Operational Technology Contracts in the Midlands

Operational Technology (OT)
England > Midlands

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Operational Technology in contract job vacancies in the 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 121 108 198
Rank change year-on-year -13 +90 -31
Contract jobs citing Operational Technology 20 50 7
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.68% 1.55% 0.14%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.28% 4.78% 0.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 35 7
10th Percentile £325 £435 £506
25th Percentile £388 £504 £531
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £600 £700
Median % change year-on-year -12.46% -14.29% -
75th Percentile £559 £690 £750
90th Percentile £688 £791 -
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
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 Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 879 1,047 1,452
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 29.82% 32.53% 29.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 558 690 1,054
10th Percentile £213 £263 £213
25th Percentile £358 £375 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £611 £606 £575
90th Percentile £702 £700 £688
England median daily rate £550 £565 £550
% change year-on-year -2.65% +2.73% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 61 38 47
10th Percentile £10.42 £17.41 £14.05
25th Percentile £13.91 £20.22 £15.13
Median hourly rate £19.00 £27.50 £17.56
Median % change year-on-year -30.91% +56.61% +9.75%
75th Percentile £28.88 £54.69 £22.75
90th Percentile £58.75 £65.00 £26.37
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 Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Operational Technology in the Midlands

Operational Technology
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for Operational Technology in the Midlands

Operational Technology
Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

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

Daily rate histogram for Operational Technology in the Midlands

Operational Technology
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Operational Technology in the Midlands.

Hourly rate trend for Operational Technology in the Midlands

Operational Technology
Contract Job Locations in the 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 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
West Midlands -11 18 £511 -14.79% 26
Operational Technology
England

Operational Technology
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the 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 (5.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (5.00%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 3 (15.00%) Network Security
2 2 (10.00%) Wireless
3 1 (5.00%) Internet
3 1 (5.00%) LAN
3 1 (5.00%) MPLS
3 1 (5.00%) WAN
3 1 (5.00%) WLAN
General
1 5 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
1 5 (25.00%) Telecoms
2 3 (15.00%) Social Skills
3 2 (10.00%) Automotive
3 2 (10.00%) Finance
3 2 (10.00%) Military
3 2 (10.00%) Public Sector
4 1 (5.00%) Electronics
4 1 (5.00%) Marketing
4 1 (5.00%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 13 (65.00%) Analyst
2 5 (25.00%) Incident Analyst
3 3 (15.00%) Senior
3 3 (15.00%) Senior Analyst
4 2 (10.00%) Consultant
4 2 (10.00%) Information Security Consultant
4 2 (10.00%) Security Analyst
4 2 (10.00%) Security Consultant
4 2 (10.00%) Threat Intelligence Analyst
5 1 (5.00%) Architect
5 1 (5.00%) Author
5 1 (5.00%) Information Analyst
5 1 (5.00%) Information Security Analyst
5 1 (5.00%) Network Engineer
5 1 (5.00%) Programme Manager
5 1 (5.00%) Project Manager
5 1 (5.00%) Service Analyst
5 1 (5.00%) Solutions Architect
5 1 (5.00%) Systems Analyst
5 1 (5.00%) Technical Author
Miscellaneous
1 3 (15.00%) CMDB
2 2 (10.00%) Cyber Defence
2 2 (10.00%) Cyber Threat
2 2 (10.00%) IoT
2 2 (10.00%) Management Information System
3 1 (5.00%) Cyberattack
3 1 (5.00%) Data Centre
3 1 (5.00%) Distributed Applications
3 1 (5.00%) Renewable Energy
3 1 (5.00%) SCADA
3 1 (5.00%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (40.00%) ITIL
2 6 (30.00%) Cybersecurity
2 6 (30.00%) Service Management
3 5 (25.00%) Incident Management
3 5 (25.00%) ITSM
3 5 (25.00%) Performance Management
4 4 (20.00%) Information Security
5 3 (15.00%) Problem-Solving
5 3 (15.00%) Risk Management
5 3 (15.00%) Stakeholder Management
6 2 (10.00%) Actionable Insight
6 2 (10.00%) Availability Management
6 2 (10.00%) Cloud Security
6 2 (10.00%) Computer Science
6 2 (10.00%) Cyber Intelligence
6 2 (10.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
6 2 (10.00%) OSINT
6 2 (10.00%) Performance Analysis
6 2 (10.00%) Project Management
6 2 (10.00%) Threat Intelligence
Qualifications
1 3 (15.00%) Degree
1 3 (15.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (10.00%) DV Cleared
3 1 (5.00%) CISSP
3 1 (5.00%) ITIL Certification
3 1 (5.00%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (20.00%) NIST
2 3 (15.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (5.00%) GRC
3 1 (5.00%) NCSC
System Software
1 1 (5.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 8 (40.00%) ServiceNow
2 1 (5.00%) CrowdStrike
2 1 (5.00%) Red Hat
2 1 (5.00%) SAP