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

6 months to
28 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 289 306 274
Rank change year-on-year +17 -32 -217
Permanent jobs citing Military 340 238 700
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.50% 0.84% 0.98%
As % of the General category 1.07% 1.16% 1.73%
Number of salaries quoted 196 87 365
10th Percentile £27,577 £31,000 £29,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £41,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -22.73% +10.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £57,500 £63,750 £62,500
90th Percentile £76,250 £70,800 £82,500
UK median annual salary £42,500 £55,000 £52,000
% change year-on-year -22.73% +5.77% -5.45%

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 31,663 20,455 40,432
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 46.95% 71.85% 56.69%
Number of salaries quoted 17,513 8,966 26,681
10th Percentile £28,250 £25,750 £26,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £32,000 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% -9.52%
75th Percentile £65,000 £66,250 £62,500
90th Percentile £83,750 £81,000 £75,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -12.50%

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 28 May 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 28 May 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 +48 129 £40,000 -5.88% 19
North West +75 111 £40,000 - 13
South East -28 85 £55,000 - 58
Midlands -2 48 £42,500 - 23
South West -73 47 £55,000 - 39
East Midlands -11 26 £42,500 - 12
West Midlands -17 22 £30,000 -29.41% 11
East of England -17 15 £31,746 -45.96% 14
North East -37 9 - - 3
Yorkshire -47 9 £35,000 - 3
Scotland -11 8 £20,000 -61.90% 5
Wales - 8 £42,500 - 2
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 1 (0.29%) Confluence
Applications
1 28 (8.24%) Microsoft Excel
2 24 (7.06%) Simulink
3 13 (3.82%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (1.76%) Microsoft Office
5 4 (1.18%) Windchill
6 2 (0.59%) Siemens NX
7 1 (0.29%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.29%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 15 (4.41%) SAP PM
2 4 (1.18%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 1 (0.29%) Exchequer
3 1 (0.29%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.29%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 15 (4.41%) Power Platform
2 6 (1.76%) Microsoft 365
3 5 (1.47%) Azure
4 4 (1.18%) GitHub
5 2 (0.59%) Entra ID
6 1 (0.29%) AWS
6 1 (0.29%) Intacct
Communications & Networking
1 9 (2.65%) Structured Cabling
1 9 (2.65%) Wireless
2 8 (2.35%) VoIP
3 7 (2.06%) LAN
4 4 (1.18%) Firewall
4 4 (1.18%) RFID
5 3 (0.88%) TCP/IP
5 3 (0.88%) VLAN
5 3 (0.88%) WAN
5 3 (0.88%) Wi-Fi
6 2 (0.59%) DHCP
6 2 (0.59%) DNS
7 1 (0.29%) ATM
7 1 (0.29%) Broadband
7 1 (0.29%) Frame Relay
7 1 (0.29%) MPLS
7 1 (0.29%) Network Security
7 1 (0.29%) SNMP
7 1 (0.29%) Tactical Data Link
7 1 (0.29%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (5.88%) Tableau
2 15 (4.41%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 19 (5.59%) Rational DOORS
2 4 (1.18%) LabVIEW
3 3 (0.88%) Rational Rhapsody
4 2 (0.59%) Subversion
5 1 (0.29%) Git
5 1 (0.29%) JIRA
General
1 153 (45.00%) Law
2 135 (39.71%) Social Skills
3 117 (34.41%) Telecoms
4 76 (22.35%) Finance
5 72 (21.18%) Back Office
6 47 (13.82%) Aerospace
7 40 (11.76%) Analytical Skills
8 36 (10.59%) Electronics
9 21 (6.18%) Local Government
10 17 (5.00%) Aviation
11 16 (4.71%) Billing
12 10 (2.94%) Aeronautics
12 10 (2.94%) Organisational Skills
13 9 (2.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 6 (1.76%) Manufacturing
14 6 (1.76%) Welsh Language
15 5 (1.47%) Automotive
15 5 (1.47%) Avionics
15 5 (1.47%) Marketing
15 5 (1.47%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 72 (21.18%) Project Manager
