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 27 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 265 309 190
Rank change year-on-year +44 -119 -152
Permanent jobs citing Military 512 264 793
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.64% 0.76% 1.32%
As % of the General category 1.47% 1.15% 2.48%
Number of salaries quoted 280 152 266
10th Percentile £27,577 £28,000 £29,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,938 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £45,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -14.29% -16.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £58,188 £60,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £69,750 £80,000
UK median annual salary £50,000 £45,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +11.11% -14.29% -16.00%

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 34,911 22,999 32,032
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 43.67% 65.94% 53.42%
Number of salaries quoted 21,635 11,413 17,393
10th Percentile £28,750 £26,000 £27,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £31,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £66,250 £62,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £77,500 £77,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £54,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +1.85% -1.82% -8.33%

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 27 August 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 27 August 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
South East +18 150 £65,000 +23.81% 125
North of England +25 140 £40,000 -11.11% 58
North West +35 109 £40,000 -11.11% 36
South West -43 89 £50,000 +11.11% 112
Midlands +25 85 £41,250 -2.94% 56
East Midlands +9 46 £70,000 +64.71% 29
West Midlands -8 39 £40,000 -5.88% 27
Scotland +24 24 £20,000 -61.90% 44
East of England -10 22 £32,500 -50.00% 86
North East -41 20 £80,000 +45.45% 13
Yorkshire -27 11 £35,000 - 14
Wales - 2 £55,000 - 10
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 8 (1.56%) SharePoint
2 4 (0.78%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (0.39%) Palantir Foundry
4 1 (0.20%) Apache
4 1 (0.20%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.20%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 29 (5.66%) Microsoft Excel
2 17 (3.32%) Simulink
3 12 (2.34%) Microsoft Office
4 11 (2.15%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 10 (1.95%) Microsoft Project
6 6 (1.17%) SOLIDWORKS
7 4 (0.78%) Windchill
8 1 (0.20%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 14 (2.73%) SAP PM
2 6 (1.17%) Primavera
3 3 (0.59%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 2 (0.39%) Odoo
4 2 (0.39%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.20%) Exchequer
5 1 (0.20%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 28 (5.47%) Power Platform
2 18 (3.52%) Azure
3 15 (2.93%) AWS
4 9 (1.76%) GitHub
5 8 (1.56%) Microsoft 365
6 5 (0.98%) SaaS
7 4 (0.78%) AWS CloudFormation
7 4 (0.78%) OpenShift
8 3 (0.59%) Azure DevOps
8 3 (0.59%) GitHub Actions
9 2 (0.39%) Entra ID
10 1 (0.20%) Amazon Kinesis
10 1 (0.20%) Amazon S3
10 1 (0.20%) AWS Lambda
10 1 (0.20%) GCP
10 1 (0.20%) Intacct
10 1 (0.20%) OCI
