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 30 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 530 566 628
Rank change year-on-year +36 +62 +416
Permanent jobs citing Operational Technology 154 342 396
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.30% 0.35% 0.38%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.85% 0.98% 0.87%
Number of salaries quoted 107 211 153
10th Percentile £44,000 £39,750 £42,650
25th Percentile £61,250 £45,375 £52,105
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £66,000 £52,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +25.71% -25.00% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £68,750 £85,000
90th Percentile £93,000 £77,500 £98,800
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £52,084 £62,500
% change year-on-year +24.80% -16.67% -

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 18,032 35,027 45,319
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 34.57% 35.62% 43.58%
Number of salaries quoted 9,839 23,030 23,975
10th Percentile £31,500 £28,000 £35,271
25th Percentile £42,500 £38,000 £46,350
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -15.38% +4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £86,250
90th Percentile £110,000 £97,500 £107,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% +4.76%

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 30 April 2025.

Salary histogram for Operational Technology in the UK

Operational Technology
Top 16 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 30 April 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
England +29 131 £66,000 +25.71% 188
UK excluding London +85 127 £65,000 +24.80% 155
North of England +43 45 £65,000 +24.80% 42
Work from Home +129 44 £65,000 +18.18% 86
Midlands +50 37 £67,500 +35.68% 40
West Midlands +47 35 £67,500 +17.39% 27
Yorkshire +76 25 £65,000 +27.45% 19
London +56 21 £90,000 +22.03% 49
South East +99 19 £67,500 +3.85% 34
North East +59 14 £65,000 -8.77% 7
Scotland +120 13 £62,500 +22.55% 16
South West +95 8 £46,000 +15.00% 13
North West -21 6 £85,000 +63.20% 16
Wales +41 4 £75,875 +54.85% 2
East Midlands +43 2 £66,000 +65.00% 13
East of England +22 2 £59,250 +31.67% 11

