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 9 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 63 62 84
Rank change year-on-year -1 +22 -5
Contract jobs citing Military 85 56 68
As % of all contract jobs in the South West 2.48% 3.19% 2.08%
As % of the General category 5.85% 5.47% 4.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 31 19 21
10th Percentile £263 £456 -
25th Percentile £305 £459 £519
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £585
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -1.71% +1.52%
75th Percentile £634 £681 £650
90th Percentile £705 £711 £850
England median daily rate £597 £575 £613
% change year-on-year +3.83% -6.12% +2.08%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 8 28
10th Percentile £14.00 £33.10 £12.79
25th Percentile £53.53 £48.71 £44.79
Median hourly rate £62.50 £70.00 £56.49
Median % change year-on-year -10.71% +23.92% -6.24%
75th Percentile £65.00 £75.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £66.30 £75.75 £66.70
England median hourly rate £57.35 £65.00 £57.47
% change year-on-year -11.77% +13.10% -4.22%

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 1,454 1,024 1,636
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 42.43% 58.28% 49.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 743 624 978
10th Percentile £305 £213 £241
25th Percentile £406 £362 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.00% -4.76% -4.46%
75th Percentile £600 £613 £637
90th Percentile £706 £675 £700
England median daily rate £516 £525 £533
% change year-on-year -1.71% -1.57% -3.03%
Number of hourly rates quoted 239 71 278
10th Percentile £13.61 £15.16 £12.94
25th Percentile £16.62 £18.17 £18.15
Median hourly rate £35.00 £32.50 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% -27.78% -23.27%
75th Percentile £63.75 £65.00 £68.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.00 £73.83
England median hourly rate £32.50 £28.15 £31.50
% change year-on-year +15.45% -10.63% +3.14%

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 9 June 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 9 June 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 9 June 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
Devon 0 28 £310 -46.17% 2
Bristol -11 22 £550 -13.73% 8
Wiltshire -10 21 £550 -10.57% 14
Somerset -6 12 £587 -21.73% 1
Gloucestershire -7 1 £590 - 8
Dorset -14 1 - - 6
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 10 (11.76%) Confluence
2 8 (9.41%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.18%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (1.18%) Oracle Coherence
Applications
1 13 (15.29%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (10.59%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (10.59%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (1.18%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 13 (15.29%) Microsoft 365
2 12 (14.12%) AWS
3 7 (8.24%) GitHub
4 5 (5.88%) Azure
4 5 (5.88%) Power Platform
5 3 (3.53%) Microsoft Copilot
5 3 (3.53%) SaaS
6 2 (2.35%) GitHub Actions
6 2 (2.35%) GitHub Copilot
6 2 (2.35%) Microsoft Purview
7 1 (1.18%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 1 (1.18%) Amazon EC2
7 1 (1.18%) Amazon S3
7 1 (1.18%) AWS Lambda
7 1 (1.18%) OCI
7 1 (1.18%) OneDrive
7 1 (1.18%) OpenShift
7 1 (1.18%) Power Automate
7 1 (1.18%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 8 (9.41%) TCP/IP
2 6 (7.06%) Ethernet
3 2 (2.35%) VoIP
4 1 (1.18%) DHCP
4 1 (1.18%) DKIM
4 1 (1.18%) DNS
4 1 (1.18%) Internet
4 1 (1.18%) Intrusion Detection
4 1 (1.18%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (5.88%) Power BI
2 4 (4.71%) Relational Database
3 3 (3.53%) Electronic Patient Records
4 1 (1.18%) Data Lake
4 1 (1.18%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (1.18%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 9 (10.59%) JIRA
2 6 (7.06%) Eclipse
2 6 (7.06%) Visual Studio
3 4 (4.71%) Rational DOORS
3 4 (4.71%) Rational Rhapsody
4 2 (2.35%) IntelliJ
5 1 (1.18%) Artifactory
