Operational Technology Jobs

Operational Technology (OT)
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Operational Technology in permanent job vacancies. 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 533 599 1042
Rank change year-on-year +66 +443 -139
Permanent jobs citing Operational Technology 336 303 233
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.37% 0.38% 0.13%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.12% 0.91% 0.28%
Number of salaries quoted 185 148 146
10th Percentile £40,500 £41,250 £37,283
25th Percentile £45,000 £51,453 £43,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £70,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -17.86% +12.00% -16.67%
75th Percentile £70,250 £87,500 £80,250
90th Percentile £77,000 £100,625 £94,375
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £64,713 £62,500
% change year-on-year -15.01% +3.54% +13.64%

All Generic Skills
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 30,081 33,205 84,438
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 33.28% 41.15% 48.18%
Number of salaries quoted 18,138 20,787 36,075
10th Percentile £30,000 £35,416 £34,500
25th Percentile £40,013 £46,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £64,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -14.06% +2.40% +4.17%
75th Percentile £77,500 £85,000 £83,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £107,500 £102,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +5.00%

Operational Technology
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Operational Technology in the UK

Operational Technology
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Operational Technology in the UK

Operational Technology
Salary Histogram

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

Salary histogram for Operational Technology in the UK

Operational Technology
Top 17 Job Locations

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 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
England +42 274 £60,000 -14.29% 70
UK excluding London +64 265 £55,000 -15.01% 57
Work from Home +17 77 £62,995 -3.08% 24
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
London +75 54 £71,250 -10.94% 22
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
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 (2.08%) SharePoint
2 5 (1.49%) CMS
2 5 (1.49%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (1.49%) ThingWorx
Applications
1 24 (7.14%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (3.27%) Microsoft Excel
3 10 (2.98%) AutoCAD
4 3 (0.89%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.60%) EPLAN
5 2 (0.60%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (0.89%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 24 (7.14%) Azure
2 18 (5.36%) Microsoft 365
3 12 (3.57%) Power Platform
4 9 (2.68%) AWS
5 5 (1.49%) SaaS
6 2 (0.60%) Azure Sentinel
6 2 (0.60%) Cloud Computing
7 1 (0.30%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 32 (9.52%) Firewall
2 14 (4.17%) WAN
3 12 (3.57%) TCP/IP
4 10 (2.98%) Network Security
5 9 (2.68%) VoIP
6 8 (2.38%) VSAN
7 7 (2.08%) LAN
7 7 (2.08%) MPLS
7 7 (2.08%) Wireless
8 5 (1.49%) Intrusion Detection
8 5 (1.49%) NAS
8 5 (1.49%) SAN
8 5 (1.49%) SD-WAN
9 4 (1.19%) Internet
10 3 (0.89%) Modbus
11 2 (0.60%) Ethernet
11 2 (0.60%) SDH
12 1 (0.30%) ADSL
12 1 (0.30%) MQTT
12 1 (0.30%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (3.57%) GIS
1 12 (3.57%) Power BI
2 5 (1.49%) Oracle Database
2 5 (1.49%) Relational Database
2 5 (1.49%) SQL Server
2 5 (1.49%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 2 (0.60%) Metadata
3 2 (0.60%) Tableau
4 1 (0.30%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 3 (0.89%) Burp Suite
1 3 (0.89%) Metasploit
2 1 (0.30%) JIRA
General
1 53 (15.77%) Finance
2 32 (9.52%) Manufacturing
3 31 (9.23%) Social Skills
4 23 (6.85%) Games
4 23 (6.85%) Legal
5 12 (3.57%) Automotive
5 12 (3.57%) Telecoms
6 11 (3.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 10 (2.98%) Aerospace
7 10 (2.98%) Marketing
7 10 (2.98%) Retail
8 8 (2.38%) Analytical Skills
9 7 (2.08%) Pharmaceutical
10 6 (1.79%) Influencing Skills
11 3 (0.89%) Presentation Skills
11 3 (0.89%) Public Sector
12 2 (0.60%) Agriculture
12 2 (0.60%) Police
13 1 (0.30%) Aviation
