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 18 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 371 105 708
Rank change year-on-year -266 +603 -60
Permanent jobs citing Military 734 3,201 616
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.73% 3.23% 0.38%
As % of the General category 1.23% 4.73% 0.59%
Number of salaries quoted 429 185 175
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,850 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,750 £40,250 £39,449
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,084 £52,500 £49,200
Median % change year-on-year -0.79% +6.71% -5.02%
75th Percentile £66,250 £72,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £83,500 £85,000 £75,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £49,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +7.14% -2.00%

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 59,575 67,663 103,701
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 59.63% 68.23% 64.52%
Number of salaries quoted 39,717 36,616 51,172
10th Percentile £27,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £43,059 £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 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £102,500 £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 18 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 18 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 -234 704 £52,084 -2.39% 517
UK excluding London -217 678 £50,000 -4.76% 478
Work from Home -34 212 £50,000 -4.76% 142
South West -78 205 £46,000 -16.36% 101
South East -133 191 £55,000 -20.00% 161
Midlands -101 171 £52,500 +1.94% 68
West Midlands -63 121 £55,000 -9.84% 32
North of England -256 61 £52,084 +44.68% 95
North West -168 60 £52,084 +20.01% 60
East Midlands -82 50 £50,000 +197.62% 36
London -67 43 £82,500 +57.14% 49
East of England -162 32 £45,000 -10.00% 63
Scotland -163 16 £56,800 +53.51% 9
Northern Ireland -1 2 - - 2
North East -96 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 (1.36%) IIS
1 10 (1.36%) SAS
2 8 (1.09%) SharePoint
3 4 (0.54%) Moodle
4 2 (0.27%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
4 2 (0.27%) CMS
5 1 (0.14%) Confluence
5 1 (0.14%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 182 (24.80%) Microsoft Office
2 168 (22.89%) Microsoft Excel
3 19 (2.59%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 17 (2.32%) Simulink
5 5 (0.68%) OrCAD
5 5 (0.68%) SOLIDWORKS
6 4 (0.54%) Photoshop
6 4 (0.54%) Windchill
7 3 (0.41%) Spreadsheet
7 3 (0.41%) SPSS
8 2 (0.27%) Fireworks
8 2 (0.27%) InDesign
Business Applications
1 2 (0.27%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 1 (0.14%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 19 (2.59%) AWS
2 14 (1.91%) SaaS
3 10 (1.36%) Azure
3 10 (1.36%) Microsoft 365
4 6 (0.82%) Power Platform
5 5 (0.68%) Azure Pipelines
6 3 (0.41%) Dropbox
7 2 (0.27%) Canva
7 2 (0.27%) Nutanix
7 2 (0.27%) Rubrik
8 1 (0.14%) Azure Sentinel
8 1 (0.14%) Cloud Computing
8 1 (0.14%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 42 (5.72%) Network Security
2 15 (2.04%) TCP/IP
3 14 (1.91%) Firewall
3 14 (1.91%) Wireless
4 10 (1.36%) Ethernet
