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 2 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 290 301 302
Rank change year-on-year +11 +1 -101
Permanent jobs citing Military 274 248 464
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.55% 0.83% 0.87%
As % of the General category 1.04% 1.23% 1.45%
Number of salaries quoted 143 80 279
10th Percentile £37,700 £29,591 £30,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £46,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,750 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.98% +2.38% +5.00%
75th Percentile £67,500 £67,500 £66,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £73,750 £82,500
UK median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +1.85% +2.86%

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 26,273 20,143 31,916
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 52.41% 67.06% 59.67%
Number of salaries quoted 13,692 8,656 22,827
10th Percentile £27,013 £29,000 £26,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £38,750 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £52,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +10.53% -9.52%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £63,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £83,750 £76,250
UK median annual salary £54,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -10.00% +9.09% -8.71%

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 2 March 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 2 March 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 +17 86 £42,500 -10.53% 15
North West +37 75 £42,500 -10.53% 6
South East -56 64 £52,500 -19.23% 41
South West -16 57 £68,750 +34.80% 38
Midlands +30 36 £42,500 -30.33% 21
East of England +20 20 £38,500 -33.04% 13
West Midlands +22 18 £42,500 -30.33% 10
East Midlands - 18 £42,500 - 11
Yorkshire -38 11 - - 6
Wales -8 6 £42,500 - 1
Scotland -31 5 £55,498 -14.62% 8
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 7 (2.55%) Confluence
2 2 (0.73%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 19 (6.93%) Simulink
2 10 (3.65%) Microsoft Office
3 9 (3.28%) Microsoft Excel
4 5 (1.82%) Microsoft Project
5 3 (1.09%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 2 (0.73%) Siemens NX
7 1 (0.36%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 5 (1.82%) SAP PM
2 3 (1.09%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 1 (0.36%) Q-Pulse
3 1 (0.36%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 9 (3.28%) Azure
2 5 (1.82%) AWS
3 2 (0.73%) Power Platform
4 1 (0.36%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 10 (3.65%) Structured Cabling
1 10 (3.65%) VoIP
2 6 (2.19%) Wireless
3 4 (1.46%) Firewall
4 2 (0.73%) Cisco IOS
4 2 (0.73%) Internet
4 2 (0.73%) LAN
4 2 (0.73%) Network Security
4 2 (0.73%) TCP/IP
4 2 (0.73%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (0.36%) ATM
5 1 (0.36%) DHCP
5 1 (0.36%) DNS
5 1 (0.36%) Frame Relay
5 1 (0.36%) MPLS
5 1 (0.36%) SNMP
5 1 (0.36%) Software-Defined Radio
5 1 (0.36%) VLAN
5 1 (0.36%) WAN
5 1 (0.36%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (1.82%) Tableau
2 2 (0.73%) Data Mart
2 2 (0.73%) Power BI
2 2 (0.73%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 1 (0.36%) Geospatial Data
3 1 (0.36%) GIS
3 1 (0.36%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 19 (6.93%) Rational DOORS
2 11 (4.01%) JIRA
3 4 (1.46%) LabVIEW
4 3 (1.09%) Balsamiq
4 3 (1.09%) Subversion
5 2 (0.73%) Git
5 2 (0.73%) Rational Rhapsody
5 2 (0.73%) Rational Statemate
General
1 99 (36.13%) Law
2 80 (29.20%) Social Skills
3 74 (27.01%) Telecoms
4 48 (17.52%) Back Office
4 48 (17.52%) Local Government
5 25 (9.12%) Electronics
5 25 (9.12%) Finance
6 19 (6.93%) Aerospace
6 19 (6.93%) Analytical Skills
7 16 (5.84%) Aviation
8 12 (4.38%) Presentation Skills
9 11 (4.01%) Manufacturing
10 8 (2.92%) Aeronautics
10 8 (2.92%) Public Sector
11 7 (2.55%) Automotive
11 7 (2.55%) Police
12 6 (2.19%) Arabic Language
12 6 (2.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 6 (2.19%) Organisational Skills
12 6 (2.19%) Welsh Language
Job Titles
1 50 (18.25%) Systems Engineer
2 48 (17.52%) Project Manager
3 34 (12.41%) Traffic Manager
