Architect Contract Job Trends in Hampshire

Architect
South East > Hampshire

The median Architect daily rate in Hampshire is £675, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 7 July 2026.

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

6 months to
7 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 9 9 4
Rank change year-on-year 0 -5 +8
Contract jobs requiring an Architect 206 115 368
As % of all contract jobs in Hampshire 11.26% 12.99% 21.04%
As % of the Job Titles category 12.14% 13.63% 23.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 165 107 213
10th Percentile £525 £537 £575
25th Percentile £575 £563 £613
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £675 £600 £650
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% -7.69% -
75th Percentile £750 £669 £725
90th Percentile £825 £738 £785
South East median daily rate £625 £600 £650
% change year-on-year +4.17% -7.69% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 4
10th Percentile - - £90.60
25th Percentile - - £91.50
Median hourly rate - - £92.19
75th Percentile - - £92.37
90th Percentile - - -
South East median hourly rate £95.00 £82.00 £87.46
% change year-on-year +15.85% -6.24% +18.32%

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 1,697 844 1,598
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.73% 95.37% 91.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,011 592 955
10th Percentile £375 £251 £363
25th Percentile £481 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £543 £575
Median % change year-on-year +1.38% -5.65% +9.52%
75th Percentile £650 £613 £650
90th Percentile £738 £660 £725
South East median daily rate £525 £500 £510
% change year-on-year +5.00% -1.96% +2.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 198 55 176
10th Percentile £13.99 £19.88 £14.48
25th Percentile £21.35 £32.10 £26.25
Median hourly rate £40.00 £50.00 £57.35
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% -12.82% +9.24%
75th Percentile £59.69 £61.31 £70.00
90th Percentile £67.50 £75.00 £77.50
South East median hourly rate £50.49 £28.00 £50.00
% change year-on-year +80.30% -44.00% -

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 7 July 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 7 July 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 +1 124 £700 +16.67% 26
Farnborough +4 26 £625 +21.36% 6
Portsmouth +3 19 £638 +10.87% 6
Andover -5 14 £750 +7.14% 10
Southampton -4 6 £529 -21.63% 8
Fareham -5 3 £650 - 1
Aldershot - 1 £775 - 2
Eastleigh - 1 £600 -
Architect
South East

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

For the 6 months to 7 July 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.

1 167 (81.07%) Security Cleared
2 130 (63.11%) DV Cleared
3 67 (32.52%) Agile
4 34 (16.50%) SC Cleared
5 29 (14.08%) Roadmaps
6 28 (13.59%) Azure
7 23 (11.17%) AWS
8 22 (10.68%) Enterprise Architecture
9 21 (10.19%) CI/CD
9 21 (10.19%) Security Architecture
10 20 (9.71%) Cybersecurity
10 20 (9.71%) Windows
11 19 (9.22%) Decision-Making
11 19 (9.22%) NIST
11 19 (9.22%) Problem-Solving
11 19 (9.22%) REST
11 19 (9.22%) VMware
12 18 (8.74%) PaaS
13 17 (8.25%) Architecture Governance
13 17 (8.25%) IaaS
14 16 (7.77%) DevOps
14 16 (7.77%) ITIL
14 16 (7.77%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 16 (7.77%) Zero Trust
15 15 (7.28%) DevSecOps
15 15 (7.28%) NCSC
15 15 (7.28%) TOGAF
16 14 (6.80%) Architectural Patterns
16 14 (6.80%) CISSP
16 14 (6.80%) Continuous Improvement

