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

6 months to
10 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 316 288 239
Rank change year-on-year -28 -49 -194
Permanent jobs citing Military 365 304 795
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.52% 0.91% 1.08%
As % of the General category 1.15% 1.34% 1.95%
Number of salaries quoted 210 142 377
10th Percentile £27,577 £28,175 £29,500
25th Percentile £33,535 £40,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% -10.00% -18.03%
75th Percentile £58,750 £60,938 £62,500
90th Percentile £77,750 £70,000 £79,500
UK median annual salary £42,500 £50,000 £52,292
% change year-on-year -15.00% -4.38% -14.28%

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 31,690 22,604 40,807
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 44.80% 67.45% 55.19%
Number of salaries quoted 19,442 10,683 26,038
10th Percentile £28,500 £25,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £31,250 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% - -9.52%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £83,750 £80,000 £75,750
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 10 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 10 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 +32 135 £40,000 -11.11% 28
North West +45 108 £40,000 -11.11% 14
South East -59 89 £55,000 - 61
Midlands +9 63 £40,000 -5.88% 24
South West -82 53 £51,375 +14.17% 69
West Midlands +9 32 £30,000 -29.41% 11
East Midlands -6 31 £75,000 +76.47% 13
North East -31 17 £80,000 +45.45% 8
Scotland +8 13 £20,000 -61.90% 4
East of England -5 10 £31,746 -47.09% 17
Yorkshire -24 10 £35,000 - 8
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 (8.49%) Microsoft Excel
2 20 (5.48%) Simulink
3 13 (3.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (1.64%) Microsoft Office
5 4 (1.10%) Windchill
6 2 (0.55%) Siemens NX
7 1 (0.27%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 15 (4.11%) 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 24 (6.58%) Power Platform
2 5 (1.37%) Microsoft 365
3 4 (1.10%) GitHub
4 3 (0.82%) Azure
5 2 (0.55%) Entra ID
6 1 (0.27%) AWS
6 1 (0.27%) Intacct
Communications & Networking
1 11 (3.01%) LAN
2 8 (2.19%) Firewall
2 8 (2.19%) Structured Cabling
2 8 (2.19%) VLAN
2 8 (2.19%) VoIP
3 7 (1.92%) 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 25 (6.85%) Tableau
2 24 (6.58%) Power BI
3 4 (1.10%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 3 (0.82%) Data Warehouse
4 3 (0.82%) OLAP
4 3 (0.82%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 3 (0.82%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (0.27%) Data Mart
Development Applications
1 15 (4.11%) Rational DOORS
2 4 (1.10%) LabVIEW
3 3 (0.82%) Rational Rhapsody
4 1 (0.27%) Git
4 1 (0.27%) Subversion
General
1 171 (46.85%) Social Skills
2 161 (44.11%) Law
3 132 (36.16%) Telecoms
4 109 (29.86%) Finance
5 91 (24.93%) Back Office
6 58 (15.89%) Aerospace
7 44 (12.05%) Analytical Skills
8 30 (8.22%) Electronics
9 18 (4.93%) Aviation
10 17 (4.66%) Billing
11 13 (3.56%) Organisational Skills
12 11 (3.01%) Local Government
13 10 (2.74%) Aeronautics
14 9 (2.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 7 (1.92%) Avionics
15 7 (1.92%) Manufacturing
16 6 (1.64%) Public Sector
17 5 (1.37%) Documentation Skills
17 5 (1.37%) Legal
17 5 (1.37%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 84 (23.01%) Project Manager
