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 advertised in the UK excluding London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Military over the 6 months to 4 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 231 286 407
Rank change year-on-year +55 +121 -63
Contract jobs citing Military 164 173 118
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.80% 0.72% 0.38%
As % of the General category 1.46% 1.28% 0.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 64 85 44
10th Percentile £508 £425 £415
25th Percentile £519 £475 £460
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.64% +18.62%
75th Percentile £656 £652 £650
90th Percentile £785 £675 £718
UK median daily rate £625 £600 £548
% change year-on-year +4.17% +9.59% +16.49%
Number of hourly rates quoted 56 38 31
10th Percentile £38.77 £50.88 £42.33
25th Percentile £47.47 £56.29 £49.26
Median hourly rate £59.75 £60.35 £53.08
Median % change year-on-year -0.99% +13.70% +15.39%
75th Percentile £65.44 £68.31 £68.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £89.74 £72.52
UK median hourly rate £59.50 £63.23 £52.89
% change year-on-year -5.90% +19.55% +14.98%

All General Skills
UK excluding London

Military is in the General Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 11,236 13,482 17,228
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 54.65% 56.42% 55.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,412 9,222 11,853
10th Percentile £205 £230 £210
25th Percentile £363 £400 £369
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £495 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -1.05% +5.26% +10.47%
75th Percentile £595 £600 £575
90th Percentile £688 £694 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +8.59%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,649 781 1,048
10th Percentile £12.50 £13.41 £12.50
25th Percentile £15.00 £16.25 £14.00
Median hourly rate £28.25 £29.00 £18.75
Median % change year-on-year -2.59% +54.67% -6.02%
75th Percentile £53.75 £61.06 £35.00
90th Percentile £66.25 £68.75 £55.00
UK median hourly rate £30.00 £33.39 £22.00
% change year-on-year -10.14% +51.75% -2.22%

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 4 May 2024.

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 4 May 2024.

