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

6 months to
14 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 286 309 298
Rank change year-on-year +23 -11 -233
Permanent jobs citing Military 314 185 571
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.51% 0.71% 0.87%
As % of the General category 1.04% 1.04% 1.48%
Number of salaries quoted 191 77 331
10th Percentile £35,250 £31,000 £29,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £46,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £51,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +7.84% +2.00%
75th Percentile £58,750 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £71,450 £82,500
UK median annual salary £50,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -13.04% +9.52% +5.00%

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 general skills in the UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 30,250 17,722 38,461
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 49.33% 68.12% 58.27%
Number of salaries quoted 15,729 9,297 26,150
10th Percentile £27,750 £26,500 £26,000
25th Percentile £33,000 £36,000 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,055 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.10% +5.38% -9.52%
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £82,500 £75,772
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +14.29% -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 14 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 14 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 +31 122 £42,500 -10.53% 18
North West +51 111 £42,500 -10.53% 8
South East -50 64 £52,500 -9.09% 34
South West -39 57 £75,000 +47.06% 36
Midlands -10 31 £42,500 -37.50% 17
East of England -10 23 £35,123 -40.22% 14
East Midlands -35 19 £42,500 - 12
West Midlands -6 12 £58,750 -13.60% 5
Scotland -25 9 £55,498 -14.62% 7
Wales - 8 £42,500 - 5
Yorkshire -60 6 - - 8
North East -29 5 - - 3
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 (1.59%) Confluence
Applications
1 20 (6.37%) Simulink
2 14 (4.46%) Microsoft Excel
3 9 (2.87%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 7 (2.23%) Microsoft Office
5 5 (1.59%) Microsoft Project
6 2 (0.64%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 15 (4.78%) SAP PM
2 5 (1.59%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 1 (0.32%) Q-Pulse
3 1 (0.32%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 12 (3.82%) Azure
2 6 (1.91%) AWS
2 6 (1.91%) Microsoft 365
3 5 (1.59%) Power Platform
4 2 (0.64%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 11 (3.50%) Structured Cabling
2 8 (2.55%) Wireless
3 6 (1.91%) Firewall
3 6 (1.91%) VoIP
4 4 (1.27%) RFID
4 4 (1.27%) TCP/IP
5 3 (0.96%) LAN
6 2 (0.64%) DHCP
6 2 (0.64%) DNS
6 2 (0.64%) Internet
6 2 (0.64%) Network Security
6 2 (0.64%) Wi-Fi
7 1 (0.32%) ATM
7 1 (0.32%) Frame Relay
7 1 (0.32%) MPLS
7 1 (0.32%) SNMP
7 1 (0.32%) Tactical Data Link
7 1 (0.32%) VLAN
7 1 (0.32%) WAN
7 1 (0.32%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (6.37%) Tableau
2 5 (1.59%) Power BI
3 1 (0.32%) Geospatial Data
3 1 (0.32%) GIS
3 1 (0.32%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 19 (6.05%) Rational DOORS
2 9 (2.87%) JIRA
3 4 (1.27%) LabVIEW
4 3 (0.96%) Balsamiq
4 3 (0.96%) Subversion
5 2 (0.64%) Git
5 2 (0.64%) Rational Rhapsody
5 2 (0.64%) Rational Statemate
General
1 134 (42.68%) Law
2 115 (36.62%) Social Skills
3 103 (32.80%) Telecoms
4 59 (18.79%) Back Office
5 49 (15.61%) Finance
6 40 (12.74%) Analytical Skills
7 29 (9.24%) Local Government
8 27 (8.60%) Aerospace
9 25 (7.96%) Electronics
10 16 (5.10%) Aviation
11 13 (4.14%) Billing
12 12 (3.82%) Organisational Skills
13 11 (3.50%) Manufacturing
14 9 (2.87%) Avionics
15 8 (2.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 6 (1.91%) Automotive
16 6 (1.91%) Welsh Language
17 5 (1.59%) Aeronautics
17 5 (1.59%) Marketing
18 4 (1.27%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 56 (17.83%) Project Manager
2 48 (15.29%) Systems Engineer
3 37 (11.78%) Senior
3 37 (11.78%) Traffic Manager
4 24 (7.64%) Analyst
