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

6 months to
3 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 290 268 214
Rank change year-on-year -22 -54 -174
Permanent jobs citing Military 425 318 699
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.57% 0.92% 1.17%
As % of the General category 1.27% 1.38% 2.18%
Number of salaries quoted 232 151 268
10th Percentile £27,577 £28,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £45,000 £52,084
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% -13.60% -16.67%
75th Percentile £63,750 £61,875 £60,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £70,000 £75,000
UK median annual salary £44,250 £49,250 £52,500
% change year-on-year -10.15% -6.19% -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 33,363 23,027 32,067
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 44.40% 66.88% 53.82%
Number of salaries quoted 20,554 11,315 18,578
10th Percentile £28,500 £25,750 £26,750
25th Percentile £35,000 £31,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £45,000 £49,070
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -8.29% -6.53%
75th Percentile £65,640 £63,750 £63,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £78,750 £77,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - - -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 3 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 3 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
North of England +32 143 £40,000 -11.11% 30
North West +43 113 £40,000 -11.11% 17
South East -25 108 £65,000 +18.18% 80
South West -77 71 £50,000 +11.11% 55
Midlands +14 69 £40,000 -5.88% 27
East Midlands +1 36 £75,000 +76.47% 15
West Midlands -10 33 £40,000 -5.88% 12
North East -36 20 £80,000 +45.45% 11
Scotland +7 18 £20,000 -61.90% 8
East of England -15 14 £31,746 -47.09% 32
Yorkshire -29 10 £35,000 - 3
Wales - 2 £55,000 - 5
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 (1.65%) SharePoint
2 3 (0.71%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.24%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 30 (7.06%) Microsoft Excel
2 18 (4.24%) Simulink
3 13 (3.06%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 9 (2.12%) Microsoft Office
5 6 (1.41%) Microsoft Project
6 4 (0.94%) Windchill
7 1 (0.24%) Siemens NX
7 1 (0.24%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 19 (4.47%) SAP PM
2 3 (0.71%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 2 (0.47%) Primavera
4 1 (0.24%) Exchequer
4 1 (0.24%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.24%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.24%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 26 (6.12%) Power Platform
2 11 (2.59%) Azure
3 8 (1.88%) AWS
3 8 (1.88%) GitHub
3 8 (1.88%) Microsoft 365
4 3 (0.71%) AWS CloudFormation
4 3 (0.71%) Azure DevOps
4 3 (0.71%) GitHub Actions
4 3 (0.71%) OpenShift
4 3 (0.71%) SaaS
5 2 (0.47%) Entra ID
6 1 (0.24%) Intacct
Communications & Networking
1 16 (3.76%) Firewall
2 13 (3.06%) LAN
3 10 (2.35%) VLAN
4 9 (2.12%) WAN
5 7 (1.65%) VoIP
6 6 (1.41%) Intrusion Detection
6 6 (1.41%) Network Security
6 6 (1.41%) Structured Cabling
