Aerospace Contracts in Hertfordshire

Aerospace
East of England > Hertfordshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Aerospace in contract job vacancies in Hertfordshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Aerospace over the 6 months leading up to 2 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 36 3 40
Rank change year-on-year -33 +37 -8
Contract jobs citing Aerospace 10 121 35
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 3.13% 14.42% 4.38%
As % of the General category 5.15% 23.22% 7.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 6
10th Percentile - - £636
25th Percentile - - £672
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £674
Median % change year-on-year - - +34.80%
75th Percentile - - £676
90th Percentile - - -
East of England median daily rate - £488 £672
% change year-on-year - -27.46% +28.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 85 24
10th Percentile £41.25 £40.00 £45.90
25th Percentile £46.25 - £60.94
Median hourly rate £55.00 £50.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -23.08% +16.07%
75th Percentile £73.75 - £70.00
90th Percentile £76.79 £60.00 £86.00
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
Hertfordshire

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 Hertfordshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 194 521 450
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 60.82% 62.10% 56.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 98 145 224
10th Percentile £348 £200 £218
25th Percentile £431 £331 £386
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £413 £523
Median % change year-on-year +33.33% -21.05% +16.11%
75th Percentile £625 £575 £675
90th Percentile £675 £700 £810
East of England median daily rate £500 £475 £479
% change year-on-year +5.26% -0.78% +6.39%
Number of hourly rates quoted 45 242 96
10th Percentile £17.45 - £40.74
25th Percentile £36.48 £38.12 £53.42
Median hourly rate £62.50 £45.78 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year +36.53% -23.70% +22.45%
75th Percentile £73.75 £60.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £81.01 £65.00 £70.00
East of England median hourly rate £31.21 £38.12 £21.00
% change year-on-year -18.13% +81.52% +44.83%

Aerospace
Job Vacancy Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Aerospace in Hertfordshire

Aerospace
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Daily rate trend for Aerospace in Hertfordshire

Aerospace
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Aerospace in Hertfordshire

Aerospace
Hourly Rate Histogram in Hertfordshire

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Aerospace in Hertfordshire over the 6 months to 2 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Aerospace in Hertfordshire

Aerospace
Contract Job Locations in Hertfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Aerospace within the Hertfordshire region over the 6 months to 2 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
Stevenage -18 8 - - 25
Letchworth - 2 - -
Aerospace
East of England

Aerospace
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Hertfordshire 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:

Applications
1 2 (20.00%) OrCAD
1 2 (20.00%) Windchill
Communications & Networking
1 2 (20.00%) SpaceWire
2 1 (10.00%) DNS
2 1 (10.00%) Firewall
2 1 (10.00%) FTP
2 1 (10.00%) HTTP
2 1 (10.00%) Network Security
2 1 (10.00%) SMTP
2 1 (10.00%) SSL
General
1 6 (60.00%) Social Skills
2 4 (40.00%) Aviation
3 2 (20.00%) Electronics
4 1 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (10.00%) Avionics
4 1 (10.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 3 (30.00%) Electrical Engineer
1 3 (30.00%) Systems Engineer
2 2 (20.00%) Architect
2 2 (20.00%) Configuration Engineer
2 2 (20.00%) Hardware Engineer
2 2 (20.00%) Infrastructure Architect
2 2 (20.00%) Network Architect
2 2 (20.00%) Network Infrastructure Architect
2 2 (20.00%) Senior
2 2 (20.00%) Senior Configuration Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) Infrastructure Solutions Architect
3 1 (10.00%) Operations Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) Security Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) Security Operations Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (10.00%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 2 (20.00%) Analogue Electronics
2 1 (10.00%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (10.00%) Cyberattack
2 1 (10.00%) YARA
Operating Systems
1 3 (30.00%) Windows
2 2 (20.00%) Linux
2 2 (20.00%) Unix
3 1 (10.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (40.00%) Functional Testing
2 2 (20.00%) Configuration Management
2 2 (20.00%) Customer Requirements
2 2 (20.00%) Data Acquisition
2 2 (20.00%) PLM
2 2 (20.00%) Schematic Capture
2 2 (20.00%) System Testing
2 2 (20.00%) TestOps
3 1 (10.00%) Business Transformation
3 1 (10.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (10.00%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (10.00%) Information Security
3 1 (10.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 1 (10.00%) Network Packet Capture
3 1 (10.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (10.00%) Threat Detection
3 1 (10.00%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 3 (30.00%) C
1 3 (30.00%) Java
2 2 (20.00%) Bash
2 2 (20.00%) Python
2 2 (20.00%) Tcl
2 2 (20.00%) VBA
Qualifications
1 6 (60.00%) SC Cleared
1 6 (60.00%) Security Cleared
2 4 (40.00%) Degree
3 2 (20.00%) DV Cleared
4 1 (10.00%) CCNP
4 1 (10.00%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (10.00%) CISSP
4 1 (10.00%) MCSA
4 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (20.00%) DO-160
1 2 (20.00%) DO-254
2 1 (10.00%) QA
Vendors
1 4 (40.00%) Twitter
2 2 (20.00%) EMC
3 1 (10.00%) Cisco
3 1 (10.00%) VMware