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This section looks at the prevalence of the term 'Aerospace' in contract IT jobs within the England region together with a comparison to our General terms category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Aerospace over the 3 months to 29 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkAerospace
Location
3 months to
29 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank285343
Rank change on same period last yearUp+58
Matching contract IT job ads328341
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.437 %0.340 %
As % of the category below0.962 %0.749 %
Daily rates quoted2034
Average minimum daily rate£303£325
Average daily rate£325£367
% change on same period last year-11.52 %
Average maximum daily rate£346£409
UK excluding London average daily rate£342£378
% change on same period last year-9.48 %
Hourly rates quoted175113
Average minimum hourly rate£31.47£31.14
Average hourly rate£33.02£32.83
% change on same period last year+0.55 %
Average maximum hourly rate£34.56£34.53
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.99£32.75
% change on same period last year+0.72 %
England IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
England
Matching contract IT job ads3408845531
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled45.43 %45.42 %
Daily rates quoted1351816732
Average minimum daily rate£414£421
Average daily rate£443£449
% change on same period last year-1.12 %
Average maximum daily rate£473£476
UK excluding London average daily rate£382£381
% change on same period last year+0.31 %
Hourly rates quoted19872385
Average minimum hourly rate£26.09£25.20
Average hourly rate£27.88£26.95
% change on same period last year+3.43 %
Average maximum hourly rate£29.67£28.71
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.03£27.25
% change on same period last year+2.86 %
Aerospace UKAerospace
UK

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

Aerospace
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Aerospace across the England region as a proportion of the total demand within the General category.

England Aerospace Demand Trend

Aerospace
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Aerospace across the England region.

England Aerospace Daily Rate Trend

Aerospace
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Aerospace across the England region over the 3 months to 29 August 2008.

England Aerospace Daily Rate Histogram

Aerospace
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Aerospace across the England region.

England Aerospace Hourly Rate Trend

Aerospace
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Aerospace across the England region over the 3 months to 29 August 2008.

England Aerospace Hourly Rate Histogram

Aerospace
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Aerospace within the England region over the 3 months to 29 August 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
South WestUp+17149£354-19.91 %
South EastUp+4086£378+20.58 %
North WestUp+3232£375+50.00 %
East of EnglandDown-127£317-13.74 %
LondonUp+7220£238-28.74 %
South CoastNew entry-6--
YorkshireUp+205--
East MidlandsDown-105£318-5.67 %
West MidlandsUp+11--
MidlandsUp+41--
Aerospace UKAerospace
UK

Aerospace
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing Aerospace also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited Aerospace.

1165 (28.95 %)Security Cleared
2117 (20.53 %)C++
3102 (17.89 %)C
490 (15.79 %)Automotive
583 (14.56 %)SC Cleared
665 (11.40 %)Avionics
763 (11.05 %)Windows
862 (10.88 %)Degree
959 (10.35 %)Microsoft
959 (10.35 %)Electronics
1058 (10.18 %)Electric
1157 (10.00 %)UML
1256 (9.825 %)Government
1342 (7.368 %)Military
1438 (6.667 %)Manufacturing
1534 (5.965 %)MS Excel
1631 (5.439 %)Java
1729 (5.088 %)UNIX
1729 (5.088 %)Ada
1729 (5.088 %)EMC
1826 (4.561 %)CATIA
1826 (4.561 %)Requirements Management
1925 (4.386 %)Embedded C
2024 (4.211 %)Validation
2123 (4.035 %)VC++
2123 (4.035 %)Visual Studio
2222 (3.860 %)VxWorks
2222 (3.860 %)NASTRAN
2222 (3.860 %)QA
2321 (3.684 %)Software Engineering

Aerospace
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing Aerospace also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited Aerospace. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

England IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
121 (3.684 %).NET
220 (3.509 %)MFC
38 (1.404 %)CORBA
46 (1.053 %)J2EE
46 (1.053 %)ASP.NET
55 (0.877 %)XML
55 (0.877 %)Middleware
64 (0.702 %)OpenGL
73 (0.526 %)STL
73 (0.526 %)XML Schema
73 (0.526 %)JNI
82 (0.351 %)EJB 3.0
82 (0.351 %)ATL
82 (0.351 %)COM
82 (0.351 %)EJB
91 (0.175 %)Hibernate
91 (0.175 %)EDI
91 (0.175 %)HTML
91 (0.175 %)SGML
91 (0.175 %)Spring
England IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
15 (0.877 %)BizTalk Server
24 (0.702 %)ArcIMS
31 (0.175 %)MS Exchange
31 (0.175 %)Apache
31 (0.175 %)Exchange Server 2003
England IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
134 (5.965 %)MS Excel
226 (4.561 %)CATIA
322 (3.860 %)NASTRAN
416 (2.807 %)MS PowerPoint
514 (2.456 %)MS Project
514 (2.456 %)MS Office
69 (1.579 %)Simulink
78 (1.404 %)AutoCAD
86 (1.053 %)MATLAB
95 (0.877 %)Pro/ENGINEER
102 (0.351 %)Stateflow
102 (0.351 %)Windchill
111 (0.175 %)Adobe Illustrator
111 (0.175 %)MS Visio
111 (0.175 %)Photoshop
111 (0.175 %)FreeHand
111 (0.175 %)Acrobat
111 (0.175 %)QuarkXPress
111 (0.175 %)CA Clarity
England IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
13 (0.526 %)SAP CO
13 (0.526 %)SAP FI/CO
13 (0.526 %)Teamcenter
13 (0.526 %)SAP FI
13 (0.526 %)LabWindows
13 (0.526 %)SAP ERP
21 (0.175 %)SoftGrid
21 (0.175 %)SAP HR
21 (0.175 %)SAP PS
21 (0.175 %)SAP PLM
England IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
111 (1.930 %)TCP/IP
27 (1.228 %)Ethernet
35 (0.877 %)SMS
44 (0.702 %)X.509
53 (0.526 %)DHCP
53 (0.526 %)DNS
62 (0.351 %)Wireless
71 (0.175 %)VPN
71 (0.175 %)Internet
England IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
16 (1.053 %)Oracle 10g
25 (0.877 %)SQL Server
33 (0.526 %)GIS
33 (0.526 %)MS Access
42 (0.351 %)SAP BI
42 (0.351 %)Adabas
51 (0.175 %)ETL
51 (0.175 %)Datawarehouse
51 (0.175 %)Oracle 8/8i
51 (0.175 %)Oracle 9i
51 (0.175 %)SAP BW
51 (0.175 %)IDMS
England IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
123 (4.035 %)Visual Studio
218 (3.158 %)ARTiSAN
39 (1.579 %)LabVIEW
46 (1.053 %)ClearQuest
55 (0.877 %)Eclipse
64 (0.702 %)ClearCase
73 (0.526 %)Rational Rose
73 (0.526 %)VSS/SourceSafe
82 (0.351 %)Telelogic DOORS
91 (0.175 %)NUnit
91 (0.175 %)TestDirector
91 (0.175 %)Rational Robot
91 (0.175 %)InstallShield
England IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
190 (15.79 %)Automotive
265 (11.40 %)Avionics
359 (10.35 %)Electronics
458 (10.18 %)Electric
556 (9.825 %)Government
642 (7.368 %)Military
738 (6.667 %)Manufacturing
816 (2.807 %)Telecoms
912 (2.105 %)Education
1011 (1.930 %)Finance
1110 (1.754 %)Health
124 (0.702 %)Banking
133 (0.526 %)Chemicals
133 (0.526 %)Marketing
142 (0.351 %)Auditing
142 (0.351 %)Retail
142 (0.351 %)Legal
151 (0.175 %)Advertising
151 (0.175 %)Home Office
151 (0.175 %)Construction
England IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1143 (25.09 %)Software Engineer
271 (12.46 %)Systems Engineer
354 (9.474 %)Test Engineer
442 (7.368 %)Developer
540 (7.018 %)Design Engineer
629 (5.088 %)Integration Engineer
721 (3.684 %)Software Developer
721 (3.684 %)Embedded Software Engineer
721 (3.684 %)Software Test Engineer
819 (3.333 %)Hardware Engineer
917 (2.982 %)Project Manager
1015 (2.632 %)Support Engineer
