Military Contract Job Trends in London

Military
England > London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Military in contract job vacancies in London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Military over the 6 months leading up to 11 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 315 298 347
Rank change year-on-year -17 +49 +126
Contract jobs citing Military 90 58 44
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.51% 0.46% 0.25%
As % of the General category 0.84% 0.68% 0.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 29 22 25
10th Percentile £424 - £568
25th Percentile £513 £488 £625
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £618 £645
Median % change year-on-year +1.21% -4.26% -9.47%
75th Percentile £694 £675 £688
90th Percentile £760 £731 £728
England median daily rate £651 £585 £625
% change year-on-year +11.20% -6.40% +4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £20.82 - £52.50
Median hourly rate £22.27 - £55.00
75th Percentile £23.71 - £57.50
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £56.00 £65.00 £59.75
% change year-on-year -13.85% +8.79% -0.99%

All General Skills
London

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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 10,682 8,517 11,149
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 59.97% 67.72% 63.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,908 5,743 7,947
10th Percentile £350 £343 £336
25th Percentile £425 £445 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% - -4.17%
75th Percentile £669 £713 £700
90th Percentile £788 £825 £825
England median daily rate £510 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -2.86% -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 194 142 239
10th Percentile £18.42 £15.84 £15.90
25th Percentile £21.93 £23.13 £18.19
Median hourly rate £34.06 £34.25 £28.00
Median % change year-on-year -0.55% +22.32% -12.28%
75th Percentile £47.94 £51.07 £44.75
90th Percentile £69.63 £65.00 £65.00
England median hourly rate £30.50 £27.50 £30.75
% change year-on-year +10.91% -10.57% -5.38%

Military
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Military job vacancy trend in London

Military
Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Military

Military
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Military in London over the 6 months to 11 May 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Military in London

Military
Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Military

Military
Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Military within the London region over the 6 months to 11 May 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
Central London +6 27 £450 +95.65% 7
West London - 3 - - 1
South London -17 1 - - 2
Military
England

Military
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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:

