Operational Technology Job Trends 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 13 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 462 289 512
Rank change year-on-year -173 +223 +19
Permanent jobs citing Operational Technology 137 276 258
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.21% 0.93% 0.33%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.92% 2.24% 1.03%
Number of salaries quoted 85 88 167
10th Percentile £42,500 £43,550 £37,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £52,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - +23.81% -20.75%
75th Percentile £76,250 £71,250 £66,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £81,450 £75,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year - +13.04% -19.01%

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 14,826 12,334 24,998
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 22.24% 41.65% 32.09%
Number of salaries quoted 9,710 5,341 15,508
10th Percentile £29,000 £27,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £34,988 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,359 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.72% - -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £78,750
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -15.38%

Operational Technology
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Operational Technology job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Operational Technology
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Operational Technology.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Operational Technology

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 13 June 2026.

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 13 June 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
North of England -114 58 £65,000 - 16
North West +34 37 £70,000 -12.50% 6
Midlands -29 35 £56,400 -16.44% 27
West Midlands -30 29 £56,400 -16.44% 17
East of England -1 25 £95,000 +60.34% 8
Yorkshire -131 16 £45,000 -30.77% 6
South East -43 7 £80,000 +14.29% 24
Scotland +15 6 £73,750 - 7
East Midlands -24 6 £67,500 +62.65% 10
North East -48 5 - - 4
Wales - 4 £74,425 - 3
South West -67 3 £60,000 +14.29% 8
Operational Technology
UK

Operational Technology
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (1.46%) ArchestrA
1 2 (1.46%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (1.46%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (2.92%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.46%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 1 (0.73%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 15 (10.95%) Azure
2 7 (5.11%) AWS
2 7 (5.11%) Microsoft 365
3 5 (3.65%) Power Platform
4 4 (2.92%) Entra ID
5 1 (0.73%) Azure Sentinel
5 1 (0.73%) Power Automate
5 1 (0.73%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 11 (8.03%) Firewall
2 4 (2.92%) Network Security
3 3 (2.19%) Ethernet
3 3 (2.19%) Modbus
3 3 (2.19%) Wi-Fi
4 2 (1.46%) LAN
4 2 (1.46%) Software-Defined Networking
4 2 (1.46%) TCP/IP
4 2 (1.46%) WAN
4 2 (1.46%) Wireless
5 1 (0.73%) 4G
5 1 (0.73%) Cisco IOS
5 1 (0.73%) Intrusion Detection
5 1 (0.73%) IPsec
5 1 (0.73%) MPLS
5 1 (0.73%) VLAN
5 1 (0.73%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (2.92%) Power BI
1 4 (2.92%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 1 (0.73%) LabVIEW
General
1 27 (19.71%) Manufacturing
2 22 (16.06%) Social Skills
3 12 (8.76%) Finance
4 10 (7.30%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (2.92%) Law
5 4 (2.92%) Presentation Skills
6 3 (2.19%) Influencing Skills
7 2 (1.46%) Military
7 2 (1.46%) Public Sector
8 1 (0.73%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (0.73%) Electronics
8 1 (0.73%) Legal
8 1 (0.73%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 42 (30.66%) Architect
2 25 (18.25%) Analyst
3 24 (17.52%) Security Architect
3 24 (17.52%) Senior
4 13 (9.49%) Cybersecurity Architect
5 11 (8.03%) IT Analyst
5 11 (8.03%) IT Architect
5 11 (8.03%) IT Security Architect
5 11 (8.03%) Solutions Architect
6 10 (7.30%) Senior Analyst
7 9 (6.57%) Lead
7 9 (6.57%) Senior Architect
7 9 (6.57%) Senior Solutions Architect
8 8 (5.84%) Network Analyst
8 8 (5.84%) Network Engineer
8 8 (5.84%) Operational Risk Manager
8 8 (5.84%) Risk Manager
8 8 (5.84%) Senior Network Analyst
8 8 (5.84%) Systems Engineer
8 8 (5.84%) Technology Risk Manager
Miscellaneous
1 15 (10.95%) SCADA
2 8 (5.84%) Manufacturing Execution System
3 7 (5.11%) Smartphone
4 6 (4.38%) IoT
5 5 (3.65%) Data Centre
5 5 (3.65%) Management Information System
6 3 (2.19%) Algorithms
6 3 (2.19%) Driving Licence
6 3 (2.19%) Embedded Systems
6 3 (2.19%) Security Posture
7 2 (1.46%) Analytical Mindset
7 2 (1.46%) Fibre Optics
7 2 (1.46%) Hybrid Cloud
7 2 (1.46%) Industrial Internet of Things
7 2 (1.46%) Self-Motivation
8 1 (0.73%) CMDB
8 1 (0.73%) Cyber Threat
8 1 (0.73%) FMCG
8 1 (0.73%) Robotics
8 1 (0.73%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 8 (5.84%) Windows
2 2 (1.46%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.73%) Linux
3 1 (0.73%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 56 (40.88%) Cybersecurity
2 23 (16.79%) Continuous Improvement
3 22 (16.06%) Problem-Solving
4 13 (9.49%) ERP
5 11 (8.03%) Incident Response
6 10 (7.30%) Roadmaps
6 10 (7.30%) Stakeholder Management
7 9 (6.57%) Analytics
7 9 (6.57%) Mentoring
8 8 (5.84%) Decision-Making
8 8 (5.84%) Facilities Management
8 8 (5.84%) Infrastructure Management
8 8 (5.84%) Security Architecture
8 8 (5.84%) Software Engineering
9 7 (5.11%) Computer Science
9 7 (5.11%) Data Security
9 7 (5.11%) Disaster Recovery
9 7 (5.11%) Migration
9 7 (5.11%) Performance Optimisation
10 6 (4.38%) Risk Analysis
Programming Languages
1 12 (8.76%) SQL
2 3 (2.19%) C++
2 3 (2.19%) Go
2 3 (2.19%) Rust
3 1 (0.73%) C#
3 1 (0.73%) PowerShell
3 1 (0.73%) Python
Qualifications
1 17 (12.41%) Security Cleared
2 15 (10.95%) SC Cleared
3 11 (8.03%) Degree
4 5 (3.65%) CISSP
5 4 (2.92%) DV Cleared
5 4 (2.92%) OSCP
6 3 (2.19%) CCNA
6 3 (2.19%) CCNP
6 3 (2.19%) CEH
6 3 (2.19%) Cisco Certification
7 2 (1.46%) Azure Certification
7 2 (1.46%) CISM
7 2 (1.46%) DBS Check
7 2 (1.46%) Master's Degree
7 2 (1.46%) MBA
7 2 (1.46%) MCSE
7 2 (1.46%) Microsoft Certification
7 2 (1.46%) Network+ Certification
8 1 (0.73%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (0.73%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (5.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 7 (5.11%) NIST
2 5 (3.65%) Accessibility
3 4 (2.92%) Data Quality
3 4 (2.92%) GRC
4 3 (2.19%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (1.46%) NCSC
5 2 (1.46%) QA
6 1 (0.73%) GDPR
System Software
1 3 (2.19%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.46%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (1.46%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 2 (1.46%) SCCM
2 1 (0.73%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 14 (10.22%) Microsoft
2 7 (5.11%) Aruba
2 7 (5.11%) HP
3 5 (3.65%) Oracle
4 4 (2.92%) Cisco
5 3 (2.19%) Rockwell
5 3 (2.19%) VMware
6 2 (1.46%) Fortinet
6 2 (1.46%) Siemens
6 2 (1.46%) Veeam
7 1 (0.73%) Qualys