Military Contract Job Trends in Scotland

Military
UK > Scotland

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Military in contract job vacancies in Scotland. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Military over the 6 months leading up to 28 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 113 111 -
Rank change year-on-year -2 - -
Contract jobs citing Military 6 4 0
As % of all contract jobs in Scotland 0.37% 0.22% -
As % of the General category 0.55% 0.34% -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 3 0
10th Percentile - £331 -
25th Percentile - £361 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £70 £425 -
Median % change year-on-year -83.53% - -
75th Percentile £402 £545 -
90th Percentile £601 £610 -
UK median daily rate £625 £618 £565
% change year-on-year +1.21% +9.29% +1.80%

All General Skills
Scotland

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 Scotland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 1,086 1,171 1,588
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 67.79% 65.06% 67.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 641 671 1,009
10th Percentile £206 £165 £200
25th Percentile £363 £322 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £440 £475
Median % change year-on-year +5.11% -7.37% -
75th Percentile £538 £525 £575
90th Percentile £606 £606 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 53 39 36
10th Percentile £13.00 £12.48 £11.83
25th Percentile £16.02 £14.73 £12.23
Median hourly rate £17.87 £18.00 £19.34
Median % change year-on-year -0.72% -6.93% +6.79%
75th Percentile £24.38 £24.18 £57.06
90th Percentile £52.00 £36.10 £75.88
UK median hourly rate £24.27 £30.00 £29.61
% change year-on-year -19.09% +1.32% +18.44%

Military
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Military job vacancy trend in Scotland

Military
Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Military

Military
Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Military in Scotland over the 6 months to 28 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Military in Scotland

Military
Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Military

Military
Contract Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Military within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 28 October 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
South Lanarkshire +8 2 - -
Glasgow -11 2 £723 +51.31% 3
Fife - 2 £70 -
Military
UK

Military
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Scotland 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 1 (16.67%) WebLogic
Applications
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 1 (16.67%) AWS
1 1 (16.67%) GitHub
1 1 (16.67%) GitHub Actions
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (16.67%) Oracle Database
1 1 (16.67%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (16.67%) CircleCI
1 1 (16.67%) Oracle Forms
General
1 4 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 3 (50.00%) Public Sector
3 2 (33.33%) Aerospace
3 2 (33.33%) Manufacturing
4 1 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (33.33%) Analyst
1 2 (33.33%) Engineering Manager
1 2 (33.33%) Programme Manager
1 2 (33.33%) Service Analyst
1 2 (33.33%) Service Desk Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Architect
2 1 (16.67%) Lead
2 1 (16.67%) Lead Architect
2 1 (16.67%) OAT Tester
2 1 (16.67%) Technical Architect
2 1 (16.67%) Technical Leader
2 1 (16.67%) Tester
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (83.33%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (50.00%) DevOps
2 3 (50.00%) ITIL
3 2 (33.33%) Agile
3 2 (33.33%) Change Management
3 2 (33.33%) Customer Service
3 2 (33.33%) Matrix Organization
3 2 (33.33%) Mentoring
3 2 (33.33%) Service Management
3 2 (33.33%) Technical Leadership
4 1 (16.67%) CI/CD
4 1 (16.67%) Continuous Delivery
4 1 (16.67%) Infrastructure as Code
4 1 (16.67%) IT Strategy
4 1 (16.67%) Line Management
4 1 (16.67%) Operational Acceptance Testing
4 1 (16.67%) Roadmaps
4 1 (16.67%) Strategic Roadmap
4 1 (16.67%) TDD
4 1 (16.67%) Technology Strategy
Programming Languages
1 1 (16.67%) Bash
1 1 (16.67%) PowerShell
1 1 (16.67%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 6 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 6 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (33.33%) CCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (16.67%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (16.67%) Grafana
1 1 (16.67%) Kubernetes
1 1 (16.67%) Prometheus
1 1 (16.67%) Terraform
Vendors
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 1 (16.67%) Oracle