Operational Technology Job Trends in Yorkshire

Operational Technology (OT)
England > Yorkshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Operational Technology in permanent job vacancies in Yorkshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Operational Technology over the 6 months leading up to 6 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 134 138 167
Rank change year-on-year +4 +29 +97
Permanent jobs citing Operational Technology 24 10 4
As % of all permanent jobs in Yorkshire 0.72% 0.32% 0.13%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.39% 1.03% 0.36%
Number of salaries quoted 7 5 4
10th Percentile £50,750 - -
25th Percentile £58,125 £52,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £59,000 £46,250
Median % change year-on-year +10.17% +27.57% +15.63%
75th Percentile £70,000 £85,000 £60,875
90th Percentile £72,500 £92,500 £62,450
England median annual salary £59,750 £64,600 £60,000
% change year-on-year -7.51% +7.67% -4.00%

All Generic Skills
Yorkshire

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 Yorkshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 1,005 969 1,124
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Yorkshire 30.05% 30.53% 35.69%
Number of salaries quoted 514 389 880
10th Percentile £25,750 £28,250 £29,500
25th Percentile £30,250 £41,750 £40,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £55,440
Median % change year-on-year - -9.81% +0.80%
75th Percentile £73,500 £67,000 £72,433
90th Percentile £86,250 £80,000 £88,750
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -7.69%

Operational Technology
Job Vacancy Trend in Yorkshire

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

Operational Technology job vacancy trend in Yorkshire

Operational Technology
Salary Trend in Yorkshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Yorkshire citing Operational Technology.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Yorkshire citing Operational Technology

Operational Technology
Salary Histogram in Yorkshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Operational Technology in Yorkshire over the 6 months to 6 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Operational Technology in Yorkshire

Operational Technology
Job Locations in Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Operational Technology within the Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 6 January 2026. 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
North Yorkshire +13 12 £47,500 -
West Yorkshire -12 5 £63,750 -29.17% 3
East Yorkshire - 4 £65,000 - 1
South Yorkshire -1 2 £65,000 +18.18%
Operational Technology
England

Operational Technology
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Yorkshire 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:

Communications & Networking
1 7 (29.17%) Network Security
2 2 (8.33%) Firewall
3 1 (4.17%) LAN
General
1 8 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 6 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (4.17%) Manufacturing
3 1 (4.17%) Retail
Job Titles
1 10 (41.67%) Analyst
1 10 (41.67%) Lead
2 9 (37.50%) Cybersecurity Analyst
2 9 (37.50%) Security Analyst
3 3 (12.50%) Cyber Defence Analyst
3 3 (12.50%) Senior
4 2 (8.33%) Architect
4 2 (8.33%) Operational Security Analyst
4 2 (8.33%) Operations Analyst
4 2 (8.33%) Security Architect
4 2 (8.33%) Security Operations Analyst
4 2 (8.33%) Senior Analyst
4 2 (8.33%) Senior Cybersecurity Analyst
4 2 (8.33%) Senior Security Analyst
5 1 (4.17%) Head of Technology
5 1 (4.17%) Vulnerability Management Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 15 (62.50%) Cyber Kill Chain
1 15 (62.50%) Cyber Threat
2 10 (41.67%) Security Operations Centre
3 5 (20.83%) Cyber Defence
4 3 (12.50%) SCADA
5 2 (8.33%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (4.17%) CCTV
6 1 (4.17%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 1 (4.17%) Linux
1 1 (4.17%) Windows
1 1 (4.17%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (70.83%) Stakeholder Management
2 14 (58.33%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
2 14 (58.33%) Threat Intelligence
3 13 (54.17%) Vulnerability Management
4 11 (45.83%) Cyber Intelligence
4 11 (45.83%) Mentoring
4 11 (45.83%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
5 10 (41.67%) Business Strategy
5 10 (41.67%) Change Advisory Board
5 10 (41.67%) Coaching
5 10 (41.67%) Cybersecurity
5 10 (41.67%) ITIL
5 10 (41.67%) Risk Management
5 10 (41.67%) Roadmaps
5 10 (41.67%) SABSA
5 10 (41.67%) Security Operations
5 10 (41.67%) Technology Roadmap
6 8 (33.33%) Incident Response
7 7 (29.17%) Continuous Improvement
8 6 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
Qualifications
1 3 (12.50%) GIAC
1 3 (12.50%) SANS
2 2 (8.33%) (ISC)2 CCSP
2 2 (8.33%) CCSP
2 2 (8.33%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (8.33%) CISMP
2 2 (8.33%) CompTIA Security+
2 2 (8.33%) Computer Science Degree
2 2 (8.33%) Degree
2 2 (8.33%) SC Cleared
2 2 (8.33%) Security Cleared
2 2 (8.33%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (62.50%) NIST
2 13 (54.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 10 (41.67%) ISO/IEC 27005
4 2 (8.33%) NCSC
5 1 (4.17%) PCI DSS