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

6 months to
15 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 54 66 55
Rank change year-on-year +12 -11 +16
Contract jobs citing Military 46 8 43
As % of all contract jobs in Hampshire 2.80% 1.09% 2.71%
As % of the General category 5.82% 1.88% 6.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 4 27
10th Percentile - £522 £519
25th Percentile £513 £540 £528
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £710 £595 £625
Median % change year-on-year +19.33% -4.80% +4.17%
75th Percentile £875 £682 £644
90th Percentile - £721 £743
South East median daily rate £560 £650 £625
% change year-on-year -13.85% +4.00% +10.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 1 3
10th Percentile £35.00 - -
25th Percentile £42.18 - -
Median hourly rate £53.75 £60.00 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -10.42% - +42.86%
75th Percentile £55.00 - -
90th Percentile £56.00 - -
South East median hourly rate £55.00 £61.50 £64.19
% change year-on-year -10.56% -4.20% +7.87%

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 790 426 677
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hampshire 48.05% 58.12% 42.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 463 309 310
10th Percentile £285 £288 £290
25th Percentile £454 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £520 £550
Median % change year-on-year +2.98% -5.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £638 £600 £660
90th Percentile £738 £650 £738
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £500
Number of hourly rates quoted 97 25 114
10th Percentile £13.45 £19.09 £12.33
25th Percentile £16.17 £21.00 £18.47
Median hourly rate £35.00 £52.50 £57.35
Median % change year-on-year -33.33% -8.46% +9.24%
75th Percentile £51.00 £75.00 £61.30
90th Percentile £55.40 - £62.50
South East median hourly rate £46.64 £24.42 £42.50
% change year-on-year +90.99% -42.54% -5.56%

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 15 April 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 15 April 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 15 April 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 +12 17 - - 2
Southsea - 6 - -
Fareham - 4 £525 - 3
Southampton -7 3 £525 -9.44% 3
Winchester - 2 £850 -
Farnborough - 1 £475 - 2
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 9 (19.57%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (2.17%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (2.17%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 2 (4.35%) Azure
2 1 (2.17%) AWS
2 1 (2.17%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (2.17%) GCP
2 1 (2.17%) GitHub
2 1 (2.17%) GitHub Actions
2 1 (2.17%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (2.17%) OpenShift
2 1 (2.17%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 10 (21.74%) DNS
2 5 (10.87%) Firewall
3 4 (8.70%) ATM
4 2 (4.35%) DHCP
4 2 (4.35%) WAN
5 1 (2.17%) BGP
5 1 (2.17%) Ethernet VPN
5 1 (2.17%) LAN
5 1 (2.17%) Network Security
5 1 (2.17%) OSPF
5 1 (2.17%) SNMP
5 1 (2.17%) VoIP
5 1 (2.17%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.17%) Big Data
1 1 (2.17%) Geospatial Data
1 1 (2.17%) Power BI
1 1 (2.17%) QGIS
1 1 (2.17%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (2.17%) GitLab
1 1 (2.17%) Jenkins
General
1 7 (15.22%) Social Skills
2 4 (8.70%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (2.17%) Advertising
3 1 (2.17%) Aerospace
3 1 (2.17%) Finance
3 1 (2.17%) Marketing
3 1 (2.17%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (2.17%) Presentation Skills
3 1 (2.17%) Public Sector
3 1 (2.17%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 18 (39.13%) Systems Engineer
2 6 (13.04%) Architect
2 6 (13.04%) Product Owner
3 4 (8.70%) Enterprise Architect
3 4 (8.70%) Integration Engineer
3 4 (8.70%) Service Manager
3 4 (8.70%) Service Transition Manager
3 4 (8.70%) Transition Manager
4 2 (4.35%) Analyst
4 2 (4.35%) Lead
4 2 (4.35%) Network Engineer
4 2 (4.35%) Technical Leader
5 1 (2.17%) Applications Architect
5 1 (2.17%) Business Analyst
5 1 (2.17%) Embedded Software Engineer
5 1 (2.17%) Principal Systems Engineer
5 1 (2.17%) Report Analyst
5 1 (2.17%) Software Engineer
5 1 (2.17%) Sustainability Analyst
5 1 (2.17%) Test Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 8 (17.39%) Legacy Systems
2 6 (13.04%) Product Ownership
3 1 (2.17%) Data Centre
3 1 (2.17%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 10 (21.74%) Windows
1 10 (21.74%) Windows Server
2 9 (19.57%) Linux
3 1 (2.17%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (17.39%) High Availability
2 6 (13.04%) Product Roadmap
2 6 (13.04%) Roadmaps
3 4 (8.70%) Matrix Organization
3 4 (8.70%) Project Delivery
3 4 (8.70%) Service Delivery
3 4 (8.70%) Service Management
3 4 (8.70%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (4.35%) Agile
4 2 (4.35%) Architectural Design
4 2 (4.35%) CI/CD
4 2 (4.35%) DevSecOps
4 2 (4.35%) Infrastructure as Code
4 2 (4.35%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
4 2 (4.35%) Validation
4 2 (4.35%) Verification and Validation
5 1 (2.17%) Containerisation
5 1 (2.17%) GTM Strategy
5 1 (2.17%) Platform Engineering
5 1 (2.17%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 2 (4.35%) SQL
2 1 (2.17%) Bash
2 1 (2.17%) PowerShell
2 1 (2.17%) Python
Qualifications
1 19 (41.30%) Security Cleared
2 13 (28.26%) SC Cleared
3 6 (13.04%) DV Cleared
4 4 (8.70%) HNC
5 1 (2.17%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (2.17%) CCNP
5 1 (2.17%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (2.17%) Degree
5 1 (2.17%) MCSA
5 1 (2.17%) MCSE
5 1 (2.17%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (2.17%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.17%) JSP 440
System Software
1 10 (21.74%) Active Directory
1 10 (21.74%) VMware Infrastructure
2 8 (17.39%) Hyper-V
3 2 (4.35%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (4.35%) Ansible
1 2 (4.35%) Kubernetes
1 2 (4.35%) Terraform
2 1 (2.17%) Backup Exec
2 1 (2.17%) Norton AntiVirus
2 1 (2.17%) SCOM
2 1 (2.17%) WhatsUp Gold
2 1 (2.17%) WSUS
Vendors
1 10 (21.74%) Microsoft
1 10 (21.74%) VMware
2 2 (4.35%) Cisco
3 1 (2.17%) Acronis
3 1 (2.17%) F5
3 1 (2.17%) McAfee
3 1 (2.17%) Mellanox
3 1 (2.17%) NVIDIA
3 1 (2.17%) Sparx
3 1 (2.17%) Symantec