Aerospace Contract Job Trends in England

Aerospace
UK > England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Aerospace in contract job vacancies in England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Aerospace over the 6 months leading up to 30 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 276 327 361
Rank change year-on-year +51 +34 +35
Contract jobs citing Aerospace 294 188 229
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.96% 0.61% 0.59%
As % of the General category 1.53% 1.01% 0.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 87 44 102
10th Percentile £225 £207 £376
25th Percentile £445 £352 £459
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £548 £575
Median % change year-on-year -1.37% -4.78% +0.98%
75th Percentile £638 £632 £659
90th Percentile £718 £746 £750
UK median daily rate £532 £548 £575
% change year-on-year -2.92% -4.70% +0.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 127 64 83
10th Percentile £25.38 £28.00 £28.15
25th Percentile £42.00 £35.36 £35.75
Median hourly rate £54.50 £61.50 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -11.38% +11.82% -10.57%
75th Percentile £67.00 £70.06 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.50 £75.00 £77.69
UK median hourly rate £52.50 £60.25 £55.00
% change year-on-year -12.86% +9.55% -10.57%

All General Skills
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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 19,262 18,620 23,172
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 63.06% 60.39% 59.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 12,243 11,201 15,746
10th Percentile £275 £300 £288
25th Percentile £400 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year -6.98% -2.27% -
75th Percentile £626 £650 £670
90th Percentile £738 £775 £775
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,237 689 1,036
10th Percentile £14.00 £15.22 £14.25
25th Percentile £16.92 £18.00 £17.41
Median hourly rate £24.00 £30.45 £33.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.18% -7.73% +29.31%
75th Percentile £46.00 £58.27 £60.00
90th Percentile £72.50 £71.25 £71.28
UK median hourly rate £24.00 £27.72 £32.00
% change year-on-year -13.42% -13.38% +28.00%

Aerospace
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Aerospace job vacancy trend in England

Aerospace
Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Aerospace

Aerospace
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Aerospace in England over the 6 months to 30 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Aerospace in England

Aerospace
Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Aerospace

Aerospace
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Aerospace in England over the 6 months to 30 November 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Aerospace in England

Aerospace
Contract Job Locations in 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 England region over the 6 months to 30 November 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
South West +27 81 £525 -4.11% 74
East of England +28 65 £413 +7.84% 68
South East +5 44 £555 +73.28% 135
London +29 34 £600 -2.28% 20
Midlands -31 33 £467 -23.06% 30
North of England -34 33 £449 - 53
North West -14 27 £450 - 40
East Midlands -22 17 £650 +5.35% 7
West Midlands -18 16 £363 +7.41% 23
North East -5 4 - - 9
Yorkshire - 2 £345 - 4
Aerospace
UK

