Architect Contract Job Trends in Hampshire

Architect
South East > Hampshire

The median Architect daily rate in Hampshire is £663, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 23 March 2026.

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

6 months to
23 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 6 10 4
Rank change year-on-year +4 -6 +5
Contract jobs requiring an Architect 254 96 346
As % of all contract jobs in Hampshire 16.29% 13.26% 22.44%
As % of the Job Titles category 17.61% 13.97% 24.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 178 91 187
10th Percentile £503 £508 £570
25th Percentile £575 £550 £613
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £663 £625 £650
Median % change year-on-year +6.00% -3.85% -3.70%
75th Percentile £725 £688 £738
90th Percentile £788 £738 £810
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 £78.00 £83.77
% change year-on-year +15.38% -6.88% +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 1,442 687 1,388
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.50% 94.89% 90.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 897 508 790
10th Percentile £325 £300 £343
25th Percentile £463 £433 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% +9.52%
75th Percentile £648 £614 £672
90th Percentile £738 £675 £738
South East median daily rate £505 £503 £500
% change year-on-year +0.50% +0.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 121 42 140
10th Percentile £13.95 £20.21 £13.05
25th Percentile £17.00 £25.37 £20.00
Median hourly rate £25.15 £54.94 £54.88
Median % change year-on-year -54.22% +0.11% +9.75%
75th Percentile £48.88 £69.69 £62.50
90th Percentile £57.50 £75.00 £75.16
South East median hourly rate £40.00 £42.50 £44.00
% change year-on-year -5.88% -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 23 March 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 March 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 +1 136 £700 +12.00% 14
Farnborough +1 35 £600 -4.53% 7
Andover +2 18 £750 +11.11% 2
Fareham +3 15 £510 -36.25%
Southampton -4 11 £675 +38.46% 4
Portsmouth -7 5 £563 -10.00% 6
Hook - 3 £800 -
Aldershot -3 1 £663 +20.45%
Eastleigh - 1 - -
Architect
South East

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

For the 6 months to 23 March 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.

1 214 (84.25%) Security Cleared
2 156 (61.42%) DV Cleared
3 75 (29.53%) Agile
4 48 (18.90%) SC Cleared
5 39 (15.35%) VMware
6 34 (13.39%) Enterprise Architecture
6 34 (13.39%) Windows
7 32 (12.60%) Microsoft
8 27 (10.63%) Roadmaps
9 23 (9.06%) Azure
9 23 (9.06%) Sparx
9 23 (9.06%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
10 22 (8.66%) ITIL
11 21 (8.27%) PowerShell
12 19 (7.48%) Decision-Making
12 19 (7.48%) Problem-Solving
13 18 (7.09%) IT4IT
14 17 (6.69%) Active Directory
14 17 (6.69%) TOGAF
15 16 (6.30%) Firewall
16 15 (5.91%) NIST
16 15 (5.91%) WMI
17 14 (5.51%) PaaS
17 14 (5.51%) vCenter Server
18 13 (5.12%) ArchiMate
18 13 (5.12%) Strategic Roadmap
18 13 (5.12%) Technical Leadership
19 12 (4.72%) AWS
19 12 (4.72%) IaaS
20 11 (4.33%) COBIT

