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

6 months to
9 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 46 67 77
Rank change year-on-year +21 +10 +6
Contract jobs citing Military 113 50 80
As % of all contract jobs in the South West 3.59% 2.92% 2.49%
As % of the General category 8.07% 5.26% 4.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 55 17 32
10th Percentile £305 £456 £479
25th Percentile £607 £463 £519
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £725 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year +26.09% -4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £738 £675 £703
90th Percentile - £734 £754
England median daily rate £650 £618 £625
% change year-on-year +5.26% -1.20% +4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 8 26
10th Percentile £45.62 £60.00 £47.11
25th Percentile £53.53 £63.75 £48.15
Median hourly rate £63.14 £75.00 £57.39
Median % change year-on-year -15.82% +30.70% -6.46%
75th Percentile £65.00 £75.63 £70.18
90th Percentile £68.57 £81.25 £92.50
England median hourly rate £56.00 £65.00 £59.50
% change year-on-year -13.85% +9.24% -4.03%

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 1,401 951 1,631
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 44.55% 55.61% 50.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 773 597 1,013
10th Percentile £265 £215 £231
25th Percentile £403 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £510 £525
Median % change year-on-year -1.96% -2.86% -2.78%
75th Percentile £619 £613 £638
90th Percentile £738 £683 £708
England median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 186 55 246
10th Percentile £14.05 £18.13 £13.69
25th Percentile £16.72 £26.88 £15.75
Median hourly rate £32.50 £62.50 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -48.00% +56.25% -34.96%
75th Percentile £63.75 £68.38 £57.50
90th Percentile £70.36 £75.00 £73.75
England median hourly rate £27.50 £29.04 £27.50
% change year-on-year -5.29% +5.58% -21.43%

