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

	6 months to 6 Nov 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	197	285	161
Rank change year-on-year	+88	-124	+157
Permanent jobs citing Military	817	265	732
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London	0.90%	0.76%	1.53%
As % of the General category	2.00%	1.24%	2.80%
Number of salaries quoted	420	157	189
10^th Percentile	£27,750	£28,343	£29,507
25^th Percentile	£33,248	£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%	-
75^th Percentile	£67,500	£55,625	£73,000
90^th Percentile	£80,000	£71,250	£95,500
UK median annual salary	£51,375	£45,000	£55,000
% change year-on-year	+14.17%	-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 6 Nov 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Permanent vacancies citing general skills	40,807	21,437	26,164
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London	44.99%	61.71%	54.78%
Number of salaries quoted	25,123	12,075	11,337
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	£51,500	£60,000
% change year-on-year	+6.80%	-14.17%	-

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 6 November 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 November 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	+65	238	£56,250	+12.50%	73
North of England	+6	189	£40,000	-11.11%	56
South West	+4	163	£60,000	+33.33%	68
North West	+3	153	£37,500	-16.67%	15
Midlands	-12	104	£43,750	+2.94%	41
East Midlands	-12	55	£60,000	+41.18%	18
East of England	-23	51	£60,000	-10.11%	38
Scotland	+29	50	£42,500	-21.29%	37
West Midlands	-27	50	£40,000	-5.88%	23
North East	-	25	£80,000	-	32
Wales	-	16	£25,269	-	11
Yorkshire	-33	11	£34,750	-	10
Northern Ireland	-	6	-	-	1
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Military Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 6 November 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%	202
2	SC Cleared	18.2%	149
3	Degree	17.1%	140
4	Problem-Solving	14.1%	115
5	Continuous Improvement	11.8%	96
6	Microsoft	9.9%	81
7	Customer Service	9.7%	79
8	Software Engineering	9.5%	78
9	BPSS Clearance	8.9%	73
10	DV Cleared	8.8%	72
11	Agile	7.5%	61
11	Systems Engineering	7.5%	61
13	Stakeholder Engagement	6.5%	53
14	Mathematics	6.4%	52
14	Project Management	6.4%	52
16	ERP	6.1%	50
16	HNC	6.1%	50
18	Change Management	5.9%	48
19	Validation	5.8%	47
20	Collaborative Working	5.6%	46
20	Commercial Awareness	5.6%	46
20	Decision-Making	5.6%	46
20	Mentoring	5.6%	46
20	Root Cause Analysis	5.6%	46
20	Stakeholder Management	5.6%	46
26	Project Delivery	5.5%	45
27	Technical Leadership	5.3%	43
28	Configuration Management	5.1%	42
29	AI	5.0%	41
29	QA	5.0%	41

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	35.0%	286
2	Law	25.9%	212
3	Telecoms	22.0%	180
4	Aerospace	21.8%	178
5	Finance	19.3%	158
6	Electronics	10.5%	86
7	Back Office	7.7%	63
8	Manufacturing	7.3%	60
9	Analytical Skills	7.1%	58
10	Aviation	6.6%	54
11	Avionics	3.9%	32
11	Inclusion and Diversity	3.9%	32
13	Local Government	3.4%	28
14	Organisational Skills	3.1%	25
15	Aeronautics	2.7%	22
16	Billing	2.6%	21
16	Public Sector	2.6%	21
18	Legal	1.6%	13
19	Influencing Skills	1.5%	12
20	Presentation Skills	1.1%	9