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

6 months to
17 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 260 367 233
Rank change year-on-year +107 -134 +134
Contract jobs citing Aerospace 369 113 370
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.00% 0.46% 0.98%
As % of the General category 1.74% 0.73% 1.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 81 30 81
10th Percentile £225 £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 £625 £627 £700
90th Percentile £688 £661 £713
UK median daily rate £500 £548 £648
% change year-on-year -8.76% -15.43% +17.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 189 48 192
10th Percentile £28.37 £26.85 £24.10
25th Percentile £44.58 £41.13 £40.00
Median hourly rate £62.50 £57.37 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year +8.94% +14.75% -21.41%
75th Percentile £82.25 £67.63 £65.00
90th Percentile £88.00 £75.00 £77.28
UK median hourly rate £62.13 £55.25 £50.00
% change year-on-year +12.45% +10.50% -23.08%

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 21,233 15,539 22,215
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 57.64% 63.25% 58.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 13,414 10,034 14,532
10th Percentile £300 £300 £269
25th Percentile £406 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -0.94% -3.64%
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 1,326 577 1,666
10th Percentile £14.25 £15.00 £13.03
25th Percentile £17.69 £19.97 £15.38
Median hourly rate £25.00 £30.78 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year -18.78% +18.38% -23.53%
75th Percentile £58.98 £61.50 £50.00
90th Percentile £77.13 £76.25 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £24.55 £30.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year -18.17% +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 17 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 17 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 17 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 West +38 109 £500 -8.59% 102
South East +43 106 £600 +22.14% 105
East of England +26 81 £492 -18.00% 46
North of England -46 36 £74 -87.27% 43
North West -18 29 £452 -22.46% 34
Midlands -48 23 £650 +23.81% 59
East Midlands -26 13 £650 - 21
London -51 13 £588 -8.91% 41
West Midlands -62 10 - - 38
North East -5 7 £70 - 3
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 (1.63%) SharePoint
2 3 (0.81%) Apache
2 3 (0.81%) CMS
2 3 (0.81%) Confluence
3 1 (0.27%) Apache Spark
3 1 (0.27%) Jupyter
Applications
1 19 (5.15%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (1.90%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.81%) CATIA
3 3 (0.81%) Siemens NX
4 2 (0.54%) Simulink
4 2 (0.54%) Windchill
5 1 (0.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.27%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.27%) PTC Creo
5 1 (0.27%) SOLIDWORKS
5 1 (0.27%) Stateflow
Business Applications
1 13 (3.52%) Teamcenter
2 4 (1.08%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (0.81%) SAP EWM
3 3 (0.81%) SAP MM
4 2 (0.54%) SAP Oil and Gas
4 2 (0.54%) SAP Payroll
4 2 (0.54%) SAP WM
5 1 (0.27%) Demantra
5 1 (0.27%) Primavera
5 1 (0.27%) Remedy ITSM
5 1 (0.27%) SAP HCM
Cloud Services
1 8 (2.17%) Azure
2 7 (1.90%) AWS
2 7 (1.90%) Microsoft 365
3 5 (1.36%) Power Platform
4 4 (1.08%) Google Workspace
4 4 (1.08%) OpenShift
5 3 (0.81%) Azure DevOps
5 3 (0.81%) GitHub
5 3 (0.81%) GitHub Actions
6 1 (0.27%) AWS CloudFormation
Communications & Networking
