Operational Technology Jobs in Birmingham

Operational Technology (OT)
West Midlands > Birmingham

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Operational Technology in permanent job vacancies in Birmingham. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Operational Technology over the 6 months leading up to 28 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 100 141 127
Rank change year-on-year +41 -14 +52
Permanent jobs citing Operational Technology 3 4 7
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Birmingham 0.23% 0.14% 0.37%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.68% 0.43% 1.05%
Number of salaries quoted 3 4 7
10th Percentile £59,230 £47,025 -
25th Percentile £64,675 £48,938 £52,105
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £55,000 £54,120
Median % change year-on-year +40.91% +1.63% -7.88%
75th Percentile £84,375 £66,563 £58,068
90th Percentile £86,250 £78,375 £61,500
West Midlands median annual salary £67,500 £57,500 £54,120
% change year-on-year +17.39% +6.25% -24.83%

All Generic Skills
Birmingham

Operational Technology falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in Birmingham.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 441 921 666
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Birmingham 33.46% 31.88% 35.50%
Number of salaries quoted 221 711 466
10th Percentile £32,500 £31,000 £36,750
25th Percentile £44,000 £41,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,173 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.31% -8.05% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £70,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £88,750 £84,750
West Midlands median annual salary £47,500 £52,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.52% -4.55% +15.79%

Operational Technology
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

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

Job vacancy trend for Operational Technology in Birmingham

Operational Technology
Salary Trend in Birmingham

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Operational Technology in Birmingham.

Salary trend for Operational Technology in Birmingham

Operational Technology
Salary Histogram in Birmingham

Salary distribution for jobs citing Operational Technology in Birmingham over the 6 months to 28 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Operational Technology in Birmingham

Operational Technology
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Birmingham 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) AWS
1 1 (33.33%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) Firewall
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Consultant
2 1 (33.33%) Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Cybersecurity Consultant
2 1 (33.33%) Network Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Security Consultant
2 1 (33.33%) Senior
2 1 (33.33%) Senior Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Senior Network Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Cyber Security Posture
1 1 (33.33%) Industrial Internet of Things
1 1 (33.33%) IoT
1 1 (33.33%) Security Posture
1 1 (33.33%) Smartphone
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (33.33%) Contract Negotiation
2 1 (33.33%) Digital Forensics
2 1 (33.33%) Incident Management
2 1 (33.33%) Incident Response
2 1 (33.33%) ITIL
2 1 (33.33%) Network Architecture
2 1 (33.33%) Project Management
2 1 (33.33%) Regulatory Compliance
2 1 (33.33%) Risk Management
2 1 (33.33%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
1 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (66.67%) GDPR
1 2 (66.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (66.67%) NIST
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Avaya
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft