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 12 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 303 296 268
Rank change year-on-year -7 -28 -216
Permanent jobs citing Military 337 271 763
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.51% 0.92% 0.98%
As % of the General category 1.14% 1.29% 1.79%
Number of salaries quoted 189 115 389
10th Percentile £27,577 £34,800 £29,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £41,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.00% - -9.09%
75th Percentile £57,500 £62,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £75,500 £70,300 £78,500
UK median annual salary £42,500 £52,500 £51,000
% change year-on-year -19.05% +2.94% -7.27%

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 29,578 21,085 42,652
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 44.46% 71.48% 54.98%
Number of salaries quoted 18,001 9,442 27,485
10th Percentile £28,250 £25,750 £26,000
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 £62,200
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £75,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £56,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -2.65% +7.62% -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 12 June 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 12 June 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 +45 135 £40,000 -5.88% 23
North West +78 115 £40,000 -5.88% 12
South East -44 82 £55,000 - 53
Midlands +11 53 £42,500 - 21
South West -86 41 £50,000 -9.09% 49
East Midlands -15 29 £75,000 +76.47% 9
West Midlands -9 24 £30,000 -29.41% 12
East of England -8 13 £31,746 -45.96% 17
North East -31 10 - - 4
Yorkshire -31 10 £35,000 - 8
Scotland 0 9 £20,000 -61.90% 5
Wales - 4 £48,750 - 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:

Applications
1 28 (8.31%) Microsoft Excel
2 21 (6.23%) Simulink
3 13 (3.86%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (1.78%) Microsoft Office
5 4 (1.19%) Windchill
6 2 (0.59%) Siemens NX
7 1 (0.30%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 15 (4.45%) SAP PM
2 4 (1.19%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 1 (0.30%) Exchequer
3 1 (0.30%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.30%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 15 (4.45%) Power Platform
2 5 (1.48%) Microsoft 365
3 4 (1.19%) Azure
3 4 (1.19%) GitHub
4 2 (0.59%) Entra ID
5 1 (0.30%) AWS
5 1 (0.30%) Intacct
Communications & Networking
1 10 (2.97%) Structured Cabling
2 9 (2.67%) LAN
3 8 (2.37%) VoIP
4 6 (1.78%) Firewall
4 6 (1.78%) VLAN
4 6 (1.78%) Wireless
5 5 (1.48%) WAN
6 4 (1.19%) RFID
6 4 (1.19%) Wi-Fi
7 3 (0.89%) TCP/IP
8 2 (0.59%) Broadband
8 2 (0.59%) DHCP
8 2 (0.59%) DNS
9 1 (0.30%) ATM
9 1 (0.30%) Frame Relay
9 1 (0.30%) MPLS
9 1 (0.30%) SNMP
9 1 (0.30%) Tactical Data Link
9 1 (0.30%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (7.42%) Tableau
2 15 (4.45%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 16 (4.75%) Rational DOORS
2 4 (1.19%) LabVIEW
3 3 (0.89%) Rational Rhapsody
4 1 (0.30%) Git
4 1 (0.30%) Subversion
General
1 163 (48.37%) Law
2 151 (44.81%) Social Skills
3 126 (37.39%) Telecoms
4 88 (26.11%) Back Office
5 87 (25.82%) Finance
6 45 (13.35%) Aerospace
7 41 (12.17%) Analytical Skills
8 34 (10.09%) Electronics
9 21 (6.23%) Local Government
10 17 (5.04%) Billing
11 16 (4.75%) Aviation
12 10 (2.97%) Aeronautics
13 9 (2.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 9 (2.67%) Organisational Skills
14 6 (1.78%) Manufacturing
15 5 (1.48%) Avionics
15 5 (1.48%) Marketing
15 5 (1.48%) Public Sector
16 4 (1.19%) Documentation Skills
16 4 (1.19%) Environmental Health
Job Titles
1 83 (24.63%) Project Manager
2 38 (11.28%) Traffic Manager
3 36 (10.68%) Senior
