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

6 months to
27 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 80 71 68
Rank change year-on-year -9 -3 +5
Contract jobs citing Military 34 11 29
As % of all contract jobs in Hampshire 1.74% 1.10% 1.98%
As % of the General category 3.66% 2.29% 4.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 5 16
10th Percentile £478 £478 £519
25th Percentile £513 £519 £533
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £596 £550 £606
Median % change year-on-year +8.41% -9.28% -1.86%
75th Percentile £697 £556 £673
90th Percentile £830 £586 £754
South East median daily rate £615 £550 £606
% change year-on-year +11.81% -9.28% -0.21%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 4 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £35.00 - -
Median hourly rate £55.00 £33.05 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year +66.41% -44.92% +14.83%
75th Percentile £56.00 £39.79 £65.63
90th Percentile £60.36 £51.92 £69.00
South East median hourly rate £56.00 £50.22 £61.60
% change year-on-year +11.51% -18.48% +46.67%

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 930 480 601
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hampshire 47.64% 48.00% 41.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 433 327 346
10th Percentile £256 £200 £341
25th Percentile £463 £360 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% +2.33%
75th Percentile £650 £600 £672
90th Percentile £735 £650 £738
South East median daily rate £525 £499 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -0.25% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 192 29 91
10th Percentile £13.48 £18.90 £16.00
25th Percentile £16.77 £22.50 £40.63
Median hourly rate £34.13 £41.00 £57.35
Median % change year-on-year -16.77% -28.51% -0.26%
75th Percentile £55.00 £73.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £60.00 £75.00 £75.00
South East median hourly rate £42.00 £18.87 £57.35
% change year-on-year +122.58% -67.10% +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 27 August 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 27 August 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 27 August 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 +1 15 £643 +16.82% 7
Southsea - 6 - -
Fareham -4 4 £525 - 4
Basingstoke - 2 £550 - 2
Southampton - 2 - - 12
Farnborough - 2 £718 - 7
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 4 (11.76%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (5.88%) SharePoint
3 1 (2.94%) Apache Spark
3 1 (2.94%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 1 (2.94%) AWS
1 1 (2.94%) Azure
1 1 (2.94%) GCP
1 1 (2.94%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 6 (17.65%) Firewall
2 4 (11.76%) ATM
3 3 (8.82%) Wireshark
4 2 (5.88%) DNS
4 2 (5.88%) Skype
5 1 (2.94%) BGP
5 1 (2.94%) MPLS
5 1 (2.94%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.94%) Big Data
1 1 (2.94%) Geospatial Data
1 1 (2.94%) Power BI
1 1 (2.94%) QGIS
1 1 (2.94%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 3 (8.82%) Rational DOORS
2 1 (2.94%) JIRA
General
1 11 (32.35%) Social Skills
2 6 (17.65%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (11.76%) Public Sector
4 2 (5.88%) Aerospace
5 1 (2.94%) Finance
5 1 (2.94%) Legal
5 1 (2.94%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (2.94%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 10 (29.41%) Systems Engineer
2 4 (11.76%) Integration Engineer
2 4 (11.76%) Service Manager
2 4 (11.76%) Service Transition Manager
2 4 (11.76%) Transition Manager
3 3 (8.82%) Senior
4 2 (5.88%) 3rd Line Engineer
4 2 (5.88%) 3rd Line Support
4 2 (5.88%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
4 2 (5.88%) Applications Engineer
4 2 (5.88%) Applications Support
4 2 (5.88%) Applications Support Engineer
4 2 (5.88%) Product Owner
4 2 (5.88%) Support Engineer
5 1 (2.94%) Administrator
5 1 (2.94%) Analyst
5 1 (2.94%) Architect
5 1 (2.94%) Consultant
5 1 (2.94%) Software Engineer
5 1 (2.94%) Systems Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.94%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 2 (5.88%) Legacy Systems
1 2 (5.88%) Product Ownership
2 1 (2.94%) Algorithms
2 1 (2.94%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 2 (5.88%) Linux
1 2 (5.88%) Windows
1 2 (5.88%) Windows Server
1 2 (5.88%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (20.59%) Service Management
2 6 (17.65%) Systems Engineering
3 5 (14.71%) Stakeholder Management
4 4 (11.76%) Computer Science
4 4 (11.76%) Matrix Organization
4 4 (11.76%) Project Delivery
4 4 (11.76%) Requirements Management
4 4 (11.76%) Service Delivery
5 3 (8.82%) Integration Testing
5 3 (8.82%) Physics
5 3 (8.82%) Requirements Engineering
5 3 (8.82%) Synthetic Environment
5 3 (8.82%) System Integration Testing
5 3 (8.82%) Validation
5 3 (8.82%) Verification and Validation
6 2 (5.88%) Agile
6 2 (5.88%) High Availability
6 2 (5.88%) Machine Learning
6 2 (5.88%) Software Engineering
6 2 (5.88%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 5 (14.71%) PowerShell
2 4 (11.76%) Python
3 3 (8.82%) C
3 3 (8.82%) Java
3 3 (8.82%) Lua
4 1 (2.94%) SQL
Qualifications
1 11 (32.35%) Security Cleared
2 6 (17.65%) DV Cleared
3 5 (14.71%) Degree
3 5 (14.71%) SC Cleared
4 4 (11.76%) HNC
5 1 (2.94%) CCNA
5 1 (2.94%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.94%) Data Quality
1 1 (2.94%) Def Stans
System Software
1 7 (20.59%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (11.76%) Docker
2 4 (11.76%) Hyper-V
3 2 (5.88%) Active Directory
3 2 (5.88%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 1 (2.94%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 7 (20.59%) VMware
2 4 (11.76%) Microsoft
3 3 (8.82%) IBM
4 2 (5.88%) Cisco
5 1 (2.94%) Databricks
5 1 (2.94%) Juniper
5 1 (2.94%) Meraki
5 1 (2.94%) Palo Alto