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

6 months to
9 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 60 56 83
Rank change year-on-year -4 +27 -17
Contract jobs citing Military 98 62 79
As % of all contract jobs in the South West 2.73% 3.33% 2.43%
As % of the General category 6.18% 5.83% 4.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 38 21 23
10th Percentile £292 £456 -
25th Percentile £358 £463 £519
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £558 £550 £600
Median % change year-on-year +1.47% -8.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £624 £644 £638
90th Percentile £693 £695 £700
England median daily rate £590 £550 £606
% change year-on-year +7.27% -9.28% +6.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 7 34
10th Percentile £14.00 £30.52 £12.79
25th Percentile £61.25 £46.09 £41.60
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £56.97
Median % change year-on-year - +14.11% -2.73%
75th Percentile - £75.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £71.50 £76.00 £74.63
England median hourly rate £62.50 £65.00 £60.00
% change year-on-year -3.85% +8.33% +0.17%

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 1,587 1,063 1,683
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 44.23% 57.09% 51.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 813 643 1,014
10th Percentile £305 £213 £261
25th Percentile £413 £356 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £600 £606 £638
90th Percentile £706 £675 £725
England median daily rate £525 £515 £533
% change year-on-year +1.94% -3.38% -3.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 252 91 284
10th Percentile £13.65 £13.50 £13.69
25th Percentile £16.91 £15.25 £25.00
Median hourly rate £39.00 £26.50 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year +47.17% -41.11% -20.07%
75th Percentile £63.75 £57.37 £70.25
90th Percentile £75.00 £68.75 £74.70
England median hourly rate £33.06 £27.13 £33.00
% change year-on-year +21.88% -17.80% +10.00%

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 July 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 July 2026.

