - £15.65 £22.59
25th Percentile £43.50 £16.31 £39.43
Median hourly rate £47.00 £17.64 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year +166.40% -74.80% +295.03%
75th Percentile £50.50 £18.13 £72.50
90th Percentile - - -
Worcestershire median hourly rate £45.00 £17.16 £70.00
% change year-on-year +162.31% -75.49% +295.03%

Operational Technology
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Worcester 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) Ethernet
1 1 (50.00%) TCP/IP
1 1 (50.00%) VLAN
General
1 2 (100.00%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) IT Support
1 2 (100.00%) IT Support Technician
1 2 (100.00%) IT Technician
1 2 (100.00%) Support Technician
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Industrial Internet of Things
1 1 (50.00%) IoT
1 1 (50.00%) SCADA
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (50.00%) Asset Management
2 1 (50.00%) BCP
2 1 (50.00%) Business Continuity
2 1 (50.00%) Business Continuity Planning
2 1 (50.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
2 1 (50.00%) Disaster Recovery
2 1 (50.00%) Incident Response
2 1 (50.00%) Inventory Management
2 1 (50.00%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Siemens