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 9 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 175 310 291
Rank change year-on-year +135 -19 +41
Contract jobs citing Aerospace 742 224 264
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.60% 0.81% 0.81%
As % of the General category 2.88% 1.26% 1.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 123 72 49
10th Percentile £416 £403 £241
25th Percentile £506 £458 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £581 £556 £488
Median % change year-on-year +4.45% +14.10% -9.34%
75th Percentile £678 £650 £630
90th Percentile £723 £744 £732
UK median daily rate £581 £550 £526
% change year-on-year +5.64% +4.66% -2.32%
Number of hourly rates quoted 464 86 134
10th Percentile £26.90 £22.63 £32.88
25th Percentile £35.54 £38.10 £45.00
Median hourly rate £52.50 £50.24 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year +4.49% +0.49% -13.04%
75th Percentile £77.50 £67.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £87.08 £75.00 £73.75
UK median hourly rate £52.50 £50.49 £50.00
% change year-on-year +3.99% +0.97% -13.04%

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 25,741 17,775 18,920
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 55.58% 64.41% 58.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 15,233 11,248 11,690
10th Percentile £313 £275 £300
25th Percentile £423 £400 £416
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £538
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -6.98% -2.27%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £650
90th Percentile £750 £750 £775
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,104 993 1,008
10th Percentile £13.88 £13.50 £15.00
25th Percentile £17.21 £16.17 £18.00
Median hourly rate £31.50 £25.15 £39.59
Median % change year-on-year +25.25% -36.47% +42.72%
75th Percentile £57.50 £50.00 £61.30
90th Percentile £78.75 £72.50 £71.33
UK median hourly rate £30.00 £25.15 £38.07
% change year-on-year +19.28% -33.94% +38.44%

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 9 September 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 9 September 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 9 September 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 +82 337 £588 +14.19% 436
South West +31 163 £495 -20.16% 267
East of England +16 91 £488 -30.36% 248
North of England -19 84 £725 +61.65% 127
North West -24 59 £725 +61.11% 85
London -88 34 £675 +14.31% 203
Midlands -43 28 £538 +10.26% 111
East Midlands -1 20 £500 -28.57% 40
Yorkshire -22 14 - - 26
North East - 11 - - 21
West Midlands -54 7 - - 71
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 (0.81%) SharePoint
2 3 (0.40%) Apache Spark
3 2 (0.27%) Apache
3 2 (0.27%) Apache Airflow
3 2 (0.27%) Apache Superset
3 2 (0.27%) ThingWorx
4 1 (0.13%) Confluence
4 1 (0.13%) IIS
4 1 (0.13%) Jupyter
4 1 (0.13%) Kinematics
