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

6 months to
24 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 284 315 301
Rank change year-on-year +31 -14 -237
Permanent jobs citing Military 325 195 565
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.51% 0.73% 0.84%
As % of the General category 1.04% 1.07% 1.44%
Number of salaries quoted 201 77 327
10th Percentile £31,746 £31,000 £29,500
25th Percentile £38,750 £46,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -22.73% +10.00% -
75th Percentile £58,750 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £72,550 £82,500
UK median annual salary £43,499 £57,500 £52,084
% change year-on-year -24.35% +10.40% +4.17%

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 31,370 18,234 39,177
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 49.03% 68.29% 58.06%
Number of salaries quoted 16,059 9,466 26,281
10th Percentile £28,000 £26,250 £26,000
25th Percentile £33,750 £35,000 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +5.26% -9.52%
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £82,500 £75,772
UK median annual salary £55,000 £58,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -5.17% +10.48% -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 24 April 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 24 April 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 +40 134 £42,500 -10.53% 21
North West +61 121 £42,500 -10.53% 10
South East -52 68 £52,500 -6.67% 50
South West -56 54 £68,750 +34.80% 35
Midlands -10 31 £42,500 -37.50% 24
East of England -20 23 £31,746 -45.96% 15
East Midlands -39 21 £42,500 - 15
West Midlands -8 10 £75,000 +10.29% 9
Wales - 8 £42,500 - 5
North East -30 7 - - 4
Scotland -35 7 £55,498 -14.62% 3
Yorkshire -61 6 £35,000 - 8
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 5 (1.54%) Confluence
Applications
1 24 (7.38%) Microsoft Excel
2 23 (7.08%) Simulink
3 9 (2.77%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (1.85%) Microsoft Office
5 5 (1.54%) Microsoft Project
6 2 (0.62%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 15 (4.62%) SAP PM
2 5 (1.54%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 1 (0.31%) Q-Pulse
3 1 (0.31%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 15 (4.62%) Power Platform
2 10 (3.08%) Azure
3 6 (1.85%) Microsoft 365
4 4 (1.23%) AWS
5 2 (0.62%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 11 (3.38%) Structured Cabling
2 8 (2.46%) Wireless
3 6 (1.85%) Firewall
3 6 (1.85%) VoIP
4 4 (1.23%) LAN
4 4 (1.23%) RFID
4 4 (1.23%) TCP/IP
5 2 (0.62%) DHCP
5 2 (0.62%) DNS
5 2 (0.62%) Internet
5 2 (0.62%) Wi-Fi
6 1 (0.31%) ATM
6 1 (0.31%) Frame Relay
6 1 (0.31%) MPLS
6 1 (0.31%) Network Security
6 1 (0.31%) SNMP
6 1 (0.31%) Tactical Data Link
6 1 (0.31%) VLAN
6 1 (0.31%) WAN
6 1 (0.31%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (6.15%) Tableau
2 15 (4.62%) Power BI
3 1 (0.31%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 20 (6.15%) Rational DOORS
2 6 (1.85%) JIRA
3 4 (1.23%) LabVIEW
4 2 (0.62%) Balsamiq
4 2 (0.62%) Git
4 2 (0.62%) Subversion
5 1 (0.31%) Rational Rhapsody
5 1 (0.31%) Rational Statemate
General
1 143 (44.00%) Law
2 113 (34.77%) Social Skills
3 111 (34.15%) Telecoms
4 59 (18.15%) Back Office
5 54 (16.62%) Finance
6 41 (12.62%) Analytical Skills
7 30 (9.23%) Aerospace
8 27 (8.31%) Electronics
9 26 (8.00%) Local Government
10 16 (4.92%) Aviation
11 14 (4.31%) Billing
11 14 (4.31%) Organisational Skills
12 11 (3.38%) Manufacturing
13 9 (2.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 6 (1.85%) Automotive
14 6 (1.85%) Avionics
14 6 (1.85%) Welsh Language
15 5 (1.54%) Marketing
16 4 (1.23%) Documentation Skills
16 4 (1.23%) Retail
Job Titles
1 57 (17.54%) Project Manager
2 50 (15.38%) Systems Engineer
3 37 (11.38%) Senior
3 37 (11.38%) Traffic Manager
4 24 (7.38%) Analyst
5 23 (7.08%) Senior Systems Engineer
6 17 (5.23%) Administrator
7 14 (4.31%) Trainee
7 14 (4.31%) Trainee Project Manager
