Operational Technology Contracts in the South East

Operational Technology (OT)
England > South East

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Operational Technology in contract job vacancies advertised in the South East. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Operational Technology over the 6 months to 20 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 159 188 243
Rank change year-on-year +29 +55 -40
Contract jobs citing Operational Technology 33 25 20
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.60% 0.44% 0.26%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.16% 1.30% 0.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 14 15
10th Percentile £413 £282 £456
25th Percentile £444 £457 £474
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £501 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.67% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £588 £622 £608
90th Percentile - £650 £695
England median daily rate £575 £575 £600
% change year-on-year - -4.17% +14.29%

All Generic Skills
South East

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 the South East with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 1,525 1,923 2,599
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 27.90% 34.10% 33.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 927 1,308 1,684
10th Percentile £205 £213 £222
25th Percentile £363 £374 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £515 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.91% +3.00% +8.70%
75th Percentile £608 £638 £600
90th Percentile £688 £721 £675
England median daily rate £550 £571 £550
% change year-on-year -3.64% +3.77% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 148 89 116
10th Percentile £11.71 £17.60 £13.44
25th Percentile £17.64 £19.00 £16.37
Median hourly rate £47.19 £50.00 £21.45
Median % change year-on-year -5.63% +133.15% -35.99%
75th Percentile £61.30 £66.74 £45.28
90th Percentile £65.00 £75.00 £61.50
England median hourly rate £34.21 £22.49 £26.50
% change year-on-year +52.15% -15.15% +1.92%

Operational Technology
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing Operational Technology as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Operational Technology in the South East

Operational Technology
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Operational Technology in the South East.

Daily rate trend for Operational Technology in the South East

Operational Technology
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Operational Technology in the South East over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Operational Technology in the South East

Operational Technology
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Operational Technology in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for Operational Technology in the South East

Operational Technology
Contract Job Locations in the South East

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 South East region over the 6 months to 20 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
Thames Valley +13 20 £501 +0.10% 8
Berkshire -10 19 £501 +0.10% 7
Hampshire +6 13 £513 +2.50% 6
Oxfordshire +8 1 - - 1
Operational Technology
England

Operational Technology
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 1 (3.03%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 6 (18.18%) Firewall
2 5 (15.15%) WAN
3 3 (9.09%) Cisco ASA
3 3 (9.09%) Cisco Nexus
3 3 (9.09%) Reverse Proxy
4 2 (6.06%) LAN
5 1 (3.03%) ADSL
5 1 (3.03%) DSL
5 1 (3.03%) GSM
5 1 (3.03%) LTE
5 1 (3.03%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (3.03%) WLAN
General
1 9 (27.27%) Social Skills
2 5 (15.15%) Manufacturing
3 4 (12.12%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (12.12%) Automotive
4 3 (9.09%) Public Sector
5 2 (6.06%) Aerospace
5 2 (6.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (3.03%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 12 (36.36%) Consultant
2 5 (15.15%) Analyst
3 4 (12.12%) Security Consultant
4 3 (9.09%) Architect
4 3 (9.09%) Business Analyst
4 3 (9.09%) Designer
4 3 (9.09%) Solutions Architect
4 3 (9.09%) Solutions Designer
5 2 (6.06%) Auditor
5 2 (6.06%) Chief Technology Officer
5 2 (6.06%) Graduate
5 2 (6.06%) Junior
5 2 (6.06%) SCADA Engineer
5 2 (6.06%) Security Engineer
6 1 (3.03%) Applications Support Engineer
6 1 (3.03%) Design Engineer
6 1 (3.03%) Information Security Consultant
6 1 (3.03%) Network Analyst
6 1 (3.03%) Real Time Engineer
6 1 (3.03%) Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (9.09%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 8 (24.24%) SCADA
2 7 (21.21%) Legacy Systems
3 3 (9.09%) CCTV
3 3 (9.09%) Data Centre
3 3 (9.09%) Management Information System
4 2 (6.06%) CMDB
4 2 (6.06%) Robotics
5 1 (3.03%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (3.03%) Fibre Optics
5 1 (3.03%) Industry 4.0
5 1 (3.03%) IoT
5 1 (3.03%) Renewable Energy
5 1 (3.03%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 2 (6.06%) Unix
1 2 (6.06%) Windows
2 1 (3.03%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (39.39%) Cybersecurity
2 5 (15.15%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (9.09%) Business Process Mapping
3 3 (9.09%) Information Management
3 3 (9.09%) Network Design
3 3 (9.09%) Network Virtualisation
3 3 (9.09%) Validation
4 2 (6.06%) Analytics
4 2 (6.06%) Artificial Intelligence
4 2 (6.06%) Data Analytics
4 2 (6.06%) Data Management
4 2 (6.06%) Energy Management
4 2 (6.06%) Information Security
4 2 (6.06%) Migration
4 2 (6.06%) Network Architecture
4 2 (6.06%) Process Improvement
4 2 (6.06%) Security Monitoring
4 2 (6.06%) Service Delivery
4 2 (6.06%) Technical Leadership
4 2 (6.06%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 6 (18.18%) SC Cleared
1 6 (18.18%) Security Cleared
2 4 (12.12%) Cisco Certification
3 3 (9.09%) CCNA
3 3 (9.09%) CCNP
3 3 (9.09%) DV Cleared
3 3 (9.09%) Network+ Certification
4 2 (6.06%) CISSP
5 1 (3.03%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 1 (3.03%) CCSK
5 1 (3.03%) CCSP
5 1 (3.03%) CEH
5 1 (3.03%) CISA
5 1 (3.03%) CISM
5 1 (3.03%) CTC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (9.09%) QA
2 2 (6.06%) GRC
3 1 (3.03%) GDPR
3 1 (3.03%) NIST
3 1 (3.03%) NIST 800
System Software
1 3 (9.09%) VMware Infrastructure
1 3 (9.09%) VMware NSX
2 1 (3.03%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 2 (6.06%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 3 (9.09%) CheckPoint
1 3 (9.09%) Cisco
1 3 (9.09%) Microsoft
1 3 (9.09%) Palo Alto
1 3 (9.09%) VMware
2 2 (6.06%) CrowdStrike
2 2 (6.06%) ServiceNow