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

6 months to
12 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 290 347 310
Rank change year-on-year +57 -37 +68
Contract jobs citing Aerospace 272 131 244
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.88% 0.49% 0.67%
As % of the General category 1.44% 0.79% 1.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 89 34 73
10th Percentile £225 £313 £313
25th Percentile £425 £399 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £548 £588
Median % change year-on-year -6.93% -6.72% +3.17%
75th Percentile £628 £627 £673
90th Percentile £675 £746 £748
UK median daily rate £500 £548 £594
% change year-on-year -8.76% -7.71% +4.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 113 35 99
10th Percentile £30.00 £26.09 £26.05
25th Percentile £42.00 £40.22 £39.75
Median hourly rate £57.35 £62.50 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year -8.24% +8.70% -11.54%
75th Percentile £67.50 £69.38 £65.00
90th Percentile £76.00 £74.50 £71.50
UK median hourly rate £55.00 £61.50 £56.75
% change year-on-year -10.57% +8.37% -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 18,828 16,570 21,528
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 60.71% 62.03% 59.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,944 9,986 14,444
10th Percentile £284 £295 £275
25th Percentile £402 £413 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £534 £550
Median % change year-on-year -6.37% -2.91% -
75th Percentile £625 £650 £650
90th Percentile £738 £775 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.78% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,180 542 1,087
10th Percentile £14.25 £15.49 £14.05
25th Percentile £16.74 £18.50 £16.25
Median hourly rate £23.19 £29.12 £30.48
Median % change year-on-year -20.35% -4.46% +18.53%
75th Percentile £46.00 £55.88 £57.50
90th Percentile £70.07 £74.65 £70.03
UK median hourly rate £23.00 £27.19 £30.00
% change year-on-year -15.40% -9.38% +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 12 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 12 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 12 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
East of England +28 76 £500 +25.00% 49
South West +18 75 £449 -18.08% 80
South East +6 39 £578 +21.68% 98
Midlands -41 28 £559 +56.77% 31
London -3 26 £591 +1.81% 16
North of England -38 25 £345 -41.03% 67
East Midlands -14 17 £650 +73.33% 14
North West -29 17 £425 -27.35% 44
West Midlands -37 11 £275 -18.52% 17
North East -3 6 £70 - 5
Yorkshire - 2 £345 - 18
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 (1.84%) SharePoint
2 4 (1.47%) CMS
3 3 (1.10%) Apache
3 3 (1.10%) Confluence
4 1 (0.37%) Alfresco
4 1 (0.37%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.37%) Documentum
4 1 (0.37%) Jupyter
4 1 (0.37%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 13 (4.78%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (3.68%) Siemens NX
3 8 (2.94%) Microsoft Office
4 6 (2.21%) FrameMaker
5 5 (1.84%) Simulink
5 5 (1.84%) Stateflow
6 1 (0.37%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.37%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.37%) PTC Creo
6 1 (0.37%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 16 (5.88%) SAP S/4HANA
2 13 (4.78%) Teamcenter
3 5 (1.84%) SAP HCM
4 4 (1.47%) Oracle ERP
4 4 (1.47%) Oracle SCM
5 3 (1.10%) SAP PS
6 2 (0.74%) SAP MM
6 2 (0.74%) SAP Oil and Gas
7 1 (0.37%) Remedy ITSM
7 1 (0.37%) SAP Payroll
Cloud Services
1 12 (4.41%) Azure
2 7 (2.57%) AWS
