Architectural Design Contract Job Trends in Hampshire

Architectural Design
South East > Hampshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Hampshire requiring Architectural Design skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 75 66 91
Rank change year-on-year -9 +25 +9
Contract jobs citing Architectural Design 18 5 1
As % of all contract jobs in Hampshire 1.36% 0.58% 0.077%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.64% 0.68% 0.089%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 4 0
10th Percentile £560 £406 -
25th Percentile - £415 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £448 -
Median % change year-on-year +34.08% - -
75th Percentile £650 £491 -
90th Percentile £670 £496 -
South East median daily rate £510 £550 £625
% change year-on-year -7.27% -12.00% +19.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £51.25 - -
Median hourly rate £52.50 - £59.00
75th Percentile £53.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median hourly rate £52.50 - £59.00
% change year-on-year - - -16.31%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Hampshire

Architectural Design falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Hampshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,097 740 1,120
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hampshire 82.92% 85.16% 86.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 737 516 602
10th Percentile £311 £356 £350
25th Percentile £447 £450 £453
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - +2.80%
75th Percentile £638 £625 £650
90th Percentile £725 £688 £700
South East median daily rate £500 £513 £518
% change year-on-year -2.44% -1.06% +1.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 111 43 84
10th Percentile £16.17 £21.00 £16.25
25th Percentile £18.87 £27.25 £27.50
Median hourly rate £20.71 £35.00 £55.70
Median % change year-on-year -40.83% -37.16% +29.26%
75th Percentile £25.15 £66.88 £65.00
90th Percentile £48.75 £75.00 £77.50
South East median hourly rate £22.50 £47.25 £55.00
% change year-on-year -52.38% -14.10% +37.50%

Architectural Design
Job Vacancy Trend in Hampshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Architectural Design relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Hampshire.

Architectural Design job vacancy trend in Hampshire

Architectural Design
Daily Rate Trend in Hampshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing Architectural Design.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing Architectural Design

Architectural Design
Daily Rate Histogram in Hampshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Architectural Design in Hampshire over the 6 months to 1 January 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Architectural Design in Hampshire

Architectural Design
Hourly Rate Trend in Hampshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing Architectural Design.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing Architectural Design

Architectural Design
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 Architectural Design within the Hampshire region over the 6 months to 1 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 - 9 £600 -
Fareham - 3 £580 -
Farnborough - 3 £650 -
Portsmouth - 2 £600 - 2
Eastleigh - 1 - -
Architectural Design
South East

Architectural Design
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 (38.89%) Exchange Server 2003
1 7 (38.89%) Exchange Server 2007
1 7 (38.89%) Exchange Server 2010
1 7 (38.89%) Exchange Server 2013
1 7 (38.89%) Microsoft Exchange
1 7 (38.89%) Office Communications Server
1 7 (38.89%) SharePoint
1 7 (38.89%) SharePoint Server
1 7 (38.89%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 7 (38.89%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (5.56%) AWS
1 1 (5.56%) Azure
1 1 (5.56%) GCP
1 1 (5.56%) Google Ads
Communications & Networking
1 7 (38.89%) DDNS
1 7 (38.89%) DHCP
1 7 (38.89%) DNS
1 7 (38.89%) SAN
1 7 (38.89%) VPN
2 2 (11.11%) LAN
3 1 (5.56%) Firewall
General
1 3 (16.67%) Legal
2 2 (11.11%) Public Sector
3 1 (5.56%) Military
3 1 (5.56%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 10 (55.56%) Architect
2 7 (38.89%) Exchange Engineer
2 7 (38.89%) Exchange Support
2 7 (38.89%) Support Engineer
3 5 (27.78%) Solutions Architect
4 3 (16.67%) Enterprise Architect
5 2 (11.11%) Infrastructure Architect
5 2 (11.11%) Infrastructure Solutions Architect
5 2 (11.11%) Network Architect
6 1 (5.56%) 3rd Line Engineer
6 1 (5.56%) 3rd Line Support
6 1 (5.56%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
6 1 (5.56%) Cloud Architect
6 1 (5.56%) Cloud Solutions Architect
6 1 (5.56%) IP Architect
6 1 (5.56%) Systems Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 7 (38.89%) Replication
2 1 (5.56%) AI Agents
2 1 (5.56%) Cloud Native
Operating Systems
1 9 (50.00%) Windows
2 7 (38.89%) Windows Server 2003
3 2 (11.11%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (55.56%) ITIL
2 7 (38.89%) Business Intelligence
2 7 (38.89%) Content Management
2 7 (38.89%) Enterprise Content Management
2 7 (38.89%) Enterprise Search
2 7 (38.89%) High Availability
3 4 (22.22%) Enterprise Architecture
3 4 (22.22%) Roadmaps
3 4 (22.22%) Strategic Roadmap
3 4 (22.22%) TOGAF
4 3 (16.67%) Conflict Resolution
4 3 (16.67%) IT4IT
4 3 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (11.11%) Agile
5 2 (11.11%) Business Strategy
5 2 (11.11%) Continuous Improvement
5 2 (11.11%) Performance Optimisation
5 2 (11.11%) Proactive Maintenance
6 1 (5.56%) Validation
6 1 (5.56%) Zachman Framework
Qualifications
1 16 (88.89%) Security Cleared
2 12 (66.67%) DV Cleared
3 3 (16.67%) ISEB
3 3 (16.67%) ITIL Certification
3 3 (16.67%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (16.67%) COBIT
2 2 (11.11%) SLA
3 1 (5.56%) NIST
System Software
1 7 (38.89%) Active Directory
1 7 (38.89%) Brightmail
1 7 (38.89%) ISA Server
Systems Management
1 7 (38.89%) Microsoft Clustering
Vendors
1 8 (44.44%) Microsoft
2 3 (16.67%) Cisco
3 2 (11.11%) Juniper
4 1 (5.56%) Nokia
4 1 (5.56%) Palo Alto