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 25 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 210 205 135
Rank change year-on-year -5 -70 -68
Permanent jobs citing Military 49 18 211
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 0.37% 0.37% 1.72%
As % of the General category 0.77% 0.56% 3.09%
Number of salaries quoted 19 10 32
10th Percentile £24,700 £39,925 £40,750
25th Percentile £27,500 £41,250 £45,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £42,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - -19.05% -18.29%
75th Percentile £77,500 £43,750 £60,000
90th Percentile £77,750 £64,450 £65,000
England median annual salary £42,500 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -22.73% +10.00% -9.09%

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 6,348 3,219 6,833
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 48.03% 66.10% 55.85%
Number of salaries quoted 3,145 1,628 4,752
10th Percentile £28,000 £26,208 £25,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £31,335 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% +5.56% -14.29%
75th Percentile £64,000 £62,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £71,991
England median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -12.50%

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 25 May 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 25 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
East Midlands -9 26 £42,500 - 13
West Midlands -15 23 £30,000 -29.41% 12
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 2 (4.08%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 1 (2.04%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 4 (8.16%) Azure
2 1 (2.04%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.04%) DHCP
1 1 (2.04%) DNS
1 1 (2.04%) Firewall
1 1 (2.04%) Wireless
General
1 26 (53.06%) Law
1 26 (53.06%) Telecoms
2 23 (46.94%) Social Skills
3 20 (40.82%) Finance
4 15 (30.61%) Back Office
5 6 (12.24%) Aerospace
6 4 (8.16%) Documentation Skills
6 4 (8.16%) Front Office
6 4 (8.16%) Organisational Skills
7 2 (4.08%) Manufacturing
8 1 (2.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 15 (30.61%) Project Manager
2 7 (14.29%) QA Manager
2 7 (14.29%) Quality Manager
3 4 (8.16%) Service Manager
4 3 (6.12%) Azure Engineer
4 3 (6.12%) Azure Platform Engineer
4 3 (6.12%) Cloud Platform Engineer
4 3 (6.12%) Platform Engineer
4 3 (6.12%) Senior
4 3 (6.12%) Senior Technician
5 2 (4.08%) Technology Specialist
6 1 (2.04%) 2nd Line Engineer
6 1 (2.04%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
6 1 (2.04%) IT Engineer
6 1 (2.04%) IT Support
6 1 (2.04%) IT Support Engineer
6 1 (2.04%) Kubernetes Engineer
6 1 (2.04%) Linux Engineer
6 1 (2.04%) Systems Engineer
6 1 (2.04%) Systems Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 15 (30.61%) Driving Licence
2 4 (8.16%) CMDB
2 4 (8.16%) Culture of Ownership
3 2 (4.08%) IoT
3 2 (4.08%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 3 (6.12%) Linux
2 1 (2.04%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (30.61%) Commercial Awareness
2 11 (22.45%) Collaborative Working
2 11 (22.45%) Service Delivery
3 4 (8.16%) Asset Management
3 4 (8.16%) Budget Responsibility
3 4 (8.16%) Change Management
3 4 (8.16%) Continuous Improvement
3 4 (8.16%) Incident Management
3 4 (8.16%) IT Asset Management
3 4 (8.16%) ITIL
3 4 (8.16%) Root Cause Analysis
3 4 (8.16%) Service Catalogue
3 4 (8.16%) SIAM
3 4 (8.16%) Software Licensing
3 4 (8.16%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 4 (8.16%) User Experience
4 3 (6.12%) DevOps
4 3 (6.12%) GitOps
4 3 (6.12%) Microservices
4 3 (6.12%) Platform Engineering
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.04%) PowerShell
1 1 (2.04%) Python
Qualifications
1 12 (24.49%) Security Cleared
2 3 (6.12%) SC Cleared
3 1 (2.04%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (14.29%) QA
2 1 (2.04%) Accessibility
2 1 (2.04%) GDPR
2 1 (2.04%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (2.04%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (6.12%) Ansible
1 3 (6.12%) Kubernetes
1 3 (6.12%) Terraform
Vendors
1 2 (4.08%) Siemens
2 1 (2.04%) HP
2 1 (2.04%) Microsoft