System Design Authority Contract Job Trends in Southampton

Systems Design Authority
Hampshire > Southampton

As of 28 October 2025, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Systems Design Authority daily rate in Southampton.

6 months to
28 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 19 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a System Design Authority 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Southampton 0.65% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.77% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
Hampshire median daily rate - - -
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 - - -
Hampshire median hourly rate £109.00 - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Southampton

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Southampton. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Southampton with a recognized job title 130 145 186
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 84.97% 96.67% 95.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 78 97 138
10th Percentile £130 £200 £263
25th Percentile £403 £237 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £413 £525
Median % change year-on-year +21.21% -21.43% +5.00%
75th Percentile £569 £600 £614
90th Percentile £679 £654 £650
Hampshire median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 6 17
10th Percentile £22.75 - -
25th Percentile £25.00 - £16.00
Median hourly rate £27.58 £21.89 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year +25.97% +25.09% +0.85%
75th Percentile £71.88 - £33.75
90th Percentile £74.80 - £39.25
Hampshire median hourly rate £25.15 £67.50 £51.42
% change year-on-year -62.74% +31.27% +17.56%

System Design Authority
Job Vacancy Trend in Southampton

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'System Design Authority' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Southampton.

System Design Authority job vacancy trend in Southampton

System Design Authority Skill Set
Top 22 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Southampton

For the 6 months to 28 October 2025, System Design Authority contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Southampton region featuring System Design Authority in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) API Design
1 1 (100.00%) API Integration
1 1 (100.00%) Architectural Patterns
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Containerisation
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) DevSecOps
1 1 (100.00%) Kubernetes
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (100.00%) OCR
1 1 (100.00%) Patch Management
1 1 (100.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) SCOM
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Software Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Systems Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Target Operating Model
1 1 (100.00%) Ubuntu

System Design Authority Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Southampton 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 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) API Design
1 1 (100.00%) API Integration
1 1 (100.00%) Architectural Patterns
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Containerisation
1 1 (100.00%) DevSecOps
1 1 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 1 (100.00%) OCR
1 1 (100.00%) Patch Management
1 1 (100.00%) Software Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Systems Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Target Operating Model
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Kubernetes
1 1 (100.00%) SCOM