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 4 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 292 319 327
Rank change year-on-year +27 +8 +75
Contract jobs citing Aerospace 266 197 270
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.91% 0.64% 0.68%
As % of the General category 1.42% 1.08% 1.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 87 43 129
10th Percentile £258 £190 £369
25th Percentile £450 £341 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £526 £550
Median % change year-on-year +2.66% -4.36% -2.65%
75th Percentile £639 £638 £650
90th Percentile £718 £751 £738
UK median daily rate £530 £566 £550
% change year-on-year -6.28% +2.82% -3.51%
Number of hourly rates quoted 102 70 84
10th Percentile £22.63 £31.57 £28.47
25th Percentile £37.19 £37.55 £40.75
Median hourly rate £52.50 £60.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% +9.09% -8.33%
75th Percentile £67.19 £70.19 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £53.50 £60.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year -10.83% +9.09% -8.33%

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 18,691 18,283 23,699
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 63.65% 59.14% 59.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,840 10,962 16,203
10th Percentile £275 £300 £300
25th Percentile £400 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £630 £650 £675
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 1,181 699 1,023
10th Percentile £13.85 £15.00 £14.25
25th Percentile £16.50 £17.08 £16.89
Median hourly rate £25.00 £31.97 £30.05
Median % change year-on-year -21.80% +6.39% +16.88%
75th Percentile £44.94 £60.00 £57.50
90th Percentile £70.00 £70.45 £70.66
UK median hourly rate £25.00 £29.50 £30.00
% change year-on-year -15.25% -1.67% +20.00%

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 4 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 4 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 4 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 +20 70 £525 +31.25% 138
East of England +10 49 £700 +75.00% 115
South East +21 45 £552 +72.58% 151
North of England -34 34 £449 - 52
London +14 33 £591 -3.83% 53
Midlands -32 31 £459 -19.42% 58
North West -20 29 £450 - 37
West Midlands -23 16 £338 -35.78% 25
East Midlands -20 15 £650 +5.35% 32
North East -10 3 - - 11
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 (2.26%) SharePoint
2 4 (1.50%) CMS
3 3 (1.13%) Confluence
4 1 (0.38%) Alfresco
4 1 (0.38%) Apache
4 1 (0.38%) Documentum
4 1 (0.38%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 19 (7.14%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (4.14%) Siemens NX
3 9 (3.38%) Simulink
4 7 (2.63%) Microsoft Office
5 6 (2.26%) FrameMaker
5 6 (2.26%) Maya
5 6 (2.26%) NUKE
5 6 (2.26%) Stateflow
6 4 (1.50%) Microsoft Project
6 4 (1.50%) Windchill
7 1 (0.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 1 (0.38%) MS Visio
7 1 (0.38%) NASTRAN
7 1 (0.38%) PTC Creo
Business Applications
1 24 (9.02%) SAP S/4HANA
2 18 (6.77%) Teamcenter
3 8 (3.01%) Oracle ERP
4 7 (2.63%) Oracle SCM
4 7 (2.63%) SAP HCM
4 7 (2.63%) SAP PS
5 2 (0.75%) SAP MM
5 2 (0.75%) SAP Oil and Gas
6 1 (0.38%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
6 1 (0.38%) SAP Payroll
Cloud Services
1 13 (4.89%) AWS
2 11 (4.14%) Azure
2 11 (4.14%) GitHub
3 7 (2.63%) Amazon ECS
3 7 (2.63%) Amazon S3
3 7 (2.63%) OCI
4 6 (2.26%) Microsoft 365
5 5 (1.88%) Power Platform
6 4 (1.50%) AWS CloudFormation
6 4 (1.50%) GitHub Actions
6 4 (1.50%) Google Workspace
6 4 (1.50%) OpenShift
7 3 (1.13%) Azure DevOps
7 3 (1.13%) GCP
8 1 (0.38%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 1 (0.38%) Azure Key Vault
8 1 (0.38%) Azure Monitor
8 1 (0.38%) Azure Sentinel
8 1 (0.38%) Microsoft Purview
8 1 (0.38%) npm
Communications & Networking
1 6 (2.26%) PABX
2 4 (1.50%) DNS
2 4 (1.50%) Network Security
2 4 (1.50%) SpaceWire
2 4 (1.50%) WAN
3 3 (1.13%) Firewall
3 3 (1.13%) LAN
3 3 (1.13%) RS-232
3 3 (1.13%) VPN
4 2 (0.75%) DHCP
4 2 (0.75%) FTP
4 2 (0.75%) HTTP
4 2 (0.75%) PBX
4 2 (0.75%) SD-WAN
4 2 (0.75%) SMTP
4 2 (0.75%) SNMP
4 2 (0.75%) SSL
4 2 (0.75%) TCP/IP
4 2 (0.75%) Wireless
5 1 (0.38%) HTTPS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (3.01%) PostgreSQL
2 7 (2.63%) Amazon Athena
2 7 (2.63%) Amazon RDS
3 5 (1.88%) Power BI
4 3 (1.13%) MongoDB
5 2 (0.75%) Metadata
6 1 (0.38%) Crystal Reports
6 1 (0.38%) SAP HANA
6 1 (0.38%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 14 (5.26%) GitLab
2 11 (4.14%) Rational DOORS
3 9 (3.38%) Git
3 9 (3.38%) JIRA
4 6 (2.26%) Rational Team Concert
5 4 (1.50%) Jenkins
6 3 (1.13%) Maven
7 2 (0.75%) Artifactory
7 2 (0.75%) Selenium
7 2 (0.75%) Subversion
8 1 (0.38%) Cucumber
8 1 (0.38%) Postman
8 1 (0.38%) Redmine
8 1 (0.38%) SonarQube
8 1 (0.38%) Visual Studio
8 1 (0.38%) WebDriver
General
1 71 (26.69%) Social Skills
2 57 (21.43%) Manufacturing
3 30 (11.28%) Aviation
4 26 (9.77%) Analytical Skills
5 24 (9.02%) Automotive
5 24 (9.02%) Finance
6 12 (4.51%) Military
6 12 (4.51%) Organisational Skills
7 11 (4.14%) Pharmaceutical
8 10 (3.76%) Electronics
8 10 (3.76%) Publishing
9 6 (2.26%) Documentation Skills
9 6 (2.26%) Games
10 4 (1.50%) Environmental Health
10 4 (1.50%) Influencing Skills
10 4 (1.50%) Legal
10 4 (1.50%) Public Sector
10 4 (1.50%) Telecoms
11 2 (0.75%) Aeronautics
11 2 (0.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 25 (9.40%) Lead
2 22 (8.27%) Architect
2 22 (8.27%) Senior
2 22 (8.27%) Systems Engineer
3 16 (6.02%) Consultant
3 16 (6.02%) Software Engineer
4 12 (4.51%) Administrator
4 12 (4.51%) Analyst
4 12 (4.51%) Support Engineer
5 11 (4.14%) Developer
6 9 (3.38%) SAP Consultant
6 9 (3.38%) SAP Support
7 8 (3.01%) Author
7 8 (3.01%) IT Engineer
7 8 (3.01%) SAP Administrator
7 8 (3.01%) Technical Author
8 7 (2.63%) C++ Software Engineer
8 7 (2.63%) IT Support
9 6 (2.26%) Design Engineer
9 6 (2.26%) Desktop Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (4.14%) HTML
1 11 (4.14%) SAP Fiori
2 10 (3.76%) XML
3 7 (2.63%) CSS
4 6 (2.26%) Django
4 6 (2.26%) SGML
5 5 (1.88%) Elastic Stack
5 5 (1.88%) REST
6 4 (1.50%) Kafka
6 4 (1.50%) Spring Boot
7 3 (1.13%) OpenID
7 3 (1.13%) SAML
8 2 (0.75%) Flash
8 2 (0.75%) Hugging Face
8 2 (0.75%) LDAP
8 2 (0.75%) Node.js
8 2 (0.75%) PyTorch
8 2 (0.75%) RESTful
8 2 (0.75%) TensorFlow
9 1 (0.38%) Azure Blueprints
Miscellaneous
1 15 (5.64%) Data Protection Act
1 15 (5.64%) Self-Motivation
2 11 (4.14%) FPGA
3 10 (3.76%) Analytical Mindset
3 10 (3.76%) Legacy Systems
4 9 (3.38%) Product Ownership
5 7 (2.63%) Greenfield Project
5 7 (2.63%) PCIe
6 6 (2.26%) Animation
6 6 (2.26%) Management Information System
6 6 (2.26%) Smartphone
6 6 (2.26%) State Machine
7 5 (1.88%) VHDL
8 4 (1.50%) CAN bus
8 4 (1.50%) Learning Management System
8 4 (1.50%) Operational Technology
9 3 (1.13%) Algorithms
9 3 (1.13%) SCADA
