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

6 months to
12 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 221 313 162
Rank change year-on-year +92 -151 +163
Permanent jobs citing Military 678 260 761
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.79% 0.76% 1.50%
As % of the General category 1.77% 1.15% 2.75%
Number of salaries quoted 367 147 219
10th Percentile £27,250 £28,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £33,046 £41,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,875 £42,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +17.35% -22.73% -9.84%
75th Percentile £67,500 £55,625 £71,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £67,500 £85,000
UK median annual salary £50,000 £45,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +11.11% -18.18% -9.84%

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 38,202 22,637 27,690
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 44.24% 65.77% 54.50%
Number of salaries quoted 23,705 11,159 12,214
10th Percentile £28,750 £26,250 £29,750
25th Percentile £35,000 £31,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £43,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +16.28% -14.00% -0.99%
75th Percentile £65,000 £61,250 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £77,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.76% -8.70% -4.17%

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 October 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 October 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 +63 208 £55,000 +10.00% 77
North of England +24 171 £37,500 -16.67% 32
North West +31 138 £37,500 -16.67% 15
South West -18 123 £55,000 +29.41% 54
Midlands +14 98 £43,750 +2.94% 25
East Midlands +6 52 £66,750 +57.06% 10
West Midlands -16 46 £40,000 -5.88% 15
East of England +2 43 £65,000 -31.58% 39
Scotland +29 29 £20,000 -61.90% 6
North East -47 21 £80,000 +45.45% 12
Yorkshire -37 12 £35,000 - 6
Wales - 4 £21,539 - 4
Northern Ireland - 2 - - 4
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 (1.18%) SharePoint
2 4 (0.59%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (0.59%) SharePoint Server
3 2 (0.29%) Palantir Foundry
4 1 (0.15%) Apache
4 1 (0.15%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.15%) Confluence
Applications
1 33 (4.87%) Microsoft Excel
2 27 (3.98%) Simulink
3 20 (2.95%) Microsoft Office
4 11 (1.62%) Microsoft Project
5 6 (0.88%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 6 (0.88%) SOLIDWORKS
6 4 (0.59%) Spreadsheet
6 4 (0.59%) Windchill
7 2 (0.29%) OrCAD
Business Applications
1 6 (0.88%) Primavera
2 4 (0.59%) SAP PM
3 3 (0.44%) Odoo
4 2 (0.29%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.15%) Exchequer
5 1 (0.15%) NetSuite
5 1 (0.15%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 29 (4.28%) Power Platform
2 18 (2.65%) Azure
3 16 (2.36%) AWS
4 9 (1.33%) GitHub
5 7 (1.03%) Microsoft 365
6 5 (0.74%) SaaS
7 4 (0.59%) AWS CloudFormation
7 4 (0.59%) OpenShift
8 3 (0.44%) Azure DevOps
8 3 (0.44%) GitHub Actions
9 1 (0.15%) Amazon Kinesis
9 1 (0.15%) AWS Lambda
9 1 (0.15%) Azure Monitor
9 1 (0.15%) Azure Sentinel
9 1 (0.15%) Entra ID
9 1 (0.15%) GCP
9 1 (0.15%) Intacct
9 1 (0.15%) OCI
9 1 (0.15%) Serverless
9 1 (0.15%) Viva Engage
Communications & Networking
1 23 (3.39%) Firewall
2 15 (2.21%) Network Security
3 13 (1.92%) LAN
3 13 (1.92%) VLAN
4 11 (1.62%) WAN
