Military Job Trends in England

Military
UK > England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Military in permanent job vacancies in England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Military over the 6 months leading up to 14 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 376 398 356
Rank change year-on-year +22 -42 -177
Permanent jobs citing Military 289 225 544
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.44% 0.57% 0.73%
As % of the General category 0.82% 0.82% 1.21%
Number of salaries quoted 151 81 340
10th Percentile £38,505 £30,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £46,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £51,000 £52,036
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% -1.99% -0.88%
75th Percentile £73,125 £67,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £85,750 £73,750 £87,125
UK median annual salary £52,500 £51,750 £52,500
% change year-on-year +1.45% -1.43% +5.00%

All General Skills
England

Military falls under the General Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring general skills in England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 35,457 27,433 44,823
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 54.08% 70.10% 60.43%
Number of salaries quoted 20,004 14,000 33,605
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,250 £27,500
25th Percentile £35,750 £43,080 £36,365
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £54,043
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +11.02% -13.07%
75th Percentile £76,250 £82,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £98,750 £107,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £53,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +12.15% -10.83%

Military
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Military relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in England.

Military job vacancy trend in England

Military
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Military.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Military

Military
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Military in England over the 6 months to 14 March 2026.

Salary histogram for Military in England

Military
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Military within the England region over the 6 months to 14 March 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
North of England -7 91 £42,500 -10.53% 19
North West +29 77 £42,500 -10.53% 10
South East -42 64 £52,500 -16.00% 50
South West -24 60 £75,000 +47.06% 41
Midlands +11 33 £42,500 -30.33% 12
East of England +23 19 £38,500 -33.04% 14
London +14 17 £80,000 +14.29% 15
East Midlands -17 17 £42,500 - 4
West Midlands +21 16 £42,500 -30.33% 8
Yorkshire -39 12 - - 7
North East -20 2 - - 3
Military
UK

