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

6 months to
28 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 63 63 42
Rank change year-on-year 0 -21 +83
Contract jobs citing Military 59 76 145
As % of all contract jobs in the South West 2.86% 3.13% 4.58%
As % of the General category 5.01% 6.01% 9.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 26 46
10th Percentile £414 £456 £462
25th Percentile £540 £553 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £638 £554
Median % change year-on-year -9.80% +15.12% +5.48%
75th Percentile £685 £744 £675
90th Percentile £732 £753 £700
England median daily rate £625 £618 £570
% change year-on-year +1.21% +8.33% +3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 24 56
10th Percentile - - £48.32
25th Percentile £15.05 £12.79 £56.28
Median hourly rate £52.67 £65.00 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -18.97% +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £65.00 £71.88 £69.62
90th Percentile £66.70 £75.00 £76.00
England median hourly rate £65.00 £61.79 £56.49
% change year-on-year +5.20% +9.38% -13.09%

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 1,177 1,264 1,491
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 57.03% 52.00% 47.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 681 707 1,009
10th Percentile £205 £216 £300
25th Percentile £363 £408 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £619 £638 £666
90th Percentile £715 £730 £725
England median daily rate £500 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 145 109 163
10th Percentile £13.50 £14.08 £15.61
25th Percentile £15.48 £28.00 £33.00
Median hourly rate £24.00 £58.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -58.62% +5.45% -8.33%
75th Percentile £38.94 £71.25 £69.13
90th Percentile £66.75 £75.00 £77.00
England median hourly rate £24.61 £32.50 £30.00
% change year-on-year -24.28% +8.33% +16.69%

