Military Contracts

Military
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Military in contract job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Military over the 6 months leading up to 30 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 318 383 483
Rank change year-on-year +65 +100 +235
Contract jobs citing Military 214 223 233
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.73% 0.51% 0.39%
As % of the General category 1.16% 0.88% 0.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 55 94 106
10th Percentile £445 £507 £425
25th Percentile £488 £519 £493
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £585 £625 £600
Median % change year-on-year -6.40% +4.17% +14.50%
75th Percentile £675 £675 £675
90th Percentile £738 £741 £788
UK excluding London median daily rate £575 £600 £576
% change year-on-year -4.17% +4.12% +5.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 58 62
10th Percentile £35.00 £43.50 £49.09
25th Percentile £60.37 £47.83 £56.29
Median hourly rate £65.00 £59.75 £62.89
Median % change year-on-year +8.79% -4.99% +19.67%
75th Percentile £75.63 £65.00 £69.69
90th Percentile £89.32 £80.00 £82.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £65.00 £60.00 £60.00
% change year-on-year +8.33% - +13.60%

All General Skills
UK

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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 18,465 25,387 34,897
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 63.16% 58.23% 58.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,795 16,033 24,201
10th Percentile £300 £270 £313
25th Percentile £409 £413 £440
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.80%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £763 £763 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £496 £500
% change year-on-year -4.23% -0.80% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 794 1,939 1,062
10th Percentile £14.20 £12.78 £13.42
25th Percentile £17.85 £15.50 £18.09
Median hourly rate £28.00 £30.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% -14.29% +59.71%
75th Percentile £56.00 £51.91 £61.25
90th Percentile £75.00 £65.00 £72.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £28.13 £30.54
% change year-on-year -10.58% -7.91% +65.08%

Military
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Military as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Military in the UK

Military
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Military in the UK

Military
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Military over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Military in the UK

Military
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Military in the UK

Military
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Military over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Military in the UK

Military
Top 15 Contract Locations

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 over the 6 months to 30 April 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
England +51 204 £618 -1.20% 416
UK excluding London +19 124 £575 -4.17% 325
Work from Home +62 64 £463 -26.00% 492
London +52 60 £618 -3.97% 108
South West +17 48 £575 -2.54% 75
North of England +53 36 £633 +15.08% 56
North West +29 27 £525 -4.55% 29
South East +10 22 £650 +4.00% 91
East of England +24 9 £500 - 39
North East +4 6 - - 6
Midlands +25 4 - - 43
West Midlands +17 4 - - 28
Scotland +11 4 £210 -65.43% 16
Yorkshire - 3 £725 - 23
Northern Ireland - 1 - - 1

