Operational Technology Job Trends in Leeds

Operational Technology (OT)
West Yorkshire > Leeds

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Operational Technology in permanent job vacancies in Leeds. 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 99 79 107
Rank change year-on-year -20 +28 -
Permanent jobs citing Operational Technology 4 5 1
As % of all permanent jobs in Leeds 0.29% 0.49% 0.072%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.02% 1.56% 0.21%
Number of salaries quoted 1 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £67,500 - £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £85,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -17.65% +54.55% -
75th Percentile £72,500 - £60,000
90th Percentile - - -
West Yorkshire median annual salary £63,750 £90,000 £56,064
% change year-on-year -29.17% +60.53% -

All Generic Skills
Leeds

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 Leeds.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 391 321 486
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Leeds 28.64% 31.59% 35.22%
Number of salaries quoted 237 156 347
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,500 £33,135
25th Percentile £42,500 £45,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £50,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% -23.08% +8.33%
75th Percentile £77,500 £69,500 £82,548
90th Percentile £97,500 £81,500 £92,500
West Yorkshire median annual salary £60,000 £50,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +20.00% -16.67% -

Operational Technology
Job Vacancy Trend in Leeds

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

Operational Technology job vacancy trend in Leeds

Operational Technology
Salary Trend in Leeds

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Leeds citing Operational Technology.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Leeds citing Operational Technology

Operational Technology
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Leeds 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) Firewall
1 1 (25.00%) Network Security
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Lead
2 1 (25.00%) Architect
2 1 (25.00%) Security Architect
Miscellaneous
1 3 (75.00%) Cyber Kill Chain
1 3 (75.00%) Cyber Threat
1 3 (75.00%) Security Operations Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Business Strategy
1 3 (75.00%) Change Advisory Board
1 3 (75.00%) Coaching
1 3 (75.00%) Cyber Intelligence
1 3 (75.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
1 3 (75.00%) ITIL
1 3 (75.00%) Mentoring
1 3 (75.00%) Risk Management
1 3 (75.00%) Roadmaps
1 3 (75.00%) SABSA
1 3 (75.00%) Security Operations
1 3 (75.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 3 (75.00%) Technology Roadmap
1 3 (75.00%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
1 3 (75.00%) Threat Intelligence
1 3 (75.00%) Vulnerability Management
2 1 (25.00%) Computer Science
2 1 (25.00%) DevOps
2 1 (25.00%) SDLC
2 1 (25.00%) Threat Modelling
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (25.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (75.00%) ISO/IEC 27005
2 3 (75.00%) NIST
3 1 (25.00%) NCSC