Operational Technology Job Trends in Northamptonshire

Operational Technology (OT)
East Midlands > Northamptonshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Operational Technology in permanent job vacancies in Northamptonshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Operational Technology over the 6 months leading up to 30 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 57 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Operational Technology 3 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Northamptonshire 0.30% - -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.22% - -
Number of salaries quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £45,320 - -
25th Percentile £47,544 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 - -
75th Percentile £75,625 - -
90th Percentile £88,750 - -
East Midlands median annual salary £67,500 £41,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year +62.65% +3.75% -48.39%

All Generic Skills
Northamptonshire

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 Northamptonshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 246 291 225
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Northamptonshire 24.85% 52.62% 23.61%
Number of salaries quoted 171 70 146
10th Percentile £26,265 £29,750 £24,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £30,375 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £55,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% +37.50% -20.00%
75th Percentile £61,250 £63,500 £61,563
90th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £71,250
East Midlands median annual salary £50,000 £45,000 £43,000
% change year-on-year +11.11% +4.65% -18.10%

Operational Technology
Job Vacancy Trend in Northamptonshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Operational Technology relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Northamptonshire.

Operational Technology job vacancy trend in Northamptonshire

Operational Technology
Salary Histogram in Northamptonshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Operational Technology in Northamptonshire over the 6 months to 30 July 2026.

Salary histogram for Operational Technology in Northamptonshire

Operational Technology
Job Locations in Northamptonshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Operational Technology within the Northamptonshire region over the 6 months to 30 July 2026. 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
Kettering - 2 £49,088 -
Northampton - 1 £95,000 - 1
Operational Technology
East Midlands

Operational Technology
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Northamptonshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) Azure
General
1 2 (66.67%) Manufacturing
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Finance
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Analyst
1 2 (66.67%) Business Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Head of IT
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) FMCG
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) BPMN
1 2 (66.67%) Business Process Modelling
1 2 (66.67%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (66.67%) Data Analysis
2 1 (33.33%) AI
2 1 (33.33%) Analytics
2 1 (33.33%) Business Case
2 1 (33.33%) Business Transformation
2 1 (33.33%) Cyber Resilience
2 1 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (33.33%) Data Governance
2 1 (33.33%) Decision-Making
2 1 (33.33%) IT Strategy
2 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (33.33%) Process Improvement
2 1 (33.33%) Project Delivery
2 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (33.33%) Supplier Management
2 1 (33.33%) Technology Roadmap
2 1 (33.33%) Validation
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) Azure Certification
1 1 (33.33%) CISM
1 1 (33.33%) CISMP
1 1 (33.33%) CISSP
1 1 (33.33%) Degree
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft