Military Contract Job Trends in the City of London

Military
Central London > City of London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Military in contract job vacancies in the City of London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Military over the 6 months leading up to 5 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 107 93 125
Rank change year-on-year -14 +32 +55
Contract jobs citing Military 21 20 2
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 1.03% 1.10% 0.086%
As % of the General category 1.62% 1.62% 0.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - £456
25th Percentile £425 - £466
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 - £488
Median % change year-on-year - - -34.34%
75th Percentile £475 - £516
90th Percentile - - £529
Central London median daily rate £450 £230 £488
% change year-on-year +95.65% -52.82% -34.34%

All General Skills
City of London

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

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 1,300 1,237 1,502
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 63.85% 68.19% 64.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 839 761 1,078
10th Percentile £350 £348 £338
25th Percentile £450 £459 £455
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - -4.17%
75th Percentile £688 £688 £688
90th Percentile £800 £775 £800
Central London median daily rate £550 £575 £563
% change year-on-year -4.35% +2.22% -6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 6 11
10th Percentile £18.75 £22.00 £17.00
25th Percentile £20.18 £22.67 £18.46
Median hourly rate £27.50 £27.83 £24.00
Median % change year-on-year -1.19% +15.96% -40.74%
75th Percentile £42.65 £33.06 £37.13
90th Percentile £53.75 £110.63 £50.25
Central London median hourly rate £26.11 £31.00 £24.00
% change year-on-year -15.77% +29.17% -36.42%

Military
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Military relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Military job vacancy trend in the City of London

Military
Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Military.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Military

Military
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (4.76%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (4.76%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (4.76%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (9.52%) Exchequer
Cloud Services
1 2 (9.52%) AWS
1 2 (9.52%) Azure
1 2 (9.52%) Microsoft 365
1 2 (9.52%) SaaS
2 1 (4.76%) Azure Data Factory
2 1 (4.76%) Azure Synapse Analytics
2 1 (4.76%) GCP
2 1 (4.76%) Google Workspace
2 1 (4.76%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 7 (33.33%) LAN
1 7 (33.33%) WAN
1 7 (33.33%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (4.76%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.76%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 1 (4.76%) JIRA
General
1 11 (52.38%) Public Sector
2 6 (28.57%) Finance
3 3 (14.29%) Social Skills
4 2 (9.52%) Legal
5 1 (4.76%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (4.76%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 7 (33.33%) Architect
1 7 (33.33%) Network Architect
2 3 (14.29%) Product Manager
3 2 (9.52%) Microsoft 365 Manager
4 1 (4.76%) Azure Data Engineer
4 1 (4.76%) Buyer
4 1 (4.76%) Cloud Specialist
4 1 (4.76%) Data Engineer
4 1 (4.76%) Deployment Engineer
4 1 (4.76%) Designer
4 1 (4.76%) Incident Manager
4 1 (4.76%) IT Buyer
4 1 (4.76%) Lead
4 1 (4.76%) Linux Engineer
4 1 (4.76%) Oracle Specialist
4 1 (4.76%) Programme Director
4 1 (4.76%) SC Cleared Deployment Engineer
4 1 (4.76%) Senior
4 1 (4.76%) Service Designer
4 1 (4.76%) Strategy Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.76%) Oracle Fusion
1 1 (4.76%) REST
1 1 (4.76%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 2 (9.52%) Product Ownership
2 1 (4.76%) Cloud Native
2 1 (4.76%) Onboarding
2 1 (4.76%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 2 (9.52%) Windows
2 1 (4.76%) Android
2 1 (4.76%) Linux
2 1 (4.76%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (19.05%) Stakeholder Management
2 3 (14.29%) Agile
2 3 (14.29%) Product Strategy
2 3 (14.29%) Roadmaps
2 3 (14.29%) User Stories
3 2 (9.52%) Analytics
3 2 (9.52%) Asset Management
3 2 (9.52%) Backlog Management
3 2 (9.52%) Business Case
3 2 (9.52%) Migration
3 2 (9.52%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (9.52%) Product Backlog
3 2 (9.52%) Product Roadmap
3 2 (9.52%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 2 (9.52%) Technology Roadmap
4 1 (4.76%) Business Continuity
4 1 (4.76%) Change Control
4 1 (4.76%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (4.76%) Programme Management
4 1 (4.76%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 1 (4.76%) Python
1 1 (4.76%) SQL
Qualifications
1 18 (85.71%) Security Cleared
2 12 (57.14%) SC Cleared
3 2 (9.52%) BPSS Clearance
3 2 (9.52%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (38.10%) QA
2 1 (4.76%) Accessibility
2 1 (4.76%) PMO
System Software
1 1 (4.76%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (4.76%) AirWatch
1 1 (4.76%) Jamf Pro
1 1 (4.76%) SCCM
Vendors
1 4 (19.05%) Microsoft
2 2 (9.52%) Oracle
3 1 (4.76%) Apple
3 1 (4.76%) Databricks
3 1 (4.76%) Google
3 1 (4.76%) ServiceNow