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 7 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 275 196 348
Rank change year-on-year -79 +152 -39
Permanent jobs citing Military 253 585 222
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.64% 1.37% 0.76%
As % of the General category 1.09% 2.31% 1.21%
Number of salaries quoted 159 155 147
10th Percentile £29,514 £28,537 £33,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £46,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,000 £57,560 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -25.29% +4.65% +10.00%
75th Percentile £57,250 £75,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £78,000 £100,000 £85,000
UK median annual salary £45,000 £57,560 £55,000
% change year-on-year -21.82% +4.65% +10.00%

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 common skills in the UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 23,213 25,376 18,406
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 58.45% 59.30% 63.33%
Number of salaries quoted 12,275 11,061 13,441
10th Percentile £26,500 £30,000 £26,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £38,750 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £52,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.46% +4.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £62,500 £67,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £78,750 £82,500 £82,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -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 7 December 2025.

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 7 December 2025. 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 +55 86 £45,000 -5.26% 71
North West +69 75 £45,000 -5.26% 46
South West +10 60 £60,000 +9.09% 55
South East -117 49 £50,000 -28.57% 107
Midlands -61 34 £42,500 +7.59% 40
West Midlands -49 20 £42,500 -24.78% 24
East of England +34 16 £38,500 -23.00% 54
East Midlands 0 14 £42,500 +57.41% 14
Yorkshire -6 11 - - 19
Scotland -9 5 £55,498 +8.24% 10
Wales +2 3 £42,500 - 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 7 (2.77%) Confluence
2 2 (0.79%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 14 (5.53%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (2.77%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (1.98%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (0.79%) Simulink
5 1 (0.40%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 2 (0.79%) SAP PM
2 1 (0.40%) Q-Pulse
2 1 (0.40%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 10 (3.95%) Azure
2 5 (1.98%) AWS
3 4 (1.58%) Power Platform
4 3 (1.19%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 6 (2.37%) VoIP
2 4 (1.58%) Firewall
2 4 (1.58%) Structured Cabling
3 3 (1.19%) VSAT
3 3 (1.19%) Wireless
4 2 (0.79%) 5G
4 2 (0.79%) Cisco IOS
4 2 (0.79%) Internet
4 2 (0.79%) SD-WAN
4 2 (0.79%) WAN
5 1 (0.40%) DHCP
5 1 (0.40%) DNS
5 1 (0.40%) Network Security
5 1 (0.40%) Software-Defined Radio
5 1 (0.40%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.40%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (1.58%) Power BI
2 3 (1.19%) GIS
3 2 (0.79%) Data Mart
3 2 (0.79%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 2 (0.79%) Tableau
4 1 (0.40%) Geospatial Data
4 1 (0.40%) Power Query
4 1 (0.40%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 11 (4.35%) JIRA
2 4 (1.58%) Rational DOORS
3 3 (1.19%) Balsamiq
3 3 (1.19%) Git
4 2 (0.79%) Maven
4 2 (0.79%) Rational Rhapsody
4 2 (0.79%) Rational Statemate
5 1 (0.40%) Subversion
General
1 104 (41.11%) Law
2 96 (37.94%) Telecoms
3 88 (34.78%) Social Skills
4 38 (15.02%) Finance
5 35 (13.83%) Back Office
6 32 (12.65%) Local Government
7 17 (6.72%) Aviation
8 16 (6.32%) Presentation Skills
9 12 (4.74%) Analytical Skills
10 11 (4.35%) Aerospace
10 11 (4.35%) Public Sector
11 9 (3.56%) Organisational Skills
11 9 (3.56%) Police
12 7 (2.77%) Manufacturing
12 7 (2.77%) Retail
13 6 (2.37%) Aeronautics
13 6 (2.37%) Arabic Language
13 6 (2.37%) Electronics
13 6 (2.37%) French Language
14 5 (1.98%) Avionics
Job Titles
1 54 (21.34%) Project Manager
2 29 (11.46%) Systems Engineer
3 19 (7.51%) Senior
4 16 (6.32%) Traffic Manager
5 15 (5.93%) Lead
6 10 (3.95%) Analyst
6 10 (3.95%) Service Manager
