Military
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Military in permanent job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Military over the 6 months leading up to 5 October 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 280 403 248
Rank change year-on-year +123 -155 +213
Permanent jobs citing Military 765 297 802
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.65% 0.60% 1.08%
As % of the General category 1.40% 0.87% 1.88%
Number of salaries quoted 393 176 229
10th Percentile £27,577 £28,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £41,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £45,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -18.18% -11.29%
75th Percentile £67,500 £62,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £95,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £42,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +17.65% -22.73% -11.29%

All General Skills
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 54,586 33,978 42,759
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 46.22% 68.42% 57.62%
Number of salaries quoted 33,271 17,553 21,216
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £39,250 £34,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -8.70% -4.17%
75th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £96,000 £96,250 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £43,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +14.94% -13.00% -0.99%

Military
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Military job vacancy trend in the UK

Military
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Military.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Military

Military
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Military over the 6 months to 5 October 2026.

Salary histogram for Military in the UK

Military
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Military within the UK over the 6 months to 5 October 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
England +115 726 £50,000 +11.11% 948
UK excluding London +89 654 £50,000 +17.65% 692
South East +45 199 £60,000 +20.00% 183
North of England +26 165 £40,000 -11.11% 78
North West +25 133 £38,750 -13.89% 42
South West -14 119 £55,000 +29.41% 124
London -3 99 £50,000 -33.33% 282
Midlands +11 97 £42,500 - 86
Work from Home -4 88 £65,000 +30.00% 432
East Midlands -2 54 £68,500 +61.18% 37
West Midlands -12 43 £40,000 -5.88% 49
East of England +5 42 £60,000 -36.84% 105
Scotland +25 27 £20,000 -61.90% 85
North East -44 20 £80,000 +45.45% 19
Yorkshire -35 12 £35,000 - 18
Wales - 3 £38,269 - 29
Northern Ireland - 2 - - 15

