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 29 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 277 352 331
Rank change year-on-year +75 -21 +58
Contract jobs citing Aerospace 293 145 226
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.93% 0.51% 0.62%
As % of the General category 1.52% 0.83% 1.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 88 38 82
10th Percentile £225 £304 £350
25th Percentile £439 £381 £503
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £518 £548 £600
Median % change year-on-year -5.57% -8.67% +4.80%
75th Percentile £626 £638 £671
90th Percentile £699 £762 £750
UK median daily rate £492 £548 £600
% change year-on-year -10.22% -8.67% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 128 42 88
10th Percentile £25.16 £26.80 £25.95
25th Percentile £42.00 £41.19 £38.94
Median hourly rate £55.00 £63.75 £56.28
Median % change year-on-year -13.73% +13.27% -9.95%
75th Percentile £67.06 £70.19 £65.00
90th Percentile £74.13 £74.88 £73.06
UK median hourly rate £55.00 £62.50 £55.56
% change year-on-year -12.00% +12.49% -10.39%

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 19,332 17,436 21,714
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 61.29% 61.74% 59.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 12,247 10,551 14,670
10th Percentile £282 £300 £279
25th Percentile £402 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £535 £550
Median % change year-on-year -6.54% -2.73% -
75th Percentile £626 £650 £663
90th Percentile £738 £775 £753
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £545
% change year-on-year -4.76% -3.67% -0.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,238 598 1,015
10th Percentile £14.21 £15.62 £14.25
25th Percentile £16.93 £18.42 £16.75
Median hourly rate £23.50 £30.00 £33.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.67% -9.09% +28.35%
75th Percentile £46.00 £58.00 £59.71
90th Percentile £70.00 £74.05 £70.50
UK median hourly rate £23.50 £27.39 £32.50
% change year-on-year -14.19% -15.74% +30.00%

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 29 December 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 29 December 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 29 December 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 +34 86 £480 -12.33% 100
East of England +28 76 £492 +28.63% 77
South East +15 43 £565 +18.89% 115
London +1 29 £591 +1.81% 36
North of England -35 28 £424 -27.61% 78
Midlands -39 28 £459 +28.70% 42
North West -16 21 £449 -23.33% 49
East Midlands -16 16 £559 +48.93% 19
West Midlands -30 12 £363 +7.41% 21
North East -3 5 £70 - 5
Yorkshire - 2 £345 - 24
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 (1.71%) SharePoint
2 4 (1.37%) CMS
3 3 (1.02%) Apache
3 3 (1.02%) Confluence
4 1 (0.34%) Alfresco
4 1 (0.34%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.34%) Documentum
4 1 (0.34%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 19 (6.48%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (4.10%) Siemens NX
3 8 (2.73%) Microsoft Office
4 6 (2.05%) FrameMaker
4 6 (2.05%) Simulink
4 6 (2.05%) Stateflow
5 2 (0.68%) Windchill
6 1 (0.34%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.34%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.34%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.34%) NASTRAN
6 1 (0.34%) PTC Creo
Business Applications
1 17 (5.80%) SAP S/4HANA
2 16 (5.46%) Teamcenter
3 8 (2.73%) Oracle ERP
4 7 (2.39%) Oracle SCM
5 5 (1.71%) SAP HCM
6 3 (1.02%) SAP PS
7 2 (0.68%) SAP MM
7 2 (0.68%) SAP Oil and Gas
8 1 (0.34%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
8 1 (0.34%) Remedy ITSM
8 1 (0.34%) SAP Payroll
