Aerospace Contracts in England

Aerospace
UK > England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Aerospace in contract job vacancies advertised in England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Aerospace over the 6 months to 28 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 217 385 579
Rank change year-on-year +168 +194 -87
Contract jobs citing Aerospace 403 289 205
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 1.09% 0.57% 0.29%
As % of the General category 1.87% 0.97% 0.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 68 76 41
10th Percentile £258 £386 £412
25th Percentile £376 £469 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £649 £558 £520
Median % change year-on-year +16.37% +7.21% +9.47%
75th Percentile £700 £650 £575
90th Percentile - £676 £675
UK median daily rate £650 £565 £520
% change year-on-year +15.04% +8.65% +9.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 234 118 82
10th Percentile £28.70 £39.46 £32.61
25th Percentile £45.00 £52.41 £35.00
Median hourly rate £50.00 £61.50 £52.78
Median % change year-on-year -18.70% +16.52% +11.12%
75th Percentile £65.00 £69.31 £59.69
90th Percentile £77.50 £78.55 £60.00
UK median hourly rate £50.00 £61.50 £52.50
% change year-on-year -18.70% +17.14% +16.67%

All General Skills
England

Aerospace is in the General Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 21,598 29,888 40,058
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 58.42% 59.22% 56.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 13,922 20,966 27,967
10th Percentile £275 £313 £315
25th Percentile £413 £450 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £650 £688 £650
90th Percentile £775 £788 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £533
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.29% +7.58%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,777 974 1,322
10th Percentile £13.00 £13.97 £12.50
25th Percentile £15.50 £18.25 £14.50
Median hourly rate £30.00 £33.91 £21.43
Median % change year-on-year -11.53% +58.27% -4.78%
75th Percentile £51.50 £61.25 £45.00
90th Percentile £65.00 £70.00 £58.00
UK median hourly rate £30.00 £35.00 £21.50
% change year-on-year -14.29% +62.79% -4.44%

Aerospace
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Aerospace as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Aerospace in England

Aerospace
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Aerospace in England.

Daily rate trend for Aerospace in England

Aerospace
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Aerospace in England over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Aerospace in England

Aerospace
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Aerospace in England.

Hourly rate trend for Aerospace in England

Aerospace
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Aerospace in England over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

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 28 April 2024. 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
East of England +58 138 £488 -27.46% 130
South West +43 114 £700 +21.74% 209
South East +18 90 £585 +2.73% 239
Midlands +22 23 £343 -24.73% 157
East Midlands +15 19 £376 -17.36% 65
London +94 17 £505 -12.17% 52
North of England +32 16 £897 +88.83% 121
North West +22 12 - - 95
West Midlands +31 4 £265 -39.77% 92
North East - 4 £897 - 9
Aerospace
UK

