Operational Technology Contracts in the UK excluding London

Operational Technology (OT)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Operational Technology in contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Operational Technology over the 6 months to 3 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
3 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 283 298 451
Rank change year-on-year +15 +153 -35
Contract jobs citing Operational Technology 112 146 62
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.54% 0.64% 0.20%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.88% 1.98% 0.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 78 92 51
10th Percentile £396 £350 £450
25th Percentile £483 £457 £469
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -4.35% +9.52%
75th Percentile £650 £628 £675
90th Percentile £788 £699 £750
UK median daily rate £575 £550 £600
% change year-on-year +4.55% -8.33% +17.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £62.50 - -
Median hourly rate £65.00 £63.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +3.17% - -
75th Percentile £67.50 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £63.00 -
% change year-on-year +3.17% - -

All Generic Skills
UK excluding London

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 contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 5,951 7,380 9,863
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 28.68% 32.21% 32.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,547 4,948 6,908
10th Percentile £208 £220 £208
25th Percentile £375 £384 £364
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £488
Median % change year-on-year - +2.56% +11.43%
75th Percentile £600 £606 £586
90th Percentile £688 £700 £675
UK median daily rate £538 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.18% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 743 412 430
10th Percentile £12.15 £9.80 £12.65
25th Percentile £14.12 £10.63 £15.93
Median hourly rate £35.00 £21.88 £21.30
Median % change year-on-year +60.00% +2.70% -7.39%
75th Percentile £61.30 £63.00 £44.03
90th Percentile £70.00 £73.75 £61.50
UK median hourly rate £35.50 £22.00 £26.98
% change year-on-year +61.36% -18.46% +5.80%

Operational Technology
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Operational Technology in the UK excluding London

Operational Technology
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Operational Technology in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Operational Technology in the UK excluding London

Operational Technology
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Operational Technology in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 3 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Operational Technology in the UK excluding London

Operational Technology
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Operational Technology in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Operational Technology in the UK excluding London

Operational Technology
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 3 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
South East +20 33 £501 -9.00% 19
South West +27 23 £585 -26.88% 22
Midlands -8 19 £513 -14.58% 28
West Midlands -14 18 £511 -14.79% 25
Scotland +38 17 £625 +19.05% 11
North of England +19 17 £650 +13.04% 15
North West +1 7 £963 +86.44% 7
Yorkshire +12 6 £650 +13.04% 6
East of England 0 6 £400 +14.29% 9
North East - 4 £600 - 3
Operational Technology
UK