1 6 (1.63%) PABX
2 5 (1.36%) Firewall
3 3 (0.81%) DHCP
3 3 (0.81%) DNS
4 2 (0.54%) Ethernet
4 2 (0.54%) Network Security
4 2 (0.54%) SpaceWire
4 2 (0.54%) TCP/IP
4 2 (0.54%) VPN
5 1 (0.27%) BGP
5 1 (0.27%) Cisco ASA
5 1 (0.27%) FTP
5 1 (0.27%) HTTPS
5 1 (0.27%) LAN
5 1 (0.27%) MPLS
5 1 (0.27%) Multicast
5 1 (0.27%) OSPF
5 1 (0.27%) SAN
5 1 (0.27%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (0.27%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (1.36%) Power BI
2 3 (0.81%) MongoDB
3 2 (0.54%) SAP HANA
4 1 (0.27%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.27%) Elasticsearch
4 1 (0.27%) Hadoop
4 1 (0.27%) Metadata
4 1 (0.27%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 44 (11.92%) Rational DOORS
2 11 (2.98%) GitLab
3 10 (2.71%) Git
4 7 (1.90%) Rational Rhapsody
5 6 (1.63%) Jenkins
6 4 (1.08%) JIRA
7 3 (0.81%) Maven
8 2 (0.54%) Artifactory
8 2 (0.54%) Visual Studio
9 1 (0.27%) Rational Team Concert
9 1 (0.27%) SonarQube
General
1 63 (17.07%) Manufacturing
2 57 (15.45%) Social Skills
3 19 (5.15%) Aviation
4 15 (4.07%) Finance
5 14 (3.79%) Documentation Skills
5 14 (3.79%) Electronics
6 10 (2.71%) Organisational Skills
7 9 (2.44%) Analytical Skills
8 8 (2.17%) Automotive
9 7 (1.90%) Military
10 6 (1.63%) Avionics
11 5 (1.36%) Pharmaceutical
12 4 (1.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 3 (0.81%) Influencing Skills
13 3 (0.81%) Legal
13 3 (0.81%) Publishing
14 2 (0.54%) Telecoms
15 1 (0.27%) Environmental Health
15 1 (0.27%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 47 (12.74%) Systems Engineer
2 40 (10.84%) Senior
3 39 (10.57%) Software Engineer
4 38 (10.30%) Product Manager
5 34 (9.21%) Delivery Manager
5 34 (9.21%) Product Delivery Manager
6 26 (7.05%) Lead
7 22 (5.96%) Systems Delivery Manager
7 22 (5.96%) Systems Manager
8 20 (5.42%) Administrator
9 15 (4.07%) Architect
9 15 (4.07%) Consultant
9 15 (4.07%) Embedded Engineer
9 15 (4.07%) Senior Manager
9 15 (4.07%) Support Engineer
10 14 (3.79%) Technical Support
11 13 (3.52%) Electrical Engineer
12 12 (3.25%) Engineering Manager
12 12 (3.25%) Project Leader
13 11 (2.98%) Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (2.71%) Middleware
2 5 (1.36%) LDAP
3 4 (1.08%) Elastic Stack
3 4 (1.08%) Flash
3 4 (1.08%) Kafka
3 4 (1.08%) Spring Boot
4 3 (0.81%) Apache NiFi
4 3 (0.81%) HTML
4 3 (0.81%) Qt
4 3 (0.81%) REST
4 3 (0.81%) SAP Fiori
4 3 (0.81%) XML
5 2 (0.54%) Unity (Game Engine)
5 2 (0.54%) Unreal Engine
6 1 (0.27%) AngularJS
6 1 (0.27%) OpenID
6 1 (0.27%) RESTful
6 1 (0.27%) SAML
6 1 (0.27%) Spring
6 1 (0.27%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 36 (9.76%) Product Ownership
2 22 (5.96%) Data Structures
3 18 (4.88%) Management Information System
4 12 (3.25%) Operational Technology
5 11 (2.98%) Self-Motivation
6 8 (2.17%) FPGA
7 7 (1.90%) Algorithms
8 6 (1.63%) Data Centre
8 6 (1.63%) Legacy Systems
8 6 (1.63%) SCADA
8 6 (1.63%) Smartphone
9 5 (1.36%) Onboarding
9 5 (1.36%) Security Posture
9 5 (1.36%) VHDL
9 5 (1.36%) Virtual Team
10 3 (0.81%) CAN bus
10 3 (0.81%) Taxonomies
11 2 (0.54%) Data Protection Act
11 2 (0.54%) Enterprise Software
11 2 (0.54%) Verilog
Operating Systems
1 20 (5.42%) Windows
2 16 (4.34%) Linux
3 7 (1.90%) Windows 10
4 6 (1.63%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 5 (1.36%) CentOS
6 4 (1.08%) Windows Server
7 3 (0.81%) Ubuntu
8 2 (0.54%) Debian
8 2 (0.54%) Windows Server 2016
8 2 (0.54%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (0.27%) FreeRTOS