10 1 (0.20%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 23 (4.49%) Firewall
2 13 (2.54%) LAN
2 13 (2.54%) Network Security
3 11 (2.15%) VLAN
4 10 (1.95%) Intrusion Detection
5 9 (1.76%) WAN
6 5 (0.98%) Wireless
7 4 (0.78%) DNS
7 4 (0.78%) RFID
7 4 (0.78%) Structured Cabling
7 4 (0.78%) TCP/IP
7 4 (0.78%) VoIP
8 3 (0.59%) Ethernet
9 2 (0.39%) Broadband
9 2 (0.39%) DHCP
9 2 (0.39%) HTTP
9 2 (0.39%) Internet
9 2 (0.39%) PPP
9 2 (0.39%) Remote Desktop
9 2 (0.39%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (5.08%) Power BI
2 25 (4.88%) Tableau
3 9 (1.76%) Data Warehouse
4 5 (0.98%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 4 (0.78%) OLAP
5 4 (0.78%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 4 (0.78%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 3 (0.59%) ZAP BI
7 1 (0.20%) Big Data
7 1 (0.20%) Data Mart
7 1 (0.20%) Flink
7 1 (0.20%) Hadoop
7 1 (0.20%) Looker
7 1 (0.20%) MariaDB
7 1 (0.20%) Metadata
7 1 (0.20%) SQL Server
7 1 (0.20%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 20 (3.91%) Rational DOORS
2 9 (1.76%) JIRA
3 4 (0.78%) Rational Rhapsody
4 3 (0.59%) Cypress.io
4 3 (0.59%) GitLab
4 3 (0.59%) Jenkins
4 3 (0.59%) JUnit
4 3 (0.59%) NUnit
4 3 (0.59%) Postman
4 3 (0.59%) Selenium
4 3 (0.59%) Snyk
4 3 (0.59%) SonarQube
5 1 (0.20%) ER Studio
5 1 (0.20%) ERwin
5 1 (0.20%) Visual Studio
General
1 231 (45.12%) Social Skills
2 172 (33.59%) Law
3 149 (29.10%) Finance
4 144 (28.13%) Telecoms
5 126 (24.61%) Aerospace
6 78 (15.23%) Back Office
7 67 (13.09%) Analytical Skills
8 38 (7.42%) Aviation
9 30 (5.86%) Electronics
9 30 (5.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 18 (3.52%) Manufacturing
11 17 (3.32%) Billing
11 17 (3.32%) Organisational Skills
12 15 (2.93%) Public Sector
13 13 (2.54%) Aeronautics
13 13 (2.54%) Avionics
14 6 (1.17%) Environmental Health
14 6 (1.17%) Marketing
15 5 (0.98%) General Ledger
15 5 (0.98%) Retail
Job Titles
1 91 (17.77%) Project Manager
2 63 (12.30%) Senior
3 40 (7.81%) Systems Engineer
4 30 (5.86%) Analyst
5 24 (4.69%) Software Engineer
6 22 (4.30%) Business Development Manager
6 22 (4.30%) Business Manager
6 22 (4.30%) Development Manager
7 20 (3.91%) Trainee
8 19 (3.71%) Lead
8 19 (3.71%) Traffic Manager
9 18 (3.52%) Senior Technician
10 17 (3.32%) Administrator
10 17 (3.32%) Senior Systems Engineer
10 17 (3.32%) Test Technician
10 17 (3.32%) Trainee Project Manager
11 16 (3.13%) Architect
11 16 (3.13%) Field Engineer
12 15 (2.93%) Performance Analyst
13 14 (2.73%) Principal Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (2.54%) ModSecurity
2 9 (1.76%) PySpark
3 6 (1.17%) React
4 4 (0.78%) .NET
4 4 (0.78%) AngularJS
4 4 (0.78%) Elastic Stack
4 4 (0.78%) RESTful
4 4 (0.78%) Terraform
5 3 (0.59%) .NET Core
5 3 (0.59%) Keycloak
5 3 (0.59%) Node.js
5 3 (0.59%) pytest
5 3 (0.59%) PyTorch
5 3 (0.59%) TensorFlow
6 2 (0.39%) JSP
7 1 (0.20%) SAML
7 1 (0.20%) SGML
7 1 (0.20%) XML
7 1 (0.20%) XSL
7 1 (0.20%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 106 (20.70%) Driving Licence
2 35 (6.84%) Robotics
3 31 (6.05%) Management Information System
3 31 (6.05%) Onboarding
4 14 (2.73%) Legacy Systems
5 12 (2.34%) Security Posture
6 11 (2.15%) Self-Motivation
7 10 (1.95%) CMDB
