Military Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Military
UK > UK excluding London

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

6 months to
6 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 283 307 303
Rank change year-on-year +24 -4 -240
Permanent jobs citing Military 305 190 541
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.52% 0.73% 0.84%
As % of the General category 1.04% 1.08% 1.44%
Number of salaries quoted 178 75 322
10th Percentile £35,250 £31,000 £29,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £46,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £51,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +7.84% +2.00%
75th Percentile £58,750 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £72,950 £82,500
UK median annual salary £50,000 £57,500 £52,084
% change year-on-year -13.04% +10.40% +4.17%

All General Skills
UK excluding London

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 the UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 29,415 17,591 37,681
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 49.89% 67.93% 58.64%
Number of salaries quoted 15,368 9,257 25,756
10th Percentile £27,500 £26,929 £26,045
25th Percentile £32,500 £36,250 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,967 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.80% +7.30% -9.52%
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,751 £75,772
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +14.29% -12.50%

Military
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Military job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Military
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Military.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Military

Military
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Military in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 6 April 2026.

Salary histogram for Military in the UK excluding London

Military
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 Military within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 6 April 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 +11 117 £42,500 -10.53% 21
North West +44 105 £42,500 -10.53% 11
South East -46 61 £52,500 -16.00% 49
South West -34 59 £75,000 +47.06% 47
Midlands -4 32 £42,500 -37.50% 16
East of England -13 21 £38,500 -34.47% 23
East Midlands -30 18 £42,500 - 10
West Midlands +1 14 £42,500 -37.50% 6
Scotland -36 8 £55,498 -14.62% 18
Yorkshire -52 8 - - 6
Wales - 7 £42,500 - 5
North East -25 4 - - 4
Military
UK

