Operational Technology Job Trends in Merseyside

Operational Technology (OT)
North West > Merseyside

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Operational Technology in permanent job vacancies in Merseyside. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Operational Technology over the 6 months leading up to 9 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 63 - 58
Rank change year-on-year - - +51
Permanent jobs citing Operational Technology 1 0 8
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Merseyside 0.18% - 1.42%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.41% - 3.40%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 - -
North West median annual salary £80,000 £50,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +60.00% -16.67% -15.79%

All Generic Skills
Merseyside

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 Merseyside.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 245 214 235
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Merseyside 42.91% 25.78% 41.74%
Number of salaries quoted 96 138 129
10th Percentile £26,500 £29,700 £29,500
25th Percentile £37,188 £37,500 £37,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,750 £53,750 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.86% +7.50% -4.76%
75th Percentile £60,000 £68,279 £70,000
90th Percentile £70,000 £90,750 £83,750
North West median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -4.76% -8.70% +6.74%

Operational Technology
Job Vacancy Trend in Merseyside

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

Job vacancy trend for Operational Technology in Merseyside

Operational Technology
Salary Trend in Merseyside

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Merseyside citing Operational Technology.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Merseyside citing Operational Technology

Operational Technology
Job Locations in Merseyside

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Operational Technology within the Merseyside region over the 6 months to 9 September 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
Liverpool - 1 £65,000 - 1
Operational Technology
North West

Operational Technology
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Merseyside 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 1 (100.00%) FactoryTalk
1 1 (100.00%) WinCC
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Amazon EC2
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Ethernet
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Manufacturing
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Operations Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Technology Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Management Information System
1 1 (100.00%) SCADA
1 1 (100.00%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Data Security
1 1 (100.00%) Innovative Thinking
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) ITSM
1 1 (100.00%) Operations Management
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Monitoring
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) AssetCenter
1 1 (100.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) Kepware
1 1 (100.00%) Rockwell
1 1 (100.00%) ServiceNow
1 1 (100.00%) Siemens
1 1 (100.00%) VMware