Operational Technology Job Trends in Hampshire

Operational Technology (OT)
South East > Hampshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Operational Technology in permanent job vacancies in Hampshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Operational Technology over the 6 months leading up to 30 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 111 162 118
Rank change year-on-year +51 -44 +56
Permanent jobs citing Operational Technology 12 1 4
As % of all permanent jobs in Hampshire 0.48% 0.037% 0.22%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.75% 0.12% 0.75%
Number of salaries quoted 3 1 3
10th Percentile £38,000 - £47,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £60,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% -14.29% +55.56%
75th Percentile £54,000 £62,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £56,400 - -
South East median annual salary £74,000 £70,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +5.71% +7.69% +13.04%

All Generic Skills
Hampshire

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 requiring generic IT skills in Hampshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 686 834 534
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Hampshire 27.33% 30.47% 30.03%
Number of salaries quoted 404 439 387
10th Percentile £26,250 £31,850 £29,750
25th Percentile £31,250 £41,250 £39,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £54,975 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.05% -0.05% -
75th Percentile £64,063 £67,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £78,350 £82,600 £85,000
South East median annual salary £45,000 £56,509 £55,000
% change year-on-year -20.37% +2.74% -0.60%

Operational Technology
Job Vacancy Trend in Hampshire

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

Operational Technology job vacancy trend in Hampshire

Operational Technology
Salary Trend in Hampshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing Operational Technology.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing Operational Technology

Operational Technology
Salary Histogram in Hampshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Operational Technology in Hampshire over the 6 months to 30 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Operational Technology in Hampshire

Operational Technology
Job Locations in Hampshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Operational Technology within the Hampshire region over the 6 months to 30 December 2025. 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Portsmouth +3 4 - - 6
Southampton - 4 - - 3
Basingstoke - 1 - - 4
Operational Technology
South East

Operational Technology
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hampshire 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (8.33%) Ethernet
General
1 4 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 2 (16.67%) Military
2 2 (16.67%) Police
3 1 (8.33%) Electronics
3 1 (8.33%) Finance
3 1 (8.33%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (8.33%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 8 (66.67%) Lead
2 2 (16.67%) Electronics Engineer
2 2 (16.67%) Project Engineer
2 2 (16.67%) Security Advisor
2 2 (16.67%) Security Engineer
3 1 (8.33%) Design Engineer
3 1 (8.33%) Real Time Engineer
3 1 (8.33%) Support Engineer
3 1 (8.33%) Systems Engineer
3 1 (8.33%) Technical Engineer
3 1 (8.33%) Technical Support
3 1 (8.33%) Technical Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 8 (66.67%) Cyber Kill Chain
1 8 (66.67%) Cyber Threat
1 8 (66.67%) Security Operations Centre
2 1 (8.33%) Onboarding
2 1 (8.33%) SCADA
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (83.33%) Risk Management
1 10 (83.33%) Stakeholder Management
2 9 (75.00%) Mentoring
3 8 (66.67%) Business Strategy
3 8 (66.67%) Change Advisory Board
3 8 (66.67%) Coaching
3 8 (66.67%) Cyber Intelligence
3 8 (66.67%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
3 8 (66.67%) ITIL
3 8 (66.67%) Roadmaps
3 8 (66.67%) SABSA
3 8 (66.67%) Security Operations
3 8 (66.67%) Technology Roadmap
3 8 (66.67%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
3 8 (66.67%) Threat Intelligence
3 8 (66.67%) Vulnerability Management
4 2 (16.67%) Customer Service
4 2 (16.67%) Matrix Organization
4 2 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (16.67%) Service Delivery
Qualifications
1 2 (16.67%) SC Cleared
1 2 (16.67%) Security Cleared
2 1 (8.33%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (66.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 8 (66.67%) ISO/IEC 27005
1 8 (66.67%) NIST