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 7 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 278 359 324
Rank change year-on-year +81 -35 +47
Contract jobs citing Aerospace 287 135 232
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.91% 0.49% 0.64%
As % of the General category 1.49% 0.80% 1.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 98 35 74
10th Percentile £225 £314 £314
25th Percentile £443 £399 £459
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £548 £594
Median % change year-on-year -8.76% -7.71% +4.27%
75th Percentile £627 £638 £672
90th Percentile £680 £766 £746
UK median daily rate £500 £548 £600
% change year-on-year -8.76% -8.67% +5.37%
Number of hourly rates quoted 117 38 96
10th Percentile £30.00 £26.17 £25.13
25th Percentile £42.00 £41.19 £40.38
Median hourly rate £56.00 £63.75 £58.75
Median % change year-on-year -12.16% +8.51% -9.62%
75th Percentile £67.50 £70.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.50 £75.00 £71.88
UK median hourly rate £55.00 £62.50 £56.75
% change year-on-year -12.00% +10.13% -12.69%

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 19,286 16,953 21,325
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 60.94% 61.99% 59.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 12,266 10,242 14,341
10th Percentile £285 £300 £275
25th Percentile £402 £413 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £535 £550
Median % change year-on-year -6.54% -2.73% -
75th Percentile £625 £650 £656
90th Percentile £738 £775 £753
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £543
% change year-on-year -4.76% -3.31% -1.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,202 572 1,030
10th Percentile £14.25 £15.54 £14.16
25th Percentile £17.00 £18.37 £16.25
Median hourly rate £23.58 £30.00 £33.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.42% -9.09% +28.11%
75th Percentile £47.38 £57.62 £58.94
90th Percentile £71.50 £74.99 £70.51
UK median hourly rate £23.58 £27.50 £32.41
% change year-on-year -14.27% -15.15% +29.64%

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 7 January 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 7 January 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 7 January 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 West +38 83 £500 -8.68% 81
East of England +33 79 £496 +24.00% 61
South East 0 41 £575 +19.48% 102
Midlands -37 28 £459 +28.70% 35
London -9 27 £581 +0.17% 39
North of England -39 26 £400 -31.62% 70
North West -23 18 £449 -23.33% 51
East Midlands -20 16 £559 +48.93% 14
West Midlands -38 12 £363 +7.41% 21
North East -8 6 £70 - 6
Yorkshire - 2 £345 - 13
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 (1.74%) SharePoint
2 4 (1.39%) CMS
3 3 (1.05%) Apache
3 3 (1.05%) Confluence
4 1 (0.35%) Alfresco
4 1 (0.35%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.35%) Documentum
4 1 (0.35%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 14 (4.88%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (4.18%) Siemens NX
3 8 (2.79%) Microsoft Office
4 6 (2.09%) FrameMaker
5 5 (1.74%) Simulink
5 5 (1.74%) Stateflow
6 2 (0.70%) Windchill
7 1 (0.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 1 (0.35%) MS Visio
7 1 (0.35%) NASTRAN
7 1 (0.35%) PTC Creo
Business Applications
1 16 (5.57%) SAP S/4HANA
1 16 (5.57%) Teamcenter
2 6 (2.09%) Oracle ERP
3 5 (1.74%) Oracle SCM
3 5 (1.74%) SAP HCM
4 3 (1.05%) SAP PS
5 2 (0.70%) SAP MM
5 2 (0.70%) SAP Oil and Gas
6 1 (0.35%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
6 1 (0.35%) Remedy ITSM
6 1 (0.35%) SAP Payroll
Cloud Services
1 15 (5.23%) Azure
2 14 (4.88%) AWS
