Operational Technology Contracts in Southampton

Operational Technology (OT)
Hampshire > Southampton

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Operational Technology in contract job vacancies in Southampton. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Operational Technology over the 6 months leading up to 2 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 20 27 22
Rank change year-on-year +7 -5 -
Contract jobs citing Operational Technology 2 2 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Southampton 1.69% 1.06% 1.24%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 6.25% 5.26% 4.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 2 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £575 -
Hampshire median daily rate £650 £575 £500
% change year-on-year +13.04% +15.00% -

All Generic Skills
Southampton

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 Southampton.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 32 38 45
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Southampton 27.12% 20.11% 27.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 23 28
10th Percentile £175 £240 £240
25th Percentile £278 £350 £263
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £453 £425 £520
Median % change year-on-year +6.47% -18.27% +13.04%
75th Percentile £538 £550 £588
90th Percentile £665 £613 £598
Hampshire median daily rate £550 £581 £520
% change year-on-year -5.34% +11.73% +4.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 6
10th Percentile - £23.60 £21.24
25th Percentile - £39.13 £21.56
Median hourly rate - £70.00 £25.40
Median % change year-on-year - +175.64% +49.38%
75th Percentile - £77.50 £27.00
90th Percentile - £79.00 £42.88
Hampshire median hourly rate £50.00 £57.35 £52.50
% change year-on-year -12.82% +9.24% +118.75%

Operational Technology
Job Vacancy Trend in Southampton

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

Job vacancy trend for Operational Technology in Southampton

Operational Technology
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Southampton 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 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) Azure Sentinel
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) Firewall
General
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Analyst
1 2 (100.00%) SOC Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Cyber Defence
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (100.00%) ISMS
1 2 (100.00%) ITIL
1 2 (100.00%) Security Operations
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) CISMP
1 2 (100.00%) GSEC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) GDPR
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft