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 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 221 298 362
Rank change year-on-year +77 +64 +89
Permanent jobs citing Operational Technology 131 89 70
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 1.13% 0.49% 0.42%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 3.40% 1.63% 1.05%
Number of salaries quoted 27 67 5
10th Percentile £62,000 - £50,500
25th Percentile £62,500 £48,000 £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £52,084 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +24.80% -19.87% +18.18%
75th Percentile £67,500 £60,491 £78,750
90th Percentile £74,250 £67,750 £79,500
England median annual salary £65,000 £55,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +18.18% -15.38% -7.14%

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 3,854 5,449 6,651
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 33.30% 30.09% 40.02%
Number of salaries quoted 1,452 3,992 3,048
10th Percentile £27,000 £27,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £35,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £70,834 £66,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £81,250 £85,000
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 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 28 May 2025.

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 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
Yorkshire +140 112 £65,000 +27.45% 17
North East +57 14 £65,000 -10.34% 10
North West -58 5 £80,000 +53.60% 18
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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (0.76%) OpenStack
Cloud Services
1 13 (9.92%) AWS
1 13 (9.92%) Azure
2 12 (9.16%) OCI
3 5 (3.82%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 57 (43.51%) Firewall
2 1 (0.76%) DHCP
2 1 (0.76%) DNS
2 1 (0.76%) IGMP
2 1 (0.76%) VRRP
General
1 47 (35.88%) Finance
2 46 (35.11%) Manufacturing
3 4 (3.05%) Back Office
3 4 (3.05%) Social Skills
4 2 (1.53%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (1.53%) Banking
4 2 (1.53%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (0.76%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 42 (32.06%) Automation Engineer
1 42 (32.06%) Systems Engineer
2 39 (29.77%) IT Engineer
3 19 (14.50%) Instrumentation Engineer
4 17 (12.98%) Architect
5 8 (6.11%) Cloud Architect
6 7 (5.34%) Infrastructure Architect
6 7 (5.34%) Solutions Architect
7 5 (3.82%) Analyst
7 5 (3.82%) Cloud Infrastructure Architect
8 4 (3.05%) Governance Manager
8 4 (3.05%) Operations Analyst
8 4 (3.05%) Risk Manager
8 4 (3.05%) Security Manager
9 3 (2.29%) Cloud Solutions Architect
9 3 (2.29%) Information Manager
9 3 (2.29%) Information Security Manager
9 3 (2.29%) IT Manager
9 3 (2.29%) Operations Manager
9 3 (2.29%) Security Architect
Miscellaneous
1 48 (36.64%) Management Information System
2 45 (34.35%) FMCG
3 42 (32.06%) Manufacturing Execution System
4 12 (9.16%) Data Centre
5 7 (5.34%) SCADA
6 4 (3.05%) Hybrid Cloud
7 2 (1.53%) Analytical Mindset
7 2 (1.53%) Smart Energy
8 1 (0.76%) Enterprise Software
8 1 (0.76%) Private Cloud
8 1 (0.76%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 64 (48.85%) Windows
2 7 (5.34%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 69 (52.67%) Cybersecurity
2 58 (44.27%) Network Design
3 57 (43.51%) Network Management
4 45 (34.35%) Problem-Solving
5 42 (32.06%) Budgeting
5 42 (32.06%) Continuous Improvement
5 42 (32.06%) Data Collection
5 42 (32.06%) Energy Management
5 42 (32.06%) Quality Management
6 13 (9.92%) TOGAF
7 9 (6.87%) Agile
7 9 (6.87%) Business Continuity
8 7 (5.34%) DevOps
9 6 (4.58%) Information Security
9 6 (4.58%) Risk Management
10 5 (3.82%) Business Strategy
11 4 (3.05%) ITSM
11 4 (3.05%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 4 (3.05%) Stakeholder Management
12 3 (2.29%) Security Architecture
Qualifications
1 42 (32.06%) HNC
2 12 (9.16%) TOGAF Certification
3 7 (5.34%) Security Cleared
4 4 (3.05%) CISA
4 4 (3.05%) CISSP
5 2 (1.53%) CBAP
6 1 (0.76%) AWS Certification
6 1 (0.76%) Azure Certification
6 1 (0.76%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (4.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 6 (4.58%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
2 4 (3.05%) GDPR
3 2 (1.53%) GRC
3 2 (1.53%) ISO/IEC 27005
4 1 (0.76%) NCSC
4 1 (0.76%) NIST
4 1 (0.76%) NIST 800
System Software
1 57 (43.51%) Active Directory
1 57 (43.51%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 7 (5.34%) Terraform
Vendors
1 42 (32.06%) Rockwell
1 42 (32.06%) Siemens
2 12 (9.16%) Oracle
3 7 (5.34%) VMware
4 1 (0.76%) Google
4 1 (0.76%) SAP