Military Contracts in the UK excluding London

Military
UK > UK excluding London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Military in contract job vacancies in the UK excluding London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Military over the 6 months leading up to 17 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 217 235 285
Rank change year-on-year +18 +50 +109
Contract jobs citing Military 133 166 167
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 1.02% 0.82% 0.73%
As % of the General category 1.64% 1.50% 1.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 37 63 81
10th Percentile £365 £507 £425
25th Percentile £463 £519 £480
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £600 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +4.35% +4.64%
75th Percentile £650 £650 £652
90th Percentile £712 £790 £675
UK median daily rate £575 £613 £600
% change year-on-year -6.12% +2.08% +9.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 58 38
10th Percentile £33.55 £36.94 £50.88
25th Percentile £60.00 £46.75 £56.29
Median hourly rate £65.00 £59.75 £60.35
Median % change year-on-year +8.79% -0.99% +13.70%
75th Percentile £75.00 £65.00 £68.31
90th Percentile £83.19 £80.00 £89.74
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £59.50 £63.23
% change year-on-year +9.24% -5.90% +19.55%

All General Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 8,105 11,039 13,015
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 62.42% 54.41% 56.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,973 6,308 8,884
10th Percentile £210 £208 £230
25th Percentile £361 £363 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £575 £595 £600
90th Percentile £651 £688 £693
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 589 1,647 745
10th Percentile £13.25 £12.50 £13.35
25th Percentile £16.02 £15.00 £16.00
Median hourly rate £24.50 £28.25 £29.00
Median % change year-on-year -13.27% -2.59% +52.63%
75th Percentile £54.01 £53.75 £61.25
90th Percentile £75.00 £67.38 £69.50
UK median hourly rate £27.45 £30.00 £32.60
% change year-on-year -8.50% -7.96% +44.87%

Military
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Military as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Military in the UK excluding London

Military
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Military in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Military in the UK excluding London

Military
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Military in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 17 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Military in the UK excluding London

Military
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Military in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Military in the UK excluding London

Military
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Military in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 17 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Military in the UK excluding London

Military
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Military within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 17 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
South West +26 57 £575 -1.71% 80
North of England +39 33 £579 +5.27% 69
North West +30 24 £525 -4.55% 38
South East +9 21 £645 +3.20% 111
East of England +17 9 £500 - 55
Scotland +13 7 £210 -65.43% 28
North East +2 7 - - 7
Midlands +20 5 £625 +17.59% 46
West Midlands +9 5 £625 +17.59% 29
Yorkshire - 2 £725 - 25
Wales - 1 £263 - 12
Military
UK

