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 25 February 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 51 85 53
Rank change year-on-year +34 -32 +61
Contract jobs citing Military 102 33 114
As % of all contract jobs in the South West 3.63% 1.85% 3.68%
As % of the General category 7.72% 3.28% 7.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 51 11 40
10th Percentile £500 £538 £297
25th Percentile £670 £564 £536
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £725 £650 £650
Median % change year-on-year +11.54% - +16.59%
75th Percentile £738 £691 £675
90th Percentile £756 £775 £750
England median daily rate £675 £600 £636
% change year-on-year +12.50% -5.66% +6.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 7 47
10th Percentile £38.14 £60.00 £47.83
25th Percentile £53.53 £67.50 £56.37
Median hourly rate £62.50 £75.00 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +25.00% -3.23%
75th Percentile £66.42 £82.50 £70.14
90th Percentile £69.30 £90.00 £80.00
England median hourly rate £56.00 £61.79 £60.00
% change year-on-year -9.37% +2.98% -4.08%

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 1,322 1,007 1,561
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 47.10% 56.38% 50.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 735 578 954
10th Percentile £225 £208 £263
25th Percentile £405 £378 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% +0.18%
75th Percentile £613 £619 £638
90th Percentile £738 £688 £713
England median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 178 53 253
10th Percentile £15.19 £18.77 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.69 £31.00 £25.00
Median hourly rate £31.50 £62.50 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -49.60% +38.89% -26.83%
75th Percentile £61.18 £68.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £67.25 £75.00 £72.25
England median hourly rate £23.58 £31.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year -23.95% +19.23% -13.33%

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 25 February 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 25 February 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 25 February 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 +24 64 £725 +16.00% 7
Devon +18 17 - - 1
Bristol -10 17 £282 -40.09% 11
Gloucestershire -6 2 - - 6
Somerset -9 1 £400 -46.67% 2
Dorset - 1 - - 8
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 42 (41.18%) Confluence
2 2 (1.96%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (1.96%) SharePoint
Applications
1 37 (36.27%) Microsoft Office
2 31 (30.39%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.98%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 5 (4.90%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 11 (10.78%) AWS
2 4 (3.92%) Azure
2 4 (3.92%) GitHub
3 3 (2.94%) Entra ID
3 3 (2.94%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (2.94%) Serverless
4 2 (1.96%) Power Platform
4 2 (1.96%) SaaS
5 1 (0.98%) Amazon CloudWatch
5 1 (0.98%) Amazon EC2
5 1 (0.98%) Amazon S3
5 1 (0.98%) AWS Lambda
5 1 (0.98%) Azure Key Vault
5 1 (0.98%) Azure Sentinel
5 1 (0.98%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (0.98%) Microsoft Copilot
5 1 (0.98%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 7 (6.86%) TCP/IP
2 2 (1.96%) Ethernet
3 1 (0.98%) DHCP
3 1 (0.98%) DNS
3 1 (0.98%) LAN
3 1 (0.98%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.96%) Power BI
2 1 (0.98%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (0.98%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 42 (41.18%) JIRA
2 2 (1.96%) Artifactory
2 2 (1.96%) Cypress.io
2 2 (1.96%) Eclipse
2 2 (1.96%) Postman
2 2 (1.96%) Visual Studio
3 1 (0.98%) Git
General
1 54 (52.94%) Social Skills
2 39 (38.24%) Analytical Skills
3 37 (36.27%) Public Sector
4 4 (3.92%) Finance
5 3 (2.94%) Influencing Skills
5 3 (2.94%) Legal
6 2 (1.96%) Manufacturing
6 2 (1.96%) Organisational Skills
