Military Contract Job Trends in the West Midlands

Military
England > West Midlands

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Military in contract job vacancies in the West Midlands. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Military over the 6 months leading up to 11 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 162 113 104
Rank change year-on-year -49 -9 +18
Contract jobs citing Military 13 7 3
As % of all contract jobs in the West Midlands 0.37% 0.41% 0.16%
As % of the General category 0.69% 0.65% 0.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 5 2
10th Percentile - £491 £537
25th Percentile £544 £525 £575
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 £550 £649
Median % change year-on-year +2.27% -15.22% +23.57%
75th Percentile £581 £638 £722
90th Percentile - - £759
England median daily rate £590 £550 £625
% change year-on-year +7.27% -12.00% +13.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £48.73 -
England median hourly rate £64.00 £65.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year -1.54% - +15.26%

All General Skills
West Midlands

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 West Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 1,872 1,071 1,019
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 53.50% 63.22% 54.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,187 663 688
10th Percentile £316 £220 £250
25th Percentile £407 £375 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +2.63% -5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £581 £573 £626
90th Percentile £675 £639 £750
England median daily rate £525 £513 £538
% change year-on-year +2.44% -4.65% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 136 87 69
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.00 £13.00
25th Percentile £19.34 £16.67 £14.70
Median hourly rate £28.05 £28.18 £19.59
Median % change year-on-year -0.48% +43.85% -11.36%
75th Percentile £43.96 £40.13 £32.28
90th Percentile £67.84 £50.00 £51.00
England median hourly rate £32.50 £25.15 £38.12
% change year-on-year +29.22% -34.02% +38.62%

Military
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Military relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Military job vacancy trend in the West Midlands

Military
Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Military.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Military

Military
Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Military.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Military

Military
Contract Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Military within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 11 August 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
Birmingham -14 5 - - 7
Worcestershire +2 2 £563 +2.27% 2
Coventry - 2 - - 1
Wolverhampton - 2 - - 4
Staffordshire - 1 - -
Warwickshire - 1 - -
Military
England

Military
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 1 (7.69%) Apache
1 1 (7.69%) Apache Spark
Cloud Services
1 3 (23.08%) AWS
1 3 (23.08%) Azure
2 2 (15.38%) Azure Data Factory
3 1 (7.69%) Azure Synapse Analytics
3 1 (7.69%) Entra ID
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (15.38%) Metadata
2 1 (7.69%) BigQuery
2 1 (7.69%) Data Lake
2 1 (7.69%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (7.69%) Delta Lake
2 1 (7.69%) Looker
2 1 (7.69%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (7.69%) GitLab
General
1 9 (69.23%) Public Sector
2 3 (23.08%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (23.08%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (46.15%) Senior
2 2 (15.38%) Applications Specialist
2 2 (15.38%) Data Engineer
2 2 (15.38%) Data Visualisation Specialist
2 2 (15.38%) Product Manager
2 2 (15.38%) Senior Data Engineer
2 2 (15.38%) Senior Manager
2 2 (15.38%) Senior Product Manager
3 1 (7.69%) Analyst
3 1 (7.69%) Architect
3 1 (7.69%) Data Architect
3 1 (7.69%) Developer
3 1 (7.69%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
3 1 (7.69%) Performance Analyst
3 1 (7.69%) Platform Engineer
3 1 (7.69%) Security Advisor
3 1 (7.69%) Senior Analyst
3 1 (7.69%) Senior Developer
3 1 (7.69%) Senior Front-End Developer
3 1 (7.69%) Senior Performance Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (15.38%) Onboarding
2 1 (7.69%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (7.69%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (38.46%) Agile
2 4 (30.77%) Data Modelling
2 4 (30.77%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (23.08%) Analytics
3 3 (23.08%) Coaching
3 3 (23.08%) Continuous Improvement
3 3 (23.08%) Data Pipeline
3 3 (23.08%) ETL
3 3 (23.08%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (15.38%) Data Governance
4 2 (15.38%) Data Visualisation
4 2 (15.38%) Decision-Making
4 2 (15.38%) DevOps
4 2 (15.38%) Mentoring
4 2 (15.38%) Migration
4 2 (15.38%) Product Roadmap
4 2 (15.38%) Product Strategy
4 2 (15.38%) Roadmaps
4 2 (15.38%) Technical Leadership
4 2 (15.38%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 3 (23.08%) SQL
2 2 (15.38%) Python
3 1 (7.69%) Ada
Qualifications
1 11 (84.62%) Security Cleared
2 4 (30.77%) SC Cleared
3 2 (15.38%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (23.08%) Data Quality
2 2 (15.38%) QA
3 1 (7.69%) Actionable Recommendations
3 1 (7.69%) GRC
3 1 (7.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (7.69%) NIST
System Software
1 1 (7.69%) Active Directory
1 1 (7.69%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (7.69%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 2 (15.38%) Databricks
2 1 (7.69%) Microsoft