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 5 October 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 127 115 109
Rank change year-on-year -12 -6 -
Contract jobs citing Military 8 6 4
As % of all contract jobs in Scotland 0.34% 0.38% 0.21%
As % of the General category 0.54% 0.55% 0.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 3 3
10th Percentile - - £331
25th Percentile £552 - £361
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £554 £70 £425
Median % change year-on-year +691.01% -83.53% -
75th Percentile £556 £402 £545
90th Percentile - £601 £610
UK median daily rate £590 £600 £618
% change year-on-year -1.67% -2.83% +12.27%

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 general skills in Scotland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 1,472 1,092 1,201
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 62.35% 68.59% 64.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 787 629 711
10th Percentile £229 £216 £170
25th Percentile £363 £375 £314
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £475 £440
Median % change year-on-year -2.63% +7.95% -7.37%
75th Percentile £563 £538 £538
90th Percentile £650 £600 £619
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 118 53 44
10th Percentile £13.45 £15.14 £12.30
25th Percentile £13.47 £16.25 £13.60
Median hourly rate £16.11 £17.87 £16.71
Median % change year-on-year -9.85% +6.94% -12.88%
75th Percentile £40.48 £24.38 £24.16
90th Percentile £57.50 £55.16 £40.10
UK median hourly rate £28.00 £25.08 £33.93
% change year-on-year +11.67% -26.10% +23.38%

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
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 5 October 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
Glasgow -15 5 - - 10
Stirling - 1 - - 5
Edinburgh - 1 - - 16
Aberdeen - 1 £554 - 4
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 (12.50%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (25.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (12.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 3 (37.50%) GCP
2 2 (25.00%) Google Workspace
2 2 (25.00%) Power Platform
2 2 (25.00%) SaaS
3 1 (12.50%) AWS
3 1 (12.50%) Azure
3 1 (12.50%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (12.50%) GitHub
3 1 (12.50%) GitHub Actions
3 1 (12.50%) IaaS
3 1 (12.50%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (12.50%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (25.00%) VoIP
2 1 (12.50%) Gigabit Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (12.50%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (25.00%) Git
2 1 (12.50%) Appium
2 1 (12.50%) Cucumber
2 1 (12.50%) Cypress.io
2 1 (12.50%) Jenkins
2 1 (12.50%) JIRA
2 1 (12.50%) Postman
2 1 (12.50%) REST Assured
2 1 (12.50%) Selenium
2 1 (12.50%) SpecFlow
General
1 5 (62.50%) Public Sector
2 4 (50.00%) Finance
3 3 (37.50%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (37.50%) Social Skills
4 2 (25.00%) Legal
5 1 (12.50%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (12.50%) Law
5 1 (12.50%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (25.00%) Analyst
1 2 (25.00%) Service Analyst
1 2 (25.00%) Service Desk Analyst
2 1 (12.50%) Automation Tester
2 1 (12.50%) Cybersecurity Manager
2 1 (12.50%) Cybersecurity Specialist
2 1 (12.50%) Delivery Manager
2 1 (12.50%) Lead
2 1 (12.50%) PMO Lead
2 1 (12.50%) Pricing Developer
2 1 (12.50%) Procurement Specialist
2 1 (12.50%) Python Developer
2 1 (12.50%) Security Manager
2 1 (12.50%) Security Specialist
2 1 (12.50%) Senior
2 1 (12.50%) Senior Automation Tester
2 1 (12.50%) Senior Tester
2 1 (12.50%) Technical Delivery Manager
2 1 (12.50%) Technical Manager
2 1 (12.50%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (12.50%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 2 (25.00%) Smartphone
2 1 (12.50%) Cyber Threat
2 1 (12.50%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (12.50%) Management Information System
2 1 (12.50%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 2 (25.00%) Android
1 2 (25.00%) Apple iOS
1 2 (25.00%) Mac OS
1 2 (25.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (37.50%) Continuous Improvement
2 3 (37.50%) Risk Management
2 3 (37.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 2 (25.00%) Agile
3 2 (25.00%) Asset Management
3 2 (25.00%) Collaborative Working
3 2 (25.00%) Customer Service
3 2 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
3 2 (25.00%) Data Protection
3 2 (25.00%) Decision-Making
3 2 (25.00%) Identity Access Management
3 2 (25.00%) ITIL
3 2 (25.00%) PRINCE2
3 2 (25.00%) Programme Delivery
4 1 (12.50%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
4 1 (12.50%) Price Optimisation
4 1 (12.50%) Programme Governance
4 1 (12.50%) Roadmaps
4 1 (12.50%) Vulnerability Remediation
Programming Languages
1 2 (25.00%) Python
2 1 (12.50%) C#
2 1 (12.50%) Java
2 1 (12.50%) JavaScript
2 1 (12.50%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 5 (62.50%) SC Cleared
1 5 (62.50%) Security Cleared
2 2 (25.00%) ITIL Certification
3 1 (12.50%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (12.50%) Degree
3 1 (12.50%) DV Cleared
3 1 (12.50%) ISTQB
3 1 (12.50%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (25.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (25.00%) NCSC
1 2 (25.00%) NIST
2 1 (12.50%) GDPR
2 1 (12.50%) PMO
System Software
1 1 (12.50%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (12.50%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 2 (25.00%) Google
1 2 (25.00%) Oracle
2 1 (12.50%) Microsoft