Architect Contract Job Trends in Hampshire

Architect
South East > Hampshire

The median Architect daily rate in Hampshire is £650, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 26 February 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 6 12 4
Rank change year-on-year +6 -8 +4
Contract jobs requiring an Architect 238 81 282
As % of all contract jobs in Hampshire 16.55% 11.04% 18.95%
As % of the Job Titles category 18.02% 11.67% 21.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 170 70 147
10th Percentile £503 £500 £534
25th Percentile £600 £563 £613
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £625 £650
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% -3.85% -3.70%
75th Percentile £725 £688 £738
90th Percentile £788 £739 £825
South East median daily rate £625 £625 £650
% change year-on-year - -3.85% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £81.50 - -
Median hourly rate £83.00 - -
75th Percentile £84.50 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median hourly rate £90.00 £73.66 £83.77
% change year-on-year +22.19% -12.07% +19.66%

All Contract IT Job Roles
Hampshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Hampshire. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Hampshire with a recognized job title 1,321 694 1,331
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.86% 94.55% 89.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 834 492 737
10th Percentile £326 £313 £327
25th Percentile £463 £425 £455
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £536 £540 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.69% -1.82% +4.76%
75th Percentile £650 £613 £667
90th Percentile £738 £675 £738
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £500
Number of hourly rates quoted 118 35 127
10th Percentile £13.95 £20.03 £12.48
25th Percentile £16.38 £25.83 £18.62
Median hourly rate £24.29 £35.00 £48.00
Median % change year-on-year -30.61% -27.08% +9.71%
75th Percentile £48.75 £62.50 £62.50
90th Percentile £56.44 £75.00 £75.16
South East median hourly rate £31.25 £42.50 £44.00
% change year-on-year -26.47% -3.41% -2.22%

Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Hampshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Architect' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Hampshire.

Architect job vacancy trend in Hampshire

Architect
Daily Rate Trend in Hampshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Architect job vacancies in Hampshire.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Architect job vacancies in Hampshire

Architect
Daily Rate Histogram in Hampshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Architect in Hampshire over the 6 months to 26 February 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Architect in Hampshire

Architect
Hourly Rate Trend in Hampshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Architect job vacancies in Hampshire.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Architect job vacancies in Hampshire

Architect
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 Architect within the Hampshire region over the 6 months to 26 February 2026. 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
Basingstoke +5 122 £650 +4.00% 27
Farnborough +1 35 £600 -4.76% 1
Andover +2 18 £750 +11.11% 4
Fareham +3 15 £510 -36.25% 3
Southampton -2 10 £800 +68.42%
Portsmouth -5 5 £550 -12.00% 5
Hook - 3 £800 -
Eastleigh -1 1 - -
Aldershot -4 1 £663 +20.45%
Architect
South East

Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hampshire

For the 6 months to 26 February 2026, Architect contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Hampshire region featuring Architect in the job title.

1 196 (82.35%) Security Cleared
2 138 (57.98%) DV Cleared
3 66 (27.73%) Agile
4 48 (20.17%) SC Cleared
5 44 (18.49%) VMware
6 37 (15.55%) Windows
7 36 (15.13%) Microsoft
8 31 (13.03%) Enterprise Architecture
9 25 (10.50%) Roadmaps
10 21 (8.82%) Azure
10 21 (8.82%) PowerShell
10 21 (8.82%) Sparx
10 21 (8.82%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
11 19 (7.98%) ITIL
12 18 (7.56%) Active Directory
12 18 (7.56%) TOGAF
13 17 (7.14%) Firewall
14 16 (6.72%) Decision-Making
14 16 (6.72%) IT4IT
14 16 (6.72%) Problem-Solving
14 16 (6.72%) WMI
15 13 (5.46%) Linux
15 13 (5.46%) NIST
15 13 (5.46%) Strategic Roadmap
15 13 (5.46%) vCenter Server
16 12 (5.04%) Prototyping
17 11 (4.62%) ArchiMate
17 11 (4.62%) COBIT
17 11 (4.62%) ISEB
17 11 (4.62%) Knowledge Transfer

