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

6 months to
27 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 285 255 334
Rank change year-on-year -30 +79 -28
Permanent jobs citing Military 256 374 342
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.58% 1.07% 0.77%
As % of the General category 1.06% 1.66% 1.29%
Number of salaries quoted 138 111 216
10th Percentile £35,250 £30,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £46,250 £39,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £60,000 £53,250
Median % change year-on-year -29.17% +12.68% +6.50%
75th Percentile £67,500 £75,000 £66,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £100,000 £82,500
UK median annual salary £42,500 £60,500 £54,000
% change year-on-year -29.75% +12.04% +8.00%

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 24,232 22,520 26,520
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 54.48% 64.60% 59.42%
Number of salaries quoted 12,497 9,071 19,310
10th Percentile £27,000 £31,000 £26,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £40,000 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £52,500 £48,523
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +8.20% -7.58%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,568 £63,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £83,750 £77,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% +9.09% -11.86%

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 27 January 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 27 January 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 +41 79 £42,500 -10.53% 27
North West +54 68 £42,500 -10.53% 22
South East -119 54 £52,500 -25.00% 46
South West +5 52 £68,750 +19.21% 39
Midlands +46 40 £42,500 -30.33% 25
West Midlands +45 20 £42,500 -30.33% 10
East of England +41 20 £38,500 +34.91% 19
East Midlands - 20 £42,500 - 15
Yorkshire -13 11 - - 5
Wales +4 6 £42,500 - 4
Scotland -15 5 £55,498 +8.24% 3
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 (2.73%) Confluence
2 2 (0.78%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 11 (4.30%) Simulink
2 8 (3.13%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (2.73%) Microsoft Office
4 5 (1.95%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.39%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 2 (0.78%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 1 (0.39%) Q-Pulse
Cloud Services
1 9 (3.52%) Azure
2 5 (1.95%) AWS
3 2 (0.78%) Power Platform
4 1 (0.39%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 6 (2.34%) Structured Cabling
1 6 (2.34%) VoIP
1 6 (2.34%) Wireless
2 4 (1.56%) Firewall
3 2 (0.78%) Cisco IOS
3 2 (0.78%) Internet
3 2 (0.78%) Network Security
4 1 (0.39%) DHCP
4 1 (0.39%) DNS
4 1 (0.39%) Software-Defined Radio
4 1 (0.39%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.39%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (1.17%) GIS
2 2 (0.78%) Data Mart
2 2 (0.78%) Power BI
2 2 (0.78%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 1 (0.39%) Geospatial Data
3 1 (0.39%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 13 (5.08%) Rational DOORS
2 11 (4.30%) JIRA
3 3 (1.17%) Balsamiq
3 3 (1.17%) Git
4 2 (0.78%) LabVIEW
4 2 (0.78%) Maven
4 2 (0.78%) Rational Rhapsody
4 2 (0.78%) Rational Statemate
4 2 (0.78%) Subversion
General
1 102 (39.84%) Law
2 76 (29.69%) Telecoms
3 73 (28.52%) Social Skills
4 46 (17.97%) Local Government
5 42 (16.41%) Back Office
6 27 (10.55%) Finance
7 16 (6.25%) Electronics
8 15 (5.86%) Aerospace
9 14 (5.47%) Aviation
10 13 (5.08%) Presentation Skills
11 11 (4.30%) Analytical Skills
12 7 (2.73%) Aeronautics
12 7 (2.73%) Automotive
12 7 (2.73%) Organisational Skills
12 7 (2.73%) Police
12 7 (2.73%) Public Sector
13 6 (2.34%) Arabic Language
13 6 (2.34%) Manufacturing
13 6 (2.34%) Welsh Language
14 5 (1.95%) French Language
Job Titles
1 51 (19.92%) Project Manager
2 42 (16.41%) Systems Engineer
3 31 (12.11%) Traffic Manager
4 23 (8.98%) Senior
