Aerospace Contracts in Bedfordshire

Aerospace
East of England > Bedfordshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Aerospace in contract job vacancies in Bedfordshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Aerospace over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 28 19 31
Rank change year-on-year -9 +12 +7
Contract jobs citing Aerospace 5 16 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Bedfordshire 3.21% 6.50% 1.08%
As % of the General category 3.70% 8.33% 1.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £488 -
East of England median daily rate - £488 £672
% change year-on-year - -27.46% +28.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 15 2
Median hourly rate £60.00 £21.50 £90.00
Median % change year-on-year +179.07% -76.11% +56.52%
East of England median hourly rate £53.75 £50.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year +7.50% -23.08% +16.07%

All General Skills
Bedfordshire

Aerospace falls under the General Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring common skills in Bedfordshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 135 192 115
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bedfordshire 86.54% 78.05% 62.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 71 107 77
10th Percentile £350 £308 £208
25th Percentile £500 £406 £331
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £580 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year +10.48% +5.00% -
75th Percentile £681 £586 £600
90th Percentile £700 £750 £634
East of England median daily rate £500 £475 £488
% change year-on-year +5.26% -2.56% +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 35 3
10th Percentile £20.26 £15.33 £59.00
25th Percentile £27.94 £15.39 £70.63
Median hourly rate £60.00 £21.50 £90.00
Median % change year-on-year +179.07% -76.11% +56.52%
75th Percentile £77.50 £38.33 -
90th Percentile £88.00 £65.00 -
East of England median hourly rate £31.64 £38.12 £21.00
% change year-on-year -17.00% +81.52% +44.83%

Aerospace
Job Vacancy Trend in Bedfordshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Aerospace in Bedfordshire

Aerospace
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Bedfordshire

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Aerospace in Bedfordshire.

Daily rate trend for Aerospace in Bedfordshire

Aerospace
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Bedfordshire

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Aerospace in Bedfordshire.

Hourly rate trend for Aerospace in Bedfordshire

Aerospace
Contract Job Locations in Bedfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Aerospace within the Bedfordshire region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Luton -3 5 - - 28
Aerospace
East of England

Aerospace
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bedfordshire 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 2 (40.00%) Confluence
1 2 (40.00%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 3 (60.00%) Teamcenter
2 1 (20.00%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 1 (20.00%) Azure
1 1 (20.00%) Azure DevOps
Development Applications
1 1 (20.00%) MagicDraw
1 1 (20.00%) Rational DOORS
1 1 (20.00%) Rational Rhapsody
1 1 (20.00%) Visual Studio
General
1 2 (40.00%) Presentation Skills
1 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Principal Engineer
1 3 (60.00%) Systems Engineer
2 2 (40.00%) Principal Systems Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) Configuration Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) Lead
3 1 (20.00%) Principal Software Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Management Information System
1 2 (40.00%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (20.00%) Linux
1 1 (20.00%) VxWorks
1 1 (20.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Data Management
1 3 (60.00%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
1 3 (60.00%) SysML
2 2 (40.00%) Architecture Roadmap
2 2 (40.00%) Cryptography
2 2 (40.00%) PDM
2 2 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (40.00%) Risk Management
2 2 (40.00%) Roadmaps
2 2 (40.00%) Systems Engineering
3 1 (20.00%) Change Control
3 1 (20.00%) Change Management
3 1 (20.00%) Coaching
3 1 (20.00%) Configuration Management
3 1 (20.00%) DevOps
3 1 (20.00%) Mentoring
3 1 (20.00%) PLM
3 1 (20.00%) Process Improvement
3 1 (20.00%) Requirements Gathering
3 1 (20.00%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 2 (40.00%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (40.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) Def Stans
Systems Management
1 1 (20.00%) PTC Integrity
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) IBM
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (20.00%) PTC
1 1 (20.00%) SAP
1 1 (20.00%) Sparx
1 1 (20.00%) Wind River