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 18 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 59 66 47
Rank change year-on-year +7 -19 +66
Contract jobs citing Military 59 79 132
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 2.99% 2.97% 4.11%
As % of the General category 5.22% 5.70% 8.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 30 41
10th Percentile £385 £459 £419
25th Percentile £456 £519 £469
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £619 £550
Median % change year-on-year -12.73% +12.50% -2.65%
75th Percentile £606 £725 £650
90th Percentile £675 £751 £675
England median daily rate £594 £613 £550
% change year-on-year -3.06% +11.36% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 26 41
10th Percentile £15.05 - £48.32
25th Percentile £34.39 £12.79 £54.00
Median hourly rate £58.84 £65.00 £56.49
Median % change year-on-year -9.48% +15.06% -13.09%
75th Percentile £67.50 £69.69 £65.98
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.00 £71.90
England median hourly rate £65.00 £63.15 £56.49
% change year-on-year +2.93% +11.79% -13.09%

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 1,131 1,387 1,517
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 57.27% 52.16% 47.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 654 788 1,046
10th Percentile £205 £210 £294
25th Percentile £350 £410 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £495 £504 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.74% -8.41% +4.76%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £650
90th Percentile £695 £725 £723
England median daily rate £500 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -6.98% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 119 143 138
10th Percentile £13.46 £13.83 £15.48
25th Percentile £15.25 £30.00 £33.00
Median hourly rate £23.50 £65.00 £54.33
Median % change year-on-year -63.85% +19.63% +3.31%
75th Percentile £33.75 £72.50 £69.50
90th Percentile £70.75 £75.00 £80.00
England median hourly rate £25.15 £38.85 £27.50
% change year-on-year -35.26% +41.27% +10.93%

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
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 18 September 2025.