Military
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 11 (1.44%) SharePoint
2 10 (1.31%) Apache Spark
3 7 (0.92%) Microsoft Exchange
4 6 (0.78%) SharePoint Server
5 5 (0.65%) Palantir Foundry
6 3 (0.39%) SAS
7 2 (0.26%) Skype for Business
8 1 (0.13%) Apache
8 1 (0.13%) Confluence
Applications
1 30 (3.92%) Microsoft Excel
2 27 (3.53%) Simulink
3 19 (2.48%) Microsoft Office
4 11 (1.44%) Microsoft Project
5 6 (0.78%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 6 (0.78%) SOLIDWORKS
6 4 (0.52%) Chatbot
6 4 (0.52%) Spreadsheet
6 4 (0.52%) Windchill
7 2 (0.26%) OrCAD
Business Applications
1 8 (1.05%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (0.78%) Primavera
3 4 (0.52%) SAP PM
4 3 (0.39%) Odoo
5 1 (0.13%) Exchequer
5 1 (0.13%) NetSuite
5 1 (0.13%) Oracle Applications
5 1 (0.13%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (0.13%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 69 (9.02%) AWS
2 44 (5.75%) Cloud Computing
3 28 (3.66%) Power Platform
4 26 (3.40%) Azure
5 14 (1.83%) Serverless
6 11 (1.44%) AWS CloudFormation
7 10 (1.31%) Amazon Kinesis
8 9 (1.18%) GitHub
9 8 (1.05%) Microsoft 365
9 8 (1.05%) SaaS
10 7 (0.92%) OpenShift
11 5 (0.65%) Amazon GuardDuty
11 5 (0.65%) Amazon S3
11 5 (0.65%) AWS Lambda
12 4 (0.52%) Amazon EC2
12 4 (0.52%) Dialogflow
12 4 (0.52%) GCP
12 4 (0.52%) Virtual Private Cloud
13 3 (0.39%) Amazon ElastiCache
13 3 (0.39%) Amazon Neptune
Communications & Networking
1 29 (3.79%) Firewall
2 28 (3.66%) Internet
3 17 (2.22%) Network Security
4 14 (1.83%) LAN
5 13 (1.70%) VLAN
6 12 (1.57%) WAN
7 10 (1.31%) DNS
7 10 (1.31%) Intrusion Detection
8 8 (1.05%) Wireless
9 6 (0.78%) BGP
9 6 (0.78%) IPsec
9 6 (0.78%) VPN
10 5 (0.65%) TCP/IP
10 5 (0.65%) VoIP
11 4 (0.52%) CHAP
11 4 (0.52%) Ethernet
11 4 (0.52%) NAS
12 3 (0.39%) Skype
12 3 (0.39%) Software-Defined Radio
13 2 (0.26%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (3.40%) Power BI
2 15 (1.96%) Tableau
3 12 (1.57%) NoSQL
4 10 (1.31%) Big Data
4 10 (1.31%) Hadoop
5 9 (1.18%) Data Warehouse
6 6 (0.78%) Apache Hive
6 6 (0.78%) BusinessObjects
6 6 (0.78%) HBase
6 6 (0.78%) SAP HANA
6 6 (0.78%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 5 (0.65%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 4 (0.52%) Amazon RDS
8 4 (0.52%) OLAP
8 4 (0.52%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 3 (0.39%) DocumentDB
9 3 (0.39%) DynamoDB
9 3 (0.39%) ZAP BI
10 2 (0.26%) Metadata
10 2 (0.26%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 28 (3.66%) Rational DOORS
2 11 (1.44%) JIRA
3 7 (0.92%) Rational Rhapsody
4 3 (0.39%) Cypress.io
4 3 (0.39%) GitLab
4 3 (0.39%) Jenkins
4 3 (0.39%) JUnit
4 3 (0.39%) Maven
4 3 (0.39%) NUnit
4 3 (0.39%) Postman
4 3 (0.39%) Selenium
4 3 (0.39%) Snyk
4 3 (0.39%) SonarQube
5 2 (0.26%) Visual Studio
6 1 (0.13%) Eclipse
6 1 (0.13%) ER Studio
6 1 (0.13%) ERwin
6 1 (0.13%) Git
General
1 293 (38.30%) Social Skills
2 210 (27.45%) Law
3 198 (25.88%) Finance
4 173 (22.61%) Telecoms
5 171 (22.35%) Aerospace
6 77 (10.07%) Back Office
7 63 (8.24%) Electronics
8 61 (7.97%) Analytical Skills
9 52 (6.80%) Manufacturing
10 47 (6.14%) Aviation
11 42 (5.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 32 (4.18%) Public Sector
13 20 (2.61%) Organisational Skills
14 18 (2.35%) Aeronautics
15 17 (2.22%) Local Government
16 16 (2.09%) Marketing
16 16 (2.09%) Public Speaking
17 15 (1.96%) Billing
17 15 (1.96%) Legal
18 14 (1.83%) Avionics
Job Titles
1 116 (15.16%) Senior
2 113 (14.77%) Project Manager
3 62 (8.10%) Systems Engineer
4 45 (5.88%) Architect
5 41 (5.36%) Lead
6 36 (4.71%) Solutions Architect
7 33 (4.31%) Senior Systems Engineer
8 31 (4.05%) Software Engineer
9 28 (3.66%) Consultant
10 27 (3.53%) Business Manager
10 27 (3.53%) Senior Technician
11 26 (3.40%) Traffic Manager
12 24 (3.14%) Administrator
13 23 (3.01%) Business Development Manager
13 23 (3.01%) Development Manager
14 22 (2.88%) Principal Engineer
15 19 (2.48%) Analyst
16 18 (2.35%) Field Engineer
16 18 (2.35%) Support Technician
16 18 (2.35%) Trainee
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (1.83%) ModSecurity
2 11 (1.44%) Terraform
3 10 (1.31%) Kafka
3 10 (1.31%) Node.js
4 9 (1.18%) PySpark
5 6 (0.78%) React
6 5 (0.65%) Web Services
7 4 (0.52%) .NET
7 4 (0.52%) AngularJS
