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 13 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 144 94 108
Rank change year-on-year -50 +14 +10
Contract jobs citing Military 11 4 3
As % of all contract jobs in the West Midlands 0.35% 0.29% 0.16%
As % of the General category 0.70% 0.47% 0.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 0 2
10th Percentile - - £515
25th Percentile £544 - £519
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 - £532
Median % change year-on-year - - -18.23%
75th Percentile £581 - £538
90th Percentile - - £538
England median daily rate £625 £580 £625
% change year-on-year +7.76% -7.20% +4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £60.00 -
England median hourly rate £56.00 £65.00 £59.75
% change year-on-year -13.85% +8.79% -0.99%

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 1,573 860 1,070
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 50.27% 62.82% 56.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,013 557 742
10th Percentile £300 £181 £263
25th Percentile £400 £350 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £513
Median % change year-on-year - -7.45% +2.65%
75th Percentile £581 £575 £625
90th Percentile £675 £659 £751
England median daily rate £512 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -2.51% -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 81 48 110
10th Percentile £14.82 - £11.06
25th Percentile £19.34 £14.00 £13.89
Median hourly rate £30.00 £18.44 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year +62.73% -2.97% -2.56%
75th Percentile £47.50 £25.38 £37.81
90th Percentile £67.84 £34.91 £56.50
England median hourly rate £30.58 £27.25 £30.50
% change year-on-year +12.22% -10.66% -6.15%

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 13 May 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
Worcestershire - 5 £563 - 5
Birmingham -27 4 - - 3
Coventry - 1 - -
Staffordshire - 1 - - 2
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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (9.09%) AWS
1 1 (9.09%) Azure
1 1 (9.09%) GitHub
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (9.09%) BigQuery
1 1 (9.09%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (9.09%) Looker
1 1 (9.09%) Tableau
General
1 6 (54.55%) Public Sector
2 2 (18.18%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (18.18%) Social Skills
3 1 (9.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 5 (45.45%) Applications Specialist
2 3 (27.27%) Senior
3 2 (18.18%) Product Manager
3 2 (18.18%) Senior Manager
3 2 (18.18%) Senior Product Manager
4 1 (9.09%) Administrator
4 1 (9.09%) Analyst
4 1 (9.09%) Architect
4 1 (9.09%) Data Architect
4 1 (9.09%) Data Engineer
4 1 (9.09%) Performance Analyst
4 1 (9.09%) Salesforce Administrator
4 1 (9.09%) Senior Analyst
4 1 (9.09%) Senior Performance Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (9.09%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 1 (9.09%) Data Structures
1 1 (9.09%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (54.55%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (27.27%) Data Modelling
3 2 (18.18%) Analytics
3 2 (18.18%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (18.18%) Product Roadmap
3 2 (18.18%) Product Strategy
3 2 (18.18%) Roadmaps
4 1 (9.09%) Actionable Insight
4 1 (9.09%) Coaching
4 1 (9.09%) Data Deduplication
4 1 (9.09%) Data Engineering
4 1 (9.09%) Data Pipeline
4 1 (9.09%) DevOps
4 1 (9.09%) Digital Analytics
4 1 (9.09%) Performance Metrics
4 1 (9.09%) Product Vision
4 1 (9.09%) Service Design
4 1 (9.09%) Strategic Roadmap
4 1 (9.09%) User Research
4 1 (9.09%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 2 (18.18%) SQL
Qualifications
1 11 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 5 (45.45%) DV Cleared
3 1 (9.09%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (27.27%) Data Quality
2 1 (9.09%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 1 (9.09%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (9.09%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 1 (9.09%) Databricks
1 1 (9.09%) Salesforce