Military
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 9 (6.77%) SharePoint
2 7 (5.26%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (3.01%) Confluence
4 2 (1.50%) Tomcat
5 1 (0.75%) Apache
5 1 (0.75%) nginx
5 1 (0.75%) Skype for Business
5 1 (0.75%) Traefik
Applications
1 5 (3.76%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (3.01%) Simulink
3 2 (1.50%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (1.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.75%) CATIA
4 1 (0.75%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.75%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (1.50%) Misys Midas
2 1 (0.75%) Eloqua
2 1 (0.75%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 17 (12.78%) Azure
2 10 (7.52%) Microsoft 365
3 8 (6.02%) AWS
4 7 (5.26%) Entra ID
5 6 (4.51%) Azure DevOps
5 6 (4.51%) Power Platform
6 5 (3.76%) Google Workspace
7 4 (3.01%) Azure Pipelines
7 4 (3.01%) Dynamics 365
8 3 (2.26%) GCP
9 2 (1.50%) Amazon ECS
9 2 (1.50%) AWS CloudFormation
9 2 (1.50%) SaaS
10 1 (0.75%) AWS Fargate
10 1 (0.75%) AWS Step Functions
10 1 (0.75%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 1 (0.75%) Microsoft Purview
10 1 (0.75%) OCI
10 1 (0.75%) Power Automate
10 1 (0.75%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 11 (8.27%) Firewall
2 8 (6.02%) DNS
2 8 (6.02%) TCP/IP
3 7 (5.26%) DHCP
4 5 (3.76%) Ethernet
4 5 (3.76%) VoIP
5 4 (3.01%) WAN
6 3 (2.26%) BGP
6 3 (2.26%) Internet
6 3 (2.26%) ISDN
6 3 (2.26%) Network Security
6 3 (2.26%) OSPF
6 3 (2.26%) PBX
6 3 (2.26%) SD-WAN
6 3 (2.26%) Unified Communications
6 3 (2.26%) VPN
7 2 (1.50%) Cisco IOS
7 2 (1.50%) Cisco Nexus
7 2 (1.50%) DMVPN
7 2 (1.50%) LAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (4.51%) Power BI
2 4 (3.01%) PostgreSQL
2 4 (3.01%) SQL Server
3 3 (2.26%) MongoDB
4 2 (1.50%) Big Data
4 2 (1.50%) MySQL
4 2 (1.50%) NoSQL
4 2 (1.50%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.75%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.75%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.75%) GIS
5 1 (0.75%) Metadata
5 1 (0.75%) Microsoft Analysis Services
5 1 (0.75%) Oracle Database
5 1 (0.75%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 7 (5.26%) JIRA
1 7 (5.26%) Visual Studio
2 6 (4.51%) Eclipse
3 3 (2.26%) GitLab
4 2 (1.50%) ERwin
4 2 (1.50%) Jenkins
4 2 (1.50%) PowerDesigner
4 2 (1.50%) Rational DOORS
4 2 (1.50%) Rational Statemate
5 1 (0.75%) Git
5 1 (0.75%) JIRA Agile
5 1 (0.75%) Maven
5 1 (0.75%) Rational Team Concert
5 1 (0.75%) Visual Studio Team System
General
1 66 (49.62%) Public Sector
2 34 (25.56%) Social Skills
3 16 (12.03%) Analytical Skills
4 15 (11.28%) Finance
5 7 (5.26%) Aerospace
5 7 (5.26%) Fire and Rescue
5 7 (5.26%) Police
5 7 (5.26%) Presentation Skills
5 7 (5.26%) Telecoms
6 6 (4.51%) Legal
7 4 (3.01%) Manufacturing
8 3 (2.26%) Automotive
8 3 (2.26%) Aviation
8 3 (2.26%) Billing
8 3 (2.26%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (1.50%) Advertising
9 2 (1.50%) Investment Banking
9 2 (1.50%) Law
9 2 (1.50%) Marketing
9 2 (1.50%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 20 (15.04%) Senior
2 12 (9.02%) Analyst
3 9 (6.77%) Architect
3 9 (6.77%) Service Manager
4 8 (6.02%) Senior Manager
5 7 (5.26%) Project Manager
5 7 (5.26%) Software Engineer
6 6 (4.51%) Developer
6 6 (4.51%) Service Analyst
6 6 (4.51%) Service Desk Analyst
6 6 (4.51%) Systems Engineer
7 5 (3.76%) IT Manager
7 5 (3.76%) Test Manager
8 4 (3.01%) C# Software Engineer
8 4 (3.01%) C++ Software Engineer
8 4 (3.01%) Delivery Manager
8 4 (3.01%) IT Services Manager
8 4 (3.01%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
8 4 (3.01%) Server Engineer
9 3 (2.26%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (5.26%) Node.js
2 5 (3.76%) Web Services
3 2 (1.50%) Elastic Stack
4 1 (0.75%) AWS CDK
4 1 (0.75%) cloud-init
4 1 (0.75%) CSS
4 1 (0.75%) HTML
4 1 (0.75%) JBoss Seam
4 1 (0.75%) JSP
4 1 (0.75%) Kafka
4 1 (0.75%) Keycloak
4 1 (0.75%) RESTful
4 1 (0.75%) XML
4 1 (0.75%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 10 (7.52%) Management Information System
2 8 (6.02%) PKI
