Operational Technology Jobs in the UK excluding London

Operational Technology (OT)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Operational Technology in permanent job vacancies in the UK excluding London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Operational Technology over the 6 months leading up to 26 July 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 455 519 740
Rank change year-on-year +64 +221 -46
Permanent jobs citing Operational Technology 265 162 142
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.41% 0.34% 0.18%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.31% 0.84% 0.42%
Number of salaries quoted 157 86 100
10th Percentile £39,900 £41,250 £41,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £64,713 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -15.01% +3.54% +13.64%
75th Percentile £67,500 £75,938 £78,313
90th Percentile £75,000 £88,750 £85,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £70,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -17.86% +12.00% -16.67%

All Generic Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 20,220 19,230 34,139
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 30.98% 39.94% 43.59%
Number of salaries quoted 11,541 10,409 17,070
10th Percentile £27,500 £31,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,625 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £69,375
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £82,970
UK median annual salary £55,000 £64,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -14.06% +2.40% +4.17%

Operational Technology
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Operational Technology as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Operational Technology in the UK excluding London

Operational Technology
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Operational Technology in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Operational Technology in the UK excluding London

Operational Technology
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Operational Technology in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 26 July 2024.

Salary histogram for Operational Technology in the UK excluding London

Operational Technology
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Operational Technology within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 26 July 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
Midlands +13 72 £57,500 +7.98% 15
North of England +41 67 £51,000 +36.00% 12
West Midlands +28 62 £57,500 +27.78% 13
North West +12 48 £60,000 +22.45% 9
Scotland -15 39 £45,000 -35.71% 9
South East +15 35 £70,000 +11.11% 13
East of England +9 30 £45,000 -35.71% 4
Yorkshire +67 16 £51,000 +36.00% 1
South West -15 16 £35,000 -46.15% 6
East Midlands -24 8 £40,000 -48.39% 2
Wales +31 6 £40,000 -26.27%
Northern Ireland +21 3 - -
North East - 3 £58,750 - 2
Operational Technology
UK

