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 have cited Operational Technology over the 6 months to 4 December 2023 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 Dec 2023
Same period 2022 Same period 2021
Rank 523 672 940
Rank change year-on-year +149 +268 -262
Permanent jobs citing Operational Technology 220 437 159
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.41% 0.35% 0.12%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.12% 0.81% 0.28%
Number of salaries quoted 149 181 87
10th Percentile £41,750 £41,047 £37,300
25th Percentile £51,250 £46,250 £42,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - +4.17% -7.69%
75th Percentile £82,500 £77,500 £90,625
90th Percentile £92,000 £87,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year - +33.33% -18.18%

All Generic Skills
UK

Operational Technology is in the General and Transferable Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 19,607 53,764 56,466
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 36.83% 43.38% 44.03%
Number of salaries quoted 14,348 29,746 33,691
10th Percentile £33,250 £34,875 £33,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £63,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.57% +5.83% -
75th Percentile £84,056 £85,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £107,500 £105,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - +10.00% -

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 4 December 2023.

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 4 December 2023. 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 +148 188 £62,500 - 144
UK excluding London +186 150 £60,000 - 116
Work from Home +194 73 £64,463 -7.91% 61
South East +148 53 £65,000 +8.33% 30
Midlands +100 38 £48,750 -18.07% 33
London +168 37 £71,250 +9.62% 31
West Midlands +110 28 £45,000 -26.83% 30
North of England +153 20 £50,750 +14.04% 27
South West +53 15 £64,425 -11.14% 20
East of England +127 11 £70,000 +25.00% 6
North West +106 10 £60,000 +26.98% 15
Yorkshire +95 8 £37,500 -6.25% 7
Scotland +54 8 £65,000 -16.13% 4
East Midlands +33 5 £77,500 +40.91% 3
Wales +22 4 £55,250 +47.33% 1
North East +49 2 £56,250 - 5
Northern Ireland - 1 - - 1

