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 27 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 71 68 75
Rank change year-on-year -3 +7 +17
Contract jobs citing Military 10 15 23
As % of all contract jobs in Hampshire 0.96% 1.29% 1.70%
As % of the General category 1.97% 2.78% 3.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 6 13
10th Percentile £471 £388 £457
25th Percentile £502 £580 £514
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £544 £631 £615
Median % change year-on-year -13.86% +2.64% -14.58%
75th Percentile £569 £736 £700
90th Percentile £591 £773 -
South East median daily rate £538 £613 £600
% change year-on-year -12.24% +2.08% -13.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 2 4
10th Percentile - £33.74 £38.63
25th Percentile - £38.75 £51.56
Median hourly rate £33.05 £48.96 £61.25
Median % change year-on-year -32.49% -20.07% +39.27%
75th Percentile - £61.04 £66.25
90th Percentile - £67.17 -
South East median hourly rate £36.74 £58.49 £53.14
% change year-on-year -37.18% +10.08% +20.82%

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 common skills in Hampshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 508 539 635
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hampshire 48.75% 46.23% 46.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 322 360 365
10th Percentile £200 £263 £263
25th Percentile £371 £413 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% -4.55% +7.32%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £638
90th Percentile £650 £700 £688
South East median daily rate £482 £500 £501
% change year-on-year -3.70% -0.20% +0.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 62 39 64
10th Percentile £16.17 £16.00 £15.33
25th Percentile £17.47 £26.63 £22.14
Median hourly rate £20.71 £70.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -70.41% +27.27% +90.31%
75th Percentile £25.14 - £61.56
90th Percentile £47.98 £75.00 £74.48
South East median hourly rate £20.00 £53.00 £50.00
% change year-on-year -62.26% +6.00% +80.31%

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
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
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 27 October 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
Portsmouth +2 2 £500 -20.79% 4
Andover -6 2 £563 - 1
Fareham -3 1 - - 1
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:

Applications
1 3 (30.00%) 3ds Max
1 3 (30.00%) Adobe Illustrator
1 3 (30.00%) Photoshop
Communications & Networking
1 2 (20.00%) Cisco IOS
1 2 (20.00%) Firewall
2 1 (10.00%) 4G
2 1 (10.00%) 5G
2 1 (10.00%) Cisco ASA
2 1 (10.00%) Cisco Firepower
2 1 (10.00%) LAN
2 1 (10.00%) SD-WAN
2 1 (10.00%) VoIP
2 1 (10.00%) VPN
2 1 (10.00%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (10.00%) PostgreSQL
General
1 1 (10.00%) Aviation
1 1 (10.00%) Electronics
1 1 (10.00%) Pharmaceutical
1 1 (10.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (30.00%) 3D Developer
1 3 (30.00%) Developer
2 1 (10.00%) Cloud Engineer
2 1 (10.00%) Integration Engineer
2 1 (10.00%) Migration Engineer
2 1 (10.00%) Network Engineer
2 1 (10.00%) Platform Engineer
2 1 (10.00%) Platform Integration Engineer
2 1 (10.00%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
2 1 (10.00%) Systems Engineer
2 1 (10.00%) Technical Design Authority
Miscellaneous
1 3 (30.00%) 3D Graphics
1 3 (30.00%) Animation
1 3 (30.00%) Vector Graphics
2 1 (10.00%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (10.00%) Linux Command Line
2 1 (10.00%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 3 (30.00%) Linux
2 1 (10.00%) Oracle Linux
2 1 (10.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 1 (10.00%) Solaris
2 1 (10.00%) Windows
2 1 (10.00%) Windows 10
2 1 (10.00%) Windows Server
2 1 (10.00%) Windows Server 2012
2 1 (10.00%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (30.00%) 3D Modelling
1 3 (30.00%) Instructional Design
1 3 (30.00%) Storyboarding
2 1 (10.00%) Agile
2 1 (10.00%) Coaching
2 1 (10.00%) Computer Science
2 1 (10.00%) Customer Requirements
2 1 (10.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (10.00%) Data Protection
2 1 (10.00%) Mentoring
2 1 (10.00%) Migration
2 1 (10.00%) Mobile Device Management
2 1 (10.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (10.00%) Project Delivery
2 1 (10.00%) Requirements Engineering
2 1 (10.00%) Roadmaps
2 1 (10.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (10.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (10.00%) Technology Roadmap
2 1 (10.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (10.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (10.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (40.00%) Security Cleared
2 3 (30.00%) DV Cleared
3 2 (20.00%) SC Cleared
4 1 (10.00%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (10.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (10.00%) Def Stans
System Software
1 1 (10.00%) Firmware
1 1 (10.00%) Hyper-V
1 1 (10.00%) VMware NSX
Vendors
1 3 (30.00%) Adobe
1 3 (30.00%) Autodesk
2 2 (20.00%) Cisco
2 2 (20.00%) VMware
3 1 (10.00%) Oracle
3 1 (10.00%) Red Hat