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 18 September 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 18 September 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 +6 23 £615 +8.13% 11
Bristol -3 16 £506 -3.80% 15
Devon - 7 £575 - 2
Gloucestershire +11 6 - - 15
Dorset +4 6 £508 -15.42% 6
Somerset +3 1 £400 - 5
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 (5.08%) Confluence
2 2 (3.39%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (1.69%) Anypoint
3 1 (1.69%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.69%) Skype for Business
3 1 (1.69%) Tomcat
Applications
1 2 (3.39%) Simulink
2 1 (1.69%) CATIA
Cloud Services
1 6 (10.17%) AWS
2 5 (8.47%) Microsoft 365
3 4 (6.78%) Azure
4 2 (3.39%) iPaaS
4 2 (3.39%) Microsoft Purview
5 1 (1.69%) Amazon EC2
5 1 (1.69%) AWS CloudFormation
5 1 (1.69%) AWS Fargate
5 1 (1.69%) AWS Step Functions
5 1 (1.69%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (1.69%) Azure Pipelines
5 1 (1.69%) Azure Sentinel
5 1 (1.69%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (1.69%) Microsoft Copilot
5 1 (1.69%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 4 (6.78%) Firewall
2 3 (5.08%) 4G
2 3 (5.08%) 5G
3 2 (3.39%) DHCP
3 2 (3.39%) DNS
3 2 (3.39%) Ethernet
3 2 (3.39%) TCP/IP
4 1 (1.69%) Network Security
4 1 (1.69%) Skype
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.69%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (1.69%) MySQL
1 1 (1.69%) PostgreSQL
1 1 (1.69%) Relational Database
1 1 (1.69%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (5.08%) JIRA
2 2 (3.39%) Eclipse
2 2 (3.39%) Rational Statemate
2 2 (3.39%) Visual Studio
General
1 26 (44.07%) Public Sector
2 10 (16.95%) Social Skills
3 8 (13.56%) Analytical Skills
4 6 (10.17%) Finance
4 6 (10.17%) Legal
5 5 (8.47%) Aerospace
6 3 (5.08%) Aviation
6 3 (5.08%) Fire and Rescue
6 3 (5.08%) Manufacturing
6 3 (5.08%) Police
7 1 (1.69%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (1.69%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 11 (18.64%) Service Manager
2 8 (13.56%) Delivery Manager
3 7 (11.86%) Service Delivery Manager
4 5 (8.47%) Analyst
5 4 (6.78%) Developer
5 4 (6.78%) Senior
5 4 (6.78%) Systems Engineer
6 3 (5.08%) Architect
6 3 (5.08%) Designer
6 3 (5.08%) Engineering Specialist
6 3 (5.08%) Service Designer
6 3 (5.08%) Test Specialist
7 2 (3.39%) Build Engineer
7 2 (3.39%) C# Software Engineer
7 2 (3.39%) C++ Software Engineer
7 2 (3.39%) Information Manager
7 2 (3.39%) Information Security Manager
7 2 (3.39%) Performance Engineer
7 2 (3.39%) Security Architect
7 2 (3.39%) Server Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (3.39%) Node.js
1 2 (3.39%) Web Services
2 1 (1.69%) AWS CDK
2 1 (1.69%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (1.69%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 6 (10.17%) PKI
2 2 (3.39%) Algorithms
2 2 (3.39%) Hybrid Cloud
2 2 (3.39%) Security Posture
3 1 (1.69%) Cyber Kill Chain
3 1 (1.69%) Data Fabric
3 1 (1.69%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (1.69%) Management Information System
3 1 (1.69%) Product Ownership
3 1 (1.69%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 13 (22.03%) Windows
2 7 (11.86%) Windows Server
3 4 (6.78%) Linux
4 3 (5.08%) Windows 10
4 3 (5.08%) Windows Server 2012
5 1 (1.69%) Solaris
5 1 (1.69%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (25.42%) Service Management
2 12 (20.34%) Change Management
2 12 (20.34%) ITSM
3 11 (18.64%) Agile
4 10 (16.95%) ITIL
4 10 (16.95%) Service Delivery
5 8 (13.56%) Stakeholder Management
6 7 (11.86%) Service Catalogue
7 6 (10.17%) Availability Management
7 6 (10.17%) Logistics
7 6 (10.17%) Migration
7 6 (10.17%) Service Delivery Management
7 6 (10.17%) Test Scripting
8 5 (8.47%) Continuous Improvement
8 5 (8.47%) Cybersecurity
8 5 (8.47%) Enterprise Architecture
8 5 (8.47%) Incident Management
8 5 (8.47%) Problem-Solving
8 5 (8.47%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 5 (8.47%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 4 (6.78%) SQL
2 3 (5.08%) Python
3 2 (3.39%) C#
3 2 (3.39%) C++
3 2 (3.39%) Java
3 2 (3.39%) JavaScript
3 2 (3.39%) MATLAB
4 1 (1.69%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 45 (76.27%) Security Cleared
2 32 (54.24%) SC Cleared
3 9 (15.25%) DV Cleared
4 3 (5.08%) Microsoft Certification
5 2 (3.39%) BPSS Clearance
5 2 (3.39%) ITIL Certification
5 2 (3.39%) MCSA
5 2 (3.39%) MCSE
5 2 (3.39%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 1 (1.69%) A+ Certification
6 1 (1.69%) Degree
6 1 (1.69%) HNC
6 1 (1.69%) ISTQB
6 1 (1.69%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (10.17%) SLA
2 4 (6.78%) NCSC
3 1 (1.69%) Accessibility
3 1 (1.69%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (1.69%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 1 (1.69%) Data Quality
3 1 (1.69%) GDPR
3 1 (1.69%) JSP 440
System Software
1 3 (5.08%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (3.39%) Active Directory
3 1 (1.69%) Docker
3 1 (1.69%) Hyper-V
3 1 (1.69%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 3 (5.08%) Check_MK
1 3 (5.08%) OPNET
Vendors
1 9 (15.25%) Microsoft
2 4 (6.78%) Cisco
2 4 (6.78%) Oracle
2 4 (6.78%) VMware
3 3 (5.08%) Fortinet
3 3 (5.08%) Juniper
3 3 (5.08%) Splunk
4 2 (3.39%) LogRhythm
4 2 (3.39%) MuleSoft
4 2 (3.39%) Remedy
4 2 (3.39%) Salesforce
5 1 (1.69%) F5
5 1 (1.69%) Foundry
5 1 (1.69%) HP
5 1 (1.69%) Red Hat
5 1 (1.69%) ServiceNow
5 1 (1.69%) Siemens
5 1 (1.69%) Talend