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 9 July 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 -3 31 £550 -10.57% 20
Devon -4 24 £310 -46.17% 4
Bristol -6 21 £550 -13.73% 23
Somerset -4 16 £570 -24.00% 5
Gloucestershire -9 5 £590 - 16
Dorset -17 1 - - 10
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 8 (8.16%) SharePoint
2 5 (5.10%) Confluence
3 3 (3.06%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (1.02%) Oracle Coherence
4 1 (1.02%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 14 (14.29%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (10.20%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (10.20%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (1.02%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (2.04%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 13 (13.27%) AWS
1 13 (13.27%) Microsoft 365
2 8 (8.16%) Azure
3 6 (6.12%) GitHub
4 5 (5.10%) Power Platform
5 3 (3.06%) Microsoft Copilot
5 3 (3.06%) SaaS
6 2 (2.04%) GitHub Actions
6 2 (2.04%) GitHub Copilot
6 2 (2.04%) Microsoft Purview
6 2 (2.04%) OCI
6 2 (2.04%) OpenShift
7 1 (1.02%) OneDrive
7 1 (1.02%) PaaS
7 1 (1.02%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 6 (6.12%) Ethernet
1 6 (6.12%) TCP/IP
2 4 (4.08%) VoIP
3 3 (3.06%) DHCP
3 3 (3.06%) DNS
3 3 (3.06%) SAN
4 1 (1.02%) DKIM
4 1 (1.02%) Internet
4 1 (1.02%) Intrusion Detection
4 1 (1.02%) Skype
4 1 (1.02%) X.400
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (5.10%) Power BI
2 4 (4.08%) Relational Database
3 3 (3.06%) Electronic Patient Records
4 1 (1.02%) Data Lake
4 1 (1.02%) Oracle Database
4 1 (1.02%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 6 (6.12%) Eclipse
1 6 (6.12%) Visual Studio
2 4 (4.08%) JIRA
2 4 (4.08%) Rational DOORS
2 4 (4.08%) Rational Rhapsody
3 2 (2.04%) IntelliJ
4 1 (1.02%) Git
General
1 40 (40.82%) Public Sector
2 36 (36.73%) Social Skills
3 13 (13.27%) Organisational Skills
4 8 (8.16%) Analytical Skills
4 8 (8.16%) Avionics
5 6 (6.12%) Finance
6 3 (3.06%) Documentation Skills
7 2 (2.04%) Aviation
7 2 (2.04%) Legal
7 2 (2.04%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (1.02%) Aerospace
8 1 (1.02%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (1.02%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 16 (16.33%) Architect
2 12 (12.24%) Systems Engineer
3 8 (8.16%) Senior
4 7 (7.14%) Delivery Manager
4 7 (7.14%) Developer
5 6 (6.12%) C# Software Engineer
5 6 (6.12%) Enterprise Architect
5 6 (6.12%) Project Officer
5 6 (6.12%) Project Support Officer
5 6 (6.12%) Software Engineer
5 6 (6.12%) Support Officer
6 5 (5.10%) C++ Software Engineer
6 5 (5.10%) Software Developer
6 5 (5.10%) Solutions Architect
7 4 (4.08%) Administrator
7 4 (4.08%) Data Administrator
7 4 (4.08%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 4 (4.08%) Lead
7 4 (4.08%) Python Developer
7 4 (4.08%) Service Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (8.16%) Node.js
2 7 (7.14%) Web Services
3 2 (2.04%) FHIR
3 2 (2.04%) Spring Boot
3 2 (2.04%) Swagger
4 1 (1.02%) AWS CDK
4 1 (1.02%) OAuth
4 1 (1.02%) OAuth2
4 1 (1.02%) OpenID
4 1 (1.02%) PyTorch
4 1 (1.02%) React
4 1 (1.02%) SAML
4 1 (1.02%) SOAP
4 1 (1.02%) TensorFlow
4 1 (1.02%) WSDL
Miscellaneous
1 4 (4.08%) Freedom of Information
1 4 (4.08%) Management Information System
2 3 (3.06%) Cloud Native
3 2 (2.04%) Legacy Systems
3 2 (2.04%) NHS
3 2 (2.04%) Replication
3 2 (2.04%) Security Operations Centre
4 1 (1.02%) Algorithms
4 1 (1.02%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (1.02%) Clustering
4 1 (1.02%) CSOC
4 1 (1.02%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (1.02%) Fat Client
4 1 (1.02%) Learning Management System
4 1 (1.02%) Mobile App
4 1 (1.02%) Onboarding
4 1 (1.02%) PKI
4 1 (1.02%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (1.02%) Smartcard
4 1 (1.02%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 9 (9.18%) Linux
1 9 (9.18%) Windows
2 3 (3.06%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 3 (3.06%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (23.47%) Agile
2 16 (16.33%) Roadmaps
2 16 (16.33%) TOGAF
3 15 (15.31%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 12 (12.24%) Problem-Solving
4 12 (12.24%) Service Delivery
5 11 (11.22%) ITIL
5 11 (11.22%) Project Delivery
5 11 (11.22%) Validation
5 11 (11.22%) Verification and Validation
6 10 (10.20%) ArchiMate
6 10 (10.20%) CI/CD
6 10 (10.20%) Enterprise Architecture
7 9 (9.18%) Risk Management
8 8 (8.16%) Software Engineering
9 7 (7.14%) Continuous Improvement
9 7 (7.14%) Data Architecture
9 7 (7.14%) Facilities Management
9 7 (7.14%) Stakeholder Management
9 7 (7.14%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 6 (6.12%) C#
1 6 (6.12%) C++
1 6 (6.12%) JavaScript
1 6 (6.12%) Python
2 3 (3.06%) Java
3 1 (1.02%) Bash
3 1 (1.02%) R
Qualifications
1 76 (77.55%) Security Cleared
2 55 (56.12%) SC Cleared
3 19 (19.39%) DV Cleared
4 13 (13.27%) Degree
5 5 (5.10%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
6 4 (4.08%) Cisco Certification
6 4 (4.08%) ITIL Certification
7 3 (3.06%) CCNP
7 3 (3.06%) ISEB
8 2 (2.04%) CISSP
8 2 (2.04%) SANS
9 1 (1.02%) BPSS Clearance
9 1 (1.02%) CCIE
9 1 (1.02%) CCNA
9 1 (1.02%) CISM
9 1 (1.02%) CLAS
9 1 (1.02%) MCSE
9 1 (1.02%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (1.02%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (5.10%) NCSC
2 4 (4.08%) Accessibility
2 4 (4.08%) Data Quality
3 3 (3.06%) COBIT
4 2 (2.04%) DICOM
4 2 (2.04%) GDPR
4 2 (2.04%) HL7
4 2 (2.04%) JSP 440
5 1 (1.02%) Def Stans
5 1 (1.02%) GRC
5 1 (1.02%) PMO
5 1 (1.02%) QA
5 1 (1.02%) RMADS
System Software
1 3 (3.06%) Active Directory
2 2 (2.04%) Docker
3 1 (1.02%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 4 (4.08%) Kubernetes
2 3 (3.06%) WSUS
3 2 (2.04%) Argo
4 1 (1.02%) Ansible
4 1 (1.02%) Failover Clustering
4 1 (1.02%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (1.02%) Terraform
Vendors
1 32 (32.65%) Microsoft
2 9 (9.18%) BiZZdesign
3 6 (6.12%) Cisco
4 5 (5.10%) IBM
4 5 (5.10%) Red Hat
4 5 (5.10%) ServiceNow
5 3 (3.06%) Oracle
5 3 (3.06%) Remedy
6 2 (2.04%) Atlassian
6 2 (2.04%) InterSystems
7 1 (1.02%) ArcSight
7 1 (1.02%) EMC
7 1 (1.02%) Foundry
7 1 (1.02%) McAfee
7 1 (1.02%) webMethods