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 17 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 283 224 331
Rank change year-on-year -59 +107 -26
Permanent jobs citing Military 254 425 279
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.59% 1.19% 0.75%
As % of the General category 1.06% 1.86% 1.26%
Number of salaries quoted 135 122 152
10th Percentile £35,250 £30,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £46,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £60,500 £53,036
Median % change year-on-year -29.75% +14.07% +6.07%
75th Percentile £61,250 £75,000 £64,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £100,000 £72,500
UK median annual salary £42,500 £60,500 £52,073
% change year-on-year -29.75% +16.18% +4.15%

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 23,944 22,906 22,103
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 55.55% 64.03% 59.61%
Number of salaries quoted 12,359 9,399 15,757
10th Percentile £26,750 £30,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £40,000 £34,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £63,750 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £83,500 £78,750
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -12.50% +4.35% -7.85%

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 17 January 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 17 January 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 +37 79 £42,500 -10.53% 26
North West +45 68 £42,500 -10.53% 21
South East -121 52 £52,500 -27.59% 47
South West +5 51 £62,500 -3.85% 30
Midlands +28 41 £42,500 -30.33% 18
West Midlands +25 21 £42,500 -30.33% 9
East of England +39 20 £38,500 +34.91% 26
East Midlands +7 20 £42,500 - 9
Yorkshire -12 11 - - 4
Wales +5 6 £42,500 - 5
Scotland -7 5 £55,498 +8.24% 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 7 (2.76%) Confluence
2 2 (0.79%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 11 (4.33%) Simulink
2 7 (2.76%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (2.76%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (1.97%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.39%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 1 (0.39%) Q-Pulse
1 1 (0.39%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 9 (3.54%) Azure
2 5 (1.97%) AWS
3 2 (0.79%) Power Platform
4 1 (0.39%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 6 (2.36%) Structured Cabling
1 6 (2.36%) VoIP
1 6 (2.36%) Wireless
2 4 (1.57%) Firewall
3 2 (0.79%) Cisco IOS
3 2 (0.79%) Internet
3 2 (0.79%) Network Security
4 1 (0.39%) DHCP
4 1 (0.39%) DNS
4 1 (0.39%) Software-Defined Radio
4 1 (0.39%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.39%) VLAN
4 1 (0.39%) VSAT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (1.18%) GIS
2 2 (0.79%) Data Mart
2 2 (0.79%) Power BI
2 2 (0.79%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 1 (0.39%) Geospatial Data
3 1 (0.39%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 13 (5.12%) Rational DOORS
2 11 (4.33%) JIRA
3 3 (1.18%) Balsamiq
3 3 (1.18%) Git
4 2 (0.79%) Maven
4 2 (0.79%) Rational Rhapsody
4 2 (0.79%) Rational Statemate
4 2 (0.79%) Subversion
5 1 (0.39%) LabVIEW
General
1 102 (40.16%) Law
2 76 (29.92%) Telecoms
3 71 (27.95%) Social Skills
4 47 (18.50%) Local Government
5 43 (16.93%) Back Office
6 26 (10.24%) Finance
7 15 (5.91%) Aviation
7 15 (5.91%) Electronics
8 13 (5.12%) Aerospace
8 13 (5.12%) Presentation Skills
9 11 (4.33%) Analytical Skills
10 8 (3.15%) Public Sector
11 7 (2.76%) Aeronautics
11 7 (2.76%) Automotive
11 7 (2.76%) Organisational Skills
11 7 (2.76%) Police
12 6 (2.36%) Arabic Language
12 6 (2.36%) Manufacturing
12 6 (2.36%) Welsh Language
13 5 (1.97%) French Language
Job Titles
1 51 (20.08%) Project Manager
2 42 (16.54%) Systems Engineer
3 31 (12.20%) Traffic Manager
4 23 (9.06%) Senior
5 15 (5.91%) Senior Systems Engineer
6 13 (5.12%) Lead
