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 23 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 385 502 572
Rank change year-on-year +117 +70 +183
Permanent jobs citing Operational Technology 189 266 192
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.49% 0.37% 0.33%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.43% 1.10% 0.77%
Number of salaries quoted 86 176 74
10th Percentile £44,000 £37,500 £41,625
25th Percentile £56,250 £45,000 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £52,084 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +24.80% -19.87% +4.00%
75th Percentile £71,250 £65,000 £77,188
90th Percentile £81,125 £75,000 £87,105
UK median annual salary £65,000 £55,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year +18.18% -21.43% -

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 13,178 24,165 24,791
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 34.02% 33.65% 42.15%
Number of salaries quoted 5,743 15,181 11,062
10th Percentile £28,500 £26,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £37,000 £35,000 £40,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £68,000 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £85,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -15.38% +4.00%

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 23 May 2025.

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 23 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
North of England +53 95 £65,000 +24.80% 107
Yorkshire +117 76 £65,000 +27.45% 48
West Midlands +50 34 £67,500 +17.39% 55
Midlands +44 34 £67,500 +17.39% 100
South East +83 24 £67,500 +14.89% 134
North East +56 14 £65,000 -10.34% 17
South West +90 12 £46,000 +15.00% 48
Scotland +110 10 £62,500 +22.55% 21
East of England +7 6 £59,250 +31.67% 45
Northern Ireland - 6 - - 7
North West -55 5 £80,000 +53.60% 44
Wales +36 3 £87,500 +118.75% 11
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 3 (1.59%) SharePoint
2 2 (1.06%) IBM Domino
2 2 (1.06%) ThingWorx
3 1 (0.53%) OpenStack
Applications
1 3 (1.59%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.06%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.53%) AutoCAD
3 1 (0.53%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (2.12%) SAP Business One
2 3 (1.59%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.53%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 28 (14.81%) Azure
2 21 (11.11%) AWS
3 13 (6.88%) Microsoft 365
4 12 (6.35%) OCI
5 7 (3.70%) SaaS
6 6 (3.17%) Entra ID
7 4 (2.12%) Azure DevOps
8 1 (0.53%) Azure AKS
8 1 (0.53%) Azure Sentinel
8 1 (0.53%) Cloud Computing
8 1 (0.53%) GitHub
8 1 (0.53%) GitHub Actions
8 1 (0.53%) IaaS
8 1 (0.53%) Microsoft Copilot
8 1 (0.53%) PaaS
8 1 (0.53%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 44 (23.28%) Firewall
2 13 (6.88%) Network Security
2 13 (6.88%) VPN
3 9 (4.76%) WAN
3 9 (4.76%) Wi-Fi
4 5 (2.65%) Intrusion Detection
4 5 (2.65%) Modbus
5 4 (2.12%) LoRaWAN
5 4 (2.12%) MPLS
5 4 (2.12%) SD-WAN
5 4 (2.12%) VoIP
6 3 (1.59%) ADSL
6 3 (1.59%) Cisco Firepower
6 3 (1.59%) Cisco Nexus
6 3 (1.59%) LAN
7 2 (1.06%) Internet
7 2 (1.06%) VRRP
8 1 (0.53%) 802.11
8 1 (0.53%) DHCP
8 1 (0.53%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (5.29%) SQL Server
2 4 (2.12%) Data Warehouse
2 4 (2.12%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 18 (9.52%) JIRA
1 18 (9.52%) Selenium
2 4 (2.12%) Git
3 3 (1.59%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 62 (32.80%) Manufacturing
2 50 (26.46%) Finance
3 28 (14.81%) Social Skills
4 8 (4.23%) Analytical Skills
5 7 (3.70%) Organisational Skills
6 5 (2.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 4 (2.12%) Automotive
7 4 (2.12%) Back Office
7 4 (2.12%) Banking
7 4 (2.12%) Telecoms
8 3 (1.59%) Aerospace
8 3 (1.59%) Electronics
8 3 (1.59%) Legal
9 2 (1.06%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.53%) Advertising
10 1 (0.53%) Aviation
10 1 (0.53%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (0.53%) Military
