Military Contract Job Trends in Hampshire

Military
South East > Hampshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Military in contract job vacancies in Hampshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Military over the 6 months leading up to 16 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 68 63 66
Rank change year-on-year -5 +3 +19
Contract jobs citing Military 42 13 36
As % of all contract jobs in Hampshire 2.27% 1.44% 2.08%
As % of the General category 4.65% 2.90% 5.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 5 19
10th Percentile £468 £531 -
25th Percentile £513 - £519
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £661 £550 £600
Median % change year-on-year +20.23% -8.33% +2.83%
75th Percentile £841 £606 £638
90th Percentile £875 £639 £669
South East median daily rate £661 £588 £613
% change year-on-year +12.55% -4.08% +8.99%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 4 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £35.00 - -
Median hourly rate £55.00 £33.05 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year +66.41% -44.92% +66.67%
75th Percentile £56.00 £39.79 £62.81
90th Percentile £59.38 £51.92 £67.88
South East median hourly rate £56.00 £61.50 £61.60
% change year-on-year -8.94% -0.17% +9.08%

All General Skills
Hampshire

Military falls under the General Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring general skills in Hampshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 903 448 680
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hampshire 48.78% 49.78% 39.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 458 309 350
10th Percentile £263 £200 £300
25th Percentile £463 £375 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £513 £575
Median % change year-on-year +7.32% -10.87% +6.98%
75th Percentile £638 £600 £650
90th Percentile £738 £657 £738
South East median daily rate £505 £500 £500
% change year-on-year +1.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 157 24 119
10th Percentile £13.45 £19.70 £12.81
25th Percentile £16.77 £29.73 £18.32
Median hourly rate £34.13 £50.00 £57.35
Median % change year-on-year -31.75% -12.82% -1.12%
75th Percentile £56.00 £75.00 £67.50
90th Percentile £66.10 - £75.00
South East median hourly rate £48.81 £18.87 £47.50
% change year-on-year +158.66% -60.27% -5.00%

Military
Job Vacancy Trend in Hampshire

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

Military job vacancy trend in Hampshire

Military
Daily Rate Trend in Hampshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing Military.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing Military

Military
Daily Rate Histogram in Hampshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Military in Hampshire over the 6 months to 16 July 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Military in Hampshire

Military
Hourly Rate Trend in Hampshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing Military.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing Military

Military
Hourly Rate Histogram in Hampshire

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Military in Hampshire over the 6 months to 16 July 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Military in Hampshire

Military
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 Military within the Hampshire region over the 6 months to 16 July 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
Portsmouth +5 15 £559 +1.59% 9
Southsea - 6 - -
Fareham -3 4 £525 - 3
Farnborough - 3 £596 - 2
Southampton -5 2 £525 -17.97% 3
Basingstoke - 2 £550 -
Winchester - 2 £850 -
Military
South East

Military
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 10 (23.81%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (4.76%) SharePoint
3 1 (2.38%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (2.38%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 2 (4.76%) Azure
2 1 (2.38%) AWS
2 1 (2.38%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (2.38%) GCP
2 1 (2.38%) GitHub
2 1 (2.38%) GitHub Actions
2 1 (2.38%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (2.38%) OpenShift
2 1 (2.38%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 8 (19.05%) DNS
2 6 (14.29%) Firewall
3 4 (9.52%) ATM
4 2 (4.76%) BGP
4 2 (4.76%) Skype
4 2 (4.76%) WAN
4 2 (4.76%) Wireshark
5 1 (2.38%) Ethernet VPN
5 1 (2.38%) MPLS
5 1 (2.38%) Network Security
5 1 (2.38%) OSPF
5 1 (2.38%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.38%) Big Data
1 1 (2.38%) Geospatial Data
1 1 (2.38%) Power BI
1 1 (2.38%) QGIS
Development Applications
1 2 (4.76%) Rational DOORS
2 1 (2.38%) GitLab
2 1 (2.38%) Jenkins
2 1 (2.38%) JIRA
General
1 10 (23.81%) Social Skills
2 5 (11.90%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (7.14%) Public Sector
4 2 (4.76%) Aerospace
5 1 (2.38%) Advertising
5 1 (2.38%) Finance
5 1 (2.38%) Legal
5 1 (2.38%) Marketing
5 1 (2.38%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (2.38%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 11 (26.19%) Systems Engineer
2 6 (14.29%) Product Owner
3 4 (9.52%) Integration Engineer
3 4 (9.52%) Service Manager
3 4 (9.52%) Service Transition Manager
3 4 (9.52%) Transition Manager
4 2 (4.76%) 3rd Line Engineer
4 2 (4.76%) 3rd Line Support
4 2 (4.76%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
4 2 (4.76%) Analyst
4 2 (4.76%) Applications Engineer
4 2 (4.76%) Applications Support
4 2 (4.76%) Applications Support Engineer
4 2 (4.76%) Architect
4 2 (4.76%) Lead
4 2 (4.76%) Network Engineer
4 2 (4.76%) Senior
4 2 (4.76%) Support Engineer
4 2 (4.76%) Technical Leader
5 1 (2.38%) DevSecOps Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 8 (19.05%) Legacy Systems
2 6 (14.29%) Product Ownership
3 1 (2.38%) Data Centre
3 1 (2.38%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 9 (21.43%) Linux
2 8 (19.05%) Windows
2 8 (19.05%) Windows Server
3 2 (4.76%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (19.05%) High Availability
2 6 (14.29%) Product Roadmap
2 6 (14.29%) Roadmaps
2 6 (14.29%) Service Management
3 5 (11.90%) Stakeholder Management
3 5 (11.90%) Systems Engineering
4 4 (9.52%) Matrix Organization
4 4 (9.52%) Project Delivery
4 4 (9.52%) Service Delivery
5 3 (7.14%) Computer Science
5 3 (7.14%) Requirements Management
5 3 (7.14%) Validation
5 3 (7.14%) Verification and Validation
6 2 (4.76%) Agile
6 2 (4.76%) DevSecOps
6 2 (4.76%) Integration Testing
6 2 (4.76%) Physics
6 2 (4.76%) Requirements Engineering
6 2 (4.76%) Server Management
6 2 (4.76%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 5 (11.90%) PowerShell
2 3 (7.14%) Python
3 2 (4.76%) C
3 2 (4.76%) Java
3 2 (4.76%) Lua
4 1 (2.38%) Bash
Qualifications
1 16 (38.10%) Security Cleared
2 11 (26.19%) DV Cleared
3 6 (14.29%) SC Cleared
4 4 (9.52%) Degree
4 4 (9.52%) HNC
5 2 (4.76%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (2.38%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (2.38%) CCNA
6 1 (2.38%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.38%) Def Stans
System Software
1 12 (28.57%) VMware Infrastructure
2 10 (23.81%) Hyper-V
3 8 (19.05%) Active Directory
4 4 (9.52%) Docker
5 2 (4.76%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 2 (4.76%) Ansible
1 2 (4.76%) Kubernetes
1 2 (4.76%) Terraform
Vendors
1 12 (28.57%) VMware
2 10 (23.81%) Microsoft
3 3 (7.14%) Cisco
4 2 (4.76%) IBM
5 1 (2.38%) Juniper
5 1 (2.38%) Mellanox
5 1 (2.38%) Meraki
5 1 (2.38%) NVIDIA
5 1 (2.38%) Palo Alto