Operational Technology Contracts in the West Midlands

Operational Technology (OT)
England > West Midlands

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Operational Technology in contract job vacancies in the West Midlands. 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 93 82 170
Rank change year-on-year -11 +88 -33
Contract jobs citing Operational Technology 18 47 7
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands 0.88% 2.12% 0.20%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.87% 6.39% 0.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 32 7
10th Percentile £325 £450 £506
25th Percentile £363 £513 £531
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £511 £600 £700
Median % change year-on-year -14.79% -14.29% -
75th Percentile £578 £706 £750
90th Percentile £713 £793 -
England median daily rate £575 £575 £600
% change year-on-year - -4.17% +14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £62.50 - -
Median hourly rate £65.00 - -
75th Percentile £67.50 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £65.00 £63.00 -
% change year-on-year +3.17% - -

All Generic Skills
West Midlands

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 West Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 628 736 1,027
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 30.75% 33.26% 28.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 388 478 734
10th Percentile £271 £263 £275
25th Percentile £363 £413 £386
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £513 £500
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% +2.50% +14.29%
75th Percentile £646 £638 £588
90th Percentile £750 £700 £700
England median daily rate £550 £565 £550
% change year-on-year -2.65% +2.73% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 46 22 18
10th Percentile £10.42 £17.77 £13.95
25th Percentile £14.71 £21.54 £15.06
Median hourly rate £23.58 £27.50 £17.00
Median % change year-on-year -14.27% +61.76% +3.37%
75th Percentile £40.38 £30.00 £23.25
90th Percentile £58.75 £57.13 £36.58
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 West Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Operational Technology in the West Midlands

Operational Technology
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Operational Technology in the West Midlands.

Daily rate trend for Operational Technology in the West Midlands

Operational Technology
Daily Rate Histogram in the West Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Operational Technology in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Operational Technology in the West Midlands

Operational Technology
Contract Job Locations in the West Midlands

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 West Midlands 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
Birmingham +17 7 £350 -51.72%
Warwickshire -25 7 £588 -2.08% 2
Staffordshire +5 2 - - 19
Herefordshire - 1 £538 - 1
Worcestershire - 1 - - 1
Operational Technology
England

Operational Technology
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 (5.56%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (5.56%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 2 (11.11%) Wireless
2 1 (5.56%) Internet
2 1 (5.56%) LAN
2 1 (5.56%) MPLS
2 1 (5.56%) Network Security
2 1 (5.56%) WAN
2 1 (5.56%) WLAN
General
1 5 (27.78%) Analytical Skills
1 5 (27.78%) Telecoms
2 3 (16.67%) Social Skills
3 2 (11.11%) Finance
3 2 (11.11%) Military
3 2 (11.11%) Public Sector
4 1 (5.56%) Electronics
4 1 (5.56%) Marketing
4 1 (5.56%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 13 (72.22%) Analyst
2 5 (27.78%) Incident Analyst
3 3 (16.67%) Senior
3 3 (16.67%) Senior Analyst
4 2 (11.11%) Security Analyst
4 2 (11.11%) Threat Intelligence Analyst
5 1 (5.56%) Architect
5 1 (5.56%) Cyber Defence Analyst
5 1 (5.56%) Cybersecurity Analyst
5 1 (5.56%) Information Analyst
5 1 (5.56%) Information Security Analyst
5 1 (5.56%) Network Engineer
5 1 (5.56%) Security Architect
5 1 (5.56%) Security Solutions Architect
5 1 (5.56%) Senior Service Transition Analyst
5 1 (5.56%) Service Analyst
5 1 (5.56%) Service Transition Analyst
5 1 (5.56%) Solutions Architect
5 1 (5.56%) Systems Analyst
5 1 (5.56%) Transition Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 3 (16.67%) CMDB
2 2 (11.11%) Cyber Defence
2 2 (11.11%) Cyber Threat
2 2 (11.11%) Management Information System
3 1 (5.56%) Cyberattack
3 1 (5.56%) Data Centre
3 1 (5.56%) Distributed Applications
3 1 (5.56%) Renewable Energy
3 1 (5.56%) SCADA
3 1 (5.56%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (44.44%) ITIL
2 6 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
2 6 (33.33%) Service Management
3 5 (27.78%) Incident Management
3 5 (27.78%) ITSM
3 5 (27.78%) Performance Management
4 3 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (16.67%) Risk Management
4 3 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
5 2 (11.11%) Actionable Insight
5 2 (11.11%) Availability Management
5 2 (11.11%) Computer Science
5 2 (11.11%) Continuous Improvement
5 2 (11.11%) Cyber Intelligence
5 2 (11.11%) Information Security
5 2 (11.11%) Open Source
5 2 (11.11%) Performance Analysis
5 2 (11.11%) Project Management
5 2 (11.11%) Service Delivery
5 2 (11.11%) Threat Intelligence
Qualifications
1 3 (16.67%) Degree
1 3 (16.67%) Security Cleared
2 2 (11.11%) DV Cleared
3 1 (5.56%) CISSP
3 1 (5.56%) ITIL Certification
3 1 (5.56%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (11.11%) NIST
2 1 (5.56%) GRC
2 1 (5.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (5.56%) NCSC
System Software
1 1 (5.56%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 8 (44.44%) ServiceNow
2 1 (5.56%) CrowdStrike
2 1 (5.56%) Red Hat
2 1 (5.56%) SAP