Aerospace
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Aerospace in permanent job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Aerospace over the 6 months to 28 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 211 370 512
Rank change year-on-year +159 +142 -31
Permanent jobs citing Aerospace 1,449 859 1,087
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.41% 0.88% 0.65%
As % of the General category 2.40% 1.30% 1.00%
Number of salaries quoted 620 227 437
10th Percentile £35,000 £33,500 £33,774
25th Percentile £42,500 £41,250 £38,624
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £56,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.65% +13.00% -8.93%
75th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £85,000 £72,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £53,000 £56,000 £48,500
% change year-on-year -5.36% +15.46% -7.62%

All General Skills
UK

Aerospace 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 60,283 66,144 108,481
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 58.75% 67.94% 64.98%
Number of salaries quoted 39,987 35,943 51,825
10th Percentile £27,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £43,000 £42,521
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,426 £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%

Aerospace
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Aerospace as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Aerospace in the UK

Aerospace
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Aerospace.

Salary trend for Aerospace in the UK

Aerospace
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Aerospace over the 6 months to 28 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Aerospace in the UK

Aerospace
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Aerospace within the UK over the 6 months to 28 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 +183 1,338 £55,000 -4.35% 889
UK excluding London +133 1,308 £53,000 -5.36% 881
South West +122 522 £50,000 -10.97% 211
Work from Home +99 383 £50,000 -10.97% 244
South East +88 311 £60,000 +9.09% 234
East of England +61 203 £52,500 -19.23% 116
North of England +116 158 £55,000 +10.00% 133
North West +73 102 £55,000 +10.00% 92
London +164 81 £65,000 +12.07% 51
Midlands -38 61 £39,000 -45.26% 146
East Midlands -20 43 £37,500 -48.28% 56
Scotland -70 37 £45,000 -32.84% 51
Yorkshire +68 34 £45,000 -16.28% 33
North East +12 22 £65,000 - 8
West Midlands -20 18 £45,000 -35.71% 90
Wales -22 9 - - 32
Northern Ireland - 7 - - 3

