About this role
Janes equips defence, government, and industry leaders with objective, accurate, and shareable data and analysis. Our experts combine advanced technology with proven tradecraft to deliver validated and contextual intelligence to assess threats, accelerate decisions, and anticipate change with confidence. We deliver our intelligence with the flexibility to fuse it with multiple sources in any system, enrich AI solutions, or access it through our portal.
Job purpose
Janes is seeking a *Senior Military Intelligence Analyst*to join its Military Intelligence Team. The Janes Military Intelligence (JMI) Team provides comprehensive and connected data and analysis on the world's military forces. The Senior Military Intelligence Analyst is responsible for collecting and processing data and contextualizing the data to provide data-driven insights on military capabilities for eastern European countries, including Ukraine.
How you will contribute at Janes
- Research, update and maintain Order of Battle, inventory, and installation data for an assigned area of responsibility
- Maintain timeliness, relevance, accuracy, and completeness of military capability reference files for an assigned area of responsibility
- Provide bespoke analytical outputs as needed for Janes colleagues and customers
- Collaborate with JMI colleagues on secondary responsibilities to build capacity across the team
- Undertake focused projects to enhance completeness and utility of JMI content across all AORs
The ideal skills and experience for this role are
- Knowledge or genuine interest in military topics—including equipment, organisation, and operations. (Passion matters as much as formal experience; military enthusiasts welcome.)
- Experience with open-source intelligence (OSINT) collection and analysis
- Capacity to triangulate information from divergent sources and identify misinformation
- Skilled at problem solving to reach analytical conclusions despite incomplete information
- Deep understanding of military data and the ability to synthesise this data to provide insight
- Comfortable learning to use a specialised database and maintaining structured data
- Ability to work at a steady operational tempo and proper level of detail
- Adaptability – able to take on research for any countries assigned
- Growth mindset – willingness to grow skills to support evolution of the JMI team
- Strong verbal and written communication skills in English language
- University Bachelor’s/Master’s Degree in International Relations/Defence and Strategic Studies/Defence and National Security Studies or equivalent
- Russian language skills are beneficial
Benefits
- 27 days of annual leave
- Healthy half (0.5 day leave every 6 months for wellbeing)
- Leave- study/ volunteer/ reserve forces
- Pension plan (6% employer contribution)
- Private medical insurance – BUPA
- Maternity (100% of basic salary for the first 26 weeks followed by Statutory Maternity Pay)
- Paternity (100% of basic salary for 6 weeks)
- Life cover
- Access to LinkedIn Learning
- Access to an on-site gym
About intelligence & analysis roles for ex-police
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What intelligence & analysis roles pay ex-police
Advertised UK ranges, editorial estimates reviewed July 2026
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