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 advertised in the North West. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Operational Technology over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 230 256 334
Rank change year-on-year +26 +78 -91
Permanent jobs citing Operational Technology 60 46 7
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 0.62% 0.58% 0.074%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.94% 1.36% 0.15%
Number of salaries quoted 46 6 2
10th Percentile £50,000 £52,875 £35,975
25th Percentile - £62,500 £40,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,084 £67,500 £51,750
Median % change year-on-year -22.84% +30.43% -
75th Percentile £65,000 £76,563 £64,813
90th Percentile £66,250 £79,375 £70,925
England median annual salary £52,500 £65,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -19.23% -7.14% -6.67%

All Generic Skills
North West

Operational Technology is in the General and Transferable Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the North West with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 3,094 3,388 4,557
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 31.91% 42.55% 48.43%
Number of salaries quoted 2,265 1,511 2,183
10th Percentile £26,750 £31,569 £28,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £42,500 £38,947
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £66,250 £70,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £82,548 £85,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -15.38% +4.00% +4.17%

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
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Operational Technology in the North West over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram 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 27 April 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
Lancashire - 37 £52,084 -
Cheshire -3 14 £60,000 -7.69% 1
Manchester +13 9 £56,638 - 2
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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (1.67%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 3 (5.00%) Wireless
2 1 (1.67%) Modbus
2 1 (1.67%) MQTT
Development Applications
1 3 (5.00%) Burp Suite
1 3 (5.00%) Metasploit
General
1 33 (55.00%) Manufacturing
2 3 (5.00%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (5.00%) Law
2 3 (5.00%) Legal
2 3 (5.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 12 (20.00%) Cybersecurity Specialist
1 12 (20.00%) Security Operations Specialist
1 12 (20.00%) Security Specialist
2 9 (15.00%) Systems Engineer
3 3 (5.00%) Penetration Tester
3 3 (5.00%) Tester
4 2 (3.33%) Lead
5 1 (1.67%) Analyst
5 1 (1.67%) Consultant
5 1 (1.67%) Cyber Threat Analyst
5 1 (1.67%) Cyber Threat Intelligence Analyst
5 1 (1.67%) Cybersecurity Consultant
5 1 (1.67%) Cybersecurity Engineer
5 1 (1.67%) IT Manager
5 1 (1.67%) Lead Consultant
5 1 (1.67%) Security Consultant
5 1 (1.67%) Security Engineer
5 1 (1.67%) Senior
5 1 (1.67%) Senior Systems Engineer
5 1 (1.67%) Threat Intelligence Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.67%) Node-RED
Miscellaneous
1 33 (55.00%) Industrial Internet of Things
2 14 (23.33%) SCADA
3 4 (6.67%) IoT
4 3 (5.00%) Mobile App
5 1 (1.67%) Cyber Kill Chain
5 1 (1.67%) Cyber Threat
5 1 (1.67%) Industry 4.0
5 1 (1.67%) Management Information System
5 1 (1.67%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 3 (5.00%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 51 (85.00%) Cybersecurity
2 41 (68.33%) Risk Management
3 37 (61.67%) Incident Response
4 36 (60.00%) Change Management
5 7 (11.67%) Information Security
6 4 (6.67%) CI/CD
6 4 (6.67%) Continuous Delivery
6 4 (6.67%) Continuous Integration
6 4 (6.67%) Logistics
6 4 (6.67%) Systems Engineering
6 4 (6.67%) Test Automation
6 4 (6.67%) Test Management
6 4 (6.67%) Test Scripting
6 4 (6.67%) Test Strategy
6 4 (6.67%) Validation
6 4 (6.67%) Verification and Validation
7 3 (5.00%) Data Privacy
7 3 (5.00%) Mentoring
7 3 (5.00%) Social Engineering
7 3 (5.00%) Vulnerability Scanning
Programming Languages
1 3 (5.00%) Java
1 3 (5.00%) JavaScript
1 3 (5.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 36 (60.00%) Degree
2 24 (40.00%) Security Cleared
3 15 (25.00%) SC Cleared
4 4 (6.67%) CREST Certified
5 3 (5.00%) OSCE
5 3 (5.00%) OSCP
6 1 (1.67%) APMP
6 1 (1.67%) Azure Certification
6 1 (1.67%) Chartered Engineer
6 1 (1.67%) CISSP
6 1 (1.67%) GIAC
6 1 (1.67%) HNC
6 1 (1.67%) HND
6 1 (1.67%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (6.67%) ISO/IEC 15288
2 1 (1.67%) NCSC
2 1 (1.67%) NIST
2 1 (1.67%) QA
2 1 (1.67%) SLA
Systems Management
1 3 (5.00%) Nessus
1 3 (5.00%) Nmap
2 1 (1.67%) CSIRT
2 1 (1.67%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 3 (5.00%) OneTrust
1 3 (5.00%) Qualys
2 1 (1.67%) Allen-Bradley
2 1 (1.67%) AVEVA
2 1 (1.67%) Rockwell
2 1 (1.67%) Siemens