Aerospace
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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 6 (2.04%) SharePoint
2 4 (1.36%) CMS
3 3 (1.02%) Confluence
4 1 (0.34%) Alfresco
4 1 (0.34%) Apache
4 1 (0.34%) Documentum
4 1 (0.34%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 19 (6.46%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (4.08%) Siemens NX
3 10 (3.40%) Microsoft Office
4 8 (2.72%) Simulink
5 6 (2.04%) FrameMaker
5 6 (2.04%) Stateflow
6 4 (1.36%) Maya
6 4 (1.36%) NUKE
7 3 (1.02%) Microsoft Project
7 3 (1.02%) Windchill
8 1 (0.34%) Microsoft PowerPoint
8 1 (0.34%) MS Visio
8 1 (0.34%) NASTRAN
8 1 (0.34%) PTC Creo
Business Applications
1 21 (7.14%) SAP S/4HANA
2 16 (5.44%) Teamcenter
3 8 (2.72%) Oracle ERP
4 7 (2.38%) Oracle SCM
4 7 (2.38%) SAP HCM
5 5 (1.70%) SAP PS
6 2 (0.68%) SAP MM
6 2 (0.68%) SAP Oil and Gas
7 1 (0.34%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
7 1 (0.34%) SAP Payroll
Cloud Services
1 16 (5.44%) AWS
2 14 (4.76%) Azure
3 11 (3.74%) GitHub
4 7 (2.38%) Amazon ECS
4 7 (2.38%) Amazon S3
4 7 (2.38%) OCI
5 6 (2.04%) Microsoft 365
5 6 (2.04%) Power Platform
6 5 (1.70%) AWS CloudFormation
6 5 (1.70%) OpenShift
7 4 (1.36%) GitHub Actions
7 4 (1.36%) Google Workspace
8 3 (1.02%) Azure DevOps
8 3 (1.02%) GCP
9 1 (0.34%) Azure AKS
9 1 (0.34%) Azure Key Vault
9 1 (0.34%) Azure Monitor
9 1 (0.34%) Azure Sentinel
9 1 (0.34%) Entra ID
9 1 (0.34%) Lucidchart
Communications & Networking
1 6 (2.04%) DNS
1 6 (2.04%) PABX
2 4 (1.36%) DHCP
2 4 (1.36%) Firewall
2 4 (1.36%) Network Security
2 4 (1.36%) SpaceWire
3 3 (1.02%) RS-232
3 3 (1.02%) TCP/IP
3 3 (1.02%) VPN
4 2 (0.68%) FTP
4 2 (0.68%) HTTP
4 2 (0.68%) PBX
4 2 (0.68%) SD-WAN
4 2 (0.68%) SMTP
4 2 (0.68%) SNMP
4 2 (0.68%) SSL
4 2 (0.68%) WAN
4 2 (0.68%) Wireless
5 1 (0.34%) LAN
5 1 (0.34%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (2.72%) PostgreSQL
2 7 (2.38%) Amazon Athena
2 7 (2.38%) Amazon RDS
3 6 (2.04%) Power BI
4 3 (1.02%) MongoDB
5 2 (0.68%) Metadata
6 1 (0.34%) Crystal Reports
6 1 (0.34%) SAP HANA
6 1 (0.34%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 14 (4.76%) GitLab
2 10 (3.40%) Rational DOORS
3 9 (3.06%) Git
4 7 (2.38%) JIRA
5 6 (2.04%) Rational Team Concert
6 4 (1.36%) Jenkins
7 3 (1.02%) Maven
8 2 (0.68%) Artifactory
8 2 (0.68%) Selenium
8 2 (0.68%) SonarQube
9 1 (0.34%) Cucumber
9 1 (0.34%) Postman
9 1 (0.34%) Subversion
9 1 (0.34%) Visual Studio
9 1 (0.34%) WebDriver
General
1 70 (23.81%) Social Skills
2 68 (23.13%) Manufacturing
3 27 (9.18%) Aviation
4 24 (8.16%) Analytical Skills
4 24 (8.16%) Automotive
5 22 (7.48%) Finance
6 13 (4.42%) Organisational Skills
7 11 (3.74%) Military
7 11 (3.74%) Pharmaceutical
8 10 (3.40%) Publishing
9 9 (3.06%) Electronics
10 7 (2.38%) Documentation Skills
11 4 (1.36%) Environmental Health
11 4 (1.36%) Games
11 4 (1.36%) Legal
11 4 (1.36%) Public Sector
11 4 (1.36%) Telecoms
12 3 (1.02%) Avionics
12 3 (1.02%) Influencing Skills
13 2 (0.68%) Aeronautics
Job Titles
1 43 (14.63%) Systems Engineer
2 26 (8.84%) Lead
3 21 (7.14%) Software Engineer
4 20 (6.80%) Senior
5 19 (6.46%) Architect
6 16 (5.44%) Consultant
7 12 (4.08%) Administrator
7 12 (4.08%) Support Engineer
8 11 (3.74%) Analyst
9 10 (3.40%) Electrical Engineer
10 9 (3.06%) Developer
10 9 (3.06%) IT Engineer
10 9 (3.06%) SAP Consultant
10 9 (3.06%) SAP Support
11 8 (2.72%) SAP Administrator
12 7 (2.38%) Author
12 7 (2.38%) C++ Software Engineer
12 7 (2.38%) Technical Author
13 6 (2.04%) Desktop Support Engineer
13 6 (2.04%) IT Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (3.74%) SAP Fiori
2 10 (3.40%) XML
3 9 (3.06%) HTML
4 6 (2.04%) SGML
5 5 (1.70%) CSS
5 5 (1.70%) Elastic Stack
6 4 (1.36%) Django
6 4 (1.36%) Kafka
6 4 (1.36%) REST
7 3 (1.02%) OpenID
7 3 (1.02%) SAML
7 3 (1.02%) Spring Boot
8 2 (0.68%) AngularJS
8 2 (0.68%) Flash
8 2 (0.68%) Hugging Face
8 2 (0.68%) LDAP
8 2 (0.68%) PyTorch
8 2 (0.68%) TensorFlow
9 1 (0.34%) Azure Blueprints
9 1 (0.34%) Quarkus
Miscellaneous
1 15 (5.10%) Self-Motivation
2 13 (4.42%) Data Protection Act
3 11 (3.74%) FPGA
