Military Jobs

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 13 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 440 385 104
Rank change year-on-year -55 -281 +611
Permanent jobs citing Military 294 700 3,220
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.53% 0.71% 3.18%
As % of the General category 0.77% 1.18% 4.66%
Number of salaries quoted 112 416 195
10th Percentile £31,000 £30,000 £16,800
25th Percentile £47,603 £40,375 £37,783
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,084 £50,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.60% +3.14% +2.64%
75th Percentile £68,125 £66,250 £72,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £87,500 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £51,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% -1.96% +4.08%

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 common skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 38,385 59,384 69,119
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 69.34% 59.82% 68.21%
Number of salaries quoted 18,492 39,693 37,378
10th Percentile £27,250 £27,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £43,162
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £82,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £92,500 £102,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £47,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -9.52% +5.00%

Military
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Military as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Military in the UK

Military
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Military.

Salary trend for Military in the UK

Military
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Military over the 6 months to 13 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Military in the UK

Military
Top 15 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 13 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
England -95 271 £55,000 +5.62% 646
UK excluding London -46 258 £55,000 +10.00% 564
South East +43 125 £55,000 +4.76% 154
Work from Home +26 110 £61,250 +22.50% 728
South West +14 67 £50,000 +11.11% 104
North of England +20 31 £50,055 -3.90% 106
London +85 28 £82,500 - 139
North West -24 24 £50,055 -3.90% 54
Scotland +127 18 £66,250 +3.35% 38
Midlands -59 13 £42,500 -19.05% 78
West Midlands -49 7 £51,750 -5.91% 45
East Midlands -5 6 £42,500 -15.00% 27
Yorkshire - 5 - - 44
East of England +16 4 £58,750 +2.17% 80
North East +46 2 £55,000 - 9

Military
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:

