Military Intelligence Analyst - Croydon, England, United Kingdom

Janes empowers military, government, and defence leaders to act with confidence in an increasingly complex world. Our trusted defence, security, and geopolitical information delivered through seamless digital platforms and system integrations—turns overwhelming data into clear, actionable intelligence and insight. By filling critical information gaps, Janes helps customers analyse threats, accelerate decisions, and stay ahead of emerging challenges.

Job purpose: Janes is seeking a Military Intelligence Analyst to join its Military Intelligence Team. The Janes Military Intelligence (JMI) Team provides comprehensive and connected data and insight on the world's military forces. The Military Intelligence Analyst is responsible for collecting and processing data and contextualising the data to provide insights on military capabilities.

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 resilience across the team.
• Undertake focused projects to enhance completeness and utility of JMI content across all AoRs (Area of Responsibility).

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.
• Additional languages are beneficial.

27 days of annual leave. Healthy half (0.5 day leave every 6 months for wellbeing). Private medical insurance– Vitality. 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.

Life at Janes: We believe Janes is truly a great place to work. Our values and leadership code drive everything we do, and we understand that the right behaviours and culture will always result in the best outcomes for our customers, our colleagues, our shareholders, and our business. We provide a supportive, stretching, and dynamic environment with the ability for you to grow rapidly, both personally and professionally.

Janes is an inclusive and equal opportunities employer and encourages applications regardless of age, race, disability, religion / belief, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy/maternity, or gender. Although this role is advertised as full time, Janes believes that flexibility at work can provide many significant benefits both to our colleagues and the business. We already work in a hybrid style across all offices and regions and can support different ways of working and offer different flexible working arrangements. So, if you are interested and have any requirements or needs in the way you would like to work, please apply, and speak to us about this. We will always consider part time or flexible applications.