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

6 months to
7 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 239 345 225
Rank change year-on-year +106 -120 +142
Contract jobs citing Aerospace 423 130 392
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.09% 0.53% 1.05%
As % of the General category 1.92% 0.84% 1.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 82 37 75
10th Percentile £225 £389 £281
25th Percentile £425 £483 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £548 £650
Median % change year-on-year -8.76% -15.69% +18.18%
75th Percentile £628 £588 £700
90th Percentile £713 £642 £708
UK median daily rate £500 £547 £650
% change year-on-year -8.59% -15.85% +18.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 236 54 219
10th Percentile £29.18 £28.50 £25.85
25th Percentile £42.00 £41.32 £43.32
Median hourly rate £62.50 £56.25 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year +11.12% +12.50% -18.70%
75th Percentile £82.25 £67.88 £65.00
90th Percentile £88.00 £75.00 £75.70
UK median hourly rate £57.50 £55.00 £50.00
% change year-on-year +4.55% +10.00% -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 22,013 15,532 21,799
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 56.48% 63.68% 58.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 13,876 10,115 14,140
10th Percentile £303 £300 £275
25th Percentile £408 £413 £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 £774
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,391 633 1,721
10th Percentile £14.25 £14.24 £13.00
25th Percentile £17.87 £18.13 £15.29
Median hourly rate £27.22 £29.00 £27.00
Median % change year-on-year -6.14% +7.41% -22.86%
75th Percentile £61.18 £60.00 £50.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £75.00 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £25.77 £29.00 £26.53
% change year-on-year -11.14% +9.31% -24.20%

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 7 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 7 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 7 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 +36 137 £638 +24.03% 123
South West +39 113 £500 -8.59% 79
East of England +22 89 £492 +23.00% 40
North of England -47 43 £74 -87.27% 53
North West -19 34 £452 -22.46% 39
Midlands -57 25 £550 +4.76% 44
London -67 15 £525 -13.22% 44
East Midlands -25 14 £550 - 15
West Midlands -55 11 - - 29
North East - 9 £70 - 10
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 (0.71%) Apache
1 3 (0.71%) SharePoint
2 2 (0.47%) Confluence
2 2 (0.47%) ThingWorx
3 1 (0.24%) Apache Spark
3 1 (0.24%) CMS
3 1 (0.24%) Jupyter
Applications
1 13 (3.07%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (1.42%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (1.18%) CATIA
3 5 (1.18%) Simulink
4 4 (0.95%) Windchill
5 3 (0.71%) Siemens NX
6 1 (0.24%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.24%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.24%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 14 (3.31%) Teamcenter
2 4 (0.95%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (0.71%) SAP EWM
3 3 (0.71%) SAP MM
4 2 (0.47%) DELMIA
4 2 (0.47%) ENOVIA
4 2 (0.47%) SAP Oil and Gas
4 2 (0.47%) SAP Payroll
4 2 (0.47%) SAP WM
5 1 (0.24%) Demantra
5 1 (0.24%) Primavera
5 1 (0.24%) Remedy ITSM
5 1 (0.24%) SAP ERP
5 1 (0.24%) SAP HCM
Cloud Services
1 11 (2.60%) Azure
2 10 (2.36%) AWS
3 5 (1.18%) Power Platform
4 4 (0.95%) Azure DevOps
4 4 (0.95%) Google Workspace
5 3 (0.71%) Microsoft 365
6 2 (0.47%) Dynamics 365
