Military Contracts in England

Military
UK > England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Military in contract job vacancies advertised in England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Military over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 335 470 658
Rank change year-on-year +135 +188 -114
Contract jobs citing Military 208 195 121
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.56% 0.39% 0.17%
As % of the General category 0.96% 0.65% 0.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 90 100 48
10th Percentile £513 £425 £407
25th Percentile £524 £487 £458
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £600 £524
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% +14.50% +14.98%
75th Percentile £675 £675 £650
90th Percentile £738 £778 £750
UK median daily rate £625 £600 £523
% change year-on-year +4.17% +14.72% +12.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 53 39 29
10th Percentile £41.00 £51.00 £35.52
25th Percentile £47.83 £56.29 £47.02
Median hourly rate £60.00 £60.00 £53.08
Median % change year-on-year - +13.04% +6.16%
75th Percentile £66.74 £66.62 £67.25
90th Percentile £80.00 £88.09 £73.02
UK median hourly rate £59.50 £62.89 £52.56
% change year-on-year -5.39% +19.67% +14.00%

All General Skills
England

Military is in the General Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 21,593 29,947 40,064
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 58.42% 59.25% 56.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 13,921 20,994 27,954
10th Percentile £275 £313 £315
25th Percentile £413 £450 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £650 £685 £650
90th Percentile £775 £788 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £533
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.29% +7.58%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,773 988 1,324
10th Percentile £13.00 £13.99 £12.50
25th Percentile £15.46 £18.44 £14.50
Median hourly rate £30.00 £34.31 £21.30
Median % change year-on-year -12.56% +61.08% -5.33%
75th Percentile £51.50 £61.25 £45.00
90th Percentile £65.00 £71.26 £57.97
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.00 £21.50
% change year-on-year -17.14% +62.79% -4.44%

Military
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Military in England

Military
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Military in England

Military
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Military in England over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Military in England

Military
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Military in England

Military
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Military in England over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Military in England

Military
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Military within the England region over the 6 months to 27 April 2024. 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
South West +5 74 £590 +2.39% 111
South East +35 55 £625 +11.16% 150
London +118 43 £643 -8.14% 52
East of England +27 17 - - 67
North of England +42 11 £550 +15.79% 84
North West +24 9 £550 +22.22% 52
West Midlands +17 3 £532 -18.23% 29
Midlands +9 3 £532 -18.23% 61
North East +21 2 - - 9
Military
UK

Military
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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:

