Military Contracts 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 1 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 130 150 190
Rank change year-on-year +20 +40 +45
Contract jobs citing Military 25 58 25
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.79% 1.02% 0.43%
As % of the General category 1.32% 2.09% 0.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 23 15
10th Percentile £541 £519 £451
25th Percentile £550 £528 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £614 £625 £562
Median % change year-on-year -1.80% +11.21% -4.26%
75th Percentile £650 £645 £618
90th Percentile £653 £724 £627
England median daily rate £550 £600 £571
% change year-on-year -8.33% +5.08% +3.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 17 8
10th Percentile - £46.08 £43.85
25th Percentile £33.05 £56.65 £51.94
Median hourly rate £61.50 £60.00 £59.51
Median % change year-on-year +2.49% +0.82% +35.31%
75th Percentile £88.87 £66.74 £62.55
90th Percentile - £72.33 £64.79
England median hourly rate £65.00 £59.50 £60.00
% change year-on-year +9.24% -0.83% +10.27%

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 1,899 2,769 3,348
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 60.38% 48.79% 57.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,185 1,504 2,241
10th Percentile £205 £213 £246
25th Percentile £363 £363 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
75th Percentile £594 £608 £625
90th Percentile £675 £688 £721
England median daily rate £518 £535 £550
% change year-on-year -3.21% -2.73% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 162 340 162
10th Percentile £13.00 £12.88 £15.21
25th Percentile £14.36 £18.32 £22.27
Median hourly rate £18.94 £45.00 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -57.92% -10.00% +150.00%
75th Percentile £53.69 £61.60 £63.56
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.33 £73.59
England median hourly rate £27.50 £32.70 £30.00
% change year-on-year -15.90% +8.99% +28.26%

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

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Military in the South East.

Daily rate trend for Military in the South East

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Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Military in the South East over the 6 months to 1 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Military in the South East

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Military in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for Military in the South East

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Hourly Rate Histogram in the South East

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Military in the South East over the 6 months to 1 July 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 1 July 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 +5 13 £550 -8.33% 67
Thames Valley +20 12 £650 -6.34% 51
Berkshire +19 11 £650 - 29
Oxfordshire +1 1 - - 13
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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (12.00%) SharePoint
2 1 (4.00%) Apache
2 1 (4.00%) Tomcat
Applications
1 3 (12.00%) 3ds Max
1 3 (12.00%) Adobe Illustrator
1 3 (12.00%) Photoshop
Cloud Services
1 3 (12.00%) Azure
1 3 (12.00%) Microsoft 365
1 3 (12.00%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 6 (24.00%) Firewall
2 4 (16.00%) VPN
3 3 (12.00%) Internet
3 3 (12.00%) Network Security
4 1 (4.00%) 4G
4 1 (4.00%) 5G
4 1 (4.00%) BGP
4 1 (4.00%) HTTP
4 1 (4.00%) Intrusion Detection
4 1 (4.00%) OSPF
4 1 (4.00%) TACACS
4 1 (4.00%) TCP/IP
4 1 (4.00%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (12.00%) Power BI
2 2 (8.00%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (4.00%) GIS
3 1 (4.00%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 1 (4.00%) Eclipse
General
1 6 (24.00%) Public Sector
1 6 (24.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (8.00%) Telecoms
3 1 (4.00%) Aerospace
3 1 (4.00%) Automotive
3 1 (4.00%) Aviation
3 1 (4.00%) Manufacturing
3 1 (4.00%) Marketing
3 1 (4.00%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 8 (32.00%) Senior
2 4 (16.00%) Developer
3 3 (12.00%) 3D Developer
3 3 (12.00%) IT Manager
3 3 (12.00%) IT Services Manager
3 3 (12.00%) Lead
3 3 (12.00%) Service Manager
4 2 (8.00%) Analyst
4 2 (8.00%) Information Security Specialist
4 2 (8.00%) Information Specialist
4 2 (8.00%) Security Specialist
4 2 (8.00%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
4 2 (8.00%) Senior Information Security Specialist
4 2 (8.00%) Senior IT Manager
4 2 (8.00%) Senior Manager
4 2 (8.00%) Senior Security Specialist
4 2 (8.00%) Senior Service Manager
5 1 (4.00%) Consultant
5 1 (4.00%) Integration Engineer
5 1 (4.00%) Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.00%) CSS
1 1 (4.00%) Elastic Stack
1 1 (4.00%) HTML
1 1 (4.00%) JBoss Seam
1 1 (4.00%) JSP
1 1 (4.00%) XML
1 1 (4.00%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 6 (24.00%) Management Information System
2 3 (12.00%) 3D Graphics
2 3 (12.00%) Animation
2 3 (12.00%) Vector Graphics
2 3 (12.00%) Video Conferencing
3 2 (8.00%) PKI
4 1 (4.00%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (4.00%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 3 (12.00%) Linux
2 2 (8.00%) Oracle Linux
2 2 (8.00%) Solaris
2 2 (8.00%) Windows
2 2 (8.00%) Windows 10
2 2 (8.00%) Windows Server
2 2 (8.00%) Windows Server 2012
2 2 (8.00%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (32.00%) Cybersecurity
2 6 (24.00%) Security Architecture
2 6 (24.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
3 3 (12.00%) 3D Modelling
3 3 (12.00%) Analytics
3 3 (12.00%) Antivirus Management
3 3 (12.00%) Artificial Intelligence
3 3 (12.00%) Business Intelligence
3 3 (12.00%) Case Management
3 3 (12.00%) Contract Management
3 3 (12.00%) Decision-Making
3 3 (12.00%) Disaster Recovery
3 3 (12.00%) Instructional Design
3 3 (12.00%) Penetration Testing
3 3 (12.00%) Risk Assessment
3 3 (12.00%) Risk Management
3 3 (12.00%) Security Monitoring
3 3 (12.00%) Server Management
3 3 (12.00%) Situational Awareness
3 3 (12.00%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (8.00%) PowerShell
1 2 (8.00%) SQL
2 1 (4.00%) Java
2 1 (4.00%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 15 (60.00%) Security Cleared
2 10 (40.00%) DV Cleared
3 8 (32.00%) SC Cleared
4 3 (12.00%) CISSP
5 2 (8.00%) CISM
5 2 (8.00%) Degree
6 1 (4.00%) PMI Certification
6 1 (4.00%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (12.00%) NCSC
2 2 (8.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (4.00%) PMBOK
System Software
1 2 (8.00%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 1 (4.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 3 (12.00%) Adobe
1 3 (12.00%) Autodesk
1 3 (12.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (8.00%) Oracle
2 2 (8.00%) Red Hat
2 2 (8.00%) VMware
3 1 (4.00%) Darktrace
3 1 (4.00%) Palo Alto