Operational Technology Contract Job Trends in Worcestershire

Operational Technology (OT)
West Midlands > Worcestershire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Operational Technology in contract job vacancies in Worcestershire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Operational Technology over the 6 months leading up to 14 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 6 - 20
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Operational Technology 12 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in Worcestershire 9.02% - 1.12%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 34.29% - 5.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 0 0
10th Percentile £225 - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £300 - -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
West Midlands median daily rate £600 £613 £511
% change year-on-year -2.04% +19.80% -14.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £31.58 - -
25th Percentile £33.56 - -
Median hourly rate £38.75 - -
75th Percentile £45.56 - -
90th Percentile £48.53 - -
West Midlands median hourly rate £38.75 - £65.00

All Generic Skills
Worcestershire

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 Worcestershire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 35 20 17
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Worcestershire 26.32% 38.46% 19.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 14 10
10th Percentile - £128 £199
25th Percentile £300 £255 £306
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £650 £425
Median % change year-on-year -34.62% +52.94% -22.73%
75th Percentile £684 £900 £515
90th Percentile £750 - £523
West Midlands median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% +2.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 5 3
10th Percentile £26.45 £15.80 £22.59
25th Percentile £39.44 £16.67 £39.43
Median hourly rate £45.00 £17.16 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year +162.31% -75.49% +295.03%
75th Percentile £48.25 £18.13 £72.50
90th Percentile £58.60 - -
West Midlands median hourly rate £32.24 £33.91 £23.58
% change year-on-year -4.92% +43.84% -14.27%

Operational Technology
Job Vacancy Trend in Worcestershire

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

Operational Technology job vacancy trend in Worcestershire

Operational Technology
Daily Rate Trend in Worcestershire

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Worcestershire citing Operational Technology

Operational Technology
Daily Rate Histogram in Worcestershire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Operational Technology in Worcestershire over the 6 months to 14 June 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Operational Technology in Worcestershire

Operational Technology
Hourly Rate Histogram in Worcestershire

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Operational Technology in Worcestershire over the 6 months to 14 June 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Operational Technology in Worcestershire

Operational Technology
Contract Job Locations in Worcestershire

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 Worcestershire region over the 6 months to 14 June 2026. 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
Malvern - 8 £300 -
Worcester - 3 £52 - 3
Operational Technology
West Midlands

Operational Technology
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Worcestershire 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 (16.67%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (8.33%) Ethernet
1 1 (8.33%) TCP/IP
1 1 (8.33%) VLAN
General
1 4 (33.33%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 8 (66.67%) Vulnerability Management Engineer
2 3 (25.00%) IT Support
2 3 (25.00%) IT Support Technician
2 3 (25.00%) IT Technician
2 3 (25.00%) Support Technician
3 1 (8.33%) Security Technician
Miscellaneous
1 1 (8.33%) Industrial Internet of Things
1 1 (8.33%) IoT
1 1 (8.33%) SCADA
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (75.00%) Vulnerability Management
2 3 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (8.33%) Asset Management
3 1 (8.33%) BCP
3 1 (8.33%) Business Continuity
3 1 (8.33%) Business Continuity Planning
3 1 (8.33%) Digital Transformation Programme
3 1 (8.33%) Disaster Recovery
3 1 (8.33%) Incident Response
3 1 (8.33%) Inventory Management
Qualifications
1 1 (8.33%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (8.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
Vendors
1 3 (25.00%) Siemens