Military Contracts in Dorset

Military
South West > Dorset

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Military in contract job vacancies in Dorset. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Military over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 17 6 6
Rank change year-on-year -11 0 +15
Contract jobs citing Military 7 22 38
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Dorset 7.14% 13.33% 17.59%
As % of the General category 11.29% 28.95% 35.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 6 5
10th Percentile £449 £322 -
25th Percentile £456 £581 £600
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £625 £608
Median % change year-on-year -26.00% +2.88% -
75th Percentile £489 £669 £612
90th Percentile £499 £675 £614
South West median daily rate £575 £590 £578
% change year-on-year -2.54% +2.16% +12.68%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 14 19
10th Percentile - £46.82 £51.37
25th Percentile - £47.83 £56.29
Median hourly rate - £56.49 £57.33
Median % change year-on-year - -1.47% +9.09%
75th Percentile - £57.33 £62.00
90th Percentile - £66.71 £63.23
South West median hourly rate £75.00 £57.44 £60.25
% change year-on-year +30.57% -4.66% +12.20%

All General Skills
Dorset

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 common skills in Dorset.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 62 76 106
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Dorset 63.27% 46.06% 49.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 43 33 44
10th Percentile £285 £193 £241
25th Percentile £413 £325 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £438 £550
Median % change year-on-year +8.57% -20.45% +11.68%
75th Percentile £575 £625 £613
90th Percentile £675 £750 £676
South West median daily rate £500 £525 £545
% change year-on-year -4.76% -3.67% +11.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 33 35
10th Percentile £14.56 £11.87 £14.80
25th Percentile £14.78 £13.69 £17.79
Median hourly rate £15.31 £15.62 £56.29
Median % change year-on-year -1.98% -72.25% +11.33%
75th Percentile £16.92 £47.83 £61.35
90th Percentile £17.79 £57.33 £69.08
South West median hourly rate £60.00 £46.39 £60.35
% change year-on-year +29.34% -23.13% +34.98%

Military
Job Vacancy Trend in Dorset

Job postings citing Military as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Dorset.

Job vacancy trend for Military in Dorset

Military
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Dorset

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Military in Dorset.

Daily rate trend for Military in Dorset

Military
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Dorset

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Military in Dorset.

Hourly rate trend for Military in Dorset

Military
Contract Job Locations in Dorset

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Military within the Dorset region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. 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
Blandford Forum - 1 £475 -
Poole - 1 £475 - 2
Military
South West

Military
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Dorset 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (14.29%) Firewall
General
1 1 (14.29%) Public Sector
1 1 (14.29%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (57.14%) Server Engineer
2 3 (42.86%) Build Engineer
2 3 (42.86%) Server Build Engineer
3 2 (28.57%) IT Engineer
3 2 (28.57%) Systems Engineer
4 1 (14.29%) Architect
4 1 (14.29%) Consultant
4 1 (14.29%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 1 (14.29%) Network Architect
4 1 (14.29%) Network Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) CESG
1 1 (14.29%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 1 (14.29%) VMS
1 1 (14.29%) Windows
1 1 (14.29%) Windows 10
1 1 (14.29%) Windows Server
1 1 (14.29%) Windows Server 2012
1 1 (14.29%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (71.43%) Server Building
2 1 (14.29%) Agile
2 1 (14.29%) Deployment Automation
2 1 (14.29%) Infrastructure Automation
2 1 (14.29%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 1 (14.29%) Scrum
2 1 (14.29%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 1 (14.29%) PowerShell
1 1 (14.29%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 6 (85.71%) SC Cleared
1 6 (85.71%) Security Cleared
2 1 (14.29%) DV Cleared
2 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (14.29%) JSP 440
System Software
1 1 (14.29%) Hyper-V
1 1 (14.29%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (14.29%) PowerCLI
1 1 (14.29%) SCCM
Vendors
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft
1 1 (14.29%) VMware