Operational Technology Jobs in Tyne and Wear

Operational Technology (OT)
North East > Tyne and Wear

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

6 months to
18 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 46 95 -
Rank change year-on-year +49 - -
Permanent jobs citing Operational Technology 13 2 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear 2.59% 0.15% -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 7.98% 0.48% -
Number of salaries quoted 13 2 0
10th Percentile - £37,875 -
25th Percentile £62,500 £38,438 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £41,250 -
Median % change year-on-year +57.58% - -
75th Percentile £67,500 £43,438 -
90th Percentile £71,500 £43,625 -
North East median annual salary £65,000 £70,000 -
% change year-on-year -7.14% - -

All Generic Skills
Tyne and Wear

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 Tyne and Wear.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 163 421 355
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear 32.53% 31.07% 39.44%
Number of salaries quoted 95 346 114
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,250 £34,575
25th Percentile £42,500 £37,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £47,750 £53,750
Median % change year-on-year +15.18% -11.16% +13.16%
75th Percentile £67,500 £67,968 £67,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £82,500 £78,750
North East median annual salary £55,000 £46,500 £47,750
% change year-on-year +18.28% -2.62% +10.40%

Operational Technology
Job Vacancy Trend in Tyne and Wear

Job postings citing Operational Technology as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear.

Job vacancy trend for Operational Technology in Tyne and Wear

Operational Technology
Salary Trend in Tyne and Wear

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Operational Technology in Tyne and Wear.

Salary trend for Operational Technology in Tyne and Wear

Operational Technology
Job Locations in Tyne and Wear

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Operational Technology within the Tyne and Wear region over the 6 months to 18 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
Newcastle upon Tyne +43 13 £65,000 +57.58% 4
Operational Technology
North East

Operational Technology
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Tyne and Wear 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 11 (84.62%) AWS
1 11 (84.62%) Azure
1 11 (84.62%) OCI
2 4 (30.77%) SaaS
Job Titles
1 11 (84.62%) Architect
2 7 (53.85%) Cloud Architect
3 6 (46.15%) Infrastructure Architect
4 5 (38.46%) Solutions Architect
5 4 (30.77%) Cloud Infrastructure Architect
6 3 (23.08%) Cloud Solutions Architect
7 2 (15.38%) Governance Manager
7 2 (15.38%) Risk Manager
8 1 (7.69%) Compliance Manager
8 1 (7.69%) Information Governance Manager
8 1 (7.69%) Information Manager
8 1 (7.69%) Information Risk Manager
8 1 (7.69%) Information Security Manager
8 1 (7.69%) Information Security Risk Manager
8 1 (7.69%) Security Manager
Miscellaneous
1 6 (46.15%) Data Centre
1 6 (46.15%) SCADA
2 2 (15.38%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 6 (46.15%) Linux
1 6 (46.15%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (84.62%) TOGAF
2 6 (46.15%) Agile
2 6 (46.15%) DevOps
3 2 (15.38%) Business Continuity
3 2 (15.38%) Cybersecurity
3 2 (15.38%) Information Security
3 2 (15.38%) Risk Management
Qualifications
1 11 (84.62%) TOGAF Certification
2 2 (15.38%) CISA
2 2 (15.38%) CISSP
2 2 (15.38%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (15.38%) GDPR
1 2 (15.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (15.38%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
2 1 (7.69%) GRC
Systems Management
1 6 (46.15%) Terraform
Vendors
1 11 (84.62%) Oracle
2 6 (46.15%) VMware