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

6 months to
9 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 256 381 237
Rank change year-on-year +125 -144 +140
Contract jobs citing Aerospace 369 108 375
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.02% 0.43% 0.98%
As % of the General category 1.76% 0.69% 1.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 95 27 81
10th Percentile £225 £353 £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 £613 £595 £700
90th Percentile £688 £655 £713
UK median daily rate £500 £548 £649
% change year-on-year -8.76% -15.50% +17.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 176 46 197
10th Percentile £27.79 £26.68 £24.60
25th Percentile £44.58 £40.88 £40.00
Median hourly rate £62.50 £57.37 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year +8.94% +14.75% -20.00%
75th Percentile £79.81 £67.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £88.00 £74.38 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £58.25 £56.25 £50.00
% change year-on-year +3.56% +12.50% -22.93%

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 20,929 15,709 22,312
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 58.13% 63.07% 58.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 13,261 10,035 14,572
10th Percentile £300 £300 £266
25th Percentile £406 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £535
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -1.87% -2.73%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £650
90th Percentile £738 £775 £756
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,303 570 1,672
10th Percentile £14.15 £15.06 £13.05
25th Percentile £17.55 £19.93 £15.29
Median hourly rate £25.00 £30.41 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year -17.78% +16.94% -19.38%
75th Percentile £57.25 £60.00 £50.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.00 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £24.03 £29.23 £25.71
% change year-on-year -17.79% +13.69% -19.66%

