Operational Technology (OT)
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Operational Technology in permanent job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Operational Technology over the 6 months to 8 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 559 634 1057
Rank change year-on-year +75 +423 -236
Permanent jobs citing Operational Technology 353 381 179
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.36% 0.38% 0.11%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.01% 0.88% 0.24%
Number of salaries quoted 219 146 89
10th Percentile £39,750 £45,000 £42,500
25th Percentile £46,875 £52,204 £52,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £70,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -21.43% - -6.67%
75th Percentile £67,500 £85,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £98,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,084 £65,000 £63,250
% change year-on-year -19.87% +2.77% -8.66%

All Generic Skills
UK

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 with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 35,055 43,406 74,907
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 35.34% 42.74% 47.58%
Number of salaries quoted 23,055 23,484 33,996
10th Percentile £28,000 £35,250 £34,500
25th Percentile £38,000 £46,250 £45,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +4.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £75,000 £86,250 £84,056
90th Percentile £97,500 £107,500 £102,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +5.00%

Operational Technology
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Operational Technology in the UK

Operational Technology
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Operational Technology.

Salary trend for Operational Technology in the UK

Operational Technology
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Operational Technology over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Operational Technology in the UK

Operational Technology
Top 16 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Operational Technology within the UK over the 6 months to 8 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
England +78 317 £55,000 -15.38% 106
UK excluding London +43 270 £52,084 -19.87% 78
Work from Home +30 97 £56,435 -13.18% 26
North of England +58 86 £52,084 -19.87% 8
London +136 66 £72,500 -9.38% 24
North West +21 60 £52,084 -26.90% 5
Midlands +18 59 £57,500 +6.25% 29
West Midlands +17 49 £57,500 +6.25% 27
East of England +39 39 £45,000 -35.71% 9
South East +13 36 £60,000 +14.29% 19
South West -24 28 £40,000 -44.83% 10
Scotland -52 21 £51,000 -28.42% 4
Yorkshire +75 19 £51,000 +13.33% 3
East Midlands -6 8 £40,000 - 2
North East - 7 £71,250 -
Wales +9 3 £40,000 -59.60% 2