6 2 (0.47%) OpenShift
7 1 (0.24%) AWS CloudFormation
7 1 (0.24%) Azure Functions
7 1 (0.24%) Azure Logic Apps
7 1 (0.24%) Power Automate
7 1 (0.24%) PowerApps
7 1 (0.24%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 7 (1.65%) Ethernet
2 4 (0.95%) Firewall
3 3 (0.71%) DHCP
3 3 (0.71%) DNS
3 3 (0.71%) Software-Defined Radio
3 3 (0.71%) SpaceWire
3 3 (0.71%) Wireless
4 2 (0.47%) Network Security
4 2 (0.47%) PABX
4 2 (0.47%) TCP/IP
4 2 (0.47%) VPN
5 1 (0.24%) BGP
5 1 (0.24%) Cisco ASA
5 1 (0.24%) FTP
5 1 (0.24%) HTTPS
5 1 (0.24%) MPLS
5 1 (0.24%) OSPF
5 1 (0.24%) SAN
5 1 (0.24%) VLAN
5 1 (0.24%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (1.18%) Power BI
2 2 (0.47%) SAP HANA
3 1 (0.24%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (0.24%) Elasticsearch
3 1 (0.24%) Hadoop
3 1 (0.24%) Metadata
3 1 (0.24%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (0.24%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 48 (11.35%) Rational DOORS
2 13 (3.07%) Git
3 10 (2.36%) GitLab
4 8 (1.89%) Rational Rhapsody
5 7 (1.65%) Jenkins
6 2 (0.47%) Artifactory
6 2 (0.47%) JIRA
6 2 (0.47%) SonarQube
6 2 (0.47%) Visual Studio
7 1 (0.24%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 1 (0.24%) PetaLinux
7 1 (0.24%) Postman
General
1 91 (21.51%) Manufacturing
2 55 (13.00%) Social Skills
3 18 (4.26%) Aviation
3 18 (4.26%) Documentation Skills
4 17 (4.02%) Electronics
4 17 (4.02%) Finance
5 12 (2.84%) Analytical Skills
6 8 (1.89%) Avionics
7 7 (1.65%) Automotive
7 7 (1.65%) Military
8 6 (1.42%) Organisational Skills
9 5 (1.18%) Pharmaceutical
10 4 (0.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 4 (0.95%) Influencing Skills
11 3 (0.71%) Legal
12 2 (0.47%) Telecoms
13 1 (0.24%) Fire and Rescue
13 1 (0.24%) Law
13 1 (0.24%) Public Sector
13 1 (0.24%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 51 (12.06%) Software Engineer
1 51 (12.06%) Systems Engineer
2 42 (9.93%) Senior
3 38 (8.98%) Product Manager
4 34 (8.04%) Delivery Manager
4 34 (8.04%) Product Delivery Manager
5 29 (6.86%) Lead
6 25 (5.91%) Architect
7 24 (5.67%) Embedded Engineer
8 22 (5.20%) Systems Delivery Manager
8 22 (5.20%) Systems Manager
9 21 (4.96%) Administrator
10 16 (3.78%) Senior Manager
11 15 (3.55%) Embedded Software Engineer
11 15 (3.55%) Engineering Manager
12 14 (3.31%) Consultant
12 14 (3.31%) Technical Support
13 13 (3.07%) Electrical Engineer
14 11 (2.60%) Test Engineer
15 10 (2.36%) Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (2.84%) Middleware
2 7 (1.65%) LDAP
3 4 (0.95%) REST
4 3 (0.71%) Apache NiFi
4 3 (0.71%) Flash
4 3 (0.71%) Qt
4 3 (0.71%) SAP Fiori
4 3 (0.71%) XML
5 2 (0.47%) .NET
5 2 (0.47%) AngularJS
5 2 (0.47%) Quarkus
5 2 (0.47%) RESTful
5 2 (0.47%) Unity (Game Engine)
5 2 (0.47%) Unreal Engine
6 1 (0.24%) Elastic Stack
6 1 (0.24%) Flask
6 1 (0.24%) Kafka
6 1 (0.24%) PostGIS
6 1 (0.24%) pytest
6 1 (0.24%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 37 (8.75%) Product Ownership
2 23 (5.44%) Data Structures
3 19 (4.49%) Management Information System
4 15 (3.55%) Operational Technology
5 12 (2.84%) FPGA
6 8 (1.89%) Algorithms
6 8 (1.89%) Virtual Team
7 7 (1.65%) Data Centre
7 7 (1.65%) Legacy Systems
7 7 (1.65%) PCIe
7 7 (1.65%) VHDL
8 6 (1.42%) Embedded Systems
8 6 (1.42%) SCADA
8 6 (1.42%) Self-Motivation
9 5 (1.18%) Onboarding
9 5 (1.18%) Security Posture
9 5 (1.18%) Verilog
10 3 (0.71%) Legacy Applications
10 3 (0.71%) Taxonomies
11 2 (0.47%) Cyber Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 19 (4.49%) Linux
2 16 (3.78%) Windows
