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 3 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 13 16 3
Rank change year-on-year +3 -13 +19
Contract jobs citing Military 10 8 58
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Dorset 8.47% 5.48% 22.48%
As % of the General category 12.20% 11.94% 40.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 2 7
10th Percentile £454 £578 £497
25th Percentile £456 £581 £563
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £600 £608
Median % change year-on-year -20.83% -1.23% -
75th Percentile £533 £619 £614
90th Percentile £540 £623 £629
South West median daily rate £550 £538 £550
% change year-on-year +2.33% -2.27% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 5 20
10th Percentile - - £53.73
25th Percentile - - £56.29
Median hourly rate - £47.83 £56.49
Median % change year-on-year - -15.33% +3.82%
75th Percentile - £56.49 £62.00
90th Percentile - £57.09 £70.78
South West median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £56.91
% change year-on-year - +14.22% +2.27%

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 82 67 142
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Dorset 69.49% 45.89% 55.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 56 35 61
10th Percentile £203 £278 £213
25th Percentile £363 £361 £455
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £488 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.56% -7.14% +6.06%
75th Percentile £550 £629 £650
90th Percentile £575 £761 £738
South West median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - +0.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 15 41
10th Percentile £15.19 - £13.25
25th Percentile £15.25 £13.69 £17.50
Median hourly rate £15.50 £15.62 £55.32
Median % change year-on-year -0.77% -71.76% +14.11%
75th Percentile £15.75 £47.83 £59.28
90th Percentile £17.21 £53.03 £70.66
South West median hourly rate £22.63 £47.83 £56.27
% change year-on-year -52.69% -15.00% +25.04%

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 3 August 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 -
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 4 (40.00%) Firewall
2 3 (30.00%) 4G
2 3 (30.00%) 5G
General
1 1 (10.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (10.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (40.00%) Server Engineer
2 3 (30.00%) Build Engineer
2 3 (30.00%) Engineering Specialist
2 3 (30.00%) Server Build Engineer
2 3 (30.00%) Test Specialist
3 2 (20.00%) IT Engineer
3 2 (20.00%) Systems Engineer
4 1 (10.00%) Architect
4 1 (10.00%) Consultant
4 1 (10.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 1 (10.00%) Network Architect
4 1 (10.00%) Network Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 4 (40.00%) PKI
2 1 (10.00%) CESG
Operating Systems
1 4 (40.00%) Windows
1 4 (40.00%) Windows Server
2 1 (10.00%) VMS
2 1 (10.00%) Windows 10
2 1 (10.00%) Windows Server 2012
2 1 (10.00%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (50.00%) Server Building
2 3 (30.00%) Asset Management
2 3 (30.00%) Change Management
2 3 (30.00%) Cryptography
2 3 (30.00%) Integration Testing
2 3 (30.00%) Security Hardening
2 3 (30.00%) Service Management
2 3 (30.00%) Test Scripting
3 1 (10.00%) Agile
3 1 (10.00%) Deployment Automation
3 1 (10.00%) Infrastructure Automation
3 1 (10.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 1 (10.00%) Scrum
3 1 (10.00%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 1 (10.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (10.00%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 9 (90.00%) SC Cleared
1 9 (90.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (10.00%) DV Cleared
2 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (30.00%) NCSC
2 1 (10.00%) JSP 440
System Software
1 1 (10.00%) Hyper-V
1 1 (10.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (30.00%) Check_MK
2 1 (10.00%) PowerCLI
2 1 (10.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 3 (30.00%) Cisco
1 3 (30.00%) Fortinet
1 3 (30.00%) Juniper
1 3 (30.00%) Splunk
2 1 (10.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (10.00%) VMware