6 2 (1.96%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (0.98%) Aerospace
7 1 (0.98%) Aviation
7 1 (0.98%) Electronics
7 1 (0.98%) Law
7 1 (0.98%) Marketing
7 1 (0.98%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 45 (44.12%) Architect
2 30 (29.41%) Service Architect
3 10 (9.80%) Developer
4 9 (8.82%) Enterprise Architect
5 7 (6.86%) Senior
6 6 (5.88%) Analyst
6 6 (5.88%) Lead
7 5 (4.90%) Incident Manager
7 5 (4.90%) Integration Engineer
7 5 (4.90%) Junior
7 5 (4.90%) Software Engineer
7 5 (4.90%) Technical Architect
8 4 (3.92%) Solutions Architect
9 3 (2.94%) Lead Architect
9 3 (2.94%) Python Developer
9 3 (2.94%) Software Developer
9 3 (2.94%) Systems Engineer
9 3 (2.94%) Systems Integration Engineer
9 3 (2.94%) Technical Solutions Architect
9 3 (2.94%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.96%) Node.js
1 2 (1.96%) Web Services
2 1 (0.98%) AngularJS
2 1 (0.98%) AWS CDK
2 1 (0.98%) JSON
2 1 (0.98%) OpenMP
2 1 (0.98%) React
2 1 (0.98%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 33 (32.35%) Product Ownership
2 9 (8.82%) Management Information System
3 2 (1.96%) Cloud Native
3 2 (1.96%) PKI
4 1 (0.98%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (0.98%) Cyber Defence
4 1 (0.98%) Cyber Kill Chain
4 1 (0.98%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (0.98%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (0.98%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (0.98%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 12 (11.76%) Windows
2 9 (8.82%) Linux
3 5 (4.90%) Android
4 1 (0.98%) Windows 10
4 1 (0.98%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.98%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 51 (50.00%) Agile
2 42 (41.18%) ITIL
3 36 (35.29%) Critical Thinking
3 36 (35.29%) Service Management
4 34 (33.33%) Knowledge Transfer
4 34 (33.33%) TOGAF
5 32 (31.37%) Service Design
6 31 (30.39%) Acceptance Criteria
7 30 (29.41%) Analytical Thinking
7 30 (29.41%) Business Continuity
7 30 (29.41%) Security Patching
8 18 (17.65%) Problem-Solving
9 10 (9.80%) Roadmaps
10 9 (8.82%) Validation
11 7 (6.86%) Verification and Validation
12 6 (5.88%) Coaching
12 6 (5.88%) Facilities Management
12 6 (5.88%) ITSM
12 6 (5.88%) Risk Management
12 6 (5.88%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 8 (7.84%) JavaScript
1 8 (7.84%) Python
2 7 (6.86%) PowerShell
3 3 (2.94%) C++
4 2 (1.96%) C#
4 2 (1.96%) Java
5 1 (0.98%) Bash
5 1 (0.98%) C
5 1 (0.98%) Fortran
5 1 (0.98%) PHP
5 1 (0.98%) SQL
5 1 (0.98%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 93 (91.18%) Security Cleared
2 83 (81.37%) SC Cleared
3 42 (41.18%) Degree
4 30 (29.41%) TOGAF Certification
5 9 (8.82%) DV Cleared
6 5 (4.90%) ITIL Certification
7 4 (3.92%) ISEB
8 2 (1.96%) APMP
9 1 (0.98%) BPSS Clearance
9 1 (0.98%) CISSP
9 1 (0.98%) CompTIA CySA+
9 1 (0.98%) MCSA
9 1 (0.98%) MCSE
9 1 (0.98%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (0.98%) Network+ Certification
9 1 (0.98%) Postgraduate
9 1 (0.98%) PRINCE2 Certification
9 1 (0.98%) SANS
9 1 (0.98%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (3.92%) COBIT
2 3 (2.94%) HMG Security Policy Framework
2 3 (2.94%) JSP 440
2 3 (2.94%) QA
3 2 (1.96%) GDPR
4 1 (0.98%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.98%) Data Quality
4 1 (0.98%) PMO
4 1 (0.98%) SLA
4 1 (0.98%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 2 (1.96%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.98%) Docker
2 1 (0.98%) Virtual Desktop
2 1 (0.98%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 30 (29.41%) OPNET
2 2 (1.96%) Terraform
3 1 (0.98%) Ansible
3 1 (0.98%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.98%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.98%) SCCM
Vendors
1 35 (34.31%) Remedy
2 33 (32.35%) Atlassian
2 33 (32.35%) ServiceNow
3 7 (6.86%) Microsoft
4 2 (1.96%) Salesforce
5 1 (0.98%) Cisco
5 1 (0.98%) EMC
5 1 (0.98%) HP
5 1 (0.98%) SAP
5 1 (0.98%) VMware
5 1 (0.98%) YouTube