Operational Technology Job Trends in Southampton

Operational Technology (OT)
Hampshire > Southampton

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Operational Technology in permanent job vacancies in Southampton. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Operational Technology over the 6 months leading up to 1 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 64 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Operational Technology 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Southampton 0.13% - -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.47% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £92,500 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £95,000 - -
75th Percentile £97,500 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Hampshire median annual salary £85,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +61.90% -12.50% +41.18%

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 permanent job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in Southampton.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 211 100 255
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Southampton 26.91% 26.11% 29.75%
Number of salaries quoted 162 51 188
10th Percentile £32,750 £31,250 £30,875
25th Percentile £38,875 £34,875 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £48,924 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +22.64% +3.00% -20.83%
75th Percentile £75,000 £65,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £98,750 £72,500 £65,000
Hampshire median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - - +4.76%

Operational Technology
Job Vacancy Trend in Southampton

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

Operational Technology job vacancy trend in Southampton

Operational Technology
Salary Trend in Southampton

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Southampton citing Operational Technology.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Southampton citing Operational Technology

Operational Technology
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Southampton 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 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Head of IT
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Business Transformation
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) CRM
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Data Integration
1 1 (100.00%) Data Management
1 1 (100.00%) Data Security
1 1 (100.00%) Data Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 1 (100.00%) ERP
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) ITSM
1 1 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) Service Management
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) PMI Certification
1 1 (100.00%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) GDPR