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 April 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 April 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 April 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 +12 64 £725 +17.41% 12
Devon +6 23 £310 -49.47% 5
Bristol -13 20 £282 -55.83% 7
Somerset -13 4 £587 -21.73% 6
Gloucestershire -6 1 - - 8
Dorset -8 1 - - 9
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 41 (36.28%) Confluence
2 6 (5.31%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.88%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 40 (35.40%) Microsoft Office
2 30 (26.55%) Microsoft Project
3 6 (5.31%) Microsoft Excel
4 4 (3.54%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 5 (4.42%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 12 (10.62%) AWS
2 8 (7.08%) Microsoft 365
3 7 (6.19%) GitHub
4 3 (2.65%) Azure
4 3 (2.65%) Microsoft Copilot
4 3 (2.65%) Power Platform
4 3 (2.65%) SaaS
5 2 (1.77%) Entra ID
5 2 (1.77%) GitHub Copilot
5 2 (1.77%) Microsoft Purview
5 2 (1.77%) Serverless
6 1 (0.88%) Amazon CloudWatch
6 1 (0.88%) Amazon EC2
6 1 (0.88%) Amazon S3
6 1 (0.88%) AWS Lambda
6 1 (0.88%) Azure Sentinel
6 1 (0.88%) OneDrive
6 1 (0.88%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 9 (7.96%) TCP/IP
2 4 (3.54%) Ethernet
3 2 (1.77%) VoIP
4 1 (0.88%) DHCP
4 1 (0.88%) DKIM
4 1 (0.88%) DNS
4 1 (0.88%) Internet
4 1 (0.88%) LAN
4 1 (0.88%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (2.65%) Electronic Patient Records
1 3 (2.65%) Power BI
2 1 (0.88%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (0.88%) Metadata
2 1 (0.88%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 41 (36.28%) JIRA
2 4 (3.54%) Eclipse
2 4 (3.54%) Visual Studio
3 2 (1.77%) Artifactory
4 1 (0.88%) Cypress.io
4 1 (0.88%) Git
4 1 (0.88%) IntelliJ
4 1 (0.88%) Postman
General
1 53 (46.90%) Social Skills
2 44 (38.94%) Public Sector
3 38 (33.63%) Analytical Skills
4 6 (5.31%) Organisational Skills
5 5 (4.42%) Finance
6 4 (3.54%) Legal
7 3 (2.65%) Influencing Skills
7 3 (2.65%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (0.88%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (0.88%) Electronics
8 1 (0.88%) Law
8 1 (0.88%) Manufacturing
8 1 (0.88%) Marketing
8 1 (0.88%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 48 (42.48%) Architect
2 30 (26.55%) Service Architect
3 11 (9.73%) Developer
4 10 (8.85%) Enterprise Architect
5 8 (7.08%) Senior
6 7 (6.19%) Solutions Architect
7 6 (5.31%) Software Engineer
8 5 (4.42%) Analyst
8 5 (4.42%) Incident Manager
8 5 (4.42%) Integration Engineer
8 5 (4.42%) Junior
8 5 (4.42%) Lead
9 4 (3.54%) C# Software Engineer
9 4 (3.54%) Python Developer
9 4 (3.54%) Software Developer
9 4 (3.54%) Technical Architect
10 3 (2.65%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 3 (2.65%) Project Officer
10 3 (2.65%) Project Support Officer
10 3 (2.65%) Technical Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (3.54%) Node.js
1 4 (3.54%) Web Services
2 2 (1.77%) FHIR
3 1 (0.88%) AngularJS
3 1 (0.88%) AWS CDK
3 1 (0.88%) JSON
3 1 (0.88%) React
Miscellaneous
1 33 (29.20%) Product Ownership
2 11 (9.73%) Management Information System
3 2 (1.77%) NHS
3 2 (1.77%) Replication
4 1 (0.88%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (0.88%) Cloud Native
4 1 (0.88%) Cyber Defence
4 1 (0.88%) Cyber Kill Chain
4 1 (0.88%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (0.88%) Freedom of Information
4 1 (0.88%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (0.88%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 12 (10.62%) Linux
2 11 (9.73%) Windows
3 5 (4.42%) Android
4 1 (0.88%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (0.88%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 53 (46.90%) Agile
2 43 (38.05%) ITIL
3 37 (32.74%) Service Management
4 35 (30.97%) TOGAF
5 34 (30.09%) Knowledge Transfer
6 33 (29.20%) Critical Thinking
7 31 (27.43%) Service Design
8 30 (26.55%) Acceptance Criteria
8 30 (26.55%) Analytical Thinking
8 30 (26.55%) Business Continuity
8 30 (26.55%) Security Patching
9 20 (17.70%) Problem-Solving
10 10 (8.85%) Roadmaps
10 10 (8.85%) Validation
11 9 (7.96%) Service Delivery
11 9 (7.96%) Verification and Validation
12 8 (7.08%) Risk Management
12 8 (7.08%) Unit Testing
13 7 (6.19%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 7 (6.19%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 10 (8.85%) JavaScript
2 8 (7.08%) Python
3 6 (5.31%) PowerShell
4 4 (3.54%) C#
4 4 (3.54%) C++
5 2 (1.77%) Java
6 1 (0.88%) Bash
6 1 (0.88%) PHP
6 1 (0.88%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 103 (91.15%) Security Cleared
2 94 (83.19%) SC Cleared
3 43 (38.05%) Degree
4 30 (26.55%) TOGAF Certification
5 10 (8.85%) DV Cleared
6 6 (5.31%) ITIL Certification
7 5 (4.42%) ISEB
8 2 (1.77%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 1 (0.88%) APMP
9 1 (0.88%) BPSS Clearance
9 1 (0.88%) CISSP
9 1 (0.88%) CompTIA CySA+
9 1 (0.88%) Network+ Certification
9 1 (0.88%) PRINCE2 Certification
9 1 (0.88%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (4.42%) COBIT
2 3 (2.65%) GDPR
2 3 (2.65%) HMG Security Policy Framework
2 3 (2.65%) JSP 440
3 2 (1.77%) Data Quality
3 2 (1.77%) DICOM
3 2 (1.77%) HL7
3 2 (1.77%) QA
4 1 (0.88%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.88%) GRC
4 1 (0.88%) NCSC
4 1 (0.88%) PMO
4 1 (0.88%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (0.88%) Active Directory
1 1 (0.88%) Docker
Systems Management
1 30 (26.55%) OPNET
2 1 (0.88%) Ansible
2 1 (0.88%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.88%) Terraform
2 1 (0.88%) WSUS
Vendors
1 36 (31.86%) Remedy
2 35 (30.97%) ServiceNow
3 33 (29.20%) Atlassian
4 15 (13.27%) Microsoft
5 2 (1.77%) InterSystems
5 2 (1.77%) Salesforce
6 1 (0.88%) Cisco
6 1 (0.88%) EMC
6 1 (0.88%) Red Hat
6 1 (0.88%) SAP
6 1 (0.88%) YouTube