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

6 months to
9 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 279 304 299
Rank change year-on-year +25 -5 -172
Permanent jobs citing Military 277 232 510
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.54% 0.82% 0.88%
As % of the General category 1.05% 1.21% 1.48%
Number of salaries quoted 145 80 301
10th Percentile £40,000 £29,591 £29,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £45,313 £35,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £51,000 £52,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% -1.92% +4.00%
75th Percentile £67,500 £67,500 £66,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £72,550 £82,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £51,750 £52,500
% change year-on-year +1.45% -1.43% -

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 26,495 19,230 34,454
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 51.32% 67.98% 59.55%
Number of salaries quoted 13,850 9,071 24,547
10th Percentile £27,500 £28,000 £26,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £37,716 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £52,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +10.53% -9.52%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,568 £62,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £83,750 £76,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +11.11% -10.38%

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 9 March 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 9 March 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 +14 90 £42,500 -10.53% 15
North West +29 77 £42,500 -10.53% 6
South East -52 65 £52,500 -17.65% 42
South West -19 58 £75,000 +48.51% 45
Midlands +20 33 £42,500 -30.33% 18
East of England +20 20 £38,500 -33.04% 12
East Midlands - 17 £42,500 - 9
West Midlands +21 16 £42,500 -30.33% 9
Yorkshire -39 11 - - 5
Wales -3 6 £42,500 - 6
Scotland -24 5 £55,498 -14.62% 13
North East -17 2 - - 5
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 (2.53%) Confluence
2 2 (0.72%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 19 (6.86%) Simulink
2 11 (3.97%) Microsoft Office
3 10 (3.61%) Microsoft Excel
4 5 (1.81%) Microsoft Project
5 4 (1.44%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 2 (0.72%) Siemens NX
7 1 (0.36%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 10 (3.61%) SAP PM
2 4 (1.44%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 1 (0.36%) Q-Pulse
3 1 (0.36%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 9 (3.25%) Azure
2 5 (1.81%) AWS
3 1 (0.36%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 11 (3.97%) VoIP
2 10 (3.61%) Structured Cabling
3 6 (2.17%) Wireless
4 4 (1.44%) Firewall
5 3 (1.08%) LAN
5 3 (1.08%) TCP/IP
6 2 (0.72%) Cisco IOS
6 2 (0.72%) Internet
6 2 (0.72%) Network Security
6 2 (0.72%) Wi-Fi
7 1 (0.36%) ATM
7 1 (0.36%) DHCP
7 1 (0.36%) DNS
7 1 (0.36%) Frame Relay
7 1 (0.36%) MPLS
7 1 (0.36%) SNMP
7 1 (0.36%) Software-Defined Radio
7 1 (0.36%) VLAN
7 1 (0.36%) WAN
7 1 (0.36%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (3.61%) Tableau
2 1 (0.36%) Geospatial Data
2 1 (0.36%) GIS
2 1 (0.36%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 19 (6.86%) Rational DOORS
2 11 (3.97%) JIRA
3 4 (1.44%) LabVIEW
4 3 (1.08%) Balsamiq
4 3 (1.08%) Subversion
5 2 (0.72%) Git
5 2 (0.72%) Rational Rhapsody
5 2 (0.72%) Rational Statemate
General
1 98 (35.38%) Law
2 83 (29.96%) Social Skills
3 76 (27.44%) Telecoms
4 51 (18.41%) Back Office
5 46 (16.61%) Local Government
6 26 (9.39%) Electronics
7 25 (9.03%) Finance
8 23 (8.30%) Analytical Skills
9 19 (6.86%) Aerospace
10 15 (5.42%) Aviation
11 11 (3.97%) Manufacturing
12 10 (3.61%) Presentation Skills
13 8 (2.89%) Aeronautics
13 8 (2.89%) Public Sector
14 7 (2.53%) Automotive
14 7 (2.53%) Avionics
14 7 (2.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 7 (2.53%) Police
15 6 (2.17%) Arabic Language
15 6 (2.17%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 50 (18.05%) Systems Engineer
2 45 (16.25%) Project Manager
3 32 (11.55%) Traffic Manager
4 27 (9.75%) Senior
5 21 (7.58%) Senior Systems Engineer