4 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.13%) Palantir Foundry
4 1 (0.13%) Red Hat Fuse
4 1 (0.13%) Tomcat
Applications
1 17 (2.29%) Simulink
2 13 (1.75%) Microsoft Project
3 12 (1.62%) Microsoft Excel
4 9 (1.21%) Windchill
5 8 (1.08%) Microsoft Office
6 6 (0.81%) CATIA
7 4 (0.54%) Stateflow
8 3 (0.40%) Microsoft PowerPoint
8 3 (0.40%) OrCAD
9 2 (0.27%) Adobe Illustrator
9 2 (0.27%) Photoshop
9 2 (0.27%) Siemens NX
10 1 (0.13%) Adobe XD
10 1 (0.13%) FrameMaker
10 1 (0.13%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 19 (2.56%) SAP S/4HANA
2 9 (1.21%) Teamcenter
3 6 (0.81%) Primavera
4 3 (0.40%) SAP PP
4 3 (0.40%) SAP QM
5 2 (0.27%) DELMIA
5 2 (0.27%) ENOVIA
5 2 (0.27%) SAP CO
5 2 (0.27%) SAP ERP
5 2 (0.27%) SAP FI
5 2 (0.27%) SAP FI/CO
5 2 (0.27%) SAP GRC
5 2 (0.27%) SAP HR
6 1 (0.13%) SAP HCM
6 1 (0.13%) SAP Payroll
6 1 (0.13%) SAP PM
Cloud Services
1 77 (10.38%) Azure
2 31 (4.18%) AWS
3 24 (3.23%) Azure DevOps
4 21 (2.83%) GCP
5 18 (2.43%) Power Platform
6 13 (1.75%) Dynamics 365
6 13 (1.75%) GitHub
6 13 (1.75%) OpenShift
7 8 (1.08%) Entra ID
8 7 (0.94%) GitHub Actions
8 7 (0.94%) Power Automate
9 6 (0.81%) Azure Functions
9 6 (0.81%) Azure Logic Apps
9 6 (0.81%) PowerApps
9 6 (0.81%) Serverless
10 5 (0.67%) Cloud Computing
11 4 (0.54%) Google Workspace
11 4 (0.54%) SaaS
12 3 (0.40%) Azure Data Factory
12 3 (0.40%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 18 (2.43%) Wireless
2 13 (1.75%) Ethernet
3 12 (1.62%) Software-Defined Radio
4 10 (1.35%) DNS
4 10 (1.35%) Firewall
5 9 (1.21%) DHCP
6 7 (0.94%) VPN
7 6 (0.81%) TCP/IP
8 3 (0.40%) Software-Defined Networking
9 2 (0.27%) FTP
9 2 (0.27%) HTTPS
9 2 (0.27%) Kerberos
9 2 (0.27%) Network Security
10 1 (0.13%) 3GPP
10 1 (0.13%) HTTP
10 1 (0.13%) Reverse Proxy
10 1 (0.13%) RS-232
10 1 (0.13%) RS-422
10 1 (0.13%) S/MIME
10 1 (0.13%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (2.02%) Power BI
2 11 (1.48%) Metadata
3 10 (1.35%) NoSQL
4 5 (0.67%) Tableau
5 3 (0.40%) Big Data
5 3 (0.40%) Data Warehouse
5 3 (0.40%) Hadoop
5 3 (0.40%) MS Access
5 3 (0.40%) SQL Server
6 2 (0.27%) Oracle Reports
6 2 (0.27%) PostgreSQL
7 1 (0.13%) Amazon Redshift
7 1 (0.13%) Azure SQL Database
7 1 (0.13%) BusinessObjects
7 1 (0.13%) Data Lake
7 1 (0.13%) Power Query
7 1 (0.13%) Relational Database
7 1 (0.13%) SAP HANA
7 1 (0.13%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 46 (6.20%) Rational DOORS
2 21 (2.83%) Git
3 10 (1.35%) GitLab
4 9 (1.21%) Jenkins
5 8 (1.08%) JIRA
6 3 (0.40%) SonarQube
7 2 (0.27%) LabVIEW
7 2 (0.27%) Rational Rhapsody
7 2 (0.27%) Visual Studio
8 1 (0.13%) Artifactory
8 1 (0.13%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 1 (0.13%) eggPlant
8 1 (0.13%) PetaLinux
8 1 (0.13%) Postman
8 1 (0.13%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 202 (27.22%) Manufacturing
2 119 (16.04%) Social Skills
3 53 (7.14%) Finance
4 36 (4.85%) Analytical Skills
5 34 (4.58%) Electronics
6 32 (4.31%) Avionics
