Aerospace Contracts in Essex

Aerospace
East of England > Essex

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Aerospace in contract job vacancies in Essex. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Aerospace over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 19 - 29
Rank change year-on-year - - +29
Contract jobs citing Aerospace 1 0 7
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Essex 1.25% - 2.93%
As % of the General category 2.13% - 4.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 4
10th Percentile - - £563
25th Percentile - - £619
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £650
Median % change year-on-year - - +18.18%
75th Percentile - - £671
90th Percentile - - £710
East of England median daily rate - £488 £672
% change year-on-year - -27.46% +28.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 3
10th Percentile - - £44.25
25th Percentile - - £48.75
Median hourly rate £50.00 - £57.50
75th Percentile - - £60.63
90th Percentile - - £61.75
East of England median hourly rate £53.75 £50.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year +7.50% -23.08% +16.07%

All General Skills
Essex

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 common skills in Essex.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 47 117 143
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Essex 58.75% 52.70% 59.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 28 68 96
10th Percentile £216 £250 £189
25th Percentile £317 £306 £257
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £450 £463
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% -2.70% -4.64%
75th Percentile £475 £588 £531
90th Percentile £515 £641 £613
East of England median daily rate £500 £475 £488
% change year-on-year +5.26% -2.56% +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 15 9
10th Percentile - £10.42 £20.79
25th Percentile £13.25 £16.50 £22.50
Median hourly rate £21.00 £35.65 £44.53
Median % change year-on-year -41.09% -19.94% +107.12%
75th Percentile £30.00 £64.25 £62.50
90th Percentile £38.00 £78.50 £76.61
East of England median hourly rate £31.64 £38.12 £21.00
% change year-on-year -17.00% +81.52% +44.83%

Aerospace
Job Vacancy Trend in Essex

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

Job vacancy trend for Aerospace in Essex

Aerospace
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Essex

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

Daily rate trend for Aerospace in Essex

Aerospace
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Essex

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

Hourly rate trend for Aerospace in Essex

Aerospace
Contract Job Locations in Essex

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Aerospace within the Essex region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. 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
Basildon - 1 - - 15
Aerospace
East of England

Aerospace
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Essex 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:

Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) LabVIEW
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Lead
1 1 (100.00%) Lead Test Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Test Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Verification Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Stress Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) MATLAB