Military Contracts in the UK excluding London

Military
UK > UK excluding London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Military in contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Military over the 6 months to 9 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 235 280 397
Rank change year-on-year +45 +117 -54
Contract jobs citing Military 165 171 116
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.81% 0.73% 0.38%
As % of the General category 1.48% 1.29% 0.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 63 83 43
10th Percentile £514 £425 £414
25th Percentile £519 £475 £460
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £575 £549
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.74% +18.06%
75th Percentile £663 £652 £644
90th Percentile £790 £675 £714
UK median daily rate £625 £600 £548
% change year-on-year +4.17% +9.44% +15.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 57 38 29
10th Percentile £39.02 £50.88 £43.40
25th Percentile £47.83 £56.29 £49.28
Median hourly rate £60.00 £60.35 £53.08
Median % change year-on-year -0.58% +13.70% +15.39%
75th Percentile £65.00 £68.31 £68.75
90th Percentile £80.00 £89.74 £73.02
UK median hourly rate £59.50 £63.23 £52.89
% change year-on-year -5.90% +19.55% +14.98%

All General Skills
UK excluding London

Military is in the General Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 11,128 13,244 16,922
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 54.33% 56.46% 55.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,349 9,050 11,652
10th Percentile £206 £230 £210
25th Percentile £363 £400 £369
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £496 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -0.80% +5.26% +10.47%
75th Percentile £595 £600 £575
90th Percentile £688 £694 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,652 767 1,021
10th Percentile £12.50 £13.30 £12.50
25th Percentile £15.00 £16.00 £13.89
Median hourly rate £28.42 £28.16 £18.70
Median % change year-on-year +0.92% +50.59% -4.10%
75th Percentile £53.75 £60.59 £35.00
90th Percentile £66.69 £68.75 £55.00
UK median hourly rate £30.00 £32.60 £22.00
% change year-on-year -7.96% +48.16% -2.22%

Military
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Military as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Military in the UK excluding London

Military
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Military in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Military in the UK excluding London

Military
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Military in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Military in the UK excluding London

Military
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Military in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Military in the UK excluding London

Military
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Military in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Military in the UK excluding London

Military
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Military within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 9 May 2024. 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
South West +1 73 £590 +2.16% 101
South East +39 55 £625 +12.41% 136
East of England +20 19 - - 56
North of England +40 13 £550 +15.79% 89
North West +25 11 £550 +22.22% 55
Midlands +21 3 £532 -18.23% 73
West Midlands +9 3 £532 -18.23% 32
Scotland +41 2 £608 +35.00% 14
North East +14 2 - - 10
Military
UK