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 7 (3.40%) Documentum
2 3 (1.46%) Palantir Foundry
3 2 (0.97%) Confluence
4 1 (0.49%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 1 (0.49%) Ethereum
4 1 (0.49%) Hyperledger
4 1 (0.49%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (0.97%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 9 (4.37%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 7 (3.40%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (0.49%) Distributed Ledger
3 1 (0.49%) Oracle Payables
3 1 (0.49%) Oracle Receivables
3 1 (0.49%) R3 Corda
3 1 (0.49%) Remedy AR System
3 1 (0.49%) SAP MDG
3 1 (0.49%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 28 (13.59%) Azure
2 23 (11.17%) AWS
3 18 (8.74%) PaaS
4 17 (8.25%) IaaS
5 9 (4.37%) Azure DevOps
5 9 (4.37%) Power Platform
6 5 (2.43%) GitHub
7 4 (1.94%) GCP
7 4 (1.94%) OpenShift
8 3 (1.46%) Amazon ECR
8 3 (1.46%) Amazon EKS
8 3 (1.46%) AWS Lambda
8 3 (1.46%) GitHub Actions
8 3 (1.46%) iPaaS
8 3 (1.46%) Route 53
8 3 (1.46%) Serverless
9 2 (0.97%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 2 (0.97%) Amazon GuardDuty
9 2 (0.97%) Amazon Macie
9 2 (0.97%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 12 (5.83%) LAN
2 10 (4.85%) Network Security
3 9 (4.37%) Firewall
4 6 (2.91%) VPN
4 6 (2.91%) WAN
5 4 (1.94%) VLAN
6 3 (1.46%) BGP
6 3 (1.46%) DHCP
6 3 (1.46%) DNS
7 2 (0.97%) OSPF
7 2 (0.97%) SD-WAN
7 2 (0.97%) Software-Defined Networking
7 2 (0.97%) TCP/IP
8 1 (0.49%) Ethernet VPN
8 1 (0.49%) IPsec
8 1 (0.49%) NAS
8 1 (0.49%) NGFW
8 1 (0.49%) S/MIME
8 1 (0.49%) SAN
8 1 (0.49%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (2.91%) Power BI
1 6 (2.91%) SQL Server
2 3 (1.46%) Metadata
3 2 (0.97%) Amazon Aurora
3 2 (0.97%) Amazon RDS
3 2 (0.97%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (0.49%) Amazon Athena
4 1 (0.49%) Big Data
4 1 (0.49%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.49%) Neo4j
4 1 (0.49%) Stardog
4 1 (0.49%) Triplestore
Development Applications
1 7 (3.40%) Git
2 3 (1.46%) Jenkins
2 3 (1.46%) JIRA
3 1 (0.49%) GitLab
3 1 (0.49%) MSI
3 1 (0.49%) Postman
General
1 41 (19.90%) Social Skills
2 14 (6.80%) Finance
3 8 (3.88%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (3.40%) Presentation Skills
4 7 (3.40%) Public Sector
5 4 (1.94%) Documentation Skills
5 4 (1.94%) Legal
6 2 (0.97%) Influencing Skills
6 2 (0.97%) Military
7 1 (0.49%) Aerospace
7 1 (0.49%) Banking
7 1 (0.49%) Manufacturing
7 1 (0.49%) Marketing
7 1 (0.49%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (9.22%) REST
2 8 (3.88%) OAuth
3 7 (3.40%) SAML
4 6 (2.91%) .NET
4 6 (2.91%) ADO
4 6 (2.91%) OpenID
5 5 (2.43%) LDAP
5 5 (2.43%) OAuth2
5 5 (2.43%) SOAP
6 4 (1.94%) JSON
7 3 (1.46%) ModSecurity
7 3 (1.46%) SLSA
7 3 (1.46%) Web Services
8 2 (0.97%) Apollo GraphQL
8 2 (0.97%) GraphQL
8 2 (0.97%) Middleware
8 2 (0.97%) RESTful
9 1 (0.49%) Apache Jena
9 1 (0.49%) SAP ALE
9 1 (0.49%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 14 (6.80%) PKI
2 9 (4.37%) Blockchain
3 8 (3.88%) Data Centre
4 6 (2.91%) Hybrid Cloud
5 5 (2.43%) Onboarding
6 4 (1.94%) Cloud Native
7 3 (1.46%) Clustering
8 2 (0.97%) Algorithms
8 2 (0.97%) Enterprise Cloud
