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

6 months to
6 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 60 83 66
Rank change year-on-year +23 -17 +52
Contract jobs citing Military 62 79 110
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 3.38% 2.42% 3.13%
As % of the General category 5.89% 4.71% 6.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 23 41
10th Percentile £456 - £419
25th Percentile £463 £519 £480
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £600 £550
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% +5.32%
75th Percentile £644 £638 £615
90th Percentile £695 £700 £675
England median daily rate £550 £606 £575
% change year-on-year -9.28% +5.43% +4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 34 28
10th Percentile £30.52 £12.79 £50.96
25th Percentile £46.09 £41.60 £56.29
Median hourly rate £65.00 £56.97 £58.57
Median % change year-on-year +14.11% -2.73% +6.48%
75th Percentile £75.00 £65.00 £72.92
90th Percentile £76.00 £74.63 £101.25
England median hourly rate £65.00 £60.00 £60.00
% change year-on-year +8.33% - +10.27%

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 common skills in the South West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 1,052 1,678 1,651
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 57.36% 51.41% 47.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 638 1,008 1,179
10th Percentile £213 £260 £300
25th Percentile £355 £414 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £549
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -4.37% +9.80%
75th Percentile £606 £638 £642
90th Percentile £675 £721 £723
England median daily rate £518 £533 £550
% change year-on-year -2.91% -3.09% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 86 287 124
10th Percentile £13.50 £13.69 £16.09
25th Percentile £15.25 £25.00 £31.07
Median hourly rate £27.34 £45.00 £56.30
Median % change year-on-year -39.24% -20.07% +34.05%
75th Percentile £58.15 £70.46 £66.69
90th Percentile £69.38 £74.40 £86.75
England median hourly rate £27.25 £33.00 £30.52
% change year-on-year -17.44% +8.13% +31.38%

Military
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Job postings citing Military as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Job vacancy trend for Military in the South West

Military
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

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

Daily rate trend for Military in the South West

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 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Military in the South West

Military
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

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

Hourly rate trend for Military in the South West

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 July 2025.

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 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
Wiltshire +17 25 £615 +9.33% 21
Bristol +8 11 £638 - 60
Dorset +1 10 £475 -20.83% 8
Devon +17 9 £575 - 5
Gloucestershire +30 6 - - 56
Somerset +1 1 £750 - 18
Military
England