7 5 (1.18%) TCP/IP
7 5 (1.18%) Wireless
8 4 (0.94%) DNS
8 4 (0.94%) RFID
9 2 (0.47%) Broadband
9 2 (0.47%) DHCP
9 2 (0.47%) HTTP
9 2 (0.47%) Internet
9 2 (0.47%) PPP
9 2 (0.47%) Remote Desktop
9 2 (0.47%) Wi-Fi
10 1 (0.24%) Tactical Data Link
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (6.82%) Tableau
2 25 (5.88%) Power BI
3 8 (1.88%) Data Warehouse
4 5 (1.18%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 4 (0.94%) OLAP
5 4 (0.94%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 4 (0.94%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 3 (0.71%) ZAP BI
7 1 (0.24%) Data Mart
7 1 (0.24%) MariaDB
7 1 (0.24%) SQL Server
7 1 (0.24%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 17 (4.00%) Rational DOORS
2 5 (1.18%) JIRA
3 4 (0.94%) Rational Rhapsody
4 3 (0.71%) Cypress.io
4 3 (0.71%) GitLab
4 3 (0.71%) Jenkins
4 3 (0.71%) JUnit
4 3 (0.71%) NUnit
4 3 (0.71%) Postman
4 3 (0.71%) Selenium
4 3 (0.71%) Snyk
4 3 (0.71%) SonarQube
5 1 (0.24%) Git
5 1 (0.24%) LabVIEW
5 1 (0.24%) Subversion
5 1 (0.24%) Visual Studio
General
1 203 (47.76%) Social Skills
2 168 (39.53%) Law
3 140 (32.94%) Telecoms
4 131 (30.82%) Finance
5 90 (21.18%) Back Office
6 86 (20.24%) Aerospace
7 60 (14.12%) Analytical Skills
8 27 (6.35%) Electronics
9 26 (6.12%) Aviation
10 17 (4.00%) Billing
10 17 (4.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 15 (3.53%) Organisational Skills
12 11 (2.59%) Aeronautics
12 11 (2.59%) Manufacturing
13 10 (2.35%) Avionics
14 9 (2.12%) Public Sector
15 7 (1.65%) Local Government
16 6 (1.41%) Marketing
17 5 (1.18%) General Ledger
17 5 (1.18%) Legal
Job Titles
1 87 (20.47%) Project Manager
2 54 (12.71%) Senior
3 35 (8.24%) Systems Engineer
4 30 (7.06%) Analyst
5 23 (5.41%) Traffic Manager
6 21 (4.94%) Software Engineer
7 19 (4.47%) Trainee
8 17 (4.00%) Trainee Project Manager
9 16 (3.76%) Administrator
9 16 (3.76%) Senior Technician
10 15 (3.53%) Performance Analyst
11 14 (3.29%) Field Engineer
11 14 (3.29%) Performance Manager
11 14 (3.29%) Principal Engineer
11 14 (3.29%) Senior Systems Engineer
12 13 (3.06%) Business Development Manager
12 13 (3.06%) Business Manager
12 13 (3.06%) Development Manager
13 12 (2.82%) Field Service Engineer
13 12 (2.82%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (2.12%) PySpark
2 6 (1.41%) .NET
2 6 (1.41%) ModSecurity
3 5 (1.18%) React
4 4 (0.94%) AngularJS
5 3 (0.71%) .NET Core
5 3 (0.71%) Elastic Stack
5 3 (0.71%) Keycloak
5 3 (0.71%) Node.js
5 3 (0.71%) pytest
5 3 (0.71%) RESTful
6 1 (0.24%) ASP.NET
6 1 (0.24%) JSP
6 1 (0.24%) OAuth
6 1 (0.24%) OpenID
6 1 (0.24%) Qt
6 1 (0.24%) TensorFlow
6 1 (0.24%) XML
6 1 (0.24%) XSL
6 1 (0.24%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 100 (23.53%) Driving Licence
2 24 (5.65%) Management Information System
2 24 (5.65%) Onboarding
3 17 (4.00%) Robotics
4 10 (2.35%) CMDB
5 8 (1.88%) Embedded Systems
5 8 (1.88%) Legacy Systems
5 8 (1.88%) Security Posture
6 7 (1.65%) Hackathon
7 6 (1.41%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 6 (1.41%) Social Media
8 5 (1.18%) Data Structures
8 5 (1.18%) FPGA
8 5 (1.18%) Private Cloud
8 5 (1.18%) Self-Motivation
9 4 (0.94%) Culture of Ownership
