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

6 months to
6 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 287 274 216
Rank change year-on-year -13 -58 -176
Permanent jobs citing Military 437 320 710
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.58% 0.93% 1.18%
As % of the General category 1.30% 1.39% 2.20%
Number of salaries quoted 236 153 266
10th Percentile £27,577 £28,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,750 £45,000 £52,292
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% -13.94% -16.33%
75th Percentile £63,750 £61,250 £60,000
90th Percentile £78,750 £70,000 £75,000
UK median annual salary £47,250 £48,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -2.58% -7.62% -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 33,629 23,008 32,270
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 44.32% 66.89% 53.83%
Number of salaries quoted 20,768 11,278 18,506
10th Percentile £28,750 £25,750 £26,750
25th Percentile £35,000 £31,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £45,000 £49,500
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -9.09% -5.71%
75th Percentile £65,640 £63,750 £63,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £78,750 £77,500
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 6 August 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 August 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 +34 144 £40,000 -11.11% 31
North West +44 114 £40,000 -11.11% 19
South East -42 112 £65,000 +18.18% 86
South West -64 74 £50,688 +12.64% 55
Midlands +6 71 £40,000 -5.88% 35
East Midlands +6 38 £75,000 +76.47% 16
West Midlands -7 33 £40,000 -5.88% 19
North East -34 20 £80,000 +45.45% 10
Scotland +24 19 £20,000 -61.90% 18
East of England -15 15 £31,746 -47.09% 36
Yorkshire -17 10 £35,000 - 3
Wales - 2 £55,000 - 7
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 (1.60%) SharePoint
2 3 (0.69%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.23%) Palantir Foundry
3 1 (0.23%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 30 (6.86%) Microsoft Excel
2 18 (4.12%) Simulink
3 13 (2.97%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 9 (2.06%) Microsoft Office
5 7 (1.60%) Microsoft Project
6 4 (0.92%) Windchill
7 1 (0.23%) Siemens NX
7 1 (0.23%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 19 (4.35%) SAP PM
2 3 (0.69%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 2 (0.46%) Primavera
3 2 (0.46%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.23%) Exchequer
4 1 (0.23%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.23%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 26 (5.95%) Power Platform
2 12 (2.75%) Azure
3 9 (2.06%) AWS
4 8 (1.83%) GitHub
4 8 (1.83%) Microsoft 365
5 3 (0.69%) AWS CloudFormation
5 3 (0.69%) Azure DevOps
5 3 (0.69%) GitHub Actions
5 3 (0.69%) OpenShift
5 3 (0.69%) SaaS
6 2 (0.46%) Entra ID
7 1 (0.23%) Intacct
Communications & Networking
1 16 (3.66%) Firewall
2 13 (2.97%) LAN
3 10 (2.29%) VLAN
4 9 (2.06%) WAN
5 7 (1.60%) VoIP
6 6 (1.37%) Intrusion Detection
6 6 (1.37%) Network Security
6 6 (1.37%) Structured Cabling
7 5 (1.14%) TCP/IP
