Forward Deployed Engineer Contract Job Trends in Hampshire
Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE)
South East > Hampshire
The median Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) daily rate in Hampshire is £320, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 12 November 2026.
The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.
| 6 months to 12 Nov 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 112 | - | - |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | - |
| Contract Forward Deployed Engineer jobs | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| As % of all contract jobs in Hampshire | 0.26% | - | - |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.29% | - | - |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | - | - | - |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £320 | - | - |
| 75th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 90th Percentile | £391 | - | - |
| South East median daily rate | £320 | £650 | - |
| % change year-on-year | -50.77% | - | - |
All Contract IT Job Roles
Hampshire
For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job adverts in Hampshire matching a recognised job title. The table also shows what proportion of all contract IT job adverts they make up.
| 6 months to 12 Nov 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contract job adverts in Hampshire matching a recognised job title | 1,742 | 1,002 | 1,013 |
| % of contract job adverts matching a recognised job title | 91.59% | 89.70% | 92.60% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 926 | 672 | 670 |
| 10th Percentile | £318 | £257 | £350 |
| 25th Percentile | £463 | £418 | £450 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £563 | £525 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +7.14% | -4.55% | +4.76% |
| 75th Percentile | £669 | £600 | £638 |
| 90th Percentile | £750 | £668 | £700 |
| South East median daily rate | £525 | £500 | £510 |
| % change year-on-year | +5.00% | -1.96% | +1.80% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 346 | 97 | 68 |
| 10th Percentile | £15.00 | £16.17 | £21.89 |
| 25th Percentile | £20.43 | £18.87 | £31.04 |
| Median hourly rate | £39.40 | £25.15 | £65.85 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +56.66% | -61.81% | +31.70% |
| 75th Percentile | £60.00 | £34.83 | £73.75 |
| 90th Percentile | £73.25 | £62.85 | £75.00 |
| South East median hourly rate | £48.00 | £20.79 | £57.50 |
| % change year-on-year | +130.88% | -63.84% | +11.82% |
Forward Deployed Engineer Skill Set Top 27 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hampshire
For the 6 months to 12 November 2026, Forward Deployed Engineer contract job ads cited 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 Forward Deployed Engineer job ads across the Hampshire region.
| Rank | Skill | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | AWS | 100.0% | 5 |
| 1 | CI/CD | 100.0% | 5 |
| 1 | Cloudflare | 100.0% | 5 |
| 1 | Full-Stack Development | 100.0% | 5 |
| 1 | Git | 100.0% | 5 |
| 1 | Integration Testing | 100.0% | 5 |
| 1 | JavaScript | 100.0% | 5 |
| 1 | Next.js | 100.0% | 5 |
| 1 | PostgreSQL | 100.0% | 5 |
| 1 | SQL | 100.0% | 5 |
| 1 | Supabase | 100.0% | 5 |
| 1 | TypeScript | 100.0% | 5 |
| 1 | Vitest | 100.0% | 5 |
| 14 | AI | 80.0% | 4 |
| 14 | Anthropic Claude | 80.0% | 4 |
| 14 | CSS | 80.0% | 4 |
| 14 | End-to-End Testing | 80.0% | 4 |
| 14 | GitHub | 80.0% | 4 |
| 14 | GitHub Copilot | 80.0% | 4 |
| 14 | HTML | 80.0% | 4 |
| 14 | QA | 80.0% | 4 |
| 14 | Release Management | 80.0% | 4 |
| 14 | Responsive Web Design | 80.0% | 4 |
| 14 | Software Engineering | 80.0% | 4 |
| 14 | Test Automation | 80.0% | 4 |
| 14 | Validation | 80.0% | 4 |
| 14 | Visual Studio Code | 80.0% | 4 |
Forward Deployed Engineer Skill Set Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hampshire by Category
The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.
Cloud Services
| Rank | Skill | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | AWS | 100.0% | 5 |
| 1 | Cloudflare | 100.0% | 5 |
| 1 | Supabase | 100.0% | 5 |
| 4 | Anthropic Claude | 80.0% | 4 |
| 4 | GitHub | 80.0% | 4 |
| 4 | GitHub Copilot | 80.0% | 4 |