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

6 months to
31 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 296 279 219
Rank change year-on-year -17 -60 -179
Permanent jobs citing Military 414 316 722
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.56% 0.92% 1.15%
As % of the General category 1.25% 1.38% 2.13%
Number of salaries quoted 230 149 285
10th Percentile £27,577 £29,400 £30,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £45,000 £52,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% -13.46% -16.80%
75th Percentile £60,000 £62,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £70,000 £75,000
UK median annual salary £43,499 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -13.00% -4.76% -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 33,078 22,966 33,870
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 44.36% 67.11% 54.15%
Number of salaries quoted 20,431 11,172 20,099
10th Percentile £28,500 £25,750 £26,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £31,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £45,000 £48,500
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -7.22% -7.62%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,750 £62,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £78,750 £76,250
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 31 July 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 July 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 +41 143 £40,000 -11.11% 28
North West +48 113 £40,000 -11.11% 17
South East -44 105 £65,000 +18.18% 68
South West -72 69 £50,000 +11.11% 49
Midlands -2 66 £40,000 -5.88% 25
West Midlands 0 33 £40,000 -5.88% 13
East Midlands -5 33 £75,000 +76.47% 12
North East -31 20 £80,000 +45.45% 7
Scotland +5 16 £20,000 -61.90% 8
East of England -11 13 £31,746 -47.09% 26
Yorkshire -26 10 £35,000 - 4
Wales - 2 £55,000 - 6
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 (1.69%) SharePoint
2 3 (0.72%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.24%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 30 (7.25%) Microsoft Excel
2 19 (4.59%) Simulink
3 13 (3.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 9 (2.17%) Microsoft Office
5 4 (0.97%) Microsoft Project
5 4 (0.97%) Windchill
6 1 (0.24%) Siemens NX
6 1 (0.24%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 19 (4.59%) SAP PM
2 3 (0.72%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 1 (0.24%) Exchequer
3 1 (0.24%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.24%) Primavera
3 1 (0.24%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.24%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 26 (6.28%) Power Platform
2 8 (1.93%) Azure
3 7 (1.69%) Microsoft 365
4 6 (1.45%) GitHub
5 5 (1.21%) AWS
6 2 (0.48%) Entra ID
6 2 (0.48%) SaaS
7 1 (0.24%) AWS CloudFormation
7 1 (0.24%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (0.24%) GitHub Actions
7 1 (0.24%) Intacct
7 1 (0.24%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 15 (3.62%) Firewall
2 13 (3.14%) LAN
3 10 (2.42%) VLAN
4 9 (2.17%) WAN
5 8 (1.93%) Structured Cabling
6 7 (1.69%) VoIP
7 5 (1.21%) Intrusion Detection
7 5 (1.21%) Network Security
