Prototyping Contracts in Hampshire

Prototyping
South East > Hampshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Hampshire requiring Prototyping skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Prototyping over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 55 33 63
Rank change year-on-year -22 +30 +28
Contract jobs citing Prototyping 14 77 36
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Hampshire 1.88% 4.78% 2.56%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.09% 5.71% 2.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 38 16
10th Percentile £500 £550 £519
25th Percentile £505 £625 £591
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £800 £625
Median % change year-on-year -25.00% +28.00% -10.71%
75th Percentile £625 £825 £659
90th Percentile £650 - £694
South East median daily rate £644 £650 £570
% change year-on-year -0.96% +14.04% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 10 6
10th Percentile £51.93 £59.50 £53.13
25th Percentile £53.94 £62.00 £55.31
Median hourly rate £60.50 £62.50 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year -3.20% +8.70% -15.19%
75th Percentile £62.50 £70.00 £65.31
90th Percentile £63.00 £90.20 £67.50
South East median hourly rate £60.50 £62.50 £57.50
% change year-on-year -3.20% +8.70% -15.19%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Hampshire

Prototyping falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Hampshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 671 1,348 1,247
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hampshire 89.95% 83.73% 88.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 484 715 797
10th Percentile £325 £388 £240
25th Percentile £450 £456 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £581 £525
Median % change year-on-year -5.25% +10.57% +5.00%
75th Percentile £618 £675 £625
90th Percentile £675 £738 £696
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £508
% change year-on-year - -1.53% +1.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 40 162 104
10th Percentile £20.10 £13.05 £18.25
25th Percentile £29.38 £25.52 £22.85
Median hourly rate £57.63 £57.35 £53.00
Median % change year-on-year +0.48% +8.21% +113.80%
75th Percentile £71.88 £62.50 £67.50
90th Percentile £75.00 £76.86 £74.63
South East median hourly rate £28.00 £47.50 £50.00
% change year-on-year -41.05% -5.00% +122.22%

Prototyping
Job Vacancy Trend in Hampshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Prototyping in Hampshire

Prototyping
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Hampshire

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Prototyping in Hampshire.

Daily rate trend for Prototyping in Hampshire

Prototyping
Daily Rate Histogram in Hampshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Prototyping in Hampshire over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Prototyping in Hampshire

Prototyping
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Hampshire

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Prototyping in Hampshire.

Hourly rate trend for Prototyping in Hampshire

Prototyping
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 Prototyping within the Hampshire region over the 6 months to 1 May 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 +6 6 - - 11
Basingstoke -6 4 £600 -25.00% 10
Hook - 2 £510 - 1
Prototyping
South East

Prototyping
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:

Application Platforms
1 7 (50.00%) Confluence
2 3 (21.43%) IIS
3 1 (7.14%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 3 (21.43%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (7.14%) npm
Communications & Networking
1 7 (50.00%) SNMP
1 7 (50.00%) Software-Defined Radio
2 4 (28.57%) HTTP
3 3 (21.43%) HTTPS
3 3 (21.43%) SSL
4 2 (14.29%) BGP
4 2 (14.29%) Cisco ASA
4 2 (14.29%) DMVPN
4 2 (14.29%) EIGRP
4 2 (14.29%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (7.14%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 7 (50.00%) Bitbucket
1 7 (50.00%) Git
1 7 (50.00%) GoogleTest
1 7 (50.00%) JIRA
1 7 (50.00%) Robot Framework
2 6 (42.86%) Eclipse
3 1 (7.14%) Jenkins
3 1 (7.14%) MSI
General
1 3 (21.43%) Social Skills
2 2 (14.29%) Public Sector
3 1 (7.14%) Aerospace
3 1 (7.14%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 5 (35.71%) Software Test Engineer
1 5 (35.71%) Test Engineer
2 2 (14.29%) Architect
2 2 (14.29%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
2 2 (14.29%) Network Engineer
3 1 (7.14%) Analyst
3 1 (7.14%) C++ Software Engineer
3 1 (7.14%) Infrastructure Architect
3 1 (7.14%) Juniper Engineer
3 1 (7.14%) SCCM Engineer
3 1 (7.14%) Software Engineer
3 1 (7.14%) Test Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (50.00%) CSS
1 7 (50.00%) HTML
2 1 (7.14%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 1 (7.14%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 8 (57.14%) Linux
2 3 (21.43%) Windows
3 2 (14.29%) Windows 10
3 2 (14.29%) Windows 7
3 2 (14.29%) Windows Server
3 2 (14.29%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (64.29%) Agile
2 7 (50.00%) Scrum
2 7 (50.00%) Software Testing
2 7 (50.00%) SysML
2 7 (50.00%) UML
2 7 (50.00%) Validation
2 7 (50.00%) Verification and Validation
3 6 (42.86%) Software Engineering
4 3 (21.43%) Configuration Management
4 3 (21.43%) Service Design
4 3 (21.43%) Software Distribution
4 3 (21.43%) Virtual Environments
4 3 (21.43%) Virtual Infrastructure
5 2 (14.29%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 2 (14.29%) ITIL
5 2 (14.29%) Network Design
6 1 (7.14%) Cryptography
6 1 (7.14%) Integration Testing
6 1 (7.14%) Open Source
6 1 (7.14%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 7 (50.00%) C++
1 7 (50.00%) JavaScript
2 4 (28.57%) PowerShell
3 3 (21.43%) SQL
4 2 (14.29%) Python
Qualifications
1 11 (78.57%) Security Cleared
2 7 (50.00%) DV Cleared
3 4 (28.57%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.14%) NIST
System Software
1 3 (21.43%) Active Directory
1 3 (21.43%) Microsoft App-V
2 2 (14.29%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 3 (21.43%) SCCM
1 3 (21.43%) WSUS
2 2 (14.29%) FortiGate
3 1 (7.14%) WMI
Vendors
1 7 (50.00%) Atlassian
1 7 (50.00%) Google
2 2 (14.29%) Cisco
2 2 (14.29%) Fortinet
2 2 (14.29%) Juniper
2 2 (14.29%) McAfee
2 2 (14.29%) Microsoft
3 1 (7.14%) Twitter