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 21 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 75 68 77
Rank change year-on-year -7 +9 +8
Contract jobs citing Military 11 15 25
As % of all contract jobs in Hampshire 0.92% 1.40% 1.87%
As % of the General category 1.85% 2.86% 4.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 5 15
10th Percentile £464 £350 £471
25th Percentile £484 £575 £557
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £650 £650
Median % change year-on-year -17.31% - -10.03%
75th Percentile £603 £765 £700
90th Percentile £631 £774 -
South East median daily rate £549 £625 £615
% change year-on-year -12.20% +1.63% -5.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 2 4
10th Percentile - £33.74 £38.63
25th Percentile £33.05 £38.75 £51.56
Median hourly rate £40.55 £48.96 £61.25
Median % change year-on-year -17.17% -20.07% +39.27%
75th Percentile £51.53 £61.04 £66.25
90th Percentile £52.64 £67.17 -
South East median hourly rate £40.44 £59.99 £54.37
% change year-on-year -32.60% +10.34% +23.62%

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 594 524 618
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hampshire 49.83% 48.74% 46.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 367 359 349
10th Percentile £200 £262 £268
25th Percentile £363 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 £519 £550
Median % change year-on-year -7.51% -5.64% +4.76%
75th Percentile £588 £638 £650
90th Percentile £650 £692 £700
South East median daily rate £484 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -3.20% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 74 34 57
10th Percentile £15.88 £20.23 £16.25
25th Percentile £17.00 £27.00 £22.75
Median hourly rate £20.71 £70.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -70.41% +27.27% +56.03%
75th Percentile £25.15 £70.94 £66.25
90th Percentile £51.53 £75.00 £73.75
South East median hourly rate £20.71 £52.50 £50.00
% change year-on-year -60.55% +5.00% +42.86%

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 21 November 2025.

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 21 November 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 21 November 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 4 £450 -30.77% 11
Andover -9 1 £538 - 1
Hayling Island - 1 £650 -
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 1 (9.09%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 3 (27.27%) 3ds Max
1 3 (27.27%) Adobe Illustrator
1 3 (27.27%) Photoshop
Communications & Networking
1 2 (18.18%) Cisco IOS
2 1 (9.09%) 4G
2 1 (9.09%) 5G
2 1 (9.09%) Cisco ASA
2 1 (9.09%) Cisco Firepower
2 1 (9.09%) DHCP
2 1 (9.09%) DNS
2 1 (9.09%) Firewall
2 1 (9.09%) LAN
2 1 (9.09%) SD-WAN
2 1 (9.09%) VoIP
2 1 (9.09%) VPN
2 1 (9.09%) WAN
General
1 2 (18.18%) Social Skills
2 1 (9.09%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 4 (36.36%) Systems Engineer
2 3 (27.27%) 3D Developer
2 3 (27.27%) Developer
3 1 (9.09%) Cloud Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Migration Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Network Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Test Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (27.27%) 3D Graphics
1 3 (27.27%) Animation
1 3 (27.27%) Vector Graphics
2 1 (9.09%) Linux Command Line
2 1 (9.09%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 2 (18.18%) Linux
2 1 (9.09%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 1 (9.09%) Windows
2 1 (9.09%) Windows Server
2 1 (9.09%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (27.27%) 3D Modelling
1 3 (27.27%) Instructional Design
1 3 (27.27%) Storyboarding
2 1 (9.09%) Agile
2 1 (9.09%) Architectural Design
2 1 (9.09%) Computer Science
2 1 (9.09%) Critical Thinking
2 1 (9.09%) Customer Requirements
2 1 (9.09%) Migration
2 1 (9.09%) Mobile Device Management
2 1 (9.09%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
2 1 (9.09%) Network Design
2 1 (9.09%) Project Delivery
2 1 (9.09%) Regression Testing
2 1 (9.09%) Requirements Engineering
2 1 (9.09%) Test Scripting
2 1 (9.09%) Validation
2 1 (9.09%) Verification and Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (9.09%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (36.36%) Security Cleared
2 3 (27.27%) SC Cleared
3 1 (9.09%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (9.09%) Degree
3 1 (9.09%) DV Cleared
3 1 (9.09%) MCSA
3 1 (9.09%) MCSE
3 1 (9.09%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (9.09%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (9.09%) Def Stans
System Software
1 1 (9.09%) Active Directory
1 1 (9.09%) Firmware
1 1 (9.09%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (9.09%) VMware NSX
Vendors
1 3 (27.27%) Adobe
1 3 (27.27%) Autodesk
2 2 (18.18%) Cisco
2 2 (18.18%) VMware
3 1 (9.09%) Microsoft