5 9 (1.23%) 4G
5 9 (1.23%) WAN
6 8 (1.09%) 3G
7 7 (0.95%) ADSL
7 7 (0.95%) LAN
7 7 (0.95%) LTE
7 7 (0.95%) RS-232
7 7 (0.95%) VSAT
8 6 (0.82%) BGP
8 6 (0.82%) Cisco IPT
8 6 (0.82%) SDH
9 5 (0.68%) Cisco ASA
9 5 (0.68%) DNS
10 4 (0.54%) Intranet
10 4 (0.54%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (1.36%) Relational Database
2 8 (1.09%) SQL Server
2 8 (1.09%) Tableau
3 6 (0.82%) Power BI
4 3 (0.41%) Big Data
4 3 (0.41%) EDRMS
5 2 (0.27%) MongoDB
6 1 (0.14%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.14%) MySQL
6 1 (0.14%) OLTP
Development Applications
1 18 (2.45%) Rational DOORS
2 17 (2.32%) Subversion
3 16 (2.18%) CMake
4 6 (0.82%) Visual Studio
5 5 (0.68%) LabVIEW
6 4 (0.54%) Rational Rhapsody
7 3 (0.41%) Eclipse
8 2 (0.27%) VectorCAST
9 1 (0.14%) GDB
9 1 (0.14%) JIRA
General
1 115 (15.67%) Social Skills
2 78 (10.63%) Aerospace
3 59 (8.04%) Analytical Skills
4 58 (7.90%) Aviation
4 58 (7.90%) Finance
5 46 (6.27%) Telecoms
6 45 (6.13%) Electronics
7 42 (5.72%) Manufacturing
8 25 (3.41%) Retail
9 24 (3.27%) Marketing
10 22 (3.00%) Law
11 18 (2.45%) Legal
12 15 (2.04%) Games
13 13 (1.77%) Police
14 12 (1.63%) Automotive
15 11 (1.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 11 (1.50%) Influencing Skills
16 10 (1.36%) Multimedia
16 10 (1.36%) Public Sector
17 5 (0.68%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 150 (20.44%) Graduate
2 104 (14.17%) Senior
3 82 (11.17%) Software Engineer
4 56 (7.63%) Consultant
5 45 (6.13%) Security Consultant
6 43 (5.86%) Systems Engineer
7 40 (5.45%) Senior Software Engineer
8 37 (5.04%) Analyst
9 32 (4.36%) Developer
9 32 (4.36%) Lead
10 30 (4.09%) Technical Engineer
11 28 (3.81%) Architect
12 27 (3.68%) Cybersecurity Consultant
12 27 (3.68%) Technical Support
13 25 (3.41%) Support Engineer
14 23 (3.13%) Incident Manager
14 23 (3.13%) Technical Support Engineer
14 23 (3.13%) Vulnerability Manager
15 21 (2.86%) Author
15 21 (2.86%) Technical Author
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (3.13%) XML
2 19 (2.59%) Qt
2 19 (2.59%) SGML
3 17 (2.32%) MFC
4 16 (2.18%) STL
5 15 (2.04%) .NET
5 15 (2.04%) Elastic Stack
6 7 (0.95%) Unity (Game Engine)
7 6 (0.82%) ModSecurity
8 4 (0.54%) .NET Core
8 4 (0.54%) DAO
8 4 (0.54%) Flash
8 4 (0.54%) GTK
8 4 (0.54%) React
9 2 (0.27%) AngularJS
9 2 (0.27%) Blazor
9 2 (0.27%) Middleware
9 2 (0.27%) Razor View Engine
9 2 (0.27%) wxWidgets
10 1 (0.14%) QML
Miscellaneous
1 147 (20.03%) Onboarding
2 63 (8.58%) Management Information System
3 44 (5.99%) Algorithms
4 33 (4.50%) Cyber Defence
4 33 (4.50%) Security Operations Centre
5 29 (3.95%) Driving Licence
6 17 (2.32%) Self-Motivation
7 15 (2.04%) Cyber Kill Chain
8 14 (1.91%) Analogue Electronics
9 11 (1.50%) CESG
10 10 (1.36%) FPGA
11 9 (1.23%) Virtual Reality
12 7 (0.95%) Biopharmaceutical
12 7 (0.95%) Data Structures
12 7 (0.95%) Embedded Systems
12 7 (0.95%) Fibre Optics
12 7 (0.95%) Life Science
12 7 (0.95%) Oculus
13 6 (0.82%) Cyberattack
13 6 (0.82%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 78 (10.63%) Windows
2 75 (10.22%) Linux
3 16 (2.18%) Unix
3 16 (2.18%) Windows Server
4 14 (1.91%) Mac OS X
5 10 (1.36%) Windows 10