3 6 (2.21%) Microsoft 365
3 6 (2.21%) Power Platform
4 4 (1.47%) Google Workspace
4 4 (1.47%) OCI
4 4 (1.47%) OpenShift
5 3 (1.10%) Azure DevOps
5 3 (1.10%) GitHub
5 3 (1.10%) GitHub Actions
6 1 (0.37%) AWS CloudFormation
6 1 (0.37%) Lucidchart
Communications & Networking
1 6 (2.21%) PABX
2 5 (1.84%) DHCP
2 5 (1.84%) DNS
2 5 (1.84%) Firewall
3 3 (1.10%) TCP/IP
3 3 (1.10%) VPN
4 2 (0.74%) Network Security
4 2 (0.74%) PBX
4 2 (0.74%) SD-WAN
4 2 (0.74%) SNMP
4 2 (0.74%) WAN
4 2 (0.74%) Wireless
5 1 (0.37%) Ethernet
5 1 (0.37%) LAN
5 1 (0.37%) RS-232
5 1 (0.37%) SAN
5 1 (0.37%) SpaceWire
5 1 (0.37%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (2.21%) Power BI
2 3 (1.10%) MongoDB
3 2 (0.74%) Metadata
4 1 (0.37%) Crystal Reports
4 1 (0.37%) Elasticsearch
4 1 (0.37%) Hadoop
4 1 (0.37%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (0.37%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 14 (5.15%) Git
2 11 (4.04%) GitLab
3 10 (3.68%) Rational DOORS
4 7 (2.57%) Jenkins
5 5 (1.84%) JIRA
5 5 (1.84%) Rational Team Concert
6 3 (1.10%) Maven
7 2 (0.74%) Artifactory
7 2 (0.74%) Visual Studio
8 1 (0.37%) Rational Rhapsody
8 1 (0.37%) Selenium
8 1 (0.37%) SonarQube
8 1 (0.37%) Subversion
General
1 64 (23.53%) Manufacturing
2 58 (21.32%) Social Skills
3 20 (7.35%) Automotive
4 18 (6.62%) Analytical Skills
5 15 (5.51%) Aviation
6 13 (4.78%) Electronics
6 13 (4.78%) Organisational Skills
7 12 (4.41%) Finance
8 11 (4.04%) Documentation Skills
8 11 (4.04%) Pharmaceutical
9 10 (3.68%) Publishing
10 8 (2.94%) Military
11 5 (1.84%) Influencing Skills
12 4 (1.47%) Environmental Health
12 4 (1.47%) Legal
12 4 (1.47%) Public Sector
13 3 (1.10%) Avionics
13 3 (1.10%) Telecoms
14 2 (0.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 1 (0.37%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 37 (13.60%) Systems Engineer
2 29 (10.66%) Software Engineer
3 26 (9.56%) Senior
4 21 (7.72%) Lead
5 17 (6.25%) Architect
6 13 (4.78%) Administrator
6 13 (4.78%) Electrical Engineer
7 12 (4.41%) Analyst
7 12 (4.41%) Support Engineer
8 10 (3.68%) Consultant
9 9 (3.31%) IT Engineer
10 7 (2.57%) Author
10 7 (2.57%) Desktop Engineer
10 7 (2.57%) Desktop Support
10 7 (2.57%) Desktop Support Engineer
10 7 (2.57%) Technical Author
10 7 (2.57%) Test Engineer
11 6 (2.21%) IT Support Engineer
11 6 (2.21%) SAP Consultant
11 6 (2.21%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (4.04%) SAP Fiori
2 10 (3.68%) XML
3 9 (3.31%) Middleware
4 6 (2.21%) SGML
5 5 (1.84%) Kafka
5 5 (1.84%) LDAP
6 4 (1.47%) Elastic Stack
6 4 (1.47%) HTML
6 4 (1.47%) REST
7 3 (1.10%) Apache NiFi
7 3 (1.10%) Flash
7 3 (1.10%) OpenID
7 3 (1.10%) SAML
7 3 (1.10%) Spring Boot
8 2 (0.74%) Qt
8 2 (0.74%) Unity (Game Engine)
8 2 (0.74%) Unreal Engine
9 1 (0.37%) AngularJS
9 1 (0.37%) SailPoint
9 1 (0.37%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 13 (4.78%) Self-Motivation
2 11 (4.04%) FPGA
3 10 (3.68%) Operational Technology
4 9 (3.31%) Legacy Systems
4 9 (3.31%) Management Information System
5 8 (2.94%) Analytical Mindset
6 7 (2.57%) Product Ownership
6 7 (2.57%) SCADA
7 6 (2.21%) Data Centre
7 6 (2.21%) Data Protection Act
7 6 (2.21%) PCIe
7 6 (2.21%) Smartphone
8 5 (1.84%) State Machine
8 5 (1.84%) VHDL
9 4 (1.47%) Greenfield Project
9 4 (1.47%) Learning Management System
10 2 (0.74%) Algorithms
10 2 (0.74%) CAN bus
10 2 (0.74%) Mixed Reality
10 2 (0.74%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 27 (9.93%) Windows
2 21 (7.72%) Linux
3 6 (2.21%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 6 (2.21%) Windows 10