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 2 (1.30%) IBM Domino
1 2 (1.30%) SharePoint
1 2 (1.30%) ThingWorx
2 1 (0.65%) OpenStack
Applications
1 3 (1.95%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.65%) AutoCAD
2 1 (0.65%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (0.65%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (2.60%) SAP Business One
2 1 (0.65%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 26 (16.88%) AWS
1 26 (16.88%) Azure
2 12 (7.79%) OCI
3 10 (6.49%) Microsoft 365
4 7 (4.55%) SaaS
5 5 (3.25%) Entra ID
6 3 (1.95%) Azure DevOps
7 2 (1.30%) Azure Sentinel
8 1 (0.65%) Akamai
8 1 (0.65%) Azure Key Vault
8 1 (0.65%) Cloud Computing
8 1 (0.65%) Dynamics 365
8 1 (0.65%) GCP
8 1 (0.65%) GitHub
8 1 (0.65%) GitHub Actions
8 1 (0.65%) IaaS
8 1 (0.65%) Microsoft Copilot
8 1 (0.65%) Microsoft Purview
8 1 (0.65%) PaaS
8 1 (0.65%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 24 (15.58%) Network Security
2 16 (10.39%) Firewall
3 11 (7.14%) WAN
4 7 (4.55%) Intrusion Detection
4 7 (4.55%) VPN
4 7 (4.55%) Wi-Fi
5 5 (3.25%) 5G
6 4 (2.60%) 4G
6 4 (2.60%) Internet
6 4 (2.60%) LAN
6 4 (2.60%) MPLS
6 4 (2.60%) SD-WAN
6 4 (2.60%) Unified Communications
6 4 (2.60%) VoIP
7 3 (1.95%) WLAN
8 2 (1.30%) Modbus
8 2 (1.30%) TCP/IP
8 2 (1.30%) VRRP
8 2 (1.30%) Wireless
9 1 (0.65%) HSRP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (4.55%) SQL Server
2 4 (2.60%) Data Warehouse
3 3 (1.95%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 18 (11.69%) JIRA
1 18 (11.69%) Selenium
2 3 (1.95%) Git
General
1 37 (24.03%) Manufacturing
2 26 (16.88%) Finance
3 25 (16.23%) Social Skills
4 11 (7.14%) Public Sector
5 8 (5.19%) Analytical Skills
6 7 (4.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 6 (3.90%) Banking
7 6 (3.90%) Organisational Skills
8 5 (3.25%) Automotive
9 4 (2.60%) Back Office
9 4 (2.60%) Telecoms
10 3 (1.95%) Aerospace
10 3 (1.95%) Electronics
11 2 (1.30%) Police
11 2 (1.30%) Presentation Skills
11 2 (1.30%) Retail
12 1 (0.65%) Advertising
12 1 (0.65%) Aviation
12 1 (0.65%) Influencing Skills
12 1 (0.65%) Military
Job Titles
1 33 (21.43%) Automation Engineer
2 28 (18.18%) Architect
2 28 (18.18%) Lead
3 18 (11.69%) Analyst
3 18 (11.69%) Validation Engineer
4 14 (9.09%) Systems Engineer
5 11 (7.14%) Consultant
5 11 (7.14%) Operations Analyst
6 9 (5.84%) IT Manager
7 8 (5.19%) Cloud Architect
7 8 (5.19%) Infrastructure Architect
7 8 (5.19%) Security Consultant
7 8 (5.19%) Security Manager
7 8 (5.19%) Solutions Architect
8 7 (4.55%) Cybersecurity Consultant
9 6 (3.90%) Business Analyst
9 6 (3.90%) Information Manager
9 6 (3.90%) Information Security Manager
9 6 (3.90%) Operations Business Analyst
10 5 (3.25%) Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.65%) 802.1X
1 1 (0.65%) Middleware
1 1 (0.65%) OAuth
1 1 (0.65%) React
1 1 (0.65%) SailPoint
1 1 (0.65%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 44 (28.57%) SCADA
2 29 (18.83%) Management Information System
3 18 (11.69%) FMCG
3 18 (11.69%) IoT
4 15 (9.74%) Data Centre
5 12 (7.79%) Manufacturing Execution System
6 8 (5.19%) Security Posture
7 7 (4.55%) Cyber Threat
8 6 (3.90%) Analytical Mindset
9 5 (3.25%) Industrial Internet of Things
9 5 (3.25%) Renewable Energy
10 4 (2.60%) Hybrid Cloud
10 4 (2.60%) NHS
11 3 (1.95%) Life Science
11 3 (1.95%) Video Conferencing
12 2 (1.30%) Cloud Native
12 2 (1.30%) Public Cloud
12 2 (1.30%) Self-Driving Car
12 2 (1.30%) Smart Energy
13 1 (0.65%) Fibre Optics
Operating Systems
1 25 (16.23%) Windows
2 13 (8.44%) Windows Server
3 10 (6.49%) Linux
4 1 (0.65%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (0.65%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 74 (48.05%) Cybersecurity
2 32 (20.78%) Mentoring
3 31 (20.13%) Computer Science
3 31 (20.13%) Risk Management
4 24 (15.58%) Problem-Solving
4 24 (15.58%) Validation
5 20 (12.99%) Penetration Testing
6 19 (12.34%) Agile
6 19 (12.34%) Information Security
6 19 (12.34%) Stakeholder Management
7 18 (11.69%) Model Validation
7 18 (11.69%) Test Automation
8 17 (11.04%) TOGAF
9 16 (10.39%) Budgeting
9 16 (10.39%) Continuous Improvement
10 15 (9.74%) Decision-Making
11 14 (9.09%) Analytics
12 13 (8.44%) Business Continuity
12 13 (8.44%) Roadmaps
13 12 (7.79%) Data Collection
Programming Languages
1 4 (2.60%) Python
2 3 (1.95%) C#
2 3 (1.95%) PowerShell
2 3 (1.95%) SQL
3 1 (0.65%) Scala
3 1 (0.65%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 39 (25.32%) Degree
2 18 (11.69%) ISTQB
3 17 (11.04%) Security Cleared
4 12 (7.79%) HNC
4 12 (7.79%) TOGAF Certification
5 11 (7.14%) CISSP
6 10 (6.49%) SC Cleared
7 7 (4.55%) Microsoft Certification
8 6 (3.90%) CBAP
8 6 (3.90%) Computer Science Degree
9 4 (2.60%) AWS Certification
9 4 (2.60%) CISA
9 4 (2.60%) Cisco Certification
9 4 (2.60%) MCSA
9 4 (2.60%) MCSE
10 3 (1.95%) CCIE
10 3 (1.95%) CCNA
10 3 (1.95%) CCNP
10 3 (1.95%) CISM
10 3 (1.95%) CITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (10.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 12 (7.79%) NIST
3 9 (5.84%) GDPR
4 7 (4.55%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
5 6 (3.90%) GRC
5 6 (3.90%) NCSC
6 5 (3.25%) Cyber Essentials
7 2 (1.30%) COBIT
7 2 (1.30%) ISO/IEC 27005
7 2 (1.30%) NIST 800
7 2 (1.30%) PCI DSS
7 2 (1.30%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (0.65%) COSO
8 1 (0.65%) ITGC
System Software
1 10 (6.49%) Active Directory
2 7 (4.55%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (3.25%) Hyper-V
4 4 (2.60%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.65%) Docker
Systems Management
1 10 (6.49%) Terraform
2 6 (3.90%) FortiGate
3 4 (2.60%) Microsoft Intune
4 3 (1.95%) Ansible
4 3 (1.95%) SCCM
5 1 (0.65%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 18 (11.69%) Microsoft
2 16 (10.39%) Siemens
3 15 (9.74%) Rockwell
4 14 (9.09%) VMware
5 12 (7.79%) Oracle
6 7 (4.55%) Fortinet
7 6 (3.90%) Cisco
8 5 (3.25%) SAP
9 4 (2.60%) Okta
10 3 (1.95%) Aruba
10 3 (1.95%) Meraki
11 2 (1.30%) Apple
11 2 (1.30%) Dell
11 2 (1.30%) Google
11 2 (1.30%) HP
11 2 (1.30%) Sophos
11 2 (1.30%) Veeam
12 1 (0.65%) Avaya
12 1 (0.65%) Foundry
12 1 (0.65%) Red Hat