Architect Contracts in Hampshire

Architect
South East > Hampshire

The median Architect daily rate in Hampshire is £625, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 11 4 10
Rank change year-on-year -7 +6 0
Contract jobs requiring an Architect 89 362 173
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Hampshire 11.93% 22.48% 12.31%
As % of the Job Titles category 12.50% 24.95% 13.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 82 192 107
10th Percentile £501 £551 £525
25th Percentile £550 £613 £585
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £650 £650
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% - -
75th Percentile £688 £738 £750
90th Percentile £730 £800 £800
South East median daily rate £625 £650 £650
% change year-on-year -3.85% - +5.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 7
10th Percentile - £90.20 £62.50
25th Percentile - £90.50 £64.38
Median hourly rate - £91.00 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year - +30.00% -
75th Percentile - £91.50 £75.13
90th Percentile - £91.80 £80.25
South East median hourly rate £82.00 £87.46 £70.00
% change year-on-year -6.24% +24.94% +18.64%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
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 712 1,451 1,323
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 95.44% 90.12% 94.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 519 824 865
10th Percentile £280 £363 £232
25th Percentile £425 £450 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £575 £525
Median % change year-on-year -6.52% +9.52% +5.00%
75th Percentile £613 £675 £620
90th Percentile £661 £738 £700
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - +2.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 45 173 106
10th Percentile £20.03 £13.40 £18.25
25th Percentile £24.66 £33.75 £22.51
Median hourly rate £55.00 £57.35 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year -4.10% +9.24% +141.38%
75th Percentile £71.25 £62.50 £67.50
90th Percentile £75.00 £76.86 £75.00
South East median hourly rate £32.50 £47.50 £48.40
% change year-on-year -31.58% -1.86% +130.48%

Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Hampshire

Job postings that featured Architect in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Hampshire.

Job vacancy trend for Architect in Hampshire

Architect
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Hampshire

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Architect in Hampshire.

Daily rate trend for Architect in Hampshire

Architect
Daily Rate Histogram in Hampshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Architect in Hampshire over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Architect in Hampshire

Architect
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Hampshire

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Architect in Hampshire.

Hourly rate trend for Architect 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 1 May 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
Basingstoke -1 38 £625 -3.85% 53
Farnborough +9 16 £626 -3.10% 11
Southampton +9 7 £475 -26.92% 37
Portsmouth +5 7 £575 +6.48% 33
Winchester +5 4 £500 - 2
Havant +2 2 £737 +7.91%
Fareham -1 2 £800 - 2
Andover +3 1 £675 +9.09% 1
Architect
South East

Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Hampshire

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Architect contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Hampshire region featuring Architect in the job title.

1 65 (73.03%) Security Cleared
2 44 (49.44%) DV Cleared
3 29 (32.58%) Social Skills
4 23 (25.84%) SC Cleared
4 23 (25.84%) Windows
4 23 (25.84%) Active Directory
5 20 (22.47%) Agile
6 18 (20.22%) Linux
7 17 (19.10%) Microsoft
7 17 (19.10%) VMware
8 14 (15.73%) Problem-Solving
9 13 (14.61%) AWS
10 12 (13.48%) PowerShell
10 12 (13.48%) Public Sector
11 11 (12.36%) VMware Infrastructure
11 11 (12.36%) Cisco Certification
11 11 (12.36%) CCNP
11 11 (12.36%) CCNA
12 10 (11.24%) Cisco
12 10 (11.24%) SQL
13 9 (10.11%) Juniper
13 9 (10.11%) Stakeholder Management
13 9 (10.11%) Technical Leadership
13 9 (10.11%) Privileged Access Management
13 9 (10.11%) Process Improvement
13 9 (10.11%) Analytical Skills
14 8 (8.99%) Migration
14 8 (8.99%) PKI
14 8 (8.99%) Degree
14 8 (8.99%) Network Architecture

Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Hampshire by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 1 (1.12%) Adobe Experience Manager
1 1 (1.12%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 3 (3.37%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 13 (14.61%) AWS
2 7 (7.87%) Azure
3 3 (3.37%) AWS KMS
4 2 (2.25%) Entra ID
4 2 (2.25%) IaaS
5 1 (1.12%) AWS CloudFormation
5 1 (1.12%) GCP
5 1 (1.12%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 6 (6.74%) SSL
2 5 (5.62%) Firewall
2 5 (5.62%) iSCSI
3 4 (4.49%) Fibre Channel
3 4 (4.49%) Network Security
4 3 (3.37%) VPN
5 2 (2.25%) LAN
5 2 (2.25%) Software-Defined Networking
5 2 (2.25%) WAN
5 2 (2.25%) X.509
6 1 (1.12%) ATM
6 1 (1.12%) CATAPAN
6 1 (1.12%) Cisco Firepower
6 1 (1.12%) Frame Relay
6 1 (1.12%) NGFW
6 1 (1.12%) SDH
6 1 (1.12%) VoIP
6 1 (1.12%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (3.37%) SQL Server
2 2 (2.25%) Oracle Database
3 1 (1.12%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 3 (3.37%) MSI
General
1 29 (32.58%) Social Skills
2 12 (13.48%) Public Sector
3 9 (10.11%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (5.62%) Finance
5 4 (4.49%) Telecoms
6 3 (3.37%) Electronics
6 3 (3.37%) Manufacturing
6 3 (3.37%) Marketing
7 2 (2.25%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (1.12%) Aerospace
8 1 (1.12%) Aviation
8 1 (1.12%) Legal
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (3.37%) Web Services
2 2 (2.25%) Middleware
3 1 (1.12%) Kafka
3 1 (1.12%) LDAP
3 1 (1.12%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 8 (8.99%) PKI
2 7 (7.87%) IoT
3 6 (6.74%) Algorithms
3 6 (6.74%) Device Driver
3 6 (6.74%) Embedded Systems
4 3 (3.37%) CMDB
4 3 (3.37%) Data Centre
5 2 (2.25%) Operational Technology
5 2 (2.25%) Public Cloud
6 1 (1.12%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (1.12%) Onboarding
6 1 (1.12%) Product Ownership
6 1 (1.12%) SCADA
6 1 (1.12%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 23 (25.84%) Windows
2 18 (20.22%) Linux
3 4 (4.49%) Windows Server
3 4 (4.49%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (22.47%) Agile
2 14 (15.73%) Problem-Solving
3 9 (10.11%) Privileged Access Management
3 9 (10.11%) Process Improvement
3 9 (10.11%) Stakeholder Management
3 9 (10.11%) Technical Leadership
4 8 (8.99%) Migration
4 8 (8.99%) Network Architecture
5 7 (7.87%) Customer Requirements
5 7 (7.87%) Cybersecurity
5 7 (7.87%) Decision-Making
5 7 (7.87%) Network Design
6 6 (6.74%) Architectural Design
6 6 (6.74%) Cloud Enablement
6 6 (6.74%) Device Driver Development
6 6 (6.74%) Key Management
6 6 (6.74%) Multithreading
6 6 (6.74%) Project Management
6 6 (6.74%) SDLC
7 5 (5.62%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 12 (13.48%) PowerShell
2 10 (11.24%) SQL
3 6 (6.74%) Embedded C
4 5 (5.62%) C
5 3 (3.37%) Python
6 2 (2.25%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 65 (73.03%) Security Cleared
2 44 (49.44%) DV Cleared
3 23 (25.84%) SC Cleared
4 11 (12.36%) CCNA
4 11 (12.36%) CCNP
4 11 (12.36%) Cisco Certification
5 8 (8.99%) Degree
6 7 (7.87%) JNCIS
7 6 (6.74%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 4 (4.49%) MCSE
8 4 (4.49%) Microsoft Certification
8 4 (4.49%) VCP5
8 4 (4.49%) VCP6
9 3 (3.37%) Computer Science Degree
10 2 (2.25%) CISSP
10 2 (2.25%) VCAP
11 1 (1.12%) Azure Certification
11 1 (1.12%) CISM
11 1 (1.12%) Network+ Certification
11 1 (1.12%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (3.37%) JSP 440
1 3 (3.37%) NIST
1 3 (3.37%) QA
2 1 (1.12%) GDPR
2 1 (1.12%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (1.12%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 23 (25.84%) Active Directory
2 11 (12.36%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (6.74%) Firmware
3 6 (6.74%) vSphere
4 5 (5.62%) NFS
4 5 (5.62%) VMware ESXi
5 3 (3.37%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 3 (3.37%) vRealize
1 3 (3.37%) vRealize Orchestrator
1 3 (3.37%) WMI
2 1 (1.12%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 1 (1.12%) Iperf
2 1 (1.12%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (1.12%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (1.12%) Terraform
Vendors
1 17 (19.10%) Microsoft
1 17 (19.10%) VMware
2 10 (11.24%) Cisco
3 9 (10.11%) Juniper
4 7 (7.87%) Fortinet
5 4 (4.49%) Fujitsu
5 4 (4.49%) NetApp
5 4 (4.49%) Splunk
5 4 (4.49%) Veeam
6 3 (3.37%) CyberArk
6 3 (3.37%) SAP
6 3 (3.37%) ServiceNow
6 3 (3.37%) Thales
7 2 (2.25%) Adobe
7 2 (2.25%) IFS
7 2 (2.25%) MuleSoft
7 2 (2.25%) Oracle
7 2 (2.25%) SolarWinds
8 1 (1.12%) F5
8 1 (1.12%) Palo Alto