1015 (2.632 %)Quality Engineer
1015 (2.632 %)C++ Software Engineer
1113 (2.281 %)Embedded C Engineer
1212 (2.105 %)Team Leader
1212 (2.105 %)Analyst
1311 (1.930 %)Electronics Engineer
1410 (1.754 %)C Software Engineer
1410 (1.754 %)Products Support Engineer
England IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
113 (2.281 %)Field-Programmable Gate Array
28 (1.404 %)Mathematics
28 (1.404 %)NHS
37 (1.228 %)French Language
37 (1.228 %)German Language
46 (1.053 %)Spanish Language
55 (0.877 %)Biometrics
55 (0.877 %)Physics
64 (0.702 %)Computer Science
64 (0.702 %)PKI
64 (0.702 %)Chip and PIN
64 (0.702 %)VHDL
73 (0.526 %)Device Driver
73 (0.526 %)ASIC
82 (0.351 %)Multithreading
91 (0.175 %)N-Tier
91 (0.175 %)Client/Server
91 (0.175 %)Firmware
91 (0.175 %)Taxonomies
91 (0.175 %)Data Protection Act
England IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
163 (11.05 %)Windows
229 (5.088 %)UNIX
322 (3.860 %)VxWorks
412 (2.105 %)Linux
55 (0.877 %)Windows XP
55 (0.877 %)Windows Server 2003
63 (0.526 %)Windows CE
72 (0.351 %)Embedded Linux
72 (0.351 %)Solaris
72 (0.351 %)VMS
England IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1165 (28.95 %)Security Cleared
283 (14.56 %)SC Cleared
357 (10.00 %)UML
426 (4.561 %)Requirements Management
524 (4.211 %)Validation
621 (3.684 %)Software Engineering
720 (3.509 %)Project Management
818 (3.158 %)CAD
915 (2.632 %)Six Sigma
1013 (2.281 %)OO
1112 (2.105 %)Risk Management
1211 (1.930 %)Integration Testing
1211 (1.930 %)Test Scripting
139 (1.579 %)Data Management
139 (1.579 %)BC Cleared
147 (1.228 %)PDM
147 (1.228 %)Configuration Management
147 (1.228 %)Requirements Analysis
147 (1.228 %)Use Case
156 (1.053 %)Project Planning
England IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1117 (20.53 %)C++
2102 (17.89 %)C
331 (5.439 %)Java
429 (5.088 %)Ada
525 (4.386 %)Embedded C
623 (4.035 %)VC++
721 (3.684 %)C#
817 (2.982 %)VB
99 (1.579 %)Fortran
108 (1.404 %)Embedded C++
108 (1.404 %)SQL
115 (0.877 %)VBScript
124 (0.702 %)Tcl
133 (0.526 %)Assembly Language
141 (0.175 %)JavaScript
141 (0.175 %)Perl
141 (0.175 %)ABAP
141 (0.175 %)SAPscript
141 (0.175 %)C++/CLI
England IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
162 (10.88 %)Degree
221 (3.684 %)HNC
38 (1.404 %)NVQ Level 3
38 (1.404 %)Chartered Engineer
46 (1.053 %)HND
51 (0.175 %)Postgraduate
51 (0.175 %)PMP
51 (0.175 %)PMI Certification
England IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
122 (3.860 %)QA
29 (1.579 %)ISO9001
35 (0.877 %)ISO27001
41 (0.175 %)ISO9000
41 (0.175 %)JSP 440
England IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
13 (0.526 %)Backup Exec
13 (0.526 %)Active Directory
England IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
15 (0.877 %)MOM
15 (0.877 %)WSUS
23 (0.526 %)OpenView
23 (0.526 %)CiscoWorks
23 (0.526 %)NNM
England IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
159 (10.35 %)Microsoft
229 (5.088 %)EMC
314 (2.456 %)SAP
410 (1.754 %)Oracle
58 (1.404 %)Green Hills
67 (1.228 %)ESRI
75 (0.877 %)Google
83 (0.526 %)VERITAS
83 (0.526 %)Cisco
83 (0.526 %)HP
83 (0.526 %)Symantec
83 (0.526 %)McAfee Security
92 (0.351 %)ANSYS
92 (0.351 %)MathWorks
92 (0.351 %)Citrix
92 (0.351 %)Metastorm
92 (0.351 %)SolidWorks
92 (0.351 %)Telelogic
101 (0.175 %)Quark