Aerospace Contracts in the East of England

Aerospace
England > East of England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Aerospace in contract job vacancies in the East of England. 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 65 19 78
Rank change year-on-year -46 +59 +21
Contract jobs citing Aerospace 17 139 45
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East of England 1.81% 7.28% 2.18%
As % of the General category 2.87% 11.75% 3.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 11
10th Percentile - - £525
25th Percentile - £469 £625
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £488 £672
Median % change year-on-year - -27.46% +28.00%
75th Percentile - £506 £676
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £548 £650 £558
% change year-on-year -15.69% +16.59% +8.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 102 29
10th Percentile £39.75 £26.95 £41.96
25th Percentile £43.44 £41.81 £60.00
Median hourly rate £53.75 £50.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +7.50% -23.08% +16.07%
75th Percentile £70.31 - £70.00
90th Percentile £74.51 £65.00 £88.00
England median hourly rate £57.50 £50.00 £61.50
% change year-on-year +15.00% -18.70% +11.82%

All General Skills
East of England

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 of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 592 1,183 1,249
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 63.11% 61.97% 60.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 321 448 692
10th Percentile £200 £237 £200
25th Percentile £363 £350 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £488
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -2.56% +8.33%
75th Percentile £600 £568 £625
90th Percentile £675 £655 £725
England median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 108 458 261
10th Percentile £15.62 £14.16 £13.41
25th Percentile £16.95 £15.50 £14.25
Median hourly rate £31.64 £38.12 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year -17.00% +81.52% +44.83%
75th Percentile £65.19 £50.00 £61.25
90th Percentile £76.63 £65.00 £65.00
England median hourly rate £27.50 £30.16 £33.82
% change year-on-year -8.82% -10.82% +57.30%

Aerospace
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

Job postings citing Aerospace as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the East of England.

Job vacancy trend for Aerospace in the East of England

Aerospace
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Aerospace in the East of England.

Daily rate trend for Aerospace in the East of England

Aerospace
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Aerospace in the East of England.

Hourly rate trend for Aerospace in the East of England

Aerospace
Hourly Rate Histogram in the East of England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Aerospace in the East of England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Aerospace in the East of England

Aerospace
Contract Job Locations in the East of England

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 of England 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
Hertfordshire -32 10 - - 71
Bedfordshire -9 5 - - 36
Cambridgeshire +9 1 - - 18
Essex - 1 - - 38
Aerospace
England

Aerospace
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of England 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 (11.76%) Confluence
1 2 (11.76%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (11.76%) OrCAD
1 2 (11.76%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 3 (17.65%) Teamcenter
2 1 (5.88%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 1 (5.88%) Azure
1 1 (5.88%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 2 (11.76%) SpaceWire
2 1 (5.88%) DNS
2 1 (5.88%) Firewall
2 1 (5.88%) FTP
2 1 (5.88%) HTTP
2 1 (5.88%) Network Security
2 1 (5.88%) SMTP
2 1 (5.88%) SSL
Development Applications
1 1 (5.88%) LabVIEW
1 1 (5.88%) MagicDraw
1 1 (5.88%) Rational DOORS
1 1 (5.88%) Rational Rhapsody
1 1 (5.88%) Visual Studio
General
1 8 (47.06%) Social Skills
2 4 (23.53%) Aviation
3 2 (11.76%) Electronics
3 2 (11.76%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (5.88%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (5.88%) Automotive
4 1 (5.88%) Avionics
4 1 (5.88%) Finance
4 1 (5.88%) Military
Job Titles
1 7 (41.18%) Systems Engineer
2 3 (17.65%) Configuration Engineer
2 3 (17.65%) Electrical Engineer
2 3 (17.65%) Principal Engineer
3 2 (11.76%) Architect
3 2 (11.76%) Hardware Engineer
3 2 (11.76%) Infrastructure Architect
3 2 (11.76%) Lead
3 2 (11.76%) Network Architect
3 2 (11.76%) Network Infrastructure Architect
3 2 (11.76%) Principal Systems Engineer
3 2 (11.76%) Senior
3 2 (11.76%) Senior Configuration Engineer
4 1 (5.88%) Analyst
4 1 (5.88%) Electronics Engineer
4 1 (5.88%) Operations Analyst
4 1 (5.88%) Principal Software Engineer
4 1 (5.88%) Security Analyst
4 1 (5.88%) Software Engineer
4 1 (5.88%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.88%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 2 (11.76%) Analogue Electronics
1 2 (11.76%) Management Information System
1 2 (11.76%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (5.88%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (5.88%) Cyberattack
2 1 (5.88%) YARA
Operating Systems
1 4 (23.53%) Windows
2 3 (17.65%) Linux
3 2 (11.76%) Unix
4 1 (5.88%) VxWorks
4 1 (5.88%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (23.53%) Functional Testing
2 3 (17.65%) Configuration Management
2 3 (17.65%) Data Management
2 3 (17.65%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
2 3 (17.65%) PLM
2 3 (17.65%) SysML
3 2 (11.76%) Architecture Roadmap
3 2 (11.76%) Cryptography
3 2 (11.76%) Customer Requirements
3 2 (11.76%) Data Acquisition
3 2 (11.76%) PDM
3 2 (11.76%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (11.76%) Risk Management
3 2 (11.76%) Roadmaps
3 2 (11.76%) Schematic Capture
3 2 (11.76%) System Testing
3 2 (11.76%) Systems Engineering
3 2 (11.76%) TestOps
4 1 (5.88%) Stress Testing
4 1 (5.88%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 3 (17.65%) C
1 3 (17.65%) Java
1 3 (17.65%) MATLAB
2 2 (11.76%) Bash
2 2 (11.76%) Python
2 2 (11.76%) Tcl
2 2 (11.76%) VBA
Qualifications
1 8 (47.06%) SC Cleared
1 8 (47.06%) Security Cleared
2 5 (29.41%) Degree
3 2 (11.76%) DV Cleared
4 1 (5.88%) CCNP
4 1 (5.88%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (5.88%) CISSP
4 1 (5.88%) MCSA
4 1 (5.88%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (11.76%) DO-160
1 2 (11.76%) DO-254
2 1 (5.88%) Def Stans
2 1 (5.88%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (5.88%) Functional Safety
1 1 (5.88%) PTC Integrity
Vendors
1 4 (23.53%) Twitter
2 2 (11.76%) EMC
3 1 (5.88%) Cisco
3 1 (5.88%) IBM
3 1 (5.88%) Microsoft
3 1 (5.88%) PTC
3 1 (5.88%) SAP
3 1 (5.88%) Sparx
3 1 (5.88%) VMware
3 1 (5.88%) Wind River