Aerospace
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 29 (2.00%) SharePoint
2 28 (1.93%) Apache
2 28 (1.93%) Apache Spark
3 19 (1.31%) IIS
4 12 (0.83%) Microsoft Exchange
5 9 (0.62%) Confluence
6 5 (0.35%) SharePoint 2010
6 5 (0.35%) SharePoint 2013
7 4 (0.28%) TWiki
8 1 (0.069%) Moodle
8 1 (0.069%) WinCC
Applications
1 49 (3.38%) Microsoft Office
2 26 (1.79%) Microsoft Excel
3 24 (1.66%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 16 (1.10%) Siemens NX
5 10 (0.69%) Simulink
6 9 (0.62%) Microsoft Project
6 9 (0.62%) OrCAD
7 8 (0.55%) GNU Octave
8 5 (0.35%) SOLIDWORKS
9 3 (0.21%) AutoCAD
9 3 (0.21%) CATIA
10 2 (0.14%) Fusion 360
11 1 (0.069%) MS Visio
11 1 (0.069%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 35 (2.42%) Siebel CRM
2 8 (0.55%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (0.28%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
3 4 (0.28%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 2 (0.14%) Primavera
4 2 (0.14%) SAP SCM
4 2 (0.14%) Teamcenter
5 1 (0.069%) IBM Planning Analytics
5 1 (0.069%) SAP Oil and Gas
Cloud Services
1 209 (14.42%) Azure
2 172 (11.87%) AWS
3 50 (3.45%) OpenShift
4 38 (2.62%) GCP
5 35 (2.42%) SaaS
6 33 (2.28%) Serverless
7 31 (2.14%) AWS CloudFormation
7 31 (2.14%) AWS Lambda
8 30 (2.07%) OCI
9 28 (1.93%) Amazon EKS
10 25 (1.73%) Microsoft 365
11 15 (1.04%) Cloud Computing
12 9 (0.62%) Azure DevOps
12 9 (0.62%) GitHub
12 9 (0.62%) Power Platform
13 6 (0.41%) OneDrive
14 5 (0.35%) Azure Pipelines
15 3 (0.21%) Azure Sentinel
15 3 (0.21%) Power Automate
15 3 (0.21%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 77 (5.31%) Firewall
2 39 (2.69%) DNS
3 28 (1.93%) AMQP
3 28 (1.93%) Network Security
4 26 (1.79%) WAN
5 24 (1.66%) DHCP
5 24 (1.66%) TCP/IP
6 21 (1.45%) HTTP
7 19 (1.31%) Cisco ASA
7 19 (1.31%) Software-Defined Networking
8 15 (1.04%) Ethernet
8 15 (1.04%) Internet
8 15 (1.04%) SD-WAN
9 14 (0.97%) Wireless
10 11 (0.76%) LAN
10 11 (0.76%) RS-232
10 11 (0.76%) VSAN
11 9 (0.62%) 5G
12 7 (0.48%) SAN
13 5 (0.35%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 45 (3.11%) Big Data
2 34 (2.35%) Oracle BI EE
2 34 (2.35%) Siebel EIM
2 34 (2.35%) SQL Server
3 30 (2.07%) Hadoop
4 28 (1.93%) Cloudera CDH
5 23 (1.59%) Data Vault
6 15 (1.04%) Data Lake
7 10 (0.69%) Relational Database
8 9 (0.62%) Power BI
9 8 (0.55%) PostgreSQL
10 4 (0.28%) MySQL
10 4 (0.28%) Oracle Database
11 3 (0.21%) MongoDB
12 2 (0.14%) Azure SQL Database
12 2 (0.14%) RDBMS
13 1 (0.069%) Data Warehouse
13 1 (0.069%) EDMS
Development Applications
1 81 (5.59%) JIRA
2 53 (3.66%) Jenkins
3 49 (3.38%) Git
4 24 (1.66%) Selenium
5 19 (1.31%) LabVIEW
6 16 (1.10%) Rational DOORS
6 16 (1.10%) Robot Framework
6 16 (1.10%) Visual Studio
7 14 (0.97%) Subversion
8 11 (0.76%) Rational Rhapsody
9 9 (0.62%) eggPlant
10 5 (0.35%) ClearCase
10 5 (0.35%) ClearQuest
11 4 (0.28%) Bitbucket
11 4 (0.28%) Eclipse
11 4 (0.28%) JMeter
12 3 (0.21%) Android Studio
12 3 (0.21%) SonarQube
12 3 (0.21%) TestRail
13 2 (0.14%) Apache Continuum
General
1 242 (16.70%) Manufacturing
2 197 (13.60%) Social Skills
3 175 (12.08%) Automotive
