Architect Contract Job Trends 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 3 January 2026.

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

6 months to
3 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 6 10 7
Rank change year-on-year +4 -3 0
Contract jobs requiring an Architect 216 105 177
As % of all contract jobs in Hampshire 16.50% 12.43% 13.72%
As % of the Job Titles category 18.17% 13.21% 15.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 165 87 79
10th Percentile £519 £545 £519
25th Percentile £525 £581 £560
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £650 £650
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% - -3.70%
75th Percentile £725 £725 £694
90th Percentile £788 £769 £738
South East median daily rate £600 £625 £650
% change year-on-year -4.00% -3.85% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £81.50 - £72.50
Median hourly rate £83.00 - £77.50
75th Percentile £84.50 - £80.00
90th Percentile - - -
South East median hourly rate £90.00 £73.31 £76.53
% change year-on-year +22.77% -4.21% +9.33%

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 1,189 795 1,166
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.83% 94.08% 90.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 773 552 633
10th Percentile £313 £310 £311
25th Percentile £450 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £540 £540
Median % change year-on-year -1.85% - +2.86%
75th Percentile £638 £628 £650
90th Percentile £725 £700 £700
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £500
Number of hourly rates quoted 109 42 88
10th Percentile £15.73 £21.35 £16.00
25th Percentile £17.00 £28.13 £26.31
Median hourly rate £23.58 £35.00 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year -32.64% -39.13% +32.18%
75th Percentile £48.75 £67.81 £65.00
90th Percentile £57.20 £75.00 £77.50
South East median hourly rate £25.15 £42.50 £55.00
% change year-on-year -40.82% -22.73% +46.67%

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 3 January 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 3 January 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 +1 104 £625 -5.66% 26
Portsmouth +11 30 £538 -14.00% 10
Andover - 17 £750 - 1
Farnborough -12 16 £613 -2.78% 7
Fareham 0 14 £510 -20.78% 1
Southampton -2 8 £800 +64.10% 6
Hook - 3 £800 -
Eastleigh -3 1 - -
Aldershot -5 1 £663 +20.45%
Architect
South East

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

For the 6 months to 3 January 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.

1 189 (87.50%) Security Cleared
2 109 (50.46%) DV Cleared
3 71 (32.87%) SC Cleared
4 50 (23.15%) Agile
5 41 (18.98%) VMware
6 38 (17.59%) IT4IT
6 38 (17.59%) ITIL
6 38 (17.59%) Microsoft
7 33 (15.28%) Windows
8 28 (12.96%) ISO/IEC 20000
8 28 (12.96%) Service Design
8 28 (12.96%) Service Management
9 24 (11.11%) Project Delivery
10 22 (10.19%) Enterprise Architecture
11 20 (9.26%) Azure
12 18 (8.33%) Sparx
12 18 (8.33%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
13 17 (7.87%) Roadmaps
14 16 (7.41%) Firewall
15 15 (6.94%) TOGAF
15 15 (6.94%) vSphere
16 14 (6.48%) Active Directory
16 14 (6.48%) WMI
17 13 (6.02%) PowerShell
18 12 (5.56%) Problem-Solving
18 12 (5.56%) Prototyping
18 12 (5.56%) VMware ESXi
18 12 (5.56%) VMware Infrastructure
19 11 (5.09%) NIST
19 11 (5.09%) Strategic Roadmap

