Military Contracts 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 3 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 101 110 112
Rank change year-on-year +9 +2 +47
Contract jobs citing Military 5 4 13
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands 0.33% 0.19% 0.59%
As % of the General category 0.53% 0.36% 1.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 2 9
10th Percentile £497 £515 £465
25th Percentile £540 £519 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £532 £650
Median % change year-on-year +17.59% -18.23% +23.81%
75th Percentile £638 £538 £675
90th Percentile - £538 £681
England median daily rate £550 £600 £571
% change year-on-year -8.33% +5.08% +3.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £60.00 - -
England median hourly rate £65.00 £59.50 £60.00
% change year-on-year +9.24% -0.83% +10.27%

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 common skills in the West Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 936 1,111 1,225
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 62.23% 53.78% 55.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 584 754 866
10th Percentile £193 £250 £256
25th Percentile £355 £375 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £460 £500 £512
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% -2.34% +3.43%
75th Percentile £551 £625 £638
90th Percentile £667 £750 £725
England median daily rate £519 £535 £550
% change year-on-year -3.08% -2.73% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 78 119 46
10th Percentile £14.00 £11.30 £12.50
25th Percentile £15.46 £13.50 £14.58
Median hourly rate £24.67 £19.00 £22.46
Median % change year-on-year +29.84% -15.39% +32.09%
75th Percentile £34.71 £32.27 £33.50
90th Percentile £50.00 £56.25 £53.13
England median hourly rate £27.38 £32.90 £30.00
% change year-on-year -16.78% +9.65% +26.04%

Military
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Job postings citing Military as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Military in the West Midlands

Military
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for Military in the West Midlands

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Daily Rate Histogram in the West Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Military in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 3 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Military in the West Midlands

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

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

Hourly rate trend for Military in the West Midlands

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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 3 July 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
Birmingham - 3 £625 - 15
Herefordshire +14 1 £485 -8.75% 5
Military
England

Military
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (20.00%) Azure
1 1 (20.00%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (20.00%) Azure Synapse Analytics
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Purview
1 1 (20.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (20.00%) Azure SQL Database
1 1 (20.00%) Metadata
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Analysis Services
1 1 (20.00%) Power BI
1 1 (20.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (20.00%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Visual Studio
General
1 3 (60.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (40.00%) Public Sector
3 1 (20.00%) Aerospace
3 1 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (20.00%) Automotive
3 1 (20.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (20.00%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Project Manager
2 2 (40.00%) Senior
2 2 (40.00%) Senior Manager
2 2 (40.00%) Senior Project Manager
3 1 (20.00%) Architect
3 1 (20.00%) Communications Manager
3 1 (20.00%) Communications Project Manager
3 1 (20.00%) Data Architect
3 1 (20.00%) Infrastructure Manager
3 1 (20.00%) Infrastructure Project Manager
3 1 (20.00%) IT Infrastructure Manager
3 1 (20.00%) IT Manager
3 1 (20.00%) IT Project Manager
3 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared Project Manager
3 1 (20.00%) Senior Infrastructure Manager
3 1 (20.00%) Senior Infrastructure Project Manager
3 1 (20.00%) Senior IT Infrastructure Manager
3 1 (20.00%) Senior IT Manager
3 1 (20.00%) Senior IT Project Manager
3 1 (20.00%) SIEM Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (20.00%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) PMI
1 1 (20.00%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (20.00%) Agile
2 1 (20.00%) Agile Project Management
2 1 (20.00%) Analytics
2 1 (20.00%) Anomaly Detection
2 1 (20.00%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (20.00%) Data Analytics
2 1 (20.00%) Data Architecture
2 1 (20.00%) Data Modelling
2 1 (20.00%) Data Security
2 1 (20.00%) DevOps
2 1 (20.00%) ETL
2 1 (20.00%) Line Management
2 1 (20.00%) Logical Data Model
2 1 (20.00%) Patch Management
2 1 (20.00%) PRINCE2
2 1 (20.00%) Project Management
2 1 (20.00%) Service Management
2 1 (20.00%) TOGAF
2 1 (20.00%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) Python
1 1 (20.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (80.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (40.00%) SC Cleared
3 1 (20.00%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (20.00%) CITP
3 1 (20.00%) Degree
3 1 (20.00%) DV Cleared
3 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (20.00%) PMI Certification
3 1 (20.00%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) Data Quality
1 1 (20.00%) GDPR
1 1 (20.00%) PMBOK
1 1 (20.00%) SLA
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (20.00%) Splunk