Operational Technology Jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Operational Technology (OT)
UK > Work from Home

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Operational Technology in remote or hybrid work. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Operational Technology over the 6 months leading up to 15 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 412 516 511
Rank change year-on-year +104 -5 +311
Permanent jobs citing Operational Technology 51 92 120
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.26% 0.26% 0.32%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.63% 0.74% 0.83%
Number of salaries quoted 39 56 58
10th Percentile £52,500 £45,000 £45,000
25th Percentile £62,500 £48,000 £51,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £55,718 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +25.63% -20.40% +9.80%
75th Percentile £78,375 £77,500 £79,750
90th Percentile £90,500 £83,625 £89,125
UK median annual salary £65,000 £55,000 £71,000
% change year-on-year +18.18% -22.54% +13.60%

All Generic Skills
Work from Home

Operational Technology falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring generic IT skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 8,095 12,391 14,410
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 41.53% 34.74% 38.81%
Number of salaries quoted 3,681 9,316 10,806
10th Percentile £31,500 £32,500 £40,000
25th Percentile £46,250 £42,747 £49,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% -7.69% -
75th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £122,500 £105,000 £109,865
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -15.38% +4.00%

Operational Technology
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Operational Technology as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Operational Technology trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Operational Technology
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Operational Technology.

Operational Technology salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Operational Technology
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Operational Technology over the 6 months to 15 June 2025.

