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

6 months to
26 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 45 73 48
Rank change year-on-year +28 -25 +69
Contract jobs citing Military 103 50 119
As % of all contract jobs in the South West 4.00% 2.66% 3.85%
As % of the General category 8.27% 4.65% 8.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 52 22 36
10th Percentile £482 £551 £114
25th Percentile £634 £602 £522
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £725 £694 £650
Median % change year-on-year +4.50% +6.73% +18.18%
75th Percentile £738 £750 £675
90th Percentile £754 £768 £750
England median daily rate £675 £618 £638
% change year-on-year +9.31% -3.14% +6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 9 58
10th Percentile £30.44 £50.56 £48.32
25th Percentile £53.53 £60.00 £56.34
Median hourly rate £57.35 £75.00 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -23.53% +25.00% -7.69%
75th Percentile £65.00 - £69.62
90th Percentile £66.70 £90.00 £78.85
England median hourly rate £55.00 £62.83 £60.00
% change year-on-year -12.46% +4.71% -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 general skills in the South West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 1,245 1,076 1,474
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 48.37% 57.29% 47.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 717 612 932
10th Percentile £220 £213 £250
25th Percentile £400 £400 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £523 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.31% -5.00% +2.33%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £645
90th Percentile £738 £712 £713
England median daily rate £500 £528 £545
% change year-on-year -5.21% -3.21% -0.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 158 52 220
10th Percentile £15.62 £18.23 £14.54
25th Percentile £18.22 £26.03 £25.00
Median hourly rate £30.65 £60.00 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -48.93% +20.00% -20.78%
75th Percentile £63.75 £67.63 £66.05
90th Percentile £67.60 £75.00 £74.10
England median hourly rate £23.00 £29.12 £26.00
% change year-on-year -21.00% +11.98% +1.13%

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 26 January 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 26 January 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 26 January 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 +20 67 £725 +11.54% 7
Bristol -13 18 £375 -36.84% 12
Devon +18 15 - - 1
Gloucestershire -18 2 - - 5
Somerset -7 1 £400 -46.67% 1
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 (39.81%) Confluence
2 2 (1.94%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (1.94%) SharePoint
Applications
1 37 (35.92%) Microsoft Office
2 31 (30.10%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.97%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 5 (4.85%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 10 (9.71%) AWS
2 6 (5.83%) Microsoft 365
3 4 (3.88%) Azure
3 4 (3.88%) GitHub
4 3 (2.91%) Entra ID
4 3 (2.91%) Serverless
5 2 (1.94%) Amazon EC2
5 2 (1.94%) Microsoft Purview
5 2 (1.94%) Power Platform
5 2 (1.94%) SaaS
6 1 (0.97%) Amazon CloudWatch
6 1 (0.97%) Amazon S3
6 1 (0.97%) AWS Fargate
6 1 (0.97%) AWS Lambda
6 1 (0.97%) Azure Key Vault
6 1 (0.97%) Azure Sentinel
6 1 (0.97%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (0.97%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 6 (5.83%) TCP/IP
2 1 (0.97%) DHCP
2 1 (0.97%) DNS
2 1 (0.97%) Ethernet
2 1 (0.97%) LAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.94%) Power BI
2 1 (0.97%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (0.97%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 42 (40.78%) JIRA
2 2 (1.94%) Artifactory
2 2 (1.94%) Cypress.io
2 2 (1.94%) Postman
3 1 (0.97%) Eclipse
3 1 (0.97%) Visual Studio
General
1 56 (54.37%) Social Skills
2 39 (37.86%) Public Sector
3 38 (36.89%) Analytical Skills
4 6 (5.83%) Finance
5 4 (3.88%) Legal
6 3 (2.91%) Influencing Skills
7 2 (1.94%) Manufacturing
