Operational Technology Jobs in England

Operational Technology (OT)
UK > England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Operational Technology in permanent job vacancies in England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Operational Technology over the 6 months leading up to 3 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 438 531 643
Rank change year-on-year +93 +112 +366
Permanent jobs citing Operational Technology 250 334 291
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.51% 0.37% 0.35%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.35% 1.09% 0.78%
Number of salaries quoted 95 191 91
10th Percentile £43,536 £39,750 £42,500
25th Percentile £52,500 £48,000 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £55,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +18.18% -21.43% +0.72%
75th Percentile £73,125 £68,750 £83,750
90th Percentile £87,000 £77,500 £100,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £55,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year +18.18% -21.43% +2.56%

All Generic Skills
England

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 England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 18,564 30,661 37,367
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 37.80% 33.60% 44.34%
Number of salaries quoted 8,539 21,022 20,406
10th Percentile £30,750 £28,000 £36,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,000 £46,749
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -15.38% +4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £87,500
90th Percentile £110,000 £100,000 £110,000
UK 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 England

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

Job vacancy trend for Operational Technology in England

Operational Technology
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Operational Technology in England

Operational Technology
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Operational Technology in England over the 6 months to 3 June 2025.

Salary histogram for Operational Technology in England

Operational Technology
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Operational Technology within the England region over the 6 months to 3 June 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
North of England +87 139 £65,000 +24.80% 32
Yorkshire +145 118 £65,000 +27.45% 17
Midlands +31 39 £67,500 +17.39% 53
West Midlands +43 35 £67,500 +17.39% 30
South East +89 29 £70,000 +19.15% 39
London +52 20 £86,250 +18.97% 78
South West +101 14 £49,250 +23.13% 23
North East +60 14 £65,000 -10.34% 6
East of England +19 8 £59,250 +31.67% 8
North West -36 7 £80,000 +53.60% 11
East Midlands +29 4 £41,500 +3.75% 22
Operational Technology
UK

