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

6 months to
13 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 127 133 148
Rank change year-on-year +6 +15 +30
Contract jobs citing Military 79 20 54
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 1.35% 0.67% 0.99%
As % of the General category 2.81% 1.09% 1.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 33 8 30
10th Percentile - £538 £519
25th Percentile £401 £550 £538
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £560 £645 £625
Median % change year-on-year -13.18% +3.20% +12.41%
75th Percentile £788 £653 £645
90th Percentile £875 £686 £749
England median daily rate £625 £580 £625
% change year-on-year +7.76% -7.20% +4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 39 7 9
10th Percentile £35.00 £44.34 -
25th Percentile £44.58 £60.37 £60.00
Median hourly rate £55.00 £61.50 £66.74
Median % change year-on-year -10.56% -7.86% +6.70%
75th Percentile £64.22 £77.24 £70.39
90th Percentile £80.06 £90.32 £75.24
England median hourly rate £56.00 £65.00 £59.75
% change year-on-year -13.85% +8.79% -0.99%

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 2,809 1,836 2,760
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 48.11% 61.74% 50.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,752 1,165 1,524
10th Percentile £250 £213 £205
25th Percentile £400 £375 £356
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £490
Median % change year-on-year - +2.04% -2.00%
75th Percentile £606 £599 £600
90th Percentile £690 £660 £688
England median daily rate £512 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -2.51% -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 312 130 333
10th Percentile £13.99 £13.07 £12.88
25th Percentile £22.79 £15.00 £18.35
Median hourly rate £50.00 £22.00 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year +127.27% -51.11% -5.26%
75th Percentile £82.25 £59.69 £61.30
90th Percentile £88.00 £75.00 £70.00
England median hourly rate £30.58 £27.25 £30.50
% change year-on-year +12.22% -10.66% -6.15%