4 10 (3.40%) Analytical Mindset
5 9 (3.06%) Legacy Systems
5 9 (3.06%) Product Ownership
6 7 (2.38%) PCIe
7 6 (2.04%) Smartphone
7 6 (2.04%) State Machine
8 5 (1.70%) Management Information System
9 4 (1.36%) Animation
9 4 (1.36%) CAN bus
9 4 (1.36%) Greenfield Project
9 4 (1.36%) Learning Management System
9 4 (1.36%) Operational Technology
9 4 (1.36%) VHDL
10 3 (1.02%) Cloud Native
11 2 (0.68%) Algorithms
11 2 (0.68%) Cyberattack
11 2 (0.68%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 26 (8.84%) Windows
2 17 (5.78%) Linux
3 6 (2.04%) Windows 10
4 2 (0.68%) Mac OS
4 2 (0.68%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.34%) FreeRTOS
5 1 (0.34%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.34%) Ubuntu
5 1 (0.34%) Unix
5 1 (0.34%) Windows Server 2003
5 1 (0.34%) Windows Server 2008
5 1 (0.34%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (0.34%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (10.54%) Software Engineering
1 31 (10.54%) Validation
2 24 (8.16%) Problem-Solving
3 22 (7.48%) Agile
4 21 (7.14%) Migration
4 21 (7.14%) PLM
5 20 (6.80%) Continuous Improvement
5 20 (6.80%) Mentoring
6 18 (6.12%) Stakeholder Management
6 18 (6.12%) Systems Engineering
7 17 (5.78%) Containerisation
7 17 (5.78%) Cybersecurity
7 17 (5.78%) DevOps
7 17 (5.78%) Project Management
7 17 (5.78%) Use Case
8 16 (5.44%) ERP
8 16 (5.44%) Knowledge Management
9 15 (5.10%) Change Management
10 14 (4.76%) AI
10 14 (4.76%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 25 (8.50%) Python
2 19 (6.46%) C++
3 15 (5.10%) C
4 13 (4.42%) C#
5 12 (4.08%) Ada
6 11 (3.74%) SQL
7 10 (3.40%) Java
8 7 (2.38%) PowerShell
9 6 (2.04%) Fortran
9 6 (2.04%) MATLAB
9 6 (2.04%) Tcl
10 5 (1.70%) JavaScript
11 4 (1.36%) Bash
12 3 (1.02%) PL/SQL
12 3 (1.02%) VBA
13 2 (0.68%) TypeScript
14 1 (0.34%) Embedded C++
14 1 (0.34%) Go
14 1 (0.34%) Google Apps Script
14 1 (0.34%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 124 (42.18%) Security Cleared
2 92 (31.29%) SC Cleared
3 50 (17.01%) Degree
4 21 (7.14%) BPSS Clearance
5 12 (4.08%) AWS Certification
5 12 (4.08%) DV Cleared
6 8 (2.72%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 8 (2.72%) Computer Science Degree
7 6 (2.04%) HNC
7 6 (2.04%) HND
8 5 (1.70%) Azure Certification
8 5 (1.70%) Master's Degree
9 4 (1.36%) Microsoft Certification
10 3 (1.02%) DBS Check
10 3 (1.02%) PMI Certification
10 3 (1.02%) PMP
10 3 (1.02%) TOGAF Certification
11 2 (0.68%) A+ Certification
11 2 (0.68%) CISSP
11 2 (0.68%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (5.44%) QA
2 7 (2.38%) NIST
3 6 (2.04%) ECSS
3 6 (2.04%) ISO 9001
4 4 (1.36%) Def Stans
4 4 (1.36%) GDPR
4 4 (1.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (1.36%) JSP 440
4 4 (1.36%) NCSC
5 3 (1.02%) NIST 800
5 3 (1.02%) SLA
6 2 (0.68%) EU AI Act
6 2 (0.68%) ISO/IEC 42001
6 2 (0.68%) Software Quality Assurance
7 1 (0.34%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.34%) DO-160
7 1 (0.34%) Government Security Classifications
7 1 (0.34%) GRC
7 1 (0.34%) PMO
System Software
1 7 (2.38%) Active Directory
2 6 (2.04%) Docker
3 5 (1.70%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (1.02%) Firmware
5 2 (0.68%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.34%) Terminal Services
6 1 (0.34%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 11 (3.74%) Kubernetes
2 9 (3.06%) Terraform
3 5 (1.70%) Ansible
3 5 (1.70%) Grafana
3 5 (1.70%) Prometheus
4 3 (1.02%) PingFederate
5 2 (0.68%) Argo
6 1 (0.34%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
6 1 (0.34%) MOM
6 1 (0.34%) Puppet
6 1 (0.34%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.34%) Wonderware InTouch
Vendors
1 38 (12.93%) SAP
2 28 (9.52%) Microsoft
3 15 (5.10%) Siemens
4 12 (4.08%) Oracle
5 11 (3.74%) ServiceNow
6 10 (3.40%) VMware
7 8 (2.72%) Cisco
7 8 (2.72%) IBM
7 8 (2.72%) MathWorks
8 4 (1.36%) Google
8 4 (1.36%) Red Hat
9 3 (1.02%) Databricks
9 3 (1.02%) HubSpot
9 3 (1.02%) IFS
9 3 (1.02%) Ping Identity
9 3 (1.02%) Salesforce
10 2 (0.68%) Ariba
10 2 (0.68%) CheckPoint
10 2 (0.68%) Palo Alto
10 2 (0.68%) Splunk