UK Defence Standards (Def Stans)
UK > UK excluding London
The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Def Stans skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Def Stans over the 6 months leading up to 30 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 30 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 255 | 660 | 725 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +405 | +65 | +38 |
| Permanent jobs citing Def Stans | 451 | 111 | 30 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London | 1.15% | 0.15% | 0.052% |
| As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category | 6.91% | 1.14% | 0.26% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 21 | 103 | 28 |
| 10th Percentile | £52,000 | - | £48,300 |
| 25th Percentile | £52,500 | £45,000 | £58,750 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £65,000 | £50,500 | £66,250 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +28.71% | -23.77% | -1.85% |
| 75th Percentile | £68,750 | £57,500 | £72,500 |
| 90th Percentile | £71,250 | £65,000 | £76,250 |
| UK median annual salary | £65,000 | £50,500 | £65,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +28.71% | -22.31% | -3.70% |
All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
UK excluding London
Def Stans falls under the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring quality assurance or compliance skills in the UK excluding London.
| Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills | 6,527 | 9,734 | 11,623 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London | 16.57% | 13.05% | 20.03% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 3,072 | 6,357 | 4,480 |
| 10th Percentile | £29,750 | £25,169 | £28,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £40,625 | £32,500 | £38,129 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £55,000 | £47,500 | £50,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +15.79% | -5.00% | +4.90% |
| 75th Percentile | £70,600 | £62,500 | £66,250 |
| 90th Percentile | £80,000 | £76,250 | £79,750 |
| UK median annual salary | £60,000 | £52,500 | £57,500 |
| % change year-on-year | +14.29% | -8.70% | +4.55% |
Def Stans
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London
Job postings citing Def Stans as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.
Def Stans
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Def Stans in the UK excluding London.
Def Stans
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London
Salary distribution for jobs citing Def Stans in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 30 May 2025.
Def Stans
Job Locations in the UK excluding London
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Def Stans within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 30 May 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 Permanent IT Job Ads |
Median Salary Past 6 Months |
Median Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year |
Live Jobs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North of England | +192 | 155 | £53,500 | +13.83% | 23 |
| North West | +119 | 128 | £52,000 | +10.64% | 13 |
| South West | +182 | 106 | £67,500 | +3.85% | 50 |
| South East | +98 | 80 | £60,000 | +18.81% | 25 |
| Scotland | - | 50 | - | - | 3 |
| Midlands | +98 | 25 | - | - | 15 |
| Yorkshire | - | 25 | - | - | 8 |
| East Midlands | - | 25 | - | - | 6 |
| East of England | +66 | 24 | - | - | 16 |
| Wales | - | 11 | - | - | 10 |
| North East | - | 2 | £55,000 | - | 2 |
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Def Stans
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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: