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

6 months to
31 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 285 305 302
Rank change year-on-year +20 -3 -231
Permanent jobs citing Military 294 193 536
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.52% 0.74% 0.85%
As % of the General category 1.03% 1.10% 1.44%
Number of salaries quoted 165 74 319
10th Percentile £35,250 £29,012 £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 £65,425
90th Percentile £80,000 £70,875 £82,500
UK median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,084
% change year-on-year -9.09% +5.60% +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 28,670 17,616 37,121
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 50.43% 67.89% 58.78%
Number of salaries quoted 15,034 9,210 25,514
10th Percentile £27,500 £26,994 £26,045
25th Percentile £31,750 £36,250 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,039 £51,058 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.83% +7.49% -9.52%
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,814 £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 31 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 31 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 +3 107 £42,500 -10.53% 21
North West +40 94 £42,500 -10.53% 11
South East -36 63 £52,500 -16.00% 49
South West -30 57 £75,000 +47.06% 47
Midlands +4 35 £42,500 -30.33% 16
West Midlands +7 18 £42,500 -30.33% 6
East of England -13 18 £38,500 -34.47% 23
East Midlands -31 17 £42,500 - 10
Yorkshire -44 10 - - 6
Scotland -40 8 £55,498 -14.62% 18
Wales - 6 £42,500 - 5
North East -18 3 - - 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 6 (2.04%) Confluence
2 1 (0.34%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 19 (6.46%) Simulink
2 15 (5.10%) Microsoft Excel
3 9 (3.06%) Microsoft Office
3 9 (3.06%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (1.70%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.68%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 15 (5.10%) SAP PM
2 5 (1.70%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 1 (0.34%) Q-Pulse
3 1 (0.34%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 10 (3.40%) Azure
2 6 (2.04%) AWS
2 6 (2.04%) Microsoft 365
3 5 (1.70%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 12 (4.08%) Structured Cabling
2 8 (2.72%) VoIP
3 6 (2.04%) Wireless
4 4 (1.36%) Firewall
5 3 (1.02%) LAN
5 3 (1.02%) TCP/IP
6 2 (0.68%) Internet
6 2 (0.68%) Network Security
6 2 (0.68%) Wi-Fi
7 1 (0.34%) ATM
7 1 (0.34%) DHCP
7 1 (0.34%) DNS
7 1 (0.34%) Frame Relay
7 1 (0.34%) MPLS
7 1 (0.34%) RFID
7 1 (0.34%) SNMP
7 1 (0.34%) VLAN
7 1 (0.34%) WAN
7 1 (0.34%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (3.40%) Tableau
2 5 (1.70%) Power BI
3 1 (0.34%) Geospatial Data
3 1 (0.34%) GIS
3 1 (0.34%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 19 (6.46%) Rational DOORS
2 10 (3.40%) JIRA
3 4 (1.36%) LabVIEW
4 3 (1.02%) Balsamiq
4 3 (1.02%) Subversion
5 2 (0.68%) Git
5 2 (0.68%) Rational Rhapsody
5 2 (0.68%) Rational Statemate
General
1 114 (38.78%) Law
2 98 (33.33%) Social Skills
3 80 (27.21%) Telecoms
4 49 (16.67%) Back Office
5 39 (13.27%) Local Government
6 34 (11.56%) Finance
7 28 (9.52%) Analytical Skills
8 24 (8.16%) Aerospace
8 24 (8.16%) Electronics
9 16 (5.44%) Aviation
10 11 (3.74%) Manufacturing
11 10 (3.40%) Organisational Skills
12 9 (3.06%) Avionics
13 8 (2.72%) Billing
13 8 (2.72%) Presentation Skills
14 7 (2.38%) Aeronautics
14 7 (2.38%) Automotive
14 7 (2.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 7 (2.38%) Public Sector
15 6 (2.04%) Welsh Language
Job Titles
1 51 (17.35%) Project Manager
2 45 (15.31%) Systems Engineer
3 38 (12.93%) Traffic Manager
4 32 (10.88%) Senior
5 21 (7.14%) Senior Systems Engineer
6 13 (4.42%) Principal Engineer
7 11 (3.74%) Cabling Engineer
7 11 (3.74%) Lead
7 11 (3.74%) Software Engineer
8 10 (3.40%) Performance Manager
9 9 (3.06%) Administrator