5 1 (1.18%) Git
General
1 38 (44.71%) Public Sector
2 26 (30.59%) Social Skills
3 13 (15.29%) Organisational Skills
4 7 (8.24%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (8.24%) Finance
5 5 (5.88%) Avionics
6 2 (2.35%) Legal
6 2 (2.35%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (1.18%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (1.18%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (1.18%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 12 (14.12%) Architect
1 12 (14.12%) Systems Engineer
2 8 (9.41%) Software Engineer
3 7 (8.24%) Developer
4 6 (7.06%) C# Software Engineer
4 6 (7.06%) Project Officer
4 6 (7.06%) Project Support Officer
4 6 (7.06%) Senior
4 6 (7.06%) Solutions Architect
4 6 (7.06%) Support Officer
5 5 (5.88%) C++ Software Engineer
6 4 (4.71%) Administrator
6 4 (4.71%) Analyst
6 4 (4.71%) Data Administrator
6 4 (4.71%) Python Developer
6 4 (4.71%) Software Developer
6 4 (4.71%) Technical Architect
7 3 (3.53%) Enterprise Architect
7 3 (3.53%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 3 (3.53%) Integration Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (9.41%) Node.js
2 7 (8.24%) Web Services
3 2 (2.35%) FHIR
3 2 (2.35%) React
3 2 (2.35%) Spring Boot
3 2 (2.35%) Swagger
4 1 (1.18%) AngularJS
4 1 (1.18%) AWS CDK
4 1 (1.18%) OAuth
4 1 (1.18%) OAuth2
4 1 (1.18%) OpenID
4 1 (1.18%) SAML
4 1 (1.18%) SOAP
4 1 (1.18%) WSDL
Miscellaneous
1 4 (4.71%) Freedom of Information
1 4 (4.71%) Management Information System
2 2 (2.35%) Cloud Native
2 2 (2.35%) Legacy Systems
2 2 (2.35%) NHS
2 2 (2.35%) Product Ownership
2 2 (2.35%) Replication
2 2 (2.35%) Security Operations Centre
3 1 (1.18%) CSOC
3 1 (1.18%) Cyber Threat
3 1 (1.18%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (1.18%) Learning Management System
3 1 (1.18%) Mobile App
3 1 (1.18%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 10 (11.76%) Linux
2 9 (10.59%) Windows
3 2 (2.35%) Android
4 1 (1.18%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (1.18%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (28.24%) Agile
2 13 (15.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 13 (15.29%) Validation
2 13 (15.29%) Verification and Validation
3 12 (14.12%) Problem-Solving
4 11 (12.94%) Project Delivery
4 11 (12.94%) Risk Management
5 10 (11.76%) CI/CD
5 10 (11.76%) Software Engineering
6 9 (10.59%) ITIL
6 9 (10.59%) Roadmaps
6 9 (10.59%) Systems Engineering
7 8 (9.41%) Unit Testing
8 7 (8.24%) Business Case
8 7 (8.24%) DevOps
8 7 (8.24%) TOGAF
8 7 (8.24%) User Stories
9 6 (7.06%) Digital Twin
9 6 (7.06%) Synthetic Environment
9 6 (7.06%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 10 (11.76%) JavaScript
2 7 (8.24%) Python
3 6 (7.06%) C#
3 6 (7.06%) C++
4 3 (3.53%) PowerShell
5 2 (2.35%) Bash
5 2 (2.35%) Java
6 1 (1.18%) PHP
6 1 (1.18%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 70 (82.35%) Security Cleared
2 54 (63.53%) SC Cleared
3 13 (15.29%) Degree
4 12 (14.12%) DV Cleared
5 5 (5.88%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
6 4 (4.71%) ITIL Certification
7 3 (3.53%) ISEB
8 2 (2.35%) CCNP
8 2 (2.35%) Cisco Certification
8 2 (2.35%) SANS
9 1 (1.18%) BPSS Clearance
9 1 (1.18%) CISM
9 1 (1.18%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (4.71%) Accessibility
1 4 (4.71%) Data Quality
1 4 (4.71%) NCSC
2 3 (3.53%) COBIT
2 3 (3.53%) GDPR
3 2 (2.35%) DICOM
3 2 (2.35%) HL7
3 2 (2.35%) JSP 440
3 2 (2.35%) QA
4 1 (1.18%) GRC
4 1 (1.18%) PMO
System Software
1 2 (2.35%) Docker
2 1 (1.18%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (3.53%) Kubernetes
2 2 (2.35%) Ansible
2 2 (2.35%) Argo
2 2 (2.35%) Terraform
3 1 (1.18%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (1.18%) WSUS
Vendors
1 23 (27.06%) Microsoft
2 6 (7.06%) ServiceNow
3 5 (5.88%) IBM
4 3 (3.53%) Atlassian
4 3 (3.53%) Cisco
5 2 (2.35%) BiZZdesign
5 2 (2.35%) InterSystems
5 2 (2.35%) Red Hat
5 2 (2.35%) Remedy
5 2 (2.35%) Salesforce
6 1 (1.18%) ArcSight
6 1 (1.18%) EMC
6 1 (1.18%) Oracle
6 1 (1.18%) webMethods
6 1 (1.18%) YouTube