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 4 May 2024. 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 +9 75 £588 +1.73% 105
South East +32 54 £625 +11.21% 140
East of England +21 18 - - 59
North of England +36 12 £550 +15.79% 85
North West +28 10 £550 +22.22% 50
Midlands +15 3 £532 -18.23% 74
West Midlands +12 3 £532 -18.23% 35
Scotland +40 2 £608 +35.00% 14
North East +20 2 - - 11
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 18 (10.98%) Confluence
2 17 (10.37%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (4.27%) SharePoint
Applications
1 8 (4.88%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (4.27%) Simulink
3 6 (3.66%) Microsoft Excel
4 3 (1.83%) Windchill
5 2 (1.22%) Stateflow
6 1 (0.61%) AutoCAD
6 1 (0.61%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.61%) Revit
Business Applications
1 6 (3.66%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 2 (1.22%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (0.61%) Misys Midas
3 1 (0.61%) Primavera
3 1 (0.61%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 7 (4.27%) Azure
2 5 (3.05%) Power Automate
2 5 (3.05%) Power Platform
3 4 (2.44%) Azure Logic Apps
3 4 (2.44%) Azure Storage
4 3 (1.83%) Microsoft 365
4 3 (1.83%) OCI
5 1 (0.61%) PowerApps
5 1 (0.61%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 17 (10.37%) DHCP
1 17 (10.37%) DNS
2 16 (9.76%) Network Security
3 12 (7.32%) TCP/IP
4 8 (4.88%) Ethernet
4 8 (4.88%) Wireless
5 6 (3.66%) Firewall
5 6 (3.66%) WAN
6 4 (2.44%) LAN
6 4 (2.44%) VoIP
7 3 (1.83%) 4G
7 3 (1.83%) 5G
7 3 (1.83%) Internet
8 2 (1.22%) Intranet
8 2 (1.22%) SD-WAN
8 2 (1.22%) Skype
8 2 (1.22%) SMTP
9 1 (0.61%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.61%) Elasticsearch
1 1 (0.61%) MongoDB
1 1 (0.61%) Neo4j
1 1 (0.61%) NoSQL
1 1 (0.61%) Oracle Database
1 1 (0.61%) Power BI
1 1 (0.61%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 24 (14.63%) JIRA
2 10 (6.10%) Rational DOORS
3 8 (4.88%) Eclipse
3 8 (4.88%) Visual Studio
General
1 54 (32.93%) Social Skills
2 35 (21.34%) Analytical Skills
3 20 (12.20%) Aerospace
4 14 (8.54%) Public Sector
5 12 (7.32%) Presentation Skills
6 9 (5.49%) Telecoms
7 7 (4.27%) Finance
8 5 (3.05%) Aviation
9 4 (2.44%) Automotive
10 3 (1.83%) Electronics
11 2 (1.22%) Law
11 2 (1.22%) Manufacturing
12 1 (0.61%) Legal
12 1 (0.61%) Police
Job Titles
1 27 (16.46%) Systems Engineer
2 20 (12.20%) Integration Engineer
3 19 (11.59%) Test and Integration Engineer
3 19 (11.59%) Test Engineer
4 16 (9.76%) Project Manager
5 14 (8.54%) Senior
5 14 (8.54%) Software Engineer
6 11 (6.71%) Analyst
7 8 (4.88%) Developer
7 8 (4.88%) SOC Manager
8 7 (4.27%) C# Software Engineer
8 7 (4.27%) Principal Engineer
8 7 (4.27%) Threat Intelligence Analyst
9 6 (3.66%) Architect
9 6 (3.66%) C++ Software Engineer
10 5 (3.05%) Delivery Manager
10 5 (3.05%) DV Cleared Project Manager
11 4 (2.44%) Data Engineer
11 4 (2.44%) Embedded Engineer
11 4 (2.44%) Senior Embedded Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (6.10%) Web Services
2 9 (5.49%) Node.js
3 4 (2.44%) SPFx
4 1 (0.61%) Elastic Stack
4 1 (0.61%) REST
4 1 (0.61%) SAP Basis
4 1 (0.61%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 18 (10.98%) PKI
2 12 (7.32%) Cyber Defence
2 12 (7.32%) Management Information System
3 8 (4.88%) Security Operations Centre
4 7 (4.27%) Cyber Threat
4 7 (4.27%) Operational Technology
5 4 (2.44%) Product Ownership
6 3 (1.83%) Analogue Electronics
6 3 (1.83%) PMI
7 2 (1.22%) Algorithms
7 2 (1.22%) Distributed Applications
7 2 (1.22%) Driving Licence
7 2 (1.22%) Embedded Systems
7 2 (1.22%) Linux Command Line
8 1 (0.61%) CMDB
8 1 (0.61%) Data Centre
8 1 (0.61%) Data Protection Act
8 1 (0.61%) GNSS
8 1 (0.61%) NHS
8 1 (0.61%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 30 (18.29%) Windows
2 19 (11.59%) Windows Server
3 15 (9.15%) Windows Server 2012
4 12 (7.32%) Linux
5 2 (1.22%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.61%) Android
6 1 (0.61%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.61%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 54 (32.93%) Agile
2 24 (14.63%) Problem-Solving
3 21 (12.80%) Mentoring
3 21 (12.80%) Validation
4 19 (11.59%) Cybersecurity
5 18 (10.98%) Project Management
5 18 (10.98%) Software Engineering
5 18 (10.98%) Test Scripting
6 15 (9.15%) Configuration Management
6 15 (9.15%) Critical Thinking
6 15 (9.15%) Regression Testing
6 15 (9.15%) Verification and Validation
7 12 (7.32%) Risk Management
7 12 (7.32%) SIEM
8 11 (6.71%) Security Operations
8 11 (6.71%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 10 (6.10%) Information Security
9 10 (6.10%) Visualisation
10 9 (5.49%) Actionable Insight
10 9 (5.49%) Security Architecture
Programming Languages
1 20 (12.20%) SQL
2 12 (7.32%) C#
2 12 (7.32%) JavaScript
3 11 (6.71%) MATLAB
4 10 (6.10%) C++
5 6 (3.66%) Python
6 3 (1.83%) C
7 2 (1.22%) Ada
7 2 (1.22%) PowerShell
7 2 (1.22%) VB
8 1 (0.61%) R
8 1 (0.61%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 123 (75.00%) Security Cleared
2 88 (53.66%) SC Cleared
3 46 (28.05%) DV Cleared
4 24 (14.63%) Degree
5 15 (9.15%) MCSA
5 15 (9.15%) MCSE
5 15 (9.15%) Microsoft Certification
5 15 (9.15%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 8 (4.88%) CISM
6 8 (4.88%) CISSP
7 6 (3.66%) PMI Certification
7 6 (3.66%) PMP
7 6 (3.66%) TOGAF Certification
8 2 (1.22%) CCNA
8 2 (1.22%) CCNP
8 2 (1.22%) Cisco Certification
8 2 (1.22%) Computer Science Degree
8 2 (1.22%) ISTQB
9 1 (0.61%) CESG Certified Professional
9 1 (0.61%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (6.10%) NIST
2 9 (5.49%) NIST 800
3 6 (3.66%) JSP 440
4 5 (3.05%) Def Stans
5 3 (1.83%) PMBOK
5 3 (1.83%) PMO
6 2 (1.22%) Actionable Recommendations
6 2 (1.22%) DO-178B
6 2 (1.22%) NCSC
6 2 (1.22%) SLA
7 1 (0.61%) IEC 61508
7 1 (0.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.61%) MISRA
7 1 (0.61%) MISRA C
7 1 (0.61%) RMADS
System Software
1 18 (10.98%) Active Directory
2 17 (10.37%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (1.22%) Microsoft Virtual Server
3 2 (1.22%) Virtual Desktop
3 2 (1.22%) Virtual Servers
3 2 (1.22%) vSphere
4 1 (0.61%) Docker
4 1 (0.61%) Firmware
4 1 (0.61%) iptables
Systems Management
1 2 (1.22%) Active Directory Federation Services
1 2 (1.22%) OPNET
1 2 (1.22%) SCCM
1 2 (1.22%) SCOM
2 1 (0.61%) Check_MK
2 1 (0.61%) Kibana
2 1 (0.61%) logstash
Vendors
1 28 (17.07%) Microsoft
2 19 (11.59%) VMware
3 7 (4.27%) Cisco
4 6 (3.66%) Sparx
5 4 (2.44%) Oracle
6 3 (1.83%) Atlassian
6 3 (1.83%) Juniper
6 3 (1.83%) Keysight
6 3 (1.83%) PTC
6 3 (1.83%) Remedy
7 2 (1.22%) IBM
7 2 (1.22%) MathWorks
7 2 (1.22%) Micro Focus
7 2 (1.22%) QinetiQ
7 2 (1.22%) Red Hat
7 2 (1.22%) SolarWinds
8 1 (0.61%) Fortinet
8 1 (0.61%) Fujitsu
8 1 (0.61%) SAP
8 1 (0.61%) Veritas