Cloud Services
1 14 (4.78%) AWS
1 14 (4.78%) Azure
2 7 (2.39%) GitHub
2 7 (2.39%) OCI
3 6 (2.05%) Microsoft 365
3 6 (2.05%) Power Platform
4 5 (1.71%) AWS CloudFormation
4 5 (1.71%) OpenShift
5 4 (1.37%) Amazon ECS
5 4 (1.37%) Amazon S3
5 4 (1.37%) Azure DevOps
5 4 (1.37%) Google Workspace
6 3 (1.02%) GCP
6 3 (1.02%) GitHub Actions
7 1 (0.34%) Lucidchart
7 1 (0.34%) npm
Communications & Networking
1 7 (2.39%) DNS
2 6 (2.05%) PABX
3 5 (1.71%) DHCP
3 5 (1.71%) Firewall
4 4 (1.37%) Network Security
5 3 (1.02%) TCP/IP
5 3 (1.02%) VPN
6 2 (0.68%) FTP
6 2 (0.68%) HTTP
6 2 (0.68%) PBX
6 2 (0.68%) RS-232
6 2 (0.68%) SD-WAN
6 2 (0.68%) SMTP
6 2 (0.68%) SNMP
6 2 (0.68%) SpaceWire
6 2 (0.68%) SSL
6 2 (0.68%) WAN
6 2 (0.68%) Wireless
7 1 (0.34%) Ethernet
7 1 (0.34%) LAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (2.05%) Power BI
2 5 (1.71%) PostgreSQL
3 4 (1.37%) Amazon Athena
3 4 (1.37%) Amazon RDS
4 3 (1.02%) MongoDB
5 2 (0.68%) Metadata
6 1 (0.34%) Crystal Reports
6 1 (0.34%) Elasticsearch
6 1 (0.34%) Hadoop
6 1 (0.34%) SAP HANA
6 1 (0.34%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 15 (5.12%) GitLab
2 11 (3.75%) Rational DOORS
3 10 (3.41%) Git
4 6 (2.05%) Jenkins
4 6 (2.05%) JIRA
4 6 (2.05%) Rational Team Concert
5 3 (1.02%) Artifactory
5 3 (1.02%) Maven
6 2 (0.68%) SonarQube
6 2 (0.68%) Visual Studio
7 1 (0.34%) Rational Rhapsody
7 1 (0.34%) Selenium
7 1 (0.34%) Subversion
General
1 66 (22.53%) Manufacturing
2 64 (21.84%) Social Skills
3 24 (8.19%) Aviation
4 20 (6.83%) Analytical Skills
4 20 (6.83%) Automotive
5 19 (6.48%) Finance
6 13 (4.44%) Organisational Skills
7 11 (3.75%) Electronics
7 11 (3.75%) Pharmaceutical
8 10 (3.41%) Publishing
9 9 (3.07%) Documentation Skills
9 9 (3.07%) Military
10 4 (1.37%) Environmental Health
10 4 (1.37%) Influencing Skills
10 4 (1.37%) Legal
10 4 (1.37%) Public Sector
10 4 (1.37%) Telecoms
11 3 (1.02%) Avionics
12 2 (0.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 1 (0.34%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 43 (14.68%) Systems Engineer
2 27 (9.22%) Software Engineer
3 24 (8.19%) Senior
4 21 (7.17%) Lead
5 19 (6.48%) Architect
6 16 (5.46%) Administrator
7 13 (4.44%) Analyst
7 13 (4.44%) Electrical Engineer
7 13 (4.44%) Support Engineer
8 10 (3.41%) Consultant
9 9 (3.07%) IT Engineer
10 8 (2.73%) Developer
10 8 (2.73%) SAP Administrator
10 8 (2.73%) SAP Support
11 7 (2.39%) Author
11 7 (2.39%) Desktop Engineer
11 7 (2.39%) Desktop Support
11 7 (2.39%) Desktop Support Engineer
11 7 (2.39%) Technical Author
12 6 (2.05%) Embedded Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (3.75%) SAP Fiori
2 10 (3.41%) XML
3 6 (2.05%) Elastic Stack
3 6 (2.05%) SGML
4 5 (1.71%) HTML
4 5 (1.71%) Kafka
4 5 (1.71%) Middleware
5 4 (1.37%) LDAP
5 4 (1.37%) REST
6 3 (1.02%) Apache NiFi
6 3 (1.02%) OpenID
6 3 (1.02%) SAML
6 3 (1.02%) Spring Boot
7 2 (0.68%) AngularJS
7 2 (0.68%) Flash
8 1 (0.34%) React
8 1 (0.34%) SailPoint
8 1 (0.34%) TensorFlow
8 1 (0.34%) Unity (Game Engine)
8 1 (0.34%) Unreal Engine
Miscellaneous
1 13 (4.44%) Self-Motivation
2 11 (3.75%) Data Protection Act
3 10 (3.41%) Analytical Mindset
3 10 (3.41%) FPGA
3 10 (3.41%) Product Ownership
4 9 (3.07%) Legacy Systems
5 8 (2.73%) Operational Technology
6 6 (2.05%) Management Information System
6 6 (2.05%) PCIe
6 6 (2.05%) Smartphone
7 5 (1.71%) SCADA
7 5 (1.71%) State Machine
8 4 (1.37%) Greenfield Project
8 4 (1.37%) Learning Management System
8 4 (1.37%) VHDL
9 3 (1.02%) Algorithms
9 3 (1.02%) CAN bus
9 3 (1.02%) Data Centre
10 2 (0.68%) Cloud Native
10 2 (0.68%) Cyberattack
Operating Systems
1 29 (9.90%) Windows
2 20 (6.83%) Linux
3 6 (2.05%) Windows 10
4 4 (1.37%) Windows Server
