Aerospace Contract Job Trends 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 20 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 22 17 39
Rank change year-on-year -5 +22 -22
Contract jobs citing Aerospace 29 48 36
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 6.47% 7.80% 4.63%
As % of the General category 11.24% 13.64% 9.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 4
10th Percentile - - £188
25th Percentile £650 £258 £356
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £700 £265 £563
Median % change year-on-year +164.15% -52.89% -4.01%
75th Percentile £750 £273 £647
90th Percentile - - £664
East of England median daily rate £700 £365 £550
% change year-on-year +91.78% -33.64% -6.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 36 18
10th Percentile £22.63 - £38.67
25th Percentile £41.25 - £57.19
Median hourly rate £43.00 £50.00 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year -14.00% -20.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £67.00 £52.50 £68.75
90th Percentile - £60.00 £78.75
East of England median hourly rate £52.25 £50.00 £60.00
% change year-on-year +4.50% -16.67% -

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 258 352 399
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 57.59% 57.24% 51.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 97 85 210
10th Percentile £195 £183 £224
25th Percentile £400 £300 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £375 £524
Median % change year-on-year +40.00% -28.40% +4.75%
75th Percentile £600 £550 £675
90th Percentile £715 £600 £775
East of England median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 94 139 90
10th Percentile £16.66 £15.52 £21.18
25th Percentile £22.63 £43.00 £42.25
Median hourly rate £43.00 £50.00 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -14.00% -16.67% +7.14%
75th Percentile £65.00 £60.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £67.00 £65.00 £73.88
East of England median hourly rate £25.15 £38.12 £17.72
% change year-on-year -34.02% +115.12% -10.55%

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
Daily Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Hertfordshire citing Aerospace

Aerospace
Hourly Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Hertfordshire citing Aerospace

Aerospace
Hourly Rate Histogram in Hertfordshire

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Aerospace in Hertfordshire over the 6 months to 20 September 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 20 September 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 -6 26 £700 +164.15% 21
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 5 (17.24%) FrameMaker
2 3 (10.34%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (3.45%) Simulink
Cloud Services
1 1 (3.45%) npm
Communications & Networking
1 4 (13.79%) SpaceWire
2 3 (10.34%) RS-232
3 2 (6.90%) DNS
3 2 (6.90%) FTP
3 2 (6.90%) HTTP
3 2 (6.90%) Network Security
3 2 (6.90%) SMTP
3 2 (6.90%) SSL
Development Applications
1 6 (20.69%) Git
2 1 (3.45%) Artifactory
2 1 (3.45%) GitLab
2 1 (3.45%) JIRA
2 1 (3.45%) Visual Studio
General
1 8 (27.59%) Aviation
2 7 (24.14%) Manufacturing
3 6 (20.69%) Publishing
4 5 (17.24%) Automotive
4 5 (17.24%) Social Skills
5 3 (10.34%) Documentation Skills
5 3 (10.34%) Electronics
5 3 (10.34%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (3.45%) Legal
Job Titles
1 6 (20.69%) Author
1 6 (20.69%) C++ Software Engineer
1 6 (20.69%) Software Engineer
1 6 (20.69%) Technical Author
2 4 (13.79%) Administrator
3 3 (10.34%) Radio Engineer
3 3 (10.34%) RF Engineer
3 3 (10.34%) SAP Administrator
3 3 (10.34%) SAP Support
4 2 (6.90%) Analyst
4 2 (6.90%) Electrical Engineer
4 2 (6.90%) SOC Analyst
4 2 (6.90%) Systems Engineer
5 1 (3.45%) Developer
5 1 (3.45%) Full-Stack Developer
5 1 (3.45%) IAM Project Manager
5 1 (3.45%) Lead
5 1 (3.45%) Senior
5 1 (3.45%) Senior Analyst
5 1 (3.45%) Technical Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (20.69%) SGML
1 6 (20.69%) XML
2 2 (6.90%) LDAP
3 1 (3.45%) .NET
3 1 (3.45%) .NET Framework
3 1 (3.45%) AngularJS
3 1 (3.45%) CSS
3 1 (3.45%) HTML
3 1 (3.45%) Node.js
3 1 (3.45%) React
3 1 (3.45%) Svelte
3 1 (3.45%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 6 (20.69%) FPGA
1 6 (20.69%) PCIe
1 6 (20.69%) State Machine
2 3 (10.34%) CAN bus
2 3 (10.34%) Raspberry Pi
3 2 (6.90%) Algorithms
3 2 (6.90%) Cyberattack
4 1 (3.45%) Data Structures
4 1 (3.45%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 14 (48.28%) Linux
2 9 (31.03%) Windows
3 1 (3.45%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (34.48%) Validation
2 9 (31.03%) Performance Analysis
2 9 (31.03%) Software Engineering
3 7 (24.14%) CI/CD
3 7 (24.14%) Data Acquisition
4 6 (20.69%) Concurrent Programming
4 6 (20.69%) Data Pipeline
4 6 (20.69%) Desktop Publishing
4 6 (20.69%) Hardware-in-the-Loop
4 6 (20.69%) Memory Management
4 6 (20.69%) Multithreading
4 6 (20.69%) Performance Optimisation
4 6 (20.69%) Test Automation
4 6 (20.69%) Unit Testing
5 4 (13.79%) Computer Science
6 3 (10.34%) Change Management
6 3 (10.34%) Cybersecurity
7 2 (6.90%) Agile
7 2 (6.90%) Continuous Improvement
7 2 (6.90%) Information Security
Programming Languages
1 10 (34.48%) C++
2 7 (24.14%) C#
3 2 (6.90%) C
3 2 (6.90%) Java
3 2 (6.90%) Python
4 1 (3.45%) Bash
4 1 (3.45%) JavaScript
4 1 (3.45%) MATLAB
4 1 (3.45%) PowerShell
4 1 (3.45%) Tcl
4 1 (3.45%) TypeScript
4 1 (3.45%) VBA
Qualifications
1 10 (34.48%) Security Cleared
2 8 (27.59%) Degree
3 7 (24.14%) SC Cleared
4 6 (20.69%) HNC
4 6 (20.69%) HND
5 4 (13.79%) BPSS Clearance
6 3 (10.34%) DBS Check
System Software
1 1 (3.45%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (3.45%) Kubernetes
1 1 (3.45%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 8 (27.59%) Twitter
2 3 (10.34%) Microsoft
2 3 (10.34%) SAP