4 27 (9.85%) Senior
5 21 (7.66%) Senior Systems Engineer
6 13 (4.74%) Lead
7 12 (4.38%) Principal Engineer
8 9 (3.28%) Administrator
8 9 (3.28%) Cabling Engineer
8 9 (3.28%) Software Engineer
9 8 (2.92%) Team Leader
10 7 (2.55%) Data Engineer
10 7 (2.55%) Test Engineer
11 6 (2.19%) Analyst
11 6 (2.19%) Consultant
11 6 (2.19%) Delivery Manager
11 6 (2.19%) Programmer
11 6 (2.19%) Report Manager
11 6 (2.19%) Service Delivery Manager
11 6 (2.19%) Service Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (3.28%) .NET
2 8 (2.92%) CSS
3 3 (1.09%) HTML
4 1 (0.36%) .NET Framework
4 1 (0.36%) ASP.NET
4 1 (0.36%) ASP.NET MVC
4 1 (0.36%) ASP.NET Web API
4 1 (0.36%) Blazor
4 1 (0.36%) CSS3
4 1 (0.36%) Entity Framework
4 1 (0.36%) HTML5
4 1 (0.36%) Middleware
4 1 (0.36%) Qt
4 1 (0.36%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 34 (12.41%) Management Information System
2 28 (10.22%) Driving Licence
3 11 (4.01%) Data Centre
4 6 (2.19%) Acoustics
5 5 (1.82%) Onboarding
6 4 (1.46%) e-Learning
6 4 (1.46%) PKI
6 4 (1.46%) Virtual Team
7 3 (1.09%) Robotics
8 2 (0.73%) Cyberattack
8 2 (0.73%) IoT
8 2 (0.73%) Linux Command Line
8 2 (0.73%) NHS
8 2 (0.73%) Operational Technology
9 1 (0.36%) Analogue Electronics
9 1 (0.36%) Cyber Security Posture
9 1 (0.36%) Product Ownership
9 1 (0.36%) Satnav
9 1 (0.36%) Security Posture
9 1 (0.36%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 15 (5.47%) Windows
2 13 (4.74%) Linux
3 5 (1.82%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.73%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.36%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 50 (18.25%) Agile
2 37 (13.50%) Service Delivery
3 35 (12.77%) Collaborative Working
4 33 (12.04%) Cybersecurity
5 32 (11.68%) Systems Engineering
6 30 (10.95%) Continuous Improvement
7 27 (9.85%) Mathematics
8 23 (8.39%) Information Assurance
9 22 (8.03%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
9 22 (8.03%) Problem-Solving
9 22 (8.03%) Software Engineering
10 20 (7.30%) Requirements Management
11 19 (6.93%) Customer Service
11 19 (6.93%) Physics
11 19 (6.93%) SysML
12 18 (6.57%) Coaching
13 14 (5.11%) Commercial Awareness
13 14 (5.11%) Technical Leadership
14 13 (4.74%) Data-Driven Decision Making
15 12 (4.38%) Business Development
Programming Languages
1 23 (8.39%) MATLAB
2 17 (6.20%) C
2 17 (6.20%) C#
3 16 (5.84%) C++
4 6 (2.19%) Python
5 5 (1.82%) Ada
6 3 (1.09%) Bash
6 3 (1.09%) Go
6 3 (1.09%) JavaScript
6 3 (1.09%) PowerShell
6 3 (1.09%) SQL
6 3 (1.09%) VBScript
7 2 (0.73%) TypeScript
8 1 (0.36%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 62 (22.63%) Degree
1 62 (22.63%) Security Cleared
2 48 (17.52%) BPSS Clearance
3 27 (9.85%) SC Cleared
4 12 (4.38%) DV Cleared
5 7 (2.55%) Chartered Engineer
6 6 (2.19%) Master's Degree
7 5 (1.82%) Cisco Certification
8 4 (1.46%) CCIE
8 4 (1.46%) Computer Science Degree
9 3 (1.09%) Azure Certification
9 3 (1.09%) CITP
9 3 (1.09%) CREST Certified
9 3 (1.09%) Microsoft Certification
10 2 (0.73%) CCNA
10 2 (0.73%) CCNP
10 2 (0.73%) DBS Check
10 2 (0.73%) PhD
11 1 (0.36%) AWS Certification
11 1 (0.36%) HPE ATP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (12.41%) COSHH
2 13 (4.74%) SLA
3 10 (3.65%) ISO 9001
4 9 (3.28%) Data Quality
5 8 (2.92%) HMG Security Policy Framework
6 7 (2.55%) QA
7 6 (2.19%) ISO 14001
7 6 (2.19%) PMO
8 5 (1.82%) GDPR
8 5 (1.82%) NEBOSH
9 3 (1.09%) Def Stans
9 3 (1.09%) RMADS
10 2 (0.73%) Accessibility
10 2 (0.73%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 2 (0.73%) NIST
11 1 (0.36%) DO-254
11 1 (0.36%) MISRA
System Software
1 5 (1.82%) Firmware
2 3 (1.09%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.36%) Docker
3 1 (0.36%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (1.46%) Kubernetes
2 3 (1.09%) Ansible
2 3 (1.09%) Terraform
3 2 (0.73%) Nessus
3 2 (0.73%) WSUS
4 1 (0.36%) OpenView
4 1 (0.36%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 26 (9.49%) Microsoft
2 19 (6.93%) Siemens
3 6 (2.19%) SAP
4 4 (1.46%) Cisco
4 4 (1.46%) HP
5 3 (1.09%) Sparx
6 2 (0.73%) EMC
6 2 (0.73%) Green Hills
7 1 (0.36%) ArcSight
7 1 (0.36%) Atlassian
7 1 (0.36%) ExtraHop
7 1 (0.36%) PTC
7 1 (0.36%) Radware
7 1 (0.36%) Riverbed
7 1 (0.36%) Salesforce
7 1 (0.36%) VMware