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 28 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 41 73 40
Rank change year-on-year +32 -33 +85
Contract jobs citing Military 102 56 136
As % of all contract jobs in the South West 4.27% 2.72% 4.62%
As % of the General category 8.27% 4.83% 9.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 53 23 37
10th Percentile £484 £453 £123
25th Percentile £613 £556 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £725 £650 £650
Median % change year-on-year +11.54% - +22.35%
75th Percentile £738 £750 £675
90th Percentile - £759 £750
England median daily rate £675 £618 £643
% change year-on-year +9.31% -3.97% +16.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 11 62
10th Percentile £30.44 £60.00 £48.39
25th Percentile £53.53 £61.88 £56.49
Median hourly rate £57.35 £75.00 £61.25
Median % change year-on-year -23.53% +22.45% -6.49%
75th Percentile £65.00 - £69.62
90th Percentile £66.70 £90.00 £78.22
England median hourly rate £62.82 £63.15 £60.00
% change year-on-year -0.53% +5.25% -8.40%

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 1,234 1,160 1,404
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 51.72% 56.34% 47.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 714 662 910
10th Percentile £213 £213 £250
25th Percentile £400 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £507 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year +1.30% -9.09% +3.77%
75th Percentile £636 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £738 £710
England median daily rate £500 £535 £550
% change year-on-year -6.54% -2.73% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 165 68 173
10th Percentile £15.25 £15.26 £15.61
25th Percentile £17.69 £29.03 £35.00
Median hourly rate £24.00 £62.50 £56.29
Median % change year-on-year -61.60% +11.03% -8.49%
75th Percentile £56.00 £70.25 £69.50
90th Percentile £67.25 £75.00 £78.09
England median hourly rate £23.50 £30.00 £33.00
% change year-on-year -21.67% -9.09% +28.35%

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 28 December 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 28 December 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Military in the South West

