Digital Strategy Contract Job Trends in Hampshire

Digital Strategy
South East > Hampshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Hampshire requiring Digital Strategy skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 80 76 87
Rank change year-on-year -4 +11 +28
Contract jobs citing Digital Strategy 11 1 2
As % of all contract jobs in Hampshire 0.83% 0.11% 0.15%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.00% 0.13% 0.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 0 2
10th Percentile £435 - -
25th Percentile £525 - £585
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £800 - £600
Median % change year-on-year - - +14.19%
75th Percentile £875 - £614
90th Percentile - - -
South East median daily rate £575 £463 £700
% change year-on-year +24.32% -33.93% +33.33%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Hampshire

Digital Strategy 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 1,096 769 1,123
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hampshire 83.16% 84.14% 86.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 742 534 618
10th Percentile £313 £356 £313
25th Percentile £450 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - +3.77%
75th Percentile £625 £630 £650
90th Percentile £725 £696 £700
South East median daily rate £500 £515 £523
% change year-on-year -2.91% -1.44% +1.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 114 49 73
10th Percentile £16.17 £20.82 £16.25
25th Percentile £18.87 £27.00 £21.05
Median hourly rate £20.71 £35.00 £51.42
Median % change year-on-year -40.83% -31.93% +18.21%
75th Percentile £25.15 £70.00 £63.75
90th Percentile £49.63 £75.00 £77.50
South East median hourly rate £22.27 £50.00 £53.94
% change year-on-year -55.47% -7.31% +43.85%

Digital Strategy
Job Vacancy Trend in Hampshire

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

Digital Strategy job vacancy trend in Hampshire

Digital Strategy
Daily Rate Trend in Hampshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing Digital Strategy.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing Digital Strategy

Digital Strategy
Daily Rate Histogram in Hampshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Digital Strategy in Hampshire over the 6 months to 16 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Digital Strategy in Hampshire

Digital Strategy
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 Digital Strategy within the Hampshire region over the 6 months to 16 December 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 -6 3 £400 -
Fareham - 2 - -
Southampton - 2 £800 - 2
Digital Strategy
South East

Digital Strategy
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 1 (9.09%) ArcGIS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (9.09%) Geospatial Data
1 1 (9.09%) GIS
General
1 4 (36.36%) Public Sector
2 2 (18.18%) Social Skills
3 1 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (9.09%) Finance
3 1 (9.09%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 7 (63.64%) Architect
1 7 (63.64%) Enterprise Architect
2 6 (54.55%) Lead
2 6 (54.55%) Lead Architect
2 6 (54.55%) Lead Enterprise Architect
3 3 (27.27%) Digital Architect
3 3 (27.27%) Senior
4 2 (18.18%) Service Owner
5 1 (9.09%) Digital Product Owner
5 1 (9.09%) GIS Specialist
5 1 (9.09%) Migration Specialist
5 1 (9.09%) Product Owner
5 1 (9.09%) Senior Architect
5 1 (9.09%) Senior Enterprise Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (9.09%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 2 (18.18%) PMI
2 1 (9.09%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (9.09%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (72.73%) ITIL
2 6 (54.55%) IT4IT
3 5 (45.45%) Customer Requirements
4 3 (27.27%) Agile
4 3 (27.27%) Continuous Improvement
4 3 (27.27%) Stakeholder Management
5 2 (18.18%) Decision-Making
5 2 (18.18%) Performance Management
5 2 (18.18%) Roadmaps
5 2 (18.18%) Scrum
5 2 (18.18%) Service Delivery
5 2 (18.18%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 1 (9.09%) Acceptance Criteria
6 1 (9.09%) Collaborative Working
6 1 (9.09%) Customer-Centricity
6 1 (9.09%) Front End Development
6 1 (9.09%) Problem-Solving
6 1 (9.09%) Sprint Retrospective
6 1 (9.09%) Translating Business Requirements
6 1 (9.09%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 1 (9.09%) Python
Qualifications
1 6 (54.55%) ISEB
1 6 (54.55%) Security Cleared
2 4 (36.36%) ITIL Certification
2 4 (36.36%) SC Cleared
3 2 (18.18%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (54.55%) COBIT
2 5 (45.45%) HMG Security Policy Framework
2 5 (45.45%) JSP 440
3 1 (9.09%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (9.09%) ESRI