Military
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 16 (7.48%) SharePoint
2 12 (5.61%) Confluence
3 9 (4.21%) Microsoft Exchange
4 6 (2.80%) nginx
5 5 (2.34%) Traefik
6 1 (0.47%) Apache
6 1 (0.47%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.47%) Mattermost
6 1 (0.47%) OpenROAD
6 1 (0.47%) Oracle Workflow
6 1 (0.47%) Tomcat
Applications
1 8 (3.74%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (2.34%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (1.87%) Simulink
4 3 (1.40%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (1.40%) Oracle Smart View
5 1 (0.47%) CATIA
5 1 (0.47%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (2.34%) FLEXCUBE
1 5 (2.34%) Oracle BPM
2 3 (1.40%) Misys Midas
3 1 (0.47%) Eloqua
3 1 (0.47%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 33 (15.42%) AWS
2 27 (12.62%) Azure
3 19 (8.88%) Power Platform
4 16 (7.48%) Microsoft 365
5 14 (6.54%) Entra ID
6 9 (4.21%) AWS CloudFormation
7 6 (2.80%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 6 (2.80%) Amazon ECS
7 6 (2.80%) Amazon S3
7 6 (2.80%) AWS Lambda
7 6 (2.80%) Azure DevOps
7 6 (2.80%) Google Workspace
7 6 (2.80%) Power Automate
7 6 (2.80%) SaaS
7 6 (2.80%) Serverless
8 5 (2.34%) AWS Fargate
8 5 (2.34%) GitHub
8 5 (2.34%) GitHub Actions
8 5 (2.34%) OCI
8 5 (2.34%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 18 (8.41%) TCP/IP
2 13 (6.07%) DNS
3 10 (4.67%) Firewall
4 9 (4.21%) BGP
4 9 (4.21%) OSPF
5 8 (3.74%) DHCP
6 7 (3.27%) WAN
7 6 (2.80%) TACACS
7 6 (2.80%) VLAN
8 5 (2.34%) Ethernet
8 5 (2.34%) Network Security
8 5 (2.34%) VoIP
9 4 (1.87%) LAN
10 3 (1.40%) Internet
10 3 (1.40%) ISDN
10 3 (1.40%) PBX
10 3 (1.40%) SD-WAN
10 3 (1.40%) Unified Communications
10 3 (1.40%) VPN
11 2 (0.93%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (6.54%) Power BI
2 10 (4.67%) MongoDB
3 8 (3.74%) PostgreSQL
4 5 (2.34%) Tableau
5 4 (1.87%) Amazon Athena
5 4 (1.87%) Big Data
5 4 (1.87%) Data Warehouse
5 4 (1.87%) NoSQL
5 4 (1.87%) Oracle Database
6 3 (1.40%) Amazon RDS
6 3 (1.40%) MySQL
6 3 (1.40%) Oracle BI Publisher
6 3 (1.40%) Oracle ODI
6 3 (1.40%) Oracle Reports
6 3 (1.40%) Qlik Sense
6 3 (1.40%) SQL Server
7 2 (0.93%) Amazon Aurora
7 2 (0.93%) Amazon QuickSight
7 2 (0.93%) DynamoDB
7 2 (0.93%) GIS
Development Applications
1 15 (7.01%) JIRA
2 14 (6.54%) Jenkins
3 11 (5.14%) GitLab
4 7 (3.27%) Visual Studio
5 6 (2.80%) Eclipse
6 4 (1.87%) CircleCI
6 4 (1.87%) Rational DOORS
7 3 (1.40%) Oracle Forms
7 3 (1.40%) ScriptRunner
8 2 (0.93%) ERwin
8 2 (0.93%) Git
8 2 (0.93%) PowerDesigner
8 2 (0.93%) Rational Statemate
9 1 (0.47%) Axure RP
9 1 (0.47%) Cypress.io
9 1 (0.47%) JIRA Agile
9 1 (0.47%) Mockito
9 1 (0.47%) Rational Team Concert
9 1 (0.47%) SonarQube
9 1 (0.47%) Visual Studio Team System
General
1 127 (59.35%) Public Sector
2 62 (28.97%) Social Skills
3 34 (15.89%) Finance
4 29 (13.55%) Analytical Skills
5 10 (4.67%) Police
6 7 (3.27%) Banking
6 7 (3.27%) Fire and Rescue
6 7 (3.27%) Legal
6 7 (3.27%) Presentation Skills
6 7 (3.27%) Telecoms
7 6 (2.80%) Aerospace
7 6 (2.80%) Influencing Skills
8 5 (2.34%) Marketing
9 4 (1.87%) Law
10 3 (1.40%) Automotive
10 3 (1.40%) Billing
10 3 (1.40%) Manufacturing
11 2 (0.93%) Advertising
11 2 (0.93%) Electronics
11 2 (0.93%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 45 (21.03%) Senior
2 25 (11.68%) Developer
3 19 (8.88%) Architect
4 15 (7.01%) Analyst
5 10 (4.67%) Software Engineer
6 9 (4.21%) DevOps Engineer
7 8 (3.74%) Lead
7 8 (3.74%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
7 8 (3.74%) Service Manager
8 7 (3.27%) Senior DevOps
8 7 (3.27%) Senior DevOps Engineer
8 7 (3.27%) Senior Manager
9 6 (2.80%) Change and Release Manager
9 6 (2.80%) Change Manager
9 6 (2.80%) Delivery Manager
9 6 (2.80%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
9 6 (2.80%) Project Manager
9 6 (2.80%) Release Manager
9 6 (2.80%) Senior Developer
9 6 (2.80%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (5.61%) Node.js
2 9 (4.21%) CSS
2 9 (4.21%) HTML
3 6 (2.80%) cloud-init
4 5 (2.34%) Kafka
4 5 (2.34%) Keycloak
4 5 (2.34%) Oracle Fusion
4 5 (2.34%) Web Services
5 3 (1.40%) AngularJS
5 3 (1.40%) Elastic Stack
5 3 (1.40%) JPA
5 3 (1.40%) NumPy
5 3 (1.40%) OpenCV
5 3 (1.40%) Pandas
5 3 (1.40%) pydantic
5 3 (1.40%) PyTorch
5 3 (1.40%) scikit-learn
5 3 (1.40%) SciPy
5 3 (1.40%) TensorFlow