6 5 (0.68%) Windows Server 2012
7 3 (0.41%) Android
8 2 (0.27%) Solaris
8 2 (0.27%) VMS
8 2 (0.27%) Windows 7
8 2 (0.27%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.14%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 188 (25.61%) Customer Service
2 174 (23.71%) Continuous Improvement
3 162 (22.07%) Logistics
4 161 (21.93%) Creative Thinking
5 156 (21.25%) Data Analysis
6 148 (20.16%) Process Improvement
7 147 (20.03%) Performance Metrics
8 146 (19.89%) Contingency Planning
8 146 (19.89%) Customer Experience
9 122 (16.62%) Agile
10 117 (15.94%) Cybersecurity
11 97 (13.22%) Software Engineering
12 96 (13.08%) Information Security
13 71 (9.67%) Mathematics
14 62 (8.45%) Systems Engineering
15 61 (8.31%) Computer Science
16 59 (8.04%) Problem-Solving
16 59 (8.04%) Project Management
17 57 (7.77%) Incident Management
18 49 (6.68%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 59 (8.04%) Python
2 53 (7.22%) C#
3 48 (6.54%) Java
4 39 (5.31%) C++
5 35 (4.77%) C
6 31 (4.22%) JavaScript
7 25 (3.41%) MATLAB
8 15 (2.04%) Haskell
9 13 (1.77%) SQL
10 12 (1.63%) R
11 6 (0.82%) Ada
12 5 (0.68%) Bash
12 5 (0.68%) VBA
13 4 (0.54%) TypeScript
14 2 (0.27%) Ada 83
15 1 (0.14%) PHP
15 1 (0.14%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 324 (44.14%) Degree
2 258 (35.15%) Security Cleared
3 106 (14.44%) SC Cleared
4 70 (9.54%) DV Cleared
5 46 (6.27%) CISSP
6 44 (5.99%) BPSS Clearance
6 44 (5.99%) CISM
7 34 (4.63%) Computer Science Degree
8 20 (2.72%) HNC
9 15 (2.04%) GCIA
9 15 (2.04%) GCIH
10 14 (1.91%) GREM
10 14 (1.91%) Master's Degree
11 10 (1.36%) CISMP
11 10 (1.36%) DBS Check
11 10 (1.36%) IISP
12 7 (0.95%) Numerate Degree
13 6 (0.82%) Chartered Engineer
13 6 (0.82%) CISA
13 6 (0.82%) GCSC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 49 (6.68%) NIST
2 28 (3.81%) NIST 800
3 13 (1.77%) JSP 440
4 12 (1.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 11 (1.50%) SLA
6 10 (1.36%) HMG Security Policy Framework
6 10 (1.36%) RMADS
7 8 (1.09%) NCSC
8 7 (0.95%) CDISC
8 7 (0.95%) DO-254
9 6 (0.82%) Accessibility
9 6 (0.82%) Cyber Essentials
9 6 (0.82%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 4 (0.54%) Def Stans
10 4 (0.54%) JTAG
10 4 (0.54%) QA
11 3 (0.41%) HAZOP
11 3 (0.41%) IEC 61508
12 2 (0.27%) DO-178B
12 2 (0.27%) ISO/IEC 12207
System Software
1 17 (2.32%) vSphere
2 14 (1.91%) Active Directory
3 12 (1.63%) Firmware
4 9 (1.23%) VMware Infrastructure
5 4 (0.54%) Hyper-V
5 4 (0.54%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 4 (0.54%) Virtual Servers
6 3 (0.41%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.14%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 5 (0.68%) SELinux
2 3 (0.41%) Backup Exec
3 2 (0.27%) FortiGate
3 2 (0.27%) 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 50 (6.81%) Microsoft
2 21 (2.86%) Cisco
3 16 (2.18%) Dell
4 15 (2.04%) SolarWinds
4 15 (2.04%) Tanium
4 15 (2.04%) Tripwire
5 11 (1.50%) VMware
6 7 (0.95%) Thales
7 6 (0.82%) HP
7 6 (0.82%) iManage
8 5 (0.68%) Fortinet
9 4 (0.54%) Alteryx
9 4 (0.54%) IBM
9 4 (0.54%) Intel
9 4 (0.54%) Mentor Graphics
9 4 (0.54%) Meraki
9 4 (0.54%) Red Hat
9 4 (0.54%) Siemens
9 4 (0.54%) SIMUL8
9 4 (0.54%) Xilinx