7 9 (3.56%) Support Officer
7 9 (3.56%) Team Leader
8 8 (3.16%) Consultant
9 7 (2.77%) Assistant Project Manager
9 7 (2.77%) Principal Engineer
9 7 (2.77%) Software Engineer
9 7 (2.77%) Test Engineer
10 6 (2.37%) Administrator
10 6 (2.37%) Delivery Manager
10 6 (2.37%) Senior Systems Engineer
10 6 (2.37%) Service Delivery Manager
11 5 (1.98%) Integration Engineer
11 5 (1.98%) Project Support Officer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (2.77%) CSS
2 2 (0.79%) HTML
2 2 (0.79%) JavaFX
2 2 (0.79%) Middleware
3 1 (0.40%) .NET
3 1 (0.40%) .NET Framework
3 1 (0.40%) ASP.NET
3 1 (0.40%) ASP.NET MVC
3 1 (0.40%) ASP.NET Web API
3 1 (0.40%) Blazor
3 1 (0.40%) CSS3
3 1 (0.40%) Entity Framework
3 1 (0.40%) HTML5
3 1 (0.40%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 36 (14.23%) Driving Licence
2 15 (5.93%) Management Information System
3 9 (3.56%) Data Centre
4 6 (2.37%) Onboarding
4 6 (2.37%) Robotics
5 5 (1.98%) Product Ownership
6 4 (1.58%) PKI
7 3 (1.19%) Acoustics
7 3 (1.19%) e-Learning
8 2 (0.79%) CCTV
8 2 (0.79%) Cyberattack
8 2 (0.79%) Linux Command Line
8 2 (0.79%) NHS
8 2 (0.79%) Operational Technology
8 2 (0.79%) Self-Driving Car
8 2 (0.79%) Virtual Team
9 1 (0.40%) Freedom of Information
9 1 (0.40%) Graphic Design
9 1 (0.40%) PMI
9 1 (0.40%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 15 (5.93%) Windows
2 13 (5.14%) Linux
3 9 (3.56%) Windows Server
4 4 (1.58%) Windows Server 2016
4 4 (1.58%) Windows Server 2019
5 2 (0.79%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.40%) Android
6 1 (0.40%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (17.39%) Service Delivery
2 33 (13.04%) Collaborative Working
2 33 (13.04%) Customer Service
3 32 (12.65%) Agile
4 29 (11.46%) Continuous Improvement
5 28 (11.07%) Commercial Awareness
6 26 (10.28%) Problem-Solving
7 20 (7.91%) Project Management
7 20 (7.91%) Software Engineering
8 14 (5.53%) Customer Requirements
8 14 (5.53%) Cybersecurity
9 13 (5.14%) Systems Engineering
10 11 (4.35%) Business Development
11 10 (3.95%) Decision-Making
11 10 (3.95%) Preventative Maintenance
12 9 (3.56%) AI
12 9 (3.56%) Technical Leadership
12 9 (3.56%) Validation
12 9 (3.56%) Verification and Validation
13 8 (3.16%) PRINCE2
Programming Languages
1 9 (3.56%) C#
1 9 (3.56%) MATLAB
2 8 (3.16%) C++
2 8 (3.16%) Python
3 7 (2.77%) C
3 7 (2.77%) PowerShell
4 5 (1.98%) Ada
5 4 (1.58%) SQL
6 3 (1.19%) Bash
6 3 (1.19%) Go
6 3 (1.19%) VBScript
7 2 (0.79%) Java
7 2 (0.79%) JavaScript
8 1 (0.40%) PL/SQL
8 1 (0.40%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 57 (22.53%) Degree
2 56 (22.13%) Security Cleared
3 33 (13.04%) SC Cleared
4 26 (10.28%) BPSS Clearance
5 11 (4.35%) DV Cleared
6 7 (2.77%) Microsoft Certification
7 6 (2.37%) HNC
8 5 (1.98%) CCNA
8 5 (1.98%) Cisco Certification
8 5 (1.98%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 4 (1.58%) Chartered Engineer
9 4 (1.58%) Network+ Certification
10 3 (1.19%) Azure Certification
10 3 (1.19%) CITP
10 3 (1.19%) Computer Science Degree
10 3 (1.19%) CREST Certified
10 3 (1.19%) ISEB
10 3 (1.19%) ISTQB
10 3 (1.19%) Master's Degree
11 2 (0.79%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (7.51%) COSHH
2 9 (3.56%) GDPR
2 9 (3.56%) SLA
3 8 (3.16%) HMG Security Policy Framework
3 8 (3.16%) ISO 14001
4 6 (2.37%) Data Quality
4 6 (2.37%) NEBOSH
4 6 (2.37%) PMO
4 6 (2.37%) QA
5 5 (1.98%) ISO 9001
6 3 (1.19%) RMADS
7 2 (0.79%) Accessibility
7 2 (0.79%) Def Stans
8 1 (0.40%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.40%) DO-254
8 1 (0.40%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 1 (0.40%) NCSC
8 1 (0.40%) NIST
System Software
1 7 (2.77%) Active Directory
2 5 (1.98%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (1.58%) Virtual Machines
3 4 (1.58%) VMware ESXi
3 4 (1.58%) vSphere
4 2 (0.79%) Firmware
5 1 (0.40%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (1.58%) vCenter Server
2 2 (0.79%) Kubernetes
2 2 (0.79%) Nessus
2 2 (0.79%) WSUS
3 1 (0.40%) Ansible
3 1 (0.40%) Terraform
Vendors
1 29 (11.46%) Microsoft
2 7 (2.77%) Cisco
3 5 (1.98%) VMware
4 3 (1.19%) Atlassian
4 3 (1.19%) SAP
5 2 (0.79%) EMC
5 2 (0.79%) Green Hills
5 2 (0.79%) Siemens
6 1 (0.40%) PTC
6 1 (0.40%) Salesforce
6 1 (0.40%) Sparx