10 2 (0.75%) Data Centre
10 2 (0.75%) Raspberry Pi
Operating Systems
1 22 (8.27%) Windows
2 18 (6.77%) Linux
3 6 (2.26%) Windows 10
4 2 (0.75%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.38%) FreeRTOS
5 1 (0.38%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.38%) Ubuntu
5 1 (0.38%) Unix
5 1 (0.38%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.38%) Windows Server 2003
5 1 (0.38%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (12.03%) Validation
2 28 (10.53%) Software Engineering
3 25 (9.40%) Problem-Solving
4 20 (7.52%) Agile
4 20 (7.52%) Migration
5 19 (7.14%) PLM
5 19 (7.14%) Systems Engineering
5 19 (7.14%) Use Case
6 18 (6.77%) Mentoring
6 18 (6.77%) Project Management
7 17 (6.39%) Continuous Improvement
8 16 (6.02%) Containerisation
8 16 (6.02%) DevOps
9 15 (5.64%) Data Protection
9 15 (5.64%) ERP
9 15 (5.64%) Knowledge Management
9 15 (5.64%) Stakeholder Management
9 15 (5.64%) Workflow
10 14 (5.26%) Change Management
10 14 (5.26%) Configuration Management
Programming Languages
1 26 (9.77%) Python
2 23 (8.65%) C++
3 14 (5.26%) C
3 14 (5.26%) SQL
4 13 (4.89%) Ada
4 13 (4.89%) Java
5 11 (4.14%) C#
6 8 (3.01%) Tcl
7 7 (2.63%) MATLAB
8 6 (2.26%) Fortran
8 6 (2.26%) PowerShell
9 5 (1.88%) JavaScript
10 3 (1.13%) Bash
10 3 (1.13%) PL/SQL
10 3 (1.13%) VBA
11 2 (0.75%) TypeScript
12 1 (0.38%) ABAP
12 1 (0.38%) Embedded C++
12 1 (0.38%) Go
12 1 (0.38%) Perl
Qualifications
1 116 (43.61%) Security Cleared
2 92 (34.59%) SC Cleared
3 48 (18.05%) Degree
4 16 (6.02%) BPSS Clearance
5 11 (4.14%) DV Cleared
6 9 (3.38%) AWS Certification
7 8 (3.01%) Computer Science Degree
7 8 (3.01%) HNC
7 8 (3.01%) HND
8 7 (2.63%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 5 (1.88%) Master's Degree
10 3 (1.13%) Azure Certification
10 3 (1.13%) DBS Check
10 3 (1.13%) Microsoft Certification
10 3 (1.13%) PMI Certification
10 3 (1.13%) PMP
11 2 (0.75%) A+ Certification
11 2 (0.75%) CISSP
12 1 (0.38%) CCSP
12 1 (0.38%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (5.26%) QA
2 7 (2.63%) NIST
3 4 (1.50%) Def Stans
3 4 (1.50%) GDPR
3 4 (1.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (1.50%) JSP 440
3 4 (1.50%) NCSC
4 3 (1.13%) ECSS
4 3 (1.13%) NIST 800
4 3 (1.13%) SLA
5 2 (0.75%) ARP4754
5 2 (0.75%) EU AI Act
5 2 (0.75%) ISO 9001
5 2 (0.75%) ISO/IEC 42001
5 2 (0.75%) Software Quality Assurance
6 1 (0.38%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.38%) GRC
6 1 (0.38%) IEC 61508
6 1 (0.38%) MISRA
6 1 (0.38%) MISRA C
System Software
1 5 (1.88%) Active Directory
1 5 (1.88%) Docker
2 3 (1.13%) Firmware
3 2 (0.75%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.38%) Terminal Services
4 1 (0.38%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 9 (3.38%) Kubernetes
2 8 (3.01%) Terraform
3 5 (1.88%) Grafana
3 5 (1.88%) Prometheus
4 4 (1.50%) Ansible
5 3 (1.13%) PingFederate
6 1 (0.38%) Argo
6 1 (0.38%) MOM
6 1 (0.38%) Puppet
6 1 (0.38%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.38%) Wonderware InTouch
Vendors
1 42 (15.79%) SAP
2 29 (10.90%) Microsoft
3 21 (7.89%) Twitter
4 14 (5.26%) Siemens
5 12 (4.51%) Oracle
5 12 (4.51%) ServiceNow
6 8 (3.01%) IBM
6 8 (3.01%) MathWorks
7 7 (2.63%) Cisco
8 5 (1.88%) VMware
9 4 (1.50%) Google
10 3 (1.13%) Databricks
10 3 (1.13%) HubSpot
10 3 (1.13%) IFS
10 3 (1.13%) Ping Identity
10 3 (1.13%) Red Hat
10 3 (1.13%) Salesforce
11 2 (0.75%) Fortinet
11 2 (0.75%) Palo Alto
11 2 (0.75%) Xilinx