Operational Technology Jobs in the East Midlands

Operational Technology (OT)
England > East Midlands

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Operational Technology in permanent job vacancies in the East Midlands. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Operational Technology over the 6 months leading up to 30 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 149 188 -
Rank change year-on-year +39 - -
Permanent jobs citing Operational Technology 3 10 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East Midlands 0.11% 0.21% -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.33% 0.70% -
Number of salaries quoted 1 8 0
10th Percentile - £34,200 -
25th Percentile £40,750 £37,500 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,500 £40,000 -
Median % change year-on-year +3.75% - -
75th Percentile £42,250 £42,500 -
90th Percentile - £50,000 -
England median annual salary £65,000 £55,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +18.18% -15.38% -7.14%

All Generic Skills
East Midlands

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 the East Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 923 1,428 1,089
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East Midlands 34.39% 29.59% 39.20%
Number of salaries quoted 331 934 472
10th Percentile £26,250 £24,807 £26,250
25th Percentile £30,375 £31,750 £37,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £42,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.76% -15.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £62,500 £56,000 £60,899
90th Percentile £68,750 £70,000 £71,125
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -15.38% +4.00%

Operational Technology
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

Job postings citing Operational Technology as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Operational Technology in the East Midlands

Operational Technology
Salary Trend in the East Midlands

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Operational Technology in the East Midlands.

Salary trend for Operational Technology in the East Midlands

Operational Technology
Job Locations in the East Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Operational Technology within the East Midlands region over the 6 months to 30 May 2025. 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
Derbyshire +13 2 - - 9
Lincolnshire +11 1 £41,500 +3.75% 5
Operational Technology
England

Operational Technology
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East Midlands 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:

Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) Ethernet
1 1 (33.33%) Modbus
1 1 (33.33%) MQTT
General
1 1 (33.33%) Manufacturing
1 1 (33.33%) Pharmaceutical
1 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Lead
2 1 (33.33%) Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Automation Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Cybersecurity Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Operations Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Security Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Security Operations Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (33.33%) .NET
1 1 (33.33%) CSS
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) SCADA
2 1 (33.33%) Biopharmaceutical
2 1 (33.33%) Data Centre
2 1 (33.33%) Industry 4.0
2 1 (33.33%) IoT
2 1 (33.33%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (33.33%) PMI
2 1 (33.33%) Renewable Energy
2 1 (33.33%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (66.67%) Business Development
2 2 (66.67%) Mentoring
2 2 (66.67%) Risk Analysis
2 2 (66.67%) Risk Management
3 1 (33.33%) Cloud Security
3 1 (33.33%) Collaborative Working
3 1 (33.33%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
3 1 (33.33%) Decarbonisation
3 1 (33.33%) Incident Response
3 1 (33.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 1 (33.33%) Network Architecture
3 1 (33.33%) Project Delivery
3 1 (33.33%) Prototyping
3 1 (33.33%) Security Operations
3 1 (33.33%) System Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Systems Engineering
3 1 (33.33%) Threat Intelligence
3 1 (33.33%) Threat Modelling
3 1 (33.33%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) C#
1 1 (33.33%) JavaScript
1 1 (33.33%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) Degree
2 2 (66.67%) HND
3 1 (33.33%) Chartered Engineer
3 1 (33.33%) CISA
3 1 (33.33%) CISM
3 1 (33.33%) CISSP
3 1 (33.33%) GIAC
3 1 (33.33%) HNC
3 1 (33.33%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 1 (33.33%) VMware ESXi
1 1 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (33.33%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) AVEVA
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft
1 1 (33.33%) Rockwell
1 1 (33.33%) Siemens
1 1 (33.33%) VMware