Military Contracts

Military
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Military in contract job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Military over the 6 months to 15 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
15 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 357 489 718
Rank change year-on-year +132 +229 -140
Contract jobs citing Military 224 217 139
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.53% 0.38% 0.16%
As % of the General category 0.91% 0.65% 0.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 91 99 57
10th Percentile £506 £425 £423
25th Percentile £519 £500 £460
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £613 £600 £549
Median % change year-on-year +2.08% +9.29% +15.58%
75th Percentile £675 £675 £650
90th Percentile £743 £745 £732
UK excluding London median daily rate £600 £575 £550
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.64% +16.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 62 61 30
10th Percentile £37.79 £48.99 £42.33
25th Percentile £47.83 £56.29 £49.26
Median hourly rate £59.50 £63.23 £52.89
Median % change year-on-year -5.90% +19.55% +14.98%
75th Percentile £65.00 £70.00 £68.38
90th Percentile £79.52 £82.50 £72.77
UK excluding London median hourly rate £60.00 £60.35 £53.08
% change year-on-year -0.58% +13.70% +15.39%

All General Skills
UK

Military is in the General Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 24,707 33,460 49,314
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 58.06% 58.60% 56.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 15,592 23,193 34,217
10th Percentile £275 £313 £320
25th Percentile £413 £440 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £775 £775 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +9.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,917 1,020 1,414
10th Percentile £12.75 £13.41 £12.50
25th Percentile £15.46 £17.99 £15.00
Median hourly rate £30.00 £33.60 £22.45
Median % change year-on-year -10.72% +49.68% -0.22%
75th Percentile £52.50 £61.25 £47.43
90th Percentile £66.25 £72.55 £60.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £28.25 £29.00 £19.00
% change year-on-year -2.59% +52.63% -4.76%

Military
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Military as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Military in the UK

Military
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Military.

Daily rate trend for Military in the UK

Military
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Military over the 6 months to 15 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Military in the UK

Military
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Military.

Hourly rate trend for Military in the UK

Military
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Military over the 6 months to 15 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Military in the UK

Military
Top 13 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Military within the UK over the 6 months to 15 May 2024. 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +128 213 £625 +4.17% 522
UK excluding London +46 167 £600 +4.35% 475
South West +1 73 £585 +1.52% 103
South East +39 57 £625 +12.41% 149
Work from Home +107 51 £613 -2.00% 136
London +128 43 £645 -9.47% 55
East of England +24 19 - - 66
North of England +32 13 £550 +15.79% 92
North West +29 11 £550 +22.22% 59
Midlands +20 3 £532 -18.23% 70
West Midlands +8 3 £532 -18.23% 36
Scotland +47 2 £608 +35.00% 11
North East +13 2 - - 9

