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

6 months to
16 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 318 273 242
Rank change year-on-year -45 -31 -197
Permanent jobs citing Military 364 305 780
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.51% 0.90% 1.07%
As % of the General category 1.14% 1.34% 1.94%
Number of salaries quoted 215 141 379
10th Percentile £27,577 £28,000 £29,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% -10.00% -20.00%
75th Percentile £58,750 £61,250 £62,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £70,000 £78,500
UK median annual salary £42,500 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -15.00% -4.76% -14.98%

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 31,892 22,719 40,233
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 44.56% 67.21% 54.98%
Number of salaries quoted 19,531 10,839 25,486
10th Percentile £28,500 £25,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £31,250 £33,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £46,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +8.70% -3.16% -9.52%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,750 £62,500
90th Percentile £83,750 £80,000 £75,772
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - +4.76% -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 16 July 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 16 July 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 +38 134 £40,000 -11.11% 20
North West +44 107 £40,000 -11.11% 9
South East -32 88 £55,000 - 63
Midlands +19 62 £40,000 -5.88% 28
South West -81 54 £51,375 +14.17% 53
West Midlands -5 33 £35,000 -17.65% 11
East Midlands -21 29 £75,000 +76.47% 17
North East -39 17 £80,000 +45.45% 5
Scotland +8 14 £20,000 -61.90% 4
East of England -7 10 £31,746 -47.09% 14
Yorkshire -26 10 £35,000 - 7
Wales - 2 £55,000 - 6
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 4 (1.10%) SharePoint
Applications
1 31 (8.52%) Microsoft Excel
2 21 (5.77%) Simulink
3 13 (3.57%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (1.65%) Microsoft Office
5 4 (1.10%) Windchill
6 2 (0.55%) Siemens NX
7 1 (0.27%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 19 (5.22%) SAP PM
2 4 (1.10%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 1 (0.27%) Exchequer
3 1 (0.27%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.27%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 25 (6.87%) Power Platform
2 5 (1.37%) Microsoft 365
3 4 (1.10%) Azure
3 4 (1.10%) GitHub
4 2 (0.55%) Entra ID
5 1 (0.27%) AWS
5 1 (0.27%) Intacct
Communications & Networking
1 12 (3.30%) LAN
2 9 (2.47%) Firewall
2 9 (2.47%) VLAN
3 8 (2.20%) Structured Cabling
3 8 (2.20%) VoIP
3 8 (2.20%) WAN
4 5 (1.37%) Wireless
5 4 (1.10%) DNS
5 4 (1.10%) RFID
5 4 (1.10%) Wi-Fi
6 3 (0.82%) TCP/IP
7 2 (0.55%) Broadband
7 2 (0.55%) DHCP
7 2 (0.55%) HTTP
7 2 (0.55%) Internet
8 1 (0.27%) ATM
8 1 (0.27%) Frame Relay
8 1 (0.27%) MPLS
8 1 (0.27%) SNMP
8 1 (0.27%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (7.97%) Tableau
2 25 (6.87%) Power BI
3 5 (1.37%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 4 (1.10%) Data Warehouse
4 4 (1.10%) OLAP
4 4 (1.10%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 4 (1.10%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (0.27%) Data Mart
Development Applications
1 16 (4.40%) Rational DOORS
2 3 (0.82%) LabVIEW
2 3 (0.82%) Rational Rhapsody
3 1 (0.27%) Git
3 1 (0.27%) Subversion
General
1 175 (48.08%) Social Skills
2 159 (43.68%) Law
3 135 (37.09%) Telecoms
4 112 (30.77%) Finance
5 90 (24.73%) Back Office
6 59 (16.21%) Aerospace
7 49 (13.46%) Analytical Skills
8 27 (7.42%) Electronics
9 19 (5.22%) Aviation
10 17 (4.67%) Billing
11 13 (3.57%) Organisational Skills
12 10 (2.75%) Aeronautics
13 8 (2.20%) Avionics
13 8 (2.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 7 (1.92%) Local Government
14 7 (1.92%) Manufacturing
15 6 (1.65%) Public Sector
16 5 (1.37%) Documentation Skills
16 5 (1.37%) Legal
16 5 (1.37%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 80 (21.98%) Project Manager