5 15 (5.86%) Senior Systems Engineer
6 13 (5.08%) Lead
7 9 (3.52%) Principal Engineer
7 9 (3.52%) Software Engineer
7 9 (3.52%) Support Officer
8 8 (3.13%) Team Leader
9 7 (2.73%) Service Manager
9 7 (2.73%) Test Engineer
10 6 (2.34%) Administrator
10 6 (2.34%) Analyst
10 6 (2.34%) Consultant
10 6 (2.34%) Delivery Manager
10 6 (2.34%) Programmer
10 6 (2.34%) Report Manager
10 6 (2.34%) Service Delivery Manager
11 5 (1.95%) PMO Officer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (3.13%) CSS
2 5 (1.95%) .NET
3 3 (1.17%) HTML
4 2 (0.78%) JavaFX
5 1 (0.39%) .NET Framework
5 1 (0.39%) ASP.NET
5 1 (0.39%) ASP.NET MVC
5 1 (0.39%) ASP.NET Web API
5 1 (0.39%) Blazor
5 1 (0.39%) CSS3
5 1 (0.39%) Entity Framework
5 1 (0.39%) HTML5
5 1 (0.39%) Middleware
5 1 (0.39%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 29 (11.33%) Management Information System
2 28 (10.94%) Driving Licence
3 9 (3.52%) Data Centre
4 5 (1.95%) Onboarding
5 4 (1.56%) e-Learning
5 4 (1.56%) PKI
5 4 (1.56%) Virtual Team
6 3 (1.17%) Acoustics
6 3 (1.17%) Robotics
7 2 (0.78%) Cyberattack
7 2 (0.78%) Linux Command Line
7 2 (0.78%) NHS
8 1 (0.39%) CCTV
8 1 (0.39%) Freedom of Information
8 1 (0.39%) PMI
8 1 (0.39%) Product Ownership
8 1 (0.39%) Reference Data
8 1 (0.39%) Satnav
8 1 (0.39%) Security Posture
8 1 (0.39%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 13 (5.08%) Windows
2 12 (4.69%) Linux
3 5 (1.95%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.78%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.39%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 42 (16.41%) Service Delivery
2 41 (16.02%) Agile
3 39 (15.23%) Collaborative Working
4 29 (11.33%) Continuous Improvement
5 27 (10.55%) Problem-Solving
6 24 (9.38%) Cybersecurity
7 23 (8.98%) Customer Service
8 22 (8.59%) Systems Engineering
9 19 (7.42%) Mathematics
9 19 (7.42%) Software Engineering
10 18 (7.03%) Project Management
11 17 (6.64%) Commercial Awareness
12 16 (6.25%) Information Assurance
13 15 (5.86%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
14 14 (5.47%) Requirements Management
15 13 (5.08%) Coaching
15 13 (5.08%) SysML
15 13 (5.08%) Technical Leadership
16 12 (4.69%) Business Development
17 11 (4.30%) Physics
Programming Languages
1 15 (5.86%) MATLAB
2 13 (5.08%) C#
3 12 (4.69%) C
4 11 (4.30%) C++
5 5 (1.95%) Ada
5 5 (1.95%) Python
6 3 (1.17%) Bash
6 3 (1.17%) Go
6 3 (1.17%) JavaScript
6 3 (1.17%) PowerShell
6 3 (1.17%) SQL
6 3 (1.17%) VBScript
7 2 (0.78%) Java
7 2 (0.78%) TypeScript
8 1 (0.39%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 58 (22.66%) Security Cleared
2 53 (20.70%) Degree
3 36 (14.06%) BPSS Clearance
4 27 (10.55%) SC Cleared
5 12 (4.69%) DV Cleared
6 4 (1.56%) Chartered Engineer
6 4 (1.56%) Cisco Certification
7 3 (1.17%) Azure Certification
7 3 (1.17%) CCIE
7 3 (1.17%) CITP
7 3 (1.17%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (1.17%) CREST Certified
7 3 (1.17%) Master's Degree
7 3 (1.17%) Microsoft Certification
8 2 (0.78%) DBS Check
8 2 (0.78%) PhD
9 1 (0.39%) CCNA
9 1 (0.39%) CCNP
9 1 (0.39%) CISSP
9 1 (0.39%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (12.50%) COSHH
2 11 (4.30%) SLA
3 9 (3.52%) Data Quality
4 8 (3.13%) HMG Security Policy Framework
4 8 (3.13%) ISO 9001
5 7 (2.73%) ISO 14001
5 7 (2.73%) QA
6 6 (2.34%) PMO
7 5 (1.95%) GDPR
7 5 (1.95%) NEBOSH
8 3 (1.17%) RMADS
9 2 (0.78%) Accessibility
9 2 (0.78%) Def Stans
10 1 (0.39%) DO-254
10 1 (0.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 1 (0.39%) NIST
System Software
1 3 (1.17%) Active Directory
1 3 (1.17%) Firmware
2 1 (0.39%) Docker
2 1 (0.39%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (1.56%) Kubernetes
2 3 (1.17%) Ansible
2 3 (1.17%) Terraform
3 2 (0.78%) Nessus
3 2 (0.78%) WSUS
Vendors
1 26 (10.16%) Microsoft
2 11 (4.30%) Siemens
3 3 (1.17%) Atlassian
3 3 (1.17%) Cisco
4 2 (0.78%) Green Hills
4 2 (0.78%) Sparx
5 1 (0.39%) EMC
5 1 (0.39%) PTC
5 1 (0.39%) Salesforce
5 1 (0.39%) SAP
5 1 (0.39%) VMware