Operational Technology Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Operational Technology (OT)
UK > Work from Home

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Operational Technology in remote or hybrid contract work. 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 239 284 375
Rank change year-on-year +45 +91 +172
Contract jobs citing Operational Technology 65 61 102
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.66% 0.40% 0.39%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.99% 1.38% 1.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 58 49 68
10th Percentile £450 £325 £455
25th Percentile £513 £500 £545
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £600 £620
Median % change year-on-year - -3.23% +3.33%
75th Percentile £643 £700 £689
90th Percentile £750 £788 £766
UK median daily rate £575 £575 £570
% change year-on-year - +0.88% -4.20%

All Generic Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 3,272 4,408 8,138
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 33.03% 28.73% 31.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,222 2,974 5,725
10th Percentile £350 £325 £363
25th Percentile £425 £431 £454
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £545 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.91% - +2.33%
75th Percentile £680 £675 £688
90th Percentile £825 £800 £800
UK median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 76 199 151
10th Percentile £18.75 £15.48 £19.00
25th Percentile £26.25 £25.50 £31.38
Median hourly rate £41.75 £51.00 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year -18.14% -11.30% +29.21%
75th Percentile £64.57 £65.02 £70.00
90th Percentile £78.13 £72.50 £85.00
UK median hourly rate £32.05 £30.00 £22.49
% change year-on-year +6.83% +33.42% -18.24%

Operational Technology
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Operational Technology as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Operational Technology trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Operational Technology
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Operational Technology.

Operational Technology daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Operational Technology
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Operational Technology over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Operational Technology daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Operational Technology
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Operational Technology.

