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 21 October 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

	6 months to 21 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	219	300	163
Rank change year-on-year	+81	-137	+165
Permanent jobs citing Military	738	256	754
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London	0.84%	0.75%	1.55%
As % of the General category	1.89%	1.15%	2.85%
Number of salaries quoted	386	146	212
10^th Percentile	£27,250	£28,000	£30,000
25^th Percentile	£33,046	£41,250	£45,000
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£49,938	£42,500	£55,000
Median % change year-on-year	+17.50%	-22.73%	-8.33%
75^th Percentile	£67,500	£55,322	£72,500
90^th Percentile	£80,000	£67,500	£93,750
UK median annual salary	£50,000	£45,000	£55,000
% change year-on-year	+11.11%	-18.18%	-9.84%

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.

	6 months to 21 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills	39,148	22,315	26,498
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London	44.34%	65.22%	54.36%
Number of salaries quoted	24,521	11,321	11,663
10^th Percentile	£28,500	£26,250	£30,000
25^th Percentile	£35,000	£31,000	£38,000
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£50,000	£42,500	£50,000
Median % change year-on-year	+17.65%	-15.00%	-
75^th Percentile	£65,000	£61,250	£65,000
90^th Percentile	£83,750	£77,500	£80,000
UK median annual salary	£55,000	£52,500	£59,500
% change year-on-year	+4.76%	-11.76%	-0.83%

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 Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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 21 October 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 21 October 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	+66	220	£57,500	+15.00%	66
North of England	+25	186	£37,500	-16.67%	30
North West	+24	152	£35,273	-21.62%	17
South West	+1	139	£55,000	+29.41%	54
Midlands	+8	101	£42,500	-	37
East Midlands	-4	53	£65,000	+52.94%	15
West Midlands	-30	48	£40,000	-5.88%	22
East of England	-4	43	£65,000	-31.58%	42
Scotland	+41	36	£20,000	-61.90%	26
North East	-	22	£80,000	-	8
Yorkshire	-25	12	£35,000	-	6
Wales	-	10	£21,539	-	7
Northern Ireland	-	3	-	-	2
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Military Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 21 October 2026, job vacancies citing Military also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the UK excluding London region with a requirement for Military.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Security Cleared	24.1%	178
2	SC Cleared	17.6%	130
3	Degree	17.2%	127
4	Problem-Solving	15.0%	111
5	Continuous Improvement	11.4%	84
6	Customer Service	10.3%	76
7	BPSS Clearance	10.2%	75
7	Software Engineering	10.2%	75
9	Microsoft	9.8%	72
10	DV Cleared	9.3%	69
11	Systems Engineering	7.6%	56
12	Agile	7.5%	55
13	Mathematics	7.2%	53
14	Commercial Awareness	6.9%	51
14	Stakeholder Engagement	6.9%	51
16	ERP	6.6%	49
17	Project Management	6.4%	47
18	Decision-Making	6.1%	45
19	Technical Leadership	6.0%	44
20	Change Management	5.8%	43
20	Configuration Management	5.8%	43
20	Validation	5.8%	43
23	Mentoring	5.7%	42
23	QA	5.7%	42
25	HNC	5.6%	41
25	Stakeholder Management	5.6%	41
27	Project Delivery	5.4%	40
27	Root Cause Analysis	5.4%	40
29	Collaborative Working	5.3%	39
30	AI	5.1%	38

Military Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

General

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Social Skills	37.3%	275
2	Law	29.3%	216
3	Telecoms	24.1%	178
4	Aerospace	22.2%	164
4	Finance	22.2%	164
6	Electronics	9.3%	69
7	Back Office	9.1%	67
8	Analytical Skills	7.9%	58
9	Aviation	6.4%	47
10	Manufacturing	6.1%	45
11	Inclusion and Diversity	4.1%	30
12	Avionics	3.5%	26
13	Local Government	3.3%	24
14	Aeronautics	2.8%	21
14	Organisational Skills	2.8%	21
14	Public Sector	2.8%	21
17	Billing	2.7%	20
18	Legal	1.6%	12
19	Influencing Skills	1.2%	9
19	Presentation Skills	1.2%	9