Degree Contracts in Hampshire

Academic Degree
South East > Hampshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Hampshire with a requirement for Degree qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 23 16 27
Rank change year-on-year -7 +11 -6
Contract jobs citing Degree 48 116 95
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Hampshire 6.43% 7.20% 6.76%
As % of the Qualifications category 11.27% 10.86% 11.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 33 50 56
10th Percentile £396 £400 £178
25th Percentile £500 £500 £228
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £625 £438
Median % change year-on-year -16.00% +42.86% +2.94%
75th Percentile £588 £638 £656
90th Percentile £610 £744 £800
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £480
% change year-on-year - +4.17% +6.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 44 22
10th Percentile £69.00 - £20.47
25th Percentile - £53.40 £37.88
Median hourly rate £75.00 £57.35 £59.45
Median % change year-on-year +30.78% -3.54% +50.51%
75th Percentile - £61.30 £67.96
90th Percentile - - £74.75
South East median hourly rate £58.38 £57.35 £45.00
% change year-on-year +1.79% +27.44% +8.43%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Hampshire

Degree falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in Hampshire.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 426 1,068 805
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hampshire 57.10% 66.34% 57.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 329 603 527
10th Percentile £375 £425 £250
25th Percentile £488 £500 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £600 £550
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% +3.48%
75th Percentile £613 £675 £638
90th Percentile £660 £743 £713
South East median daily rate £537 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -2.32% +4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 29 74 62
10th Percentile £20.09 £26.00 £25.39
25th Percentile £24.66 £53.40 £50.00
Median hourly rate £62.50 £57.35 £61.59
Median % change year-on-year +8.98% -6.88% +26.78%
75th Percentile £75.00 £65.00 £70.96
90th Percentile - £80.00 £75.00
South East median hourly rate £56.75 £57.35 £57.76
% change year-on-year -1.05% -0.71% +28.75%

Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in Hampshire

Job postings citing Degree as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Hampshire.

Job vacancy trend for Degree in Hampshire

Degree
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Hampshire

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

Daily rate trend for Degree in Hampshire

Degree
Daily Rate Histogram in Hampshire

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

Daily rate histogram for Degree in Hampshire

Degree
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Hampshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Degree in Hampshire

Degree
Hourly Rate Histogram in Hampshire

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Degree in Hampshire over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Degree in Hampshire

Degree
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 Degree 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 +11 15 £575 -8.00% 28
Farnborough +7 14 £495 +46.67% 34
Southampton - 6 £450 - 65
Winchester +4 3 £500 -16.67% 13
Eastleigh -5 3 £525 +10.53% 3
Portsmouth -18 3 £408 -47.42% 58
Lee-on-the-Solent - 2 £575 - 1
Gosport - 1 - - 6
Degree
South East