Military
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 5 (1.64%) Confluence
Applications
1 19 (6.23%) Simulink
2 14 (4.59%) Microsoft Excel
3 9 (2.95%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 8 (2.62%) Microsoft Office
5 5 (1.64%) Microsoft Project
6 2 (0.66%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 15 (4.92%) SAP PM
2 5 (1.64%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 1 (0.33%) Q-Pulse
3 1 (0.33%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 10 (3.28%) Azure
2 6 (1.97%) AWS
2 6 (1.97%) Microsoft 365
3 5 (1.64%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 12 (3.93%) Structured Cabling
2 8 (2.62%) VoIP
3 6 (1.97%) Wireless
4 4 (1.31%) Firewall
4 4 (1.31%) RFID
5 3 (0.98%) LAN
5 3 (0.98%) TCP/IP
6 2 (0.66%) Internet
6 2 (0.66%) Network Security
6 2 (0.66%) Wi-Fi
7 1 (0.33%) ATM
7 1 (0.33%) Frame Relay
7 1 (0.33%) MPLS
7 1 (0.33%) SNMP
7 1 (0.33%) Tactical Data Link
7 1 (0.33%) VLAN
7 1 (0.33%) WAN
7 1 (0.33%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (4.92%) Tableau
2 5 (1.64%) Power BI
3 1 (0.33%) Geospatial Data
3 1 (0.33%) GIS
3 1 (0.33%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 19 (6.23%) Rational DOORS
2 9 (2.95%) JIRA
3 4 (1.31%) LabVIEW
4 3 (0.98%) Balsamiq
4 3 (0.98%) Subversion
5 2 (0.66%) Git
5 2 (0.66%) Rational Rhapsody
5 2 (0.66%) Rational Statemate
General
1 124 (40.66%) Law
2 104 (34.10%) Social Skills
3 95 (31.15%) Telecoms
4 51 (16.72%) Back Office
5 41 (13.44%) Finance
6 33 (10.82%) Analytical Skills
6 33 (10.82%) Local Government
7 25 (8.20%) Aerospace
8 24 (7.87%) Electronics
9 16 (5.25%) Aviation
10 11 (3.61%) Billing
10 11 (3.61%) Manufacturing
10 11 (3.61%) Organisational Skills
11 10 (3.28%) Avionics
12 7 (2.30%) Automotive
12 7 (2.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 6 (1.97%) Aeronautics
13 6 (1.97%) Presentation Skills
13 6 (1.97%) Welsh Language
14 5 (1.64%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 51 (16.72%) Project Manager
2 46 (15.08%) Systems Engineer
3 37 (12.13%) Senior
3 37 (12.13%) Traffic Manager
4 21 (6.89%) Senior Systems Engineer
5 19 (6.23%) Analyst
6 13 (4.26%) Principal Engineer
7 11 (3.61%) Cabling Engineer
7 11 (3.61%) Lead
7 11 (3.61%) Senior Analyst
7 11 (3.61%) Software Engineer
7 11 (3.61%) Trainee
7 11 (3.61%) Trainee Project Manager
8 10 (3.28%) Performance Manager
9 9 (2.95%) Data Engineer
10 8 (2.62%) Administrator
11 7 (2.30%) Architect
11 7 (2.30%) Solutions Architect
11 7 (2.30%) Team Leader
12 6 (1.97%) Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (2.95%) .NET
2 6 (1.97%) CSS
3 3 (0.98%) HTML
4 1 (0.33%) .NET Framework
4 1 (0.33%) ASP.NET
4 1 (0.33%) ASP.NET MVC
4 1 (0.33%) ASP.NET Web API
4 1 (0.33%) Blazor
4 1 (0.33%) CSS3
4 1 (0.33%) Entity Framework
4 1 (0.33%) HTML5
4 1 (0.33%) Middleware
4 1 (0.33%) OAuth
4 1 (0.33%) OpenID
4 1 (0.33%) Qt
4 1 (0.33%) SAML
4 1 (0.33%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 38 (12.46%) Management Information System
2 28 (9.18%) Driving Licence
3 12 (3.93%) Onboarding
4 9 (2.95%) Data Centre
5 7 (2.30%) Acoustics
6 4 (1.31%) Virtual Team
7 3 (0.98%) e-Learning
7 3 (0.98%) Embedded Systems
7 3 (0.98%) PKI
7 3 (0.98%) Robotics
8 2 (0.66%) Analogue Electronics
8 2 (0.66%) CMDB
8 2 (0.66%) Cyberattack
8 2 (0.66%) IoT
8 2 (0.66%) Learning Management System
8 2 (0.66%) Operational Technology
8 2 (0.66%) Raspberry Pi
9 1 (0.33%) Culture of Ownership
9 1 (0.33%) Product Ownership
9 1 (0.33%) Satnav
Operating Systems
1 13 (4.26%) Linux
1 13 (4.26%) Windows
2 4 (1.31%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 46 (15.08%) Agile
2 35 (11.48%) Collaborative Working
3 34 (11.15%) Cybersecurity
4 33 (10.82%) Service Delivery
5 32 (10.49%) Systems Engineering
6 30 (9.84%) Business Development
7 29 (9.51%) Continuous Improvement
8 25 (8.20%) Mathematics
9 24 (7.87%) Information Assurance
9 24 (7.87%) Software Engineering
10 23 (7.54%) Problem-Solving
11 22 (7.21%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
12 21 (6.89%) Data-Driven Decision Making
13 20 (6.56%) Data Development
13 20 (6.56%) Data Governance
13 20 (6.56%) Requirements Management
13 20 (6.56%) Visualisation
14 19 (6.23%) Coaching
14 19 (6.23%) Decision-Making
14 19 (6.23%) Physics
Programming Languages
1 21 (6.89%) MATLAB
2 19 (6.23%) C
3 18 (5.90%) C++
4 17 (5.57%) C#
5 8 (2.62%) Python
6 5 (1.64%) Ada
7 4 (1.31%) JavaScript
7 4 (1.31%) PowerShell
8 3 (0.98%) Bash
8 3 (0.98%) Go
8 3 (0.98%) VBScript
9 2 (0.66%) Java
9 2 (0.66%) SQL
9 2 (0.66%) TypeScript
10 1 (0.33%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 66 (21.64%) Degree
2 61 (20.00%) Security Cleared
3 48 (15.74%) BPSS Clearance
4 26 (8.52%) SC Cleared
5 13 (4.26%) DV Cleared
6 10 (3.28%) ACCA
6 10 (3.28%) CIMA
7 8 (2.62%) Chartered Engineer
8 7 (2.30%) Master's Degree
9 4 (1.31%) CCIE
9 4 (1.31%) Cisco Certification
10 3 (0.98%) Azure Certification
10 3 (0.98%) CITP
10 3 (0.98%) CREST Certified
11 2 (0.66%) CISSP
11 2 (0.66%) Computer Science Degree
11 2 (0.66%) HPE ATP
11 2 (0.66%) Microsoft Certification
11 2 (0.66%) PhD
11 2 (0.66%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (8.52%) COSHH
2 13 (4.26%) Data Quality
2 13 (4.26%) QA
3 11 (3.61%) ISO 9001
3 11 (3.61%) SLA
4 6 (1.97%) HMG Security Policy Framework
5 5 (1.64%) PMO
6 3 (0.98%) RMADS
7 1 (0.33%) Def Stans
7 1 (0.33%) DO-254
7 1 (0.33%) ISO 14001
7 1 (0.33%) ISO/IEC 20000
7 1 (0.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.33%) JSP 440
7 1 (0.33%) MISRA
7 1 (0.33%) NCSC
7 1 (0.33%) NIST
System Software
1 11 (3.61%) Firmware
2 2 (0.66%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.33%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (1.31%) Kubernetes
2 3 (0.98%) Ansible
2 3 (0.98%) Terraform
3 2 (0.66%) Nessus
3 2 (0.66%) WSUS
4 1 (0.33%) OpenView
4 1 (0.33%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 24 (7.87%) Microsoft
2 19 (6.23%) Siemens
3 16 (5.25%) SAP
4 5 (1.64%) HP
4 5 (1.64%) Sparx
5 3 (0.98%) EMC
6 2 (0.66%) Green Hills
7 1 (0.33%) ArcSight
7 1 (0.33%) Cisco
7 1 (0.33%) ExtraHop
7 1 (0.33%) Radware
7 1 (0.33%) Riverbed
7 1 (0.33%) Salesforce