UK Defence Standards (Def Stans)
UK
The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies 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 15 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 15 Jun 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 387 | 809 | 897 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +422 | +88 | +267 |
| Permanent jobs citing Def Stans | 373 | 120 | 38 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.67% | 0.11% | 0.041% |
| As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category | 4.06% | 0.85% | 0.23% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 21 | 108 | 32 |
| 10th Percentile | £52,000 | - | £46,575 |
| 25th Percentile | £52,500 | £45,000 | £56,750 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £65,000 | £50,500 | £63,750 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +28.71% | -20.78% | -5.56% |
| 75th Percentile | £68,750 | £57,500 | £72,500 |
| 90th Percentile | £71,250 | £75,000 | £76,250 |
| UK excluding London 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
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.
| Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills | 9,180 | 14,040 | 16,505 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 16.38% | 12.71% | 17.98% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 4,677 | 9,336 | 8,289 |
| 10th Percentile | £30,580 | £26,500 | £32,000 |
| 25th Percentile | £44,000 | £36,250 | £42,500 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £60,000 | £52,500 | £57,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +14.29% | -8.70% | +4.55% |
| 75th Percentile | £73,000 | £70,000 | £76,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £90,000 | £91,991 | £92,500 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £55,000 | £47,500 | £50,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +15.79% | -5.00% | +4.17% |
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Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing Def Stans as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
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Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Def Stans.
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Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing Def Stans over the 6 months to 15 June 2025.
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Top 14 Job Locations
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 over the 6 months to 15 June 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK excluding London | +379 | 363 | £65,000 | +28.71% | 53 |
| England | +357 | 317 | £65,000 | +28.71% | 53 |
| North of England | +183 | 119 | £53,500 | +15.05% | 12 |
| North West | +110 | 98 | £52,000 | +11.83% | 10 |
| South West | +181 | 96 | £67,500 | +3.85% | 31 |
| South East | +88 | 65 | £60,000 | +18.81% | 7 |
| Scotland | - | 38 | - | - | |
| Midlands | +87 | 19 | - | - | |
| Yorkshire | - | 19 | - | - | 1 |
| East Midlands | - | 19 | - | - | |
| East of England | +55 | 18 | - | - | 2 |
| Work from Home | +139 | 9 | £67,500 | -3.57% | 28 |
| Wales | - | 8 | - | - | 2 |
| North East | - | 2 | £55,000 | - | 1 |
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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: