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 24 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 255 359 230
Rank change year-on-year +104 -129 +134
Contract jobs citing Aerospace 383 112 376
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.02% 0.46% 1.00%
As % of the General category 1.78% 0.73% 1.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 80 30 81
10th Percentile £221 £369 £317
25th Percentile £425 £513 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £548 £648
Median % change year-on-year -8.76% -15.37% +17.73%
75th Percentile £626 £627 £700
90th Percentile £690 £661 £713
UK median daily rate £500 £548 £648
% change year-on-year -8.68% -15.51% +17.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 202 49 198
10th Percentile £28.37 £26.93 £24.70
25th Percentile £42.29 £41.25 £40.00
Median hourly rate £62.50 £57.50 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year +8.70% +15.00% -20.00%
75th Percentile £82.25 £68.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £88.00 £75.00 £75.93
UK median hourly rate £58.00 £56.25 £50.00
% change year-on-year +3.12% +12.50% -21.41%

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 general skills in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 21,471 15,443 22,067
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 57.35% 63.50% 58.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 13,561 10,061 14,375
10th Percentile £300 £300 £270
25th Percentile £406 £410 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £533
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -1.50% -3.09%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £650
90th Percentile £738 £775 £763
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,354 591 1,677
10th Percentile £14.38 £14.90 £13.00
25th Percentile £17.69 £19.00 £15.17
Median hourly rate £25.15 £30.78 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year -18.29% +18.38% -25.71%
75th Percentile £60.00 £60.00 £50.00
90th Percentile £77.50 £76.25 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £25.00 £30.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year -16.67% +15.38% -25.71%

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 24 March 2026.

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 24 March 2026.

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 24 March 2026. 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 East +38 116 £600 +22.14% 129
South West +39 108 £498 -9.05% 83
East of England +29 83 £492 -18.00% 46
North of England -47 38 £74 -87.27% 51
North West -20 31 £452 -22.46% 39
Midlands -55 24 £650 +23.81% 52
East Midlands -25 14 £650 - 17
London -59 13 £588 -8.91% 37
West Midlands -56 10 - - 35
North East - 7 £70 - 8
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 5 (1.31%) SharePoint
2 3 (0.78%) Apache
2 3 (0.78%) CMS
2 3 (0.78%) Confluence
3 1 (0.26%) Apache Spark
3 1 (0.26%) Jupyter
Applications
1 17 (4.44%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (2.09%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (1.04%) CATIA
4 3 (0.78%) Siemens NX
4 3 (0.78%) Simulink
5 2 (0.52%) Windchill
6 1 (0.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.26%) PTC Creo
6 1 (0.26%) SOLIDWORKS
6 1 (0.26%) Stateflow
Business Applications
1 13 (3.39%) Teamcenter
2 4 (1.04%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (0.78%) SAP EWM
3 3 (0.78%) SAP MM
4 2 (0.52%) SAP Oil and Gas
4 2 (0.52%) SAP Payroll
4 2 (0.52%) SAP WM
5 1 (0.26%) Demantra
5 1 (0.26%) Primavera
5 1 (0.26%) Remedy ITSM
5 1 (0.26%) SAP ERP
5 1 (0.26%) SAP HCM
Cloud Services
1 8 (2.09%) Azure
2 7 (1.83%) AWS
3 6 (1.57%) Google Workspace
4 5 (1.31%) Microsoft 365
5 4 (1.04%) OpenShift
5 4 (1.04%) Power Platform
6 3 (0.78%) Azure DevOps
6 3 (0.78%) GitHub
6 3 (0.78%) GitHub Actions
7 1 (0.26%) AWS CloudFormation
Communications & Networking
1 5 (1.31%) Firewall
2 4 (1.04%) PABX
3 3 (0.78%) DHCP
3 3 (0.78%) DNS
3 3 (0.78%) Ethernet
4 2 (0.52%) Network Security
4 2 (0.52%) SpaceWire
4 2 (0.52%) TCP/IP
4 2 (0.52%) VPN
5 1 (0.26%) BGP
5 1 (0.26%) Cisco ASA
5 1 (0.26%) FTP
5 1 (0.26%) HTTPS
5 1 (0.26%) LAN
5 1 (0.26%) MPLS
5 1 (0.26%) Multicast
5 1 (0.26%) OSPF
5 1 (0.26%) SAN
5 1 (0.26%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (0.26%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (1.04%) Power BI
2 3 (0.78%) MongoDB
3 2 (0.52%) SAP HANA
4 1 (0.26%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.26%) Elasticsearch
4 1 (0.26%) Hadoop
4 1 (0.26%) Metadata
4 1 (0.26%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 46 (12.01%) Rational DOORS
2 11 (2.87%) GitLab
3 10 (2.61%) Git
4 8 (2.09%) Rational Rhapsody
5 6 (1.57%) Jenkins
6 3 (0.78%) JIRA
6 3 (0.78%) Maven
7 2 (0.52%) Artifactory
7 2 (0.52%) Visual Studio
8 1 (0.26%) Rational Team Concert
8 1 (0.26%) SonarQube
General
1 70 (18.28%) Manufacturing
2 59 (15.40%) Social Skills
3 18 (4.70%) Aviation
4 17 (4.44%) Finance
5 16 (4.18%) Documentation Skills
6 15 (3.92%) Electronics
7 12 (3.13%) Analytical Skills
8 10 (2.61%) Organisational Skills
9 8 (2.09%) Automotive
10 7 (1.83%) Avionics
11 6 (1.57%) Military
12 5 (1.31%) Pharmaceutical
13 4 (1.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 3 (0.78%) Influencing Skills
14 3 (0.78%) Legal
14 3 (0.78%) Publishing
15 2 (0.52%) Telecoms
16 1 (0.26%) Environmental Health
16 1 (0.26%) Fire and Rescue
16 1 (0.26%) Law
Job Titles
1 48 (12.53%) Systems Engineer
2 42 (10.97%) Senior
3 40 (10.44%) Software Engineer
4 38 (9.92%) Product Manager
5 34 (8.88%) Delivery Manager
5 34 (8.88%) Product Delivery Manager
6 26 (6.79%) Lead
7 22 (5.74%) Systems Delivery Manager
7 22 (5.74%) Systems Manager
8 19 (4.96%) Administrator
9 18 (4.70%) Architect
10 17 (4.44%) Embedded Engineer
11 16 (4.18%) Senior Manager
12 15 (3.92%) Consultant
13 14 (3.66%) Technical Support
14 13 (3.39%) Electrical Engineer
14 13 (3.39%) Engineering Manager
15 12 (3.13%) Project Leader
15 12 (3.13%) Support Engineer
16 10 (2.61%) Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (2.35%) Middleware
2 5 (1.31%) LDAP
3 4 (1.04%) Elastic Stack
3 4 (1.04%) Flash
3 4 (1.04%) Kafka
3 4 (1.04%) Spring Boot
4 3 (0.78%) Apache NiFi
4 3 (0.78%) HTML
4 3 (0.78%) Qt
4 3 (0.78%) REST
4 3 (0.78%) SAP Fiori
4 3 (0.78%) XML
5 2 (0.52%) Unity (Game Engine)
5 2 (0.52%) Unreal Engine
6 1 (0.26%) AngularJS
6 1 (0.26%) Hibernate
6 1 (0.26%) Quarkus
6 1 (0.26%) RESTful
6 1 (0.26%) Spring
6 1 (0.26%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 36 (9.40%) Product Ownership
2 22 (5.74%) Data Structures
3 17 (4.44%) Management Information System
4 12 (3.13%) Operational Technology
5 9 (2.35%) Self-Motivation
6 8 (2.09%) Algorithms
6 8 (2.09%) FPGA
7 6 (1.57%) Data Centre
7 6 (1.57%) Legacy Systems
7 6 (1.57%) SCADA
7 6 (1.57%) Virtual Team
8 5 (1.31%) Onboarding
8 5 (1.31%) Security Posture
8 5 (1.31%) VHDL
9 4 (1.04%) Smartphone
10 3 (0.78%) CAN bus
10 3 (0.78%) PCIe
10 3 (0.78%) Taxonomies
11 2 (0.52%) Cloud Native
11 2 (0.52%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 18 (4.70%) Windows
2 15 (3.92%) Linux
3 6 (1.57%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 5 (1.31%) CentOS
4 5 (1.31%) Windows 10
5 4 (1.04%) Windows Server
6 2 (0.52%) Debian
6 2 (0.52%) Ubuntu
6 2 (0.52%) Windows Server 2016
6 2 (0.52%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (0.26%) FreeRTOS
7 1 (0.26%) Windows Server 2003
7 1 (0.26%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 65 (16.97%) Software Engineering
2 64 (16.71%) Systems Engineering
3 59 (15.40%) Continuous Improvement
4 53 (13.84%) Agile
4 53 (13.84%) Configuration Management
5 49 (12.79%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 48 (12.53%) Computer Science
7 43 (11.23%) Validation
8 41 (10.70%) PRINCE2
9 38 (9.92%) Roadmaps
9 38 (9.92%) Scaled Agile Framework
10 36 (9.40%) Change Control
10 36 (9.40%) Programme Management
11 33 (8.62%) Problem-Solving
11 33 (8.62%) SysML
11 33 (8.62%) UML
12 32 (8.36%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
12 32 (8.36%) Verification and Validation
13 30 (7.83%) Cybersecurity
13 30 (7.83%) Requirements Management
Programming Languages
1 35 (9.14%) Ada
2 20 (5.22%) C
3 18 (4.70%) C++
4 16 (4.18%) MATLAB
4 16 (4.18%) Python
5 7 (1.83%) Java
6 5 (1.31%) PowerShell
6 5 (1.31%) Shell Script
7 3 (0.78%) C#
8 2 (0.52%) Bash
8 2 (0.52%) SQL
8 2 (0.52%) SystemVerilog
9 1 (0.26%) ABAP
9 1 (0.26%) Embedded C++
9 1 (0.26%) Fortran
9 1 (0.26%) Google Apps Script
9 1 (0.26%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 211 (55.09%) Security Cleared
2 112 (29.24%) SC Cleared
3 68 (17.75%) Degree
4 38 (9.92%) BPSS Clearance
5 13 (3.39%) DV Cleared
6 7 (1.83%) PMP
7 5 (1.31%) PMI Certification
8 4 (1.04%) AWS Certification
8 4 (1.04%) Computer Science Degree
9 3 (0.78%) Azure Certification
9 3 (0.78%) Microsoft Certification
9 3 (0.78%) TOGAF Certification
10 2 (0.52%) Chartered Engineer
10 2 (0.52%) Cisco Certification
10 2 (0.52%) CompTIA Security+
10 2 (0.52%) HNC
10 2 (0.52%) NVQ Level 4
11 1 (0.26%) BC Cleared
11 1 (0.26%) DBS Check
11 1 (0.26%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (5.48%) Def Stans
2 18 (4.70%) NIST
3 17 (4.44%) QA
4 12 (3.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 10 (2.61%) Data Quality
6 8 (2.09%) IEC 61508
7 7 (1.83%) Cyber Essentials
7 7 (1.83%) SLA
8 6 (1.57%) NIST 800
9 5 (1.31%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 5 (1.31%) DO-254
10 4 (1.04%) ECSS
10 4 (1.04%) ISO 9001
11 3 (0.78%) ISO 26262
11 3 (0.78%) MISRA
11 3 (0.78%) MISRA C
12 2 (0.52%) MIL-STD-1553
12 2 (0.52%) NCSC
13 1 (0.26%) Accessibility
13 1 (0.26%) GRC
System Software
1 10 (2.61%) Active Directory
2 5 (1.31%) Docker
3 4 (1.04%) Firmware
3 4 (1.04%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (0.78%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.52%) QEMU
6 1 (0.26%) Slurm Workload Manager
6 1 (0.26%) Terminal Services
6 1 (0.26%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 12 (3.13%) Ansible
2 9 (2.35%) Kubernetes
3 8 (2.09%) Podman
4 5 (1.31%) Check_MK
4 5 (1.31%) Red Hat Satellite
5 4 (1.04%) Grafana
5 4 (1.04%) Prometheus
5 4 (1.04%) Terraform
6 2 (0.52%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
7 1 (0.26%) Argo
7 1 (0.26%) Cisco Prime
7 1 (0.26%) Iperf
7 1 (0.26%) Kibana
7 1 (0.26%) logstash
7 1 (0.26%) Nessus
7 1 (0.26%) Nmap
7 1 (0.26%) SCCM
Vendors
1 29 (7.57%) IBM
2 25 (6.53%) SAP
3 20 (5.22%) VMware
4 12 (3.13%) ServiceNow
5 9 (2.35%) Red Hat
6 8 (2.09%) Siemens
7 7 (1.83%) Microsoft
8 6 (1.57%) Cisco
9 5 (1.31%) Google
10 4 (1.04%) Lauterbach
11 3 (0.78%) HubSpot
11 3 (0.78%) Salesforce
12 2 (0.52%) Altera
12 2 (0.52%) Microsemi
12 2 (0.52%) Oracle
12 2 (0.52%) Palo Alto
12 2 (0.52%) PTC
12 2 (0.52%) Veeam
12 2 (0.52%) Xilinx
13 1 (0.26%) Databricks