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 17 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
17 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 333 478 651
Rank change year-on-year +145 +173 -100
Contract jobs citing Military 209 171 128
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.57% 0.36% 0.18%
As % of the General category 0.99% 0.60% 0.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 85 87 48
10th Percentile £515 £425 £434
25th Percentile £520 £485 £460
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £600 £550
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% +9.19% +19.07%
75th Percentile £675 £675 £650
90th Percentile £743 £738 £750
UK median daily rate £625 £600 £550
% change year-on-year +4.17% +9.09% +15.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 59 38 28
10th Percentile £37.14 £50.88 £43.27
25th Percentile £47.11 £56.29 £49.27
Median hourly rate £59.50 £60.35 £53.96
Median % change year-on-year -1.41% +11.84% +19.91%
75th Percentile £65.00 £68.31 £68.75
90th Percentile £80.00 £89.74 £73.26
UK median hourly rate £59.50 £63.23 £52.89
% change year-on-year -5.90% +19.55% +15.79%

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 21,191 28,524 39,950
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 58.14% 59.28% 56.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 13,658 20,029 27,973
10th Percentile £281 £313 £319
25th Percentile £413 £450 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £650 £688 £650
90th Percentile £775 £790 £756
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,777 927 1,298
10th Percentile £13.00 £13.41 £12.50
25th Percentile £15.43 £18.04 £14.75
Median hourly rate £30.12 £32.30 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year -6.75% +50.23% -4.10%
75th Percentile £51.91 £60.88 £47.50
90th Percentile £66.45 £71.77 £60.00
UK median hourly rate £30.00 £32.50 £22.50
% change year-on-year -7.69% +44.44% -

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 17 May 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 17 May 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 17 May 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 -15 69 £585 +1.52% 96
South East +38 57 £625 +12.41% 148
London +111 43 £645 -9.47% 49
East of England +22 19 - - 63
North of England +38 13 £550 +15.79% 97
North West +27 11 £550 +22.22% 61
Midlands +19 3 £532 -18.23% 69
West Midlands +15 3 £532 -18.23% 33
North East +16 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 22 (10.53%) Confluence
2 20 (9.57%) Microsoft Exchange
3 9 (4.31%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.48%) ArcGIS
4 1 (0.48%) nginx
4 1 (0.48%) Oracle Coherence
4 1 (0.48%) SAS
Applications
1 10 (4.78%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (3.83%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (3.83%) Simulink
3 3 (1.44%) Windchill
4 2 (0.96%) Stateflow
5 1 (0.48%) AutoCAD
5 1 (0.48%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.48%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.48%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.48%) Revit
5 1 (0.48%) Trello
Business Applications
1 6 (2.87%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 3 (1.44%) Remedy ITSM
3 2 (0.96%) Misys Midas
3 2 (0.96%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.48%) Maximo
Cloud Services
1 7 (3.35%) Azure
2 4 (1.91%) OCI
3 3 (1.44%) AWS
3 3 (1.44%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (0.96%) Azure Logic Apps
4 2 (0.96%) Azure Storage
4 2 (0.96%) Power Automate
4 2 (0.96%) Power Platform
5 1 (0.48%) Asana
5 1 (0.48%) AWS Elastic Beanstalk
5 1 (0.48%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (0.48%) GCP
5 1 (0.48%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 21 (10.05%) DNS
2 20 (9.57%) DHCP
3 17 (8.13%) Network Security
4 16 (7.66%) TCP/IP
5 11 (5.26%) Ethernet
5 11 (5.26%) Firewall
6 9 (4.31%) WAN
7 8 (3.83%) Wireless
8 7 (3.35%) LAN
9 5 (2.39%) VoIP
10 3 (1.44%) 4G
10 3 (1.44%) 5G
10 3 (1.44%) Internet
10 3 (1.44%) Skype
10 3 (1.44%) SMTP
11 2 (0.96%) Intranet
11 2 (0.96%) SD-WAN
11 2 (0.96%) SNA
12 1 (0.48%) VPN
12 1 (0.48%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (1.44%) Oracle Database
2 2 (0.96%) Elasticsearch
2 2 (0.96%) GIS
2 2 (0.96%) SAP HANA
3 1 (0.48%) DTS
3 1 (0.48%) Geospatial Data
3 1 (0.48%) MongoDB
3 1 (0.48%) Neo4j
3 1 (0.48%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 30 (14.35%) JIRA
2 12 (5.74%) Rational DOORS
3 11 (5.26%) Eclipse
3 11 (5.26%) Visual Studio
4 1 (0.48%) Oracle APEX
4 1 (0.48%) Oracle Forms
General
1 66 (31.58%) Social Skills
2 42 (20.10%) Analytical Skills
3 32 (15.31%) Public Sector
