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 3 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 106 118 150
Rank change year-on-year +12 +32 +22
Contract jobs citing Military 21 17 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 1.08% 0.62% 0.033%
As % of the General category 1.83% 1.16% 0.063%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 4 1
10th Percentile £511 £476 -
25th Percentile £512 £495 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £524 £531 £450
Median % change year-on-year -1.38% +18.02% -
75th Percentile £537 £619 £475
90th Percentile £537 £743 -
England median daily rate £575 £628 £589
% change year-on-year -8.48% +6.71% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 5 0
Median hourly rate - £48.56 -
England median hourly rate £65.00 £57.90 £60.35
% change year-on-year +12.26% -4.06% +14.10%

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 1,148 1,462 1,589
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 58.96% 53.38% 52.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 722 875 1,100
10th Percentile £275 £293 £305
25th Percentile £381 £394 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £493 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.65% -1.40% +5.26%
75th Percentile £575 £585 £588
90th Percentile £675 £670 £675
England median daily rate £525 £535 £550
% change year-on-year -1.87% -2.73% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 99 197 79
10th Percentile £13.00 £12.50 £14.73
25th Percentile £14.55 £15.00 £16.85
Median hourly rate £28.75 £21.00 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year +36.90% -16.00% +8.44%
75th Percentile £58.94 £37.25 £35.02
90th Percentile £76.50 £51.89 £53.73
England median hourly rate £28.00 £30.50 £31.92
% change year-on-year -8.20% -4.45% +48.47%

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 3 June 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 +26 11 - - 32
Cumbria +3 3 £525 - 9
Merseyside +1 3 £523 - 12
Lancashire -5 2 - - 24
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 3 (14.29%) Microsoft Exchange
1 3 (14.29%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (14.29%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (4.76%) Misys Midas
Cloud Services
1 6 (28.57%) Azure
2 5 (23.81%) Microsoft 365
3 4 (19.05%) AWS
3 4 (19.05%) Entra ID
4 3 (14.29%) Google Workspace
4 3 (14.29%) SaaS
5 2 (9.52%) GCP
6 1 (4.76%) Amazon ECS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (14.29%) DHCP
1 3 (14.29%) DNS
2 1 (4.76%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (9.52%) MongoDB
1 2 (9.52%) NoSQL
2 1 (4.76%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (4.76%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 2 (9.52%) GitLab
2 1 (4.76%) Git
2 1 (4.76%) Jenkins
2 1 (4.76%) JIRA
2 1 (4.76%) JIRA Agile
2 1 (4.76%) Maven
2 1 (4.76%) Rational DOORS
General
1 17 (80.95%) Public Sector
2 2 (9.52%) Social Skills
3 1 (4.76%) Aerospace
3 1 (4.76%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (4.76%) Avionics
3 1 (4.76%) Finance
3 1 (4.76%) Influencing Skills
3 1 (4.76%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (28.57%) Senior
2 4 (19.05%) Architect
3 3 (14.29%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
4 2 (9.52%) Analyst
4 2 (9.52%) DevOps Engineer
4 2 (9.52%) Senior Architect
4 2 (9.52%) Senior Manager
4 2 (9.52%) Solutions Architect
5 1 (4.76%) Business Analyst
5 1 (4.76%) Developer
5 1 (4.76%) Project Manager
5 1 (4.76%) Release Manager
5 1 (4.76%) Senior Analyst
5 1 (4.76%) Senior Business Analyst
5 1 (4.76%) Service Analyst
5 1 (4.76%) Software Engineer
5 1 (4.76%) Support Engineer
5 1 (4.76%) Systems Engineer
5 1 (4.76%) Technical Architect
5 1 (4.76%) Technical Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (9.52%) Node.js
2 1 (4.76%) Elastic Stack
2 1 (4.76%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 2 (9.52%) Hybrid Cloud
1 2 (9.52%) Management Information System
2 1 (4.76%) Driving Licence
2 1 (4.76%) Operational Technology
2 1 (4.76%) Public Cloud
2 1 (4.76%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (4.76%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 4 (19.05%) Windows
2 3 (14.29%) VMS
2 3 (14.29%) Windows Server
3 1 (4.76%) Android
3 1 (4.76%) Apple iOS
3 1 (4.76%) Linux
3 1 (4.76%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (38.10%) DevOps
2 6 (28.57%) Agile
2 6 (28.57%) ITIL
3 4 (19.05%) Collaborative Working
3 4 (19.05%) ITSM
3 4 (19.05%) Microservices
3 4 (19.05%) Roadmaps
4 3 (14.29%) Architectural Patterns
4 3 (14.29%) Change Management
4 3 (14.29%) CI/CD
4 3 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (14.29%) Project Delivery
4 3 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
4 3 (14.29%) User Experience
5 2 (9.52%) Benchmarking
5 2 (9.52%) Project Management
5 2 (9.52%) Risk Management
5 2 (9.52%) Service Management
5 2 (9.52%) Systems Engineering
5 2 (9.52%) Technical Architecture
Programming Languages
1 1 (4.76%) Bash
1 1 (4.76%) C++
1 1 (4.76%) Java
1 1 (4.76%) PowerShell
1 1 (4.76%) Python
1 1 (4.76%) SQL
Qualifications
1 13 (61.90%) Security Cleared
2 8 (38.10%) SC Cleared
3 2 (9.52%) Degree
4 1 (4.76%) A+ Certification
4 1 (4.76%) CISM
4 1 (4.76%) CISSP
4 1 (4.76%) CTC Cleared
4 1 (4.76%) DV Cleared
4 1 (4.76%) ITIL Certification
4 1 (4.76%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
4 1 (4.76%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.76%) Accessibility
1 1 (4.76%) GRC
1 1 (4.76%) MISRA
1 1 (4.76%) MISRA C
1 1 (4.76%) NCSC
1 1 (4.76%) NIST
1 1 (4.76%) QA
System Software
1 3 (14.29%) Active Directory
2 2 (9.52%) Docker
3 1 (4.76%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (14.29%) Microsoft Intune
1 3 (14.29%) WSUS
2 2 (9.52%) Ansible
2 2 (9.52%) Kubernetes
2 2 (9.52%) Terraform
3 1 (4.76%) Grafana
3 1 (4.76%) Graylog
3 1 (4.76%) Packer
3 1 (4.76%) Prometheus
3 1 (4.76%) Puppet
Vendors
1 6 (28.57%) Microsoft
2 4 (19.05%) Google
3 3 (14.29%) VMware
4 2 (9.52%) Oracle
5 1 (4.76%) Adobe
5 1 (4.76%) Atlassian
5 1 (4.76%) SAP
5 1 (4.76%) ServiceNow