Application Platforms
1 6 (6.67%) Confluence
2 5 (5.56%) SharePoint
3 2 (2.22%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (1.11%) Oracle Self-Service HR
4 1 (1.11%) Oracle Workflow
4 1 (1.11%) Palantir Foundry
4 1 (1.11%) WordPress
Applications
1 5 (5.56%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (4.44%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (1.11%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (1.11%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 4 (4.44%) Oracle ERP
2 2 (2.22%) Exchequer
3 1 (1.11%) Aladdin
3 1 (1.11%) iTrent
3 1 (1.11%) Oracle Assets
3 1 (1.11%) Oracle Cash Management
3 1 (1.11%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (1.11%) Oracle General Ledger
3 1 (1.11%) Oracle Payables
3 1 (1.11%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 1 (1.11%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 14 (15.56%) AWS
1 14 (15.56%) Azure
2 7 (7.78%) GCP
3 6 (6.67%) Google Workspace
3 6 (6.67%) Microsoft 365
4 5 (5.56%) GitHub
5 4 (4.44%) Azure Data Factory
5 4 (4.44%) Azure Synapse Analytics
5 4 (4.44%) IaaS
5 4 (4.44%) OCI
5 4 (4.44%) PaaS
5 4 (4.44%) Power Platform
5 4 (4.44%) SaaS
5 4 (4.44%) Virtual Private Cloud
6 3 (3.33%) Amazon EC2
6 3 (3.33%) Amazon S3
6 3 (3.33%) AWS Lambda
6 3 (3.33%) Serverless
7 2 (2.22%) Azure DevOps
7 2 (2.22%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 8 (8.89%) LAN
1 8 (8.89%) WAN
1 8 (8.89%) Wi-Fi
2 4 (4.44%) Firewall
3 3 (3.33%) TCP/IP
3 3 (3.33%) VoIP
4 2 (2.22%) BGP
4 2 (2.22%) Network Security
4 2 (2.22%) OSPF
4 2 (2.22%) Reverse Proxy
5 1 (1.11%) Broadband
5 1 (1.11%) DKIM
5 1 (1.11%) DMARC
5 1 (1.11%) DNS
5 1 (1.11%) EIGRP
5 1 (1.11%) Internet
5 1 (1.11%) NGFW
5 1 (1.11%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (5.56%) Data Lake
2 4 (4.44%) Metadata
2 4 (4.44%) Power BI
3 3 (3.33%) Azure SQL Database
3 3 (3.33%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 2 (2.22%) Amazon Athena
4 2 (2.22%) Amazon QuickSight
4 2 (2.22%) Amazon Redshift
4 2 (2.22%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (2.22%) Metadata Repository
4 2 (2.22%) SQL Server
5 1 (1.11%) Amazon RDS
5 1 (1.11%) GIS
5 1 (1.11%) Oracle BI Publisher
5 1 (1.11%) Oracle Discoverer
5 1 (1.11%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 8 (8.89%) JIRA
2 4 (4.44%) Git
2 4 (4.44%) GitLab
2 4 (4.44%) Postman
3 3 (3.33%) Artifactory
3 3 (3.33%) SoapUI
4 1 (1.11%) Cypress.io
4 1 (1.11%) Jenkins
4 1 (1.11%) REST Assured
4 1 (1.11%) Selenium
General
1 55 (61.11%) Public Sector
2 17 (18.89%) Social Skills
3 14 (15.56%) Finance
4 9 (10.00%) Legal
5 7 (7.78%) Analytical Skills
6 4 (4.44%) Police
7 3 (3.33%) Telecoms
8 2 (2.22%) Documentation Skills
8 2 (2.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (2.22%) Law
8 2 (2.22%) Organisational Skills
8 2 (2.22%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (1.11%) Automotive
9 1 (1.11%) Aviation
9 1 (1.11%) General Ledger
9 1 (1.11%) Manufacturing
9 1 (1.11%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 12 (13.33%) Architect
1 12 (13.33%) Senior
2 10 (11.11%) Analyst
3 9 (10.00%) Lead
4 8 (8.89%) Network Architect
5 6 (6.67%) User Researcher
6 4 (4.44%) Data Engineer
6 4 (4.44%) Developer
7 3 (3.33%) Cloud Engineer
7 3 (3.33%) Cloud Specialist
7 3 (3.33%) Commercial Officer
7 3 (3.33%) Data Analyst
7 3 (3.33%) Integration Specialist
7 3 (3.33%) Oracle Specialist
7 3 (3.33%) Product Manager
7 3 (3.33%) Senior Data Engineer
7 3 (3.33%) Service Analyst
7 3 (3.33%) Service Desk Analyst
8 2 (2.22%) Digital Architect
8 2 (2.22%) Digital Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (10.00%) Oracle Fusion