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 3 (1.39%) Documentum
2 1 (0.46%) Ethereum
2 1 (0.46%) Hyperledger
Applications
1 2 (0.93%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 18 (8.33%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 1 (0.46%) Distributed Ledger
2 1 (0.46%) R3 Corda
2 1 (0.46%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 20 (9.26%) Azure
2 8 (3.70%) AWS
3 5 (2.31%) Google Ads
3 5 (2.31%) PaaS
4 3 (1.39%) Algolia
4 3 (1.39%) Azure DevOps
4 3 (1.39%) Commercetools
4 3 (1.39%) Contentful
4 3 (1.39%) IaaS
4 3 (1.39%) Microsoft 365
5 2 (0.93%) GCP
6 1 (0.46%) Azure Sentinel
6 1 (0.46%) Entra ID
6 1 (0.46%) SAP Commerce Cloud
6 1 (0.46%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 16 (7.41%) Firewall
2 8 (3.70%) iSCSI
2 8 (3.70%) VSAN
3 7 (3.24%) LAN
4 6 (2.78%) Fibre Channel
5 5 (2.31%) VPN
6 4 (1.85%) PCoIP
7 3 (1.39%) S/MIME
7 3 (1.39%) SAN
8 2 (0.93%) NAS
8 2 (0.93%) SSL
8 2 (0.93%) WAN
9 1 (0.46%) BGP
9 1 (0.46%) Ethernet VPN
9 1 (0.46%) VLAN
9 1 (0.46%) VXLAN
Development Applications
1 3 (1.39%) Git
2 2 (0.93%) GitLab
2 2 (0.93%) Jenkins
2 2 (0.93%) MSI
General
1 31 (14.35%) Social Skills
2 21 (9.72%) Public Sector
3 8 (3.70%) Presentation Skills
4 6 (2.78%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (1.85%) Military
6 3 (1.39%) Legal
7 2 (0.93%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 2 (0.93%) Marketing
7 2 (0.93%) Retail
7 2 (0.93%) Telecoms
8 1 (0.46%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (0.46%) Finance
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (0.93%) JSON
1 2 (0.93%) RESTful
1 2 (0.93%) XML
2 1 (0.46%) REST
2 1 (0.46%) Smart Contracts
Miscellaneous
1 27 (12.50%) PKI
2 10 (4.63%) Fat Client
2 10 (4.63%) Thin Client
3 5 (2.31%) Algorithms
4 3 (1.39%) Smartcard
5 2 (0.93%) Data Centre
5 2 (0.93%) Enterprise Software
5 2 (0.93%) Marketing Technology
5 2 (0.93%) Replication
6 1 (0.46%) AI Agents
6 1 (0.46%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (0.46%) Blockchain
6 1 (0.46%) Cloud Native
6 1 (0.46%) Hybrid Cloud
6 1 (0.46%) Legacy Systems
6 1 (0.46%) Management Information System
6 1 (0.46%) Onboarding
6 1 (0.46%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 33 (15.28%) Windows
2 10 (4.63%) Windows 7
3 9 (4.17%) Linux
3 9 (4.17%) Windows Server
4 6 (2.78%) Windows Server 2019
5 3 (1.39%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (0.46%) CentOS
6 1 (0.46%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 50 (23.15%) Agile
2 38 (17.59%) IT4IT
2 38 (17.59%) ITIL
3 28 (12.96%) Service Design
3 28 (12.96%) Service Management
4 24 (11.11%) Project Delivery
5 22 (10.19%) Enterprise Architecture
6 17 (7.87%) Roadmaps
7 15 (6.94%) TOGAF
8 12 (5.56%) Problem-Solving
8 12 (5.56%) Prototyping
9 11 (5.09%) Strategic Roadmap
10 10 (4.63%) Architectural Design
10 10 (4.63%) Collaborative Working
10 10 (4.63%) Decision-Making
10 10 (4.63%) Open Source
11 9 (4.17%) Customer Requirements
12 8 (3.70%) ArchiMate
12 8 (3.70%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 8 (3.70%) Zachman Framework
Programming Languages
1 13 (6.02%) PowerShell
2 10 (4.63%) Python
3 8 (3.70%) Java
4 6 (2.78%) SQL
5 1 (0.46%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 189 (87.50%) Security Cleared
2 109 (50.46%) DV Cleared
3 71 (32.87%) SC Cleared
4 10 (4.63%) ISEB
5 8 (3.70%) Microsoft Certification
6 7 (3.24%) ITIL Certification
7 6 (2.78%) MCSE
7 6 (2.78%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 3 (1.39%) CISM
8 3 (1.39%) CISSP
8 3 (1.39%) GIAC
8 3 (1.39%) VCDX
9 2 (0.93%) TOGAF Certification
9 2 (0.93%) VCP5
9 2 (0.93%) VCP6
10 1 (0.46%) AWS Certification
10 1 (0.46%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 1 (0.46%) Computer Science Degree
10 1 (0.46%) Degree
10 1 (0.46%) VCAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (12.96%) ISO/IEC 20000
2 11 (5.09%) NIST
3 10 (4.63%) COBIT
4 8 (3.70%) NCSC
5 7 (3.24%) GDPR
6 5 (2.31%) HMG Security Policy Framework
6 5 (2.31%) JSP 440
7 3 (1.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 2 (0.93%) NIST 800
8 2 (0.93%) SLA
9 1 (0.46%) HIPAA
System Software
1 15 (6.94%) vSphere
2 14 (6.48%) Active Directory
3 12 (5.56%) VMware ESXi
3 12 (5.56%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (3.70%) NFS
5 7 (3.24%) VMware NSX
6 3 (1.39%) vCloud
7 1 (0.46%) Docker
7 1 (0.46%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 14 (6.48%) WMI
2 10 (4.63%) vCenter Server
3 2 (0.93%) Endace
3 2 (0.93%) Kubernetes
3 2 (0.93%) vRealize
3 2 (0.93%) vRealize Orchestrator
4 1 (0.46%) Nessus
4 1 (0.46%) Terraform
Vendors
1 41 (18.98%) VMware
2 38 (17.59%) Microsoft
3 18 (8.33%) Sparx
4 8 (3.70%) Cisco
4 8 (3.70%) NetApp
5 7 (3.24%) Juniper
6 6 (2.78%) Splunk
6 6 (2.78%) Veeam
7 5 (2.31%) BiZZdesign
7 5 (2.31%) Thales
8 2 (0.93%) Databricks
8 2 (0.93%) HubSpot
8 2 (0.93%) Palo Alto
9 1 (0.46%) Nokia
9 1 (0.46%) Red Hat
9 1 (0.46%) Salesforce
9 1 (0.46%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
9 1 (0.46%) ServiceNow
9 1 (0.46%) Workday
9 1 (0.46%) Zscaler