Operational Technology Jobs in the North of England

Operational Technology (OT)
England > North of England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Operational Technology in permanent job vacancies in the North of England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Operational Technology over the 6 months leading up to 26 July 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 300 341 461
Rank change year-on-year +41 +120 -71
Permanent jobs citing Operational Technology 67 35 4
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 0.41% 0.27% 0.021%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.42% 0.65% 0.049%
Number of salaries quoted 35 7 3
10th Percentile £46,200 £34,350 £43,500
25th Percentile £48,000 £36,250 £46,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,000 £37,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +36.00% -31.82% +25.71%
75th Percentile £65,625 £43,125 £66,250
90th Percentile £70,150 £55,500 £71,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £70,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -14.29% +12.00% -19.35%

All Generic Skills
North of 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 the North of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 4,706 5,384 8,177
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 28.87% 41.48% 42.67%
Number of salaries quoted 2,872 2,853 4,681
10th Percentile £28,025 £32,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £41,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,500 £55,000 £52,839
Median % change year-on-year -6.36% +4.09% +5.68%
75th Percentile £67,500 £70,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £81,175 £85,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £56,124 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -13.66% +4.00% +4.17%

Operational Technology
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Operational Technology in the North of England

Operational Technology
Salary Trend in the North of England

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

Salary trend for Operational Technology in the North of England

Operational Technology
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Operational Technology in the North of England over the 6 months to 26 July 2024.

Salary histogram for Operational Technology in the North of England

Operational Technology
Job Locations in the North of 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 North of England region over the 6 months to 26 July 2024. 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 West +12 48 £60,000 +22.45% 9
Yorkshire +67 16 £51,000 +36.00% 1
North East - 3 £58,750 - 2
Operational Technology
England

Operational Technology
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of 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:

Cloud Services
1 6 (8.96%) Azure
2 1 (1.49%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 3 (4.48%) Wireless
2 1 (1.49%) Firewall
2 1 (1.49%) Intrusion Detection
2 1 (1.49%) LAN
2 1 (1.49%) Modbus
2 1 (1.49%) MQTT
2 1 (1.49%) Network Security
2 1 (1.49%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (4.48%) GIS
2 1 (1.49%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 3 (4.48%) Burp Suite
1 3 (4.48%) Metasploit
General
1 11 (16.42%) Manufacturing
2 10 (14.93%) Marketing
3 8 (11.94%) Finance
4 3 (4.48%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 12 (17.91%) Cybersecurity Specialist
1 12 (17.91%) Security Operations Specialist
1 12 (17.91%) Security Specialist
2 10 (14.93%) Data Engineer
3 9 (13.43%) Lead
3 9 (13.43%) Systems Engineer
4 8 (11.94%) Architect
4 8 (11.94%) Solutions Architect
5 5 (7.46%) SCADA Engineer
5 5 (7.46%) Security Manager
6 3 (4.48%) Developer
6 3 (4.48%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
6 3 (4.48%) Penetration Tester
6 3 (4.48%) Service Manager
6 3 (4.48%) Service Security Manager
6 3 (4.48%) Tester
7 2 (2.99%) IT Manager
7 2 (2.99%) Security Engineer
8 1 (1.49%) Information Manager
8 1 (1.49%) Information Security Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (4.48%) AngularJS
1 3 (4.48%) React
2 1 (1.49%) Node-RED
Miscellaneous
1 26 (38.81%) SCADA
2 9 (13.43%) Industrial Internet of Things
3 5 (7.46%) IoT
4 3 (4.48%) Mobile App
5 2 (2.99%) Security Posture
6 1 (1.49%) FMCG
6 1 (1.49%) Industry 4.0
6 1 (1.49%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 10 (14.93%) Windows
1 10 (14.93%) Windows Server
2 3 (4.48%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (58.21%) Cybersecurity
2 17 (25.37%) Risk Management
3 14 (20.90%) Systems Engineering
4 13 (19.40%) Incident Response
5 12 (17.91%) Change Management
6 10 (14.93%) Data Acquisition
6 10 (14.93%) User Experience
6 10 (14.93%) UX Design
6 10 (14.93%) Value Proposition
7 8 (11.94%) Information Security
8 7 (10.45%) Business Development
9 6 (8.96%) Continuous Improvement
9 6 (8.96%) Incident Management
9 6 (8.96%) Problem-Solving
9 6 (8.96%) Security Operations
9 6 (8.96%) Service Management
10 5 (7.46%) Kanban
10 5 (7.46%) Scaled Agile Framework
10 5 (7.46%) Scrum
10 5 (7.46%) Vulnerability Scanning
Programming Languages
1 6 (8.96%) JavaScript
2 3 (4.48%) Java
2 3 (4.48%) Python
Qualifications
1 24 (35.82%) Security Cleared
2 20 (29.85%) Degree
3 15 (22.39%) SC Cleared
4 5 (7.46%) APMP
4 5 (7.46%) Azure Certification
4 5 (7.46%) CISSP
5 3 (4.48%) CREST Certified
5 3 (4.48%) OSCE
5 3 (4.48%) OSCP
6 1 (1.49%) Chartered Engineer
6 1 (1.49%) HNC
6 1 (1.49%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (5.97%) ISO/IEC 15288
2 1 (1.49%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (1.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (1.49%) NCSC
2 1 (1.49%) NIST
2 1 (1.49%) QA
System Software
1 10 (14.93%) Hyper-V
1 10 (14.93%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (2.99%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 5 (7.46%) CSIRT
2 3 (4.48%) Nessus
2 3 (4.48%) Nmap
3 1 (1.49%) Functional Safety
3 1 (1.49%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 10 (14.93%) VMware
2 3 (4.48%) Qualys
3 1 (1.49%) Allen-Bradley
3 1 (1.49%) AVEVA
3 1 (1.49%) Rockwell
3 1 (1.49%) Siemens
3 1 (1.49%) Snow