Military
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Military in permanent job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Military over the 6 months to 9 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 381 105 721
Rank change year-on-year -276 +616 -72
Permanent jobs citing Military 696 3,250 567
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.70% 3.21% 0.36%
As % of the General category 1.18% 4.70% 0.56%
Number of salaries quoted 412 195 175
10th Percentile £30,000 £16,800 £32,600
25th Percentile £40,000 £37,783 £39,449
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,084 £52,500 £49,200
Median % change year-on-year -0.79% +6.71% -10.55%
75th Percentile £66,250 £70,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £85,000 £78,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £51,500 £49,000
% change year-on-year -2.91% +5.10% -6.67%

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 permanent job vacancies with a requirement for common skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 59,215 69,122 100,670
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 59.75% 68.21% 64.16%
Number of salaries quoted 39,629 37,296 50,752
10th Percentile £27,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £43,162 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £102,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.52% +5.00% +5.26%

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
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Military.

Salary trend for Military in the UK

Military
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Military over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Military in the UK

Military
Top 15 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Military within the UK over the 6 months to 9 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England -238 667 £52,084 -2.39% 510
UK excluding London -226 640 £50,000 -2.91% 476
Work from Home -43 205 £50,000 -4.76% 132
South West -84 202 £45,000 -16.28% 107
South East -136 185 £52,500 -22.22% 143
Midlands -113 150 £52,500 +25.00% 76
West Midlands -75 105 £55,000 +6.80% 34
North of England -252 61 £52,084 +210.02% 91
North West -169 60 £52,084 +210.02% 58
East Midlands -99 45 £50,000 +197.62% 42
London -78 43 £82,500 +57.14% 54
East of England -162 25 £57,500 +15.00% 58
Scotland -167 15 £64,100 +73.24% 15
Northern Ireland +5 2 - - 1
North East -94 1 - - 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 10 (1.44%) IIS
1 10 (1.44%) SAS
2 8 (1.15%) SharePoint
3 4 (0.57%) Moodle
4 2 (0.29%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
4 2 (0.29%) CMS
Applications
1 161 (23.13%) Microsoft Office
2 147 (21.12%) Microsoft Excel
3 19 (2.73%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 17 (2.44%) Simulink
5 5 (0.72%) OrCAD
5 5 (0.72%) SOLIDWORKS
6 4 (0.57%) Photoshop
6 4 (0.57%) Windchill
7 3 (0.43%) Spreadsheet
7 3 (0.43%) SPSS
8 2 (0.29%) Fireworks
8 2 (0.29%) InDesign
Business Applications
1 2 (0.29%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 1 (0.14%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 19 (2.73%) AWS
2 14 (2.01%) SaaS
3 10 (1.44%) Azure
3 10 (1.44%) Microsoft 365
4 6 (0.86%) Power Platform
5 5 (0.72%) Azure Pipelines
6 3 (0.43%) Dropbox
7 2 (0.29%) Canva
7 2 (0.29%) Nutanix
7 2 (0.29%) Rubrik
8 1 (0.14%) Azure Sentinel
