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

6 months to
30 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 262 316 187
Rank change year-on-year +54 -129 -146
Permanent jobs citing Military 521 247 786
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.65% 0.71% 1.35%
As % of the General category 1.48% 1.08% 2.54%
Number of salaries quoted 289 151 256
10th Percentile £27,577 £28,000 £29,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £45,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -14.29% -12.50%
75th Percentile £65,000 £58,375 £60,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £70,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £50,000 £45,000 £53,000
% change year-on-year +11.11% -15.09% -13.11%

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 35,125 22,965 30,949
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 43.69% 65.79% 53.25%
Number of salaries quoted 21,760 11,433 16,472
10th Percentile £28,750 £26,000 £27,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £31,250 £35,195
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% -2.91%
75th Percentile £66,250 £62,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £77,500 £77,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £54,441 £55,000
% change year-on-year +1.03% -1.02% -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 30 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 30 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
South East +3 152 £65,000 +23.81% 84
North of England +26 144 £40,000 -11.11% 39
North West +43 113 £40,000 -11.11% 19
South West -39 89 £50,000 +11.11% 69
Midlands +20 87 £41,250 -2.94% 41
East Midlands +1 46 £70,000 +64.71% 19
West Midlands -1 41 £40,000 -5.88% 22
Scotland +21 24 £20,000 -61.90% 24
East of England +4 23 £32,500 -50.00% 52
North East -43 20 £80,000 +45.45% 10
Yorkshire -27 11 £35,000 - 11
Wales - 2 £55,000 - 9
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 8 (1.54%) SharePoint
2 4 (0.77%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (0.38%) Palantir Foundry
4 1 (0.19%) Apache
4 1 (0.19%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.19%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 27 (5.18%) Microsoft Excel
2 17 (3.26%) Simulink
3 10 (1.92%) Microsoft Office
3 10 (1.92%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 10 (1.92%) Microsoft Project
4 6 (1.15%) SOLIDWORKS
5 4 (0.77%) Windchill
6 1 (0.19%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 14 (2.69%) SAP PM
2 6 (1.15%) Primavera
3 3 (0.58%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 2 (0.38%) Odoo
4 2 (0.38%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.19%) Exchequer
5 1 (0.19%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 28 (5.37%) Power Platform
2 18 (3.45%) Azure
3 15 (2.88%) AWS
4 9 (1.73%) GitHub
5 8 (1.54%) Microsoft 365
6 5 (0.96%) SaaS
7 4 (0.77%) AWS CloudFormation
7 4 (0.77%) OpenShift
8 3 (0.58%) Azure DevOps
8 3 (0.58%) GitHub Actions
9 2 (0.38%) Entra ID
10 1 (0.19%) Amazon Kinesis
10 1 (0.19%) Amazon S3
10 1 (0.19%) AWS Lambda
10 1 (0.19%) GCP
10 1 (0.19%) Intacct
10 1 (0.19%) OCI
10 1 (0.19%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 23 (4.41%) Firewall