7 9 (3.54%) Principal Engineer
7 9 (3.54%) Support Officer
8 8 (3.15%) Service Manager
8 8 (3.15%) Software Engineer
8 8 (3.15%) Team Leader
9 7 (2.76%) Test Engineer
10 6 (2.36%) Administrator
10 6 (2.36%) Analyst
10 6 (2.36%) Consultant
10 6 (2.36%) Delivery Manager
10 6 (2.36%) Programmer
10 6 (2.36%) Report Manager
10 6 (2.36%) Service Delivery Manager
11 5 (1.97%) Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (3.15%) CSS
2 3 (1.18%) .NET
2 3 (1.18%) HTML
3 2 (0.79%) JavaFX
4 1 (0.39%) .NET Framework
4 1 (0.39%) ASP.NET
4 1 (0.39%) ASP.NET MVC
4 1 (0.39%) ASP.NET Web API
4 1 (0.39%) Blazor
4 1 (0.39%) CSS3
4 1 (0.39%) Entity Framework
4 1 (0.39%) HTML5
4 1 (0.39%) Middleware
4 1 (0.39%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 28 (11.02%) Driving Licence
1 28 (11.02%) Management Information System
2 9 (3.54%) Data Centre
3 5 (1.97%) Onboarding
4 4 (1.57%) e-Learning
4 4 (1.57%) PKI
4 4 (1.57%) Robotics
4 4 (1.57%) Virtual Team
5 3 (1.18%) Acoustics
6 2 (0.79%) Cyberattack
6 2 (0.79%) Linux Command Line
6 2 (0.79%) NHS
7 1 (0.39%) CCTV
7 1 (0.39%) Cyber Security Posture
7 1 (0.39%) Freedom of Information
7 1 (0.39%) PMI
7 1 (0.39%) Product Ownership
7 1 (0.39%) Reference Data
7 1 (0.39%) Security Posture
7 1 (0.39%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 13 (5.12%) Windows
2 12 (4.72%) Linux
3 5 (1.97%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.79%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.39%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 42 (16.54%) Service Delivery
2 40 (15.75%) Agile
3 39 (15.35%) Collaborative Working
4 29 (11.42%) Continuous Improvement
5 28 (11.02%) Problem-Solving
6 23 (9.06%) Customer Service
6 23 (9.06%) Cybersecurity
7 21 (8.27%) Systems Engineering
8 19 (7.48%) Mathematics
8 19 (7.48%) Software Engineering
9 18 (7.09%) Project Management
10 17 (6.69%) Commercial Awareness
11 15 (5.91%) Information Assurance
12 14 (5.51%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
12 14 (5.51%) Requirements Management
13 13 (5.12%) Coaching
13 13 (5.12%) SysML
14 12 (4.72%) Business Development
15 11 (4.33%) Decision-Making
15 11 (4.33%) Physics
Programming Languages
1 15 (5.91%) MATLAB
2 11 (4.33%) C#
3 10 (3.94%) C
4 9 (3.54%) C++
5 5 (1.97%) Ada
5 5 (1.97%) Python
6 3 (1.18%) Bash
6 3 (1.18%) Go
6 3 (1.18%) JavaScript
6 3 (1.18%) PowerShell
6 3 (1.18%) SQL
6 3 (1.18%) VBScript
7 2 (0.79%) Java
7 2 (0.79%) TypeScript
8 1 (0.39%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 58 (22.83%) Security Cleared
2 51 (20.08%) Degree
3 36 (14.17%) BPSS Clearance
4 27 (10.63%) SC Cleared
5 11 (4.33%) DV Cleared
6 4 (1.57%) Chartered Engineer
7 3 (1.18%) Azure Certification
7 3 (1.18%) Cisco Certification
7 3 (1.18%) CITP
7 3 (1.18%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (1.18%) CREST Certified
7 3 (1.18%) Master's Degree
7 3 (1.18%) Microsoft Certification
8 2 (0.79%) CCIE
8 2 (0.79%) DBS Check
8 2 (0.79%) PhD
9 1 (0.39%) CCNP
9 1 (0.39%) HNC
9 1 (0.39%) MCSA
9 1 (0.39%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (12.99%) COSHH
2 11 (4.33%) SLA
3 9 (3.54%) Data Quality
4 8 (3.15%) HMG Security Policy Framework
5 7 (2.76%) ISO 14001
5 7 (2.76%) QA
6 6 (2.36%) ISO 9001
6 6 (2.36%) PMO
7 5 (1.97%) GDPR
7 5 (1.97%) NEBOSH
8 3 (1.18%) RMADS
9 2 (0.79%) Accessibility
9 2 (0.79%) Def Stans
10 1 (0.39%) DO-254
10 1 (0.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 1 (0.39%) NIST
System Software
1 3 (1.18%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.79%) Firmware
3 1 (0.39%) Docker
3 1 (0.39%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (1.57%) Kubernetes
2 3 (1.18%) Ansible
2 3 (1.18%) Terraform
3 2 (0.79%) Nessus
3 2 (0.79%) WSUS
Vendors
1 25 (9.84%) Microsoft
2 11 (4.33%) Siemens
3 3 (1.18%) Atlassian
3 3 (1.18%) Cisco
4 2 (0.79%) Green Hills
5 1 (0.39%) EMC
5 1 (0.39%) PTC
5 1 (0.39%) Salesforce
5 1 (0.39%) SAP
5 1 (0.39%) Sparx
5 1 (0.39%) VMware