Military Contract Job Trends in the North East

Military
England > North East

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Military in contract job vacancies in the North East. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Military over the 6 months leading up to 10 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 55 34 35
Rank change year-on-year -21 +1 +14
Contract jobs citing Military 5 3 2
As % of all contract jobs in the North East 0.76% 0.98% 0.62%
As % of the General category 1.53% 1.76% 1.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £675 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £700 - -
75th Percentile £725 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £590 £575 £613
% change year-on-year +2.61% -6.12% +2.08%

All General Skills
North East

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 the North East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 327 170 169
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North East 49.40% 55.74% 52.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 206 119 86
10th Percentile £306 £200 £283
25th Percentile £393 £353 £401
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year - -10.00% +0.50%
75th Percentile £550 £535 £600
90th Percentile £645 £582 £700
England median daily rate £519 £525 £534
% change year-on-year -1.23% -1.66% -2.93%
Number of hourly rates quoted 42 13 36
10th Percentile £16.33 - £11.29
25th Percentile £18.08 £11.60 £12.13
Median hourly rate £65.00 £16.50 £16.48
Median % change year-on-year +293.94% +0.12% -
75th Percentile £70.00 £19.38 £46.69
90th Percentile £72.50 £20.49 £48.75
England median hourly rate £32.23 £27.85 £31.50
% change year-on-year +15.71% -11.59% +2.78%

Military
Job Vacancy Trend in the North East

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

Military job vacancy trend in the North East

Military
Daily Rate Trend in the North East

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North East citing Military.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North East citing Military

Military
Hourly Rate Trend in the North East

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North East citing Military.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North East citing Military

Military
Contract Job Locations in the North East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Military within the North East region over the 6 months to 10 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
Tyne and Wear -29 5 £700 - 2
Military
England

Military
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North East 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 (20.00%) Amazon EKS
1 1 (20.00%) AWS
1 1 (20.00%) BrowserStack
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (20.00%) PostgreSQL
1 1 (20.00%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Cucumber
1 1 (20.00%) Git
1 1 (20.00%) JMeter
1 1 (20.00%) JUnit
1 1 (20.00%) REST Assured
1 1 (20.00%) Selenium
General
1 4 (80.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (20.00%) Influencing Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Senior
2 1 (20.00%) Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Business Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Developer
2 1 (20.00%) IT Manager
2 1 (20.00%) IT Services Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Principal Developer
2 1 (20.00%) Principal Software Developer
2 1 (20.00%) Product Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Senior Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Senior Business Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Senior Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Senior Product Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Senior Test Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Service Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Software Developer
2 1 (20.00%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (20.00%) Next.js
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Agile
2 2 (40.00%) Business Analysis
2 2 (40.00%) DevOps
2 2 (40.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
3 1 (20.00%) Architectural Design
3 1 (20.00%) Coaching
3 1 (20.00%) Community of Practice
3 1 (20.00%) Containerisation
3 1 (20.00%) Customer Service
3 1 (20.00%) Defect Management
3 1 (20.00%) Design Patterns
3 1 (20.00%) Functional Testing
3 1 (20.00%) Mentoring
3 1 (20.00%) Non-Functional Testing
3 1 (20.00%) Product Roadmap
3 1 (20.00%) Roadmaps
3 1 (20.00%) SDLC
3 1 (20.00%) Service Design
3 1 (20.00%) Software Testing
3 1 (20.00%) Technical Debt
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) Java
1 1 (20.00%) Python
1 1 (20.00%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 4 (80.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) Accessibility
Systems Management
1 1 (20.00%) Kubernetes