Software Architecture Contract Job Trends in Hampshire

Software Architecture
South East > Hampshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Hampshire requiring Software Architecture skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 25 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 97 - 90
Rank change year-on-year - - +1
Contract jobs citing Software Architecture 3 0 9
As % of all contract jobs in Hampshire 0.19% - 0.59%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.23% - 0.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 3
10th Percentile - - £610
25th Percentile £575 - £625
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 - £650
Median % change year-on-year - - +15.56%
75th Percentile £625 - £738
90th Percentile - - £790
South East median daily rate £600 £625 £650
% change year-on-year -4.00% -3.85% +13.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £104.50 - -
Median hourly rate £109.00 - -
75th Percentile £113.50 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median hourly rate £109.00 - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Hampshire

Software Architecture 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 1,289 643 1,324
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hampshire 81.63% 90.18% 86.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 840 472 714
10th Percentile £327 £334 £372
25th Percentile £463 £463 £461
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £580
Median % change year-on-year - -5.17% +10.48%
75th Percentile £650 £625 £675
90th Percentile £750 £675 £738
South East median daily rate £505 £509 £500
% change year-on-year -0.83% +1.85% -0.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 98 40 133
10th Percentile £12.60 £20.10 £12.70
25th Percentile £16.17 £30.94 £18.32
Median hourly rate £21.36 £59.13 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -63.88% +7.50% +14.58%
75th Percentile £48.75 £75.00 £62.50
90th Percentile £55.75 - £75.16
South East median hourly rate £36.00 £32.50 £40.00
% change year-on-year +10.77% -18.75% -11.11%

Software Architecture
Job Vacancy Trend in Hampshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Software Architecture relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Hampshire.

Software Architecture job vacancy trend in Hampshire

Software Architecture
Daily Rate Trend in Hampshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing Software Architecture.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing Software Architecture

Software Architecture
Hourly Rate Trend in Hampshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing Software Architecture.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing Software Architecture

Software Architecture
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 Software Architecture within the Hampshire region over the 6 months to 25 March 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 - 2 £600 -
Southampton - 1 - - 3
Software Architecture
South East

Software Architecture
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:

Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 2 (66.67%) AWS
1 2 (66.67%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (66.67%) Relational Database
General
1 3 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) C# Software Engineer
1 2 (66.67%) Lead
1 2 (66.67%) Lead Software Engineer
1 2 (66.67%) SC Cleared Software Engineer
1 2 (66.67%) Software Engineer
1 2 (66.67%) Technical Engineer
1 2 (66.67%) Technical Leader
2 1 (33.33%) System Design Authority
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (66.67%) .NET
1 2 (66.67%) React
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Analytical Mindset
1 2 (66.67%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Linux
1 1 (33.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 1 (33.33%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Architectural Patterns
1 3 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 3 (100.00%) DevSecOps
2 2 (66.67%) Agile
2 2 (66.67%) Backlog Refinement
2 2 (66.67%) Design Patterns
2 2 (66.67%) DevOps
2 2 (66.67%) Front End Development
2 2 (66.67%) High Availability
2 2 (66.67%) Mentoring
2 2 (66.67%) Microservices
2 2 (66.67%) Performance Tuning
2 2 (66.67%) Scrum
2 2 (66.67%) Secure Coding
2 2 (66.67%) Software Engineering
2 2 (66.67%) Sprint Planning
2 2 (66.67%) Technical Leadership
3 1 (33.33%) Machine Learning
3 1 (33.33%) Patch Management
3 1 (33.33%) Target Operating Model
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) C#
1 2 (66.67%) C++
1 2 (66.67%) Java
1 2 (66.67%) JavaScript
1 2 (66.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (33.33%) Degree
Systems Management
1 1 (33.33%) Kubernetes
1 1 (33.33%) SCOM