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 23 February 2026.

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

6 months to
23 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 5 13 4
Rank change year-on-year +8 -9 +4
Contract jobs requiring an Architect 227 82 277
As % of all contract jobs in Hampshire 16.20% 11.23% 18.59%
As % of the Job Titles category 17.67% 11.88% 20.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 162 70 142
10th Percentile £503 £500 £527
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 1,285 690 1,334
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.72% 94.52% 89.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 808 484 734
10th Percentile £326 £313 £326
25th Percentile £463 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £540 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.93% -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 35 129
10th Percentile £13.95 £20.03 £12.55
25th Percentile £16.17 £25.83 £18.32
Median hourly rate £23.58 £35.00 £48.00
Median % change year-on-year -32.64% -27.08% +10.34%
75th Percentile £48.75 £62.50 £62.50
90th Percentile £56.13 £75.00 £75.16
South East median hourly rate £29.61 £42.69 £44.00
% change year-on-year -30.64% -2.98% -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 23 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 23 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 +3 111 £650 +4.00% 28
Farnborough 0 35 £600 -4.76% 4
Andover +1 18 £750 +11.11% 2
Fareham +3 15 £510 -36.25% 3
Southampton -2 10 £800 +68.42%
Portsmouth -7 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 23 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.

1 185 (81.50%) Security Cleared
2 127 (55.95%) DV Cleared
3 60 (26.43%) Agile
4 48 (21.15%) SC Cleared
5 42 (18.50%) VMware
6 36 (15.86%) Microsoft
7 35 (15.42%) Windows
8 31 (13.66%) Enterprise Architecture
9 23 (10.13%) Roadmaps
10 21 (9.25%) Azure
10 21 (9.25%) Sparx
10 21 (9.25%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
11 19 (8.37%) PowerShell
12 18 (7.93%) TOGAF
13 17 (7.49%) Firewall
14 16 (7.05%) Active Directory
14 16 (7.05%) Decision-Making
14 16 (7.05%) ITIL
14 16 (7.05%) WMI
15 15 (6.61%) IT4IT
15 15 (6.61%) Problem-Solving
16 13 (5.73%) Linux
17 12 (5.29%) NIST
17 12 (5.29%) Prototyping
17 12 (5.29%) Strategic Roadmap
17 12 (5.29%) vCenter Server
18 11 (4.85%) ArchiMate
18 11 (4.85%) COBIT
18 11 (4.85%) ISEB
18 11 (4.85%) 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 (0.88%) Ethereum
1 2 (0.88%) Hyperledger
2 1 (0.44%) Documentum
2 1 (0.44%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (0.44%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 21 (9.25%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 2 (0.88%) Distributed Ledger
2 2 (0.88%) R3 Corda
3 1 (0.44%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (0.44%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 21 (9.25%) Azure
2 9 (3.96%) AWS
3 7 (3.08%) PaaS
4 5 (2.20%) Google Ads
4 5 (2.20%) IaaS
5 4 (1.76%) Microsoft 365
6 3 (1.32%) Algolia
6 3 (1.32%) Commercetools
6 3 (1.32%) Contentful
7 2 (0.88%) Azure DevOps
7 2 (0.88%) OpenShift
8 1 (0.44%) Dynamics 365
8 1 (0.44%) GCP
8 1 (0.44%) GitHub
8 1 (0.44%) GitHub Actions
8 1 (0.44%) Power Platform
8 1 (0.44%) SAP Commerce Cloud
8 1 (0.44%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 17 (7.49%) Firewall
2 7 (3.08%) VPN
2 7 (3.08%) VSAN
3 5 (2.20%) Network Security
4 4 (1.76%) iSCSI
4 4 (1.76%) S/MIME
5 3 (1.32%) LAN
5 3 (1.32%) PCoIP
5 3 (1.32%) SAN
5 3 (1.32%) WAN
6 2 (0.88%) Fibre Channel
6 2 (0.88%) NAS
6 2 (0.88%) SSL
7 1 (0.44%) BGP
7 1 (0.44%) Ethernet VPN
7 1 (0.44%) VLAN
7 1 (0.44%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.44%) Metadata
1 1 (0.44%) Power BI
1 1 (0.44%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (1.32%) MSI
2 1 (0.44%) GitLab
2 1 (0.44%) Jenkins
General