Military
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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 6 (2.08%) Confluence
2 1 (0.35%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 19 (6.57%) Simulink
2 11 (3.81%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (3.81%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (1.73%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 5 (1.73%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (0.69%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 10 (3.46%) SAP PM
2 4 (1.38%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 1 (0.35%) Q-Pulse
3 1 (0.35%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 10 (3.46%) Azure
2 9 (3.11%) AWS
3 4 (1.38%) GitHub
4 3 (1.04%) Amazon EC2
4 3 (1.04%) Amazon S3
4 3 (1.04%) AWS Lambda
4 3 (1.04%) GitHub Actions
4 3 (1.04%) Serverless
5 1 (0.35%) AWS CloudFormation
5 1 (0.35%) GCP
5 1 (0.35%) Google Workspace
5 1 (0.35%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (0.35%) OCI
5 1 (0.35%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 11 (3.81%) VoIP
2 10 (3.46%) Structured Cabling
3 5 (1.73%) Firewall
4 4 (1.38%) LAN
4 4 (1.38%) TCP/IP
5 3 (1.04%) Network Security
5 3 (1.04%) WAN
6 2 (0.69%) 3G
6 2 (0.69%) 4G
6 2 (0.69%) ADSL
6 2 (0.69%) ATM
6 2 (0.69%) Cisco IOS
6 2 (0.69%) Frame Relay
6 2 (0.69%) Internet
6 2 (0.69%) MPLS
6 2 (0.69%) SNMP
6 2 (0.69%) VDSL
6 2 (0.69%) Wi-Fi
7 1 (0.35%) RFID
7 1 (0.35%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (3.46%) Tableau
2 3 (1.04%) Amazon RDS
3 1 (0.35%) Geospatial Data
3 1 (0.35%) GIS
3 1 (0.35%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 17 (5.88%) Rational DOORS
2 6 (2.08%) JIRA
3 4 (1.38%) LabVIEW
3 4 (1.38%) Subversion
4 3 (1.04%) Balsamiq
4 3 (1.04%) Git
5 1 (0.35%) Jenkins
General
1 93 (32.18%) Law
2 87 (30.10%) Social Skills
3 71 (24.57%) Telecoms
4 51 (17.65%) Back Office
5 46 (15.92%) Local Government
6 28 (9.69%) Finance
7 27 (9.34%) Electronics
8 22 (7.61%) Aerospace
9 21 (7.27%) Aviation
10 18 (6.23%) Analytical Skills
11 12 (4.15%) Manufacturing
12 11 (3.81%) Presentation Skills
12 11 (3.81%) Public Sector
13 8 (2.77%) Aeronautics
14 7 (2.42%) Automotive
14 7 (2.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 7 (2.42%) Police
15 6 (2.08%) Arabic Language
15 6 (2.08%) Organisational Skills
16 4 (1.38%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 53 (18.34%) Systems Engineer
2 45 (15.57%) Project Manager
3 32 (11.07%) Traffic Manager
4 26 (9.00%) Senior
5 21 (7.27%) Senior Systems Engineer
6 14 (4.84%) Principal Engineer
7 11 (3.81%) Software Engineer
8 10 (3.46%) Administrator
8 10 (3.46%) Performance Manager
9 9 (3.11%) Cabling Engineer
9 9 (3.11%) Lead
10 8 (2.77%) Test Engineer
11 7 (2.42%) Architect
11 7 (2.42%) Consultant
11 7 (2.42%) Data Engineer
12 6 (2.08%) Delivery Manager
12 6 (2.08%) Programmer
12 6 (2.08%) Service Manager
12 6 (2.08%) Solutions Architect
12 6 (2.08%) Support Officer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (3.11%) .NET
1 9 (3.11%) CSS
2 4 (1.38%) HTML
3 2 (0.69%) AngularJS
3 2 (0.69%) React
4 1 (0.35%) .NET Framework
4 1 (0.35%) ASP.NET
4 1 (0.35%) ASP.NET MVC
4 1 (0.35%) ASP.NET Web API
4 1 (0.35%) Blazor
4 1 (0.35%) CSS3
4 1 (0.35%) Entity Framework
4 1 (0.35%) HTML5
4 1 (0.35%) Middleware
4 1 (0.35%) Qt
4 1 (0.35%) RESTful
4 1 (0.35%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 29 (10.03%) Management Information System
2 28 (9.69%) Driving Licence
3 12 (4.15%) Data Centre
4 7 (2.42%) Acoustics
5 5 (1.73%) Robotics
6 4 (1.38%) PKI
6 4 (1.38%) Virtual Team
7 3 (1.04%) e-Learning
7 3 (1.04%) Onboarding
8 2 (0.69%) Analogue Electronics
8 2 (0.69%) Cyberattack
8 2 (0.69%) Data Protection Act
8 2 (0.69%) Embedded Systems
8 2 (0.69%) IoT
8 2 (0.69%) Learning Management System
8 2 (0.69%) Linux Command Line
8 2 (0.69%) NHS
8 2 (0.69%) Operational Technology
8 2 (0.69%) Private Cloud
9 1 (0.35%) Raspberry Pi
Operating Systems
1 21 (7.27%) Windows
2 16 (5.54%) Linux
3 5 (1.73%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.69%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 2 (0.69%) Windows 10
4 2 (0.69%) Windows 7
5 1 (0.35%) Data ONTAP
5 1 (0.35%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 55 (19.03%) Agile
2 38 (13.15%) Service Delivery
3 35 (12.11%) Collaborative Working
3 35 (12.11%) Cybersecurity
4 33 (11.42%) Systems Engineering
5 27 (9.34%) Continuous Improvement
5 27 (9.34%) Mathematics
6 24 (8.30%) Information Assurance
7 23 (7.96%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
8 21 (7.27%) AI
8 21 (7.27%) Problem-Solving
8 21 (7.27%) Software Engineering
9 20 (6.92%) Requirements Management
10 19 (6.57%) Customer Service
10 19 (6.57%) Physics
10 19 (6.57%) SysML
11 18 (6.23%) Coaching
12 16 (5.54%) Business Development
13 15 (5.19%) Technical Leadership
14 13 (4.50%) Commercial Awareness
Programming Languages
1 21 (7.27%) MATLAB
2 17 (5.88%) C++
3 13 (4.50%) C
4 12 (4.15%) C#
5 9 (3.11%) Python
6 7 (2.42%) JavaScript
7 5 (1.73%) PowerShell
7 5 (1.73%) SQL
8 4 (1.38%) TypeScript
9 3 (1.04%) Bash
9 3 (1.04%) Go
9 3 (1.04%) Java
9 3 (1.04%) VBScript
10 2 (0.69%) Rust
11 1 (0.35%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 69 (23.88%) Security Cleared
2 63 (21.80%) Degree
3 45 (15.57%) BPSS Clearance
4 30 (10.38%) SC Cleared
5 17 (5.88%) DV Cleared
6 9 (3.11%) Master's Degree
7 8 (2.77%) Chartered Engineer
8 6 (2.08%) Computer Science Degree
9 5 (1.73%) CCIE
9 5 (1.73%) Cisco Certification
10 4 (1.38%) Microsoft Certification
11 3 (1.04%) Azure Certification
11 3 (1.04%) CITP
11 3 (1.04%) CREST Certified
11 3 (1.04%) DBS Check
12 2 (0.69%) CCNA
12 2 (0.69%) CCNP
12 2 (0.69%) CISSP
12 2 (0.69%) HPE ATP
12 2 (0.69%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (11.07%) COSHH
2 13 (4.50%) SLA
3 11 (3.81%) ISO 9001
4 8 (2.77%) HMG Security Policy Framework
5 7 (2.42%) QA
6 6 (2.08%) ISO 14001
7 5 (1.73%) NEBOSH
7 5 (1.73%) PMO
8 3 (1.04%) Accessibility
8 3 (1.04%) Def Stans
8 3 (1.04%) GDPR
8 3 (1.04%) RMADS
9 2 (0.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 2 (0.69%) NIST
10 1 (0.35%) Data Quality
10 1 (0.35%) DO-254
10 1 (0.35%) IEC 61508
10 1 (0.35%) MISRA
10 1 (0.35%) NCSC
System Software
1 8 (2.77%) Firmware
2 5 (1.73%) Docker
3 4 (1.38%) Active Directory
4 1 (0.35%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 8 (2.77%) Kubernetes
2 7 (2.42%) Ansible
2 7 (2.42%) Terraform
3 2 (0.69%) Nessus
3 2 (0.69%) OpenView
3 2 (0.69%) Tivoli
3 2 (0.69%) WSUS
4 1 (0.35%) Docker Swarm
4 1 (0.35%) Functional Safety
4 1 (0.35%) Puppet
4 1 (0.35%) Rancher
Vendors
1 26 (9.00%) Microsoft
2 19 (6.57%) Siemens
3 12 (4.15%) SAP
4 6 (2.08%) HP
5 4 (1.38%) Cisco
5 4 (1.38%) Sparx
6 3 (1.04%) EMC
7 2 (0.69%) ArcSight
7 2 (0.69%) ExtraHop
7 2 (0.69%) Riverbed
8 1 (0.35%) Fortinet
8 1 (0.35%) Google
8 1 (0.35%) NetApp
8 1 (0.35%) Radware
8 1 (0.35%) Salesforce
8 1 (0.35%) ServiceNow
8 1 (0.35%) Siebel
8 1 (0.35%) VMware