9 1 (0.27%) Windows Server 2003
9 1 (0.27%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 63 (17.07%) Software Engineering
2 61 (16.53%) Systems Engineering
3 58 (15.72%) Continuous Improvement
4 54 (14.63%) Agile
4 54 (14.63%) Configuration Management
5 50 (13.55%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 45 (12.20%) Computer Science
7 40 (10.84%) PRINCE2
7 40 (10.84%) Validation
8 38 (10.30%) Roadmaps
8 38 (10.30%) Scaled Agile Framework
9 35 (9.49%) Change Control
9 35 (9.49%) Programme Management
10 33 (8.94%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
10 33 (8.94%) SysML
10 33 (8.94%) UML
11 30 (8.13%) Requirements Management
11 30 (8.13%) Verification and Validation
12 29 (7.86%) Cybersecurity
12 29 (7.86%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 32 (8.67%) Ada
2 18 (4.88%) C++
3 16 (4.34%) C
3 16 (4.34%) Python
4 14 (3.79%) MATLAB
5 7 (1.90%) Java
6 6 (1.63%) Shell Script
7 5 (1.36%) PowerShell
8 4 (1.08%) C#
9 3 (0.81%) JavaScript
10 2 (0.54%) Bash
10 2 (0.54%) SQL
11 1 (0.27%) ABAP
11 1 (0.27%) Embedded C++
11 1 (0.27%) Fortran
11 1 (0.27%) Google Apps Script
11 1 (0.27%) SAPscript
11 1 (0.27%) SystemVerilog
11 1 (0.27%) VBA
Qualifications
1 209 (56.64%) Security Cleared
2 112 (30.35%) SC Cleared
3 64 (17.34%) Degree
4 37 (10.03%) BPSS Clearance
5 14 (3.79%) DV Cleared
6 6 (1.63%) PMP
7 4 (1.08%) AWS Certification
7 4 (1.08%) Computer Science Degree
7 4 (1.08%) PMI Certification
8 3 (0.81%) Azure Certification
8 3 (0.81%) Microsoft Certification
8 3 (0.81%) TOGAF Certification
9 2 (0.54%) Chartered Engineer
9 2 (0.54%) Cisco Certification
9 2 (0.54%) CompTIA Security+
10 1 (0.27%) BC Cleared
10 1 (0.27%) CISSP
10 1 (0.27%) DBS Check
10 1 (0.27%) NVQ Level 4
10 1 (0.27%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (5.42%) Def Stans
2 18 (4.88%) NIST
3 15 (4.07%) QA
4 11 (2.98%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 10 (2.71%) Data Quality
6 8 (2.17%) IEC 61508
7 7 (1.90%) Cyber Essentials
7 7 (1.90%) SLA
8 6 (1.63%) NIST 800
9 5 (1.36%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 4 (1.08%) DO-254
10 4 (1.08%) ECSS
10 4 (1.08%) ISO 9001
11 3 (0.81%) ISO 26262
11 3 (0.81%) MISRA
11 3 (0.81%) MISRA C
11 3 (0.81%) NCSC
12 2 (0.54%) MIL-STD-1553
12 2 (0.54%) PMO
13 1 (0.27%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 10 (2.71%) Active Directory
2 5 (1.36%) Docker
3 4 (1.08%) Firmware
3 4 (1.08%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (0.81%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.54%) QEMU
6 1 (0.27%) Slurm Workload Manager
6 1 (0.27%) Terminal Services
6 1 (0.27%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 12 (3.25%) Ansible
2 9 (2.44%) Kubernetes
3 8 (2.17%) Podman
4 5 (1.36%) Check_MK
4 5 (1.36%) Red Hat Satellite
5 4 (1.08%) Grafana
5 4 (1.08%) Prometheus
5 4 (1.08%) Terraform
6 2 (0.54%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
7 1 (0.27%) Argo
7 1 (0.27%) Cisco Prime
7 1 (0.27%) Iperf
7 1 (0.27%) Kibana
7 1 (0.27%) logstash
7 1 (0.27%) Nessus
7 1 (0.27%) Nmap
7 1 (0.27%) PingFederate
7 1 (0.27%) SCCM
Vendors
1 29 (7.86%) IBM
2 25 (6.78%) SAP
3 20 (5.42%) VMware
4 14 (3.79%) ServiceNow
5 10 (2.71%) Red Hat
6 8 (2.17%) Siemens
7 7 (1.90%) Microsoft
8 6 (1.63%) Cisco
9 4 (1.08%) Google
10 3 (0.81%) HubSpot
10 3 (0.81%) Lauterbach
10 3 (0.81%) Salesforce
11 2 (0.54%) Oracle
11 2 (0.54%) Palo Alto
11 2 (0.54%) PTC
11 2 (0.54%) Veeam
11 2 (0.54%) Xilinx
12 1 (0.27%) Citrix
12 1 (0.27%) Cognos
12 1 (0.27%) EMC