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 24 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 86 67 67
Rank change year-on-year -19 0 +9
Contract jobs citing Military 24 12 21
As % of all contract jobs in Hampshire 1.24% 1.24% 1.58%
As % of the General category 2.63% 2.56% 3.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 5 8
10th Percentile £463 £478 £423
25th Percentile £489 £519 £561
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £619
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% -11.11% -2.94%
75th Percentile £646 £556 £679
90th Percentile £654 £586 £770
South East median daily rate £540 £550 £613
% change year-on-year -1.82% -10.20% +2.08%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 4 2
10th Percentile £35.00 - £33.74
25th Percentile £43.44 - £38.75
Median hourly rate £56.00 £33.05 £48.96
Median % change year-on-year +69.44% -32.49% -18.41%
75th Percentile £58.89 £39.79 £61.04
90th Percentile £67.23 £51.92 £67.17
South East median hourly rate £56.00 £40.44 £61.50
% change year-on-year +38.49% -34.25% +18.49%

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 912 469 577
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hampshire 47.28% 48.45% 43.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 400 305 345
10th Percentile £303 £200 £304
25th Percentile £463 £363 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £480 £525
Median % change year-on-year +14.58% -8.57% -2.33%
75th Percentile £650 £600 £638
90th Percentile £735 £650 £708
South East median daily rate £525 £480 £500
% change year-on-year +9.38% -4.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 205 38 66
10th Percentile £13.45 £16.17 £16.13
25th Percentile £16.75 £19.00 £37.06
Median hourly rate £32.81 £22.50 £57.35
Median % change year-on-year +45.80% -60.77% +0.70%
75th Percentile £55.00 £39.01 £70.00
90th Percentile £63.60 £71.33 £75.00
South East median hourly rate £35.22 £19.50 £57.35
% change year-on-year +80.62% -66.00% +9.24%

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 24 September 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 24 September 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 24 September 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 -3 13 £565 +2.73% 19
Southsea - 3 - -
Fareham -4 2 £525 - 7
Basingstoke - 2 £550 - 4
Farnborough - 2 £718 - 15
Southampton - 1 - - 12
Tadley - 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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (12.50%) SharePoint
2 2 (8.33%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (4.17%) Apache Spark
3 1 (4.17%) Confluence
Communications & Networking
1 6 (25.00%) Firewall
2 3 (12.50%) Wireshark
3 2 (8.33%) ATM
3 2 (8.33%) Skype
4 1 (4.17%) BGP
4 1 (4.17%) MPLS
4 1 (4.17%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.17%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 3 (12.50%) Rational DOORS
2 1 (4.17%) JIRA
General
1 10 (41.67%) Social Skills
2 6 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (12.50%) Public Sector
4 2 (8.33%) Aerospace
5 1 (4.17%) Legal
Job Titles
1 4 (16.67%) Integration Engineer
1 4 (16.67%) Senior
1 4 (16.67%) Systems Engineer
2 2 (8.33%) 3rd Line Engineer
2 2 (8.33%) 3rd Line Support
2 2 (8.33%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
2 2 (8.33%) Applications Engineer
2 2 (8.33%) Applications Support
2 2 (8.33%) Applications Support Engineer
2 2 (8.33%) Service Manager
2 2 (8.33%) Service Transition Manager
2 2 (8.33%) Support Engineer
2 2 (8.33%) Transition Manager
3 1 (4.17%) Cisco Engineer
3 1 (4.17%) Data Scientist
3 1 (4.17%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
3 1 (4.17%) Embedded Engineer
3 1 (4.17%) Human Factors Consultant
3 1 (4.17%) Juniper Engineer
3 1 (4.17%) User Researcher
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.17%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 2 (8.33%) Onboarding
2 1 (4.17%) Algorithms
2 1 (4.17%) Management Information System
2 1 (4.17%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 2 (8.33%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (20.83%) Service Management
1 5 (20.83%) Systems Engineering
2 3 (12.50%) Computer Science
2 3 (12.50%) Decision-Making
2 3 (12.50%) Integration Testing
2 3 (12.50%) Physics
2 3 (12.50%) Requirements Engineering
2 3 (12.50%) Requirements Management
2 3 (12.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 3 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
2 3 (12.50%) Synthetic Environment
2 3 (12.50%) System Integration Testing
3 2 (8.33%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (8.33%) Matrix Organization
3 2 (8.33%) Project Delivery
3 2 (8.33%) Server Management
3 2 (8.33%) Service Delivery
3 2 (8.33%) Software Engineering
3 2 (8.33%) Validation
3 2 (8.33%) Verification and Validation
Programming Languages
1 5 (20.83%) PowerShell
2 4 (16.67%) Python
3 3 (12.50%) C
3 3 (12.50%) Java
3 3 (12.50%) Lua
4 1 (4.17%) SQL
Qualifications
1 11 (45.83%) Security Cleared
2 7 (29.17%) SC Cleared
3 6 (25.00%) DV Cleared
4 4 (16.67%) Degree
5 2 (8.33%) HNC
6 1 (4.17%) CCNA
6 1 (4.17%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (4.17%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.17%) Data Quality
1 1 (4.17%) Def Stans
1 1 (4.17%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 5 (20.83%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (12.50%) Docker
3 2 (8.33%) Hyper-V
3 2 (8.33%) vSphere
Vendors
1 5 (20.83%) VMware
2 3 (12.50%) IBM
3 2 (8.33%) Cisco
3 2 (8.33%) Microsoft
4 1 (4.17%) Databricks
4 1 (4.17%) Juniper
4 1 (4.17%) Meraki
4 1 (4.17%) Palo Alto