2 4 (4.44%) OAuth
2 4 (4.44%) REST
2 4 (4.44%) Web Services
2 4 (4.44%) XML
3 3 (3.33%) JSON
3 3 (3.33%) JWT
3 3 (3.33%) SOAP
3 3 (3.33%) XSLT
4 1 (1.11%) .NET
4 1 (1.11%) 802.1X
4 1 (1.11%) CSS
4 1 (1.11%) HTML
4 1 (1.11%) Playwright
4 1 (1.11%) PyTorch
4 1 (1.11%) React
4 1 (1.11%) Ruby on Rails
4 1 (1.11%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 5 (5.56%) Onboarding
2 3 (3.33%) Enterprise Software
2 3 (3.33%) Freedom of Information
2 3 (3.33%) Management Information System
2 3 (3.33%) Public Cloud
2 3 (3.33%) Smartphone
3 2 (2.22%) Cloud Native
3 2 (2.22%) Data Structures
3 2 (2.22%) Legacy Systems
3 2 (2.22%) Product Ownership
4 1 (1.11%) Algorithms
4 1 (1.11%) Cyber Defence
4 1 (1.11%) Cyber Threat
4 1 (1.11%) Data Centre
4 1 (1.11%) Legacy Code
4 1 (1.11%) Life Science
4 1 (1.11%) Marketing Technology
4 1 (1.11%) Reference Data
4 1 (1.11%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (1.11%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 6 (6.67%) Windows
2 5 (5.56%) Android
2 5 (5.56%) Mac OS
3 4 (4.44%) Apple iOS
4 1 (1.11%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (16.67%) Agile
2 11 (12.22%) DevOps
2 11 (12.22%) Problem-Solving
2 11 (12.22%) Risk Management
2 11 (12.22%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 10 (11.11%) CI/CD
3 10 (11.11%) Stakeholder Management
4 8 (8.89%) Data Analysis
4 8 (8.89%) ERP
4 8 (8.89%) Migration
5 7 (7.78%) Analytics
5 7 (7.78%) Asset Management
5 7 (7.78%) Data Modelling
5 7 (7.78%) Roadmaps
5 7 (7.78%) User Research
6 6 (6.67%) AI
6 6 (6.67%) Continuous Improvement
6 6 (6.67%) Data Science
6 6 (6.67%) Decision-Making
6 6 (6.67%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 9 (10.00%) Python
2 6 (6.67%) SQL
3 3 (3.33%) Bash
4 2 (2.22%) JavaScript
4 2 (2.22%) Ruby
4 2 (2.22%) TypeScript
5 1 (1.11%) C#
5 1 (1.11%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 1 (1.11%) Java
5 1 (1.11%) Kotlin
5 1 (1.11%) PL/SQL
5 1 (1.11%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 73 (81.11%) Security Cleared
2 50 (55.56%) SC Cleared
3 9 (10.00%) DV Cleared
4 4 (4.44%) Degree
5 3 (3.33%) ITIL Certification
6 2 (2.22%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (2.22%) ISTQB
6 2 (2.22%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (1.11%) CompTIA Security+
7 1 (1.11%) JNCIA
7 1 (1.11%) JNCIS
7 1 (1.11%) MOS
7 1 (1.11%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (15.56%) QA
2 10 (11.11%) Data Quality
3 5 (5.56%) Accessibility
4 3 (3.33%) PMO
5 2 (2.22%) GDPR
5 2 (2.22%) Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment)
5 2 (2.22%) WCAG
6 1 (1.11%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (1.11%) GLP
6 1 (1.11%) GRC
6 1 (1.11%) HMG Security Policy Framework
6 1 (1.11%) IFRS
6 1 (1.11%) IFRS 17
6 1 (1.11%) IFRS 9
6 1 (1.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (1.11%) JSP 440
6 1 (1.11%) NCSC
6 1 (1.11%) NIST
System Software
1 5 (5.56%) Active Directory
1 5 (5.56%) Docker
2 1 (1.11%) Squid
Systems Management
1 5 (5.56%) Terraform
2 4 (4.44%) Ansible
2 4 (4.44%) Kubernetes
3 3 (3.33%) Grafana
4 2 (2.22%) Prometheus
4 2 (2.22%) Puppet
4 2 (2.22%) Salt
5 1 (1.11%) AirWatch
5 1 (1.11%) Jamf Pro
5 1 (1.11%) Nessus
5 1 (1.11%) SCCM
5 1 (1.11%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (1.11%) Suricata
Vendors
1 12 (13.33%) Microsoft
2 10 (11.11%) Oracle
3 6 (6.67%) Google
4 4 (4.44%) ServiceNow
5 3 (3.33%) Fortinet
6 2 (2.22%) Informatica
6 2 (2.22%) Motorola
6 2 (2.22%) Splunk
7 1 (1.11%) Apple
7 1 (1.11%) Databricks
7 1 (1.11%) Foundry
7 1 (1.11%) Palantir
7 1 (1.11%) Palo Alto
7 1 (1.11%) Qualys
7 1 (1.11%) Sitecore
7 1 (1.11%) Talend