Military
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 23 (10.27%) Confluence
2 20 (8.93%) Microsoft Exchange
3 11 (4.91%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.45%) ArcGIS
4 1 (0.45%) nginx
4 1 (0.45%) Oracle Coherence
4 1 (0.45%) SAS
Applications
1 11 (4.91%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (4.02%) Microsoft Excel
3 8 (3.57%) Simulink
4 3 (1.34%) Windchill
5 2 (0.89%) Stateflow
6 1 (0.45%) AutoCAD
6 1 (0.45%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.45%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.45%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.45%) Revit
6 1 (0.45%) Trello
Business Applications
1 6 (2.68%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 3 (1.34%) Remedy ITSM
3 2 (0.89%) Misys Midas
3 2 (0.89%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.45%) Maximo
Cloud Services
1 8 (3.57%) Azure
2 4 (1.79%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (1.79%) OCI
2 4 (1.79%) Power Automate
2 4 (1.79%) Power Platform
3 3 (1.34%) AWS
3 3 (1.34%) Azure Logic Apps
3 3 (1.34%) Azure Storage
4 1 (0.45%) Asana
4 1 (0.45%) AWS Elastic Beanstalk
4 1 (0.45%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (0.45%) GCP
4 1 (0.45%) PowerApps
4 1 (0.45%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 21 (9.38%) DNS
2 20 (8.93%) DHCP
3 17 (7.59%) Network Security
4 16 (7.14%) TCP/IP
5 11 (4.91%) Ethernet
5 11 (4.91%) Firewall
6 9 (4.02%) WAN
7 8 (3.57%) Wireless
8 7 (3.13%) LAN
9 5 (2.23%) VoIP
10 3 (1.34%) 4G
10 3 (1.34%) 5G
10 3 (1.34%) Internet
10 3 (1.34%) Skype
10 3 (1.34%) SMTP
11 2 (0.89%) Intranet
11 2 (0.89%) SD-WAN
11 2 (0.89%) SNA
12 1 (0.45%) VPN
12 1 (0.45%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (1.34%) Oracle Database
2 2 (0.89%) Elasticsearch
2 2 (0.89%) GIS
2 2 (0.89%) SAP HANA
3 1 (0.45%) DTS
3 1 (0.45%) Geospatial Data
3 1 (0.45%) MongoDB
3 1 (0.45%) Neo4j
3 1 (0.45%) NoSQL
3 1 (0.45%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 32 (14.29%) JIRA
2 12 (5.36%) Rational DOORS
3 11 (4.91%) Eclipse
3 11 (4.91%) Visual Studio
4 1 (0.45%) Oracle APEX
4 1 (0.45%) Oracle Forms
General
1 71 (31.70%) Social Skills
2 43 (19.20%) Analytical Skills
3 33 (14.73%) Public Sector
4 23 (10.27%) Aerospace
5 17 (7.59%) Presentation Skills
6 15 (6.70%) Finance
7 13 (5.80%) Telecoms
8 5 (2.23%) Aviation
8 5 (2.23%) Electronics
9 4 (1.79%) Automotive
9 4 (1.79%) Manufacturing
10 2 (0.89%) Banking
10 2 (0.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (0.89%) Marketing
10 2 (0.89%) Police
11 1 (0.45%) Digital Economy
11 1 (0.45%) Digital Health
11 1 (0.45%) Digital Healthcare
11 1 (0.45%) Fire and Rescue
11 1 (0.45%) Law
Job Titles
1 30 (13.39%) Systems Engineer
2 22 (9.82%) Integration Engineer
2 22 (9.82%) Test Engineer
3 20 (8.93%) Senior
3 20 (8.93%) Test and Integration Engineer
4 18 (8.04%) Delivery Manager
4 18 (8.04%) Project Manager
4 18 (8.04%) Software Engineer
5 16 (7.14%) Analyst
6 10 (4.46%) Architect
6 10 (4.46%) C# Software Engineer
7 9 (4.02%) C++ Software Engineer
8 8 (3.57%) Consultant
8 8 (3.57%) Security Manager
8 8 (3.57%) SOC Manager
9 7 (3.13%) Developer
9 7 (3.13%) Principal Engineer
9 7 (3.13%) Threat Intelligence Analyst
10 6 (2.68%) IT Manager
10 6 (2.68%) Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (6.70%) Web Services
2 12 (5.36%) Node.js
3 3 (1.34%) REST
3 3 (1.34%) SPFx
4 2 (0.89%) Elastic Stack
4 2 (0.89%) SAP Basis
4 2 (0.89%) SAP Fiori
5 1 (0.45%) CSS
5 1 (0.45%) HTML
5 1 (0.45%) Laravel
5 1 (0.45%) Oracle Fusion
5 1 (0.45%) Sass
5 1 (0.45%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 21 (9.38%) PKI
2 13 (5.80%) Management Information System
3 12 (5.36%) Cyber Defence
4 8 (3.57%) Security Operations Centre
