Military Contract Job Trends in Lancashire

Military
North West > Lancashire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Military in contract job vacancies in Lancashire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Military over the 6 months leading up to 16 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 32 29 24
Rank change year-on-year -3 -5 -
Contract jobs citing Military 7 1 10
As % of all contract jobs in Lancashire 2.45% 0.58% 3.89%
As % of the General category 5.38% 1.15% 6.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £663 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £675 - -
75th Percentile £688 - -
90th Percentile - - -
North West median daily rate £623 £524 £512
% change year-on-year +18.85% +2.25% +13.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 0 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £44.93 - £37.55
Median hourly rate £45.56 - £40.33
75th Percentile £46.18 - £45.08
90th Percentile - - £48.63
North West median hourly rate £82.50 - £44.44

All General Skills
Lancashire

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 Lancashire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 130 87 148
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Lancashire 45.45% 50.88% 57.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 43 48 50
10th Percentile £193 £153 £305
25th Percentile £463 £409 £372
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £519 £500
Median % change year-on-year +10.84% +3.75% -
75th Percentile £700 £615 £600
90th Percentile £900 £658 £741
North West median daily rate £465 £465 £490
% change year-on-year - -5.10% -2.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 18 66
10th Percentile £19.00 £22.91 £15.00
25th Percentile £21.04 £26.88 £16.06
Median hourly rate £45.56 £43.86 £18.00
Median % change year-on-year +3.88% +143.64% -59.55%
75th Percentile £62.35 £63.30 £43.05
90th Percentile £74.26 £65.43 £46.18
North West median hourly rate £36.32 £29.01 £21.81
% change year-on-year +25.20% +33.04% -5.81%

Military
Job Vacancy Trend in Lancashire

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

Military job vacancy trend in Lancashire

Military
Daily Rate Trend in Lancashire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Lancashire citing Military.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Lancashire citing Military

Military
Hourly Rate Trend in Lancashire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Lancashire citing Military.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Lancashire citing Military

Military
Contract Job Locations in Lancashire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Military within the Lancashire region over the 6 months to 16 June 2026. 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
Lytham St Annes - 6 - -
Blackpool - 1 £675 -
Military
North West

Military
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Lancashire 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (14.29%) AWS
1 1 (14.29%) OCI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (14.29%) Oracle Database
1 1 (14.29%) Oracle Exadata
1 1 (14.29%) RDBMS
1 1 (14.29%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 1 (14.29%) GitLab
Job Titles
1 7 (100.00%) Senior
2 6 (85.71%) Developer
2 6 (85.71%) Senior Developer
2 6 (85.71%) Senior Software Developer
2 6 (85.71%) Software Developer
3 1 (14.29%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (14.29%) Oracle GoldenGate
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 1 (14.29%) AIX
1 1 (14.29%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (14.29%) Data Migration
1 1 (14.29%) Infrastructure as Code
1 1 (14.29%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 1 (14.29%) Migration
Qualifications
1 1 (14.29%) SC Cleared
1 1 (14.29%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (14.29%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 1 (14.29%) Ansible
1 1 (14.29%) Data Guard
1 1 (14.29%) Oracle RMAN
1 1 (14.29%) Terraform
Vendors
1 1 (14.29%) Oracle