Degree
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 8 (16.67%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (2.08%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (4.17%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (2.08%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (2.08%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (2.08%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (2.08%) Trello
Cloud Services
1 13 (27.08%) AWS
2 8 (16.67%) GCP
2 8 (16.67%) IaaS
2 8 (16.67%) OpenShift
2 8 (16.67%) PaaS
3 7 (14.58%) Azure
4 3 (6.25%) AWS KMS
5 2 (4.17%) Microsoft 365
6 1 (2.08%) Azure Key Vault
6 1 (2.08%) Azure Sentinel
6 1 (2.08%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 15 (31.25%) Firewall
2 14 (29.17%) VPN
3 8 (16.67%) DHCP
3 8 (16.67%) DNS
3 8 (16.67%) SMTP
4 6 (12.50%) Network Security
5 4 (8.33%) SSL
6 1 (2.08%) 5G
6 1 (2.08%) Internet
6 1 (2.08%) Radio Access Network
6 1 (2.08%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (16.67%) Amazon RDS
1 8 (16.67%) Big Data
1 8 (16.67%) Elasticsearch
2 2 (4.17%) Oracle Database
3 1 (2.08%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (2.08%) Git
1 1 (2.08%) JIRA
General
1 18 (37.50%) Social Skills
2 13 (27.08%) Analytical Skills
3 8 (16.67%) Finance
3 8 (16.67%) Public Sector
4 4 (8.33%) Aviation
4 4 (8.33%) Manufacturing
5 3 (6.25%) Aerospace
5 3 (6.25%) Legal
6 2 (4.17%) Documentation Skills
6 2 (4.17%) Electronics
7 1 (2.08%) Automotive
7 1 (2.08%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (2.08%) Marketing
7 1 (2.08%) Military
7 1 (2.08%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (2.08%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 8 (16.67%) 3rd Line Engineer
1 8 (16.67%) 3rd Line Support
1 8 (16.67%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
1 8 (16.67%) Architect
1 8 (16.67%) Support Engineer
2 7 (14.58%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
2 7 (14.58%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Support
2 7 (14.58%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 7 (14.58%) Infrastructure Support
2 7 (14.58%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
3 6 (12.50%) ERP Implementation Manager
3 6 (12.50%) ERP Manager
3 6 (12.50%) Implementation Manager
3 6 (12.50%) Network Engineer
4 5 (10.42%) Senior
5 3 (6.25%) Analyst
5 3 (6.25%) Network Architect
6 2 (4.17%) Developer
6 2 (4.17%) Hardware Engineer
6 2 (4.17%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (8.33%) Web Services
2 2 (4.17%) CSS
2 2 (4.17%) HTML
2 2 (4.17%) Visualforce
3 1 (2.08%) React
Miscellaneous
1 12 (25.00%) PKI
2 8 (16.67%) Clustering
2 8 (16.67%) Data Centre
3 5 (10.42%) Management Information System
4 2 (4.17%) FPGA
4 2 (4.17%) Operational Technology
4 2 (4.17%) Security Posture
5 1 (2.08%) Algorithms
5 1 (2.08%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (2.08%) Data Structures
5 1 (2.08%) Device Driver
5 1 (2.08%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (2.08%) FMCG
5 1 (2.08%) PMI
5 1 (2.08%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 8 (16.67%) Linux
1 8 (16.67%) Windows
1 8 (16.67%) Windows Server
2 3 (6.25%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (41.67%) Computer Science
2 18 (37.50%) Problem-Solving
3 14 (29.17%) Agile
4 13 (27.08%) Project Management
5 11 (22.92%) Stakeholder Management
6 10 (20.83%) DevOps
6 10 (20.83%) ERP
7 9 (18.75%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 9 (18.75%) Migration
7 9 (18.75%) Validation
8 8 (16.67%) Artificial Intelligence
8 8 (16.67%) Machine Learning
8 8 (16.67%) PRINCE2
8 8 (16.67%) Software Deployment
9 7 (14.58%) Network Architecture
10 6 (12.50%) Coaching
10 6 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
10 6 (12.50%) People Management
10 6 (12.50%) Risk Management
10 6 (12.50%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 9 (18.75%) PowerShell
2 3 (6.25%) JavaScript
2 3 (6.25%) SQL
3 2 (4.17%) Apex Code
3 2 (4.17%) PL/SQL
4 1 (2.08%) Go
4 1 (2.08%) Java
4 1 (2.08%) Python
4 1 (2.08%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 22 (45.83%) Security Cleared
2 13 (27.08%) Computer Science Degree
3 12 (25.00%) DV Cleared
4 11 (22.92%) SC Cleared
5 8 (16.67%) PMP
6 7 (14.58%) CCNP
6 7 (14.58%) Cisco Certification
7 6 (12.50%) CCNA
8 4 (8.33%) CISSP
9 3 (6.25%) CISA
9 3 (6.25%) Master's Degree
10 2 (4.17%) CISM
10 2 (4.17%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
10 2 (4.17%) ISTQB
10 2 (4.17%) PMI Certification
11 1 (2.08%) CCDE
11 1 (2.08%) CCDP
11 1 (2.08%) CCIE
11 1 (2.08%) ITIL Certification
11 1 (2.08%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (6.25%) GDPR
1 3 (6.25%) NIST
2 2 (4.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (4.17%) PCI DSS
3 1 (2.08%) COBIT
3 1 (2.08%) COSO
3 1 (2.08%) Data Quality
3 1 (2.08%) HIPAA
3 1 (2.08%) ISO 22301
3 1 (2.08%) ITGC
3 1 (2.08%) NIST 800
3 1 (2.08%) PMBOK
3 1 (2.08%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 12 (25.00%) Active Directory
2 9 (18.75%) Docker
3 8 (16.67%) BitLocker
3 8 (16.67%) Hyper-V
3 8 (16.67%) Microsoft App-V
3 8 (16.67%) Terminal Services
3 8 (16.67%) VMware ESXi
3 8 (16.67%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 9 (18.75%) Kubernetes
2 8 (16.67%) Ansible
2 8 (16.67%) Nagios
2 8 (16.67%) Puppet
2 8 (16.67%) vCenter Server
2 8 (16.67%) vMotion
Vendors
1 13 (27.08%) Microsoft
2 8 (16.67%) Citrix
2 8 (16.67%) Google
2 8 (16.67%) HP
2 8 (16.67%) Symantec
2 8 (16.67%) VMware
3 3 (6.25%) Oracle
3 3 (6.25%) Thales
4 2 (4.17%) IFS
4 2 (4.17%) Mentor Graphics
4 2 (4.17%) Salesforce
4 2 (4.17%) SAP
5 1 (2.08%) Alteryx
5 1 (2.08%) Cisco