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

6 months to
31 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 251 359 230
Rank change year-on-year +108 -129 +146
Contract jobs citing Aerospace 411 119 382
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.08% 0.49% 1.01%
As % of the General category 1.90% 0.77% 1.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 85 30 77
10th Percentile £225 £369 £293
25th Percentile £425 £477 £469
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £547 £650
Median % change year-on-year -8.59% -15.85% +18.18%
75th Percentile £625 £593 £700
90th Percentile £703 £648 £718
UK median daily rate £500 £546 £650
% change year-on-year -8.42% -16.00% +18.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 222 53 208
10th Percentile £28.37 £28.04 £25.18
25th Percentile £42.29 £41.25 £40.38
Median hourly rate £62.50 £55.25 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year +13.12% +10.50% -18.70%
75th Percentile £82.25 £67.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £88.00 £75.00 £75.93
UK median hourly rate £57.43 £55.00 £50.00
% change year-on-year +4.42% +9.99% -20.00%

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 21,636 15,407 22,008
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 56.87% 63.47% 58.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 13,643 10,049 14,313
10th Percentile £300 £300 £275
25th Percentile £408 £410 £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 £767
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,369 626 1,706
10th Percentile £14.25 £14.73 £13.00
25th Percentile £17.69 £18.50 £15.26
Median hourly rate £25.77 £30.00 £26.03
Median % change year-on-year -14.10% +15.25% -25.63%
75th Percentile £61.18 £60.00 £50.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £75.13 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £25.38 £29.07 £26.00
% change year-on-year -12.69% +11.81% -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 31 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 31 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 31 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 East +41 129 £600 +43.80% 123
South West +38 112 £500 -8.59% 79
East of England +18 85 £492 +23.00% 40
North of England -44 42 £74 -87.27% 53
North West -17 33 £452 -22.46% 39
Midlands -51 27 £550 +4.76% 44
London -62 15 £525 -17.32% 44
East Midlands -30 14 £550 - 15
West Midlands -48 13 - - 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 4 (0.97%) SharePoint
2 3 (0.73%) Apache
2 3 (0.73%) Confluence
3 2 (0.49%) CMS
3 2 (0.49%) ThingWorx
4 1 (0.24%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.24%) Jupyter
Applications
1 15 (3.65%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (1.70%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (1.22%) CATIA
4 4 (0.97%) Windchill
5 3 (0.73%) Siemens NX
5 3 (0.73%) Simulink
6 1 (0.24%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.24%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.24%) PTC Creo
6 1 (0.24%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 15 (3.65%) Teamcenter
2 4 (0.97%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (0.73%) SAP EWM
3 3 (0.73%) SAP MM
4 2 (0.49%) DELMIA
4 2 (0.49%) ENOVIA
4 2 (0.49%) SAP Oil and Gas
4 2 (0.49%) SAP Payroll
4 2 (0.49%) 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 9 (2.19%) Azure
2 8 (1.95%) AWS
3 5 (1.22%) Google Workspace
3 5 (1.22%) OpenShift
3 5 (1.22%) Power Platform