5 3 (1.02%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (0.68%) CentOS
6 2 (0.68%) Mac OS
6 2 (0.68%) Ubuntu
6 2 (0.68%) Windows Server 2016
6 2 (0.68%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (0.34%) Debian
7 1 (0.34%) FreeRTOS
7 1 (0.34%) Windows Server 2003
7 1 (0.34%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (11.95%) Software Engineering
2 25 (8.53%) Validation
3 22 (7.51%) Continuous Improvement
4 21 (7.17%) PLM
4 21 (7.17%) Problem-Solving
5 19 (6.48%) Agile
5 19 (6.48%) DevOps
5 19 (6.48%) Mentoring
6 18 (6.14%) Stakeholder Management
7 17 (5.80%) Cybersecurity
7 17 (5.80%) Migration
7 17 (5.80%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 16 (5.46%) Change Management
8 16 (5.46%) ERP
8 16 (5.46%) Knowledge Management
8 16 (5.46%) Use Case
9 15 (5.12%) CI/CD
9 15 (5.12%) Project Management
9 15 (5.12%) Systems Engineering
9 15 (5.12%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 21 (7.17%) Python
2 17 (5.80%) C++
3 15 (5.12%) Ada
3 15 (5.12%) C
4 12 (4.10%) C#
5 9 (3.07%) MATLAB
5 9 (3.07%) PowerShell
6 6 (2.05%) Fortran
6 6 (2.05%) SQL
7 5 (1.71%) Java
7 5 (1.71%) JavaScript
8 3 (1.02%) Bash
8 3 (1.02%) PL/SQL
8 3 (1.02%) Shell Script
9 2 (0.68%) TypeScript
9 2 (0.68%) VBA
10 1 (0.34%) Embedded C++
10 1 (0.34%) Go
10 1 (0.34%) Google Apps Script
10 1 (0.34%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 130 (44.37%) Security Cleared
2 95 (32.42%) SC Cleared
3 44 (15.02%) Degree
4 22 (7.51%) BPSS Clearance
5 12 (4.10%) DV Cleared
6 9 (3.07%) AWS Certification
7 7 (2.39%) Computer Science Degree
8 6 (2.05%) HNC
8 6 (2.05%) HND
9 5 (1.71%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 5 (1.71%) Microsoft Certification
10 4 (1.37%) Azure Certification
11 3 (1.02%) CompTIA Security+
11 3 (1.02%) PMI Certification
11 3 (1.02%) PMP
11 3 (1.02%) TOGAF Certification
12 2 (0.68%) A+ Certification
12 2 (0.68%) DBS Check
12 2 (0.68%) Master's Degree
13 1 (0.34%) MOS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (6.14%) QA
2 9 (3.07%) Def Stans
3 8 (2.73%) NIST
4 6 (2.05%) ECSS
4 6 (2.05%) ISO 9001
5 5 (1.71%) SLA
6 4 (1.37%) Cyber Essentials
7 3 (1.02%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 3 (1.02%) GDPR
8 2 (0.68%) EU AI Act
8 2 (0.68%) IEC 61508
8 2 (0.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 2 (0.68%) ISO/IEC 42001
8 2 (0.68%) JSP 440
8 2 (0.68%) NCSC
8 2 (0.68%) NIST 800
8 2 (0.68%) Software Quality Assurance
9 1 (0.34%) Data Quality
9 1 (0.34%) DO-160
9 1 (0.34%) PMO
System Software
1 9 (3.07%) Active Directory
2 7 (2.39%) Docker
3 6 (2.05%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (1.02%) Firmware
4 3 (1.02%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.34%) QEMU
5 1 (0.34%) Terminal Services
5 1 (0.34%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 11 (3.75%) Kubernetes
2 10 (3.41%) Ansible
2 10 (3.41%) Terraform
3 6 (2.05%) Grafana
3 6 (2.05%) Prometheus
4 3 (1.02%) PingFederate
4 3 (1.02%) Podman
5 2 (0.68%) Argo
5 2 (0.68%) Check_MK
5 2 (0.68%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
5 2 (0.68%) Red Hat Satellite
6 1 (0.34%) Kibana
6 1 (0.34%) logstash
6 1 (0.34%) MOM
6 1 (0.34%) Puppet
6 1 (0.34%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.34%) Wonderware InTouch
Vendors
1 33 (11.26%) SAP
2 23 (7.85%) Microsoft
3 17 (5.80%) VMware
4 15 (5.12%) Siemens
5 13 (4.44%) ServiceNow
6 12 (4.10%) Oracle
7 9 (3.07%) Cisco
8 7 (2.39%) Red Hat
9 6 (2.05%) IBM
9 6 (2.05%) MathWorks
10 4 (1.37%) Google
11 3 (1.02%) Databricks
11 3 (1.02%) HubSpot
11 3 (1.02%) IFS
11 3 (1.02%) Palo Alto
11 3 (1.02%) Ping Identity
11 3 (1.02%) Salesforce
12 2 (0.68%) CheckPoint
12 2 (0.68%) Intel
12 2 (0.68%) PTC