8 1 (0.14%) Cloud Computing
8 1 (0.14%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 42 (6.03%) Network Security
2 15 (2.16%) TCP/IP
3 14 (2.01%) Firewall
4 12 (1.72%) Wireless
5 10 (1.44%) Ethernet
6 9 (1.29%) 4G
6 9 (1.29%) WAN
7 8 (1.15%) 3G
8 7 (1.01%) ADSL
8 7 (1.01%) LAN
8 7 (1.01%) LTE
8 7 (1.01%) RS-232
8 7 (1.01%) VSAT
9 6 (0.86%) BGP
9 6 (0.86%) Cisco IPT
9 6 (0.86%) SDH
10 5 (0.72%) Cisco ASA
11 4 (0.57%) Intranet
11 4 (0.57%) Modbus
11 4 (0.57%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (1.58%) Relational Database
2 9 (1.29%) SQL Server
3 8 (1.15%) Tableau
4 6 (0.86%) Power BI
5 3 (0.43%) Big Data
5 3 (0.43%) EDRMS
6 2 (0.29%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (0.29%) MongoDB
6 2 (0.29%) MySQL
6 2 (0.29%) OLTP
Development Applications
1 18 (2.59%) Rational DOORS
2 17 (2.44%) Subversion
3 16 (2.30%) CMake
4 6 (0.86%) Visual Studio
5 5 (0.72%) LabVIEW
6 4 (0.57%) Rational Rhapsody
7 3 (0.43%) Eclipse
8 2 (0.29%) VectorCAST
9 1 (0.14%) GDB
General
1 114 (16.38%) Social Skills
2 76 (10.92%) Aerospace
3 60 (8.62%) Finance
4 58 (8.33%) Analytical Skills
5 57 (8.19%) Aviation
6 45 (6.47%) Electronics
6 45 (6.47%) Telecoms
7 41 (5.89%) Manufacturing
8 25 (3.59%) Retail
9 24 (3.45%) Marketing
10 22 (3.16%) Law
11 19 (2.73%) Legal
12 15 (2.16%) Games
13 14 (2.01%) Police
14 11 (1.58%) Automotive
14 11 (1.58%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 11 (1.58%) Influencing Skills
15 10 (1.44%) Multimedia
15 10 (1.44%) Public Sector
16 5 (0.72%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 129 (18.53%) Graduate
2 102 (14.66%) Senior
3 82 (11.78%) Software Engineer
4 56 (8.05%) Consultant
5 45 (6.47%) Security Consultant
6 40 (5.75%) Senior Software Engineer
7 38 (5.46%) Systems Engineer
8 37 (5.32%) Analyst
9 32 (4.60%) Developer
10 31 (4.45%) Lead
11 30 (4.31%) Technical Engineer
12 28 (4.02%) Architect
13 27 (3.88%) Cybersecurity Consultant
13 27 (3.88%) Technical Support
14 25 (3.59%) Support Engineer
15 23 (3.30%) Incident Manager
15 23 (3.30%) Technical Support Engineer
15 23 (3.30%) Vulnerability Manager
16 20 (2.87%) C++ Software Engineer
17 19 (2.73%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (3.30%) XML
2 19 (2.73%) Qt
3 17 (2.44%) MFC
4 16 (2.30%) STL
5 15 (2.16%) .NET
5 15 (2.16%) Elastic Stack
6 12 (1.72%) SGML
7 7 (1.01%) Unity (Game Engine)
8 6 (0.86%) ModSecurity
9 4 (0.57%) .NET Core
9 4 (0.57%) DAO
9 4 (0.57%) Flash
9 4 (0.57%) GTK
9 4 (0.57%) React
10 2 (0.29%) AngularJS
10 2 (0.29%) Blazor
10 2 (0.29%) Razor View Engine
10 2 (0.29%) wxWidgets
11 1 (0.14%) QML
11 1 (0.14%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 126 (18.10%) Onboarding
2 62 (8.91%) Management Information System
3 44 (6.32%) Algorithms
4 33 (4.74%) Cyber Defence
4 33 (4.74%) Security Operations Centre
5 28 (4.02%) Driving Licence
6 17 (2.44%) Self-Motivation
7 15 (2.16%) Cyber Kill Chain
8 13 (1.87%) Analogue Electronics
9 11 (1.58%) CESG
10 10 (1.44%) FPGA
11 9 (1.29%) Virtual Reality
12 7 (1.01%) Biopharmaceutical
12 7 (1.01%) Data Structures
12 7 (1.01%) Embedded Systems
12 7 (1.01%) Fibre Optics
12 7 (1.01%) Life Science
12 7 (1.01%) Oculus
13 6 (0.86%) Cyberattack
13 6 (0.86%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 77 (11.06%) Windows
2 75 (10.78%) Linux
3 16 (2.30%) Unix
4 15 (2.16%) Windows Server
5 14 (2.01%) Mac OS X
6 10 (1.44%) Windows 10