1 38 (16.74%) Social Skills
2 19 (8.37%) Public Sector
3 11 (4.85%) Presentation Skills
4 10 (4.41%) Finance
5 9 (3.96%) Analytical Skills
6 5 (2.20%) Military
7 4 (1.76%) Legal
8 2 (0.88%) Marketing
8 2 (0.88%) Retail
8 2 (0.88%) Telecoms
9 1 (0.44%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (0.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (0.88%) JSON
1 2 (0.88%) REST
1 2 (0.88%) Smart Contracts
1 2 (0.88%) XML
2 1 (0.44%) RESTful
2 1 (0.44%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 32 (14.10%) PKI
2 10 (4.41%) Blockchain
2 10 (4.41%) Fat Client
2 10 (4.41%) Thin Client
3 6 (2.64%) Algorithms
4 4 (1.76%) Smartcard
5 3 (1.32%) Data Centre
6 2 (0.88%) Marketing Technology
6 2 (0.88%) Onboarding
6 2 (0.88%) Replication
7 1 (0.44%) AI Agents
7 1 (0.44%) Analytical Mindset
7 1 (0.44%) Cloud Native
7 1 (0.44%) CMDB
7 1 (0.44%) Data Structures
7 1 (0.44%) Hybrid Cloud
7 1 (0.44%) IoT
7 1 (0.44%) Legacy Systems
7 1 (0.44%) Product Ownership
7 1 (0.44%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 35 (15.42%) Windows
2 13 (5.73%) Linux
3 10 (4.41%) Windows 7
4 7 (3.08%) Windows Server
5 4 (1.76%) Windows Server 2016
6 2 (0.88%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (0.44%) CentOS
7 1 (0.44%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 60 (26.43%) Agile
2 31 (13.66%) Enterprise Architecture
3 23 (10.13%) Roadmaps
4 18 (7.93%) TOGAF
5 16 (7.05%) Decision-Making
5 16 (7.05%) ITIL
6 15 (6.61%) IT4IT
6 15 (6.61%) Problem-Solving
7 12 (5.29%) Prototyping
7 12 (5.29%) Strategic Roadmap
8 11 (4.85%) ArchiMate
8 11 (4.85%) Knowledge Transfer
9 10 (4.41%) Architectural Design
9 10 (4.41%) Collaborative Working
9 10 (4.41%) KYC
9 10 (4.41%) Open Source
9 10 (4.41%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 9 (3.96%) Integration Patterns
10 9 (3.96%) Technical Leadership
10 9 (3.96%) Zachman Framework
Programming Languages
1 19 (8.37%) PowerShell
2 11 (4.85%) Python
3 3 (1.32%) SQL
4 1 (0.44%) Bash
4 1 (0.44%) C#
4 1 (0.44%) Java
4 1 (0.44%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 185 (81.50%) Security Cleared
2 127 (55.95%) DV Cleared
3 48 (21.15%) SC Cleared
4 11 (4.85%) ISEB
5 8 (3.52%) ITIL Certification
6 4 (1.76%) CISM
6 4 (1.76%) CISSP
6 4 (1.76%) GIAC
6 4 (1.76%) Microsoft Certification
7 3 (1.32%) VCDX
7 3 (1.32%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 2 (0.88%) Computer Science Degree
8 2 (0.88%) Degree
8 2 (0.88%) MCSE
8 2 (0.88%) TOGAF Certification
9 1 (0.44%) AWS Certification
9 1 (0.44%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 1 (0.44%) Azure Certification
9 1 (0.44%) VCAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (5.29%) NIST
2 11 (4.85%) COBIT
3 10 (4.41%) NCSC
4 8 (3.52%) GDPR
5 5 (2.20%) HMG Security Policy Framework
5 5 (2.20%) JSP 440
6 4 (1.76%) ISO/IEC 20000
6 4 (1.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.44%) Data Quality
7 1 (0.44%) GRC
7 1 (0.44%) HIPAA
System Software
1 16 (7.05%) Active Directory
2 11 (4.85%) vSphere
3 8 (3.52%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (3.08%) VMware ESXi
4 7 (3.08%) VMware NSX
5 5 (2.20%) vCloud
6 4 (1.76%) NFS
7 1 (0.44%) Docker
7 1 (0.44%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 16 (7.05%) WMI
2 12 (5.29%) vCenter Server
3 3 (1.32%) Endace
4 2 (0.88%) Kubernetes
4 2 (0.88%) Terraform
4 2 (0.88%) vRealize
4 2 (0.88%) vRealize Orchestrator
5 1 (0.44%) Ansible
5 1 (0.44%) Nessus
Vendors
1 42 (18.50%) VMware
2 36 (15.86%) Microsoft
3 21 (9.25%) Sparx
4 8 (3.52%) BiZZdesign
5 6 (2.64%) Thales
6 4 (1.76%) Cisco
6 4 (1.76%) NetApp
7 3 (1.32%) Juniper
8 2 (0.88%) Databricks
8 2 (0.88%) HubSpot
8 2 (0.88%) Palo Alto
8 2 (0.88%) Red Hat
8 2 (0.88%) ServiceNow
8 2 (0.88%) Splunk
8 2 (0.88%) Veeam
9 1 (0.44%) Broadcom
9 1 (0.44%) Remedy
9 1 (0.44%) Salesforce
9 1 (0.44%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
9 1 (0.44%) Workday