8 2 (0.97%) Security Posture
9 1 (0.49%) CMDB
9 1 (0.49%) Data Structures
9 1 (0.49%) Distributed Systems
9 1 (0.49%) Enterprise Software
9 1 (0.49%) Fat Client
9 1 (0.49%) IoT
9 1 (0.49%) Legacy Applications
9 1 (0.49%) Legacy Systems
9 1 (0.49%) Operational Technology
9 1 (0.49%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 20 (9.71%) Windows
2 7 (3.40%) Windows Server
3 4 (1.94%) Linux
4 1 (0.49%) Windows 7
4 1 (0.49%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 67 (32.52%) Agile
2 29 (14.08%) Roadmaps
3 22 (10.68%) Enterprise Architecture
4 21 (10.19%) CI/CD
4 21 (10.19%) Security Architecture
5 20 (9.71%) Cybersecurity
6 19 (9.22%) Decision-Making
6 19 (9.22%) Problem-Solving
7 17 (8.25%) Architecture Governance
8 16 (7.77%) DevOps
8 16 (7.77%) ITIL
8 16 (7.77%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 16 (7.77%) Zero Trust
9 15 (7.28%) DevSecOps
9 15 (7.28%) TOGAF
10 14 (6.80%) Architectural Patterns
10 14 (6.80%) Continuous Improvement
10 14 (6.80%) Technical Leadership
11 13 (6.31%) AI
11 13 (6.31%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 13 (6.31%) PowerShell
2 12 (5.83%) Java
3 7 (3.40%) SQL
4 6 (2.91%) JavaScript
4 6 (2.91%) Python
5 5 (2.43%) C#
6 3 (1.46%) Bash
7 2 (0.97%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 167 (81.07%) Security Cleared
2 130 (63.11%) DV Cleared
3 34 (16.50%) SC Cleared
4 14 (6.80%) CISSP
5 6 (2.91%) CISM
6 5 (2.43%) AWS Certification
6 5 (2.43%) TOGAF Certification
7 3 (1.46%) Azure Certification
7 3 (1.46%) Degree
8 2 (0.97%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 2 (0.97%) CCSK
8 2 (0.97%) Cisco Certification
8 2 (0.97%) ISEB
8 2 (0.97%) ITIL Certification
9 1 (0.49%) CEH
9 1 (0.49%) Computer Science Degree
9 1 (0.49%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (9.22%) NIST
2 15 (7.28%) NCSC
3 10 (4.85%) GDPR
4 7 (3.40%) ISO/IEC 20000
4 7 (3.40%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 6 (2.91%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 4 (1.94%) JSP 440
7 3 (1.46%) NIST 800
8 2 (0.97%) COBIT
8 2 (0.97%) Data Quality
8 2 (0.97%) SLA
9 1 (0.49%) Def Stans
9 1 (0.49%) PMO
9 1 (0.49%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 13 (6.31%) Active Directory
2 7 (3.40%) vCloud
3 3 (1.46%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.97%) Docker
4 2 (0.97%) vSphere
5 1 (0.49%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (0.49%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 8 (3.88%) vCenter Server
2 7 (3.40%) Kubernetes
3 5 (2.43%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 4 (1.94%) Terraform
5 3 (1.46%) Endace
5 3 (1.46%) WMI
6 2 (0.97%) Ansible
6 2 (0.97%) Grafana
6 2 (0.97%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.49%) FortiGate
7 1 (0.49%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 19 (9.22%) VMware
2 13 (6.31%) Microsoft
3 9 (4.37%) Sparx
4 7 (3.40%) BiZZdesign
4 7 (3.40%) BMC
4 7 (3.40%) Cisco
4 7 (3.40%) Juniper
4 7 (3.40%) Remedy
4 7 (3.40%) ServiceNow
5 4 (1.94%) F5
5 4 (1.94%) Red Hat
6 3 (1.46%) Foundry
6 3 (1.46%) Palantir
6 3 (1.46%) SAP
7 1 (0.49%) Adobe
7 1 (0.49%) Broadcom
7 1 (0.49%) Dell
7 1 (0.49%) Oracle
7 1 (0.49%) Splunk
7 1 (0.49%) TIBCO