4 130 (8.97%) Electronics
5 118 (8.14%) Finance
5 118 (8.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 90 (6.21%) Aviation
7 78 (5.38%) Military
8 59 (4.07%) Analytical Skills
9 44 (3.04%) Influencing Skills
10 41 (2.83%) Presentation Skills
10 41 (2.83%) Retail
11 35 (2.42%) Law
12 34 (2.35%) Pharmaceutical
12 34 (2.35%) Telecoms
13 26 (1.79%) Organisational Skills
14 24 (1.66%) Public Sector
14 24 (1.66%) Publishing
15 20 (1.38%) Games
15 20 (1.38%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 216 (14.91%) Senior
2 188 (12.97%) Systems Engineer
3 177 (12.22%) Software Engineer
4 115 (7.94%) Lead
5 90 (6.21%) Developer
6 79 (5.45%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 76 (5.24%) Architect
8 60 (4.14%) DevOps Engineer
8 60 (4.14%) Embedded Engineer
9 57 (3.93%) Programmer
10 56 (3.86%) DV Cleared Software Engineer
10 56 (3.86%) Project Manager
11 54 (3.73%) Consultant
12 52 (3.59%) Embedded Software Engineer
12 52 (3.59%) Principal Engineer
13 45 (3.11%) Principal Systems Engineer
14 35 (2.42%) Senior Developer
15 34 (2.35%) Senior Software Engineer
15 34 (2.35%) Siebel Developer
15 34 (2.35%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 77 (5.31%) .NET
2 61 (4.21%) AngularJS
3 41 (2.83%) XML
4 35 (2.42%) React
5 34 (2.35%) OpenAPI
5 34 (2.35%) Swagger
6 32 (2.21%) Spring
6 32 (2.21%) Spring Boot
7 30 (2.07%) REST
8 29 (2.00%) .NET Framework
8 29 (2.00%) Node.js
9 28 (1.93%) gRPC
9 28 (1.93%) Material-UI
9 28 (1.93%) RabbitMQ
10 26 (1.79%) ASP.NET Web API
10 26 (1.79%) Entity Framework
10 26 (1.79%) SubSonic
11 22 (1.52%) ASP.NET
11 22 (1.52%) HTML
12 15 (1.04%) .NET Core
Miscellaneous
1 63 (4.35%) Management Information System
2 54 (3.73%) Cloud Native
3 43 (2.97%) Self-Motivation
4 35 (2.42%) IoT
5 34 (2.35%) Enterprise Software
6 30 (2.07%) Cyber Defence
7 27 (1.86%) Operational Technology
7 27 (1.86%) Robotics
8 25 (1.73%) FPGA
9 24 (1.66%) Data Centre
10 22 (1.52%) Embedded Systems
11 19 (1.31%) Algorithms
11 19 (1.31%) Verilog
11 19 (1.31%) VHDL
12 18 (1.24%) Client/Server
12 18 (1.24%) Linux Command Line
13 16 (1.10%) FMCG
14 15 (1.04%) Fat Client
14 15 (1.04%) Legacy Applications
14 15 (1.04%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 298 (20.57%) Linux
2 144 (9.94%) Windows
3 51 (3.52%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 45 (3.11%) Windows Server
5 31 (2.14%) CentOS
5 31 (2.14%) Ubuntu
6 30 (2.07%) Debian
7 14 (0.97%) Windows 10
8 9 (0.62%) Windows Server 2008
9 7 (0.48%) Windows 7
10 6 (0.41%) FreeRTOS
10 6 (0.41%) Windows Server 2019
11 4 (0.28%) Android
11 4 (0.28%) Mac OS
12 3 (0.21%) Embedded Linux
12 3 (0.21%) VMS
12 3 (0.21%) Windows Embedded Compact
12 3 (0.21%) Windows Server 2012
13 1 (0.069%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 474 (32.71%) Agile
2 408 (28.16%) Collaborative Working
3 282 (19.46%) Actionable Insight
4 222 (15.32%) Software Engineering
5 210 (14.49%) Problem-Solving
6 170 (11.73%) DevOps
7 161 (11.11%) Project Management
8 147 (10.14%) Systems Engineering
9 129 (8.90%) Validation
10 126 (8.70%) Scrum
11 108 (7.45%) Cybersecurity