7 4 (0.52%) Elastic Stack
7 4 (0.52%) REST
7 4 (0.52%) RESTful
8 3 (0.39%) .NET Core
8 3 (0.39%) Keycloak
8 3 (0.39%) pytest
8 3 (0.39%) PyTorch
8 3 (0.39%) TensorFlow
9 2 (0.26%) A2A Protocol
9 2 (0.26%) JSP
9 2 (0.26%) Model Context Protocol
Miscellaneous
1 129 (16.86%) Driving Licence
2 87 (11.37%) Onboarding
3 49 (6.41%) Management Information System
4 44 (5.75%) Robotics
5 21 (2.75%) Blog
6 17 (2.22%) Cloud Native
6 17 (2.22%) Legacy Systems
7 16 (2.09%) Data Centre
8 14 (1.83%) Cyber Threat
8 14 (1.83%) FPGA
8 14 (1.83%) Self-Motivation
8 14 (1.83%) Social Media
9 12 (1.57%) Security Posture
10 11 (1.44%) Embedded Systems
11 10 (1.31%) AI Agents
11 10 (1.31%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
12 9 (1.18%) Private Cloud
13 8 (1.05%) Algorithms
13 8 (1.05%) CMDB
14 7 (0.92%) Hackathon
Operating Systems
1 34 (4.44%) Windows
2 29 (3.79%) Linux
3 14 (1.83%) Windows Server
4 5 (0.65%) Windows Server 2016
4 5 (0.65%) Windows Server 2019
5 4 (0.52%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 3 (0.39%) Apple iOS
6 3 (0.39%) Unix
7 2 (0.26%) Embedded Linux
7 2 (0.26%) FreeRTOS
7 2 (0.26%) VxWorks
8 1 (0.13%) AIX
8 1 (0.13%) Robot Operating System
Processes & Methodologies
1 114 (14.90%) Problem-Solving
2 83 (10.85%) Continuous Improvement
2 83 (10.85%) Systems Engineering
3 81 (10.59%) Mathematics
4 78 (10.20%) Mentoring
5 76 (9.93%) Software Engineering
6 72 (9.41%) AI
7 66 (8.63%) Business Development
8 59 (7.71%) Customer Service
9 58 (7.58%) Commercial Awareness
9 58 (7.58%) Decision-Making
10 57 (7.45%) Roadmaps
11 56 (7.32%) Agile
11 56 (7.32%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 49 (6.41%) Computer Science
12 49 (6.41%) Project Management
13 48 (6.27%) Analytics
14 47 (6.14%) Technical Leadership
14 47 (6.14%) Validation
15 46 (6.01%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 32 (4.18%) MATLAB
2 29 (3.79%) C++
3 26 (3.40%) Python
4 25 (3.27%) C
5 24 (3.14%) SQL
6 20 (2.61%) C#
7 15 (1.96%) Java
8 11 (1.44%) JavaScript
9 7 (0.92%) PowerShell
10 6 (0.78%) PHP
10 6 (0.78%) Ruby
11 4 (0.52%) Kusto Query Language
12 3 (0.39%) Ada
12 3 (0.39%) Ada 95
12 3 (0.39%) Go
12 3 (0.39%) Rust
12 3 (0.39%) TypeScript
13 2 (0.26%) Bash
13 2 (0.26%) Embedded C
13 2 (0.26%) SystemVerilog
Qualifications
1 201 (26.27%) Security Cleared
2 180 (23.53%) Degree
3 140 (18.30%) SC Cleared
4 83 (10.85%) BPSS Clearance
5 81 (10.59%) DV Cleared
6 34 (4.44%) Computer Science Degree
7 33 (4.31%) HNC
8 20 (2.61%) HND
9 19 (2.48%) CISSP
10 17 (2.22%) Cisco Certification
11 15 (1.96%) Chartered Engineer
12 13 (1.70%) NVQ Level 3
13 12 (1.57%) AWS Certification
13 12 (1.57%) PMI Certification
14 11 (1.44%) CCNP
14 11 (1.44%) City & Guilds
15 10 (1.31%) DBS Check
16 8 (1.05%) CISM
16 8 (1.05%) TOGAF Certification
17 7 (0.92%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 40 (5.23%) QA
2 34 (4.44%) SLA
3 32 (4.18%) Accessibility
4 18 (2.35%) Def Stans
5 13 (1.70%) NEBOSH
6 12 (1.57%) GDPR
7 11 (1.44%) COSHH
7 11 (1.44%) NIST
8 10 (1.31%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 7 (0.92%) DO-178B
10 6 (0.78%) Data Quality
10 6 (0.78%) DO-254
10 6 (0.78%) IEC 61508
11 5 (0.65%) HIPAA
11 5 (0.65%) ISO/IEC 15288
11 5 (0.65%) JSP 440
12 4 (0.52%) ARP4761
12 4 (0.52%) ISO 26262
12 4 (0.52%) ISO 9000
13 3 (0.39%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 14 (1.83%) Firmware
2 9 (1.18%) Docker
2 9 (1.18%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (1.05%) Hyper-V
4 5 (0.65%) VMware ESXi
5 2 (0.26%) Active Directory
6 1 (0.13%) KVM
Systems Management
1 9 (1.18%) Kubernetes
2 6 (0.78%) Hadoop YARN
3 3 (0.39%) Grafana
3 3 (0.39%) Prometheus
4 2 (0.26%) Functional Safety
5 1 (0.13%) Ansible
5 1 (0.13%) Data Guard
5 1 (0.13%) OpenView
5 1 (0.13%) Oracle RMAN
5 1 (0.13%) Puppet
5 1 (0.13%) RSA Archer
5 1 (0.13%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 71 (9.28%) Microsoft
2 32 (4.18%) SAP
3 24 (3.14%) Cisco
3 24 (3.14%) Siemens
4 18 (2.35%) Sage
5 17 (2.22%) Oracle
6 15 (1.96%) Civica
7 14 (1.83%) VMware
8 11 (1.44%) Fortinet
8 11 (1.44%) NEC
9 10 (1.31%) Palo Alto
10 9 (1.18%) HP
10 9 (1.18%) IBM
11 8 (1.05%) ServiceNow
12 7 (0.92%) Foundry
12 7 (0.92%) Red Hat
13 6 (0.78%) Avaya
13 6 (0.78%) EMC
13 6 (0.78%) Genesys
14 5 (0.65%) Palantir