Military Contract Job Trends in the South West

Military
England > South West

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

6 months to
6 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 52 68 65
Rank change year-on-year +16 -3 -21
Contract jobs citing Military 121 55 74
As % of all contract jobs in the South West 3.26% 2.82% 2.91%
As % of the General category 7.11% 4.90% 5.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 54 15 26
10th Percentile £341 £385 £456
25th Percentile £472 £533 £553
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £625
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -8.00% +13.64%
75th Percentile £600 £666 £744
90th Percentile £673 £732 £753
England median daily rate £589 £613 £618
% change year-on-year -3.88% -0.81% +12.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 7 26
10th Percentile £14.00 £15.05 -
25th Percentile £61.25 £27.95 £12.79
Median hourly rate £65.00 £52.67 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +23.41% -18.97% +10.18%
75th Percentile - £70.00 £69.69
90th Percentile £65.95 £75.00 £75.00
England median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £64.08
% change year-on-year - +1.44% +13.43%

All General Skills
South West

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 West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 1,703 1,123 1,331
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 45.92% 57.56% 52.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 879 635 732
10th Percentile £304 £200 £213
25th Percentile £425 £341 £401
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% - -9.09%
75th Percentile £638 £600 £638
90th Percentile £735 £709 £725
England median daily rate £525 £500 £530
% change year-on-year +5.00% -5.66% -3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 328 143 139
10th Percentile £13.50 £13.50 £15.62
25th Percentile £16.62 £15.40 £31.97
Median hourly rate £39.00 £24.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +62.50% -63.08% +15.06%
75th Percentile £63.75 £38.94 £72.50
90th Percentile £75.00 £67.00 £75.00
England median hourly rate £29.03 £25.15 £35.36
% change year-on-year +15.41% -28.87% +17.87%

Military
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Military job vacancy trend in the South West

Military
Daily Rate Trend in the South West

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Military

Military
Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Military in the South West over the 6 months to 6 October 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Military in the South West

Military
Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Military

Military
Hourly Rate Histogram in the South West

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Military in the South West over the 6 months to 6 October 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Military in the South West

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Contract Job Locations in the South West

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 West region over the 6 months to 6 October 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
Wiltshire +9 57 £525 -16.67% 32
Bristol -2 32 £550 +46.67% 13
Somerset -18 14 £550 +37.50% 11
Devon -7 12 £515 -10.43% 5
Gloucestershire -1 5 £590 - 37
Dorset -12 1 - - 12
Military
England

