Aerospace Contracts in Gloucestershire

Aerospace
South West > Gloucestershire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Aerospace in contract job vacancies in Gloucestershire. 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 25 48 53
Rank change year-on-year +23 +5 +6
Contract jobs citing Aerospace 16 10 10
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Gloucestershire 5.84% 2.33% 2.11%
As % of the General category 12.03% 4.98% 4.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 1 3
10th Percentile £513 - £400
25th Percentile £545 £525 £466
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £547 £550 £650
Median % change year-on-year -0.55% -15.38% +14.29%
75th Percentile £548 £575 £725
90th Percentile - - -
South West median daily rate £547 £700 £575
% change year-on-year -21.86% +21.74% +27.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 9 3
10th Percentile £57.62 £31.64 £32.91
25th Percentile £63.44 £40.00 £35.40
Median hourly rate £67.50 £65.00 £39.55
Median % change year-on-year +3.85% +64.35% +15.95%
75th Percentile £69.69 £72.50 -
90th Percentile £73.75 £74.00 -
South West median hourly rate £65.00 £55.00 £61.50
% change year-on-year +18.18% -10.57% +36.67%

All General Skills
Gloucestershire

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 Gloucestershire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 133 201 217
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Gloucestershire 48.54% 46.85% 45.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 103 100 159
10th Percentile £184 £300 £210
25th Percentile £363 £425 £391
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £548 £500
Median % change year-on-year -13.24% +9.50% +5.26%
75th Percentile £550 £625 £581
90th Percentile £654 £697 £675
South West median daily rate £500 £525 £545
% change year-on-year -4.76% -3.67% +11.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 30 7
10th Percentile £28.78 £14.00 £36.23
25th Percentile £54.44 £18.15 £39.55
Median hourly rate £67.50 £40.00 £51.00
Median % change year-on-year +68.75% -21.57% +57.41%
75th Percentile £75.00 £68.75 £60.25
90th Percentile - £72.63 £79.20
South West median hourly rate £60.00 £46.39 £60.35
% change year-on-year +29.34% -23.13% +34.98%

Aerospace
Job Vacancy Trend in Gloucestershire

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

Job vacancy trend for Aerospace in Gloucestershire

Aerospace
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Gloucestershire

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

Daily rate trend for Aerospace in Gloucestershire

Aerospace
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Gloucestershire

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

Hourly rate trend for Aerospace in Gloucestershire

Aerospace
Hourly Rate Histogram in Gloucestershire

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Aerospace in Gloucestershire over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Aerospace in Gloucestershire

Aerospace
Contract Job Locations in Gloucestershire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Aerospace within the Gloucestershire 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
Cheltenham +16 10 £547 - 13
Filton +6 5 - - 3
Aerospace
South West

Aerospace
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Gloucestershire 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (6.25%) Azure
1 1 (6.25%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 10 (62.50%) DNS
2 9 (56.25%) Firewall
2 9 (56.25%) Kerberos
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (18.75%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 1 (6.25%) JUnit
1 1 (6.25%) Rational DOORS
1 1 (6.25%) Rational Team Concert
General
1 4 (25.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (12.50%) Aviation
3 1 (6.25%) Military
Job Titles
1 10 (62.50%) Architect
2 9 (56.25%) Solutions Architect
3 2 (12.50%) Software Engineer
4 1 (6.25%) Active Directory Architect
4 1 (6.25%) Control Systems Engineer
4 1 (6.25%) Systems Engineer
4 1 (6.25%) Technologist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (62.50%) .NET
2 1 (6.25%) pytest
Miscellaneous
1 10 (62.50%) PKI
2 9 (56.25%) Data Centre
2 9 (56.25%) Replication
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (62.50%) RBAC
2 3 (18.75%) Change Management
2 3 (18.75%) ERP
2 3 (18.75%) Performance Tuning
2 3 (18.75%) Root Cause Analysis
3 2 (12.50%) Agile
3 2 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (12.50%) Software Engineering
4 1 (6.25%) Incident Management
4 1 (6.25%) Migration
4 1 (6.25%) Performance Improvement
4 1 (6.25%) Records Management
4 1 (6.25%) SAP Security
4 1 (6.25%) Software Testing
4 1 (6.25%) Technical Architecture
4 1 (6.25%) Test Scripting
4 1 (6.25%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (6.25%) Assembly Language
1 1 (6.25%) C
1 1 (6.25%) C++
1 1 (6.25%) JavaScript
1 1 (6.25%) Python
Qualifications
1 10 (62.50%) Security Cleared
2 9 (56.25%) SC Cleared
3 1 (6.25%) BPSS Clearance
System Software
1 1 (6.25%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 3 (18.75%) SAP
2 1 (6.25%) CA Agile Central
2 1 (6.25%) Twitter
2 1 (6.25%) Wind River