2 46 (12.60%) Senior
3 32 (8.77%) Systems Engineer
4 30 (8.22%) Analyst
5 28 (7.67%) Traffic Manager
6 19 (5.21%) Trainee
7 18 (4.93%) Software Engineer
8 17 (4.66%) Trainee Project Manager
9 15 (4.11%) Performance Analyst
9 15 (4.11%) Senior Systems Engineer
10 14 (3.84%) Administrator
11 12 (3.29%) Field Engineer
12 11 (3.01%) Principal Engineer
12 11 (3.01%) Senior Software Engineer
13 10 (2.74%) Business Development Manager
13 10 (2.74%) Business Manager
13 10 (2.74%) Data Administrator
13 10 (2.74%) IT Support
13 10 (2.74%) Performance Manager
13 10 (2.74%) Senior Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (2.19%) .NET
1 8 (2.19%) PySpark
2 1 (0.27%) OAuth
2 1 (0.27%) OpenID
2 1 (0.27%) Qt
2 1 (0.27%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 93 (25.48%) Driving Licence
2 22 (6.03%) Management Information System
3 17 (4.66%) Onboarding
4 10 (2.74%) CMDB
4 10 (2.74%) 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%) Virtual Team
8 3 (0.82%) Cyber Threat
8 3 (0.82%) Smartphone
8 3 (0.82%) Virtual Reality
9 2 (0.55%) CCTV
9 2 (0.55%) Cyberattack
9 2 (0.55%) IoT
9 2 (0.55%) Learning Management System
9 2 (0.55%) Raspberry Pi
9 2 (0.55%) Shadow IT
Operating Systems
1 18 (4.93%) Windows
2 7 (1.92%) Linux
3 6 (1.64%) 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 (15.34%) Commercial Awareness
2 37 (10.14%) Visualisation
3 35 (9.59%) Problem-Solving
3 35 (9.59%) Software Engineering
4 33 (9.04%) Business Development
5 30 (8.22%) Data Development
5 30 (8.22%) Data Governance
5 30 (8.22%) Mathematics
5 30 (8.22%) Systems Engineering
6 28 (7.67%) Agile
7 27 (7.40%) Cybersecurity
8 26 (7.12%) Data-Driven Decision Making
9 22 (6.03%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
10 21 (5.75%) AI
11 20 (5.48%) Decision-Making
11 20 (5.48%) Physics
12 19 (5.21%) CAD
12 19 (5.21%) Configuration Management
12 19 (5.21%) Customer Service
13 17 (4.66%) Client Onboarding
Programming Languages
1 20 (5.48%) MATLAB
2 15 (4.11%) C#
3 14 (3.84%) C
4 13 (3.56%) C++
5 8 (2.19%) SQL
6 5 (1.37%) Python
7 4 (1.10%) PowerShell
8 3 (0.82%) Kusto Query Language
9 2 (0.55%) Java
9 2 (0.55%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 68 (18.63%) Security Cleared
2 57 (15.62%) Degree
3 44 (12.05%) SC Cleared
4 39 (10.68%) BPSS Clearance
5 16 (4.38%) HNC
6 15 (4.11%) ACCA
6 15 (4.11%) CIMA
7 13 (3.56%) DV Cleared
8 8 (2.19%) Cisco Certification
9 6 (1.64%) HND
9 6 (1.64%) PMI Certification
9 6 (1.64%) PMP
10 5 (1.37%) CCNA
11 4 (1.10%) CCIE
11 4 (1.10%) Chartered Engineer
11 4 (1.10%) Master's Degree
12 2 (0.55%) CISM
12 2 (0.55%) CISSP
12 2 (0.55%) DBS Check
12 2 (0.55%) HPE ATP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (7.40%) QA
2 12 (3.29%) Def Stans
3 11 (3.01%) COSHH
4 10 (2.74%) ISO 9001
5 8 (2.19%) SLA
6 7 (1.92%) Data Quality
7 6 (1.64%) Accessibility
7 6 (1.64%) GDPR
8 4 (1.10%) ISO 9000
8 4 (1.10%) ISO/IEC 15288
9 3 (0.82%) DO-178B
9 3 (0.82%) ECSS
9 3 (0.82%) NEBOSH
10 2 (0.55%) ISO/IEC 20000
10 2 (0.55%) JSP 440
10 2 (0.55%) NIST
11 1 (0.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
11 1 (0.27%) ISO/IEC 27005
11 1 (0.27%) MISRA
11 1 (0.27%) NIST 800
System Software
1 12 (3.29%) 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%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 28 (7.67%) Microsoft
2 17 (4.66%) Siemens
3 15 (4.11%) SAP
4 7 (1.92%) HP
5 5 (1.37%) 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