13 1 (0.30%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 48 (14.29%) Lead
2 44 (13.10%) Consultant
3 42 (12.50%) Security Consultant
4 40 (11.90%) Analyst
5 33 (9.82%) Architect
6 26 (7.74%) Solutions Architect
7 20 (5.95%) SCADA Engineer
8 19 (5.65%) Security Engineer
9 17 (5.06%) Developer
9 17 (5.06%) Hardware Engineer
10 16 (4.76%) Cybersecurity Consultant
11 15 (4.46%) Security Manager
11 15 (4.46%) Software Engineer
12 14 (4.17%) Senior
13 13 (3.87%) Systems Analyst
13 13 (3.87%) Technical Leader
14 12 (3.57%) Cybersecurity Specialist
14 12 (3.57%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
14 12 (3.57%) Security Analyst
14 12 (3.57%) Security Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (3.57%) AngularJS
1 12 (3.57%) React
2 5 (1.49%) HTML
2 5 (1.49%) JSON
3 2 (0.60%) RESTful
3 2 (0.60%) Web Services
4 1 (0.30%) Node-RED
4 1 (0.30%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 75 (22.32%) SCADA
2 34 (10.12%) Management Information System
3 27 (8.04%) Cyber Threat
4 21 (6.25%) IoT
5 14 (4.17%) Industrial Internet of Things
6 12 (3.57%) Security Posture
7 8 (2.38%) Clustering
7 8 (2.38%) Renewable Energy
8 7 (2.08%) Driving Licence
8 7 (2.08%) Smart Meter
9 6 (1.79%) Cyber Defence
9 6 (1.79%) Cyber Security Posture
9 6 (1.79%) Smart Energy
10 5 (1.49%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
11 4 (1.19%) Mobile App
11 4 (1.19%) Smartphone
11 4 (1.19%) Video Conferencing
12 3 (0.89%) Cyberattack
12 3 (0.89%) Data Centre
12 3 (0.89%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 27 (8.04%) Windows
2 25 (7.44%) Windows Server
3 8 (2.38%) Windows 10
4 3 (0.89%) Kali Linux
5 2 (0.60%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 175 (52.08%) Cybersecurity
2 64 (19.05%) Risk Management
3 51 (15.18%) Problem-Solving
4 41 (12.20%) Continuous Improvement
5 40 (11.90%) Information Security
6 33 (9.82%) Business Development
6 33 (9.82%) Mentoring
7 32 (9.52%) Incident Response
8 27 (8.04%) Agile
9 25 (7.44%) Service Management
10 23 (6.85%) Project Delivery
11 22 (6.55%) Line Management
11 22 (6.55%) Software Engineering
12 21 (6.25%) Data Acquisition
12 21 (6.25%) ITIL
13 20 (5.95%) Security Architecture
13 20 (5.95%) Security Operations
14 19 (5.65%) Change Management
15 17 (5.06%) Systems Engineering
16 14 (4.17%) Red Team
Programming Languages
1 15 (4.46%) JavaScript
2 13 (3.87%) SQL
3 8 (2.38%) C#
3 8 (2.38%) C++
3 8 (2.38%) Python
4 6 (1.79%) Java
4 6 (1.79%) VB
5 2 (0.60%) Ladder Logic
Qualifications
1 79 (23.51%) Security Cleared
2 53 (15.77%) SC Cleared
3 48 (14.29%) Degree
4 31 (9.23%) CISSP
5 27 (8.04%) CISM
6 19 (5.65%) CRISC
7 15 (4.46%) CEH
8 13 (3.87%) CASP
9 11 (3.27%) Chartered Engineer
9 11 (3.27%) Cisco Certification
10 10 (2.98%) CISA
11 9 (2.68%) DV Cleared
12 8 (2.38%) A+ Certification
13 6 (1.79%) CCNA
13 6 (1.79%) Master's Degree
14 5 (1.49%) APMP
14 5 (1.49%) Azure Certification
14 5 (1.49%) MCSE
14 5 (1.49%) Microsoft Certification
15 4 (1.19%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 41 (12.20%) NIST
2 30 (8.93%) NCSC
3 29 (8.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 12 (3.57%) NIST 800
5 11 (3.27%) GRC
6 9 (2.68%) GDPR
7 7 (2.08%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 7 (2.08%) SLA
8 6 (1.79%) QA
9 5 (1.49%) COBIT
9 5 (1.49%) ISO/IEC 27005
10 4 (1.19%) ISO/IEC 15288
11 3 (0.89%) COSO
11 3 (0.89%) ISO 31000
11 3 (0.89%) ITGC
11 3 (0.89%) PMO
12 2 (0.60%) GxP
12 2 (0.60%) IEC 61131
13 1 (0.30%) Cyber Essentials
13 1 (0.30%) ISA99
System Software
1 23 (6.85%) Hyper-V
2 18 (5.36%) Active Directory
2 18 (5.36%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (2.38%) VMware ESXi
4 3 (0.89%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 9 (2.68%) QRadar
2 8 (2.38%) Failover Clustering
2 8 (2.38%) Nessus
3 5 (1.49%) CSIRT
4 3 (0.89%) Nmap
5 2 (0.60%) Functional Safety
6 1 (0.30%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (0.30%) SCCM
Vendors
1 45 (13.39%) Microsoft
2 18 (5.36%) VMware
3 9 (2.68%) Darktrace
4 7 (2.08%) AVEVA
5 6 (1.79%) Qualys
6 5 (1.49%) Meraki
6 5 (1.49%) Oracle
6 5 (1.49%) Siemens
7 4 (1.19%) Avaya
7 4 (1.19%) Zscaler
8 3 (0.89%) Allen-Bradley
8 3 (0.89%) NEC
8 3 (0.89%) Rockwell
9 2 (0.60%) EMC
9 2 (0.60%) Fortinet
9 2 (0.60%) Rapid7
10 1 (0.30%) Hitachi
10 1 (0.30%) Intel
10 1 (0.30%) SonicWALL
10 1 (0.30%) Thales