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 12 February 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 138 128 161
Rank change year-on-year -10 +33 +7
Contract jobs citing Military 51 31 45
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 1.08% 0.98% 0.83%
As % of the General category 1.99% 1.66% 1.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 24 4 23
10th Percentile - £522 £483
25th Percentile £401 £540 £519
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £543 £600 £625
Median % change year-on-year -9.58% -4.00% +7.11%
75th Percentile £752 £674 £645
90th Percentile £788 £718 £695
England median daily rate £675 £618 £636
% change year-on-year +9.31% -2.87% +5.96%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 15 5
10th Percentile £27.50 £50.02 £53.47
25th Percentile £40.22 £55.87 £58.75
Median hourly rate £48.72 £61.50 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.77% +2.49% +0.82%
75th Percentile £55.00 £64.73 £62.47
90th Percentile £63.47 £77.89 £64.74
England median hourly rate £55.00 £61.64 £60.00
% change year-on-year -10.78% +2.74% -4.08%

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 2,562 1,864 2,989
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 54.29% 59.19% 54.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,703 1,101 1,741
10th Percentile £219 £219 £205
25th Percentile £367 £381 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £492 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.60% - -
75th Percentile £588 £600 £600
90th Percentile £674 £663 £688
England median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 242 69 259
10th Percentile £13.00 £16.15 £12.96
25th Percentile £16.45 £21.00 £18.54
Median hourly rate £22.50 £42.50 £36.50
Median % change year-on-year -47.06% +16.44% -18.89%
75th Percentile £53.46 £62.50 £59.95
90th Percentile £80.08 £75.91 £68.25
England median hourly rate £22.85 £30.43 £25.25
% change year-on-year -24.91% +20.51% -8.18%

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 12 February 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 12 February 2026.