9 9 (3.06%) Analyst
9 9 (3.06%) Data Engineer
10 8 (2.72%) Trainee
10 8 (2.72%) Trainee Project Manager
11 7 (2.38%) Architect
11 7 (2.38%) Solutions Architect
11 7 (2.38%) Team Leader
11 7 (2.38%) Test Engineer
12 6 (2.04%) Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (3.06%) .NET
2 7 (2.38%) CSS
3 3 (1.02%) HTML
4 1 (0.34%) .NET Framework
4 1 (0.34%) ASP.NET
4 1 (0.34%) ASP.NET MVC
4 1 (0.34%) ASP.NET Web API
4 1 (0.34%) Blazor
4 1 (0.34%) CSS3
4 1 (0.34%) Entity Framework
4 1 (0.34%) HTML5
4 1 (0.34%) Middleware
4 1 (0.34%) OAuth
4 1 (0.34%) OpenID
4 1 (0.34%) Qt
4 1 (0.34%) SAML
4 1 (0.34%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 35 (11.90%) Management Information System
2 27 (9.18%) Driving Licence
3 11 (3.74%) Data Centre
4 9 (3.06%) Onboarding
5 7 (2.38%) Acoustics
6 4 (1.36%) PKI
6 4 (1.36%) Virtual Team
7 3 (1.02%) e-Learning
7 3 (1.02%) Embedded Systems
7 3 (1.02%) Robotics
8 2 (0.68%) Analogue Electronics
8 2 (0.68%) Cyberattack
8 2 (0.68%) IoT
8 2 (0.68%) Learning Management System
8 2 (0.68%) Operational Technology
8 2 (0.68%) Raspberry Pi
9 1 (0.34%) CCTV
9 1 (0.34%) FPGA
9 1 (0.34%) Freedom of Information
9 1 (0.34%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 15 (5.10%) Windows
2 13 (4.42%) Linux
3 5 (1.70%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.34%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 49 (16.67%) Agile
2 35 (11.90%) Collaborative Working
3 34 (11.56%) Cybersecurity
4 32 (10.88%) Service Delivery
4 32 (10.88%) Systems Engineering
5 28 (9.52%) Continuous Improvement
6 26 (8.84%) Business Development
6 26 (8.84%) Mathematics
7 24 (8.16%) Information Assurance
7 24 (8.16%) Software Engineering
8 22 (7.48%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
8 22 (7.48%) Problem-Solving
9 20 (6.80%) Requirements Management
10 19 (6.46%) Coaching
10 19 (6.46%) Decision-Making
10 19 (6.46%) Physics
11 18 (6.12%) SysML
12 17 (5.78%) Customer Service
13 16 (5.44%) Data-Driven Decision Making
14 15 (5.10%) Data Development
Programming Languages
1 21 (7.14%) MATLAB
2 19 (6.46%) C
3 18 (6.12%) C++
4 17 (5.78%) C#
5 8 (2.72%) Python
6 5 (1.70%) Ada
7 4 (1.36%) JavaScript
7 4 (1.36%) PowerShell
8 3 (1.02%) Bash
8 3 (1.02%) Go
8 3 (1.02%) SQL
8 3 (1.02%) VBScript
9 2 (0.68%) Java
9 2 (0.68%) TypeScript
10 1 (0.34%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 61 (20.75%) Degree
2 59 (20.07%) Security Cleared
3 48 (16.33%) BPSS Clearance
4 25 (8.50%) SC Cleared
5 12 (4.08%) DV Cleared
6 8 (2.72%) Chartered Engineer
7 7 (2.38%) Master's Degree
8 5 (1.70%) ACCA
8 5 (1.70%) CIMA
9 4 (1.36%) CCIE
9 4 (1.36%) Cisco Certification
10 3 (1.02%) Azure Certification
10 3 (1.02%) CITP
10 3 (1.02%) CREST Certified
10 3 (1.02%) Microsoft Certification
11 2 (0.68%) Computer Science Degree
11 2 (0.68%) DBS Check
11 2 (0.68%) HPE ATP
11 2 (0.68%) PhD
12 1 (0.34%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (10.20%) COSHH
2 14 (4.76%) QA
3 12 (4.08%) Data Quality
4 11 (3.74%) ISO 9001
5 10 (3.40%) SLA
6 8 (2.72%) HMG Security Policy Framework
7 5 (1.70%) PMO
8 3 (1.02%) RMADS
9 1 (0.34%) Accessibility
9 1 (0.34%) Def Stans
9 1 (0.34%) DO-254
9 1 (0.34%) ISO 14001
9 1 (0.34%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 1 (0.34%) MISRA
9 1 (0.34%) NCSC
9 1 (0.34%) NIST
System Software
1 8 (2.72%) Firmware
2 3 (1.02%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.34%) Docker
3 1 (0.34%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (1.36%) Kubernetes
2 3 (1.02%) Ansible
2 3 (1.02%) Terraform
3 2 (0.68%) Nessus
3 2 (0.68%) WSUS
4 1 (0.34%) OpenView
4 1 (0.34%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 28 (9.52%) Microsoft
2 19 (6.46%) Siemens
3 16 (5.44%) SAP
4 5 (1.70%) HP
4 5 (1.70%) Sparx
5 2 (0.68%) EMC
5 2 (0.68%) Green Hills
6 1 (0.34%) ArcSight
6 1 (0.34%) Cisco
6 1 (0.34%) ExtraHop
6 1 (0.34%) Radware
6 1 (0.34%) Riverbed
6 1 (0.34%) Salesforce
6 1 (0.34%) VMware