7 29 (3.91%) Aviation
8 22 (2.96%) Automotive
9 20 (2.70%) Influencing Skills
10 15 (2.02%) Public Sector
11 14 (1.89%) Military
11 14 (1.89%) Telecoms
12 13 (1.75%) Documentation Skills
13 8 (1.08%) Organisational Skills
14 7 (0.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 6 (0.81%) Presentation Skills
16 4 (0.54%) Legal
17 3 (0.40%) Law
17 3 (0.40%) Pharmaceutical
18 2 (0.27%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 96 (12.94%) Lead
2 93 (12.53%) Systems Engineer
3 52 (7.01%) Software Engineer
4 46 (6.20%) Senior
5 45 (6.06%) Architect
5 45 (6.06%) Delivery Manager
6 36 (4.85%) Developer
7 34 (4.58%) Embedded Engineer
7 34 (4.58%) Test Engineer
8 33 (4.45%) Quality Engineer
9 31 (4.18%) QA Engineer
10 29 (3.91%) Embedded Software Engineer
10 29 (3.91%) Product Manager
11 28 (3.77%) Product Delivery Manager
12 23 (3.10%) Analyst
12 23 (3.10%) Test Technician
13 21 (2.83%) Change Manager
13 21 (2.83%) Configuration Manager
14 20 (2.70%) Administrator
15 19 (2.56%) Programmer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (3.23%) Terraform
2 14 (1.89%) Middleware
3 12 (1.62%) LDAP
4 9 (1.21%) AngularJS
5 7 (0.94%) .NET
5 7 (0.94%) ARM Templates
5 7 (0.94%) OAuth
5 7 (0.94%) React
5 7 (0.94%) Redux
5 7 (0.94%) REST
5 7 (0.94%) SAML
5 7 (0.94%) Vue
6 6 (0.81%) Backbone.js
7 4 (0.54%) OpenID
7 4 (0.54%) Web Services
7 4 (0.54%) XML
7 4 (0.54%) Yocto
8 3 (0.40%) RESTful
9 2 (0.27%) JDBC
9 2 (0.27%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 35 (4.72%) Product Ownership
2 21 (2.83%) FPGA
2 21 (2.83%) Management Information System
3 20 (2.70%) Data Structures
3 20 (2.70%) Embedded Systems
3 20 (2.70%) Self-Motivation
4 16 (2.16%) Hybrid Cloud
5 13 (1.75%) Enterprise Software
6 12 (1.62%) PCIe
7 10 (1.35%) Cyber Threat
7 10 (1.35%) Onboarding
7 10 (1.35%) Operational Technology
7 10 (1.35%) Virtual Team
8 9 (1.21%) Algorithms
8 9 (1.21%) Cloud Native
8 9 (1.21%) Verilog
8 9 (1.21%) VHDL
9 5 (0.67%) Analogue Electronics
9 5 (0.67%) Enterprise Cloud
10 4 (0.54%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 25 (3.37%) Linux
2 17 (2.29%) Windows
3 10 (1.35%) Windows Server
4 6 (0.81%) Embedded Linux
4 6 (0.81%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 5 (0.67%) FreeRTOS
6 4 (0.54%) CentOS
7 3 (0.40%) Mac OS
8 2 (0.27%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.13%) Unix
9 1 (0.13%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 115 (15.50%) Stakeholder Management
2 108 (14.56%) Agile
3 89 (11.99%) Continuous Improvement
3 89 (11.99%) Software Engineering
4 73 (9.84%) Cybersecurity
5 69 (9.30%) Roadmaps
6 62 (8.36%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 56 (7.55%) Problem-Solving
8 51 (6.87%) DevOps
9 50 (6.74%) Systems Engineering
10 48 (6.47%) Validation
11 47 (6.33%) Risk Management
12 45 (6.06%) Computer Science
12 45 (6.06%) Technical Leadership
13 44 (5.93%) Digital Transformation Programme
14 40 (5.39%) Digital Engineering