Aerospace
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 23 (5.71%) Confluence
2 9 (2.23%) Microsoft Exchange
2 9 (2.23%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.25%) Skype for Business
3 1 (0.25%) Tornado
Applications
1 13 (3.23%) Simulink
2 12 (2.98%) Acrobat
3 8 (1.99%) Microsoft Office
4 6 (1.49%) Microsoft Excel
4 6 (1.49%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 5 (1.24%) CATIA
6 4 (0.99%) Windchill
7 3 (0.74%) Siemens NX
8 2 (0.50%) Photoshop
8 2 (0.50%) Spreadsheet
8 2 (0.50%) Stateflow
9 1 (0.25%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 8 (1.99%) Teamcenter
2 3 (0.74%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 2 (0.50%) Remedy ITSM
4 1 (0.25%) Primavera
4 1 (0.25%) SAP MM
4 1 (0.25%) SAP PM
4 1 (0.25%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 2 (0.50%) GitHub
1 2 (0.50%) Microsoft 365
1 2 (0.50%) OneDrive
1 2 (0.50%) Power Automate
1 2 (0.50%) Power Platform
1 2 (0.50%) PowerApps
2 1 (0.25%) AWS
2 1 (0.25%) AWS CloudFormation
2 1 (0.25%) Azure
2 1 (0.25%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (0.25%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 17 (4.22%) WAN
2 10 (2.48%) DNS
2 10 (2.48%) MPLS
3 9 (2.23%) DHCP
4 8 (1.99%) LAN
4 8 (1.99%) SAN
4 8 (1.99%) Wi-Fi
5 7 (1.74%) SDH
5 7 (1.74%) SNMP
6 6 (1.49%) Software-Defined Radio
7 5 (1.24%) Wireless
8 4 (0.99%) Junos
9 3 (0.74%) 4G
9 3 (0.74%) 5G
10 2 (0.50%) BGP
10 2 (0.50%) Firewall
10 2 (0.50%) IPsec
10 2 (0.50%) Network Security
10 2 (0.50%) VoIP
10 2 (0.50%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (1.99%) SQL Server
2 2 (0.50%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 37 (9.18%) JIRA
2 25 (6.20%) Rational DOORS
3 23 (5.71%) Bitbucket
4 20 (4.96%) Jenkins
5 18 (4.47%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 13 (3.23%) Git
7 7 (1.74%) Eclipse
8 6 (1.49%) GoogleTest
8 6 (1.49%) Robot Framework
9 4 (0.99%) Subversion
10 3 (0.74%) CppUnit
10 3 (0.74%) PVCS
10 3 (0.74%) Rational Team Concert
11 2 (0.50%) Rational Rhapsody
12 1 (0.25%) GitLab
12 1 (0.25%) IntelliJ
12 1 (0.25%) LabVIEW
12 1 (0.25%) MagicDraw
12 1 (0.25%) Visual Studio
General
1 98 (24.32%) Social Skills
2 62 (15.38%) Manufacturing
3 44 (10.92%) Electronics
4 35 (8.68%) Analytical Skills
5 22 (5.46%) Military
6 17 (4.22%) Aviation
7 16 (3.97%) Automotive
7 16 (3.97%) Telecoms
8 8 (1.99%) Organisational Skills
9 7 (1.74%) Aeronautics
9 7 (1.74%) Pharmaceutical
10 6 (1.49%) Finance
11 4 (0.99%) Law
12 3 (0.74%) Legal
12 3 (0.74%) Marketing
13 2 (0.50%) Avionics
13 2 (0.50%) Documentation Skills
13 2 (0.50%) Presentation Skills
13 2 (0.50%) Public Sector
13 2 (0.50%) Retail
Job Titles
1 59 (14.64%) Configuration Manager
1 59 (14.64%) Software Engineer
2 46 (11.41%) Architect
3 41 (10.17%) Systems Engineer
4 31 (7.69%) Test Architect
5 25 (6.20%) Developer
5 25 (6.20%) Embedded Engineer
6 23 (5.71%) Embedded Software Engineer
7 15 (3.72%) Analyst
7 15 (3.72%) Project Manager
8 12 (2.98%) Author
8 12 (2.98%) Principal Engineer
8 12 (2.98%) Technical Author
9 11 (2.73%) Solutions Architect
10 10 (2.48%) Administrator
10 10 (2.48%) Data Engineer
10 10 (2.48%) Data Migration Engineer
10 10 (2.48%) Migration Engineer
10 10 (2.48%) Validation Engineer
11 9 (2.23%) IT Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (4.47%) .NET
1 18 (4.47%) .NET Core
2 12 (2.98%) SGML
2 12 (2.98%) XML
3 8 (1.99%) HTML
4 4 (0.99%) CSS
5 2 (0.50%) NumPy
6 1 (0.25%) COM
6 1 (0.25%) Middleware
6 1 (0.25%) Node.js
6 1 (0.25%) React
6 1 (0.25%) SAP Fiori
6 1 (0.25%) Spring
6 1 (0.25%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 31 (7.69%) Analogue Electronics
2 12 (2.98%) Animation
3 10 (2.48%) Embedded Systems
4 9 (2.23%) Data Centre