2 13 (2.50%) Network Security
3 12 (2.30%) LAN
4 11 (2.11%) VLAN
5 10 (1.92%) Intrusion Detection
6 9 (1.73%) WAN
7 5 (0.96%) Wireless
8 4 (0.77%) DNS
8 4 (0.77%) RFID
8 4 (0.77%) Structured Cabling
8 4 (0.77%) TCP/IP
8 4 (0.77%) VoIP
9 3 (0.58%) Ethernet
10 2 (0.38%) Broadband
10 2 (0.38%) DHCP
10 2 (0.38%) HTTP
10 2 (0.38%) Internet
10 2 (0.38%) PPP
10 2 (0.38%) Remote Desktop
10 2 (0.38%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (4.99%) Power BI
2 25 (4.80%) Tableau
3 9 (1.73%) Data Warehouse
4 5 (0.96%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 4 (0.77%) OLAP
5 4 (0.77%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 4 (0.77%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 3 (0.58%) ZAP BI
7 1 (0.19%) Big Data
7 1 (0.19%) Data Mart
7 1 (0.19%) Flink
7 1 (0.19%) Hadoop
7 1 (0.19%) Looker
7 1 (0.19%) MariaDB
7 1 (0.19%) Metadata
7 1 (0.19%) SQL Server
7 1 (0.19%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 20 (3.84%) Rational DOORS
2 9 (1.73%) JIRA
3 4 (0.77%) Rational Rhapsody
4 3 (0.58%) Cypress.io
4 3 (0.58%) GitLab
4 3 (0.58%) Jenkins
4 3 (0.58%) JUnit
4 3 (0.58%) NUnit
4 3 (0.58%) Postman
4 3 (0.58%) Selenium
4 3 (0.58%) Snyk
4 3 (0.58%) SonarQube
5 1 (0.19%) ER Studio
5 1 (0.19%) ERwin
5 1 (0.19%) Visual Studio
General
1 232 (44.53%) Social Skills
2 176 (33.78%) Law
3 148 (28.41%) Finance
3 148 (28.41%) Telecoms
4 128 (24.57%) Aerospace
5 78 (14.97%) Back Office
6 67 (12.86%) Analytical Skills
7 38 (7.29%) Aviation
8 30 (5.76%) Electronics
9 29 (5.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 19 (3.65%) Manufacturing
11 18 (3.45%) Organisational Skills
12 17 (3.26%) Billing
13 15 (2.88%) Public Sector
14 14 (2.69%) Aeronautics
15 12 (2.30%) Avionics
16 6 (1.15%) Environmental Health
16 6 (1.15%) Marketing
17 5 (0.96%) Documentation Skills
17 5 (0.96%) Retail
Job Titles
1 91 (17.47%) Project Manager
2 63 (12.09%) Senior
3 40 (7.68%) Systems Engineer
4 30 (5.76%) Analyst
5 24 (4.61%) Software Engineer
6 23 (4.41%) Business Development Manager
6 23 (4.41%) Business Manager
6 23 (4.41%) Development Manager
7 20 (3.84%) Lead
7 20 (3.84%) Trainee
8 19 (3.65%) Test Technician
8 19 (3.65%) Traffic Manager
9 18 (3.45%) Senior Technician
10 17 (3.26%) Senior Systems Engineer
10 17 (3.26%) Trainee Project Manager
11 16 (3.07%) Administrator
11 16 (3.07%) Architect
11 16 (3.07%) Field Engineer
12 15 (2.88%) Performance Analyst
13 14 (2.69%) Field Service Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (2.50%) ModSecurity
2 9 (1.73%) PySpark
3 6 (1.15%) React
4 4 (0.77%) .NET
4 4 (0.77%) AngularJS
4 4 (0.77%) Elastic Stack
4 4 (0.77%) RESTful
4 4 (0.77%) Terraform
5 3 (0.58%) .NET Core
5 3 (0.58%) Keycloak
5 3 (0.58%) Node.js
5 3 (0.58%) pytest
5 3 (0.58%) PyTorch
5 3 (0.58%) TensorFlow
6 2 (0.38%) JSP
7 1 (0.19%) ASP.NET
7 1 (0.19%) SAML
7 1 (0.19%) XML
7 1 (0.19%) XSL
7 1 (0.19%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 107 (20.54%) Driving Licence
2 36 (6.91%) Robotics
3 35 (6.72%) Management Information System
4 31 (5.95%) Onboarding
5 14 (2.69%) Legacy Systems
6 12 (2.30%) Security Posture
7 11 (2.11%) Self-Motivation
8 10 (1.92%) CMDB
8 10 (1.92%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