Architect Skill Set
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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (0.84%) Ethereum
1 2 (0.84%) Hyperledger
2 1 (0.42%) Documentum
2 1 (0.42%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (0.42%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 21 (8.82%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 3 (1.26%) Remedy ITSM
3 2 (0.84%) Distributed Ledger
3 2 (0.84%) R3 Corda
4 1 (0.42%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 21 (8.82%) Azure
2 10 (4.20%) PaaS
3 9 (3.78%) AWS
4 8 (3.36%) IaaS
5 5 (2.10%) Google Ads
6 4 (1.68%) Microsoft 365
7 3 (1.26%) Algolia
7 3 (1.26%) Commercetools
7 3 (1.26%) Contentful
7 3 (1.26%) Power Platform
8 2 (0.84%) Azure DevOps
8 2 (0.84%) OpenShift
9 1 (0.42%) Dynamics 365
9 1 (0.42%) GCP
9 1 (0.42%) GitHub
9 1 (0.42%) GitHub Actions
9 1 (0.42%) SAP Commerce Cloud
9 1 (0.42%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 17 (7.14%) Firewall
2 7 (2.94%) VPN
2 7 (2.94%) VSAN
3 5 (2.10%) Network Security
4 4 (1.68%) iSCSI
4 4 (1.68%) LAN
4 4 (1.68%) S/MIME
5 3 (1.26%) PCoIP
5 3 (1.26%) SAN
5 3 (1.26%) WAN
6 2 (0.84%) Fibre Channel
6 2 (0.84%) NAS
6 2 (0.84%) SSL
7 1 (0.42%) BGP
7 1 (0.42%) Ethernet VPN
7 1 (0.42%) VLAN
7 1 (0.42%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (1.26%) Power BI
1 3 (1.26%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.42%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 3 (1.26%) MSI
2 1 (0.42%) GitLab
2 1 (0.42%) Jenkins
General
1 39 (16.39%) Social Skills
2 20 (8.40%) Public Sector
3 12 (5.04%) Presentation Skills
4 10 (4.20%) Finance
5 9 (3.78%) Analytical Skills
6 5 (2.10%) Military
7 4 (1.68%) Legal
8 2 (0.84%) Marketing
8 2 (0.84%) Retail
8 2 (0.84%) Telecoms
9 1 (0.42%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (0.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.68%) REST
2 2 (0.84%) JSON
2 2 (0.84%) Smart Contracts
2 2 (0.84%) XML
3 1 (0.42%) RESTful
3 1 (0.42%) SOAP
3 1 (0.42%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 34 (14.29%) PKI
2 10 (4.20%) Blockchain
2 10 (4.20%) Fat Client
2 10 (4.20%) Thin Client
3 6 (2.52%) Algorithms
4 4 (1.68%) Smartcard
5 3 (1.26%) Data Centre
6 2 (0.84%) Hybrid Cloud
6 2 (0.84%) Marketing Technology
6 2 (0.84%) Onboarding
6 2 (0.84%) Replication
7 1 (0.42%) AI Agents
7 1 (0.42%) Clustering
7 1 (0.42%) CMDB
7 1 (0.42%) Data Structures
7 1 (0.42%) IoT
7 1 (0.42%) Legacy Systems
7 1 (0.42%) Management Information System
7 1 (0.42%) Product Ownership
7 1 (0.42%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 37 (15.55%) Windows
2 13 (5.46%) Linux
3 10 (4.20%) Windows 7
4 9 (3.78%) Windows Server
5 4 (1.68%) Windows Server 2016
6 2 (0.84%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (0.42%) CentOS
7 1 (0.42%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 66 (27.73%) Agile
2 31 (13.03%) Enterprise Architecture
3 25 (10.50%) Roadmaps
4 19 (7.98%) ITIL
5 18 (7.56%) TOGAF
6 16 (6.72%) Decision-Making
6 16 (6.72%) IT4IT
6 16 (6.72%) Problem-Solving
7 13 (5.46%) Strategic Roadmap
8 12 (5.04%) Prototyping
9 11 (4.62%) ArchiMate
9 11 (4.62%) Knowledge Transfer
10 10 (4.20%) Architectural Design
10 10 (4.20%) Collaborative Working
10 10 (4.20%) KYC
10 10 (4.20%) Open Source
10 10 (4.20%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 10 (4.20%) Technical Leadership
11 9 (3.78%) Integration Patterns
11 9 (3.78%) Zachman Framework
Programming Languages
1 21 (8.82%) PowerShell
2 11 (4.62%) Python
3 5 (2.10%) SQL
4 3 (1.26%) C#
4 3 (1.26%) JavaScript
5 1 (0.42%) Bash
5 1 (0.42%) Java
Qualifications
1 196 (82.35%) Security Cleared
2 138 (57.98%) DV Cleared
3 48 (20.17%) SC Cleared
4 11 (4.62%) ISEB
5 8 (3.36%) ITIL Certification
6 4 (1.68%) CISM
6 4 (1.68%) CISSP
6 4 (1.68%) GIAC
6 4 (1.68%) Microsoft Certification
7 3 (1.26%) VCDX
7 3 (1.26%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 2 (0.84%) Computer Science Degree
8 2 (0.84%) Degree
8 2 (0.84%) MCSE
8 2 (0.84%) TOGAF Certification
9 1 (0.42%) AWS Certification
9 1 (0.42%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 1 (0.42%) Azure Certification
9 1 (0.42%) VCAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (5.46%) NIST
2 11 (4.62%) COBIT
3 10 (4.20%) NCSC
4 8 (3.36%) GDPR
5 5 (2.10%) HMG Security Policy Framework
5 5 (2.10%) ISO/IEC 20000
5 5 (2.10%) JSP 440
6 4 (1.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.42%) Data Quality
7 1 (0.42%) GRC
7 1 (0.42%) HIPAA
System Software
1 18 (7.56%) Active Directory
2 11 (4.62%) vSphere
3 8 (3.36%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (2.94%) VMware ESXi
4 7 (2.94%) VMware NSX
5 6 (2.52%) vCloud
6 4 (1.68%) NFS
7 1 (0.42%) Docker
7 1 (0.42%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 16 (6.72%) WMI
2 13 (5.46%) vCenter Server
3 3 (1.26%) Endace
4 2 (0.84%) Kubernetes
4 2 (0.84%) Terraform
4 2 (0.84%) vRealize
4 2 (0.84%) vRealize Orchestrator
5 1 (0.42%) Ansible
5 1 (0.42%) Nessus
Vendors
1 44 (18.49%) VMware
2 36 (15.13%) Microsoft
3 21 (8.82%) Sparx
4 8 (3.36%) BiZZdesign
5 6 (2.52%) Thales
6 5 (2.10%) Cisco
7 4 (1.68%) Juniper
7 4 (1.68%) NetApp
7 4 (1.68%) ServiceNow
8 3 (1.26%) BMC
8 3 (1.26%) Remedy
9 2 (0.84%) Databricks
9 2 (0.84%) HubSpot
9 2 (0.84%) Palo Alto
9 2 (0.84%) Red Hat
9 2 (0.84%) Splunk
9 2 (0.84%) Veeam
10 1 (0.42%) F5
10 1 (0.42%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
10 1 (0.42%) Workday