4 23 (11.00%) Aerospace
5 17 (8.13%) Presentation Skills
6 15 (7.18%) Finance
7 13 (6.22%) Telecoms
8 5 (2.39%) Aviation
8 5 (2.39%) Electronics
9 4 (1.91%) Automotive
9 4 (1.91%) Manufacturing
10 2 (0.96%) Banking
10 2 (0.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (0.96%) Marketing
10 2 (0.96%) Police
11 1 (0.48%) Digital Economy
11 1 (0.48%) Digital Health
11 1 (0.48%) Fire and Rescue
11 1 (0.48%) Law
11 1 (0.48%) Legal
Job Titles
1 29 (13.88%) Systems Engineer
2 22 (10.53%) Integration Engineer
2 22 (10.53%) Test Engineer
3 20 (9.57%) Test and Integration Engineer
4 19 (9.09%) Senior
5 18 (8.61%) Software Engineer
6 17 (8.13%) Delivery Manager
6 17 (8.13%) Project Manager
7 15 (7.18%) Analyst
8 10 (4.78%) C# Software Engineer
9 9 (4.31%) Architect
9 9 (4.31%) C++ Software Engineer
10 8 (3.83%) Security Manager
10 8 (3.83%) SOC Manager
11 7 (3.35%) Principal Engineer
11 7 (3.35%) Threat Intelligence Analyst
12 6 (2.87%) Developer
12 6 (2.87%) IT Manager
12 6 (2.87%) Network Engineer
13 5 (2.39%) Test Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (6.70%) Web Services
2 12 (5.74%) Node.js
3 2 (0.96%) Elastic Stack
3 2 (0.96%) REST
3 2 (0.96%) SAP Basis
3 2 (0.96%) SAP Fiori
3 2 (0.96%) SPFx
4 1 (0.48%) CSS
4 1 (0.48%) HTML
4 1 (0.48%) Laravel
4 1 (0.48%) Oracle Fusion
4 1 (0.48%) Sass
4 1 (0.48%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 21 (10.05%) PKI
2 12 (5.74%) Cyber Defence
2 12 (5.74%) Management Information System
3 8 (3.83%) Security Operations Centre
4 7 (3.35%) Cyber Threat
4 7 (3.35%) Operational Technology
5 4 (1.91%) Product Ownership
6 3 (1.44%) Analogue Electronics
6 3 (1.44%) Driving Licence
6 3 (1.44%) Linux Command Line
6 3 (1.44%) PMI
7 2 (0.96%) Algorithms
7 2 (0.96%) Analytical Mindset
7 2 (0.96%) Data Centre
7 2 (0.96%) Distributed Applications
7 2 (0.96%) Embedded Systems
7 2 (0.96%) NHS
8 1 (0.48%) CBDC
8 1 (0.48%) GNSS
8 1 (0.48%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 38 (18.18%) Windows
2 22 (10.53%) Windows Server
3 18 (8.61%) Linux
4 17 (8.13%) Windows Server 2012
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 73 (34.93%) Agile
2 32 (15.31%) Problem-Solving
3 30 (14.35%) Project Management
4 25 (11.96%) Validation
5 23 (11.00%) Mentoring
5 23 (11.00%) Software Engineering
6 20 (9.57%) Cybersecurity
6 20 (9.57%) Test Scripting
7 19 (9.09%) Verification and Validation
8 18 (8.61%) Critical Thinking
8 18 (8.61%) PRINCE2
8 18 (8.61%) Roadmaps
9 17 (8.13%) Decision-Making
9 17 (8.13%) Regression Testing
10 16 (7.66%) Configuration Management
10 16 (7.66%) Waterfall
11 15 (7.18%) Business Case
12 13 (6.22%) CI/CD
13 12 (5.74%) Digital Twin
13 12 (5.74%) Synthetic Environment
Programming Languages
1 23 (11.00%) SQL
2 14 (6.70%) JavaScript
3 13 (6.22%) C#
4 12 (5.74%) C++
5 11 (5.26%) MATLAB
6 8 (3.83%) Python
7 5 (2.39%) PowerShell
8 3 (1.44%) C
9 2 (0.96%) Ada
9 2 (0.96%) VB
10 1 (0.48%) Bash
10 1 (0.48%) Groovy
10 1 (0.48%) PHP
10 1 (0.48%) R
10 1 (0.48%) Ruby
10 1 (0.48%) Shell Script
10 1 (0.48%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 156 (74.64%) Security Cleared
2 116 (55.50%) SC Cleared
3 63 (30.14%) DV Cleared
4 29 (13.88%) Degree
5 17 (8.13%) MCSA
5 17 (8.13%) MCSE
5 17 (8.13%) Microsoft Certification
5 17 (8.13%) PMI Certification
5 17 (8.13%) PMP
5 17 (8.13%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 8 (3.83%) CISM
6 8 (3.83%) CISSP
7 6 (2.87%) TOGAF Certification
8 3 (1.44%) BPSS Clearance
8 3 (1.44%) CTC Cleared
9 2 (0.96%) CCNA
9 2 (0.96%) CCNP
9 2 (0.96%) Cisco Certification
9 2 (0.96%) Computer Science Degree
9 2 (0.96%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (5.26%) NIST
2 9 (4.31%) NIST 800
3 6 (2.87%) JSP 440
4 5 (2.39%) Def Stans
5 4 (1.91%) SLA
6 3 (1.44%) PMBOK
7 2 (0.96%) Accessibility
7 2 (0.96%) Actionable Recommendations
7 2 (0.96%) DO-178B
7 2 (0.96%) NCSC
7 2 (0.96%) PMO
8 1 (0.48%) IEC 61508
8 1 (0.48%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 1 (0.48%) MISRA
8 1 (0.48%) MISRA C
8 1 (0.48%) RMADS
System Software
1 21 (10.05%) Active Directory
2 20 (9.57%) 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%) FortiGate
1 3 (1.44%) OPNET
1 3 (1.44%) SCCM
1 3 (1.44%) SCOM
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 33 (15.79%) Microsoft
2 22 (10.53%) VMware
3 9 (4.31%) Oracle
4 7 (3.35%) Cisco
5 6 (2.87%) Juniper
5 6 (2.87%) Sparx
6 4 (1.91%) IBM
6 4 (1.91%) SAP
7 3 (1.44%) Atlassian
7 3 (1.44%) CheckPoint
7 3 (1.44%) Keysight
7 3 (1.44%) PTC
7 3 (1.44%) Remedy
7 3 (1.44%) SolarWinds
8 2 (0.96%) MathWorks
8 2 (0.96%) Micro Focus
8 2 (0.96%) QinetiQ
8 2 (0.96%) Red Hat
8 2 (0.96%) Splunk
9 1 (0.48%) Veritas