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 18 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 110 111 -
Rank change year-on-year +1 - -
Contract jobs citing Military 7 5 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 0.44% 0.27% -
As % of the General category 0.64% 0.42% -
Number of daily rates quoted 5 4 0
10th Percentile - £341 -
25th Percentile £70 £387 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £210 £530 -
Median % change year-on-year -60.38% - -
75th Percentile £215 £677 -
90th Percentile £526 £721 -
UK median daily rate £575 £606 £550
% change year-on-year -5.15% +10.23% -1.12%

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 1,099 1,191 1,646
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 68.73% 63.66% 67.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 634 709 1,077
10th Percentile £223 £169 £207
25th Percentile £368 £325 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £471 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +4.56% -5.26% -
75th Percentile £538 £538 £569
90th Percentile £600 £638 £638
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 51 44 38
10th Percentile £16.02 £12.30 £11.90
25th Percentile £16.85 £14.28 £12.38
Median hourly rate £19.23 £17.46 £24.59
Median % change year-on-year +10.14% -29.00% +26.92%
75th Percentile £24.91 £24.16 £58.96
90th Percentile £57.50 £41.18 £75.03
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £36.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year -30.14% +30.91% +12.24%

Military
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Job postings citing Military as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Job vacancy trend for Military 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 18 September 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 18 September 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
Glasgow -14 4 £210 -56.02% 2
Fife - 2 £70 - 1
South Lanarkshire +14 1 - - 1
Military
UK

Military
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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 1 (14.29%) WebLogic
Applications
1 2 (28.57%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 1 (14.29%) AWS
1 1 (14.29%) GitHub
1 1 (14.29%) GitHub Actions
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (14.29%) Oracle Database
1 1 (14.29%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (14.29%) CircleCI
1 1 (14.29%) Oracle Forms
General
1 6 (85.71%) Social Skills
2 2 (28.57%) Aerospace
2 2 (28.57%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (28.57%) Banking
2 2 (28.57%) Finance
2 2 (28.57%) Investment Banking
2 2 (28.57%) Manufacturing
2 2 (28.57%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 3 (42.86%) Analyst
2 2 (28.57%) Engineering Manager
2 2 (28.57%) Programme Manager
2 2 (28.57%) Service Analyst
2 2 (28.57%) Service Desk Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Architect
3 1 (14.29%) Graduate
3 1 (14.29%) Graduate Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Lead
3 1 (14.29%) Lead Architect
3 1 (14.29%) Technical Architect
3 1 (14.29%) Technical Leader
Miscellaneous
1 2 (28.57%) Social Media
2 1 (14.29%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (85.71%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (28.57%) Agile
2 2 (28.57%) BCP
2 2 (28.57%) Business Continuity
2 2 (28.57%) Business Continuity Planning
2 2 (28.57%) Change Management
2 2 (28.57%) Customer Service
2 2 (28.57%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (28.57%) DevOps
2 2 (28.57%) Incident Response
2 2 (28.57%) ITIL
2 2 (28.57%) Matrix Organization
2 2 (28.57%) Mentoring
2 2 (28.57%) Open Source
2 2 (28.57%) Operational Stability
2 2 (28.57%) OSINT
2 2 (28.57%) Risk Analysis
2 2 (28.57%) Service Management
2 2 (28.57%) Social Media Monitoring
2 2 (28.57%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 1 (14.29%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 5 (71.43%) SC Cleared
1 5 (71.43%) Security Cleared
2 2 (28.57%) CCA
2 2 (28.57%) Degree
Systems Management
1 1 (14.29%) Grafana
1 1 (14.29%) Kubernetes
1 1 (14.29%) Prometheus
1 1 (14.29%) Terraform
Vendors
1 2 (28.57%) Microsoft
2 1 (14.29%) Oracle