7 5 (1.14%) Wireless
8 4 (0.92%) DNS
8 4 (0.92%) RFID
9 2 (0.46%) Broadband
9 2 (0.46%) DHCP
9 2 (0.46%) Ethernet
9 2 (0.46%) HTTP
9 2 (0.46%) Internet
9 2 (0.46%) PPP
9 2 (0.46%) Remote Desktop
9 2 (0.46%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (6.64%) Tableau
2 25 (5.72%) Power BI
3 8 (1.83%) Data Warehouse
4 5 (1.14%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 4 (0.92%) OLAP
5 4 (0.92%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 4 (0.92%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 3 (0.69%) ZAP BI
7 1 (0.23%) Data Mart
7 1 (0.23%) MariaDB
7 1 (0.23%) SQL Server
7 1 (0.23%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 18 (4.12%) Rational DOORS
2 6 (1.37%) JIRA
3 4 (0.92%) Rational Rhapsody
4 3 (0.69%) Cypress.io
4 3 (0.69%) GitLab
4 3 (0.69%) Jenkins
4 3 (0.69%) JUnit
4 3 (0.69%) NUnit
4 3 (0.69%) Postman
4 3 (0.69%) Selenium
4 3 (0.69%) Snyk
4 3 (0.69%) SonarQube
5 1 (0.23%) Git
5 1 (0.23%) LabVIEW
5 1 (0.23%) Subversion
5 1 (0.23%) Visual Studio
General
1 207 (47.37%) Social Skills
2 168 (38.44%) Law
3 140 (32.04%) Telecoms
4 134 (30.66%) Finance
5 93 (21.28%) Aerospace
6 90 (20.59%) Back Office
7 62 (14.19%) Analytical Skills
8 30 (6.86%) Aviation
9 29 (6.64%) Electronics
10 20 (4.58%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 17 (3.89%) Billing
12 15 (3.43%) Organisational Skills
13 13 (2.97%) Manufacturing
14 12 (2.75%) Aeronautics
15 11 (2.52%) Avionics
16 10 (2.29%) Public Sector
17 7 (1.60%) Local Government
18 6 (1.37%) Marketing
19 5 (1.14%) General Ledger
19 5 (1.14%) Legal
Job Titles
1 87 (19.91%) Project Manager
2 55 (12.59%) Senior
3 36 (8.24%) Systems Engineer
4 30 (6.86%) Analyst
5 23 (5.26%) Software Engineer
5 23 (5.26%) Traffic Manager
6 19 (4.35%) Trainee
7 17 (3.89%) Trainee Project Manager
8 16 (3.66%) Administrator
8 16 (3.66%) Senior Technician
9 15 (3.43%) Business Development Manager
9 15 (3.43%) Business Manager
9 15 (3.43%) Development Manager
9 15 (3.43%) Performance Analyst
9 15 (3.43%) Principal Engineer
9 15 (3.43%) Senior Systems Engineer
10 14 (3.20%) Field Engineer
10 14 (3.20%) Performance Manager
11 12 (2.75%) Field Service Engineer
11 12 (2.75%) Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (2.06%) PySpark
2 6 (1.37%) .NET
2 6 (1.37%) ModSecurity
3 5 (1.14%) React
4 4 (0.92%) AngularJS
5 3 (0.69%) .NET Core
5 3 (0.69%) Elastic Stack
5 3 (0.69%) Keycloak
5 3 (0.69%) Node.js
5 3 (0.69%) pytest
5 3 (0.69%) RESTful
6 2 (0.46%) PyTorch
6 2 (0.46%) TensorFlow
7 1 (0.23%) ASP.NET
7 1 (0.23%) JSP
7 1 (0.23%) OAuth
7 1 (0.23%) OpenID
7 1 (0.23%) Qt
7 1 (0.23%) XML
7 1 (0.23%) XSL
Miscellaneous
1 100 (22.88%) Driving Licence
2 25 (5.72%) Management Information System
2 25 (5.72%) Onboarding
3 19 (4.35%) Robotics
4 10 (2.29%) CMDB
4 10 (2.29%) Legacy Systems
5 9 (2.06%) Embedded Systems
6 8 (1.83%) Security Posture
7 7 (1.60%) Hackathon
8 6 (1.37%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
8 6 (1.37%) FPGA
8 6 (1.37%) Private Cloud
8 6 (1.37%) Self-Motivation
8 6 (1.37%) Social Media
9 5 (1.14%) Data Centre
9 5 (1.14%) Data Structures
9 5 (1.14%) PMI
10 4 (0.92%) Culture of Ownership
