Military Contracts in the North West

Military
England > North West

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Military in contract job vacancies in the North West. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Military over the 6 months leading up to 5 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 95 126 162
Rank change year-on-year +31 +36 +15
Contract jobs citing Military 27 10 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 1.39% 0.37% 0.032%
As % of the General category 2.42% 0.69% 0.060%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 3 1
10th Percentile £512 £515 -
25th Percentile £512 £528 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £450
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +22.22% -43.75%
75th Percentile £593 £688 £475
90th Percentile £627 £770 -
England median daily rate £601 £625 £600
% change year-on-year -3.80% +4.17% +9.59%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 3 0
Median hourly rate £11.59 £48.56 -
Median % change year-on-year -76.13% - -
England median hourly rate £65.00 £59.50 £60.35
% change year-on-year +9.24% -1.41% +11.84%

All General Skills
North West

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 North West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 1,118 1,449 1,654
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 57.36% 53.69% 52.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 680 888 1,144
10th Percentile £268 £300 £305
25th Percentile £380 £400 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £580 £588 £588
90th Percentile £675 £688 £675
England median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 106 190 79
10th Percentile £13.00 £12.50 £16.15
25th Percentile £17.58 £14.50 £19.04
Median hourly rate £28.99 £17.72 £27.20
Median % change year-on-year +63.60% -34.85% +36.00%
75th Percentile £50.00 £36.95 £38.03
90th Percentile £75.63 £51.91 £53.06
England median hourly rate £27.50 £30.16 £32.30
% change year-on-year -8.82% -6.63% +50.23%

Military
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for Military in the North West

Military
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North West

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

Daily rate trend for Military in the North West

Military
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

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

Hourly rate trend for Military in the North West

Military
Contract Job Locations in the North West

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 West region over the 6 months to 5 May 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
Manchester +25 12 - - 11
Merseyside +6 6 £578 - 4
Cumbria +4 3 £525 - 3
Lancashire +2 3 - - 13
Cheshire 0 1 - - 6
Military
England

