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

6 months to
3 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 47 64 38
Rank change year-on-year +17 -26 +97
Contract jobs citing Military 95 72 150
As % of all contract jobs in the South West 4.15% 3.20% 4.93%
As % of the General category 7.67% 5.86% 10.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 47 26 47
10th Percentile £446 £456 £252
25th Percentile £594 £566 £509
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £725 £638 £590
Median % change year-on-year +13.73% +8.05% +9.77%
75th Percentile £738 £744 £675
90th Percentile - £753 £700
England median daily rate £650 £618 £600
% change year-on-year +5.26% +2.92% +8.60%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 21 61
10th Percentile £23.73 £12.79 £48.32
25th Percentile £36.74 £60.00 £56.49
Median hourly rate £63.14 £65.00 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year -2.87% +4.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £66.42 £75.00 £69.62
90th Percentile £67.27 - £80.00
England median hourly rate £65.00 £64.08 £60.00
% change year-on-year +1.44% +6.79% -7.69%

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 1,239 1,228 1,441
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 54.10% 54.58% 47.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 728 700 947
10th Percentile £213 £215 £268
25th Percentile £384 £401 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £738 £725
England median daily rate £500 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -6.98% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 157 93 168
10th Percentile £13.50 £14.41 £15.62
25th Percentile £15.62 £28.00 £34.50
Median hourly rate £24.00 £62.50 £55.65
Median % change year-on-year -61.60% +12.32% -10.63%
75th Percentile £46.00 £70.25 £69.50
90th Percentile £67.25 £75.00 £78.85
England median hourly rate £24.00 £30.59 £33.00
% change year-on-year -21.54% -7.30% +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 3 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 3 December 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 3 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 +15 60 £725 +16.00% 16
Bristol -21 14 £63 -88.00% 18
Devon +20 13 £575 -11.54% 2
Gloucestershire -11 4 - - 13
Dorset - 3 £540 - 10
Somerset -3 1 £400 - 2
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 34 (35.79%) Confluence
2 2 (2.11%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (2.11%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.05%) Anypoint
Applications
1 35 (36.84%) Microsoft Office
2 29 (30.53%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (1.05%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 5 (5.26%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 9 (9.47%) AWS
2 7 (7.37%) Microsoft 365
3 6 (6.32%) Azure
4 3 (3.16%) Entra ID
4 3 (3.16%) GitHub
5 2 (2.11%) Azure Sentinel
5 2 (2.11%) Microsoft Purview
5 2 (2.11%) Power Platform
5 2 (2.11%) Serverless
6 1 (1.05%) Amazon EC2
6 1 (1.05%) AWS Fargate
6 1 (1.05%) Azure Key Vault
6 1 (1.05%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (1.05%) iPaaS
6 1 (1.05%) Microsoft Copilot
6 1 (1.05%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (4.21%) TCP/IP
2 3 (3.16%) 4G
2 3 (3.16%) 5G
2 3 (3.16%) Firewall
3 1 (1.05%) DHCP
3 1 (1.05%) DNS
3 1 (1.05%) Ethernet
3 1 (1.05%) LAN
3 1 (1.05%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.11%) Power BI
2 1 (1.05%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 35 (36.84%) JIRA
2 2 (2.11%) Cypress.io
2 2 (2.11%) Postman
3 1 (1.05%) Artifactory
3 1 (1.05%) Eclipse
3 1 (1.05%) Visual Studio
General
1 51 (53.68%) Social Skills
2 34 (35.79%) Analytical Skills
3 33 (34.74%) Public Sector
4 6 (6.32%) Legal
5 5 (5.26%) Finance
6 3 (3.16%) Aerospace
7 2 (2.11%) Manufacturing