2 48 (13.19%) Senior
3 35 (9.62%) Systems Engineer
4 30 (8.24%) Analyst
5 23 (6.32%) Traffic Manager
6 19 (5.22%) Trainee
7 17 (4.67%) Software Engineer
7 17 (4.67%) Trainee Project Manager
8 16 (4.40%) Senior Systems Engineer
9 15 (4.12%) Performance Analyst
10 14 (3.85%) Administrator
10 14 (3.85%) Performance Manager
11 13 (3.57%) Field Engineer
12 12 (3.30%) Principal Engineer
13 11 (3.02%) Field Service Engineer
13 11 (3.02%) Senior Software Engineer
13 11 (3.02%) Senior Technician
14 10 (2.75%) Development Manager
14 10 (2.75%) Field Support Technician
14 10 (2.75%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (2.47%) PySpark
2 6 (1.65%) .NET
3 1 (0.27%) OAuth
3 1 (0.27%) OpenID
3 1 (0.27%) Qt
3 1 (0.27%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 96 (26.37%) Driving Licence
2 20 (5.49%) Management Information System
3 17 (4.67%) Onboarding
4 10 (2.75%) CMDB
4 10 (2.75%) Robotics
5 7 (1.92%) Embedded Systems
5 7 (1.92%) Hackathon
6 5 (1.37%) Data Structures
7 4 (1.10%) Acoustics
7 4 (1.10%) Culture of Ownership
7 4 (1.10%) Cyber Threat
7 4 (1.10%) Virtual Team
8 3 (0.82%) Smartphone
8 3 (0.82%) Virtual Reality
9 2 (0.55%) CCTV
9 2 (0.55%) FPGA
9 2 (0.55%) Learning Management System
9 2 (0.55%) Operational Technology
9 2 (0.55%) Security Posture
9 2 (0.55%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 19 (5.22%) Windows
2 8 (2.20%) Linux
3 7 (1.92%) Windows Server
4 3 (0.82%) Apple iOS
5 2 (0.55%) Windows Server 2016
5 2 (0.55%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 56 (15.38%) Commercial Awareness
2 42 (11.54%) Visualisation
3 37 (10.16%) Problem-Solving
4 34 (9.34%) Data Development
4 34 (9.34%) Data Governance
4 34 (9.34%) Software Engineering
5 33 (9.07%) Business Development
6 31 (8.52%) Systems Engineering
7 30 (8.24%) Data-Driven Decision Making
7 30 (8.24%) Mathematics
8 28 (7.69%) Agile
9 25 (6.87%) Cybersecurity
10 23 (6.32%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
11 22 (6.04%) AI
12 21 (5.77%) Decision-Making
12 21 (5.77%) Physics
13 19 (5.22%) CAD
13 19 (5.22%) Configuration Management
13 19 (5.22%) Customer Service
14 18 (4.95%) Coaching
Programming Languages
1 21 (5.77%) MATLAB
2 14 (3.85%) C#
3 12 (3.30%) C
4 11 (3.02%) C++
5 9 (2.47%) SQL
6 5 (1.37%) Python
7 4 (1.10%) Kusto Query Language
7 4 (1.10%) PowerShell
8 2 (0.55%) Java
8 2 (0.55%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 67 (18.41%) Security Cleared
2 57 (15.66%) Degree
3 44 (12.09%) SC Cleared
4 40 (10.99%) BPSS Clearance
5 16 (4.40%) HNC
6 15 (4.12%) ACCA
6 15 (4.12%) CIMA
7 12 (3.30%) DV Cleared
8 7 (1.92%) Cisco Certification
9 6 (1.65%) CCNA
9 6 (1.65%) HND
9 6 (1.65%) PMI Certification
9 6 (1.65%) PMP
10 4 (1.10%) Chartered Engineer
10 4 (1.10%) Master's Degree
11 3 (0.82%) CISM
11 3 (0.82%) CISSP
12 2 (0.55%) CCIE
12 2 (0.55%) DBS Check
12 2 (0.55%) HPE ATP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (7.69%) QA
2 12 (3.30%) Def Stans
3 8 (2.20%) ISO 9001
3 8 (2.20%) SLA
4 7 (1.92%) Data Quality
4 7 (1.92%) GDPR
5 6 (1.65%) Accessibility
5 6 (1.65%) COSHH
6 4 (1.10%) ISO 9000
6 4 (1.10%) ISO/IEC 15288
7 3 (0.82%) DO-178B
7 3 (0.82%) ECSS
7 3 (0.82%) NEBOSH
7 3 (0.82%) NIST
8 2 (0.55%) ISO/IEC 20000
8 2 (0.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 2 (0.55%) JSP 440
9 1 (0.27%) ISO/IEC 27005
9 1 (0.27%) MISRA
9 1 (0.27%) NCSC
System Software
1 11 (3.02%) Firmware
2 2 (0.55%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.55%) Hyper-V
2 2 (0.55%) VMware ESXi
2 2 (0.55%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (0.27%) OpenView
1 1 (0.27%) RSA Archer
1 1 (0.27%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 29 (7.97%) Microsoft
2 19 (5.22%) SAP
3 18 (4.95%) Siemens
4 7 (1.92%) HP
5 6 (1.65%) VMware
6 4 (1.10%) Sparx
7 3 (0.82%) Cisco
7 3 (0.82%) NEC
8 2 (0.55%) Draytek
8 2 (0.55%) EMC
8 2 (0.55%) MikroTik
8 2 (0.55%) Ubiquiti
9 1 (0.27%) ArcSight
9 1 (0.27%) Capita
9 1 (0.27%) ExtraHop
9 1 (0.27%) Oracle
9 1 (0.27%) Radware
9 1 (0.27%) Riverbed
9 1 (0.27%) Sage
9 1 (0.27%) ServiceNow