Operational Technology Job Trends in Leicestershire

Operational Technology (OT)
East Midlands > Leicestershire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Operational Technology in permanent job vacancies in Leicestershire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Operational Technology over the 6 months leading up to 2 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 49 70 -
Rank change year-on-year +21 - -
Permanent jobs citing Operational Technology 1 1 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Leicestershire 0.23% 0.15% -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.60% 0.47% -
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - - -
East Midlands median annual salary £60,000 - £77,500
% change year-on-year - - +40.91%

All Generic Skills
Leicestershire

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 Leicestershire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 166 211 174
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Leicestershire 37.99% 31.08% 44.50%
Number of salaries quoted 93 54 130
10th Percentile £24,750 £34,000 £28,725
25th Percentile £31,250 £40,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,000 £50,000 £53,250
Median % change year-on-year -18.00% -6.10% +33.13%
75th Percentile £50,250 £58,738 £61,138
90th Percentile £64,500 £75,250 £67,500
East Midlands median annual salary £37,500 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -25.00% -4.76% -

Operational Technology
Job Vacancy Trend in Leicestershire

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

Operational Technology job vacancy trend in Leicestershire

Operational Technology
Salary Trend in Leicestershire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Leicestershire citing Operational Technology.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Leicestershire citing Operational Technology

Operational Technology
Job Locations in Leicestershire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Operational Technology within the Leicestershire region over the 6 months to 2 November 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
Leicester +8 1 - - 2
Operational Technology
East Midlands

Operational Technology
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Leicestershire 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:

Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Lead
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Kill Chain
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Threat
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Business Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) Change Advisory Board
1 1 (100.00%) Coaching
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (100.00%) SABSA
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Technology Roadmap
1 1 (100.00%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27005
1 1 (100.00%) NIST