Operational Technology Jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Operational Technology (OT)
UK > Work from Home

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Operational Technology in remote or hybrid work. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Operational Technology over the 6 months leading up to 3 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 373 489 536
Rank change year-on-year +116 +47 +231
Permanent jobs citing Operational Technology 44 96 141
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.29% 0.28% 0.33%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.74% 0.80% 0.86%
Number of salaries quoted 39 66 75
10th Percentile £52,500 £45,000 £43,500
25th Percentile £62,500 £48,000 £50,994
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £55,718 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +16.66% -14.28% -
75th Percentile £77,750 £77,500 £79,250
90th Percentile £84,000 £83,750 £88,750
UK median annual salary £66,000 £55,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year +20.00% -21.43% -

All Generic Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring generic IT skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 5,963 12,029 16,425
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 39.31% 35.56% 38.58%
Number of salaries quoted 3,870 9,255 11,843
10th Percentile £35,000 £32,500 £39,000
25th Percentile £47,231 £42,500 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £59,300 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.61% -8.77% -
75th Percentile £85,000 £78,750 £86,250
90th Percentile £122,500 £101,250 £107,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -15.38% +4.00%

Operational Technology
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Operational Technology as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Operational Technology trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Operational Technology
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Operational Technology.

Operational Technology salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Operational Technology
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Operational Technology over the 6 months to 3 May 2025.

Operational Technology salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Operational Technology
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 (4.55%) ThingWorx
2 1 (2.27%) OpenStack
Cloud Services
1 16 (36.36%) AWS
2 14 (31.82%) Azure
3 12 (27.27%) OCI
4 6 (13.64%) SaaS
5 1 (2.27%) Akamai
5 1 (2.27%) Azure Key Vault
5 1 (2.27%) Azure Sentinel
5 1 (2.27%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (2.27%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (2.27%) Entra ID
5 1 (2.27%) GCP
5 1 (2.27%) GitHub
5 1 (2.27%) GitHub Actions
5 1 (2.27%) Microsoft Purview
5 1 (2.27%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 6 (13.64%) WAN
2 5 (11.36%) Network Security
3 4 (9.09%) 4G
3 4 (9.09%) 5G
3 4 (9.09%) Firewall
3 4 (9.09%) Unified Communications
4 2 (4.55%) Internet
4 2 (4.55%) Intrusion Detection
4 2 (4.55%) LAN
4 2 (4.55%) MPLS
4 2 (4.55%) Wi-Fi
4 2 (4.55%) WLAN
5 1 (2.27%) DHCP
5 1 (2.27%) DNS
5 1 (2.27%) Ethernet
5 1 (2.27%) IGMP
5 1 (2.27%) Modbus
5 1 (2.27%) VRRP
5 1 (2.27%) Wireless
General
1 9 (20.45%) Social Skills
2 8 (18.18%) Public Sector
3 2 (4.55%) Finance
3 2 (4.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 2 (4.55%) Manufacturing
4 1 (2.27%) Advertising
4 1 (2.27%) Aviation
4 1 (2.27%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (2.27%) Law
4 1 (2.27%) Military
4 1 (2.27%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 17 (38.64%) Architect
2 8 (18.18%) Cloud Architect
3 7 (15.91%) Infrastructure Architect
4 6 (13.64%) Solutions Architect
5 5 (11.36%) Cloud Infrastructure Architect
6 4 (9.09%) Analyst
6 4 (9.09%) Governance Manager
6 4 (9.09%) Risk Manager
6 4 (9.09%) Security Manager
7 3 (6.82%) Cloud Solutions Architect
7 3 (6.82%) Consultant
7 3 (6.82%) Information Manager
7 3 (6.82%) Information Security Manager
7 3 (6.82%) Lead
7 3 (6.82%) Vulnerability Analyst
8 2 (4.55%) Cybersecurity Manager
8 2 (4.55%) Enterprise Architecture Consultant
8 2 (4.55%) Enterprise Consultant
8 2 (4.55%) Network Architect
8 2 (4.55%) TOGAF Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.27%) React
1 1 (2.27%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 15 (34.09%) SCADA
2 10 (22.73%) IoT
3 9 (20.45%) Data Centre
4 8 (18.18%) Management Information System
5 4 (9.09%) Industrial Internet of Things
5 4 (9.09%) NHS
6 2 (4.55%) Cyber Threat
6 2 (4.55%) Self-Driving Car
6 2 (4.55%) Smart Energy
7 1 (2.27%) CCTV
7 1 (2.27%) Cloud Native
7 1 (2.27%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (2.27%) Fibre Optics
7 1 (2.27%) Private Cloud
7 1 (2.27%) Product Ownership
7 1 (2.27%) Public Cloud
7 1 (2.27%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 8 (18.18%) Linux
1 8 (18.18%) Windows
2 1 (2.27%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 1 (2.27%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (38.64%) Cybersecurity
2 16 (36.36%) TOGAF
3 11 (25.00%) Risk Management
4 10 (22.73%) Agile
5 7 (15.91%) DevOps
6 6 (13.64%) Business Continuity
6 6 (13.64%) Information Security
6 6 (13.64%) Mentoring
6 6 (13.64%) Systems Engineering
6 6 (13.64%) Validation
7 5 (11.36%) Analytics
8 4 (9.09%) Data Science
8 4 (9.09%) Decision-Making
8 4 (9.09%) Enterprise Architecture
8 4 (9.09%) Systems Thinking
8 4 (9.09%) Verification and Validation
8 4 (9.09%) Vulnerability Assessment
8 4 (9.09%) Vulnerability Management
9 3 (6.82%) Project Delivery
9 3 (6.82%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.27%) Python
1 1 (2.27%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 12 (27.27%) TOGAF Certification
2 9 (20.45%) Security Cleared
3 7 (15.91%) Degree
4 5 (11.36%) CISSP
5 4 (9.09%) CISA
6 3 (6.82%) AWS Certification
6 3 (6.82%) Cisco Certification
6 3 (6.82%) SC Cleared
7 2 (4.55%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 2 (4.55%) CCIE
7 2 (4.55%) CCNA
7 2 (4.55%) CCNP
7 2 (4.55%) CITP
7 2 (4.55%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (4.55%) PMI Certification
7 2 (4.55%) PMP
8 1 (2.27%) ACSA
8 1 (2.27%) ACSP
8 1 (2.27%) CCSP
8 1 (2.27%) ISSAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (20.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 6 (13.64%) GDPR
2 6 (13.64%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
3 4 (9.09%) NIST
4 2 (4.55%) GRC
4 2 (4.55%) ISO/IEC 27005
4 2 (4.55%) NCSC
5 1 (2.27%) COBIT
5 1 (2.27%) NIST 800
System Software
1 1 (2.27%) Active Directory
1 1 (2.27%) Docker
1 1 (2.27%) Hyper-V
1 1 (2.27%) Virtual Machines
1 1 (2.27%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 9 (20.45%) Terraform
2 2 (4.55%) Ansible
3 1 (2.27%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 12 (27.27%) Oracle
2 8 (18.18%) VMware
3 2 (4.55%) Cisco
3 2 (4.55%) Meraki
3 2 (4.55%) Microsoft
4 1 (2.27%) Allen-Bradley
4 1 (2.27%) CyberArk
4 1 (2.27%) Foundry
4 1 (2.27%) Google
4 1 (2.27%) Netskope
4 1 (2.27%) Okta
4 1 (2.27%) Palantir
4 1 (2.27%) Red Hat
4 1 (2.27%) SAP
4 1 (2.27%) Siemens
4 1 (2.27%) Zscaler