10 1 (0.53%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 58 (30.69%) Automation Engineer
2 36 (19.05%) Systems Engineer
3 28 (14.81%) Lead
4 21 (11.11%) Architect
5 20 (10.58%) IT Engineer
6 18 (9.52%) Validation Engineer
7 17 (8.99%) Analyst
8 10 (5.29%) IT Manager
9 9 (4.76%) Instrumentation Engineer
9 9 (4.76%) Operations Analyst
10 8 (4.23%) Cloud Architect
10 8 (4.23%) Infrastructure Architect
11 7 (3.70%) Security Manager
11 7 (3.70%) Solutions Architect
12 5 (2.65%) Business Analyst
12 5 (2.65%) Cloud Infrastructure Architect
12 5 (2.65%) Information Manager
12 5 (2.65%) Information Security Manager
12 5 (2.65%) Project Engineer
12 5 (2.65%) Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.53%) 802.1X
1 1 (0.53%) React
Miscellaneous
1 49 (25.93%) Management Information System
2 46 (24.34%) SCADA
3 42 (22.22%) FMCG
4 36 (19.05%) Manufacturing Execution System
5 15 (7.94%) Data Centre
6 10 (5.29%) IoT
7 7 (3.70%) Security Posture
8 6 (3.17%) Renewable Energy
9 5 (2.65%) Industrial Internet of Things
10 4 (2.12%) Analytical Mindset
10 4 (2.12%) Driving Licence
10 4 (2.12%) Hybrid Cloud
10 4 (2.12%) Life Science
11 3 (1.59%) Cyber Threat
11 3 (1.59%) Video Conferencing
12 2 (1.06%) Cloud Native
12 2 (1.06%) Clustering
12 2 (1.06%) Public Cloud
12 2 (1.06%) Smart Energy
13 1 (0.53%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 51 (26.98%) Windows
2 13 (6.88%) Windows Server
3 7 (3.70%) Linux
4 1 (0.53%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 88 (46.56%) Cybersecurity
2 49 (25.93%) Problem-Solving
3 47 (24.87%) Continuous Improvement
4 40 (21.16%) Budgeting
5 36 (19.05%) Data Collection
5 36 (19.05%) Energy Management
5 36 (19.05%) Quality Management
6 32 (16.93%) Network Design
7 30 (15.87%) Computer Science
7 30 (15.87%) Mentoring
8 28 (14.81%) Network Management
9 24 (12.70%) Risk Management
10 23 (12.17%) Information Security
11 20 (10.58%) Penetration Testing
12 19 (10.05%) Test Automation
12 19 (10.05%) Validation
13 18 (9.52%) Model Validation
14 16 (8.47%) Agile
15 14 (7.41%) Stakeholder Management
16 13 (6.88%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 7 (3.70%) SQL
2 6 (3.17%) Python
3 4 (2.12%) C#
4 3 (1.59%) PowerShell
5 1 (0.53%) Bicep
5 1 (0.53%) Scala
5 1 (0.53%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 36 (19.05%) HNC
2 32 (16.93%) Degree
3 18 (9.52%) ISTQB
4 12 (6.35%) TOGAF Certification
5 11 (5.82%) Security Cleared
6 9 (4.76%) CISSP
7 7 (3.70%) Microsoft Certification
8 6 (3.17%) Computer Science Degree
9 5 (2.65%) SC Cleared
10 4 (2.12%) CBAP
10 4 (2.12%) CISA
10 4 (2.12%) MCSA
10 4 (2.12%) MCSE
11 3 (1.59%) CCDA
11 3 (1.59%) CCDP
11 3 (1.59%) CCNA
11 3 (1.59%) CCNP
11 3 (1.59%) Cisco Certification
12 2 (1.06%) CISM
12 2 (1.06%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (5.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 8 (4.23%) GDPR
2 8 (4.23%) NIST
3 6 (3.17%) GRC
3 6 (3.17%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
4 5 (2.65%) Cyber Essentials
5 3 (1.59%) NCSC
6 2 (1.06%) ISO/IEC 27005
6 2 (1.06%) NIST 800
6 2 (1.06%) PCI DSS
6 2 (1.06%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 37 (19.58%) Active Directory
2 27 (14.29%) Virtual Servers
3 9 (4.76%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (2.12%) Hyper-V
4 4 (2.12%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (1.06%) Docker
Systems Management
1 7 (3.70%) FortiGate
1 7 (3.70%) Terraform
2 6 (3.17%) Microsoft Intune
3 3 (1.59%) Ansible
3 3 (1.59%) CASB
3 3 (1.59%) SCCM
3 3 (1.59%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
4 2 (1.06%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 41 (21.69%) Siemens
2 40 (21.16%) Rockwell
3 23 (12.17%) Microsoft
4 16 (8.47%) VMware
5 12 (6.35%) Oracle
6 10 (5.29%) Fortinet
7 6 (3.17%) Cisco
8 5 (2.65%) SAP
9 4 (2.12%) Extreme Networks
10 3 (1.59%) Aerohive Networks
10 3 (1.59%) Apple
10 3 (1.59%) Aruba
10 3 (1.59%) Dell
10 3 (1.59%) Ekahau
10 3 (1.59%) HP
10 3 (1.59%) Meraki
10 3 (1.59%) Okta
10 3 (1.59%) Palo Alto
10 3 (1.59%) Sophos
10 3 (1.59%) Veeam