{"question":"Defence tech jobs in the United Kingdom: software, data and engineering roles","answer":"713 open technical roles at 51 defence and security companies in the United Kingdom: Software engineering (127), Embedded and hardware (169), Data and AI (65), Cloud, networks and IT (83), Cyber security (40), Product and engineering leadership (103), Graduates and early careers (111). 287 of them are open to candidates of any nationality; the rest ask for citizenship or a government security check. 102 mention relocation support.","language":"en","country":"United Kingdom","open_roles":713,"companies":51,"open_to_any_nationality":287,"relocation_mentioned":102,"median_stated_pay_usd":70610,"median_estimated_pay_usd":null,"fields":[{"field":"Software engineering","open_roles":127,"url":"https://alion.io/defence-jobs/united-kingdom/software"},{"field":"Embedded and hardware","open_roles":169,"url":"https://alion.io/defence-jobs/united-kingdom/embedded-and-hardware"},{"field":"Data and AI","open_roles":65,"url":"https://alion.io/defence-jobs/united-kingdom/data-and-ai"},{"field":"Cloud, networks and IT","open_roles":83,"url":"https://alion.io/defence-jobs/united-kingdom/cloud-and-infrastructure"},{"field":"Cyber security","open_roles":40,"url":"https://alion.io/defence-jobs/united-kingdom/cyber-security"},{"field":"Product and engineering leadership","open_roles":103,"url":"https://alion.io/defence-jobs/united-kingdom/product-and-leadership"},{"field":"Graduates and early careers","open_roles":111,"url":"https://alion.io/defence-jobs/united-kingdom/graduates"}],"top_companies":[{"company":"Leonardo","url":"https://alion.io/company/leonardo-com","open_roles":173,"open_to_any_nationality":4,"relocation":1},{"company":"Thales Group","url":"https://alion.io/company/thales","open_roles":70,"open_to_any_nationality":60,"relocation":8},{"company":"MBDA UK","url":"https://alion.io/company/mbdacareers","open_roles":54,"open_to_any_nationality":50,"relocation":9},{"company":"Babcock International","url":"https://alion.io/company/babcock-international","open_roles":43,"open_to_any_nationality":0,"relocation":6},{"company":"RTX","url":"https://alion.io/company/raytheon-technologies","open_roles":29,"open_to_any_nationality":24,"relocation":0},{"company":"BAE Systems","url":"https://alion.io/company/baesystems","open_roles":27,"open_to_any_nationality":4,"relocation":1},{"company":"Palantir Technologies","url":"https://alion.io/company/palantir","open_roles":26,"open_to_any_nationality":24,"relocation":0},{"company":"Northrop Grumman","url":"https://alion.io/company/northropgrumman","open_roles":24,"open_to_any_nationality":0,"relocation":24},{"company":"QinetiQ","url":"https://alion.io/company/qinetiq","open_roles":24,"open_to_any_nationality":0,"relocation":1},{"company":"Lockheed Martin","url":"https://alion.io/company/lockheedmartin","open_roles":20,"open_to_any_nationality":13,"relocation":0},{"company":"Boeing","url":"https://alion.io/company/boeing","open_roles":16,"open_to_any_nationality":8,"relocation":16},{"company":"General Dynamics","url":"https://alion.io/company/general-dynamics-missions-system-international","open_roles":13,"open_to_any_nationality":0,"relocation":1},{"company":"Shield AI","url":"https://alion.io/company/shield-ai","open_roles":13,"open_to_any_nationality":12,"relocation":0},{"company":"Anduril Industries","url":"https://alion.io/company/anduril","open_roles":12,"open_to_any_nationality":3,"relocation":6},{"company":"Airbus","url":"https://alion.io/company/airbus","open_roles":12,"open_to_any_nationality":10,"relocation":0},{"company":"ARONDITE","url":"https://alion.io/company/arondite","open_roles":10,"open_to_any_nationality":0,"relocation":9},{"company":"Rsc2","url":"https://alion.io/company/rsc2","open_roles":10,"open_to_any_nationality":0,"relocation":0},{"company":"Ultra PCS","url":"https://alion.io/company/ultra-pcs","open_roles":9,"open_to_any_nationality":0,"relocation":0},{"company":"Ultra I&C","url":"https://alion.io/company/ultra-ic","open_roles":9,"open_to_any_nationality":0,"relocation":0},{"company":"Leidos","url":"https://alion.io/company/leidos","open_roles":8,"open_to_any_nationality":4,"relocation":0},{"company":"Rolls-Royce","url":"https://alion.io/company/rolls-royce","open_roles":8,"open_to_any_nationality":8,"relocation":0},{"company":"UFORCE","url":"https://alion.io/company/uforce-com","open_roles":7,"open_to_any_nationality":7,"relocation":0},{"company":"Saab","url":"https://alion.io/company/saab","open_roles":7,"open_to_any_nationality":0,"relocation":0},{"company":"Skyral","url":"https://alion.io/company/skyral","open_roles":6,"open_to_any_nationality":1,"relocation":0},{"company":"Mind