3 5 (3.76%) Self-Motivation
4 4 (3.01%) Smartphone
4 4 (3.01%) Video Conferencing
5 3 (2.26%) IVR
6 2 (1.50%) Algorithms
6 2 (1.50%) FPGA
6 2 (1.50%) Hybrid Cloud
6 2 (1.50%) PMI
6 2 (1.50%) Social Media
6 2 (1.50%) Verilog
6 2 (1.50%) VHDL
7 1 (0.75%) Data Fabric
7 1 (0.75%) Data Protection Act
7 1 (0.75%) Driving Licence
7 1 (0.75%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (0.75%) Onboarding
7 1 (0.75%) Operational Technology
7 1 (0.75%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 21 (15.79%) Windows
2 12 (9.02%) Windows Server
3 10 (7.52%) Linux
4 7 (5.26%) Windows 10
5 6 (4.51%) Windows Server 2012
6 5 (3.76%) Mac OS
6 5 (3.76%) VMS
7 3 (2.26%) Solaris
7 3 (2.26%) Windows Server 2016
8 2 (1.50%) Android
8 2 (1.50%) Apple iOS
8 2 (1.50%) Oracle Linux
9 1 (0.75%) CentOS
9 1 (0.75%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.75%) Unix
9 1 (0.75%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (23.31%) Agile
2 20 (15.04%) ITIL
2 20 (15.04%) Problem-Solving
3 19 (14.29%) DevOps
4 14 (10.53%) Project Management
5 13 (9.77%) Stakeholder Management
6 12 (9.02%) ITSM
7 11 (8.27%) Change Management
7 11 (8.27%) Roadmaps
7 11 (8.27%) Service Management
8 10 (7.52%) Collaborative Working
9 9 (6.77%) CI/CD
9 9 (6.77%) Continuous Integration
9 9 (6.77%) Cybersecurity
9 9 (6.77%) Software Engineering
10 8 (6.02%) Customer Service
10 8 (6.02%) Incident Management
10 8 (6.02%) Migration
10 8 (6.02%) Project Delivery
11 7 (5.26%) Business Case
Programming Languages
1 14 (10.53%) SQL
2 7 (5.26%) C++
3 6 (4.51%) JavaScript
3 6 (4.51%) PowerShell
4 5 (3.76%) C#
4 5 (3.76%) Python
5 4 (3.01%) Java
6 3 (2.26%) C
7 2 (1.50%) Bash
7 2 (1.50%) MATLAB
7 2 (1.50%) SystemVerilog
8 1 (0.75%) Assembly Language
8 1 (0.75%) Go
8 1 (0.75%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 97 (72.93%) Security Cleared
2 68 (51.13%) SC Cleared
3 24 (18.05%) DV Cleared
4 17 (12.78%) Degree
5 5 (3.76%) BPSS Clearance
5 5 (3.76%) CCNP
5 5 (3.76%) Cisco Certification
6 4 (3.01%) CISM
6 4 (3.01%) ITIL Certification
6 4 (3.01%) Microsoft Certification
7 3 (2.26%) CCNA
7 3 (2.26%) CISSP
7 3 (2.26%) Master's Degree
8 2 (1.50%) MBA
8 2 (1.50%) MCSA
8 2 (1.50%) MCSE
8 2 (1.50%) PMI Certification
8 2 (1.50%) PMP
8 2 (1.50%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 2 (1.50%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (4.51%) NCSC
1 6 (4.51%) SLA
2 4 (3.01%) NIST
2 4 (3.01%) QA
3 3 (2.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (2.26%) JSP 440
4 2 (1.50%) Cyber Essentials
4 2 (1.50%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 2 (1.50%) Data Quality
4 2 (1.50%) GDPR
4 2 (1.50%) NIST 800
4 2 (1.50%) PMBOK
5 1 (0.75%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.75%) GRC
5 1 (0.75%) MISRA
5 1 (0.75%) MISRA C
System Software
1 9 (6.77%) Active Directory
2 8 (6.02%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (3.01%) Hyper-V
4 2 (1.50%) Docker
5 1 (0.75%) Firmware
5 1 (0.75%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 1 (0.75%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.75%) Virtual Servers
5 1 (0.75%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 5 (3.76%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (3.01%) WSUS
3 3 (2.26%) Kubernetes
3 3 (2.26%) OPNET
3 3 (2.26%) Terraform
4 2 (1.50%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 2 (1.50%) Ansible
4 2 (1.50%) Grafana
4 2 (1.50%) Packer
4 2 (1.50%) Prometheus
4 2 (1.50%) SCCM
5 1 (0.75%) Graylog
5 1 (0.75%) HAProxy
5 1 (0.75%) Istio
5 1 (0.75%) Jamf Pro
5 1 (0.75%) linkerd
5 1 (0.75%) Puppet
5 1 (0.75%) SCOM
5 1 (0.75%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.75%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 27 (20.30%) Microsoft
2 14 (10.53%) VMware
3 11 (8.27%) Oracle
4 6 (4.51%) Google
5 5 (3.76%) Cisco
6 4 (3.01%) ServiceNow
7 3 (2.26%) Red Hat
7 3 (2.26%) Remedy
8 2 (1.50%) Foundry
8 2 (1.50%) Intel
8 2 (1.50%) Microsemi
8 2 (1.50%) Sun
8 2 (1.50%) Xilinx
9 1 (0.75%) Ab Initio
9 1 (0.75%) Atlassian
9 1 (0.75%) Palantir
9 1 (0.75%) SolarWinds
9 1 (0.75%) Splunk
9 1 (0.75%) Talend
9 1 (0.75%) Wind River