Military
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West 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 7 (5.79%) SharePoint
2 6 (4.96%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (2.48%) Confluence
4 1 (0.83%) Oracle Coherence
4 1 (0.83%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 9 (7.44%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (4.96%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (4.96%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.83%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (4.13%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 10 (8.26%) AWS
1 10 (8.26%) Azure
2 9 (7.44%) Microsoft 365
3 8 (6.61%) Power Platform
4 3 (2.48%) Copilot Studio
4 3 (2.48%) GitHub
4 3 (2.48%) Microsoft Copilot
4 3 (2.48%) OpenShift
4 3 (2.48%) Power Automate
4 3 (2.48%) PowerApps
4 3 (2.48%) SaaS
5 2 (1.65%) Entra ID
5 2 (1.65%) GitHub Actions
5 2 (1.65%) Microsoft Purview
5 2 (1.65%) OCI
5 2 (1.65%) PaaS
6 1 (0.83%) Amazon Cognito
6 1 (0.83%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 5 (4.13%) DNS
2 4 (3.31%) Ethernet
2 4 (3.31%) TCP/IP
3 3 (2.48%) BGP
3 3 (2.48%) DHCP
3 3 (2.48%) Firewall
3 3 (2.48%) MPLS
3 3 (2.48%) SAN
3 3 (2.48%) VoIP
4 1 (0.83%) DKIM
4 1 (0.83%) Intrusion Detection
4 1 (0.83%) Skype
4 1 (0.83%) X.400
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (4.13%) Power BI
2 3 (2.48%) Relational Database
3 2 (1.65%) Tableau
4 1 (0.83%) Data Lake
4 1 (0.83%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.83%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.83%) Metadata
4 1 (0.83%) Oracle Database
4 1 (0.83%) SQL Server
4 1 (0.83%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 4 (3.31%) Eclipse
1 4 (3.31%) Rational DOORS
1 4 (3.31%) Rational Rhapsody
1 4 (3.31%) Visual Studio
2 3 (2.48%) JIRA
3 1 (0.83%) IntelliJ
General
1 49 (40.50%) Social Skills
2 46 (38.02%) Public Sector
3 20 (16.53%) Analytical Skills
4 10 (8.26%) Avionics
4 10 (8.26%) Organisational Skills
5 9 (7.44%) Finance
6 5 (4.13%) Documentation Skills
7 3 (2.48%) Aerospace
7 3 (2.48%) Aviation
8 2 (1.65%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (0.83%) Manufacturing
9 1 (0.83%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (0.83%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 16 (13.22%) Architect
2 15 (12.40%) Systems Engineer
3 10 (8.26%) Delivery Manager
3 10 (8.26%) Senior
4 8 (6.61%) Lead
5 6 (4.96%) Consultant
5 6 (4.96%) Service Delivery Manager
5 6 (4.96%) Service Manager
6 5 (4.13%) Administrator
6 5 (4.13%) Audit Consultant
6 5 (4.13%) Enterprise Architect
6 5 (4.13%) Junior
6 5 (4.13%) Junior Consultant
6 5 (4.13%) Lead Architect
6 5 (4.13%) Solutions Architect
7 4 (3.31%) C# Software Engineer
7 4 (3.31%) C++ Software Engineer
7 4 (3.31%) Designer
7 4 (3.31%) Information Manager
7 4 (3.31%) UX Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (4.96%) Node.js
2 5 (4.13%) Web Services
3 4 (3.31%) Oracle Fusion
4 2 (1.65%) Spring Boot
4 2 (1.65%) Swagger
5 1 (0.83%) Ajax
5 1 (0.83%) Handlebars
5 1 (0.83%) HTML5 Canvas
5 1 (0.83%) JSON
5 1 (0.83%) OAuth
5 1 (0.83%) OAuth2
5 1 (0.83%) OpenID
5 1 (0.83%) PyTorch
5 1 (0.83%) React
5 1 (0.83%) REST
5 1 (0.83%) SAML
5 1 (0.83%) SOAP
5 1 (0.83%) TensorFlow
5 1 (0.83%) Terraform
5 1 (0.83%) WSDL
Miscellaneous
1 12 (9.92%) Management Information System
2 5 (4.13%) PKI
3 4 (3.31%) Legacy Systems
4 3 (2.48%) Cloud Native
4 3 (2.48%) Freedom of Information
4 3 (2.48%) Product Ownership
4 3 (2.48%) Security Operations Centre
5 2 (1.65%) AI Agents
5 2 (1.65%) Analytical Mindset
5 2 (1.65%) CSOC
5 2 (1.65%) Cyber Threat
5 2 (1.65%) Low-Code
5 2 (1.65%) Onboarding
6 1 (0.83%) Clustering
6 1 (0.83%) Data Structures
6 1 (0.83%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (0.83%) Fat Client
6 1 (0.83%) Learning Management System
6 1 (0.83%) Mobile App
6 1 (0.83%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 9 (7.44%) Windows
2 7 (5.79%) Linux
3 5 (4.13%) Windows Server
4 3 (2.48%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 2 (1.65%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (25.62%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 21 (17.36%) Agile
3 17 (14.05%) Roadmaps
4 16 (13.22%) Problem-Solving
4 16 (13.22%) Project Delivery
5 15 (12.40%) Risk Management
5 15 (12.40%) Stakeholder Management
6 14 (11.57%) Continuous Improvement
6 14 (11.57%) Service Delivery
6 14 (11.57%) TOGAF
7 11 (9.09%) ArchiMate
7 11 (9.09%) Validation
8 10 (8.26%) Business Case
8 10 (8.26%) Decision-Making
8 10 (8.26%) Enterprise Architecture
9 9 (7.44%) AI
9 9 (7.44%) Facilities Management
9 9 (7.44%) Information Management
10 8 (6.61%) Configuration Management
10 8 (6.61%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 4 (3.31%) C#
1 4 (3.31%) C++
1 4 (3.31%) JavaScript
2 3 (2.48%) Java
2 3 (2.48%) Python
3 2 (1.65%) R
3 2 (1.65%) SQL
4 1 (0.83%) Bash
Qualifications
1 97 (80.17%) Security Cleared
2 58 (47.93%) SC Cleared
3 29 (23.97%) DV Cleared
4 10 (8.26%) Degree
5 5 (4.13%) Cisco Certification
6 3 (2.48%) CCNP
6 3 (2.48%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 2 (1.65%) CCNA
7 2 (1.65%) CISSP
7 2 (1.65%) MCSE
7 2 (1.65%) Microsoft Certification
7 2 (1.65%) SANS
8 1 (0.83%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (0.83%) CCIE
8 1 (0.83%) CISM
8 1 (0.83%) City & Guilds
8 1 (0.83%) CLAS
8 1 (0.83%) Master's Degree
8 1 (0.83%) NVQ Level 3
8 1 (0.83%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (7.44%) Data Quality
2 6 (4.96%) NCSC
3 5 (4.13%) Accessibility
4 3 (2.48%) GDPR
5 2 (1.65%) JSP 440
5 2 (1.65%) QA
6 1 (0.83%) Def Stans
6 1 (0.83%) GRC
6 1 (0.83%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.83%) ISO/IEC 42001
6 1 (0.83%) NIST
6 1 (0.83%) NIST 800
6 1 (0.83%) PMO
6 1 (0.83%) RMADS
System Software
1 6 (4.96%) Active Directory
2 3 (2.48%) Docker
3 1 (0.83%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 5 (4.13%) Kubernetes
2 3 (2.48%) WSUS
3 2 (1.65%) Argo
4 1 (0.83%) Ansible
4 1 (0.83%) Failover Clustering
4 1 (0.83%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 28 (23.14%) Microsoft
2 10 (8.26%) BiZZdesign
2 10 (8.26%) Cisco
3 8 (6.61%) Oracle
4 6 (4.96%) Red Hat
5 5 (4.13%) IBM
5 5 (4.13%) Remedy
6 4 (3.31%) ServiceNow
7 3 (2.48%) Juniper
8 2 (1.65%) VMware
9 1 (0.83%) Alteryx
9 1 (0.83%) ArcSight
9 1 (0.83%) Atlassian
9 1 (0.83%) Capita
9 1 (0.83%) Foundry
9 1 (0.83%) McAfee
9 1 (0.83%) OneLogin
9 1 (0.83%) Salesforce
9 1 (0.83%) Thales
9 1 (0.83%) webMethods