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 30 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 70 67 66
Rank change year-on-year -3 -1 +6
Contract jobs citing Military 42 13 31
As % of all contract jobs in Hampshire 2.20% 1.38% 1.94%
As % of the General category 4.62% 2.90% 4.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 5 17
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% -
75th Percentile £841 £606 £638
90th Percentile £875 £639 £687
South East median daily rate £643 £588 £606
% change year-on-year +9.36% -3.09% +1.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 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 £60.36 £51.92 £67.88
South East median hourly rate £56.00 £61.50 £60.80
% change year-on-year -8.94% +1.14% +7.67%

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 909 448 643
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hampshire 47.72% 47.46% 40.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 450 310 358
10th Percentile £263 £200 £327
25th Percentile £463 £375 £414
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% +0.46%
75th Percentile £650 £600 £650
90th Percentile £738 £660 £731
South East median daily rate £515 £500 £500
% change year-on-year +3.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 165 23 106
10th Percentile £13.48 £24.76 £16.00
25th Percentile £16.80 £33.05 £27.00
Median hourly rate £34.13 £55.00 £57.35
Median % change year-on-year -37.95% -4.10% -0.26%
75th Percentile £56.00 £75.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £67.00 - £75.00
South East median hourly rate £48.25 £18.82 £53.02
% change year-on-year +156.38% -64.50% +3.85%

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 30 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 30 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 30 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 +3 15 £643 +16.82% 6
Southsea - 6 - -
Fareham -3 4 £525 - 5
Farnborough - 3 £596 - 4
Southampton -4 2 - - 4
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%) Apache Spark
3 1 (2.38%) Confluence
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%) 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 3 (7.14%) Wireshark
5 2 (4.76%) BGP
5 2 (4.76%) Skype
5 2 (4.76%) WAN
6 1 (2.38%) Ethernet VPN
6 1 (2.38%) MPLS
6 1 (2.38%) Network Security
6 1 (2.38%) OSPF
6 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
1 1 (2.38%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 3 (7.14%) Rational DOORS
2 1 (2.38%) GitLab
2 1 (2.38%) Jenkins
2 1 (2.38%) JIRA
General
1 11 (26.19%) Social Skills
2 6 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (9.52%) Public Sector
4 2 (4.76%) Aerospace
5 1 (2.38%) Finance
5 1 (2.38%) Legal
5 1 (2.38%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (2.38%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 10 (23.81%) 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 3 (7.14%) Senior
5 2 (4.76%) 3rd Line Engineer
5 2 (4.76%) 3rd Line Support
5 2 (4.76%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
5 2 (4.76%) Applications Engineer
5 2 (4.76%) Applications Support
5 2 (4.76%) Applications Support Engineer
5 2 (4.76%) Architect
5 2 (4.76%) Lead
5 2 (4.76%) Network Engineer
5 2 (4.76%) Support Engineer
5 2 (4.76%) Technical Leader
6 1 (2.38%) Data Scientist
6 1 (2.38%) Platform Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.38%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 8 (19.05%) Legacy Systems
2 6 (14.29%) Product Ownership
3 1 (2.38%) Algorithms
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 7 (16.67%) Service Management
3 6 (14.29%) Product Roadmap
3 6 (14.29%) Roadmaps
3 6 (14.29%) Systems Engineering
4 5 (11.90%) Stakeholder Management
5 4 (9.52%) Computer Science
5 4 (9.52%) Matrix Organization
5 4 (9.52%) Project Delivery
5 4 (9.52%) Requirements Management
5 4 (9.52%) Service Delivery
6 3 (7.14%) Integration Testing
6 3 (7.14%) Physics
6 3 (7.14%) Requirements Engineering
6 3 (7.14%) Synthetic Environment
6 3 (7.14%) System Integration Testing
6 3 (7.14%) Validation
6 3 (7.14%) Verification and Validation
7 2 (4.76%) Machine Learning
7 2 (4.76%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 6 (14.29%) PowerShell
2 5 (11.90%) Python
3 3 (7.14%) C
3 3 (7.14%) Java
3 3 (7.14%) Lua
4 1 (2.38%) Bash
4 1 (2.38%) SQL
Qualifications
1 16 (38.10%) Security Cleared
2 11 (26.19%) DV Cleared
3 6 (14.29%) SC Cleared
4 5 (11.90%) Degree
5 4 (9.52%) HNC
6 2 (4.76%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (2.38%) CCNA
7 1 (2.38%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.38%) Data Quality
1 1 (2.38%) Def Stans
System Software
1 13 (30.95%) VMware Infrastructure
2 10 (23.81%) Hyper-V
3 8 (19.05%) Active Directory
4 5 (11.90%) 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 13 (30.95%) VMware
2 10 (23.81%) Microsoft
3 3 (7.14%) Cisco
3 3 (7.14%) IBM
4 1 (2.38%) Databricks
4 1 (2.38%) Juniper
4 1 (2.38%) Mellanox
4 1 (2.38%) Meraki
4 1 (2.38%) NVIDIA
4 1 (2.38%) Palo Alto