Actionable Recommendations Contract Job Trends in Hampshire

Actionable Recommendations
South East > Hampshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Hampshire requiring Actionable Recommendations skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 28 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 79 84 -
Rank change year-on-year +5 - -
Contract jobs citing Actionable Recommendations 9 2 0
As % of all contract jobs in Hampshire 0.73% 0.20% -
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 3.77% 1.77% -
Number of daily rates quoted 7 1 0
10th Percentile £364 - -
25th Percentile £387 £510 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £445 £519 -
Median % change year-on-year -14.26% - -
75th Percentile £460 £529 -
90th Percentile £494 - -
South East median daily rate £449 £520 -
% change year-on-year -13.67% - -

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Hampshire

Actionable Recommendations falls under the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring quality assurance or compliance skills in Hampshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 239 113 199
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hampshire 19.26% 11.18% 15.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 176 72 95
10th Percentile £305 £200 £340
25th Percentile £447 £354 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £528 £500 £535
Median % change year-on-year +5.50% -6.54% +7.00%
75th Percentile £589 £638 £665
90th Percentile £672 £688 £672
South East median daily rate £500 £495 £523
% change year-on-year +1.01% -5.26% +12.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 9 15
10th Percentile £18.67 £19.80 £15.80
25th Percentile £27.16 £21.00 £29.38
Median hourly rate £41.33 £28.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year +47.59% -49.09% +69.02%
75th Percentile £55.49 £70.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £63.99 - -
South East median hourly rate £36.00 £53.00 £54.37
% change year-on-year -32.08% -2.52% +158.90%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Hampshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Actionable Recommendations relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Hampshire.

Actionable Recommendations job vacancy trend in Hampshire

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Daily Rate Trend in Hampshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing Actionable Recommendations.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing Actionable Recommendations

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Daily Rate Histogram in Hampshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Actionable Recommendations in Hampshire over the 6 months to 28 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Actionable Recommendations in Hampshire

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Contract Job Locations in Hampshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Actionable Recommendations within the Hampshire region over the 6 months to 28 November 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Portsmouth - 4 £392 -
Fleet - 2 £446 -
Southampton +1 1 £500 -
Winchester - 1 - -
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South East

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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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (22.22%) AWS
1 2 (22.22%) Azure
1 2 (22.22%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 3 (33.33%) Firewall
General
1 5 (55.56%) Social Skills
2 4 (44.44%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (33.33%) Finance
4 1 (11.11%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 4 (44.44%) Consultant
1 4 (44.44%) Cybersecurity Consultant
1 4 (44.44%) Security Consultant
1 4 (44.44%) User Researcher
2 1 (11.11%) Analyst
2 1 (11.11%) Commercial Analyst
2 1 (11.11%) Data Consultant
2 1 (11.11%) Pricing Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 3 (33.33%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 1 (11.11%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (100.00%) Actionable Insight
2 4 (44.44%) Cybersecurity
2 4 (44.44%) User Research
3 3 (33.33%) Cloud Security
3 3 (33.33%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
3 3 (33.33%) Data Protection
3 3 (33.33%) GAP Analysis
3 3 (33.33%) Identity Access Management
3 3 (33.33%) Incident Response
3 3 (33.33%) Penetration Testing
3 3 (33.33%) Regulatory Change
3 3 (33.33%) Regulatory Compliance
3 3 (33.33%) Risk Management
3 3 (33.33%) Security Architecture
3 3 (33.33%) SIEM
3 3 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 3 (33.33%) Threat Intelligence
3 3 (33.33%) Threat Modelling
3 3 (33.33%) Vulnerability Assessment
4 2 (22.22%) UX Design
Programming Languages
1 1 (11.11%) C
1 1 (11.11%) C++
Qualifications
1 3 (33.33%) SC Cleared
1 3 (33.33%) Security Cleared
2 2 (22.22%) CEH
2 2 (22.22%) CISM
2 2 (22.22%) CISSP
2 2 (22.22%) Degree
2 2 (22.22%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
3 1 (11.11%) CFA
3 1 (11.11%) CIMA
3 1 (11.11%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (33.33%) GDPR
1 3 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 3 (33.33%) NIST
Vendors
1 1 (11.11%) Intel
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft