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

6 months to
19 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 241 351 208
Rank change year-on-year +110 -143 +168
Contract jobs citing Aerospace 431 132 410
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.09% 0.54% 1.10%
As % of the General category 1.96% 0.84% 1.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 81 36 76
10th Percentile £225 £402 £281
25th Percentile £425 £513 £376
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £548 £649
Median % change year-on-year -8.76% -15.53% +14.82%
75th Percentile £675 £595 £700
90th Percentile £713 £651 -
UK median daily rate £500 £548 £650
% change year-on-year -8.76% -15.69% +16.59%
Number of hourly rates quoted 250 56 232
10th Percentile £29.84 £29.43 £28.25
25th Percentile £42.00 £41.47 £44.96
Median hourly rate £60.00 £57.37 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year +4.58% +14.75% -18.70%
75th Percentile £79.75 £67.63 £65.00
90th Percentile £88.00 £75.00 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £57.35 £55.25 £50.00
% change year-on-year +3.80% +10.50% -18.70%

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 21,975 15,663 21,764
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 55.66% 63.96% 58.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 13,793 10,199 14,070
10th Percentile £304 £300 £275
25th Percentile £408 £411 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% -2.27%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £650
90th Percentile £738 £775 £775
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,415 653 1,765
10th Percentile £14.25 £14.20 £13.00
25th Percentile £17.94 £17.61 £15.39
Median hourly rate £29.04 £28.75 £28.44
Median % change year-on-year +1.01% +1.09% -16.35%
75th Percentile £61.18 £58.75 £50.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £75.00 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £27.71 £28.68 £28.00
% change year-on-year -3.37% +2.41% -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 19 April 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 19 April 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 19 April 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 East +48 151 £675 +31.32% 108
South West +40 112 £500 -8.59% 82
East of England +26 91 £492 - 47
North of England -52 42 £74 -87.27% 66
North West -29 33 £452 -22.46% 56
Midlands -58 21 £550 +4.76% 25
London -53 13 £588 -4.51% 20
East Midlands -26 11 £550 - 8
West Midlands -57 10 - - 17
North East - 9 £70 - 6
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 3 (0.70%) Apache
2 2 (0.46%) Apache Spark
2 2 (0.46%) SharePoint
2 2 (0.46%) ThingWorx
3 1 (0.23%) Confluence
3 1 (0.23%) Jupyter
Applications
1 10 (2.32%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (1.39%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (1.16%) CATIA
3 5 (1.16%) Simulink
4 4 (0.93%) Windchill
5 3 (0.70%) Siemens NX
6 1 (0.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.23%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.23%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 15 (3.48%) Teamcenter
2 3 (0.70%) SAP EWM
3 2 (0.46%) DELMIA
3 2 (0.46%) ENOVIA
3 2 (0.46%) SAP MM
3 2 (0.46%) SAP WM
4 1 (0.23%) Demantra
4 1 (0.23%) Primavera
4 1 (0.23%) Remedy ITSM
4 1 (0.23%) SAP ERP
4 1 (0.23%) SAP HCM
4 1 (0.23%) SAP Payroll
4 1 (0.23%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 12 (2.78%) AWS
1 12 (2.78%) Azure
2 5 (1.16%) Power Platform
3 4 (0.93%) Azure DevOps
4 3 (0.70%) Google Workspace
5 2 (0.46%) Dynamics 365
5 2 (0.46%) GCP
