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 6 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 115 114 108
Rank change year-on-year -1 -6 +41
Contract jobs citing Military 11 8 6
As % of all contract jobs in Scotland 0.49% 0.47% 0.32%
As % of the General category 0.81% 0.67% 0.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 5 5
10th Percentile - - £351
25th Percentile - £70 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £210 £465
Median % change year-on-year - -54.84% +3.33%
75th Percentile - £215 £653
90th Percentile - £526 £711
UK median daily rate £595 £550 £600
% change year-on-year +8.18% -8.33% +9.09%

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 1,354 1,196 1,199
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 60.64% 70.98% 63.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 730 697 721
10th Percentile £250 £248 £168
25th Percentile £363 £375 £301
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £470 £440
Median % change year-on-year -1.60% +6.82% -7.37%
75th Percentile £575 £538 £538
90th Percentile £650 £600 £638
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 106 46 49
10th Percentile £12.95 £15.80 £12.30
25th Percentile £13.45 £16.33 £13.50
Median hourly rate £16.56 £19.30 £16.92
Median % change year-on-year -14.21% +14.05% -11.78%
75th Percentile £43.96 £24.62 £20.93
90th Percentile £60.75 £44.01 £31.35
UK median hourly rate £32.50 £25.15 £38.12
% change year-on-year +29.22% -34.02% +27.07%

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 6 August 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
Edinburgh - 4 - - 1
Fife +5 3 - - 4
Stirling - 2 - - 1
South Lanarkshire -6 1 - - 2
Glasgow -13 1 - - 1
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:

Applications
1 3 (27.27%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (18.18%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (18.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 2 (18.18%) SaaS
2 1 (9.09%) AWS
2 1 (9.09%) Azure
2 1 (9.09%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (9.09%) GCP
2 1 (9.09%) GitHub
2 1 (9.09%) GitHub Actions
2 1 (9.09%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 1 (9.09%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (9.09%) PostgreSQL
1 1 (9.09%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 3 (27.27%) JIRA
1 3 (27.27%) Zephyr
2 2 (18.18%) Git
3 1 (9.09%) Appium
3 1 (9.09%) Cucumber
3 1 (9.09%) Cypress.io
3 1 (9.09%) Jenkins
3 1 (9.09%) Postman
3 1 (9.09%) REST Assured
3 1 (9.09%) Selenium
3 1 (9.09%) SpecFlow
General
1 6 (54.55%) Finance
2 3 (27.27%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (18.18%) Law
3 2 (18.18%) Legal
3 2 (18.18%) Public Sector
4 1 (9.09%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (27.27%) Test Technician
2 2 (18.18%) Finance Manager
2 2 (18.18%) Procurement Specialist
2 2 (18.18%) Senior
2 2 (18.18%) Test Manager
3 1 (9.09%) Analyst
3 1 (9.09%) Automation Tester
3 1 (9.09%) Developer
3 1 (9.09%) Financial Analyst
3 1 (9.09%) Linux Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Pricing Developer
3 1 (9.09%) Python Developer
3 1 (9.09%) Senior Automation Tester
3 1 (9.09%) Senior Linux Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Senior Tester
3 1 (9.09%) Test Analyst
3 1 (9.09%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (9.09%) Playwright
Operating Systems
1 1 (9.09%) Linux
1 1 (9.09%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (54.55%) Asset Management
2 3 (27.27%) Continuous Improvement
2 3 (27.27%) End-to-End Testing
3 2 (18.18%) Contract Management
3 2 (18.18%) DevOps
3 2 (18.18%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (18.18%) Regression Testing
3 2 (18.18%) Risk Management
3 2 (18.18%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 2 (18.18%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (18.18%) Test Automation
4 1 (9.09%) Business Intelligence
4 1 (9.09%) Computer Science
4 1 (9.09%) Data Analysis
4 1 (9.09%) Data Modelling
4 1 (9.09%) Software Engineering
4 1 (9.09%) Test Management
4 1 (9.09%) User Acceptance Testing
4 1 (9.09%) Validation
4 1 (9.09%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 2 (18.18%) Python
2 1 (9.09%) C#
2 1 (9.09%) Java
2 1 (9.09%) JavaScript
2 1 (9.09%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 5 (45.45%) SC Cleared
1 5 (45.45%) Security Cleared
2 3 (27.27%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (9.09%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (9.09%) Degree
3 1 (9.09%) DV Cleared
3 1 (9.09%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (18.18%) QA
2 1 (9.09%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (9.09%) Ceph
1 1 (9.09%) Docker
1 1 (9.09%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 1 (9.09%) Ansible
1 1 (9.09%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 1 (9.09%) Red Hat