7 2 (2.11%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (1.05%) Aviation
8 1 (1.05%) Electronics
8 1 (1.05%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (1.05%) Marketing
8 1 (1.05%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (1.05%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 40 (42.11%) Architect
2 28 (29.47%) Service Architect
3 9 (9.47%) Senior
4 7 (7.37%) Delivery Manager
4 7 (7.37%) Enterprise Architect
5 6 (6.32%) Analyst
5 6 (6.32%) Developer
6 5 (5.26%) Incident Manager
6 5 (5.26%) Junior
6 5 (5.26%) Lead
6 5 (5.26%) Service Delivery Manager
6 5 (5.26%) Service Manager
7 3 (3.16%) Engineering Specialist
7 3 (3.16%) Lead Architect
7 3 (3.16%) Lead Enterprise Architect
7 3 (3.16%) Security Analyst
7 3 (3.16%) Security Manager
7 3 (3.16%) Test Engineer
7 3 (3.16%) Test Specialist
8 2 (2.11%) Senior Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.05%) JSON
1 1 (1.05%) Node.js
1 1 (1.05%) OpenMP
1 1 (1.05%) Oracle Fusion
1 1 (1.05%) RESTful
1 1 (1.05%) Software Packaging
1 1 (1.05%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 30 (31.58%) Product Ownership
2 8 (8.42%) Management Information System
3 5 (5.26%) PKI
4 2 (2.11%) Cloud Native
4 2 (2.11%) Cyber Kill Chain
4 2 (2.11%) Data Protection Act
4 2 (2.11%) Security Posture
5 1 (1.05%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (1.05%) Cyber Defence
5 1 (1.05%) Hybrid Cloud
5 1 (1.05%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 14 (14.74%) Windows
2 7 (7.37%) Linux
3 4 (4.21%) Windows Server
4 3 (3.16%) Android
5 1 (1.05%) Windows 10
5 1 (1.05%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 43 (45.26%) Agile
2 42 (44.21%) ITIL
2 42 (44.21%) Service Management
3 32 (33.68%) Critical Thinking
3 32 (33.68%) Knowledge Transfer
4 31 (32.63%) Service Design
5 29 (30.53%) Acceptance Criteria
5 29 (30.53%) TOGAF
6 28 (29.47%) Analytical Thinking
6 28 (29.47%) Business Continuity
6 28 (29.47%) Security Patching
7 14 (14.74%) Problem-Solving
8 12 (12.63%) ITSM
9 10 (10.53%) Service Delivery
10 9 (9.47%) Change Management
11 8 (8.42%) Cybersecurity
12 7 (7.37%) Stakeholder Management
13 6 (6.32%) Data Governance
13 6 (6.32%) Enterprise Architecture
13 6 (6.32%) Facilities Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (4.21%) PowerShell
1 4 (4.21%) Python
2 3 (3.16%) JavaScript
3 2 (2.11%) C++
3 2 (2.11%) Java
4 1 (1.05%) C
4 1 (1.05%) C#
4 1 (1.05%) Fortran
4 1 (1.05%) SQL
Qualifications
1 84 (88.42%) Security Cleared
2 76 (80.00%) SC Cleared
3 38 (40.00%) Degree
4 28 (29.47%) TOGAF Certification
5 9 (9.47%) DV Cleared
6 4 (4.21%) ITIL Certification
7 2 (2.11%) APMP
7 2 (2.11%) ISEB
7 2 (2.11%) Microsoft Certification
7 2 (2.11%) Network+ Certification
8 1 (1.05%) A+ Certification
8 1 (1.05%) CISSP
8 1 (1.05%) CompTIA CySA+
8 1 (1.05%) MCSA
8 1 (1.05%) MCSE
8 1 (1.05%) Postgraduate
8 1 (1.05%) PRINCE2 Certification
8 1 (1.05%) SANS
8 1 (1.05%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (5.26%) SLA
2 4 (4.21%) NCSC
3 3 (3.16%) HMG Security Policy Framework
3 3 (3.16%) JSP 440
4 2 (2.11%) COBIT
4 2 (2.11%) GDPR
5 1 (1.05%) Accessibility
5 1 (1.05%) Data Quality
5 1 (1.05%) QA
5 1 (1.05%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 2 (2.11%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.05%) Docker
2 1 (1.05%) Virtual Desktop
2 1 (1.05%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 28 (29.47%) OPNET
2 3 (3.16%) Check_MK
3 1 (1.05%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (1.05%) SCCM
3 1 (1.05%) Terraform
Vendors
1 33 (34.74%) Remedy
2 31 (32.63%) ServiceNow
3 30 (31.58%) Atlassian
4 9 (9.47%) Microsoft
5 4 (4.21%) Cisco
6 3 (3.16%) Fortinet
6 3 (3.16%) Juniper
6 3 (3.16%) Splunk
7 2 (2.11%) LogRhythm
8 1 (1.05%) F5
8 1 (1.05%) HP
8 1 (1.05%) MuleSoft
8 1 (1.05%) Oracle
8 1 (1.05%) Salesforce
8 1 (1.05%) SAP
8 1 (1.05%) VMware