Military
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 5 (18.52%) SharePoint
2 4 (14.81%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 4 (14.81%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (3.70%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (7.41%) Misys Midas
Cloud Services
1 7 (25.93%) Azure
1 7 (25.93%) Microsoft 365
2 5 (18.52%) AWS
2 5 (18.52%) Entra ID
3 2 (7.41%) GCP
3 2 (7.41%) Google Workspace
3 2 (7.41%) SaaS
4 1 (3.70%) Amazon ECS
4 1 (3.70%) AWS CloudFormation
4 1 (3.70%) OCI
4 1 (3.70%) Power Automate
4 1 (3.70%) Power Platform
4 1 (3.70%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 4 (14.81%) DHCP
1 4 (14.81%) DNS
2 1 (3.70%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (7.41%) MongoDB
1 2 (7.41%) NoSQL
2 1 (3.70%) Oracle Database
2 1 (3.70%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (3.70%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 3 (11.11%) GitLab
2 2 (7.41%) Jenkins
2 2 (7.41%) Rational DOORS
3 1 (3.70%) Git
3 1 (3.70%) JIRA
3 1 (3.70%) JIRA Agile
3 1 (3.70%) Maven
General
1 21 (77.78%) Public Sector
2 4 (14.81%) Social Skills
3 2 (7.41%) Finance
4 1 (3.70%) Aerospace
4 1 (3.70%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (3.70%) Avionics
4 1 (3.70%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (3.70%) Legal
4 1 (3.70%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 7 (25.93%) Senior
2 4 (14.81%) Architect
2 4 (14.81%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
3 3 (11.11%) DevOps Engineer
3 3 (11.11%) Project Manager
4 2 (7.41%) Analyst
4 2 (7.41%) C++ Software Engineer
4 2 (7.41%) Developer
4 2 (7.41%) IT Support
4 2 (7.41%) Senior Architect
4 2 (7.41%) Senior DevOps
4 2 (7.41%) Senior DevOps Engineer
4 2 (7.41%) Senior Manager
4 2 (7.41%) Software Engineer
4 2 (7.41%) Solutions Architect
4 2 (7.41%) Technical Manager
4 2 (7.41%) Technical Project Manager
5 1 (3.70%) Delivery Manager
5 1 (3.70%) Security Architect
5 1 (3.70%) Senior Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (7.41%) Node.js
2 1 (3.70%) cloud-init
2 1 (3.70%) CSS
2 1 (3.70%) Elastic Stack
2 1 (3.70%) HTML
2 1 (3.70%) React
2 1 (3.70%) RESTful
2 1 (3.70%) SPFx
Miscellaneous
1 2 (7.41%) Management Information System
2 1 (3.70%) Driving Licence
2 1 (3.70%) Hybrid Cloud
2 1 (3.70%) Operational Technology
2 1 (3.70%) Public Cloud
2 1 (3.70%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (3.70%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 5 (18.52%) Windows
2 4 (14.81%) VMS
2 4 (14.81%) Windows Server
3 2 (7.41%) Linux
4 1 (3.70%) Android
4 1 (3.70%) Apple iOS
4 1 (3.70%) CentOS
4 1 (3.70%) Mac OS
4 1 (3.70%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (3.70%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (37.04%) Agile
1 10 (37.04%) DevOps
2 7 (25.93%) ITIL
3 6 (22.22%) Roadmaps
4 5 (18.52%) Change Management
4 5 (18.52%) Collaborative Working
4 5 (18.52%) ITSM
5 4 (14.81%) CI/CD
5 4 (14.81%) Microservices
5 4 (14.81%) Problem-Solving
5 4 (14.81%) Project Management
6 3 (11.11%) Architectural Patterns
6 3 (11.11%) Business Case
6 3 (11.11%) Continuous Integration
6 3 (11.11%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 3 (11.11%) PRINCE2
6 3 (11.11%) Project Delivery
6 3 (11.11%) Risk Management
6 3 (11.11%) Stakeholder Management
6 3 (11.11%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 2 (7.41%) Bash
1 2 (7.41%) C++
1 2 (7.41%) PowerShell
1 2 (7.41%) Python
2 1 (3.70%) Go
2 1 (3.70%) Java
2 1 (3.70%) JavaScript
2 1 (3.70%) SQL
2 1 (3.70%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 14 (51.85%) Security Cleared
2 9 (33.33%) SC Cleared
3 2 (7.41%) DBS Check
3 2 (7.41%) Degree
3 2 (7.41%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
4 1 (3.70%) A+ Certification
4 1 (3.70%) CISM
4 1 (3.70%) CISSP
4 1 (3.70%) CTC Cleared
4 1 (3.70%) DV Cleared
4 1 (3.70%) ITIL Certification
4 1 (3.70%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
4 1 (3.70%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (7.41%) MISRA
1 2 (7.41%) MISRA C
2 1 (3.70%) Accessibility
2 1 (3.70%) GRC
2 1 (3.70%) NCSC
2 1 (3.70%) NIST
2 1 (3.70%) QA
System Software
1 4 (14.81%) Active Directory
2 2 (7.41%) Docker
3 1 (3.70%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (14.81%) Microsoft Intune
1 4 (14.81%) WSUS
2 3 (11.11%) Terraform
3 2 (7.41%) Ansible
3 2 (7.41%) Kubernetes
3 2 (7.41%) Packer
4 1 (3.70%) Grafana
4 1 (3.70%) Graylog
4 1 (3.70%) Prometheus
4 1 (3.70%) Puppet
Vendors
1 8 (29.63%) Microsoft
2 4 (14.81%) Oracle
2 4 (14.81%) VMware
3 3 (11.11%) Google
4 2 (7.41%) Atlassian
5 1 (3.70%) Adobe
5 1 (3.70%) SAP
5 1 (3.70%) ServiceNow