Operational Technology Job Trends in Cambridgeshire

Operational Technology (OT)
East of England > Cambridgeshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Operational Technology in permanent job vacancies in Cambridgeshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries 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 81 52 101
Rank change year-on-year -29 +49 +8
Permanent jobs citing Operational Technology 9 5 1
As % of all permanent jobs in Cambridgeshire 0.62% 1.08% 0.062%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.59% 2.34% 0.15%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 1
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 - £43,000
East of England median annual salary £95,000 £59,250 £45,000
% change year-on-year +60.34% +31.67% -35.71%

All Generic Skills
Cambridgeshire

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 Cambridgeshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 348 214 662
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 24.12% 46.42% 41.07%
Number of salaries quoted 209 119 477
10th Percentile £31,125 £30,000 £27,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £38,750 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,100 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +20.20% -9.09% -4.35%
75th Percentile £77,500 £67,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £94,000 £80,000 £80,001
East of England median annual salary £50,000 £53,250 £50,000
% change year-on-year -6.10% +6.50% -9.09%

Operational Technology
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

Operational Technology job vacancy trend in Cambridgeshire

Operational Technology
Salary Trend in Cambridgeshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cambridgeshire citing Operational Technology.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cambridgeshire citing Operational Technology

Operational Technology
Job Locations in Cambridgeshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Operational Technology within the Cambridgeshire region over the 6 months to 27 May 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Peterborough - 7 - -
Huntingdon +1 2 £60,000 - 5
Operational Technology
East of England

Operational Technology
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cambridgeshire 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 1 (11.11%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 3 (33.33%) Firewall
2 2 (22.22%) Ethernet
2 2 (22.22%) Modbus
2 2 (22.22%) Network Security
3 1 (11.11%) 4G
3 1 (11.11%) Cisco IOS
3 1 (11.11%) IPsec
3 1 (11.11%) MPLS
3 1 (11.11%) VLAN
3 1 (11.11%) VPN
General
1 7 (77.78%) Manufacturing
2 2 (22.22%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (22.22%) Law
Job Titles
1 8 (88.89%) Network Engineer
2 7 (77.78%) IT Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Architect
3 1 (11.11%) Integration Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Network Integration Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) SCADA Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Solutions Architect
Miscellaneous
1 2 (22.22%) Fibre Optics
2 1 (11.11%) Industrial Internet of Things
2 1 (11.11%) SCADA
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (22.22%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (22.22%) High Availability
2 2 (22.22%) Network Monitoring
2 2 (22.22%) Network Segmentation
2 2 (22.22%) Preventative Maintenance
2 2 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (11.11%) End-to-End Testing
3 1 (11.11%) SIEM
3 1 (11.11%) Vulnerability Scanning
Qualifications
1 3 (33.33%) CCNA
1 3 (33.33%) CCNP
1 3 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (22.22%) Network+ Certification
System Software
1 1 (11.11%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 3 (33.33%) Cisco
2 1 (11.11%) Microsoft
2 1 (11.11%) Qualys