4 33 (9.79%) Systems Engineer
5 26 (7.72%) Analyst
6 17 (5.04%) Trainee
6 17 (5.04%) Trainee Project Manager
7 16 (4.75%) Senior Systems Engineer
8 15 (4.45%) Performance Analyst
9 14 (4.15%) Administrator
10 13 (3.86%) Software Engineer
11 10 (2.97%) Business Development Manager
11 10 (2.97%) Business Manager
11 10 (2.97%) Data Administrator
11 10 (2.97%) Development Manager
11 10 (2.97%) Field Engineer
11 10 (2.97%) Field Support Technician
11 10 (2.97%) Performance Manager
11 10 (2.97%) Senior Analyst
11 10 (2.97%) Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (2.37%) .NET
2 1 (0.30%) OAuth
2 1 (0.30%) OpenID
2 1 (0.30%) Qt
2 1 (0.30%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 79 (23.44%) Driving Licence
2 23 (6.82%) Management Information System
3 17 (5.04%) Onboarding
4 10 (2.97%) Robotics
5 6 (1.78%) CMDB
5 6 (1.78%) Embedded Systems
6 5 (1.48%) Hackathon
7 4 (1.19%) Acoustics
7 4 (1.19%) Culture of Ownership
7 4 (1.19%) Virtual Team
8 3 (0.89%) Smartphone
8 3 (0.89%) Virtual Reality
9 2 (0.59%) Analogue Electronics
9 2 (0.59%) CCTV
9 2 (0.59%) Data Centre
9 2 (0.59%) IoT
9 2 (0.59%) Learning Management System
9 2 (0.59%) Operational Technology
9 2 (0.59%) Raspberry Pi
9 2 (0.59%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 14 (4.15%) Windows
2 8 (2.37%) Linux
3 4 (1.19%) Windows Server
4 3 (0.89%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (13.35%) Commercial Awareness
2 33 (9.79%) Business Development
2 33 (9.79%) Visualisation
3 30 (8.90%) Data Development
3 30 (8.90%) Data Governance
3 30 (8.90%) Software Engineering
4 29 (8.61%) Mathematics
4 29 (8.61%) Problem-Solving
5 28 (8.31%) Agile
5 28 (8.31%) Cybersecurity
6 27 (8.01%) Data-Driven Decision Making
6 27 (8.01%) Systems Engineering
7 22 (6.53%) Service Delivery
8 21 (6.23%) AI
8 21 (6.23%) Collaborative Working
8 21 (6.23%) Physics
9 19 (5.64%) CAD
9 19 (5.64%) Customer Service
9 19 (5.64%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
10 18 (5.34%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 21 (6.23%) MATLAB
2 14 (4.15%) C
3 13 (3.86%) C++
4 8 (2.37%) C#
5 5 (1.48%) Python
6 4 (1.19%) PowerShell
7 2 (0.59%) Java
7 2 (0.59%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 63 (18.69%) Security Cleared
2 50 (14.84%) Degree
3 35 (10.39%) SC Cleared
4 33 (9.79%) BPSS Clearance
5 13 (3.86%) HNC
6 11 (3.26%) DV Cleared
7 10 (2.97%) ACCA
7 10 (2.97%) CIMA
8 7 (2.08%) Cisco Certification
9 6 (1.78%) PMI Certification
9 6 (1.78%) PMP
10 4 (1.19%) CCIE
10 4 (1.19%) CCNA
10 4 (1.19%) Chartered Engineer
10 4 (1.19%) Master's Degree
11 3 (0.89%) HND
12 2 (0.59%) CISM
12 2 (0.59%) CISSP
12 2 (0.59%) DBS Check
12 2 (0.59%) HPE ATP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (7.42%) QA
2 21 (6.23%) COSHH
3 10 (2.97%) ISO 9001
3 10 (2.97%) SLA
4 8 (2.37%) Data Quality
4 8 (2.37%) Def Stans
5 6 (1.78%) GDPR
6 4 (1.19%) ISO 9000
6 4 (1.19%) ISO/IEC 15288
7 3 (0.89%) DO-178B
7 3 (0.89%) ECSS
8 2 (0.59%) Accessibility
8 2 (0.59%) ISO/IEC 20000
8 2 (0.59%) JSP 440
8 2 (0.59%) NEBOSH
8 2 (0.59%) NIST
9 1 (0.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 1 (0.30%) ISO/IEC 27005
9 1 (0.30%) MISRA
9 1 (0.30%) NCSC
System Software
1 10 (2.97%) Firmware
2 2 (0.59%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (0.30%) Ansible
1 1 (0.30%) Kubernetes
1 1 (0.30%) OpenView
1 1 (0.30%) Terraform
1 1 (0.30%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 20 (5.93%) Microsoft
2 18 (5.34%) Siemens
3 15 (4.45%) SAP
4 7 (2.08%) HP
5 4 (1.19%) Sparx
6 3 (0.89%) VMware
7 2 (0.59%) Draytek
7 2 (0.59%) EMC
7 2 (0.59%) MikroTik
7 2 (0.59%) NEC
7 2 (0.59%) Ubiquiti
8 1 (0.30%) ArcSight
8 1 (0.30%) Cisco
8 1 (0.30%) ExtraHop
8 1 (0.30%) Oracle
8 1 (0.30%) Radware
8 1 (0.30%) Riverbed
8 1 (0.30%) Sage