5 21 (6.69%) Senior Systems Engineer
6 13 (4.14%) Trainee
6 13 (4.14%) Trainee Project Manager
7 12 (3.82%) Software Engineer
8 11 (3.50%) Principal Engineer
8 11 (3.50%) Senior Analyst
9 10 (3.18%) Cabling Engineer
9 10 (3.18%) Lead
9 10 (3.18%) Performance Analyst
9 10 (3.18%) Performance Manager
10 8 (2.55%) Administrator
10 8 (2.55%) Data Engineer
11 7 (2.23%) Architect
11 7 (2.23%) Solutions Architect
11 7 (2.23%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (2.87%) .NET
2 5 (1.59%) CSS
3 3 (0.96%) HTML
4 1 (0.32%) .NET Framework
4 1 (0.32%) ASP.NET
4 1 (0.32%) ASP.NET MVC
4 1 (0.32%) ASP.NET Web API
4 1 (0.32%) Blazor
4 1 (0.32%) CSS3
4 1 (0.32%) Entity Framework
4 1 (0.32%) HTML5
4 1 (0.32%) Middleware
4 1 (0.32%) OAuth
4 1 (0.32%) OpenID
4 1 (0.32%) Qt
4 1 (0.32%) SAML
4 1 (0.32%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 38 (12.10%) Management Information System
2 33 (10.51%) Driving Licence
3 14 (4.46%) Onboarding
4 7 (2.23%) Data Centre
5 5 (1.59%) Acoustics
6 4 (1.27%) CMDB
6 4 (1.27%) Embedded Systems
6 4 (1.27%) Virtual Team
7 3 (0.96%) e-Learning
7 3 (0.96%) PKI
7 3 (0.96%) Robotics
8 2 (0.64%) Analogue Electronics
8 2 (0.64%) Culture of Ownership
8 2 (0.64%) Cyberattack
8 2 (0.64%) IoT
8 2 (0.64%) Learning Management System
8 2 (0.64%) Operational Technology
8 2 (0.64%) Raspberry Pi
9 1 (0.32%) Product Ownership
9 1 (0.32%) Satnav
Operating Systems
1 14 (4.46%) Windows
2 13 (4.14%) Linux
3 4 (1.27%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (14.01%) Agile
2 35 (11.15%) Collaborative Working
3 34 (10.83%) Cybersecurity
3 34 (10.83%) Service Delivery
4 33 (10.51%) Business Development
5 32 (10.19%) Systems Engineering
6 29 (9.24%) Continuous Improvement
7 26 (8.28%) Data-Driven Decision Making
8 25 (7.96%) Data Development
8 25 (7.96%) Data Governance
8 25 (7.96%) Problem-Solving
8 25 (7.96%) Software Engineering
8 25 (7.96%) Visualisation
9 24 (7.64%) Information Assurance
9 24 (7.64%) Mathematics
10 21 (6.69%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
11 20 (6.37%) Requirements Management
12 19 (6.05%) Coaching
12 19 (6.05%) Commercial Awareness
12 19 (6.05%) Physics
Programming Languages
1 21 (6.69%) MATLAB
2 19 (6.05%) C
3 18 (5.73%) C++
4 17 (5.41%) C#
5 10 (3.18%) Python
6 7 (2.23%) PowerShell
7 5 (1.59%) Ada
7 5 (1.59%) JavaScript
8 3 (0.96%) Bash
8 3 (0.96%) Go
8 3 (0.96%) VBScript
9 2 (0.64%) Java
9 2 (0.64%) SQL
9 2 (0.64%) TypeScript
10 1 (0.32%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 63 (20.06%) Degree
2 61 (19.43%) Security Cleared
3 44 (14.01%) BPSS Clearance
4 27 (8.60%) SC Cleared
5 14 (4.46%) DV Cleared
6 10 (3.18%) ACCA
6 10 (3.18%) CIMA
7 5 (1.59%) Chartered Engineer
7 5 (1.59%) Master's Degree
8 4 (1.27%) CCIE
8 4 (1.27%) Cisco Certification
9 3 (0.96%) Azure Certification
9 3 (0.96%) CISSP
9 3 (0.96%) CITP
9 3 (0.96%) CREST Certified
9 3 (0.96%) PMI Certification
10 2 (0.64%) Computer Science Degree
10 2 (0.64%) DBS Check
10 2 (0.64%) HPE ATP
10 2 (0.64%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (7.64%) COSHH
2 13 (4.14%) Data Quality
2 13 (4.14%) SLA
3 12 (3.82%) QA
4 11 (3.50%) ISO 9001
5 5 (1.59%) PMO
6 4 (1.27%) HMG Security Policy Framework
7 3 (0.96%) RMADS
8 2 (0.64%) Accessibility
8 2 (0.64%) Def Stans
8 2 (0.64%) GDPR
8 2 (0.64%) ISO/IEC 20000
8 2 (0.64%) JSP 440
9 1 (0.32%) DO-254
9 1 (0.32%) ISO 14001
9 1 (0.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 1 (0.32%) MISRA
9 1 (0.32%) NCSC
9 1 (0.32%) NIST
System Software
1 11 (3.50%) Firmware
2 4 (1.27%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.32%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (1.27%) Kubernetes
2 3 (0.96%) Ansible
2 3 (0.96%) Terraform
3 2 (0.64%) Nessus
3 2 (0.64%) WSUS
4 1 (0.32%) OpenView
4 1 (0.32%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 24 (7.64%) Microsoft
2 19 (6.05%) Siemens
3 16 (5.10%) SAP
4 7 (2.23%) HP
5 5 (1.59%) Sparx
6 3 (0.96%) EMC
7 2 (0.64%) Green Hills
8 1 (0.32%) ArcSight
8 1 (0.32%) Cisco
8 1 (0.32%) ExtraHop
8 1 (0.32%) Radware
8 1 (0.32%) Riverbed
8 1 (0.32%) Salesforce