10 4 (0.92%) Cyber Threat
10 4 (0.92%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 23 (5.26%) Windows
2 12 (2.75%) Linux
3 8 (1.83%) Windows Server
4 3 (0.69%) Apple iOS
5 2 (0.46%) Unix
5 2 (0.46%) Windows Server 2016
5 2 (0.46%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 58 (13.27%) Problem-Solving
2 54 (12.36%) Commercial Awareness
3 50 (11.44%) Software Engineering
4 43 (9.84%) Visualisation
5 40 (9.15%) Continuous Improvement
6 39 (8.92%) Business Development
7 34 (7.78%) Agile
7 34 (7.78%) Data Development
7 34 (7.78%) Data Governance
7 34 (7.78%) Mathematics
7 34 (7.78%) Systems Engineering
8 30 (6.86%) Data-Driven Decision Making
9 29 (6.64%) AI
9 29 (6.64%) Configuration Management
9 29 (6.64%) Decision-Making
10 27 (6.18%) Customer Service
11 26 (5.95%) ITIL
11 26 (5.95%) Service Delivery
12 22 (5.03%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
13 21 (4.81%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 18 (4.12%) MATLAB
2 17 (3.89%) C++
3 13 (2.97%) C#
4 11 (2.52%) C
4 11 (2.52%) Python
5 9 (2.06%) JavaScript
5 9 (2.06%) SQL
6 8 (1.83%) Java
7 6 (1.37%) PowerShell
8 4 (0.92%) Kusto Query Language
9 3 (0.69%) Go
10 2 (0.46%) Ada
10 2 (0.46%) Ada 95
10 2 (0.46%) Rust
11 1 (0.23%) Bash
11 1 (0.23%) Fortran
11 1 (0.23%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 100 (22.88%) Security Cleared
2 72 (16.48%) Degree
3 69 (15.79%) SC Cleared
4 57 (13.04%) BPSS Clearance
5 38 (8.70%) DV Cleared
6 16 (3.66%) HNC
7 15 (3.43%) ACCA
7 15 (3.43%) CIMA
8 13 (2.97%) Cisco Certification
9 11 (2.52%) PMI Certification
10 10 (2.29%) CISSP
11 7 (1.60%) CCNA
11 7 (1.60%) CCNP
11 7 (1.60%) Chartered Engineer
12 6 (1.37%) HND
12 6 (1.37%) PMP
13 5 (1.14%) TOGAF Certification
14 4 (0.92%) CISM
14 4 (0.92%) Computer Science Degree
14 4 (0.92%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (8.24%) QA
2 18 (4.12%) Accessibility
3 15 (3.43%) SLA
4 11 (2.52%) Def Stans
5 7 (1.60%) Data Quality
5 7 (1.60%) GDPR
5 7 (1.60%) NIST
6 6 (1.37%) COSHH
7 5 (1.14%) ISO 9001
7 5 (1.14%) ISO/IEC 15288
8 4 (0.92%) DO-178B
8 4 (0.92%) ISO 9000
9 3 (0.69%) ECSS
9 3 (0.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 3 (0.69%) JSP 440
9 3 (0.69%) NEBOSH
10 2 (0.46%) ISO/IEC 20000
10 2 (0.46%) MIL-STD-1553
11 1 (0.23%) ISO/IEC 27005
11 1 (0.23%) NIST 800
System Software
1 13 (2.97%) Firmware
2 4 (0.92%) Docker
3 2 (0.46%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.46%) Hyper-V
3 2 (0.46%) VMware ESXi
3 2 (0.46%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (0.92%) Kubernetes
2 3 (0.69%) Grafana
2 3 (0.69%) Prometheus
2 3 (0.69%) Terraform
3 1 (0.23%) OpenView
3 1 (0.23%) RSA Archer
3 1 (0.23%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 38 (8.70%) Microsoft
2 28 (6.41%) SAP
3 15 (3.43%) Siemens
4 9 (2.06%) Cisco
5 8 (1.83%) Oracle
6 7 (1.60%) HP
6 7 (1.60%) VMware
7 6 (1.37%) Fortinet
7 6 (1.37%) Palo Alto
7 6 (1.37%) ServiceNow
8 3 (0.69%) EMC
8 3 (0.69%) NEC
8 3 (0.69%) Red Hat
8 3 (0.69%) Sparx
9 2 (0.46%) Draytek
9 2 (0.46%) MikroTik
9 2 (0.46%) Sage
9 2 (0.46%) Ubiquiti
10 1 (0.23%) Atlassian
10 1 (0.23%) Riverbed