Operational Technology
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 9 (2.55%) Microsoft Exchange
2 8 (2.27%) CMS
3 7 (1.98%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.28%) Apache
4 1 (0.28%) IIS
4 1 (0.28%) WebSphere
Applications
1 26 (7.37%) Microsoft Office
2 12 (3.40%) AutoCAD
3 11 (3.12%) Microsoft Excel
4 4 (1.13%) EPLAN
5 3 (0.85%) Microsoft Project
6 2 (0.57%) MS Visio
7 1 (0.28%) PTC Creo
7 1 (0.28%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 3 (0.85%) Primavera
2 1 (0.28%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 22 (6.23%) Microsoft 365
2 19 (5.38%) Azure
3 11 (3.12%) Power Platform
3 11 (3.12%) SaaS
4 7 (1.98%) IaaS
4 7 (1.98%) PaaS
5 6 (1.70%) AWS
6 2 (0.57%) Azure Sentinel
6 2 (0.57%) Cloud Computing
6 2 (0.57%) GCP
7 1 (0.28%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (0.28%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 25 (7.08%) Firewall
2 19 (5.38%) Network Security
3 17 (4.82%) WAN
4 14 (3.97%) TCP/IP
5 10 (2.83%) MPLS
6 8 (2.27%) SD-WAN
6 8 (2.27%) VSAN
7 7 (1.98%) LAN
8 5 (1.42%) NAS
8 5 (1.42%) SAN
8 5 (1.42%) VoIP
9 4 (1.13%) Intrusion Detection
10 3 (0.85%) Wireless
11 2 (0.57%) DMZ
11 2 (0.57%) Ethernet
11 2 (0.57%) Internet
11 2 (0.57%) Modbus
11 2 (0.57%) SDH
12 1 (0.28%) Broadband
12 1 (0.28%) MQTT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (3.12%) Power BI
2 6 (1.70%) SQL Server
3 5 (1.42%) Oracle Database
3 5 (1.42%) Relational Database
3 5 (1.42%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 2 (0.57%) Metadata
4 2 (0.57%) Tableau
5 1 (0.28%) Big Data
5 1 (0.28%) Geospatial Data
5 1 (0.28%) GIS
5 1 (0.28%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 3 (0.85%) Burp Suite
1 3 (0.85%) Metasploit
2 2 (0.57%) JIRA
3 1 (0.28%) Chocolatey
3 1 (0.28%) Git
3 1 (0.28%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.28%) Rational DOORS
General
1 65 (18.41%) Manufacturing
2 39 (11.05%) Social Skills
3 30 (8.50%) Finance
4 27 (7.65%) Aerospace
5 22 (6.23%) Legal
6 18 (5.10%) Games
6 18 (5.10%) Marketing
7 17 (4.82%) Telecoms
8 15 (4.25%) Pharmaceutical
9 14 (3.97%) Analytical Skills
10 13 (3.68%) Automotive
11 12 (3.40%) Retail
12 10 (2.83%) Influencing Skills
13 9 (2.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 6 (1.70%) Public Sector
15 3 (0.85%) Electronics
15 3 (0.85%) Law
15 3 (0.85%) Police
15 3 (0.85%) Presentation Skills
16 2 (0.57%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 56 (15.86%) Consultant
2 52 (14.73%) Security Consultant
3 37 (10.48%) Analyst
4 32 (9.07%) Lead
5 28 (7.93%) Senior
6 27 (7.65%) SCADA Engineer
7 26 (7.37%) Security Engineer
8 20 (5.67%) Software Engineer
9 16 (4.53%) Cybersecurity Consultant
9 16 (4.53%) Data Engineer
10 15 (4.25%) Cybersecurity Engineer
10 15 (4.25%) SCADA Software Engineer
10 15 (4.25%) Security Specialist
11 14 (3.97%) Hardware Engineer
11 14 (3.97%) Security Operations Specialist
12 13 (3.68%) Cybersecurity Specialist
12 13 (3.68%) Security Analyst
12 13 (3.68%) Security Manager
12 13 (3.68%) Systems Analyst
12 13 (3.68%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (1.70%) Middleware
1 6 (1.70%) Web Services
2 2 (0.57%) REST
3 1 (0.28%) Elastic Stack
3 1 (0.28%) Node-RED
3 1 (0.28%) XML
3 1 (0.28%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 80 (22.66%) SCADA
2 39 (11.05%) Management Information System
3 33 (9.35%) Industrial Internet of Things
4 30 (8.50%) Cyber Threat
5 21 (5.95%) IoT
6 17 (4.82%) Cyber Defence