4 4 (0.97%) Azure DevOps
4 4 (0.97%) Microsoft 365
5 3 (0.73%) GitHub
5 3 (0.73%) GitHub Actions
6 2 (0.49%) Dynamics 365
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 5 (1.22%) Firewall
2 4 (0.97%) Ethernet
3 3 (0.73%) DHCP
3 3 (0.73%) DNS
3 3 (0.73%) PABX
4 2 (0.49%) Network Security
4 2 (0.49%) SpaceWire
4 2 (0.49%) TCP/IP
4 2 (0.49%) VPN
5 1 (0.24%) BGP
5 1 (0.24%) Cisco ASA
5 1 (0.24%) HTTPS
5 1 (0.24%) MPLS
5 1 (0.24%) Multicast
5 1 (0.24%) OSPF
5 1 (0.24%) SAN
5 1 (0.24%) Software-Defined Radio
5 1 (0.24%) VLAN
5 1 (0.24%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (0.24%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (1.22%) Power BI
2 3 (0.73%) MongoDB
3 2 (0.49%) SAP HANA
4 1 (0.24%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.24%) Elasticsearch
4 1 (0.24%) Hadoop
4 1 (0.24%) Metadata
4 1 (0.24%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (0.24%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 46 (11.19%) Rational DOORS
2 13 (3.16%) Git
2 13 (3.16%) GitLab
3 8 (1.95%) Rational Rhapsody
4 7 (1.70%) Jenkins
5 3 (0.73%) Maven
6 2 (0.49%) Artifactory
6 2 (0.49%) JIRA
6 2 (0.49%) SonarQube
6 2 (0.49%) Visual Studio
7 1 (0.24%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 1 (0.24%) PetaLinux
7 1 (0.24%) Postman
General
1 83 (20.19%) Manufacturing
2 57 (13.87%) Social Skills
3 18 (4.38%) Aviation
3 18 (4.38%) Documentation Skills
4 17 (4.14%) Finance
5 16 (3.89%) Electronics
6 12 (2.92%) Analytical Skills
7 9 (2.19%) Automotive
8 8 (1.95%) Avionics
8 8 (1.95%) Organisational Skills
9 7 (1.70%) Military
10 5 (1.22%) Pharmaceutical
11 4 (0.97%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 3 (0.73%) Influencing Skills
12 3 (0.73%) Legal
13 2 (0.49%) Publishing
13 2 (0.49%) Telecoms
14 1 (0.24%) Fire and Rescue
14 1 (0.24%) Law
14 1 (0.24%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 49 (11.92%) Software Engineer
1 49 (11.92%) Systems Engineer
2 44 (10.71%) Senior
3 38 (9.25%) Product Manager
4 34 (8.27%) Delivery Manager
4 34 (8.27%) Product Delivery Manager
5 30 (7.30%) Lead
6 22 (5.35%) Architect
6 22 (5.35%) Embedded Engineer
6 22 (5.35%) Systems Delivery Manager
6 22 (5.35%) Systems Manager
7 21 (5.11%) Administrator
8 16 (3.89%) Senior Manager
9 15 (3.65%) Engineering Manager
10 14 (3.41%) Consultant
10 14 (3.41%) Embedded Software Engineer
10 14 (3.41%) Technical Support
11 13 (3.16%) Electrical Engineer
12 12 (2.92%) Project Leader
13 11 (2.68%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (2.92%) Middleware
2 7 (1.70%) LDAP
3 4 (0.97%) Elastic Stack
3 4 (0.97%) Kafka
3 4 (0.97%) REST
3 4 (0.97%) Spring Boot
4 3 (0.73%) Apache NiFi
4 3 (0.73%) Flash
4 3 (0.73%) Qt
4 3 (0.73%) SAP Fiori
4 3 (0.73%) XML
5 2 (0.49%) .NET
5 2 (0.49%) AngularJS
5 2 (0.49%) HTML
5 2 (0.49%) Quarkus
5 2 (0.49%) RESTful
5 2 (0.49%) Unity (Game Engine)
5 2 (0.49%) Unreal Engine
6 1 (0.24%) PostGIS
6 1 (0.24%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 37 (9.00%) Product Ownership
2 23 (5.60%) Data Structures
3 19 (4.62%) Management Information System
4 14 (3.41%) Operational Technology
5 9 (2.19%) FPGA
6 8 (1.95%) Algorithms
6 8 (1.95%) Data Centre
6 8 (1.95%) Self-Motivation
7 7 (1.70%) Legacy Systems
7 7 (1.70%) Virtual Team
8 6 (1.46%) SCADA
8 6 (1.46%) VHDL
9 5 (1.22%) Onboarding
9 5 (1.22%) Security Posture
10 4 (0.97%) PCIe
10 4 (0.97%) Verilog
11 3 (0.73%) Embedded Systems
11 3 (0.73%) Smartphone
11 3 (0.73%) Taxonomies
12 2 (0.49%) ASIC
Operating Systems
1 19 (4.62%) Linux