5 10 (1.47%) Intrusion Detection
6 6 (0.88%) Ethernet
6 6 (0.88%) Wireless
7 5 (0.74%) TCP/IP
8 4 (0.59%) CHAP
8 4 (0.59%) NAS
8 4 (0.59%) VoIP
9 3 (0.44%) DNS
9 3 (0.44%) Software-Defined Radio
10 2 (0.29%) Broadband
10 2 (0.29%) HTTP
10 2 (0.29%) Internet
10 2 (0.29%) PPP
10 2 (0.29%) Remote Desktop
10 2 (0.29%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (3.98%) Power BI
2 10 (1.47%) Tableau
3 9 (1.33%) Data Warehouse
4 5 (0.74%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 4 (0.59%) OLAP
5 4 (0.59%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 4 (0.59%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 3 (0.44%) ZAP BI
7 1 (0.15%) Big Data
7 1 (0.15%) Data Mart
7 1 (0.15%) Flink
7 1 (0.15%) GIS
7 1 (0.15%) Hadoop
7 1 (0.15%) Looker
7 1 (0.15%) MariaDB
7 1 (0.15%) Metadata
7 1 (0.15%) SQL Server
7 1 (0.15%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 28 (4.13%) Rational DOORS
2 11 (1.62%) JIRA
3 7 (1.03%) Rational Rhapsody
4 3 (0.44%) Cypress.io
4 3 (0.44%) GitLab
4 3 (0.44%) Jenkins
4 3 (0.44%) JUnit
4 3 (0.44%) NUnit
4 3 (0.44%) Postman
4 3 (0.44%) Selenium
4 3 (0.44%) Snyk
4 3 (0.44%) SonarQube
4 3 (0.44%) Visual Studio
5 2 (0.29%) Eclipse
6 1 (0.15%) ER Studio
6 1 (0.15%) ERwin
6 1 (0.15%) LabVIEW
General
1 262 (38.64%) Social Skills
2 203 (29.94%) Law
3 167 (24.63%) Telecoms
4 164 (24.19%) Aerospace
5 163 (24.04%) Finance
6 64 (9.44%) Back Office
7 62 (9.14%) Electronics
8 57 (8.41%) Analytical Skills
9 44 (6.49%) Aviation
10 43 (6.34%) Manufacturing
11 29 (4.28%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 21 (3.10%) Organisational Skills
12 21 (3.10%) Public Sector
13 20 (2.95%) Aeronautics
14 19 (2.80%) Avionics
14 19 (2.80%) Local Government
15 16 (2.36%) Billing
16 12 (1.77%) Legal
17 9 (1.33%) Influencing Skills
17 9 (1.33%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 113 (16.67%) Project Manager
2 83 (12.24%) Senior
3 60 (8.85%) Systems Engineer
4 39 (5.75%) Lead
5 32 (4.72%) Senior Systems Engineer
6 29 (4.28%) Software Engineer
6 29 (4.28%) Traffic Manager
7 26 (3.83%) Senior Technician
8 25 (3.69%) Architect
9 23 (3.39%) Principal Engineer
10 22 (3.24%) Electronics Engineer
10 22 (3.24%) Field Engineer
11 20 (2.95%) Administrator
11 20 (2.95%) Business Development Manager
11 20 (2.95%) Business Manager
11 20 (2.95%) Development Manager
12 19 (2.80%) Trainee
13 18 (2.65%) Support Technician
13 18 (2.65%) Test Technician
14 17 (2.51%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (2.06%) ModSecurity
2 9 (1.33%) PySpark
3 6 (0.88%) React
4 5 (0.74%) Node.js
4 5 (0.74%) Terraform
5 4 (0.59%) .NET
5 4 (0.59%) AngularJS
5 4 (0.59%) Elastic Stack
5 4 (0.59%) RESTful
6 3 (0.44%) .NET Core
6 3 (0.44%) Keycloak
6 3 (0.44%) pytest
6 3 (0.44%) PyTorch
6 3 (0.44%) TensorFlow
7 2 (0.29%) JSP
7 2 (0.29%) Web Services
8 1 (0.15%) SGML
8 1 (0.15%) XML
8 1 (0.15%) XSL
8 1 (0.15%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 133 (19.62%) Driving Licence
2 48 (7.08%) Management Information System
3 47 (6.93%) Robotics
4 39 (5.75%) Onboarding
5 17 (2.51%) Legacy Systems
6 15 (2.21%) FPGA
7 14 (2.06%) Self-Motivation
8 12 (1.77%) Security Posture
9 10 (1.47%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
9 10 (1.47%) Embedded Systems
9 10 (1.47%) Social Media
10 9 (1.33%) Algorithms
10 9 (1.33%) Cyber Threat
11 8 (1.18%) Private Cloud
12 7 (1.03%) Data Centre
12 7 (1.03%) Hackathon
12 7 (1.03%) PMI
