Operational Technology Contracts in the East of England

Operational Technology (OT)
England > East of England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Operational Technology in contract job vacancies in the East of England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Operational Technology over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 107 106 149
Rank change year-on-year -1 +43 -
Contract jobs citing Operational Technology 6 12 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East of England 0.31% 0.62% 0.039%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.20% 2.00% 0.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 9 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £210 £568
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £350 £585
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -40.17% -
75th Percentile - - £603
90th Percentile - £375 -
England median daily rate £575 £575 £600
% change year-on-year - -4.17% +14.29%

All Generic Skills
East of England

Operational Technology falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in the East of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 501 599 748
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 25.57% 30.77% 29.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 237 385 478
10th Percentile £177 £205 £180
25th Percentile £290 £300 £306
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% +25.00%
75th Percentile £554 £588 £600
90th Percentile £650 £700 £700
England median daily rate £550 £565 £550
% change year-on-year -2.65% +2.73% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 128 38 75
10th Percentile £12.86 £20.50 £14.25
25th Percentile £24.56 £21.00 £16.61
Median hourly rate £59.75 £52.50 £29.44
Median % change year-on-year +13.81% +78.33% +12.37%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.75 £56.00
90th Percentile £76.50 £71.13 £68.94
England median hourly rate £36.50 £22.49 £26.50
% change year-on-year +62.33% -15.15% +6.00%

Operational Technology
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Operational Technology in the East of England

Operational Technology
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

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

Daily rate trend for Operational Technology in the East of England

Operational Technology
Contract Job Locations in the East of England

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 East of England region over the 6 months to 12 June 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
Hertfordshire -1 5 - - 6
Essex +5 1 £400 -
Operational Technology
England

Operational Technology
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East 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:

Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Office
Communications & Networking
1 5 (83.33%) Firewall
1 5 (83.33%) LAN
1 5 (83.33%) SD-WAN
1 5 (83.33%) WAN
1 5 (83.33%) WLAN
General
1 1 (16.67%) Manufacturing
1 1 (16.67%) Marketing
1 1 (16.67%) Organisational Skills
1 1 (16.67%) Pharmaceutical
1 1 (16.67%) Presentation Skills
1 1 (16.67%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (83.33%) Architect
2 2 (33.33%) Domain Architect
2 2 (33.33%) Network Architect
2 2 (33.33%) Senior
2 2 (33.33%) Senior Architect
3 1 (16.67%) Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) Compliance Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) Cybersecurity Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) Technical Architect
Miscellaneous
1 3 (50.00%) Cloud Native
1 3 (50.00%) Private Cloud
2 1 (16.67%) Product Ownership
2 1 (16.67%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (83.33%) Edge Computing
1 5 (83.33%) Knowledge Transfer
1 5 (83.33%) Stakeholder Management
2 3 (50.00%) Cloud Security
2 3 (50.00%) Infrastructure as Code
2 3 (50.00%) Portfolio Management
2 3 (50.00%) Presales
2 3 (50.00%) Sales Enablement
3 2 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
4 1 (16.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) CISA
1 1 (16.67%) CISM
1 1 (16.67%) CISSP
1 1 (16.67%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (16.67%) NIST
1 1 (16.67%) NIST 800
Vendors
1 5 (83.33%) Cisco
1 5 (83.33%) Fortinet
1 5 (83.33%) Palo Alto
2 1 (16.67%) Cadence