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 25 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 67 53 59
Rank change year-on-year -14 +6 +18
DemandTrendContract jobs citing Prototyping 13 45 40
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Hampshire 1.31% 3.06% 3.14%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.53% 3.84% 3.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 18 5
10th Percentile - £548 £173
25th Percentile - £613 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £625 £475
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +31.58% -32.14%
75th Percentile - £675 £550
90th Percentile - - £580
South East median daily rate £600 £650 £570
% change year-on-year -7.69% +14.04% -8.80%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 7 11
10th Percentile £51.21 £57.85 -
25th Percentile £51.42 £67.50 £55.00
Median hourly rate £54.94 £90.00 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year -38.96% +56.52% -8.00%
75th Percentile £58.39 £92.19 £65.63
90th Percentile £58.57 £92.37 £66.25
South East median hourly rate £54.94 £85.00 £57.50
% change year-on-year -35.37% +47.83% -8.00%

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.

DemandTrendContract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 852 1,171 1,116
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hampshire 85.80% 79.71% 87.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 603 709 639
10th Percentile £300 £363 £263
25th Percentile £450 £455 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £537 £575 £525
Median % change year-on-year -6.61% +9.52% -
75th Percentile £600 £670 £614
90th Percentile £650 £728 £682
South East median daily rate £500 £520 £518
% change year-on-year -3.85% +0.31% +3.68%
Number of hourly rates quoted 70 123 106
10th Percentile £18.87 £17.69 £15.50
25th Percentile £19.06 £51.06 £19.81
Median hourly rate £33.47 £57.35 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year -41.64% +9.24% +16.67%
75th Percentile £58.39 £73.75 £64.41
90th Percentile £73.88 £78.37 £75.00
South East median hourly rate £24.00 £57.35 £50.00
% change year-on-year -58.15% +14.70% +80.31%

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
Daily Rate Trend in Hampshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing Prototyping.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing Prototyping

Prototyping
Hourly Rate Trend in Hampshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing Prototyping.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing Prototyping

Prototyping
DemandTrendContract 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 25 August 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
DemandTrendContract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Basingstoke -3 9 £600 -4.00% 1
Portsmouth -5 1 - - 2
Hook - 1 £600 -
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 8 (61.54%) Apache
2 5 (38.46%) IIS
3 4 (30.77%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (15.38%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 1 (7.69%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (7.69%) npm
Communications & Networking
1 4 (30.77%) DNS
1 4 (30.77%) SMTP
2 2 (15.38%) HTTP
2 2 (15.38%) SNMP
2 2 (15.38%) Software-Defined Radio
3 1 (7.69%) Firewall
3 1 (7.69%) HTTPS
3 1 (7.69%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (7.69%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 6 (46.15%) Robot Framework
2 4 (30.77%) MSI
2 4 (30.77%) Sonatype Nexus
3 2 (15.38%) Bitbucket
3 2 (15.38%) Git
3 2 (15.38%) GoogleTest
3 2 (15.38%) JIRA
4 1 (7.69%) Eclipse
4 1 (7.69%) Jenkins
General
1 2 (15.38%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (30.77%) 3rd Line Engineer
1 4 (30.77%) Infrastructure Engineer
1 4 (30.77%) Integration Engineer
2 2 (15.38%) Architect
2 2 (15.38%) Software Test Engineer
2 2 (15.38%) Test Engineer
3 1 (7.69%) Data Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (30.77%) YAML
2 2 (15.38%) CSS
2 2 (15.38%) HTML
3 1 (7.69%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 9 (69.23%) PKI
2 1 (7.69%) Fat Client
2 1 (7.69%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 6 (46.15%) Linux
1 6 (46.15%) Windows
2 5 (38.46%) Windows Server
3 4 (30.77%) CentOS
3 4 (30.77%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 4 (30.77%) Windows Server 2019
4 2 (15.38%) Windows 7
5 1 (7.69%) Windows 10
5 1 (7.69%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (84.62%) Agile
2 8 (61.54%) Continuous Improvement
2 8 (61.54%) DevOps
3 6 (46.15%) Test Automation
4 5 (38.46%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 4 (30.77%) Batch Scripting
5 4 (30.77%) Deployment Automation
5 4 (30.77%) Problem-Solving
5 4 (30.77%) Web Development
5 4 (30.77%) Workflow
6 2 (15.38%) Scrum
6 2 (15.38%) Software Testing
6 2 (15.38%) SysML
6 2 (15.38%) UML
6 2 (15.38%) Validation
6 2 (15.38%) Verification and Validation
7 1 (7.69%) Analytical Modelling
7 1 (7.69%) Collaborative Working
7 1 (7.69%) Roadmaps
7 1 (7.69%) Virtual Infrastructure
Programming Languages
1 9 (69.23%) PowerShell
2 6 (46.15%) Python
3 4 (30.77%) PHP
4 2 (15.38%) C++
4 2 (15.38%) JavaScript
5 1 (7.69%) SQL
Qualifications
1 10 (76.92%) DV Cleared
1 10 (76.92%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 10 (76.92%) Active Directory
2 8 (61.54%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (7.69%) Firmware
3 1 (7.69%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 8 (61.54%) Ansible
2 5 (38.46%) WMI
3 4 (30.77%) Terraform
4 1 (7.69%) SCCM
4 1 (7.69%) WSUS
Vendors
1 9 (69.23%) VMware
2 5 (38.46%) Microsoft
3 2 (15.38%) Atlassian
3 2 (15.38%) Google