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

6 months to
6 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 288 210 328
Rank change year-on-year -78 +118 -45
Permanent jobs citing Military 248 476 235
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.59% 1.30% 0.73%
As % of the General category 1.04% 2.05% 1.20%
Number of salaries quoted 143 126 137
10th Percentile £28,807 £30,000 £31,248
25th Percentile £41,250 £46,250 £40,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £59,500 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year -28.57% +10.19% +8.00%
75th Percentile £62,500 £75,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £79,750 £100,000 £72,500
UK median annual salary £42,500 £61,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year -30.33% +12.96% +8.00%

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 23,752 23,201 19,608
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 56.44% 63.51% 60.67%
Number of salaries quoted 12,223 9,599 13,805
10th Percentile £26,750 £31,000 £26,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £40,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £62,500 £67,500 £66,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - -2.44%

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 6 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 6 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 +38 77 £42,500 -10.53% 32
North West +44 66 £42,500 -10.53% 26
South West +10 56 £62,500 +13.64% 39
South East -124 48 £52,500 -27.59% 50
Midlands -20 37 £42,500 -24.78% 10
West Midlands -17 21 £42,500 -24.78% 6
East of England +48 20 £38,500 +34.91% 17
East Midlands +3 16 £42,500 - 4
Yorkshire -10 11 - - 5
Wales +4 5 £42,500 - 8
Scotland -14 5 £55,498 +8.24% 3
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 (2.82%) Confluence
2 2 (0.81%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 13 (5.24%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (3.23%) Simulink
3 7 (2.82%) Microsoft Excel
4 5 (2.02%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.40%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 1 (0.40%) Q-Pulse
1 1 (0.40%) SAP PM
1 1 (0.40%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 9 (3.63%) Azure
2 5 (2.02%) AWS
3 4 (1.61%) Power Platform
4 1 (0.40%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 6 (2.42%) Structured Cabling
1 6 (2.42%) VoIP
2 5 (2.02%) Wireless
3 4 (1.61%) Firewall
4 2 (0.81%) Cisco IOS
4 2 (0.81%) Internet
4 2 (0.81%) Network Security
4 2 (0.81%) VSAT
5 1 (0.40%) DHCP
5 1 (0.40%) DNS
5 1 (0.40%) Software-Defined Radio
5 1 (0.40%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.40%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (1.61%) Power BI
2 3 (1.21%) GIS
3 2 (0.81%) Data Mart
3 2 (0.81%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (0.40%) Geospatial Data
4 1 (0.40%) Power Query
4 1 (0.40%) SQL Server
4 1 (0.40%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 11 (4.44%) JIRA
2 10 (4.03%) Rational DOORS
3 3 (1.21%) Balsamiq
3 3 (1.21%) Git
4 2 (0.81%) Maven
4 2 (0.81%) Rational Rhapsody
4 2 (0.81%) Rational Statemate
4 2 (0.81%) Subversion
General
1 101 (40.73%) Law
2 86 (34.68%) Telecoms
3 81 (32.66%) Social Skills
4 39 (15.73%) Back Office
5 37 (14.92%) Local Government
6 32 (12.90%) Finance
7 15 (6.05%) Aviation
8 14 (5.65%) Presentation Skills
9 13 (5.24%) Analytical Skills
10 11 (4.44%) Electronics
11 9 (3.63%) Aerospace
11 9 (3.63%) Public Sector
12 8 (3.23%) Police
13 7 (2.82%) Aeronautics
13 7 (2.82%) Organisational Skills
14 6 (2.42%) Arabic Language
14 6 (2.42%) French Language
14 6 (2.42%) Manufacturing
15 5 (2.02%) Retail
15 5 (2.02%) Welsh Language
Job Titles
1 51 (20.56%) Project Manager
2 39 (15.73%) Systems Engineer
3 21 (8.47%) Senior
3 21 (8.47%) Traffic Manager
4 13 (5.24%) Lead
5 12 (4.84%) Senior Systems Engineer
6 9 (3.63%) Analyst
6 9 (3.63%) Principal Engineer