6 2 (0.93%) NETCONF
Miscellaneous
1 16 (7.48%) Management Information System
2 9 (4.21%) PKI
3 5 (2.34%) Legacy Systems
3 5 (2.34%) Self-Motivation
3 5 (2.34%) Smartphone
4 4 (1.87%) Data Centre
5 3 (1.40%) Cyber Threat
5 3 (1.40%) Hybrid Cloud
5 3 (1.40%) IVR
5 3 (1.40%) Onboarding
5 3 (1.40%) Video Conferencing
6 2 (0.93%) Algorithms
6 2 (0.93%) Enterprise Storage
6 2 (0.93%) FPGA
6 2 (0.93%) Freedom of Information
6 2 (0.93%) Freedom of Information Act
6 2 (0.93%) PMI
6 2 (0.93%) Social Media
6 2 (0.93%) Verilog
6 2 (0.93%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 21 (9.81%) Windows
2 18 (8.41%) Linux
3 8 (3.74%) Mac OS
3 8 (3.74%) Unix
3 8 (3.74%) Windows Server
4 7 (3.27%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 6 (2.80%) CentOS
6 5 (2.34%) VMS
6 5 (2.34%) Windows 10
7 3 (1.40%) Apple iOS
7 3 (1.40%) Windows Server 2012
8 2 (0.93%) Android
9 1 (0.47%) Oracle Linux
9 1 (0.47%) Solaris
9 1 (0.47%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.47%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 65 (30.37%) Agile
2 32 (14.95%) DevOps
3 31 (14.49%) Problem-Solving
4 30 (14.02%) CI/CD
5 27 (12.62%) ITIL
6 22 (10.28%) Roadmaps
7 20 (9.35%) Stakeholder Management
8 18 (8.41%) Collaborative Working
8 18 (8.41%) Project Management
9 17 (7.94%) Computer Science
10 16 (7.48%) Software Engineering
11 15 (7.01%) Continuous Integration
11 15 (7.01%) Cybersecurity
11 15 (7.01%) Decision-Making
11 15 (7.01%) Migration
12 14 (6.54%) Continuous Improvement
12 14 (6.54%) Infrastructure as Code
12 14 (6.54%) Service Management
13 13 (6.07%) Business Intelligence
13 13 (6.07%) ITSM
Programming Languages
1 28 (13.08%) SQL
2 18 (8.41%) Python
3 17 (7.94%) Java
4 11 (5.14%) JavaScript
5 10 (4.67%) PowerShell
6 9 (4.21%) Bash
6 9 (4.21%) C++
7 8 (3.74%) PL/SQL
7 8 (3.74%) TypeScript
8 7 (3.27%) Kotlin
9 6 (2.80%) Go
10 5 (2.34%) C#
11 3 (1.40%) C
11 3 (1.40%) Groovy
12 2 (0.93%) MATLAB
12 2 (0.93%) R
12 2 (0.93%) Ruby
12 2 (0.93%) SystemVerilog
13 1 (0.47%) Assembly Language
13 1 (0.47%) Perl
Qualifications
1 145 (67.76%) Security Cleared
2 114 (53.27%) SC Cleared
3 37 (17.29%) Degree
4 28 (13.08%) DV Cleared
5 7 (3.27%) CISM
5 7 (3.27%) CISSP
5 7 (3.27%) ITIL Certification
6 6 (2.80%) CTC Cleared
7 5 (2.34%) AWS Certification
7 5 (2.34%) CCNP
7 5 (2.34%) Cisco Certification
8 4 (1.87%) BPSS Clearance
9 3 (1.40%) CCNA
9 3 (1.40%) Computer Science Degree
9 3 (1.40%) Master's Degree
9 3 (1.40%) Microsoft Certification
10 2 (0.93%) A+ Certification
10 2 (0.93%) MBA
10 2 (0.93%) PMI Certification
10 2 (0.93%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (7.01%) NCSC
2 11 (5.14%) Data Quality
3 8 (3.74%) QA
4 6 (2.80%) Accessibility
4 6 (2.80%) SLA
5 5 (2.34%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 5 (2.34%) NIST
6 3 (1.40%) GDPR
6 3 (1.40%) JSP 440
7 2 (0.93%) Cyber Essentials
7 2 (0.93%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 2 (0.93%) GRC
7 2 (0.93%) ISO/IEC 17025
7 2 (0.93%) MISRA
7 2 (0.93%) MISRA C
7 2 (0.93%) NIST 800
7 2 (0.93%) PMBOK
7 2 (0.93%) PMO
8 1 (0.47%) ISO/IEC 20000
8 1 (0.47%) WCAG
System Software
1 12 (5.61%) Active Directory
2 9 (4.21%) Docker
3 6 (2.80%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.93%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.47%) Firmware
5 1 (0.47%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 1 (0.47%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.47%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 19 (8.88%) Terraform
2 15 (7.01%) Kubernetes
3 8 (3.74%) Grafana
3 8 (3.74%) Prometheus
4 7 (3.27%) Microsoft Intune
4 7 (3.27%) Packer
5 6 (2.80%) Istio
5 6 (2.80%) Jamf Pro
6 5 (2.34%) Ansible
6 5 (2.34%) Consul
6 5 (2.34%) HAProxy
6 5 (2.34%) linkerd
6 5 (2.34%) Rancher
6 5 (2.34%) ZABBIX
7 4 (1.87%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 4 (1.87%) WSUS
8 3 (1.40%) Puppet
9 2 (0.93%) SCCM
10 1 (0.47%) Graylog
10 1 (0.47%) SCOM
Vendors
1 37 (17.29%) Microsoft
2 24 (11.21%) Oracle
3 10 (4.67%) Cisco
3 10 (4.67%) ServiceNow
3 10 (4.67%) VMware
4 9 (4.21%) Google
5 8 (3.74%) Apple
5 8 (3.74%) Atlassian
6 7 (3.27%) Palo Alto
6 7 (3.27%) Splunk
7 6 (2.80%) ESET
8 5 (2.34%) Okta
9 3 (1.40%) Juniper
9 3 (1.40%) MuleSoft
10 2 (0.93%) Dell
10 2 (0.93%) EMC
10 2 (0.93%) Intel
10 2 (0.93%) Remedy
10 2 (0.93%) Salesforce
10 2 (0.93%) Sun