5 2 (0.46%) OpenShift
6 1 (0.23%) AWS CloudFormation
6 1 (0.23%) Azure Functions
6 1 (0.23%) Azure Logic Apps
6 1 (0.23%) Microsoft 365
6 1 (0.23%) Power Automate
6 1 (0.23%) PowerApps
6 1 (0.23%) SaaS
6 1 (0.23%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 8 (1.86%) Ethernet
2 7 (1.62%) Software-Defined Radio
3 5 (1.16%) Wireless
4 4 (0.93%) Firewall
5 3 (0.70%) DHCP
5 3 (0.70%) DNS
5 3 (0.70%) SpaceWire
6 2 (0.46%) Network Security
6 2 (0.46%) TCP/IP
6 2 (0.46%) VPN
7 1 (0.23%) BGP
7 1 (0.23%) Cisco ASA
7 1 (0.23%) FTP
7 1 (0.23%) HTTPS
7 1 (0.23%) MPLS
7 1 (0.23%) Multicast
7 1 (0.23%) OSPF
7 1 (0.23%) SAN
7 1 (0.23%) VLAN
7 1 (0.23%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (1.16%) Power BI
2 2 (0.46%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (0.46%) Hadoop
2 2 (0.46%) NoSQL
2 2 (0.46%) Tableau
3 1 (0.23%) Big Data
3 1 (0.23%) Elasticsearch
3 1 (0.23%) Metadata
3 1 (0.23%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (0.23%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 48 (11.14%) Rational DOORS
2 13 (3.02%) Git
3 10 (2.32%) GitLab
4 8 (1.86%) Rational Rhapsody
5 7 (1.62%) Jenkins
6 2 (0.46%) Artifactory
6 2 (0.46%) JIRA
6 2 (0.46%) SonarQube
6 2 (0.46%) Visual Studio
7 1 (0.23%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 1 (0.23%) LabVIEW
7 1 (0.23%) PetaLinux
7 1 (0.23%) Postman
General
1 97 (22.51%) Manufacturing
2 48 (11.14%) Social Skills
3 18 (4.18%) Aviation
3 18 (4.18%) Documentation Skills
4 17 (3.94%) Electronics
4 17 (3.94%) Finance
5 11 (2.55%) Analytical Skills
6 8 (1.86%) Avionics
7 7 (1.62%) Automotive
7 7 (1.62%) Military
8 4 (0.93%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 4 (0.93%) Influencing Skills
9 3 (0.70%) Organisational Skills
10 2 (0.46%) Pharmaceutical
10 2 (0.46%) Telecoms
11 1 (0.23%) Fire and Rescue
11 1 (0.23%) Law
11 1 (0.23%) Legal
11 1 (0.23%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 53 (12.30%) Software Engineer
2 49 (11.37%) Systems Engineer
3 41 (9.51%) Senior
4 38 (8.82%) Product Manager
5 34 (7.89%) Delivery Manager
5 34 (7.89%) Product Delivery Manager
6 27 (6.26%) Lead
7 26 (6.03%) Embedded Engineer
8 25 (5.80%) Architect
9 22 (5.10%) Systems Delivery Manager
9 22 (5.10%) Systems Manager
10 21 (4.87%) Administrator
11 17 (3.94%) Embedded Software Engineer
11 17 (3.94%) Engineering Manager
12 16 (3.71%) Test Engineer
13 14 (3.25%) Senior Manager
13 14 (3.25%) Technical Support
14 13 (3.02%) Electrical Engineer
15 12 (2.78%) Consultant
15 12 (2.78%) Software Engineering Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (2.78%) Middleware
2 7 (1.62%) LDAP
3 4 (0.93%) Apache NiFi
3 4 (0.93%) REST
4 3 (0.70%) Qt
5 2 (0.46%) .NET
5 2 (0.46%) AngularJS
5 2 (0.46%) Flash
5 2 (0.46%) Quarkus
5 2 (0.46%) RESTful
5 2 (0.46%) Unity (Game Engine)
5 2 (0.46%) Unreal Engine
6 1 (0.23%) Flask
6 1 (0.23%) Hibernate
6 1 (0.23%) Kafka
6 1 (0.23%) PostGIS
6 1 (0.23%) Spring
6 1 (0.23%) Web Services
6 1 (0.23%) XML
6 1 (0.23%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 36 (8.35%) Product Ownership
2 23 (5.34%) Data Structures
3 19 (4.41%) Management Information System
4 15 (3.48%) Operational Technology
5 13 (3.02%) FPGA
6 10 (2.32%) Embedded Systems
7 8 (1.86%) Algorithms
7 8 (1.86%) PCIe
7 8 (1.86%) Virtual Team
8 7 (1.62%) Data Centre
9 6 (1.39%) Legacy Systems
9 6 (1.39%) VHDL
10 5 (1.16%) Onboarding
10 5 (1.16%) SCADA
10 5 (1.16%) Security Posture
10 5 (1.16%) Verilog
11 3 (0.70%) Cyber Security Posture
11 3 (0.70%) Legacy Applications
11 3 (0.70%) Self-Motivation
11 3 (0.70%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 19 (4.41%) Linux