Military
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 28 December 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 +23 66 £725 +20.83% 7
Bristol -9 17 £219 -58.37% 13
Devon +19 13 £575 -11.54% 4
Gloucestershire -10 3 - - 11
Dorset - 2 £540 - 13
Somerset -3 1 £400 -46.67% 5
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 38 (37.25%) Confluence
2 2 (1.96%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (1.96%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.98%) Anypoint
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 10 (9.80%) AWS
2 6 (5.88%) Microsoft 365
3 5 (4.90%) Azure
4 3 (2.94%) Entra ID
4 3 (2.94%) GitHub
4 3 (2.94%) Serverless
5 2 (1.96%) Amazon EC2
5 2 (1.96%) Microsoft Purview
5 2 (1.96%) Power Platform
6 1 (0.98%) Amazon CloudWatch
6 1 (0.98%) Amazon S3
6 1 (0.98%) AWS Fargate
6 1 (0.98%) AWS Lambda
6 1 (0.98%) Azure Key Vault
6 1 (0.98%) Azure Sentinel
6 1 (0.98%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (0.98%) iPaaS
6 1 (0.98%) Microsoft Copilot
6 1 (0.98%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (4.90%) TCP/IP
2 2 (1.96%) 4G
2 2 (1.96%) 5G
2 2 (1.96%) Firewall
3 1 (0.98%) DHCP
3 1 (0.98%) DNS
3 1 (0.98%) Ethernet
3 1 (0.98%) LAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.96%) Power BI
2 1 (0.98%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 39 (38.24%) JIRA
2 2 (1.96%) Cypress.io
2 2 (1.96%) Postman
3 1 (0.98%) Artifactory
3 1 (0.98%) Eclipse
3 1 (0.98%) Visual Studio
General
1 54 (52.94%) Social Skills
2 37 (36.27%) Analytical Skills
3 34 (33.33%) Public Sector
4 5 (4.90%) Finance
5 4 (3.92%) Legal
6 2 (1.96%) Aerospace
6 2 (1.96%) Influencing Skills
6 2 (1.96%) Manufacturing
6 2 (1.96%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (0.98%) Aviation
7 1 (0.98%) Electronics
7 1 (0.98%) Law
7 1 (0.98%) Marketing
7 1 (0.98%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (0.98%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 43 (42.16%) Architect
2 30 (29.41%) Service Architect
3 8 (7.84%) Enterprise Architect
4 7 (6.86%) Developer
4 7 (6.86%) Senior
5 6 (5.88%) Analyst
5 6 (5.88%) Lead
6 5 (4.90%) Delivery Manager
6 5 (4.90%) Incident Manager
6 5 (4.90%) Junior
7 4 (3.92%) Integration Engineer
7 4 (3.92%) Software Engineer
8 3 (2.94%) Lead Architect
8 3 (2.94%) Lead Enterprise Architect
8 3 (2.94%) Service Delivery Manager
8 3 (2.94%) Service Manager
8 3 (2.94%) Solutions Architect
8 3 (2.94%) Systems Engineer
8 3 (2.94%) Technical Architect
8 3 (2.94%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.98%) AngularJS
1 1 (0.98%) JSON
1 1 (0.98%) Node.js
1 1 (0.98%) OpenMP
1 1 (0.98%) Oracle Fusion
1 1 (0.98%) React
1 1 (0.98%) RESTful
1 1 (0.98%) Software Packaging
1 1 (0.98%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 33 (32.35%) Product Ownership
2 8 (7.84%) Management Information System
3 4 (3.92%) PKI
4 2 (1.96%) Cloud Native
4 2 (1.96%) Security Posture
5 1 (0.98%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (0.98%) Cyber Defence
5 1 (0.98%) Cyber Kill Chain
5 1 (0.98%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (0.98%) Hybrid Cloud
5 1 (0.98%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 13 (12.75%) Windows
2 8 (7.84%) Linux
3 4 (3.92%) Android
4 3 (2.94%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.98%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.98%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 48 (47.06%) Agile
2 43 (42.16%) ITIL
3 41 (40.20%) Service Management
4 35 (34.31%) Critical Thinking
5 34 (33.33%) Knowledge Transfer
6 32 (31.37%) Service Design
7 31 (30.39%) Acceptance Criteria
7 31 (30.39%) TOGAF
8 30 (29.41%) Analytical Thinking
8 30 (29.41%) Business Continuity
8 30 (29.41%) Security Patching
9 15 (14.71%) Problem-Solving
10 9 (8.82%) ITSM
11 8 (7.84%) Service Delivery
12 7 (6.86%) Change Management
12 7 (6.86%) Data Governance
12 7 (6.86%) Roadmaps
13 6 (5.88%) CI/CD
13 6 (5.88%) Cybersecurity
13 6 (5.88%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 6 (5.88%) JavaScript
1 6 (5.88%) PowerShell
1 6 (5.88%) Python
2 2 (1.96%) C++
2 2 (1.96%) Java
3 1 (0.98%) Bash
3 1 (0.98%) C
3 1 (0.98%) C#
3 1 (0.98%) Fortran
3 1 (0.98%) PHP
3 1 (0.98%) SQL
3 1 (0.98%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 91 (89.22%) Security Cleared
2 80 (78.43%) SC Cleared
3 41 (40.20%) Degree
4 30 (29.41%) TOGAF Certification
5 10 (9.80%) DV Cleared
6 4 (3.92%) ITIL Certification
7 2 (1.96%) APMP
7 2 (1.96%) ISEB
7 2 (1.96%) Microsoft Certification
7 2 (1.96%) Network+ Certification
8 1 (0.98%) A+ Certification
8 1 (0.98%) CISSP
8 1 (0.98%) CompTIA CySA+
8 1 (0.98%) MCSA
8 1 (0.98%) MCSE
8 1 (0.98%) Postgraduate
8 1 (0.98%) PRINCE2 Certification
8 1 (0.98%) SANS
8 1 (0.98%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (2.94%) HMG Security Policy Framework
1 3 (2.94%) JSP 440
1 3 (2.94%) NCSC
1 3 (2.94%) SLA
2 2 (1.96%) COBIT
2 2 (1.96%) QA
3 1 (0.98%) Accessibility
3 1 (0.98%) Data Quality
3 1 (0.98%) GDPR
3 1 (0.98%) PMO
3 1 (0.98%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 2 (1.96%) Active Directory
1 2 (1.96%) Docker
2 1 (0.98%) Virtual Desktop
2 1 (0.98%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 30 (29.41%) OPNET
2 2 (1.96%) Check_MK
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 32 (31.37%) Atlassian
2 32 (31.37%) ServiceNow
3 8 (7.84%) Microsoft
4 3 (2.94%) Cisco
5 2 (1.96%) Fortinet
5 2 (1.96%) Juniper
5 2 (1.96%) LogRhythm
5 2 (1.96%) Salesforce
5 2 (1.96%) Splunk
6 1 (0.98%) HP
6 1 (0.98%) MuleSoft
6 1 (0.98%) Oracle
6 1 (0.98%) SAP
6 1 (0.98%) VMware
6 1 (0.98%) YouTube