Operational Technology
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 3 (1.20%) SharePoint
2 2 (0.80%) ThingWorx
3 1 (0.40%) OpenStack
Applications
1 4 (1.60%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.80%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.40%) AutoCAD
3 1 (0.40%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.40%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.40%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (2.00%) NetSuite
2 4 (1.60%) SAP Business One
3 1 (0.40%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 35 (14.00%) Azure
2 26 (10.40%) AWS
3 14 (5.60%) Microsoft 365
4 12 (4.80%) OCI
5 8 (3.20%) Entra ID
5 8 (3.20%) SaaS
6 6 (2.40%) Azure DevOps
7 2 (0.80%) Azure Sentinel
7 2 (0.80%) Cloud Computing
8 1 (0.40%) Akamai
8 1 (0.40%) Azure AKS
8 1 (0.40%) Azure Key Vault
8 1 (0.40%) Dynamics 365
8 1 (0.40%) GCP
8 1 (0.40%) GitHub Actions
8 1 (0.40%) IaaS
8 1 (0.40%) Microsoft Copilot
8 1 (0.40%) Microsoft Purview
8 1 (0.40%) PaaS
8 1 (0.40%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 78 (31.20%) Firewall
2 17 (6.80%) VPN
2 17 (6.80%) WAN
3 13 (5.20%) Modbus
4 12 (4.80%) Network Security
4 12 (4.80%) Wi-Fi
5 6 (2.40%) LoRaWAN
5 6 (2.40%) MPLS
6 5 (2.00%) 5G
6 5 (2.00%) ADSL
6 5 (2.00%) Cisco Firepower
6 5 (2.00%) Cisco Nexus
6 5 (2.00%) Intrusion Detection
6 5 (2.00%) MQTT
6 5 (2.00%) SD-WAN
7 4 (1.60%) 4G
7 4 (1.60%) Ethernet
7 4 (1.60%) LAN
7 4 (1.60%) Unified Communications
7 4 (1.60%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (5.20%) SQL Server
2 6 (2.40%) Relational Database
3 4 (1.60%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.40%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 18 (7.20%) JIRA
1 18 (7.20%) Selenium
2 6 (2.40%) Git
3 5 (2.00%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 84 (33.60%) Manufacturing
2 61 (24.40%) Finance
3 28 (11.20%) Social Skills
4 11 (4.40%) Analytical Skills
5 9 (3.60%) Organisational Skills
6 8 (3.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 7 (2.80%) Public Sector
8 6 (2.40%) Back Office
8 6 (2.40%) Legal
9 5 (2.00%) Pharmaceutical
10 4 (1.60%) Aerospace
10 4 (1.60%) Automotive
10 4 (1.60%) Banking
11 3 (1.20%) Electronics
12 2 (0.80%) Police
12 2 (0.80%) Presentation Skills
13 1 (0.40%) Advertising
13 1 (0.40%) Aviation
13 1 (0.40%) Influencing Skills
13 1 (0.40%) Law
Job Titles
1 75 (30.00%) Automation Engineer
2 50 (20.00%) Systems Engineer
3 41 (16.40%) IT Engineer
4 30 (12.00%) Lead
5 26 (10.40%) Architect
6 19 (7.60%) Instrumentation Engineer
7 18 (7.20%) Validation Engineer
8 14 (5.60%) Analyst
9 11 (4.40%) IT Manager
10 8 (3.20%) Cloud Architect
10 8 (3.20%) Infrastructure Architect
10 8 (3.20%) Operations Analyst
10 8 (3.20%) Solutions Architect
11 7 (2.80%) Network Engineer
11 7 (2.80%) Project Engineer
12 6 (2.40%) Principal Engineer
12 6 (2.40%) Programme Manager
12 6 (2.40%) Security Architect
13 5 (2.00%) Business Analyst
13 5 (2.00%) Presales Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (0.80%) .NET
1 2 (0.80%) CSS
2 1 (0.40%) 802.1X
2 1 (0.40%) Middleware
2 1 (0.40%) Node-RED
2 1 (0.40%) OAuth
2 1 (0.40%) React
2 1 (0.40%) SailPoint
2 1 (0.40%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 61 (24.40%) Management Information System
2 55 (22.00%) SCADA
3 54 (21.60%) FMCG
4 48 (19.20%) Manufacturing Execution System
5 21 (8.40%) Data Centre
6 19 (7.60%) IoT
7 11 (4.40%) Renewable Energy
8 6 (2.40%) Driving Licence
8 6 (2.40%) Hybrid Cloud
8 6 (2.40%) Industrial Internet of Things
8 6 (2.40%) Life Science
8 6 (2.40%) Security Posture
9 5 (2.00%) Biopharmaceutical
10 4 (1.60%) Analytical Mindset
10 4 (1.60%) Industry 4.0
10 4 (1.60%) NHS
11 3 (1.20%) Clustering
11 3 (1.20%) Cyber Threat
11 3 (1.20%) Legacy Systems
11 3 (1.20%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 83 (33.20%) Windows
2 14 (5.60%) Windows Server
3 9 (3.60%) Linux
4 1 (0.40%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (0.40%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 126 (50.40%) Cybersecurity
2 69 (27.60%) Network Design
3 64 (25.60%) Problem-Solving
4 62 (24.80%) Continuous Improvement
5 58 (23.20%) Network Management
6 52 (20.80%) Budgeting
7 48 (19.20%) Data Collection
7 48 (19.20%) Energy Management
7 48 (19.20%) Quality Management
8 46 (18.40%) Mentoring
9 34 (13.60%) Computer Science
10 25 (10.00%) Validation
11 24 (9.60%) Risk Management
12 20 (8.00%) Agile
12 20 (8.00%) Penetration Testing
12 20 (8.00%) Test Automation
13 18 (7.20%) Information Security
13 18 (7.20%) Model Validation
13 18 (7.20%) Project Management
13 18 (7.20%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 11 (4.40%) Python
1 11 (4.40%) SQL
2 8 (3.20%) C#
3 3 (1.20%) PowerShell
4 2 (0.80%) JavaScript
5 1 (0.40%) Bicep
5 1 (0.40%) C++
5 1 (0.40%) Java
5 1 (0.40%) Scala
5 1 (0.40%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 52 (20.80%) HNC
2 51 (20.40%) Degree
3 19 (7.60%) ISTQB
4 16 (6.40%) Security Cleared
5 12 (4.80%) TOGAF Certification
6 9 (3.60%) SC Cleared
7 8 (3.20%) Computer Science Degree
8 7 (2.80%) Microsoft Certification
9 6 (2.40%) Cisco Certification
9 6 (2.40%) CISSP
9 6 (2.40%) HND
10 5 (2.00%) CCDA
10 5 (2.00%) CCDP
10 5 (2.00%) CCNA
10 5 (2.00%) CCNP
10 5 (2.00%) Chartered Engineer
10 5 (2.00%) CISA
11 4 (1.60%) MCSA
11 4 (1.60%) MCSE
11 4 (1.60%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (6.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 8 (3.20%) NIST
3 7 (2.80%) GDPR
4 6 (2.40%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
5 5 (2.00%) Cyber Essentials
5 5 (2.00%) NCSC
6 2 (0.80%) COBIT
6 2 (0.80%) GRC
6 2 (0.80%) ISO/IEC 27005
6 2 (0.80%) PCI DSS
6 2 (0.80%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 1 (0.40%) COSO
7 1 (0.40%) ISO 9001
7 1 (0.40%) ITGC
7 1 (0.40%) NIST 800
7 1 (0.40%) QA
System Software
1 70 (28.00%) Active Directory
2 57 (22.80%) Virtual Servers
3 14 (5.60%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (2.80%) Virtual Machines
5 5 (2.00%) Hyper-V
6 3 (1.20%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (0.80%) Docker
Systems Management
1 7 (2.80%) FortiGate
1 7 (2.80%) Microsoft Intune
1 7 (2.80%) Terraform
2 5 (2.00%) Ansible
2 5 (2.00%) CASB
2 5 (2.00%) Functional Safety
2 5 (2.00%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
3 3 (1.20%) Kubernetes
3 3 (1.20%) SCCM
Vendors
1 59 (23.60%) Siemens
2 58 (23.20%) Rockwell
3 31 (12.40%) Microsoft
4 21 (8.40%) VMware
5 14 (5.60%) Oracle
6 12 (4.80%) Fortinet
7 8 (3.20%) Cisco
8 6 (2.40%) Extreme Networks
9 5 (2.00%) Aerohive Networks
9 5 (2.00%) Ekahau
9 5 (2.00%) Juniper
9 5 (2.00%) Meraki
9 5 (2.00%) Palo Alto
9 5 (2.00%) SAP
9 5 (2.00%) SolarWinds
10 4 (1.60%) Apple
10 4 (1.60%) AVEVA
10 4 (1.60%) Okta
11 3 (1.20%) Aruba
11 3 (1.20%) HP