3 7 (2.44%) GitHub
4 6 (2.09%) Microsoft 365
4 6 (2.09%) Power Platform
5 5 (1.74%) AWS CloudFormation
5 5 (1.74%) Azure DevOps
5 5 (1.74%) OCI
5 5 (1.74%) OpenShift
6 4 (1.39%) Amazon ECS
6 4 (1.39%) Amazon S3
6 4 (1.39%) Google Workspace
7 3 (1.05%) GCP
7 3 (1.05%) GitHub Actions
8 1 (0.35%) Lucidchart
8 1 (0.35%) npm
Communications & Networking
1 7 (2.44%) DNS
2 6 (2.09%) PABX
3 5 (1.74%) DHCP
3 5 (1.74%) Firewall
4 4 (1.39%) Network Security
5 3 (1.05%) TCP/IP
5 3 (1.05%) VPN
6 2 (0.70%) FTP
6 2 (0.70%) HTTP
6 2 (0.70%) PBX
6 2 (0.70%) SD-WAN
6 2 (0.70%) SMTP
6 2 (0.70%) SNMP
6 2 (0.70%) SSL
6 2 (0.70%) WAN
6 2 (0.70%) Wireless
7 1 (0.35%) Ethernet
7 1 (0.35%) LAN
7 1 (0.35%) SAN
7 1 (0.35%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (2.09%) Power BI
2 5 (1.74%) PostgreSQL
3 4 (1.39%) Amazon Athena
3 4 (1.39%) Amazon RDS
4 3 (1.05%) MongoDB
5 2 (0.70%) Metadata
6 1 (0.35%) Crystal Reports
6 1 (0.35%) Elasticsearch
6 1 (0.35%) Hadoop
6 1 (0.35%) SAP HANA
6 1 (0.35%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 18 (6.27%) GitLab
2 14 (4.88%) Git
3 10 (3.48%) Rational DOORS
4 9 (3.14%) Jenkins
5 6 (2.09%) JIRA
6 5 (1.74%) Rational Team Concert
7 3 (1.05%) Artifactory
7 3 (1.05%) Maven
7 3 (1.05%) Visual Studio
8 2 (0.70%) SonarQube
9 1 (0.35%) Rational Rhapsody
9 1 (0.35%) Selenium
9 1 (0.35%) Subversion
General
1 65 (22.65%) Social Skills
2 64 (22.30%) Manufacturing
3 20 (6.97%) Analytical Skills
3 20 (6.97%) Automotive
4 17 (5.92%) Aviation
5 16 (5.57%) Finance
6 13 (4.53%) Organisational Skills
7 12 (4.18%) Electronics
8 11 (3.83%) Documentation Skills
8 11 (3.83%) Pharmaceutical
9 10 (3.48%) Publishing
10 8 (2.79%) Military
11 5 (1.74%) Influencing Skills
12 4 (1.39%) Environmental Health
12 4 (1.39%) Legal
12 4 (1.39%) Public Sector
12 4 (1.39%) Telecoms
13 3 (1.05%) Avionics
14 2 (0.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 1 (0.35%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 39 (13.59%) Systems Engineer
2 29 (10.10%) Software Engineer
3 27 (9.41%) Senior
4 21 (7.32%) Lead
5 20 (6.97%) Architect
6 15 (5.23%) Administrator
7 14 (4.88%) Analyst
8 13 (4.53%) Electrical Engineer
8 13 (4.53%) Support Engineer
9 10 (3.48%) Consultant
10 9 (3.14%) IT Engineer
11 7 (2.44%) Author
11 7 (2.44%) Desktop Engineer
11 7 (2.44%) Desktop Support
11 7 (2.44%) Desktop Support Engineer
11 7 (2.44%) Technical Author
11 7 (2.44%) Test Engineer
12 6 (2.09%) C++ Software Engineer
12 6 (2.09%) SAP Consultant
12 6 (2.09%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (3.83%) SAP Fiori
2 10 (3.48%) XML
3 9 (3.14%) Middleware
4 7 (2.44%) LDAP
5 6 (2.09%) Elastic Stack
5 6 (2.09%) SGML
6 5 (1.74%) HTML
6 5 (1.74%) Kafka
7 4 (1.39%) REST
8 3 (1.05%) Apache NiFi
8 3 (1.05%) OpenID
8 3 (1.05%) SAML
8 3 (1.05%) Spring Boot
9 2 (0.70%) AngularJS
9 2 (0.70%) Flash
9 2 (0.70%) Qt
9 2 (0.70%) Unity (Game Engine)
9 2 (0.70%) Unreal Engine
10 1 (0.35%) Node.js
10 1 (0.35%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 13 (4.53%) Self-Motivation
2 11 (3.83%) Data Protection Act
3 10 (3.48%) Analytical Mindset
3 10 (3.48%) FPGA
3 10 (3.48%) Legacy Systems
3 10 (3.48%) Operational Technology
4 9 (3.14%) Management Information System
5 8 (2.79%) Product Ownership
6 7 (2.44%) SCADA
7 6 (2.09%) Data Centre
7 6 (2.09%) PCIe
7 6 (2.09%) Smartphone
8 5 (1.74%) State Machine
9 4 (1.39%) Greenfield Project
9 4 (1.39%) Learning Management System
9 4 (1.39%) VHDL
10 3 (1.05%) Algorithms
11 2 (0.70%) CAN bus
11 2 (0.70%) Cyberattack
11 2 (0.70%) Verilog
Operating Systems
1 28 (9.76%) Windows
2 23 (8.01%) Linux
3 6 (2.09%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 6 (2.09%) Windows 10