5 7 (3.13%) Cyber Threat
5 7 (3.13%) Operational Technology
6 4 (1.79%) Linux Command Line
6 4 (1.79%) Product Ownership
7 3 (1.34%) Analogue Electronics
7 3 (1.34%) Data Centre
7 3 (1.34%) Driving Licence
7 3 (1.34%) PMI
8 2 (0.89%) Algorithms
8 2 (0.89%) Analytical Mindset
8 2 (0.89%) Distributed Applications
8 2 (0.89%) Embedded Systems
8 2 (0.89%) NHS
9 1 (0.45%) CBDC
9 1 (0.45%) GNSS
9 1 (0.45%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 38 (16.96%) Windows
2 22 (9.82%) Windows Server
3 19 (8.48%) Linux
4 17 (7.59%) Windows Server 2012
5 3 (1.34%) Windows 10
6 2 (0.89%) Unix
7 1 (0.45%) Android
7 1 (0.45%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.45%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 74 (33.04%) Agile
2 32 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
3 31 (13.84%) Project Management
4 29 (12.95%) Validation
5 23 (10.27%) Mentoring
5 23 (10.27%) Software Engineering
5 23 (10.27%) Verification and Validation
6 21 (9.38%) Cybersecurity
7 20 (8.93%) Test Scripting
8 18 (8.04%) Critical Thinking
8 18 (8.04%) Decision-Making
8 18 (8.04%) PRINCE2
8 18 (8.04%) Roadmaps
9 17 (7.59%) Regression Testing
10 16 (7.14%) Configuration Management
10 16 (7.14%) Waterfall
11 15 (6.70%) Business Case
12 14 (6.25%) Stakeholder Management
13 13 (5.80%) Continuous Delivery
13 13 (5.80%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 23 (10.27%) SQL
2 15 (6.70%) JavaScript
3 14 (6.25%) C#
4 12 (5.36%) C++
5 11 (4.91%) MATLAB
6 8 (3.57%) Python
7 6 (2.68%) C
8 5 (2.23%) Ada
8 5 (2.23%) PowerShell
9 2 (0.89%) VB
10 1 (0.45%) Bash
10 1 (0.45%) Groovy
10 1 (0.45%) PHP
10 1 (0.45%) R
10 1 (0.45%) Ruby
10 1 (0.45%) Shell Script
10 1 (0.45%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 171 (76.34%) Security Cleared
2 129 (57.59%) SC Cleared
3 65 (29.02%) DV Cleared
4 30 (13.39%) Degree
5 17 (7.59%) MCSA
5 17 (7.59%) MCSE
5 17 (7.59%) Microsoft Certification
5 17 (7.59%) PMI Certification
5 17 (7.59%) PMP
5 17 (7.59%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 9 (4.02%) CISSP
7 8 (3.57%) CISM
8 6 (2.68%) TOGAF Certification
9 3 (1.34%) BPSS Clearance
9 3 (1.34%) CTC Cleared
10 2 (0.89%) CCNA
10 2 (0.89%) CCNP
10 2 (0.89%) Cisco Certification
10 2 (0.89%) Computer Science Degree
10 2 (0.89%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (4.91%) NIST
2 9 (4.02%) NIST 800
3 6 (2.68%) JSP 440
4 5 (2.23%) Def Stans
4 5 (2.23%) DO-178B
5 4 (1.79%) IEC 61508
5 4 (1.79%) SLA
6 3 (1.34%) PMBOK
6 3 (1.34%) PMO
6 3 (1.34%) QA
7 2 (0.89%) Accessibility
7 2 (0.89%) Actionable Recommendations
7 2 (0.89%) NCSC
8 1 (0.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 1 (0.45%) MISRA
8 1 (0.45%) MISRA C
8 1 (0.45%) RMADS
System Software
1 21 (9.38%) Active Directory
2 20 (8.93%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (1.34%) Microsoft Virtual Server
3 3 (1.34%) Virtual Desktop
3 3 (1.34%) Virtual Servers
4 2 (0.89%) Firmware
4 2 (0.89%) vSphere
5 1 (0.45%) Docker
5 1 (0.45%) iptables
Systems Management
1 3 (1.34%) Active Directory Federation Services
1 3 (1.34%) FortiGate
1 3 (1.34%) OPNET
1 3 (1.34%) SCCM
1 3 (1.34%) SCOM
2 2 (0.89%) Kibana
2 2 (0.89%) logstash
3 1 (0.45%) Ansible
3 1 (0.45%) Check_MK
3 1 (0.45%) Grafana
3 1 (0.45%) Progress Chef
3 1 (0.45%) Prometheus
3 1 (0.45%) Puppet
3 1 (0.45%) Terraform
Vendors
1 36 (16.07%) Microsoft
2 22 (9.82%) VMware
3 9 (4.02%) Oracle
4 7 (3.13%) Cisco
5 6 (2.68%) Juniper
5 6 (2.68%) Sparx
6 5 (2.23%) Atlassian
7 4 (1.79%) IBM
7 4 (1.79%) Remedy
7 4 (1.79%) SAP
8 3 (1.34%) CheckPoint
8 3 (1.34%) Keysight
8 3 (1.34%) PTC
8 3 (1.34%) SolarWinds
9 2 (0.89%) MathWorks
9 2 (0.89%) Micro Focus
9 2 (0.89%) QinetiQ
9 2 (0.89%) Red Hat
9 2 (0.89%) Splunk
10 1 (0.45%) ESRI