6 13 (4.69%) Lead
6 13 (4.69%) Principal Engineer
7 10 (3.61%) Administrator
7 10 (3.61%) Performance Manager
8 9 (3.25%) Cabling Engineer
8 9 (3.25%) Software Engineer
9 8 (2.89%) Team Leader
10 7 (2.53%) Data Engineer
10 7 (2.53%) Test Engineer
11 6 (2.17%) Consultant
11 6 (2.17%) Delivery Manager
11 6 (2.17%) Graduate
11 6 (2.17%) Programmer
11 6 (2.17%) Report Manager
11 6 (2.17%) Service Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (3.25%) .NET
2 8 (2.89%) CSS
3 3 (1.08%) HTML
4 1 (0.36%) .NET Framework
4 1 (0.36%) ASP.NET
4 1 (0.36%) ASP.NET MVC
4 1 (0.36%) ASP.NET Web API
4 1 (0.36%) Blazor
4 1 (0.36%) CSS3
4 1 (0.36%) Entity Framework
4 1 (0.36%) HTML5
4 1 (0.36%) Middleware
4 1 (0.36%) Qt
4 1 (0.36%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 35 (12.64%) Management Information System
2 25 (9.03%) Driving Licence
3 11 (3.97%) Data Centre
4 7 (2.53%) Acoustics
5 4 (1.44%) e-Learning
5 4 (1.44%) PKI
5 4 (1.44%) Virtual Team
6 3 (1.08%) Onboarding
6 3 (1.08%) Robotics
7 2 (0.72%) Analogue Electronics
7 2 (0.72%) Cyberattack
7 2 (0.72%) IoT
7 2 (0.72%) Learning Management System
7 2 (0.72%) Linux Command Line
7 2 (0.72%) NHS
7 2 (0.72%) Operational Technology
8 1 (0.36%) CCTV
8 1 (0.36%) Embedded Systems
8 1 (0.36%) Private Cloud
8 1 (0.36%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 16 (5.78%) Windows
2 13 (4.69%) Linux
3 5 (1.81%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.72%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.36%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 50 (18.05%) Agile
2 38 (13.72%) Service Delivery
3 35 (12.64%) Collaborative Working
4 34 (12.27%) Cybersecurity
4 34 (12.27%) Systems Engineering
5 30 (10.83%) Continuous Improvement
6 27 (9.75%) Mathematics
7 24 (8.66%) Information Assurance
8 23 (8.30%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
9 22 (7.94%) Software Engineering
10 20 (7.22%) Problem-Solving
10 20 (7.22%) Requirements Management
11 19 (6.86%) Customer Service
11 19 (6.86%) Physics
11 19 (6.86%) SysML
12 18 (6.50%) Coaching
13 16 (5.78%) Business Development
13 16 (5.78%) Data-Driven Decision Making
14 15 (5.42%) Technical Leadership
15 13 (4.69%) Commercial Awareness
Programming Languages
1 23 (8.30%) MATLAB
2 17 (6.14%) C
2 17 (6.14%) C#
3 16 (5.78%) C++
4 6 (2.17%) Python
5 5 (1.81%) Ada
6 4 (1.44%) JavaScript
6 4 (1.44%) PowerShell
7 3 (1.08%) Bash
7 3 (1.08%) Go
7 3 (1.08%) SQL
7 3 (1.08%) VBScript
8 2 (0.72%) TypeScript
9 1 (0.36%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 64 (23.10%) Degree
2 60 (21.66%) Security Cleared
3 50 (18.05%) BPSS Clearance
4 25 (9.03%) SC Cleared
5 12 (4.33%) DV Cleared
6 8 (2.89%) Chartered Engineer
7 7 (2.53%) Master's Degree
8 5 (1.81%) Cisco Certification
9 4 (1.44%) CCIE
9 4 (1.44%) Computer Science Degree
10 3 (1.08%) Azure Certification
10 3 (1.08%) CITP
10 3 (1.08%) CREST Certified
10 3 (1.08%) Microsoft Certification
11 2 (0.72%) CCNA
11 2 (0.72%) CCNP
11 2 (0.72%) DBS Check
11 2 (0.72%) HPE ATP
11 2 (0.72%) PhD
12 1 (0.36%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (11.55%) COSHH
2 13 (4.69%) SLA
3 11 (3.97%) ISO 9001
4 8 (2.89%) HMG Security Policy Framework
5 7 (2.53%) Data Quality
5 7 (2.53%) QA
6 6 (2.17%) ISO 14001
6 6 (2.17%) PMO
7 5 (1.81%) NEBOSH
8 3 (1.08%) Def Stans
8 3 (1.08%) GDPR
8 3 (1.08%) RMADS
9 2 (0.72%) Accessibility
9 2 (0.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 2 (0.72%) NIST
10 1 (0.36%) DO-254
10 1 (0.36%) MISRA
System Software
1 5 (1.81%) Firmware
2 3 (1.08%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.36%) Docker
3 1 (0.36%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (1.44%) Kubernetes
2 3 (1.08%) Ansible
2 3 (1.08%) Terraform
3 2 (0.72%) Nessus
3 2 (0.72%) WSUS
4 1 (0.36%) OpenView
4 1 (0.36%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 26 (9.39%) Microsoft
2 19 (6.86%) Siemens
3 11 (3.97%) SAP
4 5 (1.81%) HP
5 4 (1.44%) Cisco
5 4 (1.44%) Sparx
6 2 (0.72%) EMC
6 2 (0.72%) Green Hills
7 1 (0.36%) ArcSight
7 1 (0.36%) Atlassian
7 1 (0.36%) ExtraHop
7 1 (0.36%) PTC
7 1 (0.36%) Radware
7 1 (0.36%) Riverbed
7 1 (0.36%) Salesforce
7 1 (0.36%) VMware