4 5 (1.74%) CentOS
5 4 (1.39%) Windows Server
6 3 (1.05%) Ubuntu
7 2 (0.70%) Debian
7 2 (0.70%) Mac OS
7 2 (0.70%) Windows Server 2016
7 2 (0.70%) Windows Server 2019
8 1 (0.35%) FreeRTOS
8 1 (0.35%) Windows Server 2003
8 1 (0.35%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (12.89%) Software Engineering
2 24 (8.36%) Validation
3 23 (8.01%) Continuous Improvement
4 22 (7.67%) Problem-Solving
5 21 (7.32%) Mentoring
5 21 (7.32%) PLM
5 21 (7.32%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 20 (6.97%) DevOps
6 20 (6.97%) Systems Engineering
7 19 (6.62%) Cybersecurity
8 18 (6.27%) Agile
8 18 (6.27%) Stakeholder Management
9 16 (5.57%) Containerisation
9 16 (5.57%) Knowledge Management
9 16 (5.57%) Use Case
10 15 (5.23%) CI/CD
10 15 (5.23%) Coaching
10 15 (5.23%) Migration
10 15 (5.23%) Project Management
10 15 (5.23%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 21 (7.32%) Python
2 18 (6.27%) C++
3 15 (5.23%) Ada
4 14 (4.88%) C
5 12 (4.18%) C#
6 11 (3.83%) MATLAB
7 9 (3.14%) PowerShell
8 6 (2.09%) Shell Script
9 5 (1.74%) Fortran
9 5 (1.74%) Java
9 5 (1.74%) JavaScript
10 4 (1.39%) SQL
11 3 (1.05%) Bash
12 2 (0.70%) TypeScript
12 2 (0.70%) VBA
13 1 (0.35%) Embedded C++
13 1 (0.35%) Google Apps Script
13 1 (0.35%) PL/SQL
13 1 (0.35%) SAPscript
13 1 (0.35%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 130 (45.30%) Security Cleared
2 97 (33.80%) SC Cleared
3 44 (15.33%) Degree
4 17 (5.92%) BPSS Clearance
5 12 (4.18%) DV Cleared
6 9 (3.14%) AWS Certification
7 8 (2.79%) Computer Science Degree
8 6 (2.09%) HNC
8 6 (2.09%) HND
9 5 (1.74%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 5 (1.74%) Microsoft Certification
10 4 (1.39%) Azure Certification
11 3 (1.05%) CompTIA Security+
11 3 (1.05%) PMI Certification
11 3 (1.05%) PMP
11 3 (1.05%) TOGAF Certification
12 2 (0.70%) A+ Certification
12 2 (0.70%) Master's Degree
13 1 (0.35%) Cisco Certification
13 1 (0.35%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (5.92%) QA
2 12 (4.18%) Def Stans
3 10 (3.48%) NIST
4 8 (2.79%) SLA
5 6 (2.09%) Cyber Essentials
5 6 (2.09%) ECSS
5 6 (2.09%) ISO 9001
6 5 (1.74%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 3 (1.05%) GDPR
7 3 (1.05%) IEC 61508
8 2 (0.70%) EU AI Act
8 2 (0.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 2 (0.70%) ISO/IEC 42001
8 2 (0.70%) JSP 440
8 2 (0.70%) MISRA
8 2 (0.70%) MISRA C
8 2 (0.70%) NCSC
8 2 (0.70%) NIST 800
8 2 (0.70%) Software Quality Assurance
9 1 (0.35%) Accessibility
System Software
1 12 (4.18%) Active Directory
2 7 (2.44%) Docker
3 6 (2.09%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (1.39%) Firmware
5 3 (1.05%) Hyper-V
6 2 (0.70%) QEMU
7 1 (0.35%) Terminal Services
7 1 (0.35%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 14 (4.88%) Ansible
2 11 (3.83%) Kubernetes
3 10 (3.48%) Terraform
4 7 (2.44%) Podman
5 6 (2.09%) Grafana
5 6 (2.09%) Prometheus
6 5 (1.74%) Check_MK
6 5 (1.74%) Red Hat Satellite
7 3 (1.05%) PingFederate
8 2 (0.70%) Argo
8 2 (0.70%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
9 1 (0.35%) Kibana
9 1 (0.35%) logstash
9 1 (0.35%) MOM
9 1 (0.35%) Puppet
9 1 (0.35%) Single Sign-On
9 1 (0.35%) Wonderware InTouch
Vendors
1 27 (9.41%) SAP
2 22 (7.67%) VMware
3 17 (5.92%) Microsoft
4 15 (5.23%) Siemens
5 13 (4.53%) ServiceNow
6 10 (3.48%) Oracle
6 10 (3.48%) Red Hat
7 9 (3.14%) Cisco
8 6 (2.09%) IBM
9 5 (1.74%) MathWorks
10 4 (1.39%) Google
11 3 (1.05%) Databricks
11 3 (1.05%) HubSpot
11 3 (1.05%) Palo Alto
11 3 (1.05%) Ping Identity
11 3 (1.05%) Salesforce
12 2 (0.70%) CheckPoint
12 2 (0.70%) Splunk
12 2 (0.70%) Veeam
12 2 (0.70%) Xilinx