15 38 (5.12%) PRINCE2
16 35 (4.72%) CI/CD
17 34 (4.58%) ITIL
18 33 (4.45%) Scaled Agile Framework
Programming Languages
1 51 (6.87%) Python
2 29 (3.91%) SQL
3 26 (3.50%) C
4 21 (2.83%) Ada
4 21 (2.83%) PowerShell
5 20 (2.70%) MATLAB
6 15 (2.02%) C++
7 14 (1.89%) Java
8 13 (1.75%) JavaScript
9 11 (1.48%) Bash
10 8 (1.08%) Bicep
10 8 (1.08%) C#
10 8 (1.08%) SystemVerilog
11 4 (0.54%) Shell Script
11 4 (0.54%) X++
12 2 (0.27%) Rust
13 1 (0.13%) Ada 95
13 1 (0.13%) Assembly Language
13 1 (0.13%) Scala
13 1 (0.13%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 290 (39.08%) Security Cleared
2 216 (29.11%) SC Cleared
3 105 (14.15%) Degree
4 33 (4.45%) BPSS Clearance
5 30 (4.04%) CISSP
6 24 (3.23%) Azure Certification
7 19 (2.56%) DV Cleared
8 14 (1.89%) Computer Science Degree
9 12 (1.62%) Microsoft Certification
9 12 (1.62%) PMP
10 11 (1.48%) PMI Certification
11 10 (1.35%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 10 (1.35%) Cisco Certification
11 10 (1.35%) CISM
11 10 (1.35%) HNC
12 9 (1.21%) CEH
12 9 (1.21%) Chartered Engineer
12 9 (1.21%) TOGAF Certification
13 8 (1.08%) CompTIA Security+
14 7 (0.94%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 42 (5.66%) QA
2 36 (4.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 27 (3.64%) NIST
4 23 (3.10%) Def Stans
5 13 (1.75%) GRC
6 12 (1.62%) GDPR
6 12 (1.62%) NCSC
7 11 (1.48%) Data Quality
8 10 (1.35%) NIST 800
9 9 (1.21%) DO-254
10 8 (1.08%) IEC 61508
11 6 (0.81%) SLA
12 5 (0.67%) Cyber Essentials
12 5 (0.67%) ISO 9001
12 5 (0.67%) PMO
13 4 (0.54%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 3 (0.40%) DO-160
14 3 (0.40%) JSP 440
15 2 (0.27%) ARP4761
15 2 (0.27%) MIL-STD-1553
System Software
1 18 (2.43%) Active Directory
2 15 (2.02%) Firmware
3 14 (1.89%) Docker
4 9 (1.21%) VMware Infrastructure
5 7 (0.94%) Hyper-V
6 6 (0.81%) Embedded Firmware
7 2 (0.27%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (0.13%) NFS
8 1 (0.13%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.13%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 23 (3.10%) Kubernetes
2 21 (2.83%) Ansible
3 6 (0.81%) Functional Safety
4 4 (0.54%) Grafana
5 3 (0.40%) Check_MK
5 3 (0.40%) Istio
5 3 (0.40%) Jamf Pro
5 3 (0.40%) MOM
5 3 (0.40%) Podman
5 3 (0.40%) Red Hat Satellite
6 2 (0.27%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 2 (0.27%) Argo
6 2 (0.27%) Prometheus
6 2 (0.27%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.13%) PTC Integrity
7 1 (0.13%) RSA Archer
7 1 (0.13%) SolarWinds Orion
Vendors
1 76 (10.24%) Microsoft
2 51 (6.87%) SAP
3 22 (2.96%) EMC
4 12 (1.62%) VMware
5 11 (1.48%) Google
5 11 (1.48%) IBM
5 11 (1.48%) Xilinx
6 8 (1.08%) Red Hat
7 7 (0.94%) Altera
7 7 (0.94%) Microsemi
8 6 (0.81%) Adobe
8 6 (0.81%) Intel
8 6 (0.81%) PTC
8 6 (0.81%) Siemens
9 4 (0.54%) Okta
9 4 (0.54%) Oracle
9 4 (0.54%) Ping Identity
9 4 (0.54%) ServiceNow
10 3 (0.40%) CyberArk
10 3 (0.40%) Databricks