13 6 (0.88%) CMDB
13 6 (0.88%) SCADA
14 5 (0.74%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 29 (4.28%) Windows
2 20 (2.95%) Linux
3 12 (1.77%) Windows Server
4 5 (0.74%) Windows Server 2016
4 5 (0.74%) Windows Server 2019
5 3 (0.44%) Apple iOS
5 3 (0.44%) Unix
6 2 (0.29%) Embedded Linux
6 2 (0.29%) FreeRTOS
6 2 (0.29%) Robot Operating System
6 2 (0.29%) VxWorks
Processes & Methodologies
1 109 (16.08%) Problem-Solving
2 81 (11.95%) Continuous Improvement
3 73 (10.77%) Software Engineering
4 65 (9.59%) Customer Service
5 57 (8.41%) Systems Engineering
6 56 (8.26%) Agile
7 55 (8.11%) Mathematics
8 51 (7.52%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 49 (7.23%) Commercial Awareness
10 47 (6.93%) ERP
11 45 (6.64%) Decision-Making
12 43 (6.34%) Change Management
12 43 (6.34%) Project Management
12 43 (6.34%) Technical Leadership
12 43 (6.34%) Validation
13 41 (6.05%) Configuration Management
14 40 (5.90%) Mentoring
15 38 (5.60%) AI
15 38 (5.60%) Project Delivery
16 37 (5.46%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 32 (4.72%) MATLAB
2 30 (4.42%) C++
3 22 (3.24%) C
4 15 (2.21%) SQL
5 14 (2.06%) C#
6 12 (1.77%) Python
7 10 (1.47%) JavaScript
8 9 (1.33%) Java
9 4 (0.59%) Ada
9 4 (0.59%) Bash
9 4 (0.59%) Kusto Query Language
9 4 (0.59%) PowerShell
9 4 (0.59%) Rust
10 3 (0.44%) Ada 95
10 3 (0.44%) Go
11 2 (0.29%) Embedded C
11 2 (0.29%) SystemVerilog
11 2 (0.29%) TypeScript
12 1 (0.15%) R
12 1 (0.15%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 172 (25.37%) Security Cleared
2 124 (18.29%) Degree
3 122 (17.99%) SC Cleared
4 77 (11.36%) BPSS Clearance
5 67 (9.88%) DV Cleared
6 35 (5.16%) HNC
7 17 (2.51%) CISSP
7 17 (2.51%) HND
8 16 (2.36%) Cisco Certification
9 15 (2.21%) Chartered Engineer
10 13 (1.92%) NVQ Level 3
11 11 (1.62%) City & Guilds
11 11 (1.62%) PMI Certification
12 10 (1.47%) CCNP
13 8 (1.18%) DBS Check
13 8 (1.18%) TOGAF Certification
14 7 (1.03%) CISM
15 6 (0.88%) CCNA
16 5 (0.74%) ACCA
16 5 (0.74%) CIMA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 40 (5.90%) QA
2 28 (4.13%) SLA
3 27 (3.98%) Accessibility
4 17 (2.51%) Def Stans
5 13 (1.92%) COSHH
6 10 (1.47%) NIST
7 9 (1.33%) NEBOSH
8 8 (1.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 7 (1.03%) Data Quality
9 7 (1.03%) DO-178B
10 6 (0.88%) DO-254
10 6 (0.88%) GDPR
10 6 (0.88%) IEC 61508
11 5 (0.74%) ISO/IEC 15288
12 4 (0.59%) ARP4761
12 4 (0.59%) ISO 26262
12 4 (0.59%) ISO 9000
12 4 (0.59%) JSP 440
13 3 (0.44%) ISO 9001
13 3 (0.44%) MIL-STD-1553
System Software
1 14 (2.06%) Firmware
2 7 (1.03%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (0.88%) Docker
3 6 (0.88%) VMware ESXi
4 5 (0.74%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.15%) Active Directory
5 1 (0.15%) KVM
5 1 (0.15%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 6 (0.88%) Kubernetes
2 3 (0.44%) Grafana
2 3 (0.44%) Prometheus
3 2 (0.29%) Functional Safety
4 1 (0.15%) Ansible
4 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (0.15%) RSA Archer
4 1 (0.15%) SCCM
Vendors
1 65 (9.59%) Microsoft
2 24 (3.54%) Siemens
3 20 (2.95%) SAP
4 18 (2.65%) Sage
5 16 (2.36%) Cisco
6 15 (2.21%) Civica
7 12 (1.77%) VMware
8 10 (1.47%) Fortinet
8 10 (1.47%) Oracle
8 10 (1.47%) Palo Alto
9 8 (1.18%) NEC
9 8 (1.18%) ServiceNow
10 6 (0.88%) EMC
10 6 (0.88%) Thales
11 4 (0.59%) Foundry
11 4 (0.59%) Red Hat
12 3 (0.44%) Intel
13 2 (0.29%) IBM
13 2 (0.29%) Palantir
13 2 (0.29%) Rockwell