Aerospace Contracts in Edinburgh

Aerospace
Scotland > Edinburgh

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Aerospace in contract job vacancies in Edinburgh. 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 64 70 110
Rank change year-on-year +6 +40 +16
Contract jobs citing Aerospace 3 2 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Edinburgh 0.48% 0.25% 0.15%
As % of the General category 0.62% 0.33% 0.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £363 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 - -
75th Percentile £488 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Scotland median daily rate £425 - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 2
10th Percentile - - £41.35
25th Percentile - - £44.88
Median hourly rate - £45.00 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year - -14.29% -
75th Percentile - - £60.88
90th Percentile - - £64.85
Scotland median hourly rate £42.22 £60.00 £52.50
% change year-on-year -29.63% +14.29% -

All General Skills
Edinburgh

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 Edinburgh.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 482 610 944
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 77.12% 74.85% 72.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 267 348 688
10th Percentile £199 £183 £250
25th Percentile £400 £400 £409
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £475
75th Percentile £538 £575 £550
90th Percentile £627 £675 £625
Scotland median daily rate £465 £475 £475
% change year-on-year -2.21% - +3.83%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 34 7
10th Percentile £19.77 £16.25 £14.83
25th Percentile £21.00 £16.50 £17.72
Median hourly rate £23.50 £35.00 £21.26
Median % change year-on-year -32.86% +64.63% -46.85%
75th Percentile £29.86 £60.75 £31.34
90th Percentile £52.90 £67.23 £51.60
Scotland median hourly rate £22.44 £19.17 £19.88
% change year-on-year +17.04% -3.57% -23.54%

Aerospace
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

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

Job vacancy trend for Aerospace in Edinburgh

Aerospace
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh

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

Daily rate trend for Aerospace in Edinburgh

Aerospace
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Edinburgh

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

Hourly rate trend for Aerospace in Edinburgh

Aerospace
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Edinburgh 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Teamcenter
General
1 1 (33.33%) Electronics
1 1 (33.33%) Finance
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Configuration Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Firmware Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Project Manager
1 1 (33.33%) Software Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) FPGA
1 1 (33.33%) Verilog
1 1 (33.33%) VHDL
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) Budget Management
1 1 (33.33%) Budgeting and Resource Allocation
1 1 (33.33%) Change Control
1 1 (33.33%) Commercial Awareness
1 1 (33.33%) Configuration Management
1 1 (33.33%) Data Management
1 1 (33.33%) DevOps
1 1 (33.33%) FPGA Design
1 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (33.33%) Project Management
1 1 (33.33%) Resource Allocation
1 1 (33.33%) Risk Management
1 1 (33.33%) Software Engineering
1 1 (33.33%) Software Testing
1 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) SystemVerilog
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) SC Cleared
1 2 (66.67%) Security Cleared
2 1 (33.33%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) Def Stans
System Software
1 1 (33.33%) Firmware
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Intel
1 1 (33.33%) Microsemi
1 1 (33.33%) SAP
1 1 (33.33%) Xilinx