Aerospace Contract Job Trends in the East Midlands

Aerospace
England > East Midlands

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Aerospace in contract job vacancies in the East Midlands. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Aerospace over the 6 months leading up to 24 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 57 46 52
Rank change year-on-year -11 +6 -18
Contract jobs citing Aerospace 16 11 9
As % of all contract jobs in the East Midlands 1.80% 1.85% 1.25%
As % of the General category 3.00% 2.89% 2.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 6
10th Percentile £484 - £363
25th Percentile £510 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £559 £375 £376
Median % change year-on-year +48.93% -0.27% -36.00%
75th Percentile £612 - £535
90th Percentile £641 - £669
England median daily rate £525 £548 £600
% change year-on-year -4.20% -8.67% +4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 0
10th Percentile - £32.55 -
25th Percentile £50.00 £33.74 -
Median hourly rate £60.00 £35.72 -
Median % change year-on-year +67.97% - -
75th Percentile £70.00 £37.70 -
90th Percentile - £38.89 -
England median hourly rate £55.00 £63.75 £55.56
% change year-on-year -13.73% +14.74% -12.68%

All General Skills
East Midlands

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 the East Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 534 381 350
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands 60.20% 64.03% 48.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 347 237 250
10th Percentile £191 £241 £160
25th Percentile £353 £313 £263
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £420 £436 £450
Median % change year-on-year -3.56% -3.22% -5.26%
75th Percentile £525 £534 £550
90th Percentile £617 £645 £665
England median daily rate £500 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -6.98% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 44 18 27
10th Percentile £15.58 £14.97 £13.35
25th Percentile £16.17 £17.00 £15.96
Median hourly rate £22.27 £17.66 £25.18
Median % change year-on-year +26.08% -29.86% +57.67%
75th Percentile £25.15 £30.15 £51.50
90th Percentile £26.35 £44.28 £56.90
England median hourly rate £23.50 £30.00 £34.50
% change year-on-year -21.67% -13.04% +34.19%

Aerospace
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Aerospace relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands.

Aerospace job vacancy trend in the East Midlands

Aerospace
Daily Rate Trend in the East Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Aerospace.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Aerospace

Aerospace
Daily Rate Histogram in the East Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Aerospace in the East Midlands over the 6 months to 24 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Aerospace in the East Midlands

Aerospace
Hourly Rate Trend in the East Midlands

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Aerospace.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Aerospace

Aerospace
Contract Job Locations in the East Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Aerospace within the East Midlands region over the 6 months to 24 December 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
Derbyshire +11 15 £559 - 3
Lincolnshire -14 1 - - 2
Aerospace
England

Aerospace
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East Midlands by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 1 (6.25%) Alfresco
1 1 (6.25%) CMS
1 1 (6.25%) Documentum
1 1 (6.25%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 2 (12.50%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (6.25%) FrameMaker
2 1 (6.25%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 2 (12.50%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 7 (43.75%) Azure
2 4 (25.00%) Power Platform
3 1 (6.25%) AWS
3 1 (6.25%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (6.25%) Google Workspace
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (25.00%) Power BI
2 1 (6.25%) Metadata
General
1 6 (37.50%) Social Skills
2 5 (31.25%) Manufacturing
3 3 (18.75%) Automotive
4 1 (6.25%) Back Office
4 1 (6.25%) Finance
4 1 (6.25%) Military
4 1 (6.25%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (6.25%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (6.25%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 4 (25.00%) Analyst
2 3 (18.75%) Consultant
3 2 (12.50%) Business Analyst
3 2 (12.50%) Data Analyst
3 2 (12.50%) Design Engineer
3 2 (12.50%) Digital Design Engineer
3 2 (12.50%) Project Manager
3 2 (12.50%) Technical Consultant
4 1 (6.25%) Data Scientist
4 1 (6.25%) Digital Transformation
4 1 (6.25%) Infrastructure Manager
4 1 (6.25%) IT Infrastructure Manager
4 1 (6.25%) IT Infrastructure Project Manager
4 1 (6.25%) IT Project Manager
4 1 (6.25%) Junior Data Scientist
4 1 (6.25%) Project Leader
4 1 (6.25%) Senior Analyst
4 1 (6.25%) Senior Business Analyst
4 1 (6.25%) Software Tester
4 1 (6.25%) Technical Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (12.50%) REST
2 1 (6.25%) SailPoint
2 1 (6.25%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (18.75%) Product Ownership
2 1 (6.25%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 2 (12.50%) Windows
2 1 (6.25%) Linux
2 1 (6.25%) Windows Server
2 1 (6.25%) Windows Server 2003
2 1 (6.25%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (43.75%) Analytics
2 6 (37.50%) Digital Transformation Programme
3 4 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
3 4 (25.00%) Data Analytics
3 4 (25.00%) Migration
3 4 (25.00%) PLM
4 3 (18.75%) Acceptance Criteria
4 3 (18.75%) Actionable Insight
4 3 (18.75%) AI
4 3 (18.75%) Data Management
4 3 (18.75%) Data Science
4 3 (18.75%) DevOps
4 3 (18.75%) Generative AI
4 3 (18.75%) Product Backlog
4 3 (18.75%) Use Case
4 3 (18.75%) User Stories
5 2 (12.50%) API Integration
5 2 (12.50%) LLM
5 2 (12.50%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
5 2 (12.50%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 4 (25.00%) Python
2 3 (18.75%) C++
2 3 (18.75%) SQL
3 2 (12.50%) C
3 2 (12.50%) C#
4 1 (6.25%) Google Apps Script
4 1 (6.25%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 5 (31.25%) Degree
2 1 (6.25%) Master's Degree
2 1 (6.25%) SC Cleared
2 1 (6.25%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (6.25%) GDPR
1 1 (6.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 1 (6.25%) Active Directory
1 1 (6.25%) Terminal Services
Vendors
1 6 (37.50%) Microsoft
2 3 (18.75%) Databricks
2 3 (18.75%) Siemens
3 1 (6.25%) Citrix
3 1 (6.25%) Google
3 1 (6.25%) OpenText
3 1 (6.25%) Oracle