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 13 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 136 138 149
Rank change year-on-year +2 +11 +29
Contract jobs citing Military 74 22 54
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 1.30% 0.73% 0.96%
As % of the General category 2.59% 1.21% 1.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 33 6 33
10th Percentile - £565 £519
25th Percentile £401 £628 £538
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £560 £650 £625
Median % change year-on-year -13.85% +4.00% +10.23%
75th Percentile £788 £658 £645
90th Percentile £875 £704 £743
England median daily rate £650 £618 £625
% change year-on-year +5.26% -1.20% +4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 34 7 8
10th Percentile £35.00 £44.79 -
25th Percentile £42.16 £60.75 £60.00
Median hourly rate £55.00 £61.50 £64.19
Median % change year-on-year -10.56% -4.20% +7.87%
75th Percentile £56.00 £77.24 £67.65
90th Percentile £75.40 £90.32 £71.85
England median hourly rate £55.50 £65.00 £59.50
% change year-on-year -14.62% +9.24% -4.03%

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 general skills in the South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 2,852 1,817 2,929
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 50.28% 60.69% 52.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,842 1,134 1,614
10th Percentile £255 £220 £205
25th Percentile £400 £400 £358
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - +0.10% -0.10%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £600
90th Percentile £688 £664 £688
England median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 305 125 327
10th Percentile £15.15 £13.99 £12.93
25th Percentile £19.34 £15.00 £18.95
Median hourly rate £45.59 £24.18 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year +88.52% -43.11% -5.56%
75th Percentile £82.25 £53.75 £61.30
90th Percentile £88.00 £75.00 £67.62
England median hourly rate £27.94 £29.00 £28.00
% change year-on-year -3.66% +3.57% -20.00%

Military
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Military job vacancy trend 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 13 April 2026.

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 13 April 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Military in the South East

Military
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 13 April 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
Hampshire +10 45 £710 +10.94% 13
Thames Valley -35 26 £403 -38.08% 8
Berkshire -24 20 £403 -38.08% 5
Oxfordshire -14 4 - - 2
Buckinghamshire - 2 £560 - 1
Surrey - 1 - - 6
West Sussex - 1 - - 1
Military
England

