Operational Technology Contracts 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 contract job vacancies in the North 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 170 177 247
Rank change year-on-year +7 +70 -55
Contract jobs citing Operational Technology 15 25 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 0.31% 0.46% 0.056%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.21% 1.53% 0.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 9 3
10th Percentile £600 £525 £450
25th Percentile £625 £563 £506
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year +13.04% -4.17% +113.33%
75th Percentile £875 £588 -
90th Percentile £988 £636 -
England median daily rate £575 £575 £600
% change year-on-year - -4.17% +14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £63.00 -
England median hourly rate £65.00 £63.00 -
% change year-on-year +3.17% - -

All Generic Skills
North 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 North of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 1,242 1,637 2,455
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 25.63% 30.08% 34.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 732 1,088 1,868
10th Percentile £263 £275 £205
25th Percentile £400 £410 £355
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £495 £513 £480
Median % change year-on-year -3.41% +6.77% +9.09%
75th Percentile £588 £606 £575
90th Percentile £674 £688 £663
England median daily rate £550 £565 £550
% change year-on-year -2.65% +2.73% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 150 81 94
10th Percentile £12.15 £9.80 £11.40
25th Percentile £13.00 £10.63 £14.25
Median hourly rate £15.14 £16.85 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year -10.16% -11.32% +11.76%
75th Percentile £28.23 £33.75 £26.00
90th Percentile £48.75 £65.75 £44.03
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 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
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

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

Daily rate trend for Operational Technology in the North of England

Operational Technology
Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Operational Technology in the North of England over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Operational Technology in the North of England

Operational Technology
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

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

Hourly rate trend for Operational Technology in the North of England

Operational Technology
Contract Job Locations in the North 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 North 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
North West +6 7 £963 +86.44% 8
Yorkshire +9 4 £650 +13.04% 8
North East - 4 £600 - 3
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 2 (13.33%) Azure
1 2 (13.33%) Cloud Computing
1 2 (13.33%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 6 (40.00%) Wireless
2 2 (13.33%) LTE
2 2 (13.33%) MQTT
General
1 6 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 4 (26.67%) Legal
3 2 (13.33%) Manufacturing
3 2 (13.33%) Pharmaceutical
3 2 (13.33%) Telecoms
4 1 (6.67%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 5 (33.33%) Penetration Tester
1 5 (33.33%) Tester
2 4 (26.67%) Consultant
3 2 (13.33%) Architect
3 2 (13.33%) IAM Consultant
3 2 (13.33%) SOC Consultant
3 2 (13.33%) Solutions Architect
4 1 (6.67%) Analyst
4 1 (6.67%) Automation Specialist
4 1 (6.67%) IT Analyst
4 1 (6.67%) IT Security Analyst
4 1 (6.67%) Security Analyst
4 1 (6.67%) Technical Specialist
4 1 (6.67%) Telecoms Specialist
4 1 (6.67%) Test Manager
Miscellaneous
1 6 (40.00%) Mobile App
2 2 (13.33%) CCTV
2 2 (13.33%) Industrial Internet of Things
2 2 (13.33%) IoT
2 2 (13.33%) Robotics
2 2 (13.33%) SCADA
2 2 (13.33%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 6 (40.00%) Linux
1 6 (40.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (60.00%) Cybersecurity
2 6 (40.00%) Application Security
2 6 (40.00%) Ethical Hacking
2 6 (40.00%) Offensive Security
2 6 (40.00%) Penetration Testing
2 6 (40.00%) Red Team
3 2 (13.33%) Artificial Intelligence
3 2 (13.33%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (13.33%) Edge Computing
3 2 (13.33%) Knowledge Transfer
3 2 (13.33%) Mentoring
3 2 (13.33%) QMS
3 2 (13.33%) Risk Assessment
3 2 (13.33%) Security Operations
3 2 (13.33%) Threat Management
4 1 (6.67%) Business Case
4 1 (6.67%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
4 1 (6.67%) Identity Access Management
4 1 (6.67%) Privileged Access Management
4 1 (6.67%) Prototyping
Programming Languages
1 6 (40.00%) C++
1 6 (40.00%) JavaScript
1 6 (40.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 7 (46.67%) Security Cleared
2 6 (40.00%) CEH
2 6 (40.00%) CREST Certified
2 6 (40.00%) GIAC
2 6 (40.00%) GPEN
2 6 (40.00%) OSCP
2 6 (40.00%) SC Cleared
3 2 (13.33%) Degree
3 2 (13.33%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (53.33%) NIST
2 1 (6.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 8 (53.33%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 2 (13.33%) Microsoft
2 1 (6.67%) Intel