Operational Technology Contract Job Trends in Portsmouth

Operational Technology (OT)
Hampshire > Portsmouth

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Operational Technology in contract job vacancies in Portsmouth. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Operational Technology over the 6 months leading up to 22 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 29 23 40
Rank change year-on-year -6 +17 +2
Contract jobs citing Operational Technology 4 5 4
As % of all contract jobs in Portsmouth 1.63% 3.36% 1.43%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 8.51% 11.90% 3.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 5 4
10th Percentile £592 - £445
25th Percentile £635 - £451
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £714 £550 £523
Median % change year-on-year +29.77% +5.26% -19.62%
75th Percentile £786 £675 £591
90th Percentile £826 £708 £596
Hampshire median daily rate £700 £650 £575
% change year-on-year +7.69% +13.04% +15.00%

All Generic Skills
Portsmouth

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 Portsmouth.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 47 42 115
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Portsmouth 19.18% 28.19% 41.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 29 15 45
10th Percentile £431 £373 £400
25th Percentile £450 £523 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £582
Median % change year-on-year - -5.50% +29.33%
75th Percentile £613 £631 £690
90th Percentile £618 £675 £850
Hampshire median daily rate £535 £550 £582
% change year-on-year -2.73% -5.50% +10.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 18 44
10th Percentile - £32.94 -
25th Percentile £15.72 £43.25 £53.40
Median hourly rate £52.50 £52.50 £57.35
Median % change year-on-year - -8.46% -0.26%
75th Percentile £58.13 £58.75 £61.30
90th Percentile £60.00 £64.13 £78.62
Hampshire median hourly rate £39.13 £50.00 £57.35
% change year-on-year -21.75% -12.82% +9.24%

Operational Technology
Job Vacancy Trend in Portsmouth

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Operational Technology relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Portsmouth.

Operational Technology job vacancy trend in Portsmouth

Operational Technology
Daily Rate Trend in Portsmouth

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Portsmouth citing Operational Technology.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Portsmouth citing Operational Technology

Operational Technology
Daily Rate Histogram in Portsmouth

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Operational Technology in Portsmouth over the 6 months to 22 June 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Operational Technology in Portsmouth

Operational Technology
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Portsmouth by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

General
1 3 (75.00%) Finance
2 1 (25.00%) Aerospace
2 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Analyst
1 2 (50.00%) Risk Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Architect
2 1 (25.00%) Cybersecurity Architect
2 1 (25.00%) IT Manager
2 1 (25.00%) IT Project Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Project Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Security Architect
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) SCADA
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Risk Management
2 2 (50.00%) Cyber Resilience
2 2 (50.00%) Information Security
2 2 (50.00%) Regulatory Compliance
3 1 (25.00%) Architecture Governance
3 1 (25.00%) Cloud Security
3 1 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (25.00%) Data Acquisition
3 1 (25.00%) Roadmaps
3 1 (25.00%) SABSA
3 1 (25.00%) Security Architecture
3 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (25.00%) Technology Roadmap
3 1 (25.00%) TOGAF
3 1 (25.00%) Waterfall
3 1 (25.00%) Zero Trust
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
1 1 (25.00%) CCSK
1 1 (25.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (25.00%) CISSP
1 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (75.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 3 (75.00%) NIST
2 2 (50.00%) GRC
2 2 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27005
3 1 (25.00%) Def Stans
3 1 (25.00%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)