Military Contracts in the Midlands

Military
England > Midlands

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Military in contract job vacancies in the Midlands. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Military over the 6 months leading up to 8 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 137 131 145
Rank change year-on-year -6 +14 +45
Contract jobs citing Military 7 3 6
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.28% 0.11% 0.20%
As % of the General category 0.45% 0.21% 0.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 2 4
10th Percentile £491 £537 £451
25th Percentile £525 £575 £491
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £649 £588
Median % change year-on-year -15.22% +10.43% +17.50%
75th Percentile £638 £722 £682
90th Percentile - £759 £694
England median daily rate £563 £625 £550
% change year-on-year -10.00% +13.64% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £37.41 - -
25th Percentile £41.18 - -
Median hourly rate £48.73 - -
75th Percentile £55.00 - -
90th Percentile £58.00 - -
England median hourly rate £65.00 £61.80 £56.49
% change year-on-year +5.19% +9.39% -7.39%

All General Skills
Midlands

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 the Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 1,540 1,427 1,587
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 61.87% 54.03% 51.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 982 964 1,115
10th Percentile £210 £243 £240
25th Percentile £352 £363 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% - +1.01%
75th Percentile £539 £619 £610
90th Percentile £638 £725 £725
England median daily rate £513 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -4.65% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 124 110 70
10th Percentile £14.00 £12.75 £13.25
25th Percentile £17.67 £14.27 £17.31
Median hourly rate £25.08 £19.30 £26.13
Median % change year-on-year +29.96% -26.14% +37.50%
75th Percentile £35.14 £33.93 £49.69
90th Percentile £50.00 £52.01 £65.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £38.12 £27.98
% change year-on-year -34.02% +36.24% +14.74%

Military
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Military in the Midlands

Military
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for Military in the Midlands

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Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Military in the Midlands over the 6 months to 8 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Military in the Midlands

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Hourly rate trend for Military in the Midlands

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Hourly Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Military in the Midlands over the 6 months to 8 August 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Military in the Midlands

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Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Military within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 8 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
West Midlands -12 7 £550 -15.22% 16
Military
England

Military
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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:

General
1 4 (57.14%) Social Skills
2 2 (28.57%) Automotive
3 1 (14.29%) Aerospace
3 1 (14.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (14.29%) Manufacturing
3 1 (14.29%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 3 (42.86%) Project Manager
2 2 (28.57%) Architect
2 2 (28.57%) Senior
2 2 (28.57%) Senior Manager
2 2 (28.57%) Senior Project Manager
2 2 (28.57%) Systems Architect
3 1 (14.29%) Communications Manager
3 1 (14.29%) Communications Project Manager
3 1 (14.29%) Infrastructure Manager
3 1 (14.29%) IT Infrastructure Manager
3 1 (14.29%) IT Infrastructure Project Manager
3 1 (14.29%) Project Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) SC Cleared Project Manager
3 1 (14.29%) Senior Infrastructure Manager
3 1 (14.29%) Senior Infrastructure Project Manager
3 1 (14.29%) Senior IT Infrastructure Manager
3 1 (14.29%) Senior IT Infrastructure Project Manager
3 1 (14.29%) Senior IT Manager
3 1 (14.29%) Senior IT Project Manager
3 1 (14.29%) SIEM Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (14.29%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 2 (28.57%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (14.29%) PMI
2 1 (14.29%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (28.57%) Integration Testing
1 2 (28.57%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 2 (28.57%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (14.29%) Agile
2 1 (14.29%) Agile Project Management
2 1 (14.29%) Anomaly Detection
2 1 (14.29%) Data Ingestion
2 1 (14.29%) Infrastructure Monitoring
2 1 (14.29%) Line Management
2 1 (14.29%) Operations Management
2 1 (14.29%) Patch Management
2 1 (14.29%) PRINCE2
2 1 (14.29%) Project Management
2 1 (14.29%) Project Planning
2 1 (14.29%) Security Monitoring
2 1 (14.29%) Service Management
2 1 (14.29%) SIEM
2 1 (14.29%) Threat Modelling
2 1 (14.29%) Validation
2 1 (14.29%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 5 (71.43%) Security Cleared
2 3 (42.86%) DV Cleared
3 2 (28.57%) Degree
4 1 (14.29%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (14.29%) PMI Certification
4 1 (14.29%) PMP
4 1 (14.29%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (14.29%) PMBOK
1 1 (14.29%) SLA
Vendors
1 1 (14.29%) Splunk