Aerospace Contract Job Trends in Farnborough

Aerospace
Hampshire > Farnborough

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Aerospace in contract job vacancies in Farnborough. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Aerospace over the 6 months leading up to 12 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 31 - 5
Rank change year-on-year - - +13
Contract jobs citing Aerospace 3 0 32
As % of all contract jobs in Farnborough 1.74% - 22.70%
As % of the General category 4.23% - 41.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 6
10th Percentile £655 - £547
25th Percentile £663 - £563
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £700 - £624
75th Percentile £725 - £702
90th Percentile - - £713
Hampshire median daily rate £550 £438 £636
% change year-on-year +25.71% -31.24% +11.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 4
10th Percentile - - £27.13
25th Percentile - - £43.44
Median hourly rate - - £55.00
75th Percentile - - £63.13
90th Percentile - - £73.25
Hampshire median hourly rate £64.75 £62.50 £60.00
% change year-on-year +3.60% +4.17% -1.92%

All General Skills
Farnborough

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 Farnborough.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 71 52 77
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Farnborough 41.28% 60.47% 54.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 43 32 40
10th Percentile £306 £350 £378
25th Percentile £371 £394 £532
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £458 £469 £600
Median % change year-on-year -2.35% -21.92% +22.45%
75th Percentile £638 £521 £667
90th Percentile £675 £643 £668
Hampshire median daily rate £500 £509 £540
% change year-on-year -1.72% -5.79% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 2 9
10th Percentile £18.80 £77.63 £20.05
25th Percentile £19.25 £77.81 £27.50
Median hourly rate £19.50 £81.25 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -76.00% +47.73% +46.67%
75th Percentile £40.00 £85.31 £77.50
90th Percentile - £85.88 £80.00
Hampshire median hourly rate £20.71 £29.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year -28.59% -47.27% +70.78%

Aerospace
Job Vacancy Trend in Farnborough

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Aerospace relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Farnborough.

Aerospace job vacancy trend in Farnborough

Aerospace
Daily Rate Trend in Farnborough

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Farnborough citing Aerospace.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Farnborough citing Aerospace

Aerospace
Hourly Rate Trend in Farnborough

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Farnborough citing Aerospace.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Farnborough citing Aerospace

Aerospace
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Farnborough 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (66.67%) Azure
1 2 (66.67%) Azure DevOps
Development Applications
1 2 (66.67%) Visual Studio
2 1 (33.33%) Jenkins
2 1 (33.33%) Selenium
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Software Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Automation Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (66.67%) Unity (Game Engine)
1 2 (66.67%) Unreal Engine
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Mixed Reality
1 2 (66.67%) Virtual Reality
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) DevOps
1 3 (100.00%) Systems Engineering
2 2 (66.67%) Agile
2 2 (66.67%) Computer Science
2 2 (66.67%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (66.67%) Performance Testing
2 2 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (66.67%) Regression Testing
2 2 (66.67%) Software Engineering
2 2 (66.67%) Software Testing
2 2 (66.67%) Technical Leadership
3 1 (33.33%) CI/CD
3 1 (33.33%) Infrastructure as Code
3 1 (33.33%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) Computer Science Degree
1 2 (66.67%) Degree
2 1 (33.33%) DV Cleared
2 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 2 (66.67%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 1 (33.33%) Ansible