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 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 9 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 9 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 +38 112 £450 -17.73% 109
South East +38 101 £581 +18.35% 101
East of England +24 82 £492 -18.00% 48
North of England -41 31 £70 -87.98% 40
Midlands -49 26 £559 +29.51% 55
North West -17 24 £78 -86.55% 28
East Midlands -25 16 £559 - 21
London -31 16 £650 +1.56% 22
West Midlands -51 10 - - 34
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%) Siemens NX
4 2 (0.54%) CATIA
4 2 (0.54%) Simulink
4 2 (0.54%) Stateflow
5 1 (0.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.27%) PTC Creo
5 1 (0.27%) SOLIDWORKS
5 1 (0.27%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 12 (3.25%) SAP S/4HANA
1 12 (3.25%) Teamcenter
2 4 (1.08%) SAP MM
3 3 (0.81%) SAP EWM
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%) Remedy ITSM
5 1 (0.27%) SAP HCM
Cloud Services
1 11 (2.98%) Azure
2 7 (1.90%) AWS
2 7 (1.90%) Microsoft 365
2 7 (1.90%) Power Platform
3 4 (1.08%) Google Workspace
3 4 (1.08%) OpenShift
4 3 (0.81%) Azure DevOps
4 3 (0.81%) GitHub
4 3 (0.81%) GitHub Actions
5 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%) 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%) Ethernet
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%) VLAN
5 1 (0.27%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (0.27%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (1.90%) 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 37 (10.03%) Rational DOORS
2 11 (2.98%) Git
2 11 (2.98%) GitLab
3 6 (1.63%) Jenkins
3 6 (1.63%) Rational Rhapsody
4 4 (1.08%) JIRA
5 3 (0.81%) Maven
6 2 (0.54%) Artifactory
6 2 (0.54%) Rational Team Concert
6 2 (0.54%) Visual Studio
7 1 (0.27%) SonarQube
General
1 70 (18.97%) Manufacturing
2 61 (16.53%) Social Skills
3 20 (5.42%) Aviation
4 16 (4.34%) Finance
5 15 (4.07%) Electronics
6 13 (3.52%) Pharmaceutical
7 12 (3.25%) Automotive
7 12 (3.25%) Documentation Skills
8 10 (2.71%) Organisational Skills
9 9 (2.44%) Analytical Skills
10 7 (1.90%) Military
11 6 (1.63%) Avionics
12 3 (0.81%) Influencing Skills
12 3 (0.81%) Legal
12 3 (0.81%) Publishing
13 2 (0.54%) Environmental Health
13 2 (0.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 2 (0.54%) Public Sector
13 2 (0.54%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 48 (13.01%) Systems Engineer
2 43 (11.65%) Software Engineer
3 40 (10.84%) Senior
4 29 (7.86%) Lead
4 29 (7.86%) Product Manager
5 25 (6.78%) Delivery Manager
5 25 (6.78%) Product Delivery Manager
6 20 (5.42%) Administrator
7 16 (4.34%) Consultant
7 16 (4.34%) Systems Delivery Manager
7 16 (4.34%) Systems Manager
8 15 (4.07%) Architect
8 15 (4.07%) Support Engineer
9 14 (3.79%) Technical Support
10 13 (3.52%) Electrical Engineer
10 13 (3.52%) Embedded Engineer
10 13 (3.52%) Senior Manager
11 12 (3.25%) Analyst
12 10 (2.71%) IT Engineer
12 10 (2.71%) IT Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (2.98%) SAP Fiori
2 9 (2.44%) Middleware
3 5 (1.36%) LDAP
4 4 (1.08%) Elastic Stack
4 4 (1.08%) Flash
4 4 (1.08%) Kafka
4 4 (1.08%) REST
4 4 (1.08%) Spring Boot
5 3 (0.81%) Apache NiFi
5 3 (0.81%) HTML
5 3 (0.81%) Qt
5 3 (0.81%) XML
6 2 (0.54%) OpenID
6 2 (0.54%) SAML
6 2 (0.54%) Unity (Game Engine)
6 2 (0.54%) Unreal Engine
7 1 (0.27%) AngularJS
7 1 (0.27%) RESTful
7 1 (0.27%) Spring
7 1 (0.27%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 28 (7.59%) Product Ownership
2 16 (4.34%) Management Information System
3 15 (4.07%) Data Structures
3 15 (4.07%) Self-Motivation
4 10 (2.71%) Operational Technology
5 9 (2.44%) FPGA
6 7 (1.90%) Algorithms
6 7 (1.90%) Legacy Systems
7 6 (1.63%) Data Centre
7 6 (1.63%) SCADA
7 6 (1.63%) Smartphone
8 5 (1.36%) Onboarding
8 5 (1.36%) Security Posture
8 5 (1.36%) VHDL
9 4 (1.08%) Virtual Team
10 3 (0.81%) CAN bus
10 3 (0.81%) Data Protection Act
11 2 (0.54%) Learning Management System
11 2 (0.54%) Taxonomies
11 2 (0.54%) Verilog
Operating Systems
1 21 (5.69%) Windows
2 17 (4.61%) 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 53 (14.36%) Systems Engineering
3 50 (13.55%) Continuous Improvement
4 48 (13.01%) Configuration Management
5 46 (12.47%) Agile
6 43 (11.65%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 40 (10.84%) Validation
8 35 (9.49%) Computer Science
9 34 (9.21%) Roadmaps
10 29 (7.86%) PRINCE2
10 29 (7.86%) Scaled Agile Framework
11 28 (7.59%) Verification and Validation
12 27 (7.32%) Problem-Solving
13 26 (7.05%) Cybersecurity
13 26 (7.05%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
13 26 (7.05%) Programme Management
13 26 (7.05%) SysML
13 26 (7.05%) UML
14 25 (6.78%) Change Control
14 25 (6.78%) PLM
Programming Languages
1 34 (9.21%) Ada
2 20 (5.42%) C++
3 17 (4.61%) C
3 17 (4.61%) Python
4 14 (3.79%) MATLAB
5 6 (1.63%) C#
5 6 (1.63%) Java
5 6 (1.63%) Shell Script
6 5 (1.36%) PowerShell
7 4 (1.08%) SQL
8 3 (0.81%) JavaScript
9 2 (0.54%) Bash
9 2 (0.54%) Fortran
10 1 (0.27%) ABAP
10 1 (0.27%) Embedded C++
10 1 (0.27%) Google Apps Script
10 1 (0.27%) SAPscript
10 1 (0.27%) VBA
Qualifications
1 202 (54.74%) Security Cleared
2 114 (30.89%) SC Cleared
3 60 (16.26%) Degree
4 33 (8.94%) BPSS Clearance
5 16 (4.34%) 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%) CCIE
10 1 (0.27%) CCNP
10 1 (0.27%) CISSP
10 1 (0.27%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (4.88%) Def Stans
2 17 (4.61%) NIST
3 16 (4.34%) QA
4 9 (2.44%) Data Quality
4 9 (2.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 7 (1.90%) IEC 61508
5 7 (1.90%) SLA
6 6 (1.63%) Cyber Essentials
7 5 (1.36%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 5 (1.36%) NIST 800
8 4 (1.08%) ECSS
8 4 (1.08%) ISO 9001
9 3 (0.81%) DO-254
9 3 (0.81%) ISO 26262
9 3 (0.81%) MISRA
9 3 (0.81%) MISRA C
9 3 (0.81%) NCSC
10 2 (0.54%) ISO/IEC 42001
10 2 (0.54%) MIL-STD-1553
10 2 (0.54%) PMO
System Software
1 12 (3.25%) Active Directory
2 6 (1.63%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (1.36%) Docker
4 3 (0.81%) Firmware
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
6 2 (0.54%) PingFederate
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%) SCCM
Vendors
1 30 (8.13%) SAP
2 22 (5.96%) IBM
2 22 (5.96%) VMware
3 14 (3.79%) ServiceNow
3 14 (3.79%) Twitter
4 10 (2.71%) Microsoft
4 10 (2.71%) Red Hat
5 9 (2.44%) Siemens
6 8 (2.17%) Cisco
7 4 (1.08%) Google
8 3 (0.81%) Databricks
8 3 (0.81%) HubSpot
8 3 (0.81%) Salesforce
9 2 (0.54%) Intel
9 2 (0.54%) Lauterbach
9 2 (0.54%) MathWorks
9 2 (0.54%) Oracle
9 2 (0.54%) Palo Alto
9 2 (0.54%) Ping Identity
9 2 (0.54%) Veeam