7 4 (0.57%) Windows Server 2012
8 3 (0.43%) Android
9 2 (0.29%) Solaris
9 2 (0.29%) VMS
9 2 (0.29%) Windows 7
9 2 (0.29%) Windows Server 2016
10 1 (0.14%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 168 (24.14%) Customer Service
2 152 (21.84%) Continuous Improvement
3 141 (20.26%) Logistics
4 140 (20.11%) Creative Thinking
5 135 (19.40%) Data Analysis
6 127 (18.25%) Process Improvement
7 126 (18.10%) Performance Metrics
8 125 (17.96%) Contingency Planning
8 125 (17.96%) Customer Experience
9 118 (16.95%) Agile
10 117 (16.81%) Cybersecurity
11 98 (14.08%) Software Engineering
12 94 (13.51%) Information Security
13 71 (10.20%) Mathematics
14 62 (8.91%) Computer Science
15 58 (8.33%) Problem-Solving
15 58 (8.33%) Project Management
16 57 (8.19%) Incident Management
16 57 (8.19%) Systems Engineering
17 49 (7.04%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 59 (8.48%) Python
2 53 (7.61%) C#
3 48 (6.90%) Java
4 39 (5.60%) C++
5 35 (5.03%) C
6 31 (4.45%) JavaScript
7 25 (3.59%) MATLAB
8 15 (2.16%) Haskell
9 13 (1.87%) SQL
10 12 (1.72%) R
11 6 (0.86%) Ada
12 5 (0.72%) Bash
12 5 (0.72%) VBA
13 4 (0.57%) TypeScript
14 2 (0.29%) Ada 83
15 1 (0.14%) PHP
15 1 (0.14%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 304 (43.68%) Degree
2 245 (35.20%) Security Cleared
3 100 (14.37%) SC Cleared
4 70 (10.06%) DV Cleared
5 46 (6.61%) CISSP
6 44 (6.32%) CISM
7 37 (5.32%) BPSS Clearance
8 35 (5.03%) Computer Science Degree
9 20 (2.87%) HNC
10 15 (2.16%) GCIA
10 15 (2.16%) GCIH
11 14 (2.01%) GREM
11 14 (2.01%) Master's Degree
12 10 (1.44%) CISMP
12 10 (1.44%) DBS Check
12 10 (1.44%) IISP
13 7 (1.01%) Numerate Degree
14 6 (0.86%) Chartered Engineer
14 6 (0.86%) CISA
14 6 (0.86%) GCSC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 49 (7.04%) NIST
2 28 (4.02%) NIST 800
3 13 (1.87%) JSP 440
4 12 (1.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 11 (1.58%) SLA
6 10 (1.44%) HMG Security Policy Framework
6 10 (1.44%) RMADS
7 8 (1.15%) NCSC
8 7 (1.01%) CDISC
8 7 (1.01%) DO-254
9 6 (0.86%) Accessibility
9 6 (0.86%) Cyber Essentials
9 6 (0.86%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 4 (0.57%) Def Stans
10 4 (0.57%) JTAG
10 4 (0.57%) QA
11 3 (0.43%) HAZOP
11 3 (0.43%) IEC 61508
12 2 (0.29%) DO-178B
12 2 (0.29%) ISO/IEC 12207
System Software
1 17 (2.44%) vSphere
2 13 (1.87%) Active Directory
3 12 (1.72%) Firmware
4 8 (1.15%) VMware Infrastructure
5 4 (0.57%) Hyper-V
5 4 (0.57%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 4 (0.57%) Virtual Servers
6 3 (0.43%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.14%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 5 (0.72%) SELinux
2 3 (0.43%) Backup Exec
3 2 (0.29%) FortiGate
3 2 (0.29%) Functional Safety
4 1 (0.14%) BMC PATROL
4 1 (0.14%) Check_MK
4 1 (0.14%) Failover Clustering
4 1 (0.14%) Kubernetes
4 1 (0.14%) Microsoft Clustering
4 1 (0.14%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
4 1 (0.14%) SCCM
4 1 (0.14%) vCenter Server
4 1 (0.14%) WSUS
Vendors
1 49 (7.04%) Microsoft
2 21 (3.02%) Cisco
3 16 (2.30%) Dell
4 15 (2.16%) SolarWinds
4 15 (2.16%) Tanium
4 15 (2.16%) Tripwire
5 10 (1.44%) VMware
6 7 (1.01%) Thales
7 6 (0.86%) HP
7 6 (0.86%) iManage
8 5 (0.72%) Fortinet
9 4 (0.57%) Alteryx
9 4 (0.57%) IBM
9 4 (0.57%) Intel
9 4 (0.57%) Mentor Graphics
9 4 (0.57%) Meraki
9 4 (0.57%) Red Hat
9 4 (0.57%) Siemens
9 4 (0.57%) SIMUL8
9 4 (0.57%) Xilinx