Military Job Trends in the Midlands

Military
England > Midlands

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Military in permanent job vacancies in the Midlands. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Military over the 6 months leading up to 22 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 183 201 83
Rank change year-on-year +18 -118 +31
Permanent jobs citing Military 95 32 261
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 0.61% 0.57% 2.64%
As % of the General category 1.37% 0.88% 4.89%
Number of salaries quoted 37 26 8
10th Percentile £25,000 - £27,000
25th Percentile £26,125 £41,250 £42,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £42,500 £56,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% -24.11% -20.00%
75th Percentile £67,500 £43,750 £60,000
90th Percentile £73,150 - £61,500
England median annual salary £50,000 £45,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +11.11% -18.18% -15.16%

All General Skills
Midlands

Military falls under the General Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring general skills in the Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 6,914 3,649 5,337
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 44.27% 65.54% 54.07%
Number of salaries quoted 4,424 2,082 2,313
10th Percentile £28,500 £26,500 £27,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £31,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -10.00% -
75th Percentile £62,500 £60,990 £62,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £75,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year - -4.35% -4.17%

Military
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Military relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.

Military job vacancy trend in the Midlands

Military
Salary Trend in the Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Military.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Military

Military
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Military in the Midlands over the 6 months to 22 September 2026.

Salary histogram for Military in the Midlands

Military
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Military within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 22 September 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
East Midlands +7 51 £70,000 +64.71% 26
West Midlands -21 44 £40,000 -5.88% 39
Military
England

Military
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands 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 5 (5.26%) SOLIDWORKS
2 2 (2.11%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (1.05%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (1.05%) Simulink
Cloud Services
1 1 (1.05%) Azure
1 1 (1.05%) Entra ID
1 1 (1.05%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.05%) DHCP
1 1 (1.05%) DNS
1 1 (1.05%) Firewall
1 1 (1.05%) Wireless
General
1 53 (55.79%) Social Skills
2 45 (47.37%) Finance
3 40 (42.11%) Law
4 37 (38.95%) Back Office
4 37 (38.95%) Telecoms
5 17 (17.89%) Aerospace
6 12 (12.63%) Organisational Skills
7 5 (5.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 4 (4.21%) Documentation Skills
8 4 (4.21%) Front Office
9 3 (3.16%) Electronics
10 2 (2.11%) Manufacturing
11 1 (1.05%) Avionics
11 1 (1.05%) Influencing Skills
11 1 (1.05%) Local Government
11 1 (1.05%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 40 (42.11%) Project Manager
2 15 (15.79%) Senior
2 15 (15.79%) Senior Technician
3 8 (8.42%) Service Manager
4 7 (7.37%) IT Support
5 6 (6.32%) IT Support Technician
5 6 (6.32%) IT Technician
5 6 (6.32%) Support Technician
6 5 (5.26%) QA Manager
6 5 (5.26%) Quality Manager
7 4 (4.21%) Delivery Manager
7 4 (4.21%) Principal Engineer
7 4 (4.21%) Service Delivery Manager
8 3 (3.16%) Principal Software Engineer
8 3 (3.16%) Software Engineer
9 1 (1.05%) 2nd Line Support
9 1 (1.05%) Development Manager
9 1 (1.05%) Support Engineer
9 1 (1.05%) Systems Engineer
9 1 (1.05%) Systems Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (3.16%) PyTorch
1 3 (3.16%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 39 (41.05%) Driving Licence
2 12 (12.63%) Robotics
3 10 (10.53%) Onboarding
4 5 (5.26%) SCADA
5 4 (4.21%) CMDB
5 4 (4.21%) Culture of Ownership
6 3 (3.16%) AI Agents
7 1 (1.05%) Algorithms
7 1 (1.05%) FPGA
7 1 (1.05%) Renewable Energy
7 1 (1.05%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.05%) Embedded Linux
1 1 (1.05%) Linux
1 1 (1.05%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (41.05%) Commercial Awareness
2 14 (14.74%) Continuous Improvement
3 13 (13.68%) Mechatronics
4 10 (10.53%) Preventative Maintenance
5 8 (8.42%) ITIL
6 6 (6.32%) Customer Experience
6 6 (6.32%) ERP
6 6 (6.32%) Process Improvement
6 6 (6.32%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 6 (6.32%) Task Automation
7 5 (5.26%) CAD
7 5 (5.26%) Line Management
7 5 (5.26%) Motion Control
7 5 (5.26%) Prototyping
7 5 (5.26%) Root Cause Analysis
7 5 (5.26%) Validation
8 4 (4.21%) Agile
8 4 (4.21%) AI
8 4 (4.21%) Asset Management
8 4 (4.21%) Incident Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (6.32%) SQL
2 1 (1.05%) C
2 1 (1.05%) Embedded C
2 1 (1.05%) MATLAB
2 1 (1.05%) PowerShell
2 1 (1.05%) Python
2 1 (1.05%) SystemVerilog
Qualifications
1 19 (20.00%) Security Cleared
2 18 (18.95%) Degree
3 10 (10.53%) City & Guilds
3 10 (10.53%) NVQ Level 3
3 10 (10.53%) SC Cleared
4 4 (4.21%) BPSS Clearance
4 4 (4.21%) DV Cleared
5 3 (3.16%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (1.05%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (7.37%) QA
2 5 (5.26%) Accessibility
3 2 (2.11%) SLA
4 1 (1.05%) COSHH
4 1 (1.05%) GDPR
System Software
1 1 (1.05%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 4 (4.21%) Microsoft
2 2 (2.11%) NEC
2 2 (2.11%) Sage
3 1 (1.05%) Atlassian
3 1 (1.05%) HP
3 1 (1.05%) Intel
3 1 (1.05%) Xilinx