Operational Technology Job Trends in Scotland

Operational Technology (OT)
UK > Scotland

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Operational Technology in permanent job vacancies in Scotland. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Operational Technology over the 6 months leading up to 18 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 142 148 157
Rank change year-on-year +6 +9 +81
Permanent jobs citing Operational Technology 10 47 6
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 0.39% 1.09% 0.23%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.33% 2.90% 0.62%
Number of salaries quoted 5 32 4
10th Percentile £60,596 - £45,725
25th Percentile £66,964 £45,000 £51,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £69,248 £47,500 £63,750
Median % change year-on-year +45.79% -25.49% -27.14%
75th Percentile £71,532 £59,094 £77,188
90th Percentile £82,613 £76,000 £87,875
UK median annual salary £65,000 £57,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +13.04% -11.54% +1.56%

All Generic Skills
Scotland

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 Scotland.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 753 1,623 974
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 29.48% 37.62% 36.64%
Number of salaries quoted 274 517 720
10th Percentile £25,006 £35,000 £32,854
25th Percentile £32,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,500 £55,000 £58,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.73% -5.17% +5.45%
75th Percentile £71,250 £71,250 £72,500
90th Percentile £89,250 £85,000 £84,150
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% -4.00% -

Operational Technology
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Job postings citing Operational Technology as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Job vacancy trend for Operational Technology in Scotland

Operational Technology
Salary Trend in Scotland

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Operational Technology.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Operational Technology

Operational Technology
Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing Operational Technology in Scotland over the 6 months to 18 September 2025.

Salary histogram for Operational Technology in Scotland

Operational Technology
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Operational Technology within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 18 September 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
Glasgow +57 3 £69,248 +42.05% 9
Highlands - 3 - -
Dundee - 1 £69,248 -
Edinburgh - 1 £69,248 - 2
Operational Technology
UK

Operational Technology
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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 (10.00%) WinCC
Cloud Services
1 3 (30.00%) Azure
1 3 (30.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (10.00%) Firewall
1 1 (10.00%) LAN
1 1 (10.00%) Modbus
1 1 (10.00%) Network Security
1 1 (10.00%) NGN
1 1 (10.00%) WAN
General
1 3 (30.00%) Finance
1 3 (30.00%) Presentation Skills
1 3 (30.00%) Public Sector
1 3 (30.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (20.00%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 3 (30.00%) Architecture Manager
1 3 (30.00%) Control Systems Engineer
1 3 (30.00%) Operations Engineer
2 2 (20.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 2 (20.00%) Senior
2 2 (20.00%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Network Manager
3 1 (10.00%) Network Services Manager
3 1 (10.00%) Platform Manager
3 1 (10.00%) Security Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (40.00%) SCADA
2 2 (20.00%) Renewable Energy
3 1 (10.00%) Cyber Threat
3 1 (10.00%) Driving Licence
3 1 (10.00%) Greenfield Project
3 1 (10.00%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 2 (20.00%) Windows
1 2 (20.00%) Windows Server
2 1 (10.00%) Windows Server 2016
2 1 (10.00%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (40.00%) Cybersecurity
1 4 (40.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 3 (30.00%) Artificial Intelligence
2 3 (30.00%) Asset Management
2 3 (30.00%) Decision-Making
2 3 (30.00%) Digital Strategy
2 3 (30.00%) Software Testing
2 3 (30.00%) System Testing
3 2 (20.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 1 (10.00%) Incident Response
4 1 (10.00%) Network Design
4 1 (10.00%) Presales
4 1 (10.00%) Project Delivery
4 1 (10.00%) Roadmaps
4 1 (10.00%) Security Monitoring
4 1 (10.00%) Security Operations
4 1 (10.00%) SIEM
4 1 (10.00%) Threat Detection
4 1 (10.00%) Use Case
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (30.00%) GRC
1 3 (30.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (10.00%) IEC 61131
2 1 (10.00%) IEC 61508
2 1 (10.00%) QA
System Software
1 2 (20.00%) Hyper-V
1 2 (20.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 2 (20.00%) VMware
2 1 (10.00%) Rockwell
2 1 (10.00%) Siemens