Military Contract Job Trends in South Wales

Military
Wales > South Wales

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Military in contract job vacancies in South Wales. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Military over the 6 months leading up to 30 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 38 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Military 6 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in South Wales 1.45% - -
As % of the General category 3.03% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £675 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £700 - -
75th Percentile £725 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Wales median daily rate £700 - -

All General Skills
South Wales

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 South Wales.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 198 132 145
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in South Wales 47.71% 53.66% 42.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 111 85 82
10th Percentile £190 £163 £143
25th Percentile £290 £257 £200
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £365 £438
Median % change year-on-year +13.01% -16.57% -5.41%
75th Percentile £575 £480 £588
90th Percentile £775 £595 £625
Wales median daily rate £413 £388 £450
% change year-on-year +6.45% -13.89% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 23 18
10th Percentile £12.21 £15.20 £11.02
25th Percentile £16.00 £18.06 £12.78
Median hourly rate £21.25 £21.00 £23.93
Median % change year-on-year +1.19% -12.24% +119.14%
75th Percentile £33.50 £41.25 £62.19
90th Percentile £53.75 £45.00 £87.80
Wales median hourly rate £21.25 £21.00 £22.68
% change year-on-year +1.19% -7.41% +96.19%

Military
Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales

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

Military job vacancy trend in South Wales

Military
Daily Rate Trend in South Wales

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in South Wales citing Military

Military
Hourly Rate Trend in South Wales

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in South Wales citing Military

Military
Contract Job Locations in South Wales

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 Wales region over the 6 months to 30 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
Newport - 4 £700 - 3
Cardiff - 2 - - 2
Military
Wales

Military
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South Wales 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:

Cloud Services
1 3 (50.00%) Azure
2 1 (16.67%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (16.67%) Azure Sentinel
2 1 (16.67%) Entra ID
2 1 (16.67%) GitHub
2 1 (16.67%) IBM Cloud
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (16.67%) Azure SQL Database
1 1 (16.67%) DB2
1 1 (16.67%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (16.67%) JMeter
1 1 (16.67%) MSTest
1 1 (16.67%) Selenium
1 1 (16.67%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
1 1 (16.67%) Visual Studio
General
1 5 (83.33%) Public Sector
2 2 (33.33%) Digital Health
Job Titles
1 2 (33.33%) Digital User Researcher
1 2 (33.33%) Senior
1 2 (33.33%) Senior Test Engineer
1 2 (33.33%) Test Engineer
1 2 (33.33%) User Researcher
2 1 (16.67%) Administrator
2 1 (16.67%) Build Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) DBA
2 1 (16.67%) Senior Test Automation Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Test Automation Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (16.67%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 2 (33.33%) Windows
2 1 (16.67%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (33.33%) Acceptance Criteria
1 2 (33.33%) Continuous Deployment
1 2 (33.33%) Health Informatics
1 2 (33.33%) Informatics
1 2 (33.33%) Statistics
1 2 (33.33%) Test Automation
1 2 (33.33%) Test Strategy
1 2 (33.33%) User Experience
1 2 (33.33%) User Research
1 2 (33.33%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
2 1 (16.67%) Architectural Design
2 1 (16.67%) Collaborative Working
2 1 (16.67%) Database Migration
2 1 (16.67%) Design Patterns
2 1 (16.67%) DevOps
2 1 (16.67%) Performance Optimisation
2 1 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (16.67%) Project Delivery
2 1 (16.67%) Task Automation
2 1 (16.67%) Trend Analysis
Programming Languages
1 2 (33.33%) C#
1 2 (33.33%) SQL
2 1 (16.67%) JavaScript
2 1 (16.67%) PowerShell
2 1 (16.67%) Python
Qualifications
1 6 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 4 (66.67%) SC Cleared
3 1 (16.67%) ISTQB
3 1 (16.67%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (16.67%) HMG Security Policy Framework
1 1 (16.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (16.67%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (16.67%) Active Directory
1 1 (16.67%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (33.33%) SCCM
2 1 (16.67%) Ansible
2 1 (16.67%) Jamf Pro
2 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (16.67%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
Vendors
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 1 (16.67%) Apple
2 1 (16.67%) IBM
2 1 (16.67%) Oracle
2 1 (16.67%) ServiceNow
2 1 (16.67%) Splunk