7 5 (1.21%) TCP/IP
7 5 (1.21%) Wireless
8 4 (0.97%) DNS
8 4 (0.97%) RFID
8 4 (0.97%) Wi-Fi
9 2 (0.48%) Broadband
9 2 (0.48%) DHCP
9 2 (0.48%) HTTP
9 2 (0.48%) Internet
10 1 (0.24%) ATM
10 1 (0.24%) Ethernet
10 1 (0.24%) PPP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (7.00%) Tableau
2 25 (6.04%) Power BI
3 6 (1.45%) Data Warehouse
4 5 (1.21%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 4 (0.97%) OLAP
5 4 (0.97%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 4 (0.97%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 1 (0.24%) Data Mart
6 1 (0.24%) MariaDB
6 1 (0.24%) SQL Server
6 1 (0.24%) SQLite
6 1 (0.24%) ZAP BI
Development Applications
1 18 (4.35%) Rational DOORS
2 4 (0.97%) JIRA
2 4 (0.97%) Rational Rhapsody
3 1 (0.24%) Cypress.io
3 1 (0.24%) Git
3 1 (0.24%) GitLab
3 1 (0.24%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.24%) JUnit
3 1 (0.24%) LabVIEW
3 1 (0.24%) NUnit
3 1 (0.24%) Postman
3 1 (0.24%) Selenium
3 1 (0.24%) Snyk
3 1 (0.24%) SonarQube
3 1 (0.24%) Subversion
3 1 (0.24%) Visual Studio
General
1 198 (47.83%) Social Skills
2 167 (40.34%) Law
3 140 (33.82%) Telecoms
4 128 (30.92%) Finance
5 90 (21.74%) Back Office
6 80 (19.32%) Aerospace
7 57 (13.77%) Analytical Skills
8 27 (6.52%) Electronics
9 25 (6.04%) Aviation
10 17 (4.11%) Billing
11 14 (3.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 14 (3.38%) Organisational Skills
12 12 (2.90%) Manufacturing
13 11 (2.66%) Aeronautics
14 10 (2.42%) Avionics
15 9 (2.17%) Public Sector
16 7 (1.69%) Local Government
17 6 (1.45%) Marketing
18 5 (1.21%) General Ledger
18 5 (1.21%) Legal
Job Titles
1 86 (20.77%) Project Manager
2 52 (12.56%) Senior
3 36 (8.70%) Systems Engineer
4 30 (7.25%) Analyst
5 23 (5.56%) Traffic Manager
6 21 (5.07%) Software Engineer
7 19 (4.59%) Trainee
8 17 (4.11%) Trainee Project Manager
9 16 (3.86%) Administrator
10 15 (3.62%) Performance Analyst
10 15 (3.62%) Senior Systems Engineer
11 14 (3.38%) Field Engineer
11 14 (3.38%) Performance Manager
11 14 (3.38%) Principal Engineer
11 14 (3.38%) Senior Technician
12 12 (2.90%) Architect
12 12 (2.90%) Business Manager
12 12 (2.90%) Development Manager
12 12 (2.90%) Field Service Engineer
12 12 (2.90%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (2.17%) PySpark
2 5 (1.21%) ModSecurity
3 4 (0.97%) .NET
4 3 (0.72%) React
5 2 (0.48%) AngularJS
6 1 (0.24%) .NET Core
6 1 (0.24%) ASP.NET
6 1 (0.24%) Elastic Stack
6 1 (0.24%) JSP
6 1 (0.24%) Keycloak
6 1 (0.24%) Node.js
6 1 (0.24%) OAuth
6 1 (0.24%) OpenID
6 1 (0.24%) pytest
6 1 (0.24%) Qt
6 1 (0.24%) RESTful
6 1 (0.24%) TensorFlow
6 1 (0.24%) XML
6 1 (0.24%) XSL
6 1 (0.24%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 102 (24.64%) Driving Licence
2 24 (5.80%) Management Information System
3 21 (5.07%) Onboarding
4 14 (3.38%) Robotics
5 10 (2.42%) CMDB
6 8 (1.93%) Embedded Systems
7 7 (1.69%) Hackathon
7 7 (1.69%) Security Posture
8 5 (1.21%) Data Centre
8 5 (1.21%) Data Structures
8 5 (1.21%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
8 5 (1.21%) Legacy Systems
8 5 (1.21%) Social Media
9 4 (0.97%) Culture of Ownership
9 4 (0.97%) Cyber Threat
9 4 (0.97%) Private Cloud
9 4 (0.97%) Virtual Team