Military
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 18 (10.91%) Confluence
2 17 (10.30%) Microsoft Exchange
3 6 (3.64%) SharePoint
Applications
1 8 (4.85%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (4.24%) Simulink
3 6 (3.64%) Microsoft Excel
4 3 (1.82%) Windchill
5 2 (1.21%) Stateflow
6 1 (0.61%) AutoCAD
6 1 (0.61%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.61%) Revit
Business Applications
1 6 (3.64%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 2 (1.21%) Misys Midas
2 2 (1.21%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (0.61%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 6 (3.64%) Azure
2 4 (2.42%) Power Automate
2 4 (2.42%) Power Platform
3 3 (1.82%) Azure Logic Apps
3 3 (1.82%) Azure Storage
3 3 (1.82%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (1.82%) OCI
4 1 (0.61%) PowerApps
4 1 (0.61%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 17 (10.30%) DHCP
1 17 (10.30%) DNS
1 17 (10.30%) Network Security
2 15 (9.09%) TCP/IP
3 11 (6.67%) Ethernet
4 8 (4.85%) Wireless
5 7 (4.24%) Firewall
5 7 (4.24%) WAN
6 5 (3.03%) LAN
7 4 (2.42%) VoIP
8 3 (1.82%) 4G
8 3 (1.82%) 5G
8 3 (1.82%) Internet
9 2 (1.21%) Intranet
9 2 (1.21%) SD-WAN
9 2 (1.21%) Skype
9 2 (1.21%) SMTP
10 1 (0.61%) VPN
10 1 (0.61%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.61%) Elasticsearch
1 1 (0.61%) MongoDB
1 1 (0.61%) Neo4j
1 1 (0.61%) NoSQL
1 1 (0.61%) Oracle Database
1 1 (0.61%) Power BI
1 1 (0.61%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 24 (14.55%) JIRA
2 11 (6.67%) Eclipse
2 11 (6.67%) Visual Studio
3 10 (6.06%) Rational DOORS
General
1 57 (34.55%) Social Skills
2 35 (21.21%) Analytical Skills
3 20 (12.12%) Aerospace
4 15 (9.09%) Presentation Skills
4 15 (9.09%) Public Sector
5 8 (4.85%) Telecoms
6 6 (3.64%) Finance
7 5 (3.03%) Aviation
8 4 (2.42%) Automotive
9 3 (1.82%) Electronics
10 2 (1.21%) Law
10 2 (1.21%) Manufacturing
11 1 (0.61%) Legal
11 1 (0.61%) Police
Job Titles
1 27 (16.36%) Systems Engineer
2 20 (12.12%) Integration Engineer
3 19 (11.52%) Test and Integration Engineer
3 19 (11.52%) Test Engineer
4 18 (10.91%) Software Engineer
5 15 (9.09%) Project Manager
5 15 (9.09%) Senior
6 11 (6.67%) Analyst
7 10 (6.06%) C# Software Engineer
8 9 (5.45%) C++ Software Engineer
9 8 (4.85%) SOC Manager
10 7 (4.24%) Developer
10 7 (4.24%) Principal Engineer
10 7 (4.24%) Threat Intelligence Analyst
11 6 (3.64%) Architect
12 5 (3.03%) Delivery Manager
12 5 (3.03%) DV Cleared Project Manager
13 4 (2.42%) Data Engineer
13 4 (2.42%) Embedded Engineer
13 4 (2.42%) Senior Embedded Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (7.88%) Web Services
2 12 (7.27%) Node.js
3 3 (1.82%) SPFx
4 1 (0.61%) Elastic Stack
4 1 (0.61%) REST
4 1 (0.61%) SAP Basis
4 1 (0.61%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 18 (10.91%) PKI
2 12 (7.27%) Cyber Defence
2 12 (7.27%) Management Information System
3 8 (4.85%) Security Operations Centre
4 7 (4.24%) Cyber Threat
4 7 (4.24%) Operational Technology
5 4 (2.42%) Product Ownership
6 3 (1.82%) Analogue Electronics
6 3 (1.82%) PMI
7 2 (1.21%) Algorithms
7 2 (1.21%) Distributed Applications
7 2 (1.21%) Driving Licence
7 2 (1.21%) Embedded Systems
7 2 (1.21%) Linux Command Line
8 1 (0.61%) CMDB
8 1 (0.61%) Data Centre
8 1 (0.61%) GNSS
8 1 (0.61%) NHS
8 1 (0.61%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 33 (20.00%) Windows
2 19 (11.52%) Windows Server
3 15 (9.09%) Linux
3 15 (9.09%) Windows Server 2012
4 2 (1.21%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.61%) Android
5 1 (0.61%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.61%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 57 (34.55%) Agile
2 24 (14.55%) Problem-Solving
2 24 (14.55%) Validation
3 22 (13.33%) Software Engineering
4 21 (12.73%) Mentoring
5 19 (11.52%) Cybersecurity
6 18 (10.91%) Test Scripting
6 18 (10.91%) Verification and Validation
7 17 (10.30%) Project Management
8 15 (9.09%) Configuration Management
8 15 (9.09%) Critical Thinking
8 15 (9.09%) Regression Testing
9 13 (7.88%) Visualisation
10 12 (7.27%) CI/CD
10 12 (7.27%) Continuous Delivery
10 12 (7.27%) Digital Twin
10 12 (7.27%) Risk Management
10 12 (7.27%) SIEM
11 11 (6.67%) Security Operations
11 11 (6.67%) Synthetic Environment
Programming Languages
1 20 (12.12%) SQL
2 14 (8.48%) C#
2 14 (8.48%) JavaScript
3 13 (7.88%) C++
4 11 (6.67%) MATLAB
5 6 (3.64%) Python
6 3 (1.82%) C
7 2 (1.21%) Ada
7 2 (1.21%) PowerShell
7 2 (1.21%) VB
8 1 (0.61%) R
8 1 (0.61%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 122 (73.94%) Security Cleared
2 87 (52.73%) SC Cleared
3 46 (27.88%) DV Cleared
4 24 (14.55%) Degree
5 15 (9.09%) MCSA
5 15 (9.09%) MCSE
5 15 (9.09%) Microsoft Certification
5 15 (9.09%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 8 (4.85%) CISM
6 8 (4.85%) CISSP
7 6 (3.64%) PMI Certification
7 6 (3.64%) PMP
7 6 (3.64%) TOGAF Certification
8 2 (1.21%) CCNA
8 2 (1.21%) CCNP
8 2 (1.21%) Cisco Certification
8 2 (1.21%) Computer Science Degree
8 2 (1.21%) ISTQB
9 1 (0.61%) CESG Certified Professional
9 1 (0.61%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (6.06%) NIST
2 9 (5.45%) NIST 800
3 6 (3.64%) JSP 440
4 5 (3.03%) Def Stans
5 3 (1.82%) PMBOK
5 3 (1.82%) PMO
6 2 (1.21%) Actionable Recommendations
6 2 (1.21%) DO-178B
6 2 (1.21%) NCSC
6 2 (1.21%) SLA
7 1 (0.61%) IEC 61508
7 1 (0.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.61%) MISRA
7 1 (0.61%) MISRA C
7 1 (0.61%) RMADS
System Software
1 18 (10.91%) Active Directory
2 17 (10.30%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (1.21%) Microsoft Virtual Server
3 2 (1.21%) Virtual Desktop
3 2 (1.21%) Virtual Servers
3 2 (1.21%) vSphere
4 1 (0.61%) Docker
4 1 (0.61%) Firmware
4 1 (0.61%) iptables
Systems Management
1 2 (1.21%) Active Directory Federation Services
1 2 (1.21%) OPNET
1 2 (1.21%) SCCM
1 2 (1.21%) SCOM
2 1 (0.61%) Check_MK
2 1 (0.61%) Kibana
2 1 (0.61%) logstash
Vendors
1 31 (18.79%) Microsoft
2 19 (11.52%) VMware
3 7 (4.24%) Cisco
4 6 (3.64%) Sparx
5 4 (2.42%) Oracle
6 3 (1.82%) Atlassian
6 3 (1.82%) Juniper
6 3 (1.82%) Keysight
6 3 (1.82%) PTC
6 3 (1.82%) Remedy
7 2 (1.21%) IBM
7 2 (1.21%) MathWorks
7 2 (1.21%) Micro Focus
7 2 (1.21%) QinetiQ
7 2 (1.21%) Red Hat
7 2 (1.21%) SolarWinds
8 1 (0.61%) Fortinet
8 1 (0.61%) SAP
8 1 (0.61%) Splunk
8 1 (0.61%) Veritas