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 12 February 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 -8 24 £743 +23.75% 17
Thames Valley -23 17 £403 -32.92% 12
Berkshire -27 12 £403 -32.92% 8
Surrey - 5 - - 3
Middlesex - 3 - -
Oxfordshire - 3 - - 3
Buckinghamshire -2 2 £560 - 1
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 5 (9.80%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (3.92%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.96%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (1.96%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 2 (3.92%) AWS
1 2 (3.92%) Entra ID
1 2 (3.92%) SaaS
2 1 (1.96%) Amazon EC2
2 1 (1.96%) Amazon S3
2 1 (1.96%) AWS Control Tower
2 1 (1.96%) AWS Lambda
2 1 (1.96%) Azure
2 1 (1.96%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (1.96%) Serverless
2 1 (1.96%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 6 (11.76%) DNS
2 4 (7.84%) Firewall
3 3 (5.88%) WAN
4 2 (3.92%) Cisco IOS
4 2 (3.92%) DHCP
4 2 (3.92%) LAN
4 2 (3.92%) Network Security
4 2 (3.92%) VoIP
5 1 (1.96%) BGP
5 1 (1.96%) Cisco ASA
5 1 (1.96%) Cisco Firepower
5 1 (1.96%) Ethernet VPN
5 1 (1.96%) OSPF
5 1 (1.96%) Reverse Proxy
5 1 (1.96%) SD-WAN
5 1 (1.96%) SNMP
5 1 (1.96%) SSH
5 1 (1.96%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.96%) Amazon Athena
1 1 (1.96%) Amazon QuickSight
1 1 (1.96%) Amazon Redshift
1 1 (1.96%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (1.96%) Artifactory
1 1 (1.96%) Git
1 1 (1.96%) GitLab
1 1 (1.96%) Subversion
General
1 9 (17.65%) Social Skills
2 6 (11.76%) Public Sector
3 3 (5.88%) Finance
4 2 (3.92%) Aviation
4 2 (3.92%) Manufacturing
5 1 (1.96%) Advertising
5 1 (1.96%) Aerospace
5 1 (1.96%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (1.96%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (1.96%) Electronics
5 1 (1.96%) Marketing
5 1 (1.96%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 10 (19.61%) Systems Engineer
2 9 (17.65%) Tester
3 4 (7.84%) Architect
3 4 (7.84%) Enterprise Architect
3 4 (7.84%) Senior
4 3 (5.88%) Analyst
4 3 (5.88%) Applications Support
4 3 (5.88%) Applications Support Technician
4 3 (5.88%) Commercial Manager
4 3 (5.88%) Lead
4 3 (5.88%) Network Engineer
4 3 (5.88%) Senior Applications Support
4 3 (5.88%) Senior Support Technician
4 3 (5.88%) Senior Technician
4 3 (5.88%) Support Technician
5 2 (3.92%) Administrator
5 2 (3.92%) DBA
5 2 (3.92%) Delivery Manager
5 2 (3.92%) IT Manager
5 2 (3.92%) IT Services Delivery Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.96%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 4 (7.84%) Legacy Systems
2 2 (3.92%) Driving Licence
2 2 (3.92%) Management Information System
2 2 (3.92%) Product Ownership
2 2 (3.92%) Virtual Team
3 1 (1.96%) Data Centre
3 1 (1.96%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (1.96%) Linux Command Line
3 1 (1.96%) Onboarding
3 1 (1.96%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 21 (41.18%) Linux
2 19 (37.25%) Windows
3 7 (13.73%) Windows Server
4 4 (7.84%) Unix
5 1 (1.96%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (1.96%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (19.61%) CI/CD
2 7 (13.73%) ITIL
3 4 (7.84%) Computer Science
3 4 (7.84%) High Availability
4 3 (5.88%) Asset Management
4 3 (5.88%) Customer Requirements
4 3 (5.88%) PQQ
4 3 (5.88%) Preventative Maintenance
4 3 (5.88%) Project Delivery
4 3 (5.88%) Roadmaps
4 3 (5.88%) Situational Awareness
4 3 (5.88%) Stakeholder Management
4 3 (5.88%) Time Management
5 2 (3.92%) Continuous Improvement
5 2 (3.92%) Customer-Centricity
5 2 (3.92%) Dashboard Development
5 2 (3.92%) Data Privacy
5 2 (3.92%) People Management
5 2 (3.92%) Process Improvement
5 2 (3.92%) Regulatory Compliance
Programming Languages
1 5 (9.80%) SQL
2 1 (1.96%) Bash
2 1 (1.96%) C
2 1 (1.96%) C++
2 1 (1.96%) JavaScript
2 1 (1.96%) Python
2 1 (1.96%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 40 (78.43%) Security Cleared
2 22 (43.14%) SC Cleared
3 20 (39.22%) DV Cleared
4 5 (9.80%) Degree
5 4 (7.84%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (5.88%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 2 (3.92%) PhD
8 1 (1.96%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (1.96%) CCNP
8 1 (1.96%) Cisco Certification
8 1 (1.96%) CISSP
8 1 (1.96%) Master's Degree
8 1 (1.96%) MCSA
8 1 (1.96%) MCSE
8 1 (1.96%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (1.96%) TOGAF Certification
8 1 (1.96%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (5.88%) GDPR
2 2 (3.92%) JSP 440
2 2 (3.92%) PMO
3 1 (1.96%) Def Stans
3 1 (1.96%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (1.96%) NCSC
System Software
1 8 (15.69%) Active Directory
2 6 (11.76%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (7.84%) Hyper-V
4 1 (1.96%) Docker
4 1 (1.96%) Firmware
4 1 (1.96%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 2 (3.92%) Ansible
1 2 (3.92%) Terraform
2 1 (1.96%) Backup Exec
2 1 (1.96%) Grafana
2 1 (1.96%) Kubernetes
2 1 (1.96%) Norton AntiVirus
2 1 (1.96%) Prometheus
2 1 (1.96%) Puppet
2 1 (1.96%) Salt
2 1 (1.96%) SCOM
2 1 (1.96%) WhatsUp Gold
2 1 (1.96%) WSUS
Vendors
1 9 (17.65%) Microsoft
2 7 (13.73%) VMware
3 4 (7.84%) Cisco
4 2 (3.92%) Workday
5 1 (1.96%) Acronis
5 1 (1.96%) BeyondTrust
5 1 (1.96%) F5
5 1 (1.96%) Fortinet
5 1 (1.96%) McAfee
5 1 (1.96%) Mellanox
5 1 (1.96%) NVIDIA
5 1 (1.96%) SAP
5 1 (1.96%) Sparx
5 1 (1.96%) Symantec