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 (0.79%) Confluence
1 2 (0.79%) Ethereum
1 2 (0.79%) Hyperledger
2 1 (0.39%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 3 (1.18%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 23 (9.06%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 4 (1.57%) Remedy ITSM
3 2 (0.79%) Distributed Ledger
3 2 (0.79%) R3 Corda
4 1 (0.39%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 23 (9.06%) Azure
2 14 (5.51%) PaaS
3 12 (4.72%) AWS
3 12 (4.72%) IaaS
4 5 (1.97%) Google Ads
5 4 (1.57%) GCP
5 4 (1.57%) Microsoft 365
5 4 (1.57%) Power Platform
6 3 (1.18%) Algolia
6 3 (1.18%) Commercetools
6 3 (1.18%) Contentful
7 2 (0.79%) OpenShift
8 1 (0.39%) Azure DevOps
8 1 (0.39%) Dynamics 365
8 1 (0.39%) GitHub
8 1 (0.39%) GitHub Actions
8 1 (0.39%) SAP Commerce Cloud
8 1 (0.39%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 16 (6.30%) Firewall
2 8 (3.15%) VPN
3 7 (2.76%) LAN
3 7 (2.76%) Network Security
4 4 (1.57%) S/MIME
4 4 (1.57%) WAN
5 2 (0.79%) iSCSI
5 2 (0.79%) PCoIP
5 2 (0.79%) SAN
5 2 (0.79%) SSL
5 2 (0.79%) VSAN
6 1 (0.39%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (1.57%) Power BI
1 4 (1.57%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.39%) Big Data
2 1 (0.39%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 3 (1.18%) MSI
2 2 (0.79%) JIRA
3 1 (0.39%) GitLab
3 1 (0.39%) Jenkins
General
1 45 (17.72%) Social Skills
2 17 (6.69%) Public Sector
3 14 (5.51%) Presentation Skills
4 12 (4.72%) Finance
5 11 (4.33%) Analytical Skills
6 6 (2.36%) Military
7 4 (1.57%) Legal
8 2 (0.79%) Telecoms
9 1 (0.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (0.39%) Marketing
9 1 (0.39%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (1.97%) REST
2 2 (0.79%) JSON
2 2 (0.79%) Smart Contracts
2 2 (0.79%) XML
3 1 (0.39%) SOAP
3 1 (0.39%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 33 (12.99%) PKI
2 10 (3.94%) Blockchain
3 9 (3.54%) Fat Client
3 9 (3.54%) Thin Client
4 6 (2.36%) Algorithms
5 4 (1.57%) Cloud Native
5 4 (1.57%) Data Centre
5 4 (1.57%) Smartcard
6 2 (0.79%) Hybrid Cloud
6 2 (0.79%) Onboarding
6 2 (0.79%) Security Posture
7 1 (0.39%) Analytical Mindset
7 1 (0.39%) Data Structures
7 1 (0.39%) Distributed Systems
7 1 (0.39%) IoT
7 1 (0.39%) Legacy Systems
7 1 (0.39%) Management Information System
7 1 (0.39%) Marketing Technology
7 1 (0.39%) Product Ownership
7 1 (0.39%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 34 (13.39%) Windows
2 11 (4.33%) Linux
3 9 (3.54%) Windows 7
4 8 (3.15%) Windows Server
5 4 (1.57%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (0.39%) CentOS
6 1 (0.39%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 75 (29.53%) Agile
2 34 (13.39%) Enterprise Architecture
3 27 (10.63%) Roadmaps
4 22 (8.66%) ITIL
5 19 (7.48%) Decision-Making
5 19 (7.48%) Problem-Solving
6 18 (7.09%) IT4IT
7 17 (6.69%) TOGAF
8 13 (5.12%) ArchiMate
8 13 (5.12%) Strategic Roadmap
8 13 (5.12%) Technical Leadership
9 11 (4.33%) Knowledge Transfer
9 11 (4.33%) Service Management
10 10 (3.94%) Architecture Governance
10 10 (3.94%) KYC
10 10 (3.94%) Scrum
10 10 (3.94%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 10 (3.94%) Vulnerability Scanning
11 9 (3.54%) Architectural Design
11 9 (3.54%) Cloud Security
Programming Languages
1 21 (8.27%) PowerShell
2 10 (3.94%) Python
3 4 (1.57%) C#
3 4 (1.57%) JavaScript
3 4 (1.57%) SQL
4 1 (0.39%) Bash
Qualifications
1 214 (84.25%) Security Cleared
2 156 (61.42%) DV Cleared
3 48 (18.90%) SC Cleared
4 11 (4.33%) ISEB
5 8 (3.15%) ITIL Certification
6 6 (2.36%) CISM
6 6 (2.36%) CISSP
7 4 (1.57%) GIAC
8 2 (0.79%) Computer Science Degree
8 2 (0.79%) Degree
8 2 (0.79%) Microsoft Certification
8 2 (0.79%) TOGAF Certification
8 2 (0.79%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 1 (0.39%) AWS Certification
9 1 (0.39%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 1 (0.39%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (5.91%) NIST
2 11 (4.33%) COBIT
3 10 (3.94%) GDPR
3 10 (3.94%) NCSC
4 7 (2.76%) ISO/IEC 20000
5 5 (1.97%) HMG Security Policy Framework
5 5 (1.97%) JSP 440
6 4 (1.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.39%) Data Quality
7 1 (0.39%) GRC
7 1 (0.39%) HIPAA
System Software
1 17 (6.69%) Active Directory
2 8 (3.15%) vCloud
3 6 (2.36%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (2.36%) vSphere
4 4 (1.57%) VMware ESXi
5 2 (0.79%) Docker
5 2 (0.79%) NFS
5 2 (0.79%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 15 (5.91%) WMI
2 14 (5.51%) vCenter Server
3 4 (1.57%) Endace
4 3 (1.18%) Kubernetes
5 2 (0.79%) Terraform
5 2 (0.79%) vRealize
5 2 (0.79%) vRealize Orchestrator
6 1 (0.39%) Ansible
6 1 (0.39%) Nessus
Vendors
1 39 (15.35%) VMware
2 32 (12.60%) Microsoft
3 23 (9.06%) Sparx
4 10 (3.94%) BiZZdesign
5 8 (3.15%) Cisco
6 7 (2.76%) Juniper
7 6 (2.36%) Thales
8 5 (1.97%) ServiceNow
9 4 (1.57%) BMC
9 4 (1.57%) Remedy
10 3 (1.18%) F5
11 2 (0.79%) Databricks
11 2 (0.79%) HubSpot
11 2 (0.79%) Palo Alto
11 2 (0.79%) Red Hat
12 1 (0.39%) NetApp
12 1 (0.39%) Nokia
12 1 (0.39%) Oracle
12 1 (0.39%) SAP
12 1 (0.39%) Workday