Operational Technology Job Trends in Central London

Operational Technology (OT)
London > Central London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Operational Technology in permanent job vacancies in Central London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Operational Technology over the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 138 171 168
Rank change year-on-year +33 -3 +75
Permanent jobs citing Operational Technology 7 13 3
As % of all permanent jobs in Central London 0.27% 0.40% 0.098%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.78% 0.95% 0.28%
Number of salaries quoted 4 5 3
10th Percentile - £63,150 £46,282
25th Percentile £51,263 £67,500 £50,864
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,995 £87,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -40.58% +45.83% -33.33%
75th Percentile £52,910 £95,000 £72,000
90th Percentile £53,239 £100,250 £78,300
London median annual salary £54,230 £72,250 £64,500
% change year-on-year -24.94% +12.02% -21.82%

All Generic Skills
Central London

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 Central London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 894 1,365 1,067
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Central London 34.94% 42.46% 34.97%
Number of salaries quoted 682 751 924
10th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £39,085
25th Percentile £55,000 £52,500 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £72,500 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% -3.33% -3.23%
75th Percentile £100,000 £93,750 £96,938
90th Percentile £120,000 £115,000 £122,500
London median annual salary £75,000 £80,000 £79,566
% change year-on-year -6.25% +0.55% +2.67%

Operational Technology
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

Operational Technology job vacancy trend in Central London

Operational Technology
Salary Trend in Central London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Operational Technology.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Operational Technology

Operational Technology
Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Operational Technology within the Central London region over the 6 months to 14 January 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
Southwark - 4 £51,995 -
City of London +21 3 - - 2
Operational Technology
London

Operational Technology
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Central London 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:

General
1 4 (57.14%) Police
Job Titles
1 4 (57.14%) Technologist
2 3 (42.86%) Lead
Miscellaneous
1 3 (42.86%) Cyber Kill Chain
1 3 (42.86%) Cyber Threat
1 3 (42.86%) Security Operations Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (57.14%) AI
1 4 (57.14%) Facial Recognition
2 3 (42.86%) Business Strategy
2 3 (42.86%) Change Advisory Board
2 3 (42.86%) Coaching
2 3 (42.86%) Cyber Intelligence
2 3 (42.86%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
2 3 (42.86%) ITIL
2 3 (42.86%) Mentoring
2 3 (42.86%) Risk Management
2 3 (42.86%) Roadmaps
2 3 (42.86%) SABSA
2 3 (42.86%) Security Operations
2 3 (42.86%) Stakeholder Management
2 3 (42.86%) Technology Roadmap
2 3 (42.86%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
2 3 (42.86%) Threat Intelligence
2 3 (42.86%) Vulnerability Management
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (42.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 3 (42.86%) ISO/IEC 27005
1 3 (42.86%) NIST