Operational Technology Job Trends in Worcestershire

Operational Technology (OT)
West Midlands > Worcestershire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Operational Technology in permanent job vacancies in Worcestershire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Operational Technology over the 6 months leading up to 27 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 43 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Operational Technology 2 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Worcestershire 0.46% - -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.87% - -
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £31,625 - -
25th Percentile £34,063 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,750 - -
75th Percentile £44,063 - -
90th Percentile £46,875 - -
West Midlands median annual salary £47,500 £64,600 £45,000
% change year-on-year -26.47% +43.56% -23.40%

All Generic Skills
Worcestershire

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 Worcestershire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 229 70 45
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Worcestershire 52.16% 38.67% 24.06%
Number of salaries quoted 61 29 42
10th Percentile £29,250 £41,104 £30,375
25th Percentile £29,750 £53,750 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £39,000 £65,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -40.00% +18.18% +29.41%
75th Percentile £45,000 - £57,500
90th Percentile £70,000 £72,200 £64,300
West Midlands median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +8.91% -3.20%

Operational Technology
Job Vacancy Trend in Worcestershire

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

Operational Technology job vacancy trend in Worcestershire

Operational Technology
Salary Trend in Worcestershire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Worcestershire citing Operational Technology.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Worcestershire citing Operational Technology

Operational Technology
Salary Histogram in Worcestershire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Operational Technology in Worcestershire over the 6 months to 27 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Operational Technology in Worcestershire

Operational Technology
Job Locations in Worcestershire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Operational Technology within the Worcestershire region over the 6 months to 27 December 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
Redditch - 2 £38,750 -
Operational Technology
West Midlands

Operational Technology
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Worcestershire 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Azure
1 1 (50.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) Firewall
1 1 (50.00%) LAN
1 1 (50.00%) VPN
1 1 (50.00%) WAN
1 1 (50.00%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) SQL Server
General
1 1 (50.00%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Lead
1 1 (50.00%) Sales Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Technical Leader
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Clustering
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (50.00%) Telesales
1 1 (50.00%) Virtual Environments
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (50.00%) VMware