7 12 (3.40%) Driving Licence
7 12 (3.40%) Security Posture
8 11 (3.12%) Renewable Energy
9 8 (2.27%) Clustering
10 7 (1.98%) Data Centre
10 7 (1.98%) Mobile App
11 6 (1.70%) Smart Energy
12 5 (1.42%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
12 5 (1.42%) Smart Meter
13 4 (1.13%) Cyber Security Posture
13 4 (1.13%) Cyberattack
13 4 (1.13%) Life Science
13 4 (1.13%) Security Operations Centre
13 4 (1.13%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 48 (13.60%) Windows
2 35 (9.92%) Windows Server
3 13 (3.68%) Linux
4 8 (2.27%) Windows 10
5 3 (0.85%) Kali Linux
6 1 (0.28%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 223 (63.17%) Cybersecurity
2 86 (24.36%) Risk Management
3 63 (17.85%) Incident Response
4 45 (12.75%) Change Management
4 45 (12.75%) Information Security
5 43 (12.18%) Mentoring
6 34 (9.63%) Problem-Solving
7 27 (7.65%) Security Architecture
7 27 (7.65%) Software Engineering
7 27 (7.65%) Systems Engineering
8 26 (7.37%) Data Acquisition
8 26 (7.37%) Line Management
8 26 (7.37%) Project Delivery
9 25 (7.08%) Continuous Improvement
9 25 (7.08%) Vulnerability Management
10 22 (6.23%) Security Operations
11 21 (5.95%) Project Management
11 21 (5.95%) SIEM
12 20 (5.67%) Agile
12 20 (5.67%) Penetration Testing
Programming Languages
1 14 (3.97%) Python
1 14 (3.97%) SQL
2 12 (3.40%) Bash
3 6 (1.70%) Java
3 6 (1.70%) VB
4 3 (0.85%) C#
4 3 (0.85%) C++
4 3 (0.85%) JavaScript
5 2 (0.57%) Ladder Logic
5 2 (0.57%) PowerShell
6 1 (0.28%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 94 (26.63%) Security Cleared
2 83 (23.51%) Degree
3 62 (17.56%) SC Cleared
4 35 (9.92%) CISSP
5 31 (8.78%) CISM
6 21 (5.95%) CRISC
7 18 (5.10%) CEH
8 15 (4.25%) CASP
8 15 (4.25%) DV Cleared
9 9 (2.55%) Chartered Engineer
9 9 (2.55%) Cisco Certification
10 8 (2.27%) A+ Certification
10 8 (2.27%) HND
11 7 (1.98%) CISA
11 7 (1.98%) Master's Degree
12 6 (1.70%) GIAC
12 6 (1.70%) MCSE
12 6 (1.70%) Microsoft Certification
13 5 (1.42%) CCNA
13 5 (1.42%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 46 (13.03%) NIST
2 38 (10.76%) NCSC
3 32 (9.07%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 11 (3.12%) NIST 800
5 10 (2.83%) SLA
6 9 (2.55%) COBIT
7 7 (1.98%) QA
8 6 (1.70%) GDPR
8 6 (1.70%) GRC
8 6 (1.70%) PCI DSS
9 5 (1.42%) ISO/IEC 27005
10 4 (1.13%) Cyber Essentials
10 4 (1.13%) ISO/IEC 15288
11 3 (0.85%) ISO 31000
12 2 (0.57%) COSO
12 2 (0.57%) IEC 61131
12 2 (0.57%) IEC 61508
12 2 (0.57%) ITGC
12 2 (0.57%) PMO
13 1 (0.28%) SOC 2
System Software
1 32 (9.07%) Hyper-V
2 24 (6.80%) VMware Infrastructure
3 22 (6.23%) Active Directory
4 8 (2.27%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (0.28%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 10 (2.83%) Nessus
2 9 (2.55%) QRadar
3 8 (2.27%) Failover Clustering
4 4 (1.13%) Microsoft Intune
5 3 (0.85%) Nmap
5 3 (0.85%) SCCM
6 2 (0.57%) Functional Safety
7 1 (0.28%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 1 (0.28%) Ansible
7 1 (0.28%) CSIRT
7 1 (0.28%) SCOM
7 1 (0.28%) Terraform
Vendors
1 46 (13.03%) Microsoft
2 24 (6.80%) VMware
3 10 (2.83%) Qualys
4 9 (2.55%) Darktrace
5 8 (2.27%) Meraki
6 7 (1.98%) Siemens
7 6 (1.70%) Oracle
8 5 (1.42%) Allen-Bradley
8 5 (1.42%) EMC
8 5 (1.42%) Rockwell
9 3 (0.85%) Fortinet
9 3 (0.85%) NEC
9 3 (0.85%) OneTrust
10 2 (0.57%) AVEVA
10 2 (0.57%) Forcepoint
10 2 (0.57%) LogRhythm
10 2 (0.57%) Rapid7
10 2 (0.57%) ServiceNow
10 2 (0.57%) Varonis
10 2 (0.57%) Zscaler