Operational Technology
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 (0.89%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.89%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 7 (6.25%) Azure
2 5 (4.46%) AWS
3 3 (2.68%) Entra ID
3 3 (2.68%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (1.79%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (0.89%) Mimecast
5 1 (0.89%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 18 (16.07%) Firewall
2 15 (13.39%) WAN
3 14 (12.50%) Wireless
4 12 (10.71%) LAN
4 12 (10.71%) Network Security
5 11 (9.82%) WLAN
6 5 (4.46%) SD-WAN
7 3 (2.68%) Cisco ASA
7 3 (2.68%) Cisco ISE
7 3 (2.68%) Cisco Nexus
7 3 (2.68%) Internet
7 3 (2.68%) LTE
7 3 (2.68%) MPLS
7 3 (2.68%) Reverse Proxy
8 2 (1.79%) MQTT
8 2 (1.79%) Wi-Fi
9 1 (0.89%) DHCP
9 1 (0.89%) DNS
9 1 (0.89%) DSL
9 1 (0.89%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.89%) SQL Server
General
1 26 (23.21%) Social Skills
2 22 (19.64%) Analytical Skills
3 12 (10.71%) Manufacturing
4 7 (6.25%) Military
4 7 (6.25%) Public Sector
4 7 (6.25%) Telecoms
5 5 (4.46%) Automotive
5 5 (4.46%) Finance
5 5 (4.46%) Legal
6 3 (2.68%) Pharmaceutical
6 3 (2.68%) Presentation Skills
7 2 (1.79%) Aerospace
7 2 (1.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 2 (1.79%) Marketing
8 1 (0.89%) Back Office
8 1 (0.89%) Banking
8 1 (0.89%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (0.89%) Electronics
8 1 (0.89%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (0.89%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 28 (25.00%) Analyst
2 21 (18.75%) Consultant
3 18 (16.07%) Architect
4 10 (8.93%) Solutions Architect
5 7 (6.25%) Network Engineer
5 7 (6.25%) Security Analyst
5 7 (6.25%) Security Consultant
5 7 (6.25%) Threat Intelligence Analyst
6 6 (5.36%) Cybersecurity Analyst
6 6 (5.36%) Security Engineer
6 6 (5.36%) Senior
7 5 (4.46%) Penetration Tester
7 5 (4.46%) Tester
8 4 (3.57%) Business Analyst
8 4 (3.57%) Incident Analyst
8 4 (3.57%) Senior Analyst
9 3 (2.68%) Cybersecurity Engineer
9 3 (2.68%) Designer
9 3 (2.68%) Network Architect
9 3 (2.68%) Solutions Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (2.68%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 22 (19.64%) SCADA
2 10 (8.93%) Management Information System
3 8 (7.14%) CMDB
4 7 (6.25%) Cyber Threat
4 7 (6.25%) Legacy Systems
5 6 (5.36%) Mobile App
6 5 (4.46%) CCTV
6 5 (4.46%) Cyber Defence
7 4 (3.57%) Data Centre
7 4 (3.57%) IoT
7 4 (3.57%) Robotics
7 4 (3.57%) Security Posture
8 3 (2.68%) Cloud Native
8 3 (2.68%) Private Cloud
8 3 (2.68%) Security Operations Centre
9 2 (1.79%) Distributed Applications
9 2 (1.79%) Industrial Internet of Things
9 2 (1.79%) Renewable Energy
10 1 (0.89%) Industry 4.0
10 1 (0.89%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 11 (9.82%) Linux
2 9 (8.04%) Windows
3 2 (1.79%) Unix
4 1 (0.89%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.89%) Windows Server 2012
4 1 (0.89%) Windows Server 2016
4 1 (0.89%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 50 (44.64%) Cybersecurity
2 16 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
3 14 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
4 11 (9.82%) Information Security
4 11 (9.82%) SIEM
5 9 (8.04%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
5 9 (8.04%) Knowledge Transfer
5 9 (8.04%) Migration
5 9 (8.04%) Risk Assessment
5 9 (8.04%) Risk Management
5 9 (8.04%) Threat Intelligence
6 8 (7.14%) Cloud Security
6 8 (7.14%) Mentoring
6 8 (7.14%) Security Operations
7 7 (6.25%) Agile
7 7 (6.25%) ITIL
7 7 (6.25%) Open Source
7 7 (6.25%) OSINT
7 7 (6.25%) Roadmaps
7 7 (6.25%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 6 (5.36%) C++
1 6 (5.36%) JavaScript
1 6 (5.36%) Python
2 1 (0.89%) SQL
Qualifications
1 29 (25.89%) Security Cleared
2 19 (16.96%) SC Cleared
3 13 (11.61%) Degree
3 13 (11.61%) DV Cleared
4 9 (8.04%) OSCP
5 8 (7.14%) Cisco Certification
5 8 (7.14%) CISSP
6 7 (6.25%) CCNA
6 7 (6.25%) CEH
7 6 (5.36%) CREST Certified
7 6 (5.36%) GIAC
7 6 (5.36%) GPEN
8 4 (3.57%) CCNP
9 3 (2.68%) CISA
9 3 (2.68%) Network+ Certification
10 2 (1.79%) CISM
10 2 (1.79%) Master's Degree
11 1 (0.89%) CCSK
11 1 (0.89%) CCSP
11 1 (0.89%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (16.07%) NIST
2 5 (4.46%) NIST 800
3 4 (3.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (2.68%) GDPR
4 3 (2.68%) GRC
4 3 (2.68%) ISA99
4 3 (2.68%) QA
5 1 (0.89%) NCSC
System Software
1 9 (8.04%) Active Directory
2 4 (3.57%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (2.68%) Firmware
3 3 (2.68%) VMware NSX
4 1 (0.89%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.89%) vSphere
4 1 (0.89%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 2 (1.79%) RSA Archer
2 1 (0.89%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 15 (13.39%) Cisco
2 9 (8.04%) Microsoft
2 9 (8.04%) ServiceNow
3 8 (7.14%) Palo Alto
4 6 (5.36%) Fortinet
5 5 (4.46%) CheckPoint
6 4 (3.57%) VMware
7 3 (2.68%) CrowdStrike
7 3 (2.68%) LogRhythm
8 2 (1.79%) Cadence
8 2 (1.79%) Red Hat
9 1 (0.89%) Aruba
9 1 (0.89%) Citrix
9 1 (0.89%) HP
9 1 (0.89%) Intel
9 1 (0.89%) Juniper
9 1 (0.89%) NetApp
9 1 (0.89%) Oracle
9 1 (0.89%) SAP
9 1 (0.89%) Sophos