Application Platforms
1 20 (9.62%) Confluence
2 18 (8.65%) Microsoft Exchange
3 11 (5.29%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.48%) ArcGIS
4 1 (0.48%) nginx
4 1 (0.48%) Oracle Coherence
4 1 (0.48%) SAS
Applications
1 11 (5.29%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (3.85%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (3.85%) Simulink
3 3 (1.44%) Windchill
4 2 (0.96%) Stateflow
5 1 (0.48%) AutoCAD
5 1 (0.48%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.48%) Revit
5 1 (0.48%) Trello
Business Applications
1 6 (2.88%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 3 (1.44%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (0.48%) Maximo
3 1 (0.48%) Primavera
3 1 (0.48%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 9 (4.33%) Azure
2 4 (1.92%) Azure Logic Apps
2 4 (1.92%) Azure Storage
2 4 (1.92%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (1.92%) OCI
2 4 (1.92%) Power Automate
2 4 (1.92%) Power Platform
3 3 (1.44%) AWS
4 1 (0.48%) Asana
4 1 (0.48%) AWS Elastic Beanstalk
4 1 (0.48%) GCP
4 1 (0.48%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 19 (9.13%) DNS
2 18 (8.65%) DHCP
3 16 (7.69%) Network Security
4 11 (5.29%) TCP/IP
5 9 (4.33%) Firewall
6 8 (3.85%) WAN
6 8 (3.85%) Wireless
7 6 (2.88%) Ethernet
7 6 (2.88%) LAN
8 5 (2.40%) SNA
8 5 (2.40%) VoIP
9 3 (1.44%) 4G
9 3 (1.44%) 5G
9 3 (1.44%) Internet
9 3 (1.44%) Skype
9 3 (1.44%) SMTP
10 2 (0.96%) Intranet
10 2 (0.96%) SD-WAN
11 1 (0.48%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (0.96%) Elasticsearch
1 2 (0.96%) Oracle Database
2 1 (0.48%) DTS
2 1 (0.48%) Geospatial Data
2 1 (0.48%) GIS
2 1 (0.48%) MongoDB
2 1 (0.48%) Neo4j
2 1 (0.48%) NoSQL
2 1 (0.48%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 27 (12.98%) JIRA
2 10 (4.81%) Rational DOORS
3 6 (2.88%) Eclipse
3 6 (2.88%) Visual Studio
4 1 (0.48%) Oracle APEX
4 1 (0.48%) Oracle Forms
General
1 61 (29.33%) Social Skills
2 43 (20.67%) Analytical Skills
3 30 (14.42%) Public Sector
4 22 (10.58%) Aerospace
5 14 (6.73%) Finance
6 13 (6.25%) Telecoms
7 11 (5.29%) Presentation Skills
8 5 (2.40%) Aviation
9 4 (1.92%) Automotive
9 4 (1.92%) Electronics
10 3 (1.44%) Manufacturing
11 2 (0.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 2 (0.96%) Law
11 2 (0.96%) Police
12 1 (0.48%) Banking
12 1 (0.48%) Digital Economy
12 1 (0.48%) Fire and Rescue
12 1 (0.48%) Legal
12 1 (0.48%) Marketing
12 1 (0.48%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 28 (13.46%) Systems Engineer
2 21 (10.10%) Delivery Manager
2 21 (10.10%) Integration Engineer
3 20 (9.62%) Project Manager
3 20 (9.62%) Senior
4 19 (9.13%) Test and Integration Engineer
4 19 (9.13%) Test Engineer
5 13 (6.25%) Analyst
6 11 (5.29%) Software Engineer
7 10 (4.81%) Developer
7 10 (4.81%) Security Manager
8 9 (4.33%) Architect
9 8 (3.85%) SOC Manager
10 7 (3.37%) Principal Engineer
10 7 (3.37%) Senior Manager
10 7 (3.37%) Threat Intelligence Analyst
11 6 (2.88%) IT Manager
12 5 (2.40%) C# Software Engineer
12 5 (2.40%) Senior Delivery Manager
12 5 (2.40%) Test Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (4.33%) Web Services
2 7 (3.37%) Node.js
3 4 (1.92%) SPFx
4 2 (0.96%) Elastic Stack
4 2 (0.96%) REST
5 1 (0.48%) CSS
5 1 (0.48%) HTML
5 1 (0.48%) Laravel
5 1 (0.48%) Oracle Fusion
5 1 (0.48%) SAP Basis
5 1 (0.48%) SAP Fiori
5 1 (0.48%) Sass
5 1 (0.48%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 19 (9.13%) PKI
2 12 (5.77%) Cyber Defence
2 12 (5.77%) Management Information System
3 8 (3.85%) Security Operations Centre
4 7 (3.37%) Cyber Threat
4 7 (3.37%) Operational Technology