2 14 (3.25%) Windows
3 8 (1.86%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 7 (1.62%) CentOS
5 4 (0.93%) FreeRTOS
6 3 (0.70%) Windows Server
7 2 (0.46%) Debian
7 2 (0.46%) Embedded Linux
7 2 (0.46%) Ubuntu
7 2 (0.46%) Windows Server 2016
7 2 (0.46%) Windows Server 2019
8 1 (0.23%) Unix
8 1 (0.23%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 80 (18.56%) Software Engineering
2 62 (14.39%) Systems Engineering
3 58 (13.46%) Agile
3 58 (13.46%) Continuous Improvement
4 55 (12.76%) Configuration Management
5 53 (12.30%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 51 (11.83%) Computer Science
7 46 (10.67%) Validation
8 42 (9.74%) PRINCE2
8 42 (9.74%) Roadmaps
9 40 (9.28%) Cybersecurity
10 38 (8.82%) Scaled Agile Framework
11 36 (8.35%) Change Control
11 36 (8.35%) Programme Management
12 34 (7.89%) SysML
12 34 (7.89%) UML
13 32 (7.42%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
13 32 (7.42%) Stakeholder Management
13 32 (7.42%) Verification and Validation
14 30 (6.96%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 35 (8.12%) Ada
2 25 (5.80%) C
3 22 (5.10%) Python
4 20 (4.64%) MATLAB
5 18 (4.18%) C++
6 7 (1.62%) Shell Script
7 6 (1.39%) Java
8 5 (1.16%) PowerShell
8 5 (1.16%) SQL
8 5 (1.16%) SystemVerilog
9 4 (0.93%) C#
10 3 (0.70%) Bash
11 2 (0.46%) JavaScript
12 1 (0.23%) ABAP
12 1 (0.23%) Google Apps Script
12 1 (0.23%) Tcl
12 1 (0.23%) X++
Qualifications
1 214 (49.65%) Security Cleared
2 115 (26.68%) SC Cleared
3 70 (16.24%) Degree
4 37 (8.58%) BPSS Clearance
5 11 (2.55%) DV Cleared
6 8 (1.86%) CISSP
7 6 (1.39%) CompTIA Security+
7 6 (1.39%) PMP
7 6 (1.39%) TOGAF Certification
8 5 (1.16%) AWS Certification
9 4 (0.93%) Azure Certification
9 4 (0.93%) CEH
9 4 (0.93%) Chartered Engineer
9 4 (0.93%) Computer Science Degree
9 4 (0.93%) Microsoft Certification
9 4 (0.93%) PMI Certification
10 3 (0.70%) HNC
10 3 (0.70%) NVQ Level 4
11 2 (0.46%) Cisco Certification
12 1 (0.23%) CCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (5.57%) NIST
2 19 (4.41%) QA
3 18 (4.18%) Def Stans
4 14 (3.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 11 (2.55%) Data Quality
6 9 (2.09%) SLA
7 8 (1.86%) IEC 61508
7 8 (1.86%) NIST 800
8 7 (1.62%) Cyber Essentials
8 7 (1.62%) DO-254
9 5 (1.16%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 4 (0.93%) ECSS
10 4 (0.93%) ISO 9001
11 3 (0.70%) ISO 26262
11 3 (0.70%) MIL-STD-1553
11 3 (0.70%) MISRA
11 3 (0.70%) MISRA C
12 2 (0.46%) NCSC
13 1 (0.23%) GRC
13 1 (0.23%) PMO
System Software
1 12 (2.78%) Active Directory
2 11 (2.55%) Firmware
3 9 (2.09%) Docker
4 5 (1.16%) Embedded Firmware
4 5 (1.16%) VMware Infrastructure
5 3 (0.70%) Hyper-V
6 2 (0.46%) QEMU
7 1 (0.23%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 15 (3.48%) Ansible
2 10 (2.32%) Podman
3 7 (1.62%) Check_MK
3 7 (1.62%) Kubernetes
3 7 (1.62%) Red Hat Satellite
4 5 (1.16%) Terraform
5 2 (0.46%) Argo
5 2 (0.46%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
6 1 (0.23%) Cisco Prime
6 1 (0.23%) Grafana
6 1 (0.23%) Iperf
6 1 (0.23%) Kibana
6 1 (0.23%) logstash
6 1 (0.23%) Nessus
6 1 (0.23%) Nmap
6 1 (0.23%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.23%) SCCM
Vendors
1 29 (6.73%) IBM
2 24 (5.57%) SAP
3 20 (4.64%) VMware
4 11 (2.55%) Red Hat
5 10 (2.32%) Siemens
6 9 (2.09%) Microsoft
7 8 (1.86%) ServiceNow
8 5 (1.16%) Cisco
8 5 (1.16%) Xilinx
9 4 (0.93%) Altera
9 4 (0.93%) Lauterbach
9 4 (0.93%) Microsemi
10 3 (0.70%) PTC
11 2 (0.46%) EMC
11 2 (0.46%) Google
11 2 (0.46%) Palo Alto
11 2 (0.46%) Veeam
12 1 (0.23%) Alteryx
12 1 (0.23%) HubSpot
12 1 (0.23%) Rapid7