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

6 months to
10 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 72 67 79
Rank change year-on-year -5 +12 +4
Contract jobs citing Military 12 16 23
As % of all contract jobs in Hampshire 1.09% 1.46% 1.70%
As % of the General category 2.20% 3.09% 3.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 6 13
10th Percentile £471 £388 £457
25th Percentile £502 £580 £514
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 £631 £615
Median % change year-on-year -10.89% +2.64% -14.58%
75th Percentile £617 £736 £700
90th Percentile £637 £773 -
South East median daily rate £538 £613 £608
% change year-on-year -12.24% +0.82% -6.54%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 2 4
10th Percentile - £33.74 £38.63
25th Percentile - £38.75 £51.56
Median hourly rate £33.05 £48.96 £61.25
Median % change year-on-year -32.49% -20.07% +39.27%
75th Percentile £51.53 £61.04 £66.25
90th Percentile £52.86 £67.17 -
South East median hourly rate £40.44 £58.49 £54.37
% change year-on-year -30.87% +7.58% +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 545 518 623
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hampshire 49.55% 47.39% 46.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 341 347 352
10th Percentile £200 £250 £251
25th Percentile £363 £406 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 £523 £545
Median % change year-on-year -8.13% -4.13% +6.34%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £638
90th Percentile £650 £700 £688
South East median daily rate £488 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -2.50% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 67 36 58
10th Percentile £16.00 £16.13 £16.25
25th Percentile £17.00 £26.81 £22.56
Median hourly rate £20.71 £70.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -70.41% +27.27% +57.14%
75th Percentile £25.15 £70.31 £66.25
90th Percentile £52.42 £75.00 £76.35
South East median hourly rate £20.40 £52.50 £50.53
% change year-on-year -61.14% +3.90% +55.37%

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 10 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 10 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 10 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 0 3 £450 -28.71% 5
Andover -5 2 £563 - 1
Fareham -4 1 - - 4
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 (8.33%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 3 (25.00%) 3ds Max
1 3 (25.00%) Adobe Illustrator
1 3 (25.00%) Photoshop
Communications & Networking
1 2 (16.67%) Cisco IOS
2 1 (8.33%) 4G
2 1 (8.33%) 5G
2 1 (8.33%) Cisco ASA
2 1 (8.33%) Cisco Firepower
2 1 (8.33%) DHCP
2 1 (8.33%) DNS
2 1 (8.33%) Firewall
2 1 (8.33%) LAN
2 1 (8.33%) SD-WAN
2 1 (8.33%) VoIP
2 1 (8.33%) VPN
2 1 (8.33%) WAN
General
1 2 (16.67%) Social Skills
2 1 (8.33%) Aviation
2 1 (8.33%) Electronics
2 1 (8.33%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 3 (25.00%) 3D Developer
1 3 (25.00%) Developer
1 3 (25.00%) Systems Engineer
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%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
2 1 (8.33%) Technical Design Authority
2 1 (8.33%) Test Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (25.00%) 3D Graphics
1 3 (25.00%) Animation
1 3 (25.00%) Vector Graphics
2 1 (8.33%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (8.33%) Linux Command Line
2 1 (8.33%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 2 (16.67%) Linux
2 1 (8.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 1 (8.33%) Windows
2 1 (8.33%) Windows Server
2 1 (8.33%) Windows Server 2012
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%) Validation
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%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
3 1 (8.33%) Network Design
3 1 (8.33%) Project Management
3 1 (8.33%) Regression Testing
3 1 (8.33%) Requirements Engineering
3 1 (8.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (8.33%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (8.33%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 1 (8.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (41.67%) Security Cleared
2 4 (33.33%) SC Cleared
3 2 (16.67%) DV Cleared
4 1 (8.33%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (8.33%) Degree
4 1 (8.33%) MCSA
4 1 (8.33%) MCSE
4 1 (8.33%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (8.33%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (8.33%) Def Stans
System Software
1 1 (8.33%) Active Directory
1 1 (8.33%) Firmware
1 1 (8.33%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (8.33%) VMware NSX
Vendors
1 3 (25.00%) Adobe
1 3 (25.00%) Autodesk
2 2 (16.67%) Cisco
2 2 (16.67%) VMware
3 1 (8.33%) Microsoft