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 30 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 66 73 98
Rank change year-on-year +7 +25 +29
Contract jobs citing Aerospace 3 2 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Edinburgh 0.47% 0.23% 0.085%
As % of the General category 0.61% 0.32% 0.12%
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 £248 - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £39.00
Median hourly rate - £45.00 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year - +12.50% -20.00%
75th Percentile - - £41.00
90th Percentile - - -
Scotland median hourly rate £53.61 £60.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year -10.65% +50.00% -10.11%

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 495 619 868
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 78.08% 72.40% 73.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 266 354 616
10th Percentile £210 £168 £230
25th Percentile £400 £340 £409
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £470 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year -1.05% - -
75th Percentile £538 £563 £545
90th Percentile £608 £663 £604
Scotland median daily rate £463 £450 £475
% change year-on-year +2.78% -5.26% +1.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 36 5
10th Percentile £18.79 £13.38 £13.39
25th Percentile £21.00 £16.50 £17.72
Median hourly rate £23.77 £25.09 £21.26
Median % change year-on-year -5.27% +18.02% -18.23%
75th Percentile £37.17 £60.75 £21.67
90th Percentile £58.58 £65.38 £33.27
Scotland median hourly rate £19.97 £18.07 £19.88
% change year-on-year +10.55% -9.13% -38.15%

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