8 11 (3.38%) Principal Engineer
8 11 (3.38%) Senior Analyst
8 11 (3.38%) Software Engineer
9 10 (3.08%) Cabling Engineer
9 10 (3.08%) Data Administrator
9 10 (3.08%) Performance Analyst
9 10 (3.08%) Performance Manager
10 8 (2.46%) Data Engineer
11 7 (2.15%) Business Development Manager
11 7 (2.15%) Business Manager
11 7 (2.15%) Service Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (2.77%) .NET
2 4 (1.23%) CSS
3 2 (0.62%) HTML
4 1 (0.31%) .NET Framework
4 1 (0.31%) ASP.NET
4 1 (0.31%) ASP.NET MVC
4 1 (0.31%) ASP.NET Web API
4 1 (0.31%) Blazor
4 1 (0.31%) CSS3
4 1 (0.31%) Entity Framework
4 1 (0.31%) HTML5
4 1 (0.31%) Middleware
4 1 (0.31%) OAuth
4 1 (0.31%) OpenID
4 1 (0.31%) Qt
4 1 (0.31%) SAML
4 1 (0.31%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 37 (11.38%) Driving Licence
1 37 (11.38%) Management Information System
2 15 (4.62%) Onboarding
3 6 (1.85%) CMDB
4 5 (1.54%) Acoustics
4 5 (1.54%) Data Centre
4 5 (1.54%) Embedded Systems
5 4 (1.23%) Culture of Ownership
5 4 (1.23%) Robotics
5 4 (1.23%) Virtual Team
6 3 (0.92%) e-Learning
7 2 (0.62%) Analogue Electronics
7 2 (0.62%) Cyberattack
7 2 (0.62%) IoT
7 2 (0.62%) Learning Management System
7 2 (0.62%) Operational Technology
7 2 (0.62%) PKI
7 2 (0.62%) Raspberry Pi
8 1 (0.31%) Private Cloud
8 1 (0.31%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 13 (4.00%) Windows
2 12 (3.69%) Linux
3 4 (1.23%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 42 (12.92%) Agile
2 34 (10.46%) Cybersecurity
3 33 (10.15%) Business Development
3 33 (10.15%) Collaborative Working
3 33 (10.15%) Service Delivery
4 32 (9.85%) Systems Engineering
5 30 (9.23%) Continuous Improvement
6 26 (8.00%) Data-Driven Decision Making
6 26 (8.00%) Mathematics
7 25 (7.69%) Data Development
7 25 (7.69%) Data Governance
7 25 (7.69%) Problem-Solving
7 25 (7.69%) Visualisation
8 23 (7.08%) Information Assurance
8 23 (7.08%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
9 22 (6.77%) Software Engineering
10 21 (6.46%) Physics
10 21 (6.46%) Requirements Management
11 20 (6.15%) Coaching
11 20 (6.15%) Commercial Awareness
Programming Languages
1 23 (7.08%) MATLAB
2 15 (4.62%) C
2 15 (4.62%) C++
3 13 (4.00%) C#
4 8 (2.46%) Python
5 6 (1.85%) PowerShell
6 4 (1.23%) JavaScript
7 2 (0.62%) Ada
7 2 (0.62%) Bash
7 2 (0.62%) Go
7 2 (0.62%) Java
7 2 (0.62%) SQL
7 2 (0.62%) VBScript
8 1 (0.31%) PL/SQL
8 1 (0.31%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 61 (18.77%) Security Cleared
2 59 (18.15%) Degree
3 42 (12.92%) BPSS Clearance
4 26 (8.00%) SC Cleared
5 13 (4.00%) DV Cleared
6 10 (3.08%) ACCA
6 10 (3.08%) CIMA
7 5 (1.54%) Chartered Engineer
7 5 (1.54%) Master's Degree
8 4 (1.23%) CCIE
8 4 (1.23%) Cisco Certification
9 3 (0.92%) CISSP
9 3 (0.92%) PMI Certification
10 2 (0.62%) CISM
10 2 (0.62%) CREST Certified
10 2 (0.62%) DBS Check
10 2 (0.62%) HNC
10 2 (0.62%) HPE ATP
10 2 (0.62%) Microsoft Certification
10 2 (0.62%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (7.08%) COSHH
2 13 (4.00%) Data Quality
2 13 (4.00%) SLA
3 11 (3.38%) QA
4 10 (3.08%) ISO 9001
5 5 (1.54%) PMO
6 3 (0.92%) Def Stans
7 2 (0.62%) Accessibility
7 2 (0.62%) GDPR
7 2 (0.62%) HMG Security Policy Framework
7 2 (0.62%) ISO/IEC 20000
7 2 (0.62%) JSP 440
7 2 (0.62%) NIST
7 2 (0.62%) RMADS
8 1 (0.31%) ISO 14001
8 1 (0.31%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 1 (0.31%) ISO/IEC 27005
8 1 (0.31%) MISRA
8 1 (0.31%) NCSC
8 1 (0.31%) NIST 800
System Software
1 11 (3.38%) Firmware
2 4 (1.23%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (0.92%) Ansible
1 3 (0.92%) Kubernetes
1 3 (0.92%) Terraform
2 2 (0.62%) Nessus
2 2 (0.62%) WSUS
3 1 (0.31%) OpenView
3 1 (0.31%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 22 (6.77%) Microsoft
2 21 (6.46%) Siemens
3 16 (4.92%) SAP
4 7 (2.15%) HP
5 5 (1.54%) Sparx
6 3 (0.92%) EMC
7 1 (0.31%) ArcSight
7 1 (0.31%) Cisco
7 1 (0.31%) ExtraHop
7 1 (0.31%) Green Hills
7 1 (0.31%) Radware
7 1 (0.31%) Riverbed
7 1 (0.31%) Salesforce