Officers in armed forces in Sandwell

Official occupation group: Officers in armed forcesSOC 1161 · Updated through Q2 2026 · Sandwell

Official definition

Officers in armed forces serve as commissioned officers in His Majesty’s armed forces, foreign and Commonwealth armed forces plan, direct, organise and administer military operations; and perform duties for which there is no civilian equivalent.

e.g. Royal air force officer · Air marshal · Raf officer · Air commodore · Field marshal

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Officers in armed forces demand is falling in Sandwell.

ONS recorded 1 new online adverts for officers in armed forces in Sandwell in Q2 2026. That is 66.7% lower than a year earlier. Typical advertised pay in Sandwell for the broader corporate managers and directors is £47,500.

Occupation pages use official SOC classifications. Local comparisons are shown only where ONS publishes an aligned observation.
New adverts · Sandwell1Q2 2026 · -66.7% YoY
Advertised salary · Sandwell£47,500ONS · 2025 · broader occupation group · 2026 figures have not been published yet.

Officers in armed forces hiring demand

New online job adverts for officers in armed forces in Sandwell

New online job adverts have decreased since Apr 2025.

1

Apr 2026 · Sandwell

-66.7%change over period · from Apr 2025

ONS online job adverts first appearing in each period. These indicate hiring demand and are distinct from the ONS Vacancy Survey.

Median advertised salary

Annualised asking salary for corporate managers and directors in Sandwell

Advertised pay is 11.8% higher than a year earlier, before inflation.

£47,500

Jan 2025 · Sandwell

+11.8%vs. previous year
ONS online job adverts · Sandwell · Nominal paySources & methodology ↗

ONS median middle-point asking salary from live online job adverts, annualised. This is advertised pay, not employee earnings or ASHE. ONS publishes this location series for the broader two-digit occupation group, not this specific occupation. 2026 figures have not been published yet.

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Skills in demand

Requirements reported in UK adverts for this occupation

ONS · Latest Jan 2025 · UKSources & methodology ↗

ONS UK new online job adverts. Each advert can report multiple requirements, so shares need not add up to 100%. 2026 figures have not been published yet.

Experience employers ask for

Typical minimum: 0.3 years · UK live adverts

#Minimum experienceShare of advertsView
10 years84.1%
21 years4.2%
32 years8.4%
43 years1.8%
54+ years1.5%
ONS · Latest Jun 2025 · UKSources & methodology ↗

ONS live online job adverts reporting minimum experience. Shares describe the published experience distribution.

Sandwell compared with the UK

New adverts in the aligned ONS reporting period

#AreaNew advertsView
1Sandwell1
2United Kingdom383

Where hiring is strongest

New online job adverts by local authority

Where advertised pay is highest

Broader occupation group: Corporate managers and directors

#LocationAnnual salaryView
1London£61,100
2South Oxfordshire£57,800
3Reading£57,500
4Woking£57,500
5Na h-Eileanan Siar£57,500
6Barrow-in-Furness£57,300
7Three Rivers£56,300
8West Devon£56,200
9West Berkshire£55,000
10Slough£55,000

ONS median annualised asking salary · 2025 · partial year. Published for the broader two-digit SOC group, not this specific occupation. 2026 figures have not been published yet.

Compare occupations in the same ONS group (SOC 116) across the UK

#View
1Senior officers in fire, ambulance, prison and related services

Senior fire officer · Area manager · Chief warder — 63.7% of group adverts

412-1.4%
2Officers in armed forcesYou’re viewing this

Royal air force officer · Air marshal · Raf officer — 28.6% of group adverts

185-8.4%
3Senior police officers

Cid officer · Chief constable · Chief inspector — 7.7% of group adverts

50+22.0%
ONS · Latest Jul 2026 · UKSources & methodology ↗

ONS UK new online job adverts. Related occupations share an official classification group. This is not a skills-match score. Year-on-year changes compare aligned published observations.

About the data

Source: Office for National Statistics. Licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Online job adverts indicate labour demand and are not the ONS Vacancy Survey. ONS does not endorse Jobmundo.

Methodology and metric definitions

New adverts and snapshot/live adverts remain separate. Advertised salary is asking salary, not employee earnings. Hiring charts offer six-month to five-year ranges. Salary charts show up to 60 published observations.