Operational Technology salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Operational Technology
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (3.92%) ThingWorx
2 1 (1.96%) OpenStack
2 1 (1.96%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (1.96%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (1.96%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 17 (33.33%) Azure
2 16 (31.37%) AWS
3 12 (23.53%) OCI
4 8 (15.69%) SaaS
5 1 (1.96%) Akamai
5 1 (1.96%) Azure AKS
5 1 (1.96%) Azure Key Vault
5 1 (1.96%) Azure Sentinel
5 1 (1.96%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (1.96%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (1.96%) Entra ID
5 1 (1.96%) GCP
5 1 (1.96%) GitHub
5 1 (1.96%) GitHub Actions
5 1 (1.96%) Microsoft Purview
5 1 (1.96%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 5 (9.80%) 4G
1 5 (9.80%) 5G
1 5 (9.80%) Unified Communications
1 5 (9.80%) WAN
2 3 (5.88%) Network Security
3 2 (3.92%) Modbus
3 2 (3.92%) VPN
4 1 (1.96%) DHCP
4 1 (1.96%) DNS
4 1 (1.96%) Ethernet
4 1 (1.96%) Firewall
4 1 (1.96%) IGMP
4 1 (1.96%) Internet
4 1 (1.96%) Intrusion Detection
4 1 (1.96%) VRRP
4 1 (1.96%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.92%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 1 (1.96%) Burp Suite
1 1 (1.96%) Metasploit
General
1 12 (23.53%) Social Skills
2 8 (15.69%) Public Sector
3 4 (7.84%) Back Office
4 3 (5.88%) Manufacturing
5 2 (3.92%) Finance
5 2 (3.92%) Legal
6 1 (1.96%) Advertising
6 1 (1.96%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (1.96%) Aviation
6 1 (1.96%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (1.96%) Law
6 1 (1.96%) Military
6 1 (1.96%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (1.96%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 18 (35.29%) Architect
2 8 (15.69%) Cloud Architect
3 7 (13.73%) Infrastructure Architect
4 6 (11.76%) Solutions Architect
5 5 (9.80%) Analyst
5 5 (9.80%) Cloud Infrastructure Architect
6 4 (7.84%) Governance Manager
6 4 (7.84%) Risk Manager
6 4 (7.84%) Security Manager
7 3 (5.88%) Cloud Solutions Architect
7 3 (5.88%) Information Manager
7 3 (5.88%) Information Security Manager
7 3 (5.88%) Lead
7 3 (5.88%) Programme Manager
7 3 (5.88%) Security Architect
7 3 (5.88%) Vulnerability Analyst
8 2 (3.92%) Compliance Manager
8 2 (3.92%) Data Architect
8 2 (3.92%) Junior
8 2 (3.92%) Technical Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.96%) React
1 1 (1.96%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 18 (35.29%) SCADA
2 13 (25.49%) Data Centre
3 10 (19.61%) IoT
3 10 (19.61%) Management Information System
4 5 (9.80%) NHS
5 4 (7.84%) Hybrid Cloud
5 4 (7.84%) Industrial Internet of Things
6 3 (5.88%) Driving Licence
7 2 (3.92%) Legacy Systems
7 2 (3.92%) Product Ownership
7 2 (3.92%) Smart Energy
8 1 (1.96%) CCTV
8 1 (1.96%) Cloud Native
8 1 (1.96%) Cyber Threat
8 1 (1.96%) Fibre Optics
8 1 (1.96%) Low-Code
8 1 (1.96%) Mobile App
8 1 (1.96%) Private Cloud
8 1 (1.96%) Public Cloud
8 1 (1.96%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 9 (17.65%) Linux
1 9 (17.65%) Windows
2 1 (1.96%) Kali Linux
2 1 (1.96%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 1 (1.96%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (43.14%) Cybersecurity
2 14 (27.45%) TOGAF
3 12 (23.53%) Agile
4 11 (21.57%) Risk Management
5 8 (15.69%) DevOps
5 8 (15.69%) Mentoring
6 7 (13.73%) Systems Engineering
6 7 (13.73%) Validation
7 6 (11.76%) Business Continuity
7 6 (11.76%) Enterprise Architecture
7 6 (11.76%) Information Security
7 6 (11.76%) Project Management
8 5 (9.80%) Analytics
8 5 (9.80%) Asset Management
8 5 (9.80%) Data Science
8 5 (9.80%) Decision-Making
8 5 (9.80%) Project Delivery
8 5 (9.80%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 5 (9.80%) Stakeholder Management
8 5 (9.80%) Systems Thinking
Programming Languages
1 2 (3.92%) Python
2 1 (1.96%) Bicep
2 1 (1.96%) SQL
2 1 (1.96%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 12 (23.53%) TOGAF Certification
2 10 (19.61%) Degree
2 10 (19.61%) Security Cleared
3 5 (9.80%) CISSP
4 4 (7.84%) CISA
5 3 (5.88%) Chartered Engineer
5 3 (5.88%) Computer Science Degree
5 3 (5.88%) PMI Certification
5 3 (5.88%) PMP
5 3 (5.88%) SC Cleared
6 2 (3.92%) CHECK Team Leader
7 1 (1.96%) ACSA
7 1 (1.96%) ACSP
7 1 (1.96%) AWS Certification
7 1 (1.96%) Azure Certification
7 1 (1.96%) CCSK
7 1 (1.96%) CHECK Team Member
7 1 (1.96%) CISM
7 1 (1.96%) CITP
7 1 (1.96%) ISSAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (19.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 6 (11.76%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
3 5 (9.80%) NCSC
4 4 (7.84%) GDPR
4 4 (7.84%) NIST
5 2 (3.92%) GRC
5 2 (3.92%) HAZOP
5 2 (3.92%) IEC 61131
5 2 (3.92%) ISO/IEC 27005
6 1 (1.96%) COBIT
6 1 (1.96%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (1.96%) NIST 800
6 1 (1.96%) PMO
System Software
1 2 (3.92%) Docker
2 1 (1.96%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.96%) Hyper-V
2 1 (1.96%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (1.96%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 7 (13.73%) Terraform
2 3 (5.88%) Kubernetes
3 2 (3.92%) Functional Safety
4 1 (1.96%) Nessus
Vendors
1 15 (29.41%) Oracle
2 8 (15.69%) VMware
3 4 (7.84%) ServiceNow
4 3 (5.88%) Microsoft
5 1 (1.96%) Allen-Bradley
5 1 (1.96%) Apple
5 1 (1.96%) CyberArk
5 1 (1.96%) DataCore
5 1 (1.96%) Foundry
5 1 (1.96%) Google
5 1 (1.96%) Netskope
5 1 (1.96%) Okta
5 1 (1.96%) Palantir
5 1 (1.96%) Red Hat
5 1 (1.96%) SAP
5 1 (1.96%) Siemens
5 1 (1.96%) Zscaler
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