6 9 (3.63%) Service Manager
6 9 (3.63%) Support Officer
7 8 (3.23%) Team Leader
8 7 (2.82%) Software Engineer
8 7 (2.82%) Test Engineer
9 6 (2.42%) Administrator
9 6 (2.42%) Assistant Project Manager
9 6 (2.42%) Consultant
9 6 (2.42%) Delivery Manager
9 6 (2.42%) Service Delivery Manager
10 5 (2.02%) Lead Systems Engineer
10 5 (2.02%) Project Officer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (3.23%) CSS
2 3 (1.21%) HTML
3 2 (0.81%) JavaFX
4 1 (0.40%) .NET
4 1 (0.40%) .NET Framework
4 1 (0.40%) ASP.NET
4 1 (0.40%) ASP.NET MVC
4 1 (0.40%) ASP.NET Web API
4 1 (0.40%) Blazor
4 1 (0.40%) CSS3
4 1 (0.40%) Entity Framework
4 1 (0.40%) HTML5
4 1 (0.40%) Middleware
4 1 (0.40%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 33 (13.31%) Driving Licence
2 24 (9.68%) Management Information System
3 9 (3.63%) Data Centre
4 5 (2.02%) Onboarding
5 4 (1.61%) PKI
5 4 (1.61%) Robotics
5 4 (1.61%) Virtual Team
6 3 (1.21%) Acoustics
6 3 (1.21%) e-Learning
7 2 (0.81%) Cyberattack
7 2 (0.81%) Linux Command Line
7 2 (0.81%) NHS
8 1 (0.40%) CCTV
8 1 (0.40%) Cyber Security Posture
8 1 (0.40%) Freedom of Information
8 1 (0.40%) Operational Technology
8 1 (0.40%) PMI
8 1 (0.40%) Reference Data
8 1 (0.40%) Security Posture
8 1 (0.40%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 13 (5.24%) Windows
2 12 (4.84%) Linux
3 5 (2.02%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.81%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.40%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (15.73%) Service Delivery
2 36 (14.52%) Agile
3 35 (14.11%) Collaborative Working
4 28 (11.29%) Continuous Improvement
5 27 (10.89%) Problem-Solving
6 23 (9.27%) Customer Service
7 22 (8.87%) Commercial Awareness
8 19 (7.66%) Cybersecurity
8 19 (7.66%) Project Management
9 18 (7.26%) Software Engineering
9 18 (7.26%) Systems Engineering
10 15 (6.05%) Mathematics
11 12 (4.84%) Business Development
11 12 (4.84%) Information Assurance
12 11 (4.44%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
12 11 (4.44%) Requirements Management
13 10 (4.03%) Coaching
13 10 (4.03%) Decision-Making
13 10 (4.03%) SysML
14 9 (3.63%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 12 (4.84%) MATLAB
2 9 (3.63%) C#
3 8 (3.23%) C
4 7 (2.82%) C++
5 6 (2.42%) Python
6 5 (2.02%) Ada
7 4 (1.61%) SQL
8 3 (1.21%) Bash
8 3 (1.21%) Go
8 3 (1.21%) JavaScript
8 3 (1.21%) PowerShell
8 3 (1.21%) VBScript
9 2 (0.81%) Java
9 2 (0.81%) TypeScript
10 1 (0.40%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 56 (22.58%) Security Cleared
2 53 (21.37%) Degree
3 32 (12.90%) BPSS Clearance
4 26 (10.48%) SC Cleared
5 9 (3.63%) DV Cleared
6 4 (1.61%) Chartered Engineer
7 3 (1.21%) Azure Certification
7 3 (1.21%) CITP
7 3 (1.21%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (1.21%) CREST Certified
7 3 (1.21%) Master's Degree
7 3 (1.21%) Microsoft Certification
8 2 (0.81%) DBS Check
8 2 (0.81%) PhD
9 1 (0.40%) Cisco Certification
9 1 (0.40%) CISSP
9 1 (0.40%) HNC
9 1 (0.40%) MCSA
9 1 (0.40%) MCSE
9 1 (0.40%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (9.27%) COSHH
2 11 (4.44%) SLA
3 8 (3.23%) Data Quality
3 8 (3.23%) HMG Security Policy Framework
3 8 (3.23%) ISO 14001
4 7 (2.82%) QA
5 6 (2.42%) NEBOSH
5 6 (2.42%) PMO
6 5 (2.02%) GDPR
6 5 (2.02%) ISO 9001
7 3 (1.21%) RMADS
8 2 (0.81%) Accessibility
8 2 (0.81%) Def Stans
9 1 (0.40%) DO-254
9 1 (0.40%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 1 (0.40%) NIST
System Software
1 3 (1.21%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.40%) Docker
2 1 (0.40%) Firmware
2 1 (0.40%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (1.61%) Kubernetes
2 3 (1.21%) Ansible
2 3 (1.21%) Terraform
3 2 (0.81%) Nessus
3 2 (0.81%) WSUS
Vendors
1 26 (10.48%) Microsoft
2 8 (3.23%) Siemens
3 3 (1.21%) Atlassian
3 3 (1.21%) Cisco
4 2 (0.81%) Green Hills
4 2 (0.81%) SAP
5 1 (0.40%) EMC
5 1 (0.40%) PTC
5 1 (0.40%) Salesforce
5 1 (0.40%) Sparx
5 1 (0.40%) VMware