10 3 (0.72%) Acoustics
10 3 (0.72%) Self-Motivation
10 3 (0.72%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 21 (5.07%) Windows
2 10 (2.42%) Linux
3 8 (1.93%) Windows Server
4 3 (0.72%) Apple iOS
5 2 (0.48%) Windows Server 2016
5 2 (0.48%) Windows Server 2019
6 1 (0.24%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 54 (13.04%) Commercial Awareness
2 52 (12.56%) Problem-Solving
3 45 (10.87%) Software Engineering
4 43 (10.39%) Visualisation
5 36 (8.70%) Business Development
6 34 (8.21%) Continuous Improvement
6 34 (8.21%) Data Development
6 34 (8.21%) Data Governance
7 33 (7.97%) Systems Engineering
8 32 (7.73%) Agile
9 31 (7.49%) Mathematics
10 30 (7.25%) Data-Driven Decision Making
11 28 (6.76%) Decision-Making
12 26 (6.28%) AI
12 26 (6.28%) Customer Service
13 24 (5.80%) Configuration Management
14 23 (5.56%) ITIL
15 22 (5.31%) Cybersecurity
15 22 (5.31%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
16 21 (5.07%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 19 (4.59%) MATLAB
2 16 (3.86%) C++
3 12 (2.90%) C#
4 10 (2.42%) C
5 9 (2.17%) Python
5 9 (2.17%) SQL
6 7 (1.69%) JavaScript
7 6 (1.45%) PowerShell
8 5 (1.21%) Java
9 4 (0.97%) Kusto Query Language
10 1 (0.24%) Ada
10 1 (0.24%) Ada 95
10 1 (0.24%) Bash
10 1 (0.24%) Fortran
10 1 (0.24%) Go
10 1 (0.24%) Rust
10 1 (0.24%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 92 (22.22%) Security Cleared
2 62 (14.98%) Degree
3 61 (14.73%) SC Cleared
4 51 (12.32%) BPSS Clearance
5 30 (7.25%) DV Cleared
6 17 (4.11%) HNC
7 15 (3.62%) ACCA
7 15 (3.62%) CIMA
8 12 (2.90%) Cisco Certification
9 9 (2.17%) CISSP
9 9 (2.17%) PMI Certification
10 7 (1.69%) CCNA
10 7 (1.69%) HND
11 6 (1.45%) CCNP
11 6 (1.45%) PMP
12 4 (0.97%) Chartered Engineer
12 4 (0.97%) CISM
13 3 (0.72%) Computer Science Degree
13 3 (0.72%) DBS Check
13 3 (0.72%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (8.21%) QA
2 14 (3.38%) SLA
3 12 (2.90%) Accessibility
3 12 (2.90%) Def Stans
4 7 (1.69%) Data Quality
4 7 (1.69%) GDPR
5 6 (1.45%) COSHH
6 5 (1.21%) ISO 9001
6 5 (1.21%) ISO/IEC 15288
6 5 (1.21%) NIST
7 4 (0.97%) DO-178B
7 4 (0.97%) ISO 9000
8 3 (0.72%) ECSS
8 3 (0.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 3 (0.72%) NEBOSH
9 2 (0.48%) ISO/IEC 20000
9 2 (0.48%) JSP 440
10 1 (0.24%) ISO/IEC 27005
10 1 (0.24%) MIL-STD-1553
10 1 (0.24%) MISRA
System Software
1 10 (2.42%) Firmware
2 2 (0.48%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.48%) Docker
2 2 (0.48%) Hyper-V
2 2 (0.48%) VMware ESXi
2 2 (0.48%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (0.48%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.24%) Grafana
2 1 (0.24%) OpenView
2 1 (0.24%) Prometheus
2 1 (0.24%) RSA Archer
2 1 (0.24%) Terraform
2 1 (0.24%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 37 (8.94%) Microsoft
2 24 (5.80%) SAP
3 16 (3.86%) Siemens
4 8 (1.93%) Cisco
5 7 (1.69%) HP
5 7 (1.69%) VMware
6 5 (1.21%) Fortinet
6 5 (1.21%) Oracle
6 5 (1.21%) Palo Alto
7 4 (0.97%) ServiceNow
8 3 (0.72%) NEC
8 3 (0.72%) Sparx
9 2 (0.48%) Draytek
9 2 (0.48%) EMC
9 2 (0.48%) MikroTik
9 2 (0.48%) Sage
9 2 (0.48%) Ubiquiti
10 1 (0.24%) ArcSight
10 1 (0.24%) Palantir
10 1 (0.24%) Riverbed