Aerospace Contract Job Trends in Cumbria

Aerospace
North West > Cumbria

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Aerospace in contract job vacancies in Cumbria. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Aerospace over the 6 months leading up to 28 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 10 13 -
Rank change year-on-year +3 - -
Contract jobs citing Aerospace 10 12 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cumbria 9.35% 6.12% -
As % of the General category 19.23% 13.33% -
Number of daily rates quoted 5 0 0
10th Percentile £448 - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 - -
75th Percentile £460 - -
90th Percentile £555 - -
North West median daily rate £450 - £450
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £58.58 - -
North West median hourly rate £30.50 £40.33 £49.25
% change year-on-year -24.36% -18.12% +26.51%

All General Skills
Cumbria

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 Cumbria.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 52 90 73
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cumbria 48.60% 45.92% 39.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 30 47 58
10th Percentile £369 £200 £363
25th Percentile £448 £419 £447
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £508 £499 £486
Median % change year-on-year +1.72% +2.67% +13.82%
75th Percentile £561 £525 £625
90th Percentile £749 £644 £628
North West median daily rate £455 £490 £500
% change year-on-year -7.14% -2.00% +2.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 7 1
10th Percentile £26.61 £33.63 -
25th Percentile £27.14 £45.22 £19.35
Median hourly rate £52.26 £48.56 £20.70
Median % change year-on-year +7.61% +134.59% -57.04%
75th Percentile £59.79 £63.03 £22.05
90th Percentile £63.40 £74.04 -
North West median hourly rate £23.57 £35.00 £21.68
% change year-on-year -32.67% +61.44% +8.05%

Aerospace
Job Vacancy Trend in Cumbria

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

Job vacancy trend for Aerospace in Cumbria

Aerospace
Daily Rate Trend in Cumbria

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cumbria citing Aerospace.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cumbria citing Aerospace

Aerospace
Daily Rate Histogram in Cumbria

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Aerospace in Cumbria over the 6 months to 28 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Aerospace in Cumbria

Aerospace
Hourly Rate Trend in Cumbria

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Cumbria citing Aerospace.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Cumbria citing Aerospace

Aerospace
Contract Job Locations in Cumbria

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Aerospace within the Cumbria region over the 6 months to 28 September 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
Barrow-in-Furness +2 10 £450 - 2
Aerospace
North West

Aerospace
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cumbria 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:

Applications
1 9 (90.00%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 9 (90.00%) Teamcenter
General
1 9 (90.00%) Analytical Skills
1 9 (90.00%) Manufacturing
2 1 (10.00%) Electronics
2 1 (10.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 8 (80.00%) Architect
2 2 (20.00%) Infrastructure Architect
3 1 (10.00%) Commissioning Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 9 (90.00%) Analytical Mindset
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (90.00%) CAD
1 9 (90.00%) Coaching
1 9 (90.00%) Knowledge Management
1 9 (90.00%) Knowledge Transfer
1 9 (90.00%) Mentoring
1 9 (90.00%) PLM
1 9 (90.00%) Use Case
1 9 (90.00%) Visualisation
2 1 (10.00%) Acceptance Criteria
2 1 (10.00%) Software Engineering
Qualifications
1 9 (90.00%) Security Cleared
2 7 (70.00%) SC Cleared
Vendors
1 9 (90.00%) Siemens
2 1 (10.00%) Microsoft