2 15 (3.65%) Windows
3 9 (2.19%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 7 (1.70%) CentOS
5 4 (0.97%) Windows 10
6 3 (0.73%) Windows Server
7 2 (0.49%) Debian
7 2 (0.49%) Embedded Linux
7 2 (0.49%) Ubuntu
7 2 (0.49%) Windows Server 2016
7 2 (0.49%) Windows Server 2019
8 1 (0.24%) FreeRTOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 76 (18.49%) Software Engineering
2 67 (16.30%) Systems Engineering
3 60 (14.60%) Continuous Improvement
4 59 (14.36%) Agile
5 54 (13.14%) Configuration Management
6 50 (12.17%) Computer Science
6 50 (12.17%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 47 (11.44%) Validation
8 42 (10.22%) PRINCE2
9 40 (9.73%) Roadmaps
10 38 (9.25%) Scaled Agile Framework
11 36 (8.76%) Cybersecurity
11 36 (8.76%) Programme Management
12 35 (8.52%) Change Control
13 34 (8.27%) Problem-Solving
14 33 (8.03%) Verification and Validation
15 32 (7.79%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
15 32 (7.79%) SysML
15 32 (7.79%) UML
16 31 (7.54%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 35 (8.52%) Ada
2 22 (5.35%) C
3 20 (4.87%) Python
4 19 (4.62%) C++
5 18 (4.38%) MATLAB
6 8 (1.95%) Java
7 7 (1.70%) Shell Script
8 5 (1.22%) PowerShell
9 4 (0.97%) C#
9 4 (0.97%) SystemVerilog
10 3 (0.73%) SQL
11 2 (0.49%) Bash
11 2 (0.49%) JavaScript
12 1 (0.24%) ABAP
12 1 (0.24%) Google Apps Script
12 1 (0.24%) Tcl
12 1 (0.24%) X++
Qualifications
1 220 (53.53%) Security Cleared
2 120 (29.20%) SC Cleared
3 72 (17.52%) Degree
4 38 (9.25%) BPSS Clearance
5 13 (3.16%) DV Cleared
6 8 (1.95%) PMP
7 6 (1.46%) PMI Certification
8 4 (0.97%) AWS Certification
8 4 (0.97%) Computer Science Degree
8 4 (0.97%) Microsoft Certification
8 4 (0.97%) TOGAF Certification
9 3 (0.73%) Azure Certification
9 3 (0.73%) CISSP
9 3 (0.73%) CompTIA Security+
9 3 (0.73%) HNC
9 3 (0.73%) NVQ Level 4
10 2 (0.49%) Chartered Engineer
10 2 (0.49%) Cisco Certification
11 1 (0.24%) BC Cleared
11 1 (0.24%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (5.11%) Def Stans
2 20 (4.87%) NIST
2 20 (4.87%) QA
3 13 (3.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 10 (2.43%) Data Quality
5 9 (2.19%) SLA
6 8 (1.95%) IEC 61508
7 7 (1.70%) Cyber Essentials
7 7 (1.70%) NIST 800
8 6 (1.46%) DO-254
9 5 (1.22%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 4 (0.97%) ECSS
10 4 (0.97%) ISO 9001
11 3 (0.73%) ISO 26262
11 3 (0.73%) MISRA
11 3 (0.73%) MISRA C
12 2 (0.49%) MIL-STD-1553
12 2 (0.49%) NCSC
13 1 (0.24%) Accessibility
13 1 (0.24%) GRC
System Software
1 11 (2.68%) Active Directory
2 7 (1.70%) Firmware
3 6 (1.46%) Docker
4 5 (1.22%) VMware Infrastructure
5 3 (0.73%) Hyper-V
6 2 (0.49%) Embedded Firmware
6 2 (0.49%) QEMU
7 1 (0.24%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 14 (3.41%) Ansible
2 10 (2.43%) Kubernetes
2 10 (2.43%) Podman
3 7 (1.70%) Check_MK
3 7 (1.70%) Red Hat Satellite
4 4 (0.97%) Grafana
4 4 (0.97%) Prometheus
4 4 (0.97%) Terraform
5 2 (0.49%) Argo
5 2 (0.49%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
6 1 (0.24%) Cisco Prime
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%) SCCM
Vendors
1 29 (7.06%) IBM
2 28 (6.81%) SAP
3 22 (5.35%) VMware
4 12 (2.92%) Red Hat
5 11 (2.68%) ServiceNow
6 10 (2.43%) Siemens
7 9 (2.19%) Microsoft
8 6 (1.46%) Cisco
9 4 (0.97%) Google
9 4 (0.97%) Lauterbach
9 4 (0.97%) PTC
9 4 (0.97%) Xilinx
10 3 (0.73%) Altera
10 3 (0.73%) HubSpot
10 3 (0.73%) Microsemi
11 2 (0.49%) Oracle
11 2 (0.49%) Palo Alto
11 2 (0.49%) Salesforce
11 2 (0.49%) Veeam
12 1 (0.24%) CheckPoint