Operational Technology Jobs in the North of England

Operational Technology (OT)
England > North of England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Operational Technology in permanent job vacancies advertised in the North of England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Operational Technology over the 6 months to 19 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
19 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 305 363 454
Rank change year-on-year +58 +91 -92
Permanent jobs citing Operational Technology 83 70 13
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 0.47% 0.41% 0.072%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.53% 1.05% 0.16%
Number of salaries quoted 68 5 3
10th Percentile - £50,500 £36,700
25th Percentile £48,000 £62,500 £42,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,084 £65,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -19.87% +18.18% -15.38%
75th Percentile £59,621 £78,750 £66,250
90th Percentile £67,375 £79,500 £71,500
England median annual salary £52,500 £65,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -19.23% -7.14% -8.50%

All Generic Skills
North of England

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 permanent job vacancies advertised in the North of England with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 5,425 6,652 8,114
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 30.68% 39.38% 44.66%
Number of salaries quoted 4,005 3,067 4,260
10th Percentile £27,000 £32,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £35,750 £41,250 £38,947
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £66,250 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £85,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -15.38% +4.00% +4.17%

Operational Technology
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Operational Technology in the North of England

Operational Technology
Salary Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Operational Technology in the North of England.

Salary trend for Operational Technology in the North of England

Operational Technology
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Operational Technology in the North of England over the 6 months to 19 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Operational Technology in the North of England

Operational Technology
Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Operational Technology within the North of England region over the 6 months to 19 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
North West +15 59 £52,084 -26.90% 10
Yorkshire +76 18 £51,000 +13.33% 8
North East - 6 £70,000 - 2
Operational Technology
England

Operational Technology
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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 3 (3.61%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 3 (3.61%) Wireless
2 2 (2.41%) LAN
2 2 (2.41%) WAN
3 1 (1.20%) Broadband
3 1 (1.20%) DMZ
3 1 (1.20%) Firewall
3 1 (1.20%) Modbus
3 1 (1.20%) MQTT
3 1 (1.20%) Network Security
Development Applications
1 3 (3.61%) Burp Suite
1 3 (3.61%) Metasploit
General
1 33 (39.76%) Manufacturing
2 16 (19.28%) Marketing
3 3 (3.61%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (3.61%) Legal
3 3 (3.61%) Public Sector
4 2 (2.41%) Law
Job Titles
1 16 (19.28%) Data Engineer
2 12 (14.46%) Cybersecurity Specialist
2 12 (14.46%) Security Operations Specialist
2 12 (14.46%) Security Specialist
3 9 (10.84%) SCADA Engineer
3 9 (10.84%) Systems Engineer
4 6 (7.23%) Lead
5 3 (3.61%) Penetration Tester
5 3 (3.61%) Tester
6 2 (2.41%) Analyst
6 2 (2.41%) Cybersecurity Analyst
6 2 (2.41%) Security Analyst
7 1 (1.20%) Consultant
7 1 (1.20%) Cybersecurity Consultant
7 1 (1.20%) Cybersecurity Engineer
7 1 (1.20%) Head of Procurement
7 1 (1.20%) IT Engineer
7 1 (1.20%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
7 1 (1.20%) IT Manager
7 1 (1.20%) Lead Security Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.20%) Node-RED
Miscellaneous
1 33 (39.76%) Industrial Internet of Things
2 30 (36.14%) SCADA
3 6 (7.23%) IoT
4 3 (3.61%) Mobile App
5 1 (1.20%) Cyber Threat
5 1 (1.20%) Industry 4.0
5 1 (1.20%) Management Information System
5 1 (1.20%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 16 (19.28%) Windows
1 16 (19.28%) Windows Server
2 3 (3.61%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 57 (68.67%) Cybersecurity
2 41 (49.40%) Risk Management
3 38 (45.78%) Incident Response
4 36 (43.37%) Change Management
5 20 (24.10%) Systems Engineering
6 16 (19.28%) Data Acquisition
6 16 (19.28%) User Experience
6 16 (19.28%) UX Design
6 16 (19.28%) Value Proposition
7 7 (8.43%) Information Security
8 5 (6.02%) Vulnerability Scanning
9 4 (4.82%) Continuous Delivery
9 4 (4.82%) Continuous Improvement
9 4 (4.82%) Continuous Integration
9 4 (4.82%) Logistics
9 4 (4.82%) Test Automation
9 4 (4.82%) Test Management
9 4 (4.82%) Test Scripting
9 4 (4.82%) Test Strategy
9 4 (4.82%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 3 (3.61%) Java
1 3 (3.61%) JavaScript
1 3 (3.61%) Python
Qualifications
1 53 (63.86%) Degree
2 25 (30.12%) Security Cleared
3 16 (19.28%) SC Cleared
4 3 (3.61%) CREST Certified
4 3 (3.61%) OSCE
4 3 (3.61%) OSCP
5 2 (2.41%) HNC
6 1 (1.20%) APMP
6 1 (1.20%) Azure Certification
6 1 (1.20%) Chartered Engineer
6 1 (1.20%) CISSP
6 1 (1.20%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (4.82%) ISO/IEC 15288
2 3 (3.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (2.41%) Cyber Essentials
3 2 (2.41%) NCSC
3 2 (2.41%) NIST
4 1 (1.20%) QA
4 1 (1.20%) SLA
System Software
1 16 (19.28%) Hyper-V
1 16 (19.28%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (3.61%) Nessus
1 3 (3.61%) Nmap
2 2 (2.41%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (1.20%) CSIRT
3 1 (1.20%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 16 (19.28%) VMware
2 3 (3.61%) OneTrust
2 3 (3.61%) Qualys
3 1 (1.20%) Allen-Bradley
3 1 (1.20%) AVEVA
3 1 (1.20%) Rockwell
3 1 (1.20%) Siemens