Military Contracts in the Thames Valley

Military
South East > Thames Valley

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Military in contract job vacancies in the Thames Valley. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Military over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 88 133 147
Rank change year-on-year +45 +14 +10
Contract jobs citing Military 14 12 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.93% 0.45% 0.14%
As % of the General category 1.45% 0.81% 0.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 7 2
10th Percentile - £623 £542
25th Percentile - - £558
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £645 £601
Median % change year-on-year +0.78% +7.28% +30.71%
75th Percentile - £743 £628
90th Percentile - £766 £635
South East median daily rate £645 £625 £562
% change year-on-year +3.20% +11.21% -4.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 5 1
10th Percentile £44.79 £61.13 -
25th Percentile £60.75 £61.60 -
Median hourly rate £61.50 £70.39 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year -12.64% +0.56% -
75th Percentile £77.24 £75.24 -
90th Percentile £90.32 - -
South East median hourly rate £61.50 £64.19 £62.55
% change year-on-year -4.20% +2.63% +23.86%

All General Skills
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 963 1,485 1,831
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 63.73% 55.29% 62.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 584 787 1,231
10th Percentile £265 £205 £303
25th Percentile £409 £325 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £502 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.68% -5.00% +5.82%
75th Percentile £613 £588 £601
90th Percentile £700 £675 £700
South East median daily rate £500 £488 £500
% change year-on-year +2.56% -2.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 50 137 41
10th Percentile - £17.86 £18.50
25th Percentile £14.20 £22.61 £22.50
Median hourly rate £26.38 £48.40 £32.30
Median % change year-on-year -45.50% +49.85% +84.57%
75th Percentile £61.37 £62.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £71.71 £75.24 £75.75
South East median hourly rate £23.34 £45.00 £47.50
% change year-on-year -48.13% -5.26% +137.50%

Military
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings citing Military as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for Military in the Thames Valley

Military
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Military in the Thames Valley.

Daily rate trend for Military in the Thames Valley

Military
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Military in the Thames Valley.

Hourly rate trend for Military in the Thames Valley

Military
Hourly Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Military in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Military in the Thames Valley

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Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Military within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
Berkshire +38 13 £650 +10.17% 22
Oxfordshire - 1 - - 15
Military
South East

Military
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 1 (7.14%) Apache
1 1 (7.14%) Tomcat
Communications & Networking
1 1 (7.14%) BGP
1 1 (7.14%) Firewall
1 1 (7.14%) HTTP
1 1 (7.14%) Intrusion Detection
1 1 (7.14%) OSPF
1 1 (7.14%) TACACS
1 1 (7.14%) TCP/IP
1 1 (7.14%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (14.29%) SQL Server
2 1 (7.14%) GIS
2 1 (7.14%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 1 (7.14%) Eclipse
General
1 7 (50.00%) Public Sector
2 3 (21.43%) Social Skills
2 3 (21.43%) Telecoms
3 1 (7.14%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 8 (57.14%) Senior
2 4 (28.57%) Information Security Specialist
2 4 (28.57%) Information Specialist
2 4 (28.57%) Security Specialist
2 4 (28.57%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
2 4 (28.57%) Senior Information Security Specialist
2 4 (28.57%) Senior Security Specialist
3 2 (14.29%) Administrator
3 2 (14.29%) Analyst
4 1 (7.14%) Consultant
4 1 (7.14%) DBA
4 1 (7.14%) Developer
4 1 (7.14%) Lead
4 1 (7.14%) Security Advisor
4 1 (7.14%) Senior DBA
4 1 (7.14%) Senior Systems Administrator
4 1 (7.14%) Systems Administrator
4 1 (7.14%) Systems Developer
4 1 (7.14%) Technical Engineer
4 1 (7.14%) Training Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (7.14%) CSS
1 1 (7.14%) Elastic Stack
1 1 (7.14%) HTML
1 1 (7.14%) JBoss Seam
1 1 (7.14%) JSP
1 1 (7.14%) XML
1 1 (7.14%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 6 (42.86%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 1 (7.14%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (42.86%) Security Architecture
1 6 (42.86%) Vulnerability Assessment
2 5 (35.71%) Decision-Making
2 5 (35.71%) Risk Assessment
2 5 (35.71%) Risk Management
3 4 (28.57%) Information Assurance
4 3 (21.43%) Artificial Intelligence
4 3 (21.43%) Situational Awareness
4 3 (21.43%) Stakeholder Management
5 2 (14.29%) Capacity Planning
5 2 (14.29%) Computer Science
5 2 (14.29%) Customer Requirements
5 2 (14.29%) Cybersecurity
5 2 (14.29%) Disaster Recovery
5 2 (14.29%) Performance Monitoring
5 2 (14.29%) Performance Tuning
5 2 (14.29%) Process Improvement
5 2 (14.29%) Strategic Planning
5 2 (14.29%) Task Automation
6 1 (7.14%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 2 (14.29%) SQL
2 1 (7.14%) Java
2 1 (7.14%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 9 (64.29%) Security Cleared
2 8 (57.14%) DV Cleared
3 3 (21.43%) CISM
3 3 (21.43%) SC Cleared
4 1 (7.14%) CISSP
4 1 (7.14%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (35.71%) NCSC
2 3 (21.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (14.29%) SLA
Vendors
1 2 (14.29%) Oracle
2 1 (7.14%) Darktrace
2 1 (7.14%) Palo Alto