7 2 (1.94%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (0.97%) Aerospace
8 1 (0.97%) Aviation
8 1 (0.97%) Electronics
8 1 (0.97%) Law
8 1 (0.97%) Marketing
8 1 (0.97%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (0.97%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 46 (44.66%) Architect
2 30 (29.13%) Service Architect
3 9 (8.74%) Enterprise Architect
4 8 (7.77%) Senior
5 7 (6.80%) Analyst
5 7 (6.80%) Developer
6 6 (5.83%) Lead
7 5 (4.85%) Incident Manager
7 5 (4.85%) Integration Engineer
7 5 (4.85%) Junior
7 5 (4.85%) Technical Architect
8 4 (3.88%) Software Engineer
8 4 (3.88%) Solutions Architect
9 3 (2.91%) Delivery Manager
9 3 (2.91%) Lead Architect
9 3 (2.91%) Lead Enterprise Architect
9 3 (2.91%) Systems Engineer
9 3 (2.91%) Systems Integration Engineer
9 3 (2.91%) Technical Solutions Architect
9 3 (2.91%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.97%) AngularJS
1 1 (0.97%) JSON
1 1 (0.97%) Node.js
1 1 (0.97%) OpenMP
1 1 (0.97%) Oracle Fusion
1 1 (0.97%) React
1 1 (0.97%) RESTful
1 1 (0.97%) Software Packaging
1 1 (0.97%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 34 (33.01%) Product Ownership
2 9 (8.74%) Management Information System
3 2 (1.94%) Cloud Native
3 2 (1.94%) PKI
3 2 (1.94%) Security Posture
4 1 (0.97%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (0.97%) Cyber Defence
4 1 (0.97%) Cyber Kill Chain
4 1 (0.97%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (0.97%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (0.97%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 12 (11.65%) Windows
2 9 (8.74%) Linux
3 5 (4.85%) Android
4 1 (0.97%) Windows 10
4 1 (0.97%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.97%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 51 (49.51%) Agile
2 44 (42.72%) ITIL
3 38 (36.89%) Service Management
4 36 (34.95%) Critical Thinking
5 34 (33.01%) Knowledge Transfer
5 34 (33.01%) TOGAF
6 32 (31.07%) Service Design
7 31 (30.10%) Acceptance Criteria
8 30 (29.13%) Analytical Thinking
8 30 (29.13%) Business Continuity
8 30 (29.13%) Security Patching
9 17 (16.50%) Problem-Solving
10 11 (10.68%) Roadmaps
11 8 (7.77%) ITSM
12 7 (6.80%) Coaching
12 7 (6.80%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 7 (6.80%) Validation
13 6 (5.83%) Cybersecurity
13 6 (5.83%) Data Governance
13 6 (5.83%) Facilities Management
Programming Languages
1 7 (6.80%) JavaScript
1 7 (6.80%) PowerShell
1 7 (6.80%) Python
2 2 (1.94%) C++
2 2 (1.94%) Java
3 1 (0.97%) Bash
3 1 (0.97%) C
3 1 (0.97%) C#
3 1 (0.97%) Fortran
3 1 (0.97%) PHP
3 1 (0.97%) SQL
3 1 (0.97%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 93 (90.29%) Security Cleared
2 81 (78.64%) SC Cleared
3 42 (40.78%) Degree
4 30 (29.13%) TOGAF Certification
5 10 (9.71%) DV Cleared
6 6 (5.83%) ITIL Certification
7 4 (3.88%) ISEB
8 2 (1.94%) APMP
8 2 (1.94%) Microsoft Certification
8 2 (1.94%) Network+ Certification
9 1 (0.97%) A+ Certification
9 1 (0.97%) CISSP
9 1 (0.97%) CompTIA CySA+
9 1 (0.97%) MCSA
9 1 (0.97%) MCSE
9 1 (0.97%) Postgraduate
9 1 (0.97%) PRINCE2 Certification
9 1 (0.97%) SANS
9 1 (0.97%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (3.88%) COBIT
2 3 (2.91%) HMG Security Policy Framework
2 3 (2.91%) JSP 440
2 3 (2.91%) QA
3 2 (1.94%) GDPR
3 2 (1.94%) SLA
4 1 (0.97%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.97%) Data Quality
4 1 (0.97%) NCSC
4 1 (0.97%) PMO
4 1 (0.97%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 2 (1.94%) Active Directory
1 2 (1.94%) Docker
2 1 (0.97%) Virtual Desktop
2 1 (0.97%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 30 (29.13%) OPNET
2 2 (1.94%) Terraform
3 1 (0.97%) Ansible
3 1 (0.97%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.97%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.97%) SCCM
Vendors
1 35 (33.98%) Remedy
2 33 (32.04%) Atlassian
2 33 (32.04%) ServiceNow
3 9 (8.74%) Microsoft
4 2 (1.94%) LogRhythm
4 2 (1.94%) Salesforce
5 1 (0.97%) Cisco
5 1 (0.97%) HP
5 1 (0.97%) Oracle
5 1 (0.97%) SAP
5 1 (0.97%) VMware
5 1 (0.97%) YouTube