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 18 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 67 65 75
Rank change year-on-year -2 +10 +33
Contract jobs citing Military 12 25 20
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Hampshire 1.25% 1.82% 1.55%
As % of the General category 2.57% 4.22% 3.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 11 11
10th Percentile £478 £519 £463
25th Percentile £519 £550 £556
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £625 £675
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% -7.41% -6.25%
75th Percentile £556 £743 £700
90th Percentile £586 £765 -
South East median daily rate £550 £619 £638
% change year-on-year -11.11% -2.94% -11.46%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 3 5
10th Percentile - £36.33 £34.80
25th Percentile - £45.21 £42.00
Median hourly rate £33.05 £60.00 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -44.92% - +36.43%
75th Percentile £39.79 £65.63 £66.25
90th Percentile £51.92 £69.00 -
South East median hourly rate £50.22 £60.00 £51.90
% change year-on-year -16.30% +15.61% +18.01%

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 467 593 625
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hampshire 48.49% 43.25% 48.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 307 350 360
10th Percentile £200 £309 £250
25th Percentile £365 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% -2.33% +5.03%
75th Percentile £600 £650 £629
90th Percentile £650 £725 £700
South East median daily rate £480 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -4.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 36 76 82
10th Percentile £16.17 £16.13 £15.58
25th Percentile £19.00 £46.25 £27.13
Median hourly rate £22.50 £57.35 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year -60.77% -0.26% +139.58%
75th Percentile £42.94 £70.00 £68.72
90th Percentile £71.38 £75.00 £75.00
South East median hourly rate £18.85 £57.35 £52.50
% change year-on-year -67.14% +9.24% +133.33%

Military
Job Vacancy Trend in Hampshire

Job postings citing Military as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Hampshire.

Job vacancy trend for Military 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
Hourly Rate Histogram in Hampshire

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Military in Hampshire over the 6 months to 18 September 2025.

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 18 September 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 +4 4 £550 -6.38% 3
Andover -2 2 £563 -
Fareham -1 1 - - 2
Military
South East

Military
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Hampshire by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Applications
1 3 (25.00%) 3ds Max
1 3 (25.00%) Adobe Illustrator
1 3 (25.00%) Photoshop
Communications & Networking
1 3 (25.00%) Firewall
2 2 (16.67%) Cisco IOS
3 1 (8.33%) 4G
3 1 (8.33%) 5G
3 1 (8.33%) Cisco ASA
3 1 (8.33%) Cisco Firepower
3 1 (8.33%) LAN
3 1 (8.33%) SD-WAN
3 1 (8.33%) VoIP
3 1 (8.33%) VPN
3 1 (8.33%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (16.67%) PostgreSQL
General
1 2 (16.67%) Social Skills
2 1 (8.33%) Aerospace
2 1 (8.33%) Automotive
2 1 (8.33%) Aviation
2 1 (8.33%) Electronics
2 1 (8.33%) Manufacturing
2 1 (8.33%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 3 (25.00%) 3D Developer
1 3 (25.00%) Developer
2 1 (8.33%) Cloud Engineer
2 1 (8.33%) Integration Engineer
2 1 (8.33%) Migration Engineer
2 1 (8.33%) Network Engineer
2 1 (8.33%) Platform Engineer
2 1 (8.33%) Platform Integration Engineer
2 1 (8.33%) Project Manager
2 1 (8.33%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
2 1 (8.33%) SC Cleared Project Manager
2 1 (8.33%) Systems Engineer
2 1 (8.33%) Technical Design Authority
Miscellaneous
1 3 (25.00%) 3D Graphics
1 3 (25.00%) Animation
1 3 (25.00%) Vector Graphics
2 2 (16.67%) PKI
3 1 (8.33%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (8.33%) Linux Command Line
3 1 (8.33%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 4 (33.33%) Linux
2 2 (16.67%) Oracle Linux
2 2 (16.67%) Solaris
2 2 (16.67%) Windows
2 2 (16.67%) Windows 10
2 2 (16.67%) Windows Server
2 2 (16.67%) Windows Server 2012
2 2 (16.67%) Windows Server 2016
3 1 (8.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (25.00%) 3D Modelling
1 3 (25.00%) Instructional Design
1 3 (25.00%) Storyboarding
2 2 (16.67%) Agile
2 2 (16.67%) Incident Management
2 2 (16.67%) Project Management
3 1 (8.33%) Agile Project Management
3 1 (8.33%) Coaching
3 1 (8.33%) Computer Science
3 1 (8.33%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (8.33%) Data Protection
3 1 (8.33%) Mentoring
3 1 (8.33%) Migration
3 1 (8.33%) Mobile Device Management
3 1 (8.33%) Network Design
3 1 (8.33%) Project Planning
3 1 (8.33%) Requirements Engineering
3 1 (8.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (8.33%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (8.33%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 2 (16.67%) PowerShell
1 2 (16.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 4 (33.33%) DV Cleared
3 3 (25.00%) SC Cleared
4 2 (16.67%) Degree
5 1 (8.33%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (8.33%) PMI Certification
5 1 (8.33%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (8.33%) Def Stans
1 1 (8.33%) PMBOK
System Software
1 2 (16.67%) Hyper-V
2 1 (8.33%) Firmware
2 1 (8.33%) VMware NSX
Vendors
1 3 (25.00%) Adobe
1 3 (25.00%) Autodesk
1 3 (25.00%) VMware
2 2 (16.67%) Cisco
2 2 (16.67%) Oracle
2 2 (16.67%) Red Hat