5 6 (2.88%) Analytical Mindset
6 4 (1.92%) Product Ownership
7 3 (1.44%) Analogue Electronics
7 3 (1.44%) Driving Licence
7 3 (1.44%) Linux Command Line
7 3 (1.44%) PMI
8 2 (0.96%) Algorithms
8 2 (0.96%) Data Centre
8 2 (0.96%) Distributed Applications
8 2 (0.96%) Embedded Systems
8 2 (0.96%) NHS
9 1 (0.48%) CBDC
9 1 (0.48%) Public Cloud
9 1 (0.48%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 30 (14.42%) Windows
2 20 (9.62%) Windows Server
3 15 (7.21%) Windows Server 2012
4 12 (5.77%) Linux
5 3 (1.44%) Windows 10
6 2 (0.96%) Unix
7 1 (0.48%) Android
7 1 (0.48%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.48%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 70 (33.65%) Agile
2 38 (18.27%) Project Management
3 32 (15.38%) Problem-Solving
4 22 (10.58%) Decision-Making
4 22 (10.58%) Mentoring
4 22 (10.58%) PRINCE2
5 20 (9.62%) Validation
5 20 (9.62%) Waterfall
6 19 (9.13%) Cybersecurity
7 18 (8.65%) Roadmaps
7 18 (8.65%) Test Scripting
8 16 (7.69%) Business Case
8 16 (7.69%) Critical Thinking
9 15 (7.21%) Configuration Management
9 15 (7.21%) Regression Testing
9 15 (7.21%) Software Engineering
10 14 (6.73%) Data Analysis
10 14 (6.73%) Project Delivery
10 14 (6.73%) Verification and Validation
11 13 (6.25%) Programme Management
Programming Languages
1 21 (10.10%) SQL
2 13 (6.25%) MATLAB
3 11 (5.29%) JavaScript
4 10 (4.81%) C#
5 8 (3.85%) C++
5 8 (3.85%) Python
6 5 (2.40%) PowerShell
7 3 (1.44%) C
8 2 (0.96%) Ada
8 2 (0.96%) VB
9 1 (0.48%) Bash
9 1 (0.48%) Groovy
9 1 (0.48%) PHP
9 1 (0.48%) R
9 1 (0.48%) Ruby
9 1 (0.48%) Shell Script
9 1 (0.48%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 162 (77.88%) Security Cleared
2 121 (58.17%) SC Cleared
3 66 (31.73%) DV Cleared
4 29 (13.94%) Degree
5 22 (10.58%) PMI Certification
5 22 (10.58%) PMP
6 15 (7.21%) MCSA
6 15 (7.21%) MCSE
6 15 (7.21%) Microsoft Certification
6 15 (7.21%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 8 (3.85%) CISM
7 8 (3.85%) CISSP
8 6 (2.88%) TOGAF Certification
9 3 (1.44%) BPSS Clearance
9 3 (1.44%) CTC Cleared
10 2 (0.96%) CCNA
10 2 (0.96%) CCNP
10 2 (0.96%) Cisco Certification
10 2 (0.96%) Computer Science Degree
10 2 (0.96%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (5.29%) NIST
2 9 (4.33%) NIST 800
3 5 (2.40%) Def Stans
3 5 (2.40%) JSP 440
4 3 (1.44%) PMBOK
4 3 (1.44%) SLA
5 2 (0.96%) Accessibility
5 2 (0.96%) Actionable Recommendations
5 2 (0.96%) DO-178B
5 2 (0.96%) NCSC
5 2 (0.96%) PMO
6 1 (0.48%) IEC 61508
6 1 (0.48%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.48%) RMADS
System Software
1 19 (9.13%) Active Directory
2 18 (8.65%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (1.44%) Microsoft Virtual Server
3 3 (1.44%) Virtual Desktop
3 3 (1.44%) Virtual Servers
4 2 (0.96%) Firmware
4 2 (0.96%) vSphere
5 1 (0.48%) Docker
5 1 (0.48%) iptables
Systems Management
1 3 (1.44%) Active Directory Federation Services
1 3 (1.44%) OPNET
1 3 (1.44%) SCCM
1 3 (1.44%) SCOM
2 2 (0.96%) FortiGate
2 2 (0.96%) Kibana
2 2 (0.96%) logstash
3 1 (0.48%) Ansible
3 1 (0.48%) Check_MK
3 1 (0.48%) Grafana
3 1 (0.48%) Progress Chef
3 1 (0.48%) Prometheus
3 1 (0.48%) Puppet
3 1 (0.48%) Terraform
Vendors
1 27 (12.98%) Microsoft
2 20 (9.62%) VMware
3 8 (3.85%) Oracle
4 7 (3.37%) Cisco
5 6 (2.88%) Sparx
6 5 (2.40%) Juniper
7 4 (1.92%) Remedy
8 3 (1.44%) IBM
8 3 (1.44%) Keysight
8 3 (1.44%) PTC
8 3 (1.44%) SolarWinds
9 2 (0.96%) Atlassian
9 2 (0.96%) CheckPoint
9 2 (0.96%) MathWorks
9 2 (0.96%) Micro Focus
9 2 (0.96%) QinetiQ
9 2 (0.96%) Red Hat
9 2 (0.96%) SAP
9 2 (0.96%) Splunk
10 1 (0.48%) ESRI