9 4 (0.94%) Cyber Threat
9 4 (0.94%) Data Centre
9 4 (0.94%) PMI
9 4 (0.94%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 22 (5.18%) Windows
2 10 (2.35%) Linux
3 8 (1.88%) Windows Server
4 3 (0.71%) Apple iOS
5 2 (0.47%) Windows Server 2016
5 2 (0.47%) Windows Server 2019
6 1 (0.24%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 56 (13.18%) Problem-Solving
2 54 (12.71%) Commercial Awareness
3 47 (11.06%) Software Engineering
4 43 (10.12%) Visualisation
5 39 (9.18%) Continuous Improvement
6 37 (8.71%) Business Development
7 34 (8.00%) Data Development
7 34 (8.00%) Data Governance
8 33 (7.76%) Agile
9 32 (7.53%) Mathematics
9 32 (7.53%) Systems Engineering
10 30 (7.06%) Data-Driven Decision Making
11 29 (6.82%) Decision-Making
12 27 (6.35%) Configuration Management
12 27 (6.35%) Customer Service
13 26 (6.12%) AI
14 25 (5.88%) ITIL
15 24 (5.65%) Service Delivery
16 21 (4.94%) Cybersecurity
16 21 (4.94%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
Programming Languages
1 18 (4.24%) MATLAB
2 16 (3.76%) C++
3 12 (2.82%) C#
4 11 (2.59%) Python
5 10 (2.35%) C
6 9 (2.12%) JavaScript
6 9 (2.12%) SQL
7 7 (1.65%) Java
8 6 (1.41%) PowerShell
9 4 (0.94%) Kusto Query Language
10 3 (0.71%) Go
11 1 (0.24%) Ada
11 1 (0.24%) Ada 95
11 1 (0.24%) Bash
11 1 (0.24%) Fortran
11 1 (0.24%) Rust
11 1 (0.24%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 97 (22.82%) Security Cleared
2 69 (16.24%) Degree
3 65 (15.29%) SC Cleared
4 54 (12.71%) BPSS Clearance
5 35 (8.24%) DV Cleared
6 17 (4.00%) HNC
7 15 (3.53%) ACCA
7 15 (3.53%) CIMA
8 13 (3.06%) Cisco Certification
9 10 (2.35%) CISSP
9 10 (2.35%) PMI Certification
10 7 (1.65%) CCNA
10 7 (1.65%) CCNP
10 7 (1.65%) HND
11 6 (1.41%) Chartered Engineer
11 6 (1.41%) PMP
12 4 (0.94%) CISM
12 4 (0.94%) DBS Check
12 4 (0.94%) TOGAF Certification
13 3 (0.71%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (8.47%) QA
2 15 (3.53%) Accessibility
2 15 (3.53%) SLA
3 12 (2.82%) Def Stans
4 7 (1.65%) Data Quality
4 7 (1.65%) GDPR
4 7 (1.65%) NIST
5 6 (1.41%) COSHH
6 5 (1.18%) ISO 9001
6 5 (1.18%) ISO/IEC 15288
7 4 (0.94%) DO-178B
7 4 (0.94%) ISO 9000
8 3 (0.71%) ECSS
8 3 (0.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 3 (0.71%) NEBOSH
9 2 (0.47%) ISO/IEC 20000
9 2 (0.47%) JSP 440
10 1 (0.24%) ISO/IEC 27005
10 1 (0.24%) MIL-STD-1553
10 1 (0.24%) MISRA
System Software
1 12 (2.82%) Firmware
2 4 (0.94%) Docker
3 2 (0.47%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.47%) Hyper-V
3 2 (0.47%) VMware ESXi
3 2 (0.47%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (0.94%) Kubernetes
2 3 (0.71%) Grafana
2 3 (0.71%) Prometheus
2 3 (0.71%) Terraform
3 1 (0.24%) OpenView
3 1 (0.24%) RSA Archer
3 1 (0.24%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 38 (8.94%) Microsoft
2 26 (6.12%) SAP
3 15 (3.53%) Siemens
4 9 (2.12%) Cisco
5 7 (1.65%) HP
5 7 (1.65%) Oracle
5 7 (1.65%) VMware
6 6 (1.41%) Fortinet
6 6 (1.41%) Palo Alto
7 5 (1.18%) ServiceNow
8 3 (0.71%) NEC
8 3 (0.71%) Red Hat
8 3 (0.71%) Sparx
9 2 (0.47%) Draytek
9 2 (0.47%) EMC
9 2 (0.47%) MikroTik
9 2 (0.47%) Sage
9 2 (0.47%) Ubiquiti
10 1 (0.24%) ArcSight
10 1 (0.24%) Palantir