7 10 (1.95%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 10 (1.95%) Social Media
8 9 (1.76%) Embedded Systems
9 8 (1.56%) FPGA
10 7 (1.37%) Cyber Threat
10 7 (1.37%) Data Centre
10 7 (1.37%) Hackathon
10 7 (1.37%) PMI
10 7 (1.37%) Private Cloud
11 5 (0.98%) Data Structures
12 4 (0.78%) Cloud Native
12 4 (0.78%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 23 (4.49%) Windows
2 12 (2.34%) Linux
3 9 (1.76%) Windows Server
4 3 (0.59%) Apple iOS
4 3 (0.59%) Unix
4 3 (0.59%) Windows Server 2016
4 3 (0.59%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 79 (15.43%) Problem-Solving
2 62 (12.11%) Continuous Improvement
3 60 (11.72%) Software Engineering
4 55 (10.74%) Commercial Awareness
5 47 (9.18%) Business Development
6 42 (8.20%) Decision-Making
7 41 (8.01%) Agile
8 39 (7.62%) Visualisation
9 38 (7.42%) Mathematics
10 37 (7.23%) Configuration Management
10 37 (7.23%) Customer Service
11 36 (7.03%) Systems Engineering
12 35 (6.84%) AI
13 34 (6.64%) Service Delivery
14 31 (6.05%) ITIL
15 30 (5.86%) Data Governance
15 30 (5.86%) Project Management
16 29 (5.66%) Data Development
17 28 (5.47%) Technical Leadership
18 25 (4.88%) Data-Driven Decision Making
Programming Languages
1 19 (3.71%) C++
2 18 (3.52%) MATLAB
3 12 (2.34%) C#
3 12 (2.34%) Python
4 10 (1.95%) Java
4 10 (1.95%) JavaScript
4 10 (1.95%) SQL
5 9 (1.76%) C
6 6 (1.17%) PowerShell
7 4 (0.78%) Kusto Query Language
8 3 (0.59%) Ada
8 3 (0.59%) Ada 95
8 3 (0.59%) Go
8 3 (0.59%) Rust
9 2 (0.39%) Bash
9 2 (0.39%) TypeScript
10 1 (0.20%) Fortran
Qualifications
1 139 (27.15%) Security Cleared
2 98 (19.14%) SC Cleared
3 93 (18.16%) Degree
4 68 (13.28%) BPSS Clearance
5 61 (11.91%) DV Cleared
6 19 (3.71%) HNC
7 17 (3.32%) CISSP
8 16 (3.13%) Cisco Certification
9 15 (2.93%) ACCA
9 15 (2.93%) CIMA
10 13 (2.54%) PMI Certification
11 10 (1.95%) CCNP
12 9 (1.76%) Chartered Engineer
12 9 (1.76%) HND
13 8 (1.56%) NVQ Level 3
13 8 (1.56%) TOGAF Certification
14 7 (1.37%) CISM
14 7 (1.37%) City & Guilds
15 6 (1.17%) CCNA
15 6 (1.17%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 45 (8.79%) QA
2 29 (5.66%) Accessibility
3 19 (3.71%) SLA
4 12 (2.34%) Def Stans
5 9 (1.76%) NIST
6 8 (1.56%) GDPR
7 7 (1.37%) Data Quality
7 7 (1.37%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 5 (0.98%) ISO/IEC 15288
9 4 (0.78%) DO-178B
9 4 (0.78%) ISO 9000
9 4 (0.78%) ISO 9001
9 4 (0.78%) NEBOSH
10 3 (0.59%) ECSS
10 3 (0.59%) JSP 440
10 3 (0.59%) MIL-STD-1553
10 3 (0.59%) NCSC
11 2 (0.39%) COSHH
11 2 (0.39%) ISO/IEC 20000
12 1 (0.20%) HIPAA
System Software
1 17 (3.32%) Firmware
2 6 (1.17%) Docker
3 3 (0.59%) Hyper-V
3 3 (0.59%) VMware ESXi
3 3 (0.59%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.39%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 6 (1.17%) Kubernetes
2 3 (0.59%) Grafana
2 3 (0.59%) Prometheus
3 1 (0.20%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 46 (8.98%) Microsoft
2 29 (5.66%) SAP
3 14 (2.73%) Siemens
4 13 (2.54%) Cisco
5 10 (1.95%) Fortinet
5 10 (1.95%) Oracle
5 10 (1.95%) Palo Alto
6 8 (1.56%) ServiceNow
6 8 (1.56%) VMware
7 5 (0.98%) NEC
8 4 (0.78%) EMC
8 4 (0.78%) HP
8 4 (0.78%) Red Hat
9 3 (0.59%) Sage
9 3 (0.59%) Sparx
10 2 (0.39%) Draytek
10 2 (0.39%) Foundry
10 2 (0.39%) MikroTik
10 2 (0.39%) Palantir
10 2 (0.39%) Ubiquiti