3 8 (1.89%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 7 (1.65%) CentOS
5 3 (0.71%) FreeRTOS
5 3 (0.71%) Windows 10
5 3 (0.71%) Windows Server
6 2 (0.47%) Debian
6 2 (0.47%) Embedded Linux
6 2 (0.47%) Ubuntu
6 2 (0.47%) Windows Server 2016
6 2 (0.47%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (0.24%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 77 (18.20%) Software Engineering
2 65 (15.37%) Systems Engineering
3 59 (13.95%) Agile
3 59 (13.95%) Continuous Improvement
4 54 (12.77%) Configuration Management
5 51 (12.06%) Computer Science
5 51 (12.06%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 48 (11.35%) Validation
7 42 (9.93%) PRINCE2
8 41 (9.69%) Roadmaps
9 38 (8.98%) Cybersecurity
9 38 (8.98%) Scaled Agile Framework
10 36 (8.51%) Programme Management
11 35 (8.27%) Change Control
12 34 (8.04%) SysML
12 34 (8.04%) UML
12 34 (8.04%) Verification and Validation
13 33 (7.80%) Problem-Solving
13 33 (7.80%) Stakeholder Management
14 32 (7.57%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
Programming Languages
1 36 (8.51%) Ada
2 25 (5.91%) C
3 21 (4.96%) Python
4 20 (4.73%) MATLAB
5 19 (4.49%) C++
6 7 (1.65%) Shell Script
7 6 (1.42%) Java
8 5 (1.18%) PowerShell
8 5 (1.18%) SystemVerilog
9 4 (0.95%) C#
10 3 (0.71%) Bash
10 3 (0.71%) SQL
11 2 (0.47%) JavaScript
12 1 (0.24%) ABAP
12 1 (0.24%) Google Apps Script
12 1 (0.24%) Tcl
12 1 (0.24%) X++
Qualifications
1 219 (51.77%) Security Cleared
2 118 (27.90%) SC Cleared
3 73 (17.26%) Degree
4 37 (8.75%) BPSS Clearance
5 13 (3.07%) DV Cleared
6 8 (1.89%) PMP
7 6 (1.42%) CISSP
7 6 (1.42%) PMI Certification
7 6 (1.42%) TOGAF Certification
8 5 (1.18%) AWS Certification
9 4 (0.95%) Azure Certification
9 4 (0.95%) Chartered Engineer
9 4 (0.95%) CompTIA Security+
9 4 (0.95%) Computer Science Degree
9 4 (0.95%) Microsoft Certification
10 3 (0.71%) HNC
10 3 (0.71%) NVQ Level 4
11 2 (0.47%) CEH
11 2 (0.47%) Cisco Certification
12 1 (0.24%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (5.20%) NIST
2 19 (4.49%) QA
3 18 (4.26%) Def Stans
4 14 (3.31%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 10 (2.36%) Data Quality
6 9 (2.13%) SLA
7 8 (1.89%) IEC 61508
7 8 (1.89%) NIST 800
8 7 (1.65%) Cyber Essentials
8 7 (1.65%) DO-254
9 5 (1.18%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 4 (0.95%) ECSS
10 4 (0.95%) ISO 9001
11 3 (0.71%) ISO 26262
11 3 (0.71%) MIL-STD-1553
11 3 (0.71%) MISRA
11 3 (0.71%) MISRA C
12 2 (0.47%) NCSC
13 1 (0.24%) Actionable Recommendations
13 1 (0.24%) PMO
System Software
1 12 (2.84%) Active Directory
2 9 (2.13%) Firmware
3 7 (1.65%) Docker
4 5 (1.18%) VMware Infrastructure
5 3 (0.71%) Embedded Firmware
5 3 (0.71%) Hyper-V
6 2 (0.47%) QEMU
7 1 (0.24%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 14 (3.31%) Ansible
2 10 (2.36%) Podman
3 7 (1.65%) Check_MK
3 7 (1.65%) Kubernetes
3 7 (1.65%) Red Hat Satellite
4 4 (0.95%) Terraform
5 2 (0.47%) Argo
5 2 (0.47%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
6 1 (0.24%) Cisco Prime
6 1 (0.24%) Grafana
6 1 (0.24%) Iperf
6 1 (0.24%) Kibana
6 1 (0.24%) logstash
6 1 (0.24%) Nessus
6 1 (0.24%) Nmap
6 1 (0.24%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.24%) SCCM
Vendors
1 29 (6.86%) IBM
1 29 (6.86%) SAP
2 20 (4.73%) VMware
3 11 (2.60%) Red Hat
4 10 (2.36%) ServiceNow
4 10 (2.36%) Siemens
5 9 (2.13%) Microsoft
6 5 (1.18%) Cisco
6 5 (1.18%) Xilinx
7 4 (0.95%) Altera
7 4 (0.95%) Lauterbach
7 4 (0.95%) Microsemi
8 3 (0.71%) Google
8 3 (0.71%) HubSpot
8 3 (0.71%) PTC
9 2 (0.47%) EMC
9 2 (0.47%) Oracle
9 2 (0.47%) Palo Alto
9 2 (0.47%) Veeam
10 1 (0.24%) SolarWinds