Operational Technology Jobs in the North West

Operational Technology (OT)
England > North West

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Operational Technology in permanent job vacancies in the North West. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Operational Technology over the 6 months leading up to 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 282 226 249
Rank change year-on-year -56 +23 +85
Permanent jobs citing Operational Technology 7 65 45
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 0.089% 0.62% 0.60%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.27% 2.04% 1.42%
Number of salaries quoted 1 45 4
10th Percentile - £50,000 -
25th Percentile £79,000 - £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £52,084 £71,250
Median % change year-on-year +53.60% -26.90% +37.68%
75th Percentile £81,000 £65,000 £79,063
90th Percentile - £66,250 £79,625
England median annual salary £65,000 £55,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year +18.18% -18.52% -1.10%

All Generic Skills
North West

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 West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 2,560 3,182 3,170
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 32.62% 30.58% 42.16%
Number of salaries quoted 907 2,284 1,463
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,750 £32,572
25th Percentile £38,750 £36,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,603 £70,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £82,500 £83,750
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 the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for Operational Technology in the North West

Operational Technology
Salary Trend in the North West

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

Salary trend for Operational Technology in the North West

Operational Technology
Job Locations in the North West

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 West region over the 6 months to 31 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
Manchester +50 4 - - 11
Cheshire -4 3 £80,000 +33.33% 1
Operational Technology
England

Operational Technology
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 (14.29%) OpenStack
Cloud Services
1 1 (14.29%) AWS
1 1 (14.29%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 2 (28.57%) Modbus
2 1 (14.29%) MQTT
General
1 5 (71.43%) Finance
2 2 (28.57%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (28.57%) Banking
2 2 (28.57%) Manufacturing
2 2 (28.57%) Organisational Skills
2 2 (28.57%) Pharmaceutical
3 1 (14.29%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (57.14%) Analyst
1 4 (57.14%) Operations Analyst
2 2 (28.57%) Business Analyst
2 2 (28.57%) Operations Business Analyst
2 2 (28.57%) Project Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Architect
3 1 (14.29%) Automation Test Lead
3 1 (14.29%) Enterprise Architect
3 1 (14.29%) Enterprise Solutions Architect
3 1 (14.29%) Lead
3 1 (14.29%) Lead Test Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Senior
3 1 (14.29%) Senior Systems Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Solutions Architect
3 1 (14.29%) Systems Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Test Automation Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (14.29%) Node-RED
Miscellaneous
1 2 (28.57%) Analytical Mindset
1 2 (28.57%) Biopharmaceutical
1 2 (28.57%) Renewable Energy
1 2 (28.57%) SCADA
2 1 (14.29%) Data Centre
2 1 (14.29%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (14.29%) Industry 4.0
2 1 (14.29%) IoT
2 1 (14.29%) Private Cloud
2 1 (14.29%) Public Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (57.14%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (28.57%) Agile
2 2 (28.57%) Artificial Intelligence
2 2 (28.57%) Asset Management
2 2 (28.57%) Business Analysis
2 2 (28.57%) Change Management
2 2 (28.57%) Cost Reduction
2 2 (28.57%) Critical Thinking
2 2 (28.57%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (28.57%) Data Visualisation
2 2 (28.57%) Decision-Making
2 2 (28.57%) Network Design
2 2 (28.57%) Performance Metrics
2 2 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (28.57%) Risk Assessment
2 2 (28.57%) Scenario Testing
2 2 (28.57%) System Testing
2 2 (28.57%) Test Scripting
2 2 (28.57%) Visualisation
3 1 (14.29%) Business Strategy
Qualifications
1 2 (28.57%) CBAP
1 2 (28.57%) Degree
2 1 (14.29%) AWS Certification
2 1 (14.29%) Azure Certification
2 1 (14.29%) Chartered Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) DBS Check
2 1 (14.29%) HNC
2 1 (14.29%) HND
2 1 (14.29%) ISTQB
2 1 (14.29%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
2 1 (14.29%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (14.29%) ISO 9001
1 1 (14.29%) QA
Systems Management
1 2 (28.57%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 1 (14.29%) AVEVA
1 1 (14.29%) Google
1 1 (14.29%) Rockwell
1 1 (14.29%) SAP
1 1 (14.29%) Siemens