2 41 (12.06%) Senior
2 41 (12.06%) Systems Engineer
3 37 (10.88%) Traffic Manager
4 21 (6.18%) Analyst
4 21 (6.18%) Senior Systems Engineer
5 16 (4.71%) Trainee
5 16 (4.71%) Trainee Project Manager
6 15 (4.41%) Software Engineer
7 14 (4.12%) Administrator
8 11 (3.24%) Principal Engineer
9 10 (2.94%) Business Development Manager
9 10 (2.94%) Business Manager
9 10 (2.94%) Data Administrator
9 10 (2.94%) Development Manager
9 10 (2.94%) Performance Analyst
9 10 (2.94%) Performance Manager
9 10 (2.94%) Senior Analyst
9 10 (2.94%) Support Technician
10 9 (2.65%) Field Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (2.35%) .NET
2 1 (0.29%) CSS
2 1 (0.29%) HTML
2 1 (0.29%) OAuth
2 1 (0.29%) OpenID
2 1 (0.29%) Qt
2 1 (0.29%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 65 (19.12%) Driving Licence
2 31 (9.12%) Management Information System
3 17 (5.00%) Onboarding
4 10 (2.94%) Robotics
5 6 (1.76%) CMDB
5 6 (1.76%) Embedded Systems
5 6 (1.76%) Virtual Team
6 4 (1.18%) Acoustics
6 4 (1.18%) Culture of Ownership
6 4 (1.18%) Hackathon
7 3 (0.88%) Smartphone
8 2 (0.59%) Analogue Electronics
8 2 (0.59%) Data Centre
8 2 (0.59%) IoT
8 2 (0.59%) Learning Management System
8 2 (0.59%) Operational Technology
8 2 (0.59%) Raspberry Pi
8 2 (0.59%) Self-Motivation
9 1 (0.29%) Private Cloud
9 1 (0.29%) Satnav
Operating Systems
1 13 (3.82%) Windows
2 8 (2.35%) Linux
3 3 (0.88%) Apple iOS
4 2 (0.59%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (10.59%) Commercial Awareness
2 34 (10.00%) Agile
2 34 (10.00%) Business Development
3 32 (9.41%) Mathematics
3 32 (9.41%) Problem-Solving
3 32 (9.41%) Software Engineering
4 31 (9.12%) Cybersecurity
5 29 (8.53%) Systems Engineering
6 26 (7.65%) Continuous Improvement
6 26 (7.65%) Data-Driven Decision Making
6 26 (7.65%) Service Delivery
6 26 (7.65%) Visualisation
7 25 (7.35%) Collaborative Working
7 25 (7.35%) Data Development
7 25 (7.35%) Data Governance
8 24 (7.06%) Physics
9 22 (6.47%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
10 21 (6.18%) AI
11 20 (5.88%) Coaching
12 19 (5.59%) Customer Service
Programming Languages
1 24 (7.06%) MATLAB
2 16 (4.71%) C++
3 15 (4.41%) C
4 8 (2.35%) C#
5 5 (1.47%) Python
6 4 (1.18%) PowerShell
7 3 (0.88%) JavaScript
8 2 (0.59%) Java
9 1 (0.29%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 65 (19.12%) Security Cleared
2 53 (15.59%) Degree
3 37 (10.88%) BPSS Clearance
4 32 (9.41%) SC Cleared
5 10 (2.94%) ACCA
5 10 (2.94%) CIMA
5 10 (2.94%) HNC
6 9 (2.65%) DV Cleared
7 7 (2.06%) PMI Certification
8 6 (1.76%) PMP
9 5 (1.47%) Cisco Certification
10 4 (1.18%) CCIE
10 4 (1.18%) Chartered Engineer
10 4 (1.18%) Master's Degree
11 2 (0.59%) CCNA
11 2 (0.59%) CISM
11 2 (0.59%) CISSP
11 2 (0.59%) DBS Check
11 2 (0.59%) HPE ATP
12 1 (0.29%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (7.35%) QA
2 21 (6.18%) COSHH
3 12 (3.53%) Data Quality
4 10 (2.94%) ISO 9001
4 10 (2.94%) SLA
5 8 (2.35%) Def Stans
6 6 (1.76%) GDPR
7 4 (1.18%) ISO 9000
7 4 (1.18%) ISO/IEC 15288
8 3 (0.88%) DO-178B
9 2 (0.59%) Accessibility
9 2 (0.59%) ECSS
9 2 (0.59%) ISO/IEC 20000
9 2 (0.59%) JSP 440
9 2 (0.59%) NIST
10 1 (0.29%) ISO/IEC 27005
10 1 (0.29%) MISRA
10 1 (0.29%) NCSC
10 1 (0.29%) NIST 800
10 1 (0.29%) PMO
System Software
1 10 (2.94%) Firmware
2 2 (0.59%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (0.59%) Ansible
1 2 (0.59%) Kubernetes
1 2 (0.59%) Terraform
2 1 (0.29%) OpenView
2 1 (0.29%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 22 (6.47%) Microsoft
2 21 (6.18%) Siemens
3 15 (4.41%) SAP
4 7 (2.06%) HP
5 4 (1.18%) Sparx
6 2 (0.59%) EMC
7 1 (0.29%) ArcSight
7 1 (0.29%) Cisco
7 1 (0.29%) Draytek
7 1 (0.29%) ExtraHop
7 1 (0.29%) MikroTik
7 1 (0.29%) Oracle
7 1 (0.29%) Radware
7 1 (0.29%) Riverbed
7 1 (0.29%) Sage
7 1 (0.29%) Ubiquiti
7 1 (0.29%) VMware