Operational Technology Contracts in Scotland

Operational Technology (OT)
UK > Scotland

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Operational Technology in contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Operational Technology over the 6 months to 16 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
16 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 107 136 141
Rank change year-on-year +29 +5 +21
Contract jobs citing Operational Technology 18 24 26
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 0.84% 0.89% 0.76%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.50% 2.44% 2.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 20 21
10th Percentile £425 £313 £135
25th Percentile £513 £500 £460
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £550 £491
Median % change year-on-year +13.64% +12.02% +63.12%
75th Percentile £725 £597 £598
90th Percentile £795 £689 £775
UK median daily rate £575 £570 £598
% change year-on-year +0.88% -4.60% +16.59%

All Generic Skills
Scotland

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 contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 719 985 1,154
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 33.43% 36.44% 33.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 430 667 798
10th Percentile £200 £231 £263
25th Percentile £363 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £461 £488 £475
Median % change year-on-year -5.38% +2.63% +11.76%
75th Percentile £575 £551 £559
90th Percentile £651 £650 £638
UK median daily rate £540 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -1.82% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 33 25 21
10th Percentile £12.49 - £15.63
25th Percentile £16.25 £10.63 £20.00
Median hourly rate £18.13 £13.16 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +37.77% -69.40% -5.49%
75th Percentile £35.00 £22.63 £52.50
90th Percentile £60.10 £51.34 £57.50
UK median hourly rate £31.38 £22.49 £27.50
% change year-on-year +39.54% -18.24% +4.05%

Operational Technology
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Job postings citing Operational Technology as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Job vacancy trend for Operational Technology in Scotland

Operational Technology
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Operational Technology in Scotland.

Daily rate trend for Operational Technology in Scotland

Operational Technology
Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Operational Technology in Scotland over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Operational Technology in Scotland

Operational Technology
Contract Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Operational Technology within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 16 May 2024. 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Glasgow +13 4 £525 -10.26% 1
Aberdeen +4 4 £625 +19.05% 2
Perthshire 0 4 £700 +22.81%
Edinburgh +34 1 - -
Lanarkshire +4 1 £525 - 1
Operational Technology
UK

Operational Technology
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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:

Cloud Services
1 5 (27.78%) Azure
2 4 (22.22%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (27.78%) Firewall
General
1 5 (27.78%) Social Skills
2 4 (22.22%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (16.67%) Finance
4 1 (5.56%) Banking
4 1 (5.56%) Legal
4 1 (5.56%) Manufacturing
4 1 (5.56%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 6 (33.33%) Architect
2 4 (22.22%) Project Manager
2 4 (22.22%) Solutions Architect
3 2 (11.11%) Consultant
3 2 (11.11%) Field Engineer
3 2 (11.11%) Network Engineer
3 2 (11.11%) Network Field Engineer
3 2 (11.11%) Security Consultant
3 2 (11.11%) SOC Manager
4 1 (5.56%) Enterprise Architect
4 1 (5.56%) Infrastructure Manager
4 1 (5.56%) Infrastructure Project Manager
4 1 (5.56%) IT Project Manager
4 1 (5.56%) IT Security Consultant
4 1 (5.56%) Lead
4 1 (5.56%) Security Architect
4 1 (5.56%) Security Specialist
4 1 (5.56%) Technical Infrastructure Project Manager
4 1 (5.56%) Technical Manager
4 1 (5.56%) Technical Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 4 (22.22%) SCADA
2 1 (5.56%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 4 (22.22%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (38.89%) Agile
1 7 (38.89%) Cybersecurity
2 6 (33.33%) TOGAF
2 6 (33.33%) Waterfall
3 5 (27.78%) Cyber Resilience
3 5 (27.78%) Problem-Solving
3 5 (27.78%) Risk Assessment
4 4 (22.22%) Information Security
4 4 (22.22%) Roadmaps
4 4 (22.22%) Stakeholder Management
5 3 (16.67%) Change Management
5 3 (16.67%) Critical Thinking
5 3 (16.67%) Inventory Control
5 3 (16.67%) Inventory Management
5 3 (16.67%) Project Delivery
6 2 (11.11%) Data Integration
6 2 (11.11%) Identity Access Management
6 2 (11.11%) Project Management
6 2 (11.11%) SIEM
6 2 (11.11%) Technology Strategy
Qualifications
1 4 (22.22%) Degree
2 1 (5.56%) CISA
2 1 (5.56%) CISSP
System Software
1 2 (11.11%) Firmware
Vendors
1 2 (11.11%) CheckPoint
1 2 (11.11%) Cisco