Operational Technology
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 7 (2.64%) SharePoint
2 5 (1.89%) CMS
2 5 (1.89%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (1.13%) ThingWorx
Applications
1 24 (9.06%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (4.15%) Microsoft Excel
3 10 (3.77%) AutoCAD
4 2 (0.75%) EPLAN
4 2 (0.75%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.38%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (0.38%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 20 (7.55%) Azure
2 17 (6.42%) Microsoft 365
3 12 (4.53%) Power Platform
4 9 (3.40%) AWS
5 5 (1.89%) SaaS
6 1 (0.38%) Azure Sentinel
6 1 (0.38%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (0.38%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 30 (11.32%) Firewall
2 14 (5.28%) WAN
3 9 (3.40%) TCP/IP
3 9 (3.40%) VoIP
4 8 (3.02%) VSAN
5 7 (2.64%) LAN
5 7 (2.64%) MPLS
5 7 (2.64%) Wireless
6 5 (1.89%) Intrusion Detection
6 5 (1.89%) NAS
6 5 (1.89%) Network Security
6 5 (1.89%) SAN
6 5 (1.89%) SD-WAN
7 4 (1.51%) Internet
8 2 (0.75%) Ethernet
8 2 (0.75%) Modbus
8 2 (0.75%) SDH
9 1 (0.38%) MQTT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (4.53%) Power BI
2 10 (3.77%) GIS
3 5 (1.89%) Oracle Database
3 5 (1.89%) Relational Database
3 5 (1.89%) SQL Server
3 5 (1.89%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 2 (0.75%) Metadata
4 2 (0.75%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 3 (1.13%) Burp Suite
1 3 (1.13%) Metasploit
2 1 (0.38%) JIRA
General
1 42 (15.85%) Finance
2 20 (7.55%) Manufacturing
3 19 (7.17%) Social Skills
4 17 (6.42%) Legal
5 15 (5.66%) Games
6 10 (3.77%) Marketing
6 10 (3.77%) Retail
7 9 (3.40%) Automotive
7 9 (3.40%) Telecoms
8 7 (2.64%) Analytical Skills
9 4 (1.51%) Aerospace
9 4 (1.51%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 4 (1.51%) Pharmaceutical
10 3 (1.13%) Public Sector
11 2 (0.75%) Influencing Skills
12 1 (0.38%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 43 (16.23%) Lead
2 38 (14.34%) Analyst
3 27 (10.19%) Architect
4 22 (8.30%) Solutions Architect
5 21 (7.92%) Consultant
5 21 (7.92%) Security Consultant
6 20 (7.55%) SCADA Engineer
7 17 (6.42%) Hardware Engineer
8 16 (6.04%) Security Engineer
9 15 (5.66%) Software Engineer
10 13 (4.91%) Cybersecurity Consultant
10 13 (4.91%) Developer
10 13 (4.91%) Systems Analyst
10 13 (4.91%) Technical Leader
11 12 (4.53%) Cybersecurity Specialist
11 12 (4.53%) Data Engineer
11 12 (4.53%) SCADA Software Engineer
11 12 (4.53%) Security Operations Specialist
11 12 (4.53%) Security Specialist
12 11 (4.15%) Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (3.77%) AngularJS
1 10 (3.77%) React
2 3 (1.13%) HTML
2 3 (1.13%) JSON
3 2 (0.75%) RESTful
3 2 (0.75%) Web Services
4 1 (0.38%) Node-RED
4 1 (0.38%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 62 (23.40%) SCADA
2 26 (9.81%) Management Information System
3 12 (4.53%) Industrial Internet of Things
4 11 (4.15%) Cyber Threat
5 10 (3.77%) IoT
6 8 (3.02%) Clustering
6 8 (3.02%) Security Posture
7 7 (2.64%) Renewable Energy
8 6 (2.26%) Smart Meter
9 5 (1.89%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
9 5 (1.89%) Smart Energy
10 4 (1.51%) Cyber Security Posture
10 4 (1.51%) Mobile App
10 4 (1.51%) Smartphone
10 4 (1.51%) Video Conferencing
11 3 (1.13%) Data Centre
12 2 (0.75%) Cyberattack
12 2 (0.75%) Driving Licence
12 2 (0.75%) Industry 4.0
12 2 (0.75%) PACS
Operating Systems
1 27 (10.19%) Windows
2 25 (9.43%) Windows Server
3 8 (3.02%) Windows 10
4 3 (1.13%) Kali Linux
5 2 (0.75%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 135 (50.94%) Cybersecurity
2 50 (18.87%) Risk Management
3 43 (16.23%) Problem-Solving
4 34 (12.83%) Continuous Improvement
5 28 (10.57%) Business Development
5 28 (10.57%) Information Security
6 23 (8.68%) Incident Response
7 21 (7.92%) ITIL
8 20 (7.55%) Mentoring
8 20 (7.55%) Service Management
9 19 (7.17%) Agile
9 19 (7.17%) Project Delivery
10 18 (6.79%) Software Engineering
11 15 (5.66%) Change Management
11 15 (5.66%) Security Architecture
11 15 (5.66%) Systems Engineering
12 12 (4.53%) Incident Management
12 12 (4.53%) Security Operations
13 11 (4.15%) Business Intelligence
13 11 (4.15%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 13 (4.91%) JavaScript
1 13 (4.91%) SQL
2 6 (2.26%) C#
2 6 (2.26%) C++
2 6 (2.26%) Java
2 6 (2.26%) Python
2 6 (2.26%) VB
3 2 (0.75%) Ladder Logic
Qualifications
1 63 (23.77%) Security Cleared
2 43 (16.23%) SC Cleared
3 34 (12.83%) Degree
4 22 (8.30%) CISSP
5 17 (6.42%) CISM
6 16 (6.04%) CRISC
7 10 (3.77%) CASP
8 9 (3.40%) CEH
8 9 (3.40%) Chartered Engineer
9 8 (3.02%) A+ Certification
9 8 (3.02%) CISA
10 5 (1.89%) APMP
10 5 (1.89%) Azure Certification
10 5 (1.89%) CCNA
10 5 (1.89%) Cisco Certification
10 5 (1.89%) MCSE
10 5 (1.89%) Microsoft Certification
11 4 (1.51%) DV Cleared
11 4 (1.51%) HND
12 3 (1.13%) CREST Certified
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (10.57%) NIST
2 23 (8.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 22 (8.30%) NCSC
4 9 (3.40%) GRC
5 8 (3.02%) GDPR
6 7 (2.64%) NIST 800
6 7 (2.64%) SLA
7 6 (2.26%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 6 (2.26%) QA
8 4 (1.51%) COBIT
8 4 (1.51%) ISO/IEC 15288
9 3 (1.13%) COSO
9 3 (1.13%) ITGC
10 2 (0.75%) IEC 61131
11 1 (0.38%) Cyber Essentials
11 1 (0.38%) ISO 9001
11 1 (0.38%) ISO/IEC 27005
11 1 (0.38%) PMO
11 1 (0.38%) TickIT
System Software
1 23 (8.68%) Hyper-V
2 18 (6.79%) VMware Infrastructure
3 16 (6.04%) Active Directory
4 8 (3.02%) VMware ESXi
5 2 (0.75%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 8 (3.02%) Failover Clustering
2 6 (2.26%) Nessus
3 5 (1.89%) CSIRT
4 3 (1.13%) Nmap
5 2 (0.75%) Functional Safety
6 1 (0.38%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (0.38%) QRadar
Vendors
1 36 (13.58%) Microsoft
2 18 (6.79%) VMware
3 6 (2.26%) Qualys
4 5 (1.89%) AVEVA
4 5 (1.89%) Meraki
4 5 (1.89%) Oracle
5 4 (1.51%) Avaya
5 4 (1.51%) Siemens
6 3 (1.13%) Allen-Bradley
7 2 (0.75%) EMC
7 2 (0.75%) Fortinet
7 2 (0.75%) Rapid7
7 2 (0.75%) Rockwell
8 1 (0.38%) BeyondTrust
8 1 (0.38%) Darktrace
8 1 (0.38%) NEC
8 1 (0.38%) Snow
8 1 (0.38%) SonicWALL
8 1 (0.38%) Thales
8 1 (0.38%) Zscaler