Military Contract Job Trends in the South East

Military
England > South East

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Military in contract job vacancies in the South East. 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 136 128 179
Rank change year-on-year -8 +51 +67
Contract jobs citing Military 26 54 30
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.75% 1.17% 0.54%
As % of the General category 1.27% 2.29% 0.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 12 12
10th Percentile £500 £519 £466
25th Percentile £519 £542 £509
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £619 £638
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% -2.94% -11.46%
75th Percentile £650 £743 £700
90th Percentile - £763 -
England median daily rate £594 £613 £550
% change year-on-year -3.06% +11.36% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 25 9
10th Percentile - £30.41 £31.86
25th Percentile £33.05 £55.87 £32.32
Median hourly rate £50.22 £60.00 £51.90
Median % change year-on-year -16.30% +15.61% +18.01%
75th Percentile £88.87 £64.73 £60.00
90th Percentile - £75.24 £66.25
England median hourly rate £65.00 £63.15 £56.49
% change year-on-year +2.93% +11.79% -13.09%

All General Skills
South East

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 South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 2,046 2,360 3,177
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 58.66% 51.04% 57.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,275 1,311 2,101
10th Percentile £200 £214 £213
25th Percentile £350 £363 £385
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% - -
75th Percentile £588 £609 £625
90th Percentile £675 £688 £713
England median daily rate £500 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -6.98% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 184 188 168
10th Percentile £13.00 £15.77 £15.15
25th Percentile £14.28 £29.44 £22.28
Median hourly rate £18.85 £57.35 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year -67.14% +9.24% +133.33%
75th Percentile £47.80 £70.00 £65.40
90th Percentile £76.75 £77.14 £75.00
England median hourly rate £25.15 £38.85 £27.50
% change year-on-year -35.26% +41.27% +10.93%

Military
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing Military as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Military in the South East

Military
Daily Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Military.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Military

Military
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Military in the South East over the 6 months to 18 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Military in the South East

Military
Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Military.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Military

Military
Hourly Rate Histogram in the South East

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Military in the South East over the 6 months to 18 September 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Military in the South East

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Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Military within the South East 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
Hampshire -2 12 £550 -12.00% 13
Berkshire -4 8 £650 +8.33% 7
Thames Valley -7 8 £650 -12.52% 11
Middlesex - 5 - -
Surrey - 1 - - 9
Military
England

Military
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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:

Applications
1 3 (11.54%) 3ds Max
1 3 (11.54%) Adobe Illustrator
1 3 (11.54%) Photoshop
Cloud Services
1 1 (3.85%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (11.54%) Firewall
2 2 (7.69%) Cisco IOS
3 1 (3.85%) 4G
3 1 (3.85%) 5G
3 1 (3.85%) Cisco ASA
3 1 (3.85%) Cisco Firepower
3 1 (3.85%) LAN
3 1 (3.85%) Network Security
3 1 (3.85%) SD-WAN
3 1 (3.85%) VoIP
3 1 (3.85%) VPN
3 1 (3.85%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (7.69%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 1 (3.85%) Subversion
General
1 5 (19.23%) Social Skills
2 2 (7.69%) Aerospace
3 1 (3.85%) Automotive
3 1 (3.85%) Aviation
3 1 (3.85%) Electronics
3 1 (3.85%) Manufacturing
3 1 (3.85%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 8 (30.77%) Senior
2 5 (19.23%) Applications Support
2 5 (19.23%) Applications Support Technician
2 5 (19.23%) Senior Applications Support
2 5 (19.23%) Senior Support Technician
2 5 (19.23%) Senior Technician
2 5 (19.23%) Support Technician
3 4 (15.38%) Developer
3 4 (15.38%) Lead
4 3 (11.54%) 3D Developer
4 3 (11.54%) Analyst
5 2 (7.69%) Project Manager
6 1 (3.85%) Consultant
6 1 (3.85%) Data Analyst
6 1 (3.85%) Integration Engineer
6 1 (3.85%) IT Manager
6 1 (3.85%) IT Project Manager
6 1 (3.85%) Lead Developer
6 1 (3.85%) Migration Engineer
6 1 (3.85%) Training Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.85%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 4 (15.38%) Management Information System
2 3 (11.54%) 3D Graphics
2 3 (11.54%) Animation
2 3 (11.54%) Vector Graphics
3 2 (7.69%) PKI
4 1 (3.85%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (3.85%) Linux Command Line
4 1 (3.85%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 10 (38.46%) Linux
2 7 (26.92%) Windows
3 5 (19.23%) Unix
4 2 (7.69%) Oracle Linux
4 2 (7.69%) Solaris
4 2 (7.69%) Windows 10
4 2 (7.69%) Windows Server
4 2 (7.69%) Windows Server 2012
4 2 (7.69%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (3.85%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (30.77%) Situational Awareness
2 6 (23.08%) ITIL
3 5 (19.23%) Asset Management
3 5 (19.23%) Preventative Maintenance
4 4 (15.38%) Cybersecurity
5 3 (11.54%) 3D Modelling
5 3 (11.54%) Agile
5 3 (11.54%) Artificial Intelligence
5 3 (11.54%) Instructional Design
5 3 (11.54%) Project Delivery
5 3 (11.54%) Project Management
5 3 (11.54%) Security Architecture
5 3 (11.54%) Stakeholder Management
5 3 (11.54%) Storyboarding
5 3 (11.54%) Vulnerability Assessment
6 2 (7.69%) Customer Requirements
6 2 (7.69%) Incident Management
6 2 (7.69%) Mentoring
7 1 (3.85%) Coaching
7 1 (3.85%) People Management
Programming Languages
1 7 (26.92%) SQL
2 2 (7.69%) PowerShell
3 1 (3.85%) C
3 1 (3.85%) C++
3 1 (3.85%) JavaScript
3 1 (3.85%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 17 (65.38%) Security Cleared
2 13 (50.00%) DV Cleared
3 5 (19.23%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
4 4 (15.38%) SC Cleared
5 3 (11.54%) CISSP
5 3 (11.54%) Degree
6 1 (3.85%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (3.85%) PhD
6 1 (3.85%) PMI Certification
6 1 (3.85%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.85%) Def Stans
1 1 (3.85%) PMBOK
System Software
1 2 (7.69%) Hyper-V
2 1 (3.85%) Firmware
2 1 (3.85%) VMware NSX
Vendors
1 3 (11.54%) Adobe
1 3 (11.54%) Autodesk
1 3 (11.54%) VMware
2 2 (7.69%) Cisco
2 2 (7.69%) Oracle
2 2 (7.69%) Red Hat
3 1 (3.85%) Workday