Operational Technology hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Operational Technology
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 (1.54%) SAS
1 1 (1.54%) ThingWorx
Applications
1 2 (3.08%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (3.08%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 13 (20.00%) Azure
2 8 (12.31%) AWS
3 4 (6.15%) GCP
4 2 (3.08%) AWS CloudFormation
5 1 (1.54%) Azure Sentinel
5 1 (1.54%) Azure Stack
5 1 (1.54%) Entra ID
5 1 (1.54%) IaaS
5 1 (1.54%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (1.54%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 11 (16.92%) Firewall
2 6 (9.23%) Network Security
3 5 (7.69%) Intrusion Detection
4 4 (6.15%) Modbus
5 3 (4.62%) Ethernet
6 2 (3.08%) 4G
6 2 (3.08%) Cisco Firepower
6 2 (3.08%) Internet
6 2 (3.08%) ISDN
6 2 (3.08%) LAN
6 2 (3.08%) MPLS
6 2 (3.08%) MQTT
6 2 (3.08%) NGFW
6 2 (3.08%) PSTN
6 2 (3.08%) SSL
6 2 (3.08%) TCP/IP
6 2 (3.08%) VPN
6 2 (3.08%) WAN
7 1 (1.54%) Cisco ASA
7 1 (1.54%) Cisco ISE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.08%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.54%) GIS
2 1 (1.54%) SQL Server Reporting Services
General
1 29 (44.62%) Social Skills
2 10 (15.38%) Analytical Skills
2 10 (15.38%) Presentation Skills
3 8 (12.31%) Public Sector
4 5 (7.69%) Finance
5 3 (4.62%) Organisational Skills
5 3 (4.62%) Pharmaceutical
6 2 (3.08%) Automotive
6 2 (3.08%) Manufacturing
6 2 (3.08%) Military
7 1 (1.54%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (1.54%) Law
Job Titles
1 17 (26.15%) Analyst
1 17 (26.15%) Architect
2 11 (16.92%) Consultant
3 8 (12.31%) Security Architect
4 6 (9.23%) Project Manager
4 6 (9.23%) Technical Architect
5 4 (6.15%) Change Analyst
5 4 (6.15%) Cybersecurity Analyst
5 4 (6.15%) Lead
5 4 (6.15%) Lead Architect
5 4 (6.15%) Security Consultant
5 4 (6.15%) Security Manager
5 4 (6.15%) Systems Analyst
5 4 (6.15%) Technical Leader
6 3 (4.62%) Business Analyst
6 3 (4.62%) Business Change Analyst
6 3 (4.62%) Cybersecurity Manager
6 3 (4.62%) Risk Analyst
6 3 (4.62%) Security Engineer
6 3 (4.62%) Security Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (3.08%) SAML
2 1 (1.54%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 14 (21.54%) SCADA
2 13 (20.00%) Management Information System
3 7 (10.77%) Security Posture
4 5 (7.69%) Cyber Threat
5 4 (6.15%) Industrial Internet of Things
5 4 (6.15%) IoT
5 4 (6.15%) Renewable Energy
6 3 (4.62%) Data Structures
7 2 (3.08%) Cyberattack
7 2 (3.08%) Legacy Systems
7 2 (3.08%) PMI
7 2 (3.08%) Product Ownership
7 2 (3.08%) Self-Motivation
8 1 (1.54%) CCTV
8 1 (1.54%) Embedded Systems
8 1 (1.54%) Life Science
8 1 (1.54%) Replication
8 1 (1.54%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 3 (4.62%) Windows
2 2 (3.08%) Linux
3 1 (1.54%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (46.15%) Cybersecurity
2 23 (35.38%) Stakeholder Management
3 13 (20.00%) Change Management
4 11 (16.92%) Problem-Solving
5 10 (15.38%) Collaborative Working
5 10 (15.38%) Computer Science
6 9 (13.85%) Risk Management
7 8 (12.31%) Mentoring
7 8 (12.31%) Project Delivery
7 8 (12.31%) Regulatory Compliance
7 8 (12.31%) Security Architecture
8 7 (10.77%) Business Analysis
8 7 (10.77%) Cyber Resilience
8 7 (10.77%) MITRE ATT&CK
8 7 (10.77%) Process Improvement
8 7 (10.77%) Roadmaps
8 7 (10.77%) Security Operations
8 7 (10.77%) SIEM
8 7 (10.77%) Threat Modelling
9 6 (9.23%) Security Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.54%) Perl
1 1 (1.54%) PL/SQL
1 1 (1.54%) PowerShell
1 1 (1.54%) SQL
Qualifications
1 14 (21.54%) Degree
2 11 (16.92%) CISSP
3 10 (15.38%) Security Cleared
4 9 (13.85%) CISM
5 8 (12.31%) SC Cleared
6 7 (10.77%) Computer Science Degree
7 5 (7.69%) CISA
8 3 (4.62%) Azure Certification
8 3 (4.62%) Cisco Certification
8 3 (4.62%) Master's Degree
8 3 (4.62%) PMI Certification
9 2 (3.08%) CCNA
9 2 (3.08%) CEH
9 2 (3.08%) CompTIA Security+
9 2 (3.08%) GIAC
9 2 (3.08%) ITIL Certification
9 2 (3.08%) MCP
9 2 (3.08%) TOGAF Certification
10 1 (1.54%) GCIA
10 1 (1.54%) GSEC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (29.23%) NIST
2 7 (10.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 7 (10.77%) NCSC
3 6 (9.23%) NIST 800
4 5 (7.69%) GRC
5 3 (4.62%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (1.54%) GDPR
6 1 (1.54%) PCI DSS
6 1 (1.54%) PMO
System Software
1 5 (7.69%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (4.62%) Active Directory
3 1 (1.54%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (1.54%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 2 (3.08%) Active Directory Federation Services
1 2 (3.08%) CSIRT
1 2 (3.08%) Terraform
2 1 (1.54%) SCOM
2 1 (1.54%) VxRail
Vendors
1 8 (12.31%) Microsoft
2 5 (7.69%) Cisco
2 5 (7.69%) VMware
3 2 (3.08%) Siemens
4 1 (1.54%) AlgoSec
4 1 (1.54%) Dell
4 1 (1.54%) Fortinet
4 1 (1.54%) Meraki
4 1 (1.54%) Palo Alto
4 1 (1.54%) Rockwell
4 1 (1.54%) Tufin
4 1 (1.54%) Wonderware