Software Distribution Contract Job Trends in Hampshire

Software Distribution
South East > Hampshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Hampshire requiring Software Distribution skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 99 72 97
Rank change year-on-year -27 +25 +3
Contract jobs citing Software Distribution 2 3 5
As % of all contract jobs in Hampshire 0.12% 0.40% 0.31%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.15% 0.45% 0.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 3 4
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year +15.00% -9.09% +144.44%
South East median daily rate £494 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -1.25% - +122.22%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Hampshire

Software Distribution 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 1,315 671 1,344
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hampshire 78.55% 89.71% 82.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 840 487 721
10th Percentile £362 £325 £388
25th Percentile £481 £450 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £589
Median % change year-on-year - -6.62% +12.19%
75th Percentile £650 £618 £675
90th Percentile £738 £675 £744
South East median daily rate £513 £500 £500
% change year-on-year +2.50% - -1.96%
Number of hourly rates quoted 108 41 164
10th Percentile £12.70 £19.97 £13.05
25th Percentile £15.49 £30.00 £27.13
Median hourly rate £40.00 £57.50 £57.35
Median % change year-on-year -30.43% +0.26% +9.24%
75th Percentile £55.30 £71.25 £64.06
90th Percentile £66.77 £75.00 £79.25
South East median hourly rate £55.00 £28.00 £47.50
% change year-on-year +96.43% -41.05% -3.06%

Software Distribution
Job Vacancy Trend in Hampshire

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

Software Distribution job vacancy trend in Hampshire

Software Distribution
Daily Rate Trend in Hampshire

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

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

Software Distribution
Hourly Rate Trend in Hampshire

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

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

Software Distribution
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 Distribution within the Hampshire region over the 6 months to 14 May 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
Basingstoke - 2 £575 - 1
Software Distribution
South East

Software Distribution
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:

Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) DNS
General
1 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) 3rd Line Support
1 1 (50.00%) Cloud Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
1 2 (100.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (100.00%) Technical Leadership
2 1 (50.00%) Change Management
2 1 (50.00%) Critical Thinking
2 1 (50.00%) ITSM
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 2 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 2 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 2 (100.00%) vCloud
1 2 (100.00%) VMware ESXi
1 2 (100.00%) VMware NSX
2 1 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (100.00%) SCOM
1 2 (100.00%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) VMware