Application Platforms
1 75 (25.51%) Oracle Application Server
2 2 (0.68%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.34%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 32 (10.88%) Microsoft Excel
2 22 (7.48%) Microsoft Office
3 20 (6.80%) Simulink
4 13 (4.42%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.68%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.34%) AutoCAD
6 1 (0.34%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.34%) ProjectWise
6 1 (0.34%) Revit
6 1 (0.34%) Trello
Business Applications
1 5 (1.70%) Q-Pulse
2 3 (1.02%) Maximo
Cloud Services
1 35 (11.90%) AWS
2 5 (1.70%) OCI
3 4 (1.36%) Power Platform
4 3 (1.02%) Azure
4 3 (1.02%) Microsoft 365
4 3 (1.02%) SaaS
5 1 (0.34%) Asana
5 1 (0.34%) AWS CloudFormation
5 1 (0.34%) Azure AKS
5 1 (0.34%) Azure App Service
5 1 (0.34%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (0.34%) Azure Functions
5 1 (0.34%) Azure Storage
5 1 (0.34%) Dagster
5 1 (0.34%) GCP
5 1 (0.34%) GitHub
5 1 (0.34%) GitHub Actions
5 1 (0.34%) Pulumi
5 1 (0.34%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 15 (5.10%) VoIP
2 11 (3.74%) ATM
3 9 (3.06%) Link 16
3 9 (3.06%) Tactical Data Link
4 8 (2.72%) VLAN
5 7 (2.38%) RS-232
5 7 (2.38%) RS-485
5 7 (2.38%) TCP/IP
6 4 (1.36%) Cisco IOS
7 2 (0.68%) 5G
7 2 (0.68%) Network Security
7 2 (0.68%) SD-WAN
7 2 (0.68%) WAN
7 2 (0.68%) Wireless
8 1 (0.34%) DMVPN
8 1 (0.34%) EIGRP
8 1 (0.34%) Firewall
8 1 (0.34%) Multicast
8 1 (0.34%) RFID
8 1 (0.34%) RTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 75 (25.51%) Data Warehouse
1 75 (25.51%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
1 75 (25.51%) Oracle Reports
2 3 (1.02%) Power BI
2 3 (1.02%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.34%) MongoDB
3 1 (0.34%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 1 (0.34%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 54 (18.37%) Rational DOORS
2 10 (3.40%) Git
3 7 (2.38%) NDoc
4 4 (1.36%) Subversion
5 3 (1.02%) Jenkins
6 2 (0.68%) GitLab
6 2 (0.68%) JIRA
7 1 (0.34%) CMake
7 1 (0.34%) LabVIEW
General
1 116 (39.46%) Social Skills
2 108 (36.73%) Finance
3 91 (30.95%) Analytical Skills
4 78 (26.53%) Organisational Skills
5 44 (14.97%) Telecoms
6 36 (12.24%) Electronics
7 29 (9.86%) Law
8 24 (8.16%) Aerospace
9 12 (4.08%) Aviation
10 9 (3.06%) Influencing Skills
11 8 (2.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 7 (2.38%) Marketing
13 6 (2.04%) Manufacturing
14 4 (1.36%) Back Office
14 4 (1.36%) Public Sector
14 4 (1.36%) Retail
15 2 (0.68%) Documentation Skills
15 2 (0.68%) Legal
15 2 (0.68%) Police
15 2 (0.68%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 40 (13.61%) Principal Engineer
2 37 (12.59%) Senior
3 35 (11.90%) Systems Engineer
4 32 (10.88%) Field Engineer
5 31 (10.54%) Principal Systems Engineer
6 25 (8.50%) Database Engineer
7 24 (8.16%) Software Engineer
8 22 (7.48%) Senior Systems Engineer
9 17 (5.78%) Field Service Engineer
10 15 (5.10%) Project Manager
11 10 (3.40%) Senior Software Engineer
12 8 (2.72%) Graduate
13 7 (2.38%) Analyst
13 7 (2.38%) Lead
14 6 (2.04%) Principal Software Engineer
15 5 (1.70%) Administrator
15 5 (1.70%) Architect
15 5 (1.70%) Consultant
15 5 (1.70%) Microwave Engineer
15 5 (1.70%) Oracle Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (2.72%) XML
2 3 (1.02%) SOAP
3 2 (0.68%) .NET
3 2 (0.68%) AngularJS
3 2 (0.68%) HTML
3 2 (0.68%) Leaflet
3 2 (0.68%) Middleware
3 2 (0.68%) React
4 1 (0.34%) 802.1X
4 1 (0.34%) Bazel
4 1 (0.34%) CSS
4 1 (0.34%) Kafka
4 1 (0.34%) ModSecurity
4 1 (0.34%) Node.js
4 1 (0.34%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 48 (16.33%) Management Information System
2 31 (10.54%) Driving Licence
3 8 (2.72%) e-Learning
4 6 (2.04%) CCTV
5 5 (1.70%) Analogue Electronics
5 5 (1.70%) Cloud Native
5 5 (1.70%) Enterprise Cloud
5 5 (1.70%) Reference Data
6 4 (1.36%) Linux Command Line
6 4 (1.36%) Self-Motivation
7 3 (1.02%) Embedded Systems
7 3 (1.02%) Robotics
8 2 (0.68%) CSOC
8 2 (0.68%) Cyber Defence
8 2 (0.68%) Cyber Threat
8 2 (0.68%) Legacy Systems
8 2 (0.68%) Onboarding
8 2 (0.68%) Security Operations Centre
8 2 (0.68%) Self-Driving Car
9 1 (0.34%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 21 (7.14%) Linux
2 8 (2.72%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 8 (2.72%) Windows
3 5 (1.70%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.68%) VMS
5 1 (0.34%) Rocky
5 1 (0.34%) Windows 7
5 1 (0.34%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 112 (38.10%) Agile
2 90 (30.61%) Data Management
3 83 (28.23%) Analytics
4 80 (27.21%) ITIL
5 79 (26.87%) DevOps
6 78 (26.53%) Customer Experience
7 77 (26.19%) Service Management
8 75 (25.51%) Business Analysis
8 75 (25.51%) Data Integration
8 75 (25.51%) Data Modelling
9 60 (20.41%) Systems Engineering
10 49 (16.67%) Validation
11 48 (16.33%) Requirements Management
12 40 (13.61%) Verification and Validation
13 36 (12.24%) Cybersecurity
14 30 (10.20%) Mathematics
15 29 (9.86%) Software Engineering
16 26 (8.84%) Physics
17 24 (8.16%) Customer Service
18 23 (7.82%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
Programming Languages
1 28 (9.52%) MATLAB
2 19 (6.46%) C
2 19 (6.46%) Python
3 15 (5.10%) R
3 15 (5.10%) SQL
4 14 (4.76%) C++
5 9 (3.06%) Java
6 6 (2.04%) C#
7 5 (1.70%) JavaScript
7 5 (1.70%) Perl
7 5 (1.70%) PL/SQL
8 3 (1.02%) Ada
8 3 (1.02%) Rust
8 3 (1.02%) TypeScript
9 1 (0.34%) Fortran
9 1 (0.34%) PHP
9 1 (0.34%) VC++
Qualifications
1 102 (34.69%) Degree
2 82 (27.89%) Security Cleared
3 77 (26.19%) DBS Check
4 56 (19.05%) BPSS Clearance
5 47 (15.99%) SC Cleared
6 11 (3.74%) DV Cleared
7 10 (3.40%) CompTIA Security+
8 9 (3.06%) HND
9 8 (2.72%) CCNA
9 8 (2.72%) CCNP
9 8 (2.72%) Cisco Certification
9 8 (2.72%) Computer Science Degree
9 8 (2.72%) HNC
9 8 (2.72%) Master's Degree
10 7 (2.38%) GSEC
10 7 (2.38%) SSCP
11 6 (2.04%) CISSP
11 6 (2.04%) PhD
12 5 (1.70%) CISM
12 5 (1.70%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (3.40%) Data Quality
2 7 (2.38%) MIL-STD-1553
3 6 (2.04%) Def Stans
4 5 (1.70%) GDPR
5 3 (1.02%) GRC
5 3 (1.02%) QA
6 2 (0.68%) Accessibility
6 2 (0.68%) JSP 440
6 2 (0.68%) NIST
6 2 (0.68%) NIST 800
6 2 (0.68%) PMO
6 2 (0.68%) SLA
7 1 (0.34%) DO-178B
7 1 (0.34%) DO-254
7 1 (0.34%) IEC 61508
7 1 (0.34%) ISO 9001
7 1 (0.34%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.34%) NCSC
System Software
1 2 (0.68%) Docker
1 2 (0.68%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (0.34%) Firmware
2 1 (0.34%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 5 (1.70%) Kubernetes
2 3 (1.02%) Terraform
3 2 (0.68%) Ansible
3 2 (0.68%) Prometheus
4 1 (0.34%) OPNET
Vendors
1 83 (28.23%) Oracle
2 37 (12.59%) Microsoft
3 16 (5.44%) Siemens
4 5 (1.70%) Cisco
5 4 (1.36%) Red Hat
5 4 (1.36%) VMware
6 3 (1.02%) Atlassian
7 2 (0.68%) BMC
7 2 (0.68%) Citrix
7 2 (0.68%) NetApp
7 2 (0.68%) Palantir
7 2 (0.68%) Salesforce
7 2 (0.68%) Splunk
8 1 (0.34%) EMC
8 1 (0.34%) Foundry
8 1 (0.34%) Google
8 1 (0.34%) Remedy
8 1 (0.34%) Xilinx