Military
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 (4.84%) Confluence
1 3 (4.84%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (1.61%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.61%) Skype for Business
2 1 (1.61%) Tomcat
Applications
1 2 (3.23%) Simulink
2 1 (1.61%) CATIA
Business Applications
1 1 (1.61%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 6 (9.68%) Azure
2 4 (6.45%) AWS
2 4 (6.45%) Azure DevOps
2 4 (6.45%) Azure Pipelines
2 4 (6.45%) Dynamics 365
3 2 (3.23%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (1.61%) AWS CloudFormation
4 1 (1.61%) AWS Step Functions
4 1 (1.61%) Azure Sentinel
4 1 (1.61%) iPaaS
4 1 (1.61%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 8 (12.90%) Firewall
2 3 (4.84%) 4G
2 3 (4.84%) 5G
2 3 (4.84%) DHCP
2 3 (4.84%) DNS
3 2 (3.23%) BGP
3 2 (3.23%) Cisco IOS
3 2 (3.23%) Cisco Nexus
3 2 (3.23%) DMVPN
3 2 (3.23%) OSPF
3 2 (3.23%) Skype
3 2 (3.23%) TCP/IP
3 2 (3.23%) VXLAN
4 1 (1.61%) Ethernet
4 1 (1.61%) LAN
4 1 (1.61%) Network Security
4 1 (1.61%) SMTP
4 1 (1.61%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.61%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (1.61%) MySQL
1 1 (1.61%) PostgreSQL
1 1 (1.61%) Relational Database
1 1 (1.61%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (4.84%) JIRA
2 2 (3.23%) Rational Statemate
3 1 (1.61%) Eclipse
3 1 (1.61%) Rational DOORS
3 1 (1.61%) Rational Team Concert
3 1 (1.61%) Visual Studio
General
1 25 (40.32%) Public Sector
2 11 (17.74%) Finance
3 9 (14.52%) Analytical Skills
3 9 (14.52%) Social Skills
4 7 (11.29%) Fire and Rescue
4 7 (11.29%) Police
5 5 (8.06%) Aerospace
5 5 (8.06%) Legal
6 3 (4.84%) Aviation
7 2 (3.23%) Advertising
7 2 (3.23%) Manufacturing
8 1 (1.61%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (1.61%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 9 (14.52%) Service Manager
2 6 (9.68%) Delivery Manager
2 6 (9.68%) Systems Engineer
3 5 (8.06%) Service Delivery Manager
3 5 (8.06%) Test Manager
4 4 (6.45%) Architect
4 4 (6.45%) Senior
4 4 (6.45%) Server Engineer
5 3 (4.84%) Analyst
5 3 (4.84%) Build Engineer
5 3 (4.84%) Designer
5 3 (4.84%) Engineering Specialist
5 3 (4.84%) Security Architect
5 3 (4.84%) Senior Manager
5 3 (4.84%) Server Build Engineer
5 3 (4.84%) Service Designer
5 3 (4.84%) Test Specialist
6 2 (3.23%) IT Engineer
6 2 (3.23%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
6 2 (3.23%) Wintel Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.61%) AWS CDK
1 1 (1.61%) Node.js
1 1 (1.61%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 8 (12.90%) PKI
2 2 (3.23%) Algorithms
3 1 (1.61%) CESG
3 1 (1.61%) Cyber Kill Chain
3 1 (1.61%) Data Fabric
3 1 (1.61%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (1.61%) Hybrid Cloud
3 1 (1.61%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 11 (17.74%) Windows
2 9 (14.52%) Windows Server
3 4 (6.45%) Windows 10
3 4 (6.45%) Windows Server 2012
4 2 (3.23%) Linux
5 1 (1.61%) Solaris
5 1 (1.61%) VMS
5 1 (1.61%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (1.61%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (19.35%) Service Management
2 11 (17.74%) Agile
3 10 (16.13%) ITSM
4 9 (14.52%) Change Management
5 8 (12.90%) Project Management
5 8 (12.90%) Service Delivery
5 8 (12.90%) Test Scripting
6 7 (11.29%) ITIL
7 6 (9.68%) Migration
7 6 (9.68%) Server Building
7 6 (9.68%) Stakeholder Management
8 5 (8.06%) Problem-Solving
8 5 (8.06%) Service Catalogue
8 5 (8.06%) Test Strategy
8 5 (8.06%) User Acceptance Testing
9 4 (6.45%) Availability Management
9 4 (6.45%) Integration Testing
9 4 (6.45%) Roadmaps
9 4 (6.45%) Service Delivery Management
9 4 (6.45%) Service Design
Programming Languages
1 5 (8.06%) SQL
2 3 (4.84%) PowerShell
3 2 (3.23%) Java
3 2 (3.23%) MATLAB
3 2 (3.23%) Python
4 1 (1.61%) Assembly Language
4 1 (1.61%) C
4 1 (1.61%) C#
4 1 (1.61%) C++
4 1 (1.61%) JavaScript
4 1 (1.61%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 50 (80.65%) Security Cleared
2 39 (62.90%) SC Cleared
3 12 (19.35%) DV Cleared
4 3 (4.84%) Degree
4 3 (4.84%) Microsoft Certification
5 2 (3.23%) BPSS Clearance
5 2 (3.23%) CCNP
5 2 (3.23%) Cisco Certification
5 2 (3.23%) MCSA
5 2 (3.23%) MCSE
5 2 (3.23%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 1 (1.61%) HNC
6 1 (1.61%) ISTQB
6 1 (1.61%) Master's Degree
6 1 (1.61%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (8.06%) SLA
2 3 (4.84%) NCSC
3 2 (3.23%) JSP 440
3 2 (3.23%) QA
4 1 (1.61%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (1.61%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 1 (1.61%) Data Quality
4 1 (1.61%) GDPR
System Software
1 7 (11.29%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (4.84%) Active Directory
3 2 (3.23%) Hyper-V
4 1 (1.61%) Microsoft Virtual Server
4 1 (1.61%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (1.61%) Virtual Servers
4 1 (1.61%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 3 (4.84%) Check_MK
1 3 (4.84%) OPNET
2 2 (3.23%) SCCM
3 1 (1.61%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 1 (1.61%) PowerCLI
3 1 (1.61%) SCOM
Vendors
1 8 (12.90%) Microsoft
1 8 (12.90%) VMware
2 5 (8.06%) Cisco
3 3 (4.84%) Fortinet
3 3 (4.84%) Juniper
3 3 (4.84%) Oracle
3 3 (4.84%) Remedy
3 3 (4.84%) Splunk
4 1 (1.61%) CA Agile Central
4 1 (1.61%) F5
4 1 (1.61%) Foundry
4 1 (1.61%) MuleSoft
4 1 (1.61%) Red Hat
4 1 (1.61%) Salesforce
4 1 (1.61%) ServiceNow
4 1 (1.61%) Siemens
4 1 (1.61%) SolarWinds
4 1 (1.61%) Talend
4 1 (1.61%) Wind River