Operational Technology Jobs in London

Operational Technology (OT)
England > London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Operational Technology in permanent job vacancies in London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Operational Technology over the 6 months leading up to 28 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 372 443 552
Rank change year-on-year +71 +109 +314
Permanent jobs citing Operational Technology 20 69 59
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 0.16% 0.29% 0.18%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.36% 0.72% 0.39%
Number of salaries quoted 10 29 26
10th Percentile £43,227 £51,000 £46,375
25th Percentile £72,813 £57,500 £60,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £86,250 £72,500 £82,500
Median % change year-on-year +18.97% -12.12% +10.00%
75th Percentile £102,500 £83,750 £99,375
90th Percentile £111,750 £85,500 £115,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £55,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +18.18% -15.38% -7.14%

All Generic Skills
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 London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 5,552 9,615 15,323
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 44.37% 40.42% 46.25%
Number of salaries quoted 2,975 6,776 10,409
10th Percentile £41,750 £37,500 £44,192
25th Percentile £56,250 £51,250 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £75,000 £76,391
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% -1.82% +1.85%
75th Percentile £110,000 £100,000 £100,000
90th Percentile £136,250 £130,000 £123,750
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 London

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

Job vacancy trend for Operational Technology in London

Operational Technology
Salary Trend in London

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

Salary trend for Operational Technology in London

Operational Technology
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Operational Technology in London over the 6 months to 28 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Operational Technology in London

Operational Technology
Job Locations in 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 London region over the 6 months to 28 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
Central London +33 2 £87,500 +37.25% 2
South London -4 1 £75,000 +22.95%
Operational Technology
England

Operational Technology
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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:

Cloud Services
1 3 (15.00%) AWS
2 2 (10.00%) Azure
3 1 (5.00%) Akamai
3 1 (5.00%) Azure Key Vault
3 1 (5.00%) Azure Sentinel
3 1 (5.00%) Cloud Computing
3 1 (5.00%) Dynamics 365
3 1 (5.00%) Entra ID
3 1 (5.00%) GCP
3 1 (5.00%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 5 (25.00%) WAN
2 4 (20.00%) 4G
2 4 (20.00%) 5G
2 4 (20.00%) Unified Communications
3 1 (5.00%) Ethernet
3 1 (5.00%) Firewall
3 1 (5.00%) Intrusion Detection
3 1 (5.00%) Modbus
3 1 (5.00%) Network Security
3 1 (5.00%) SD-WAN
3 1 (5.00%) Wireless
General
1 6 (30.00%) Public Sector
2 4 (20.00%) Social Skills
3 3 (15.00%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (10.00%) Banking
4 2 (10.00%) Finance
4 2 (10.00%) Manufacturing
4 2 (10.00%) Organisational Skills
4 2 (10.00%) Police
5 1 (5.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (5.00%) Law
5 1 (5.00%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (5.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 3 (15.00%) Architect
1 3 (15.00%) Lead
2 2 (10.00%) Analyst
2 2 (10.00%) Business Analyst
2 2 (10.00%) Developer
2 2 (10.00%) Operations Analyst
2 2 (10.00%) Operations Business Analyst
2 2 (10.00%) Software Developer
3 1 (5.00%) Audit Manager
3 1 (5.00%) IT Architect
3 1 (5.00%) IT Audit Manager
3 1 (5.00%) IT Manager
3 1 (5.00%) IT Security Architect
3 1 (5.00%) Lead Architect
3 1 (5.00%) Network Engineer
3 1 (5.00%) Security Architect
3 1 (5.00%) Security Engineer
3 1 (5.00%) Service Architect
3 1 (5.00%) Solutions Architect
3 1 (5.00%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.00%) Middleware
1 1 (5.00%) OAuth
1 1 (5.00%) SailPoint
1 1 (5.00%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 6 (30.00%) IoT
2 4 (20.00%) NHS
2 4 (20.00%) SCADA
3 2 (10.00%) Analytical Mindset
3 2 (10.00%) Cyber Threat
4 1 (5.00%) CCTV
4 1 (5.00%) Data Centre
4 1 (5.00%) Embedded Systems
4 1 (5.00%) Fibre Optics
4 1 (5.00%) Industrial Internet of Things
4 1 (5.00%) Management Information System
4 1 (5.00%) Mobile App
4 1 (5.00%) Security Operations Centre
4 1 (5.00%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 2 (10.00%) Linux
1 2 (10.00%) Windows
2 1 (5.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 1 (5.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (60.00%) Cybersecurity
2 6 (30.00%) Analytics
2 6 (30.00%) Decision-Making
2 6 (30.00%) Mentoring
3 5 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 5 (25.00%) Validation
4 4 (20.00%) Agile
4 4 (20.00%) Data Science
4 4 (20.00%) Systems Engineering
4 4 (20.00%) Systems Thinking
4 4 (20.00%) Verification and Validation
5 3 (15.00%) Identity Access Management
5 3 (15.00%) Problem-Solving
5 3 (15.00%) Risk Management
6 2 (10.00%) Asset Management
6 2 (10.00%) Information Security
6 2 (10.00%) IT Governance
6 2 (10.00%) ITIL
6 2 (10.00%) TOGAF
6 2 (10.00%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 7 (35.00%) Degree
2 4 (20.00%) SC Cleared
2 4 (20.00%) Security Cleared
3 2 (10.00%) CBAP
3 2 (10.00%) DV Cleared
4 1 (5.00%) ACSA
4 1 (5.00%) ACSP
4 1 (5.00%) CCSK
4 1 (5.00%) CCSP
4 1 (5.00%) Chartered Engineer
4 1 (5.00%) CHECK Team Leader
4 1 (5.00%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (5.00%) CITP
4 1 (5.00%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (5.00%) ISSAP
4 1 (5.00%) ITIL Certification
4 1 (5.00%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (20.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 4 (20.00%) NIST
2 2 (10.00%) COBIT
2 2 (10.00%) NCSC
3 1 (5.00%) COSO
3 1 (5.00%) ITGC
System Software
1 2 (10.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (5.00%) Hyper-V
2 1 (5.00%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (5.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (5.00%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 3 (15.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (5.00%) Apple
2 1 (5.00%) CyberArk
2 1 (5.00%) Google
2 1 (5.00%) Netskope
2 1 (5.00%) Okta
2 1 (5.00%) Oracle
2 1 (5.00%) Red Hat
2 1 (5.00%) Splunk
2 1 (5.00%) VMware
2 1 (5.00%) Zscaler