Foundry","url":"https://alion.io/company/mindfoundry","open_roles":6,"open_to_any_nationality":3,"relocation":0},{"company":"L3Harris Technologies","url":"https://alion.io/company/l3harris-technologies","open_roles":6,"open_to_any_nationality":2,"relocation":0},{"company":"Rolls-Royce","url":"https://alion.io/company/rollsroyce-com","open_roles":6,"open_to_any_nationality":6,"relocation":0},{"company":"Helsing","url":"https://alion.io/company/helsing","open_roles":5,"open_to_any_nationality":5,"relocation":5},{"company":"Curtiss-Wright","url":"https://alion.io/company/curtiss-wright","open_roles":5,"open_to_any_nationality":5,"relocation":0},{"company":"SubSea Craft","url":"https://alion.io/company/subseacraft","open_roles":5,"open_to_any_nationality":0,"relocation":0},{"company":"Archangel Autonomy","url":"https://alion.io/company/archangelautonomy","open_roles":5,"open_to_any_nationality":0,"relocation":5},{"company":"GE Aerospace","url":"https://alion.io/company/geaerospace","open_roles":5,"open_to_any_nationality":5,"relocation":4},{"company":"Tekever","url":"https://alion.io/company/tekever","open_roles":5,"open_to_any_nationality":4,"relocation":0},{"company":"Positiv+ Cohort","url":"https://alion.io/company/positivcohort","open_roles":4,"open_to_any_nationality":4,"relocation":0},{"company":"CHAOS Industries","url":"https://alion.io/company/chaos-industries","open_roles":4,"open_to_any_nationality":3,"relocation":4},{"company":"Seeing Systems","url":"https://alion.io/company/seeing-systems","open_roles":4,"open_to_any_nationality":4,"relocation":0},{"company":"OpenWorks Engineering","url":"https://alion.io/company/open-works-engineering","open_roles":3,"open_to_any_nationality":2,"relocation":0},{"company":"Lodestar","url":"https://alion.io/company/lodestar-2","open_roles":2,"open_to_any_nationality":0,"relocation":0},{"company":"ARX Robotics","url":"https://alion.io/company/arx-solutions","open_roles":2,"open_to_any_nationality":2,"relocation":2},{"company":"CACI International","url":"https://alion.io/company/caci-international","open_roles":2,"open_to_any_nationality":0,"relocation":0},{"company":"Booz Allen Hamilton","url":"https://alion.io/company/booz-allen","open_roles":2,"open_to_any_nationality":1,"relocation":0},{"company":"HENSOLDT","url":"https://alion.io/company/hensoldt","open_roles":2,"open_to_any_nationality":2,"relocation":0},{"company":"Systematic","url":"https://alion.io/company/systematic","open_roles":2,"open_to_any_nationality":2,"relocation":0},{"company":"SimSpace","url":"https://alion.io/company/simspace","open_roles":1,"open_to_any_nationality":1,"relocation":0},{"company":"Comand AI","url":"https://alion.io/company/comand-ai","open_roles":1,"open_to_any_nationality":1,"relocation":0},{"company":"SAIC","url":"https://alion.io/company/saic","open_roles":1,"open_to_any_nationality":0,"relocation":0},{"company":"Frontgrade","url":"https://alion.io/company/frontgrade","open_roles":1,"open_to_any_nationality":1,"relocation":0},{"company":"tk accelis Careers","url":"https://alion.io/company/tkacceliscareers","open_roles":1,"open_to_any_nationality":1,"relocation":0},{"company":"US Air Force","url":"https://alion.io/company/af-mil","open_roles":1,"open_to_any_nationality":0,"relocation":0},{"company":"Rheinmetall","url":"https://alion.io/company/rheinmetall","open_roles":1,"open_to_any_nationality":1,"relocation":0},{"company":"Revealtech","url":"https://alion.io/company/revealtech","open_roles":1,"open_to_any_nationality":0,"relocation":0}],"html_url":"https://alion.io/defence-jobs/united-kingdom","json_url":"https://alion.io/defence-jobs/united-kingdom.json","offers":[{"id":"job.search","title":"Open jobs by role, technology, place, pay and visa","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002},"unit":"per posting in a list","note":"the whole selection, past the first page","call":{"mcp_tool":"search_jobs"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=job.search&for=defence-jobs%2Funited-kingdom"}],"meta":{"source":"Alion (alion.io), CC BY-SA 4.0","updated_at":"2026-10-27T04:20:00+00:00","built_at":"2026-10-27T04:20:00+00:00","indexable":true,"generated_at":"2026-10-27T20:08:55+00:00","about":"Alion is a live layer of people, companies and AI agents: who they are, whether they are real and active right now, what they do and how to work with them, readable by people and by agents and paid per call.","catalog":"https://alion.io/catalog.json"}}