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 May 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 May 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 13 May 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 46 £718 +30.45% 7
Thames Valley -19 31 £403 -38.08% 8
Berkshire -11 22 £403 -38.08% 2
Oxfordshire -12 6 - - 3
Buckinghamshire - 3 £560 - 3
West Sussex - 1 - - 4
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 8 (10.13%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (1.27%) Confluence
2 1 (1.27%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (2.53%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.27%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.27%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (1.27%) iTrent
1 1 (1.27%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 5 (6.33%) Azure
1 5 (6.33%) Entra ID
2 3 (3.80%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (3.80%) Power Platform
3 2 (2.53%) AWS
3 2 (2.53%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (1.27%) Amazon EC2
4 1 (1.27%) Amazon S3
4 1 (1.27%) AWS Control Tower
4 1 (1.27%) AWS Lambda
4 1 (1.27%) GCP
4 1 (1.27%) GitHub
4 1 (1.27%) IaaS
4 1 (1.27%) OpenShift
4 1 (1.27%) PaaS
4 1 (1.27%) Power Automate
4 1 (1.27%) SaaS
4 1 (1.27%) Serverless
4 1 (1.27%) SuccessFactors
4 1 (1.27%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 13 (16.46%) DNS
2 11 (13.92%) Firewall
3 6 (7.59%) WAN
4 5 (6.33%) BGP
4 5 (6.33%) DHCP
4 5 (6.33%) Ethernet VPN
4 5 (6.33%) LAN
4 5 (6.33%) OSPF
5 4 (5.06%) ATM
5 4 (5.06%) BIG-IP
5 4 (5.06%) Cisco ISE
5 4 (5.06%) Junos
5 4 (5.06%) VXLAN
6 2 (2.53%) SSH
7 1 (1.27%) Network Security
7 1 (1.27%) Reverse Proxy
7 1 (1.27%) SNMP
7 1 (1.27%) VoIP
7 1 (1.27%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (3.80%) Power BI
2 2 (2.53%) SQL Server
3 1 (1.27%) Amazon Athena
3 1 (1.27%) Amazon QuickSight
3 1 (1.27%) Amazon Redshift
3 1 (1.27%) Big Data
3 1 (1.27%) Geospatial Data
3 1 (1.27%) QGIS
Development Applications
1 2 (2.53%) GitLab
2 1 (1.27%) Artifactory
2 1 (1.27%) Git
2 1 (1.27%) Jenkins
2 1 (1.27%) JIRA
General
1 18 (22.78%) Public Sector
2 11 (13.92%) Social Skills
3 8 (10.13%) Finance
4 6 (7.59%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (5.06%) Aerospace
6 3 (3.80%) Documentation Skills
7 2 (2.53%) Aviation
8 1 (1.27%) Advertising
8 1 (1.27%) Avionics
8 1 (1.27%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (1.27%) Manufacturing
8 1 (1.27%) Marketing
8 1 (1.27%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (1.27%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (1.27%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 16 (20.25%) Systems Engineer
2 9 (11.39%) Tester
3 7 (8.86%) Senior
4 6 (7.59%) Architect
4 6 (7.59%) Product Owner
5 5 (6.33%) Integration Engineer
5 5 (6.33%) Senior Manager
6 4 (5.06%) Analyst
6 4 (5.06%) Enterprise Architect
6 4 (5.06%) Network Engineer
6 4 (5.06%) Service Manager
6 4 (5.06%) Service Transition Manager
6 4 (5.06%) Transition Manager
7 3 (3.80%) Administrator
7 3 (3.80%) Commercial Manager
7 3 (3.80%) Finance Manager
7 3 (3.80%) Lead
7 3 (3.80%) Senior Transformation Manager
7 3 (3.80%) Transformation Manager
8 2 (2.53%) DBA
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (5.06%) 802.1X
2 1 (1.27%) LDAP
2 1 (1.27%) OAuth
2 1 (1.27%) OAuth2
2 1 (1.27%) OpenID
2 1 (1.27%) SailPoint
2 1 (1.27%) SAML
2 1 (1.27%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 8 (10.13%) Legacy Systems
2 7 (8.86%) Product Ownership
3 5 (6.33%) Data Centre
4 4 (5.06%) Clustering
4 4 (5.06%) Onboarding
4 4 (5.06%) PKI
5 3 (3.80%) Management Information System
6 2 (2.53%) Driving Licence
7 1 (1.27%) Cyber Defence
7 1 (1.27%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (1.27%) Operational Technology
7 1 (1.27%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 25 (31.65%) Windows
2 21 (26.58%) Linux
3 11 (13.92%) Windows Server
4 3 (3.80%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (18.99%) CI/CD
2 12 (15.19%) High Availability
3 8 (10.13%) Roadmaps
4 7 (8.86%) Stakeholder Management
5 6 (7.59%) Product Roadmap
5 6 (7.59%) Service Management
6 5 (6.33%) Business Intelligence
6 5 (6.33%) ERP
7 4 (5.06%) Computer Science
7 4 (5.06%) Identity Access Management
7 4 (5.06%) ITSM
7 4 (5.06%) Load Balancing
7 4 (5.06%) Matrix Organization
7 4 (5.06%) Observability
7 4 (5.06%) Project Delivery
7 4 (5.06%) Service Delivery
7 4 (5.06%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 3 (3.80%) DevSecOps
8 3 (3.80%) Infrastructure as Code
8 3 (3.80%) Runbook
Programming Languages
1 4 (5.06%) Python
2 3 (3.80%) PowerShell
3 2 (2.53%) Bash
4 1 (1.27%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 1 (1.27%) SQL
Qualifications
1 51 (64.56%) Security Cleared
2 28 (35.44%) SC Cleared
3 23 (29.11%) DV Cleared
4 5 (6.33%) Degree
5 4 (5.06%) Cisco Certification
5 4 (5.06%) HNC
6 1 (1.27%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 1 (1.27%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (1.27%) CCNP
6 1 (1.27%) CESG Certified Professional
6 1 (1.27%) CISM
6 1 (1.27%) CISSP
6 1 (1.27%) CRISC
6 1 (1.27%) GIAC
6 1 (1.27%) GSEC
6 1 (1.27%) JNCIA
6 1 (1.27%) JNCIP
6 1 (1.27%) JNCIS
6 1 (1.27%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (1.27%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (3.80%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 3 (3.80%) NIST
2 2 (2.53%) Data Quality
3 1 (1.27%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (1.27%) ISO 31000
3 1 (1.27%) JSP 440
System Software
1 14 (17.72%) Active Directory
2 9 (11.39%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (10.13%) Hyper-V
4 3 (3.80%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (5.06%) FortiGate
2 3 (3.80%) Ansible
2 3 (3.80%) Kubernetes
2 3 (3.80%) Terraform
3 1 (1.27%) Backup Exec
3 1 (1.27%) Grafana
3 1 (1.27%) Norton AntiVirus
3 1 (1.27%) Prometheus
3 1 (1.27%) Puppet
3 1 (1.27%) Salt
3 1 (1.27%) SCOM
3 1 (1.27%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (1.27%) WhatsUp Gold
3 1 (1.27%) WSUS
Vendors
1 15 (18.99%) Microsoft
2 9 (11.39%) VMware
3 6 (7.59%) Cisco
3 6 (7.59%) SAP
4 5 (6.33%) F5
4 5 (6.33%) Oracle
5 4 (5.06%) Extreme Networks
5 4 (5.06%) Juniper
5 4 (5.06%) SolarWinds
5 4 (5.06%) Splunk
6 2 (2.53%) BeyondTrust
7 1 (1.27%) Acronis
7 1 (1.27%) CyberArk
7 1 (1.27%) Fortinet
7 1 (1.27%) McAfee
7 1 (1.27%) Mellanox
7 1 (1.27%) NVIDIA
7 1 (1.27%) Sparx
7 1 (1.27%) Symantec
7 1 (1.27%) Workday