12 92 (6.35%) Infrastructure Engineering
13 90 (6.21%) Kanban
14 89 (6.14%) SDLC
15 84 (5.80%) Mentoring
16 79 (5.45%) Coaching
17 76 (5.24%) CI/CD
17 76 (5.24%) Technical Analysis
18 74 (5.11%) Configuration Management
19 72 (4.97%) Requirements Analysis
Programming Languages
1 184 (12.70%) Python
2 109 (7.52%) Java
3 104 (7.18%) C
4 101 (6.97%) SQL
5 89 (6.14%) PowerShell
6 82 (5.66%) JavaScript
7 76 (5.24%) C#
8 62 (4.28%) Bash
9 42 (2.90%) C++
10 30 (2.07%) MATLAB
11 24 (1.66%) Embedded C
12 11 (0.76%) Ada
13 9 (0.62%) VB
14 6 (0.41%) VB6
15 4 (0.28%) Lua
15 4 (0.28%) Perl
15 4 (0.28%) Ruby
15 4 (0.28%) Tcl
16 3 (0.21%) Embedded C++
16 3 (0.21%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 616 (42.51%) Security Cleared
2 304 (20.98%) SC Cleared
3 281 (19.39%) DV Cleared
4 247 (17.05%) Degree
5 54 (3.73%) HNC
6 52 (3.59%) HND
7 33 (2.28%) BPSS Clearance
8 31 (2.14%) DBS Check
9 27 (1.86%) Master's Degree
10 24 (1.66%) Computer Science Degree
11 19 (1.31%) Cisco Certification
12 18 (1.24%) PMI Certification
13 16 (1.10%) TOGAF Certification
14 12 (0.83%) NVQ Level 3
15 11 (0.76%) PhD
16 10 (0.69%) CISMP
16 10 (0.69%) IISP
16 10 (0.69%) PMP
17 9 (0.62%) CCDA
17 9 (0.62%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 83 (5.73%) QA
2 28 (1.93%) NIST
3 25 (1.73%) ISO 9001
4 18 (1.24%) NIST 800
5 17 (1.17%) SLA
6 14 (0.97%) JSP 440
6 14 (0.97%) RMADS
7 13 (0.90%) HMG Security Policy Framework
7 13 (0.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 13 (0.90%) NCSC
8 12 (0.83%) ISO/IEC 17025
9 7 (0.48%) DO-254
9 7 (0.48%) PMO
10 6 (0.41%) Cyber Essentials
11 4 (0.28%) GDPR
11 4 (0.28%) ISO 14001
12 3 (0.21%) HMG Infosec
12 3 (0.21%) ISO 31000
12 3 (0.21%) ISO/IEC 27005
12 3 (0.21%) MISRA
System Software
1 84 (5.80%) Docker
2 76 (5.24%) VMware Infrastructure
3 41 (2.83%) Hyper-V
4 27 (1.86%) Active Directory
5 25 (1.73%) VMware NSX
6 18 (1.24%) Firmware
7 17 (1.17%) VMware ESXi
8 13 (0.90%) vSphere
9 9 (0.62%) Forefront TMG
9 9 (0.62%) VMware Workstation
10 8 (0.55%) Microsoft App-V
11 4 (0.28%) Embedded Firmware
12 3 (0.21%) BitLocker
12 3 (0.21%) Virtual Machines
13 2 (0.14%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 178 (12.28%) Ansible
2 118 (8.14%) Kubernetes
3 89 (6.14%) Terraform
4 51 (3.52%) Puppet
5 20 (1.38%) SCCM
6 13 (0.90%) WSUS
7 12 (0.83%) SCOM
8 9 (0.62%) Fluentd
8 9 (0.62%) logstash
9 7 (0.48%) vCenter Server
10 5 (0.35%) Cisco Prime
10 5 (0.35%) Opsview
11 4 (0.28%) FortiGate
11 4 (0.28%) Progress Chef
11 4 (0.28%) vRealize
12 3 (0.21%) Microsoft Intune
13 2 (0.14%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 2 (0.14%) Functional Safety
13 2 (0.14%) Kustomize
14 1 (0.069%) Check_MK
Vendors
1 127 (8.76%) Microsoft
2 112 (7.73%) VMware
3 75 (5.18%) Oracle
4 54 (3.73%) Cisco
5 48 (3.31%) Red Hat
6 37 (2.55%) Google
7 35 (2.42%) Siebel
8 32 (2.21%) SaltStack
8 32 (2.21%) SAP
9 31 (2.14%) Thales
10 20 (1.38%) Siemens
10 20 (1.38%) Splunk
11 17 (1.17%) ServiceNow
12 15 (1.04%) Citrix
13 14 (0.97%) Juniper
14 13 (0.90%) Blue Coat
14 13 (0.90%) CheckPoint
14 13 (0.90%) Infoblox
14 13 (0.90%) Palo Alto
14 13 (0.90%) Riverbed