4 5 (1.84%) CentOS
5 4 (1.47%) Windows Server
6 3 (1.10%) Ubuntu
7 2 (0.74%) Debian
7 2 (0.74%) Mac OS
7 2 (0.74%) Windows Server 2016
7 2 (0.74%) Windows Server 2019
8 1 (0.37%) FreeRTOS
8 1 (0.37%) Windows Server 2003
8 1 (0.37%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (13.60%) Software Engineering
2 22 (8.09%) Validation
3 21 (7.72%) Continuous Improvement
4 20 (7.35%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 20 (7.35%) Systems Engineering
5 18 (6.62%) Mentoring
5 18 (6.62%) PLM
5 18 (6.62%) Stakeholder Management
6 17 (6.25%) Cybersecurity
7 16 (5.88%) Agile
7 16 (5.88%) Problem-Solving
8 15 (5.51%) AI
8 15 (5.51%) Project Management
8 15 (5.51%) Use Case
8 15 (5.51%) Workflow
9 14 (5.15%) Knowledge Management
10 13 (4.78%) Analytics
10 13 (4.78%) Coaching
10 13 (4.78%) Configuration Management
10 13 (4.78%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 18 (6.62%) C++
1 18 (6.62%) Python
2 15 (5.51%) Ada
2 15 (5.51%) C
3 11 (4.04%) C#
3 11 (4.04%) MATLAB
4 6 (2.21%) PowerShell
4 6 (2.21%) Shell Script
5 5 (1.84%) Fortran
5 5 (1.84%) Java
6 4 (1.47%) JavaScript
6 4 (1.47%) SQL
7 1 (0.37%) Bash
7 1 (0.37%) Embedded C++
7 1 (0.37%) Go
7 1 (0.37%) Google Apps Script
7 1 (0.37%) PL/SQL
7 1 (0.37%) SAPscript
7 1 (0.37%) TypeScript
7 1 (0.37%) VBA
Qualifications
1 124 (45.59%) Security Cleared
2 95 (34.93%) SC Cleared
3 40 (14.71%) Degree
4 15 (5.51%) BPSS Clearance
5 10 (3.68%) DV Cleared
6 6 (2.21%) HNC
6 6 (2.21%) HND
7 5 (1.84%) Microsoft Certification
8 4 (1.47%) Computer Science Degree
9 3 (1.10%) AWS Certification
9 3 (1.10%) PMI Certification
9 3 (1.10%) PMP
10 2 (0.74%) A+ Certification
10 2 (0.74%) Azure Certification
10 2 (0.74%) CompTIA Security+
10 2 (0.74%) Master's Degree
10 2 (0.74%) TOGAF Certification
11 1 (0.37%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 1 (0.37%) CCNA
11 1 (0.37%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (6.25%) QA
2 12 (4.41%) Def Stans
3 8 (2.94%) NIST
3 8 (2.94%) SLA
4 6 (2.21%) Cyber Essentials
4 6 (2.21%) ECSS
4 6 (2.21%) ISO 9001
5 5 (1.84%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 3 (1.10%) GDPR
6 3 (1.10%) IEC 61508
7 2 (0.74%) EU AI Act
7 2 (0.74%) ISO/IEC 42001
7 2 (0.74%) JSP 440
7 2 (0.74%) MISRA
7 2 (0.74%) MISRA C
7 2 (0.74%) NCSC
7 2 (0.74%) NIST 800
7 2 (0.74%) Software Quality Assurance
8 1 (0.37%) Accessibility
8 1 (0.37%) PMO
System Software
1 12 (4.41%) Active Directory
2 6 (2.21%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (1.84%) Docker
4 4 (1.47%) Firmware
5 3 (1.10%) Hyper-V
6 2 (0.74%) QEMU
7 1 (0.37%) Slurm Workload Manager
7 1 (0.37%) Terminal Services
7 1 (0.37%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 12 (4.41%) Ansible
2 9 (3.31%) Kubernetes
3 8 (2.94%) Podman
4 5 (1.84%) Check_MK
4 5 (1.84%) Red Hat Satellite
5 4 (1.47%) Grafana
5 4 (1.47%) Prometheus
5 4 (1.47%) Terraform
6 3 (1.10%) PingFederate
7 2 (0.74%) Argo
7 2 (0.74%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
8 1 (0.37%) Kibana
8 1 (0.37%) logstash
8 1 (0.37%) MOM
8 1 (0.37%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.37%) Wonderware InTouch
Vendors
1 26 (9.56%) SAP
2 22 (8.09%) VMware
3 15 (5.51%) Microsoft
4 14 (5.15%) Siemens
5 13 (4.78%) ServiceNow
6 10 (3.68%) Red Hat
7 9 (3.31%) Cisco
8 8 (2.94%) Oracle
9 5 (1.84%) MathWorks
10 4 (1.47%) Google
11 3 (1.10%) Databricks
11 3 (1.10%) HubSpot
11 3 (1.10%) Palo Alto
11 3 (1.10%) Ping Identity
11 3 (1.10%) Salesforce
12 2 (0.74%) CheckPoint
12 2 (0.74%) IBM
12 2 (0.74%) Intel
12 2 (0.74%) Veeam
12 2 (0.74%) Xilinx