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 October 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 October 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 28 October 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 +8 30 £630 +0.80% 5
Devon +17 10 £575 -11.54% 4
Bristol -16 10 £375 -28.74% 18
Gloucestershire +1 5 - - 15
Dorset - 3 £540 - 6
Somerset +1 1 £400 - 7
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 5 (8.47%) Confluence
2 3 (5.08%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (3.39%) SharePoint
4 1 (1.69%) Anypoint
4 1 (1.69%) Skype for Business
4 1 (1.69%) Tomcat
Applications
1 5 (8.47%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.69%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.69%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 4 (6.78%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 8 (13.56%) AWS
2 6 (10.17%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (5.08%) Azure
3 3 (5.08%) Serverless
4 2 (3.39%) Microsoft Purview
4 2 (3.39%) Power Platform
5 1 (1.69%) Amazon EC2
5 1 (1.69%) AWS CloudFormation
5 1 (1.69%) AWS Fargate
5 1 (1.69%) AWS Step Functions
5 1 (1.69%) Azure Key Vault
5 1 (1.69%) Azure Sentinel
5 1 (1.69%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (1.69%) Entra ID
5 1 (1.69%) iPaaS
5 1 (1.69%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 4 (6.78%) Firewall
2 3 (5.08%) 4G
2 3 (5.08%) 5G
3 2 (3.39%) DHCP
3 2 (3.39%) DNS
3 2 (3.39%) TCP/IP
4 1 (1.69%) Ethernet
4 1 (1.69%) LAN
4 1 (1.69%) Network Security
4 1 (1.69%) Skype
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.39%) Power BI
2 1 (1.69%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (1.69%) Metadata
2 1 (1.69%) MySQL
2 1 (1.69%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (1.69%) Relational Database
2 1 (1.69%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 5 (8.47%) JIRA
2 2 (3.39%) Cypress.io
2 2 (3.39%) Postman
3 1 (1.69%) Eclipse
3 1 (1.69%) Visual Studio
General
1 29 (49.15%) Public Sector
2 19 (32.20%) Social Skills
3 8 (13.56%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (8.47%) Finance
5 4 (6.78%) Aerospace
5 4 (6.78%) Legal
6 3 (5.08%) Manufacturing
7 2 (3.39%) Aviation
8 1 (1.69%) Electronics
8 1 (1.69%) Fire and Rescue
8 1 (1.69%) Marketing
8 1 (1.69%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (1.69%) Police
8 1 (1.69%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 8 (13.56%) Senior
2 6 (10.17%) Analyst
2 6 (10.17%) Delivery Manager
2 6 (10.17%) Service Manager
3 5 (8.47%) Architect
3 5 (8.47%) Incident Manager
3 5 (8.47%) Service Delivery Manager
4 4 (6.78%) Developer
4 4 (6.78%) Junior
4 4 (6.78%) Security Manager
4 4 (6.78%) Test Engineer
5 3 (5.08%) Engineering Specialist
5 3 (5.08%) Lead
5 3 (5.08%) Test Specialist
6 2 (3.39%) Cybersecurity Manager
6 2 (3.39%) Designer
6 2 (3.39%) Enterprise Architect
6 2 (3.39%) Lead Architect
6 2 (3.39%) Lead Enterprise Architect
6 2 (3.39%) Service Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.69%) AWS CDK
1 1 (1.69%) Node.js
1 1 (1.69%) OpenMP
1 1 (1.69%) Oracle Fusion
1 1 (1.69%) RESTful
1 1 (1.69%) Software Packaging
1 1 (1.69%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 7 (11.86%) PKI
2 5 (8.47%) Management Information System
3 2 (3.39%) Cloud Native
3 2 (3.39%) Security Posture
4 1 (1.69%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (1.69%) Cyber Defence
4 1 (1.69%) Cyber Kill Chain
4 1 (1.69%) Data Fabric
4 1 (1.69%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (1.69%) Hybrid Cloud
4 1 (1.69%) Product Ownership
4 1 (1.69%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 14 (23.73%) Windows
2 7 (11.86%) Windows Server
3 4 (6.78%) Linux
4 3 (5.08%) Windows 10
4 3 (5.08%) Windows Server 2012
5 1 (1.69%) Android
5 1 (1.69%) Solaris
5 1 (1.69%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (23.73%) Agile
1 14 (23.73%) Service Management
2 11 (18.64%) ITIL
2 11 (18.64%) ITSM
3 10 (16.95%) Change Management
3 10 (16.95%) Service Delivery
4 9 (15.25%) Problem-Solving
4 9 (15.25%) Stakeholder Management
5 8 (13.56%) Cybersecurity
6 6 (10.17%) Continuous Improvement
6 6 (10.17%) Test Scripting
7 5 (8.47%) Data Governance
7 5 (8.47%) Information Security
7 5 (8.47%) Risk Management
7 5 (8.47%) Service Catalogue
7 5 (8.47%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 4 (6.78%) Availability Management
8 4 (6.78%) Critical Thinking
8 4 (6.78%) Decision-Making
8 4 (6.78%) Service Delivery Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (6.78%) Python
1 4 (6.78%) SQL
2 3 (5.08%) PowerShell
3 2 (3.39%) C++
3 2 (3.39%) Java
3 2 (3.39%) JavaScript
4 1 (1.69%) C
4 1 (1.69%) C#
4 1 (1.69%) Fortran
Qualifications
1 51 (86.44%) Security Cleared
2 41 (69.49%) SC Cleared
3 11 (18.64%) DV Cleared
4 8 (13.56%) Degree
5 3 (5.08%) Microsoft Certification
6 2 (3.39%) ITIL Certification
6 2 (3.39%) MCSA
6 2 (3.39%) MCSE
6 2 (3.39%) Network+ Certification
6 2 (3.39%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 1 (1.69%) A+ Certification
7 1 (1.69%) APMP
7 1 (1.69%) CISSP
7 1 (1.69%) CompTIA CySA+
7 1 (1.69%) ISTQB
7 1 (1.69%) Postgraduate
7 1 (1.69%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (8.47%) SLA
2 4 (6.78%) NCSC
3 2 (3.39%) Data Quality
3 2 (3.39%) HMG Security Policy Framework
3 2 (3.39%) JSP 440
4 1 (1.69%) Accessibility
4 1 (1.69%) GDPR
4 1 (1.69%) QA
4 1 (1.69%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 3 (5.08%) Active Directory
1 3 (5.08%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (1.69%) Docker
2 1 (1.69%) Hyper-V
2 1 (1.69%) Virtual Desktop
2 1 (1.69%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 3 (5.08%) Check_MK
2 2 (3.39%) OPNET
3 1 (1.69%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (1.69%) SCCM
3 1 (1.69%) Terraform
Vendors
1 9 (15.25%) Microsoft
2 5 (8.47%) Remedy
3 4 (6.78%) Cisco
3 4 (6.78%) VMware
4 3 (5.08%) Fortinet
4 3 (5.08%) Juniper
4 3 (5.08%) Oracle
4 3 (5.08%) Splunk
5 2 (3.39%) LogRhythm
6 1 (1.69%) Atlassian
6 1 (1.69%) F5
6 1 (1.69%) HP
6 1 (1.69%) MuleSoft
6 1 (1.69%) Red Hat
6 1 (1.69%) Salesforce
6 1 (1.69%) SAP
6 1 (1.69%) ServiceNow
6 1 (1.69%) Talend