4 9 (2.23%) Management Information System
5 8 (1.99%) Client/Server
5 8 (1.99%) Clustering
6 6 (1.49%) Algorithms
7 5 (1.24%) PKI
8 4 (0.99%) Device Driver
8 4 (0.99%) PMI
8 4 (0.99%) Self-Motivation
9 3 (0.74%) Data Protection Act
10 2 (0.50%) Operational Technology
10 2 (0.50%) SCADA
11 1 (0.25%) Acoustics
11 1 (0.25%) Enterprise Software
11 1 (0.25%) Life Science
11 1 (0.25%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 43 (10.67%) Linux
2 16 (3.97%) Windows
3 8 (1.99%) Unix
4 4 (0.99%) SafeRTOS
5 2 (0.50%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.25%) CentOS
6 1 (0.25%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.25%) VxWorks
6 1 (0.25%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.25%) Windows Server 2008
6 1 (0.25%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 86 (21.34%) Configuration Management
2 73 (18.11%) Software Engineering
3 64 (15.88%) PLM
4 60 (14.89%) Project Management
5 56 (13.90%) Coaching
6 55 (13.65%) Collaborative Working
7 53 (13.15%) Problem-Solving
8 41 (10.17%) Stakeholder Management
9 37 (9.18%) Threat Modelling
10 36 (8.93%) Validation
11 31 (7.69%) Test Strategy
12 25 (6.20%) Agile
13 22 (5.46%) OO
14 21 (5.21%) Data Protection
14 21 (5.21%) SDLC
15 20 (4.96%) Decision-Making
16 19 (4.71%) CAD
16 19 (4.71%) Continuous Integration
16 19 (4.71%) OOP
16 19 (4.71%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 29 (7.20%) C++
1 29 (7.20%) Python
2 26 (6.45%) PowerShell
3 22 (5.46%) C
4 19 (4.71%) MATLAB
5 8 (1.99%) SQL
6 7 (1.74%) Java
7 6 (1.49%) Assembly Language
8 5 (1.24%) JavaScript
9 4 (0.99%) Ada
9 4 (0.99%) Fortran
9 4 (0.99%) Shell Script
10 3 (0.74%) VB
11 2 (0.50%) Embedded C++
12 1 (0.25%) Bash
12 1 (0.25%) C#
12 1 (0.25%) Embedded C
12 1 (0.25%) Perl
12 1 (0.25%) TypeScript
12 1 (0.25%) VBA
Qualifications
1 190 (47.15%) Security Cleared
2 168 (41.69%) SC Cleared
3 51 (12.66%) Degree
4 23 (5.71%) DV Cleared
5 15 (3.72%) Master's Degree
6 11 (2.73%) BPSS Clearance
7 9 (2.23%) PMP
8 8 (1.99%) PMI Certification
9 6 (1.49%) CCNP
9 6 (1.49%) Cisco Certification
9 6 (1.49%) Computer Science Degree
9 6 (1.49%) JNCIA
10 5 (1.24%) HND
11 4 (0.99%) Chartered Engineer
11 4 (0.99%) PhD
11 4 (0.99%) TOGAF Certification
12 2 (0.50%) CCNA
12 2 (0.50%) HNC
12 2 (0.50%) ITIL Certification
13 1 (0.25%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (3.23%) Def Stans
2 9 (2.23%) QA
3 4 (0.99%) JTAG
3 4 (0.99%) PMBOK
4 3 (0.74%) JSP 440
4 3 (0.74%) SLA
5 2 (0.50%) Data Quality
5 2 (0.50%) GDPR
5 2 (0.50%) IEC 61508
5 2 (0.50%) NCSC
5 2 (0.50%) PMO
6 1 (0.25%) DO-178B
6 1 (0.25%) ISO/IEC 15288
6 1 (0.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.25%) MISRA
6 1 (0.25%) MISRA C
6 1 (0.25%) NIST
6 1 (0.25%) RMADS
System Software
1 13 (3.23%) VMware Infrastructure
2 12 (2.98%) Active Directory
3 8 (1.99%) Firmware
3 8 (1.99%) Virtual Servers
3 8 (1.99%) VMware Workstation
4 4 (0.99%) Embedded Firmware
5 3 (0.74%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (0.50%) Docker
6 2 (0.50%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.25%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 18 (4.47%) Ansible
1 18 (4.47%) PowerCLI
2 8 (1.99%) Microsoft Clustering
2 8 (1.99%) Nagios
2 8 (1.99%) NetBackup
2 8 (1.99%) SCCM
3 2 (0.50%) vCenter Server
4 1 (0.25%) Check_MK
4 1 (0.25%) Terraform
4 1 (0.25%) WSUS
Vendors
1 25 (6.20%) Atlassian
2 18 (4.47%) Dell
2 18 (4.47%) HP
3 14 (3.47%) Juniper
3 14 (3.47%) VMware
4 13 (3.23%) Cisco
4 13 (3.23%) Microsoft
4 13 (3.23%) SAP
5 12 (2.98%) Adobe
5 12 (2.98%) IBM
6 11 (2.73%) Nokia
7 10 (2.48%) Micro Focus
8 8 (1.99%) Hitachi
8 8 (1.99%) NetApp
9 7 (1.74%) Twitter
10 6 (1.49%) Google
11 5 (1.24%) Palo Alto
12 4 (0.99%) Ciena
13 3 (0.74%) Sparx
13 3 (0.74%) Splunk