8 10 (1.92%) Social Media
9 9 (1.73%) Embedded Systems
10 8 (1.54%) FPGA
11 7 (1.34%) Cyber Threat
11 7 (1.34%) Data Centre
11 7 (1.34%) Hackathon
11 7 (1.34%) PMI
11 7 (1.34%) Private Cloud
12 5 (0.96%) Data Structures
13 4 (0.77%) Cloud Native
13 4 (0.77%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 22 (4.22%) Windows
2 12 (2.30%) Linux
3 9 (1.73%) Windows Server
4 3 (0.58%) Apple iOS
4 3 (0.58%) Unix
4 3 (0.58%) Windows Server 2016
4 3 (0.58%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 79 (15.16%) Problem-Solving
2 62 (11.90%) Continuous Improvement
2 62 (11.90%) Software Engineering
3 56 (10.75%) Commercial Awareness
4 49 (9.40%) Business Development
5 43 (8.25%) Decision-Making
6 41 (7.87%) Agile
7 40 (7.68%) Customer Service
8 39 (7.49%) Visualisation
9 38 (7.29%) Mathematics
9 38 (7.29%) Systems Engineering
10 37 (7.10%) Configuration Management
11 36 (6.91%) AI
12 33 (6.33%) Service Delivery
13 31 (5.95%) ITIL
14 30 (5.76%) Data Governance
14 30 (5.76%) Project Management
15 29 (5.57%) Data Development
15 29 (5.57%) Technical Leadership
16 26 (4.99%) Customer Engagement
Programming Languages
1 19 (3.65%) C++
2 18 (3.45%) MATLAB
3 12 (2.30%) C#
3 12 (2.30%) Python
4 11 (2.11%) SQL
5 10 (1.92%) Java
5 10 (1.92%) JavaScript
6 9 (1.73%) C
7 6 (1.15%) PowerShell
8 4 (0.77%) Kusto Query Language
9 3 (0.58%) Ada
9 3 (0.58%) Ada 95
9 3 (0.58%) Go
9 3 (0.58%) Rust
10 2 (0.38%) Bash
10 2 (0.38%) TypeScript
11 1 (0.19%) Fortran
Qualifications
1 140 (26.87%) Security Cleared
2 99 (19.00%) SC Cleared
3 94 (18.04%) Degree
4 68 (13.05%) BPSS Clearance
5 62 (11.90%) DV Cleared
6 19 (3.65%) HNC
7 17 (3.26%) CISSP
8 16 (3.07%) Cisco Certification
9 15 (2.88%) ACCA
9 15 (2.88%) CIMA
10 13 (2.50%) PMI Certification
11 10 (1.92%) CCNP
11 10 (1.92%) Chartered Engineer
12 9 (1.73%) HND
13 8 (1.54%) NVQ Level 3
13 8 (1.54%) TOGAF Certification
14 7 (1.34%) CISM
14 7 (1.34%) City & Guilds
15 6 (1.15%) CCNA
15 6 (1.15%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 45 (8.64%) QA
2 29 (5.57%) Accessibility
3 23 (4.41%) SLA
4 13 (2.50%) Def Stans
5 9 (1.73%) NIST
6 8 (1.54%) GDPR
7 7 (1.34%) Data Quality
7 7 (1.34%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 5 (0.96%) ISO/IEC 15288
9 4 (0.77%) DO-178B
9 4 (0.77%) ISO 9000
9 4 (0.77%) NEBOSH
10 3 (0.58%) ECSS
10 3 (0.58%) ISO 9001
10 3 (0.58%) JSP 440
10 3 (0.58%) MIL-STD-1553
10 3 (0.58%) NCSC
11 2 (0.38%) COSHH
11 2 (0.38%) ISO/IEC 20000
12 1 (0.19%) ISO/IEC 27005
System Software
1 17 (3.26%) Firmware
2 6 (1.15%) Docker
3 3 (0.58%) Hyper-V
3 3 (0.58%) VMware ESXi
3 3 (0.58%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.38%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 6 (1.15%) Kubernetes
2 3 (0.58%) Grafana
2 3 (0.58%) Prometheus
3 1 (0.19%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 44 (8.45%) Microsoft
2 29 (5.57%) SAP
3 14 (2.69%) Siemens
4 13 (2.50%) Cisco
5 10 (1.92%) Fortinet
5 10 (1.92%) Oracle
5 10 (1.92%) Palo Alto
6 8 (1.54%) ServiceNow
6 8 (1.54%) VMware
7 5 (0.96%) NEC
8 4 (0.77%) EMC
8 4 (0.77%) Red Hat
9 3 (0.58%) HP
9 3 (0.58%) Sage
9 3 (0.58%) Sparx
10 2 (0.38%) Draytek
10 2 (0.38%) Foundry
10 2 (0.38%) IBM
10 2 (0.38%) Palantir
10 2 (0.38%) Ubiquiti