Operational Technology Jobs 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 11 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 101 186 155
Rank change year-on-year +85 -31 +82
Permanent jobs citing Operational Technology 20 8 8
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Hampshire 1.05% 0.18% 0.30%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 3.41% 0.59% 0.73%
Number of salaries quoted 6 7 8
10th Percentile £43,750 £47,500 -
25th Percentile £52,813 £49,375 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £71,250 £60,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +18.75% +41.18% -10.53%
75th Percentile £87,500 £72,500 £45,938
90th Percentile £107,500 - £61,875
South East median annual salary £70,000 £65,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +7.69% +23.81% -16.00%

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 587 1,367 1,093
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Hampshire 30.85% 29.98% 40.62%
Number of salaries quoted 272 959 747
10th Percentile £31,250 £26,625 £30,625
25th Percentile £41,250 £37,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -7.41% -1.82%
75th Percentile £66,250 £67,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £74,000 £80,850 £85,000
South East median annual salary £57,500 £50,000 £57,000
% change year-on-year +15.00% -12.28% +3.64%

Operational Technology
Job Vacancy Trend in Hampshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Operational Technology in Hampshire

Operational Technology
Salary Trend in Hampshire

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Operational Technology in Hampshire.

Salary trend for Operational Technology in Hampshire

Operational Technology
Salary Histogram in Hampshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Operational Technology in Hampshire over the 6 months to 11 June 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 11 June 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 +13 9 £90,000 +60.00% 6
Fareham - 6 - - 1
Basingstoke - 1 £85,000 -
Operational Technology
South East

Operational Technology
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Hampshire 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 7 (35.00%) Azure
1 7 (35.00%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (5.00%) AWS
2 1 (5.00%) GitHub
2 1 (5.00%) GitHub Actions
2 1 (5.00%) Power Platform
2 1 (5.00%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 7 (35.00%) Ethernet
1 7 (35.00%) Modbus
2 6 (30.00%) MQTT
3 1 (5.00%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (35.00%) Relational Database
1 7 (35.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 7 (35.00%) Git
General
1 13 (65.00%) Manufacturing
2 6 (30.00%) Pharmaceutical
3 3 (15.00%) Social Skills
4 1 (5.00%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (5.00%) Military
4 1 (5.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 13 (65.00%) Automation Engineer
2 7 (35.00%) Principal Engineer
3 4 (20.00%) Senior
4 3 (15.00%) Analyst
4 3 (15.00%) Lead
4 3 (15.00%) Senior Automation Engineer
4 3 (15.00%) Senior Systems Engineer
4 3 (15.00%) Systems Engineer
5 2 (10.00%) Security Analyst
6 1 (5.00%) Operational Security Analyst
6 1 (5.00%) Operations Analyst
6 1 (5.00%) Project Manager
6 1 (5.00%) Security Engineer
6 1 (5.00%) Security Operations Analyst
6 1 (5.00%) Senior Analyst
6 1 (5.00%) Senior Security Analyst
6 1 (5.00%) Support Engineer
6 1 (5.00%) Technical Engineer
6 1 (5.00%) Technical Support
6 1 (5.00%) Technical Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (15.00%) .NET
1 3 (15.00%) CSS
2 1 (5.00%) React
Miscellaneous
1 15 (75.00%) SCADA
2 7 (35.00%) Life Science
3 6 (30.00%) Biopharmaceutical
3 6 (30.00%) Data Centre
3 6 (30.00%) Industry 4.0
3 6 (30.00%) IoT
3 6 (30.00%) Renewable Energy
4 1 (5.00%) Cloud Native
4 1 (5.00%) Driving Licence
4 1 (5.00%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (65.00%) Mentoring
2 9 (45.00%) Cybersecurity
3 8 (40.00%) Roadmaps
3 8 (40.00%) Technical Leadership
3 8 (40.00%) Technology Roadmap
4 7 (35.00%) Asset Management
4 7 (35.00%) Biotechnology
4 7 (35.00%) Computer Science
4 7 (35.00%) DevOps
5 6 (30.00%) Network Design
5 6 (30.00%) Project Delivery
5 6 (30.00%) Prototyping
5 6 (30.00%) Risk Assessment
5 6 (30.00%) System Testing
6 4 (20.00%) Business Development
7 3 (15.00%) CI/CD
7 3 (15.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
7 3 (15.00%) Risk Management
8 2 (10.00%) SDLC
8 2 (10.00%) Secure Coding
Programming Languages
1 11 (55.00%) Python
2 10 (50.00%) C#
3 7 (35.00%) SQL
4 3 (15.00%) JavaScript
5 1 (5.00%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 13 (65.00%) Degree
2 6 (30.00%) Chartered Engineer
2 6 (30.00%) HNC
2 6 (30.00%) HND
3 1 (5.00%) PMP
3 1 (5.00%) SC Cleared
3 1 (5.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (10.00%) GDPR
1 2 (10.00%) PCI DSS
1 2 (10.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 1 (5.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (5.00%) NIST
System Software
1 7 (35.00%) Virtual Machines
2 6 (30.00%) VMware ESXi
2 6 (30.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (5.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 6 (30.00%) Functional Safety
2 1 (5.00%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 13 (65.00%) Rockwell
1 13 (65.00%) Siemens
2 6 (30.00%) AVEVA
2 6 (30.00%) VMware
3 1 (5.00%) Foundry
3 1 (5.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (5.00%) Palantir