Military
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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 9 (12.16%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (2.70%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.35%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.35%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (1.35%) iTrent
1 1 (1.35%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 3 (4.05%) Entra ID
2 2 (2.70%) AWS
2 2 (2.70%) Azure
2 2 (2.70%) Power Platform
3 1 (1.35%) Amazon EC2
3 1 (1.35%) Amazon S3
3 1 (1.35%) AWS Control Tower
3 1 (1.35%) AWS Lambda
3 1 (1.35%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (1.35%) GCP
3 1 (1.35%) GitHub
3 1 (1.35%) GitHub Actions
3 1 (1.35%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (1.35%) OpenShift
3 1 (1.35%) Serverless
3 1 (1.35%) SuccessFactors
3 1 (1.35%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 14 (18.92%) DNS
2 9 (12.16%) Firewall
3 6 (8.11%) DHCP
3 6 (8.11%) WAN
4 5 (6.76%) BGP
4 5 (6.76%) Ethernet VPN
4 5 (6.76%) LAN
4 5 (6.76%) OSPF
5 4 (5.41%) ATM
5 4 (5.41%) BIG-IP
5 4 (5.41%) Cisco ISE
5 4 (5.41%) Junos
5 4 (5.41%) VXLAN
6 2 (2.70%) SSH
7 1 (1.35%) Network Security
7 1 (1.35%) Reverse Proxy
7 1 (1.35%) SNMP
7 1 (1.35%) VoIP
7 1 (1.35%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.70%) Power BI
1 2 (2.70%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.35%) Amazon Athena
2 1 (1.35%) Amazon QuickSight
2 1 (1.35%) Amazon Redshift
2 1 (1.35%) Big Data
2 1 (1.35%) Geospatial Data
2 1 (1.35%) QGIS
Development Applications
1 2 (2.70%) GitLab
2 1 (1.35%) Artifactory
2 1 (1.35%) Git
2 1 (1.35%) Jenkins
General
1 14 (18.92%) Public Sector
2 12 (16.22%) Social Skills
3 7 (9.46%) Finance
4 4 (5.41%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (4.05%) Aerospace
6 2 (2.70%) Aviation
6 2 (2.70%) Documentation Skills
6 2 (2.70%) Manufacturing
7 1 (1.35%) Advertising
7 1 (1.35%) Avionics
7 1 (1.35%) Marketing
7 1 (1.35%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (1.35%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (1.35%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 18 (24.32%) Systems Engineer
2 9 (12.16%) Tester
3 6 (8.11%) Architect
3 6 (8.11%) Product Owner
3 6 (8.11%) Senior
4 5 (6.76%) Service Manager
5 4 (5.41%) Enterprise Architect
5 4 (5.41%) Network Engineer
5 4 (5.41%) Senior Manager
5 4 (5.41%) Service Transition Manager
5 4 (5.41%) Transition Manager
6 3 (4.05%) Analyst
6 3 (4.05%) Commercial Manager
6 3 (4.05%) Delivery Manager
6 3 (4.05%) Finance Manager
6 3 (4.05%) Integration Engineer
6 3 (4.05%) Senior Transformation Manager
6 3 (4.05%) Transformation Manager
7 2 (2.70%) Data Administrator
7 2 (2.70%) Network Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (5.41%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 8 (10.81%) Legacy Systems
2 7 (9.46%) Product Ownership
3 5 (6.76%) Data Centre
3 5 (6.76%) PKI
4 4 (5.41%) Clustering
5 2 (2.70%) Driving Licence
5 2 (2.70%) Management Information System
5 2 (2.70%) Onboarding
6 1 (1.35%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (1.35%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 25 (33.78%) Windows
2 20 (27.03%) Linux
3 12 (16.22%) Windows Server
4 2 (2.70%) Unix
5 1 (1.35%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (18.92%) CI/CD
2 12 (16.22%) High Availability
3 8 (10.81%) Roadmaps
4 7 (9.46%) Service Management
5 6 (8.11%) Product Roadmap
6 5 (6.76%) Service Delivery
6 5 (6.76%) Stakeholder Management
7 4 (5.41%) Computer Science
7 4 (5.41%) Continuous Improvement
7 4 (5.41%) ERP
7 4 (5.41%) Identity Access Management
7 4 (5.41%) ITIL
7 4 (5.41%) Load Balancing
7 4 (5.41%) Matrix Organization
7 4 (5.41%) Observability
7 4 (5.41%) Project Delivery
8 3 (4.05%) DevSecOps
8 3 (4.05%) Infrastructure as Code
8 3 (4.05%) Process Improvement
8 3 (4.05%) Regulatory Compliance
Programming Languages
1 3 (4.05%) Python
2 2 (2.70%) Bash
2 2 (2.70%) PowerShell
2 2 (2.70%) SQL
Qualifications
1 47 (63.51%) Security Cleared
2 26 (35.14%) SC Cleared
3 22 (29.73%) DV Cleared
4 4 (5.41%) Degree
4 4 (5.41%) HNC
5 3 (4.05%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (1.35%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (1.35%) CCNP
6 1 (1.35%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (1.35%) JNCIA
6 1 (1.35%) JNCIP
6 1 (1.35%) JNCIS
6 1 (1.35%) MCSA
6 1 (1.35%) MCSE
6 1 (1.35%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (1.35%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.35%) Data Quality
1 1 (1.35%) GDPR
1 1 (1.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (1.35%) JSP 440
1 1 (1.35%) NIST
1 1 (1.35%) PMO
System Software
1 13 (17.57%) Active Directory
2 10 (13.51%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (10.81%) Hyper-V
4 3 (4.05%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (5.41%) FortiGate
2 3 (4.05%) Ansible
2 3 (4.05%) Kubernetes
2 3 (4.05%) Terraform
3 1 (1.35%) Backup Exec
3 1 (1.35%) Grafana
3 1 (1.35%) Norton AntiVirus
3 1 (1.35%) Prometheus
3 1 (1.35%) Puppet
3 1 (1.35%) Salt
3 1 (1.35%) SCOM
3 1 (1.35%) WhatsUp Gold
3 1 (1.35%) WSUS
Vendors
1 13 (17.57%) Microsoft
2 10 (13.51%) VMware
3 6 (8.11%) Cisco
4 5 (6.76%) F5
4 5 (6.76%) Oracle
4 5 (6.76%) SAP
5 4 (5.41%) Extreme Networks
5 4 (5.41%) Juniper
5 4 (5.41%) SolarWinds
5 4 (5.41%) Splunk
6 2 (2.70%) BeyondTrust
7 1 (1.35%) Acronis
7 1 (1.35%) CyberArk
7 1 (1.35%) Fortinet
7 1 (1.35%) McAfee
7 1 (1.35%) Mellanox
7 1 (1.35%) NVIDIA
7 1 (1.35%) Sparx
7 1 (1.35%) Symantec
7 1 (1.35%) Workday