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 9 (4.09%) Apache
1 9 (4.09%) IIS
1 9 (4.09%) MS Exchange
1 9 (4.09%) WebSphere
2 5 (2.27%) SharePoint
3 4 (1.82%) Confluence
3 4 (1.82%) ThingWorx
4 3 (1.36%) CMS
Applications
1 21 (9.55%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (4.09%) AutoCAD
2 9 (4.09%) PTC Creo
2 9 (4.09%) SOLIDWORKS
3 1 (0.45%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (0.45%) Primavera
1 1 (0.45%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 26 (11.82%) Azure
2 13 (5.91%) AWS
2 13 (5.91%) IaaS
2 13 (5.91%) PaaS
3 12 (5.45%) SaaS
4 9 (4.09%) Azure DevOps
4 9 (4.09%) Entra ID
5 7 (3.18%) GCP
6 6 (2.73%) Microsoft 365
7 5 (2.27%) Cloud Computing
8 3 (1.36%) Azure Sentinel
8 3 (1.36%) Power Platform
9 2 (0.91%) Serverless
10 1 (0.45%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 31 (14.09%) Firewall
2 28 (12.73%) Network Security
3 13 (5.91%) Modbus
4 9 (4.09%) Intrusion Detection
5 8 (3.64%) TCP/IP
6 7 (3.18%) HTTP
7 5 (2.27%) DNS
7 5 (2.27%) LAN
7 5 (2.27%) SMTP
7 5 (2.27%) WAN
8 4 (1.82%) VPN
9 3 (1.36%) DMZ
9 3 (1.36%) FTP
9 3 (1.36%) MPLS
9 3 (1.36%) SAN
9 3 (1.36%) SD-WAN
9 3 (1.36%) Software-Defined Networking
9 3 (1.36%) SSL
9 3 (1.36%) Wi-Fi
9 3 (1.36%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (5.00%) SQL Server
2 9 (4.09%) SAP HANA
3 4 (1.82%) GIS
4 3 (1.36%) Power BI
5 1 (0.45%) InfluxDB
5 1 (0.45%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 1 (0.45%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 9 (4.09%) Chocolatey
1 9 (4.09%) Git
1 9 (4.09%) Jenkins
2 6 (2.73%) Oracle APEX
3 4 (1.82%) JIRA
4 2 (0.91%) Burp Suite
4 2 (0.91%) SoapUI
5 1 (0.45%) Rational DOORS
General
1 51 (23.18%) Social Skills
2 35 (15.91%) Manufacturing
3 21 (9.55%) Analytical Skills
4 17 (7.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 14 (6.36%) Presentation Skills
6 13 (5.91%) Finance
6 13 (5.91%) Public Sector
7 11 (5.00%) Legal
8 9 (4.09%) Influencing Skills
8 9 (4.09%) Law
9 8 (3.64%) Automotive
10 7 (3.18%) Aerospace
11 6 (2.73%) Pharmaceutical
11 6 (2.73%) Telecoms
12 5 (2.27%) Local Government
13 4 (1.82%) Back Office
13 4 (1.82%) Marketing
14 2 (0.91%) Aeronautics
14 2 (0.91%) Banking
14 2 (0.91%) Military
Job Titles
1 40 (18.18%) Consultant
2 32 (14.55%) Security Consultant
3 30 (13.64%) Analyst
4 24 (10.91%) Senior
5 22 (10.00%) Security Engineer
5 22 (10.00%) Security Manager
6 21 (9.55%) Cybersecurity Consultant
7 16 (7.27%) Cybersecurity Engineer
8 12 (5.45%) Security Analyst
9 11 (5.00%) Project Engineer
10 10 (4.55%) Infrastructure Analyst
10 10 (4.55%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 10 (4.55%) IT Engineer
10 10 (4.55%) IT Manager
11 9 (4.09%) Automation Engineer
12 8 (3.64%) Principal Consultant
13 7 (3.18%) Architect
14 6 (2.73%) Business Analyst
14 6 (2.73%) Senior Manager
14 6 (2.73%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (5.45%) Middleware
2 9 (4.09%) Elastic Stack
2 9 (4.09%) XML
2 9 (4.09%) YAML
3 8 (3.64%) Web Services
4 7 (3.18%) .NET
5 3 (1.36%) LDAP
6 2 (0.91%) CSS
6 2 (0.91%) Regular Expression
7 1 (0.45%) ASP.NET
7 1 (0.45%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 46 (20.91%) SCADA
2 31 (14.09%) Management Information System
3 21 (9.55%) Cyber Threat
4 17 (7.73%) IoT
5 13 (5.91%) Public Cloud
6 12 (5.45%) CAN bus
6 12 (5.45%) Onboarding
6 12 (5.45%) Renewable Energy
7 11 (5.00%) Driving Licence
8 10 (4.55%) Embedded Systems
9 9 (4.09%) Enterprise Software
9 9 (4.09%) Security Posture
10 8 (3.64%) Self-Motivation
11 6 (2.73%) Cyberattack
11 6 (2.73%) Product Ownership
11 6 (2.73%) Security Operations Centre
12 4 (1.82%) Hybrid Cloud
12 4 (1.82%) Mobile App
13 3 (1.36%) Data Centre
13 3 (1.36%) Industrial Internet of Things
Operating Systems
1 25 (11.36%) Windows
2 18 (8.18%) Windows Server
3 7 (3.18%) Linux
3 7 (3.18%) Windows Server 2012
4 4 (1.82%) Unix
5 2 (0.91%) Mac OS X
6 1 (0.45%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 126 (57.27%) Cybersecurity
2 43 (19.55%) Information Security
3 37 (16.82%) Problem-Solving
4 30 (13.64%) Agile
4 30 (13.64%) Incident Response
5 26 (11.82%) Stakeholder Management
6 24 (10.91%) Risk Management
6 24 (10.91%) Security Management
6 24 (10.91%) Vulnerability Management
7 23 (10.45%) Risk Assessment
8 21 (9.55%) Computer Science
8 21 (9.55%) Project Management
9 20 (9.09%) Project Delivery
10 19 (8.64%) Information Security Management
10 19 (8.64%) Security Operations
11 18 (8.18%) Business Development
11 18 (8.18%) Coaching
12 17 (7.73%) SIEM
13 16 (7.27%) GAP Analysis
13 16 (7.27%) Security Architecture
Programming Languages
1 9 (4.09%) Bash
1 9 (4.09%) MATLAB
1 9 (4.09%) PowerShell
2 4 (1.82%) SQL
3 3 (1.36%) C#
4 2 (0.91%) Go
4 2 (0.91%) Python
5 1 (0.45%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 1 (0.45%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 76 (34.55%) Security Cleared
2 45 (20.45%) SC Cleared
3 40 (18.18%) Degree
4 37 (16.82%) CISSP
5 25 (11.36%) CISM
6 15 (6.82%) HNC
7 13 (5.91%) CRISC
8 12 (5.45%) BPSS Clearance
9 11 (5.00%) Chartered Engineer
9 11 (5.00%) DV Cleared
10 10 (4.55%) CREST Certified
11 9 (4.09%) CHECK Team Leader
11 9 (4.09%) MCSA
11 9 (4.09%) MCSE
11 9 (4.09%) Microsoft Certification
12 8 (3.64%) CISA
12 8 (3.64%) Cisco Certification
12 8 (3.64%) Master's Degree
13 7 (3.18%) AWS Certification
13 7 (3.18%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 61 (27.73%) NIST
2 32 (14.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 27 (12.27%) NIST 800
4 15 (6.82%) NCSC
5 9 (4.09%) COBIT
6 8 (3.64%) GRC
7 7 (3.18%) RMADS
8 6 (2.73%) GDPR
8 6 (2.73%) PCI DSS
9 4 (1.82%) ISO 31000
9 4 (1.82%) ISO/IEC 27005
9 4 (1.82%) PMO
9 4 (1.82%) QA
10 3 (1.36%) Cyber Essentials
10 3 (1.36%) ISA99
11 2 (0.91%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 1 (0.45%) Def Stans
12 1 (0.45%) IEC 61508
12 1 (0.45%) ISO 22301
12 1 (0.45%) SOC 2
System Software
1 19 (8.64%) Active Directory
2 8 (3.64%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (1.36%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 11 (5.00%) SCCM
2 9 (4.09%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 9 (4.09%) Ansible
2 9 (4.09%) SCOM
2 9 (4.09%) Terraform
3 5 (2.27%) Microsoft Intune
4 3 (1.36%) Functional Safety
5 2 (0.91%) Host Intrusion Detection System
5 2 (0.91%) Nessus
6 1 (0.45%) WSUS
Vendors
1 44 (20.00%) Microsoft
2 15 (6.82%) Oracle
3 14 (6.36%) VMware
4 13 (5.91%) PTC
5 9 (4.09%) IBM
5 9 (4.09%) MathWorks
5 9 (4.09%) SAP
5 9 (4.09%) TOWER Software
6 7 (3.18%) Red Hat
7 6 (2.73%) Aruba
7 6 (2.73%) Qualys
8 4 (1.82%) Cisco
9 3 (1.36%) CrowdStrike
9 3 (1.36%) F5
9 3 (1.36%) FireEye
9 3 (1.36%) Meraki
9 3 (1.36%) Palo Alto
9 3 (1.36%) Symantec
10 1 (0.45%) LogRhythm
10 1 (0.45%) Varonis