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

	6 months to 31 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	197	285	159
Rank change year-on-year	+88	-126	+158
Permanent jobs citing Military	794	274	738
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London	0.88%	0.78%	1.54%
As % of the General category	1.97%	1.23%	2.81%
Number of salaries quoted	410	161	195
10^th Percentile	£27,250	£28,000	£29,750
25^th Percentile	£33,046	£41,250	£45,000
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£50,000	£42,500	£55,000
Median % change year-on-year	+17.65%	-22.73%	-4.35%
75^th Percentile	£67,500	£55,625	£73,000
90^th Percentile	£80,000	£70,500	£96,500
UK median annual salary	£50,000	£45,000	£55,000
% change year-on-year	+11.11%	-18.18%	-8.33%

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 citing general skills in the UK excluding London.

	6 months to 31 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Permanent vacancies citing general skills	40,288	22,349	26,256
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London	44.72%	63.63%	54.75%
Number of salaries quoted	24,926	11,807	11,423
10^th Percentile	£28,500	£26,250	£30,000
25^th Percentile	£35,000	£31,000	£38,750
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£50,000	£42,500	£50,309
Median % change year-on-year	+17.65%	-15.52%	+0.62%
75^th Percentile	£65,000	£61,250	£66,000
90^th Percentile	£82,500	£77,500	£81,250
UK median annual salary	£55,000	£52,000	£60,000
% change year-on-year	+5.77%	-13.33%	-

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 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 31 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 31 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	Job Ads Past 6 Months	Median Salary Past 6 Months	Median Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Jobs
South East	+71	232	£56,250	+12.50%	48
North of England	+20	186	£40,000	-11.11%	34
South West	+3	159	£60,000	+33.33%	54
North West	+19	152	£37,500	-16.67%	18
Midlands	-7	103	£42,500	-	35
East Midlands	-3	55	£52,500	+23.53%	16
West Midlands	-27	49	£40,000	-5.88%	19
East of England	-6	48	£55,000	-17.60%	32
Scotland	+42	46	£20,000	-62.96%	24
North East	-	22	£80,000	-	9
Wales	-	15	£25,269	-	7
Yorkshire	-43	12	£35,000	-	8
Northern Ireland	-	5	-	-	1
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Military Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 31 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 citing Military.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Security Cleared	24.7%	196
2	SC Cleared	18.1%	144
3	Degree	17.0%	135
4	Problem-Solving	14.5%	115
5	Continuous Improvement	11.5%	91
6	Microsoft	10.1%	80
7	Customer Service	9.8%	78
7	Software Engineering	9.8%	78
9	BPSS Clearance	9.1%	72
9	DV Cleared	9.1%	72
11	Agile	7.6%	60
12	Systems Engineering	7.4%	59
13	Mathematics	6.8%	54
13	Stakeholder Engagement	6.8%	54
15	Project Management	6.4%	51
16	ERP	6.3%	50
17	Commercial Awareness	6.0%	48
18	Change Management	5.9%	47
19	HNC	5.8%	46
20	Decision-Making	5.7%	45
20	Project Delivery	5.7%	45
20	Validation	5.7%	45
23	Configuration Management	5.5%	44
23	Mentoring	5.5%	44
23	QA	5.5%	44
23	Root Cause Analysis	5.5%	44
23	Stakeholder Management	5.5%	44
23	Technical Leadership	5.5%	44
29	Collaborative Working	5.4%	43
30	AI	5.0%	40

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	36.1%	287
2	Law	27.0%	214
3	Telecoms	22.3%	177
4	Aerospace	22.0%	175
5	Finance	20.0%	159
6	Electronics	9.6%	76
7	Back Office	8.2%	65
8	Analytical Skills	7.2%	57
9	Manufacturing	6.8%	54
10	Aviation	6.5%	52
11	Inclusion and Diversity	3.9%	31
12	Avionics	3.5%	28
13	Local Government	3.4%	27
14	Organisational Skills	3.1%	25
15	Aeronautics	2.8%	22
15	Public Sector	2.8%	22
17	Billing	2.6%	21
18	Legal	1.6%	13
19	Influencing Skills	1.3%	10
20	Presentation Skills	1.1%	9