Aerospace Contracts in Lancashire

Aerospace
North West > Lancashire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Aerospace in contract job vacancies in Lancashire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Aerospace over the 6 months leading up to 19 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 25 17 35
Rank change year-on-year -8 +18 +5
DemandTrendContract jobs citing Aerospace 8 11 7
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Lancashire 4.02% 5.16% 2.63%
As % of the General category 8.00% 10.58% 4.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 2
10th Percentile - - £409
25th Percentile £250 - £412
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £325 - £443
75th Percentile £412 - £472
90th Percentile £433 - £474
North West median daily rate £450 - £475
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 10 5
10th Percentile - £35.36 £42.25
25th Percentile - £35.91 £46.75
Median hourly rate £81.00 £40.33 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year +100.87% -19.35% -
75th Percentile - £43.10 £57.50
90th Percentile - £46.75 £67.63
North West median hourly rate £37.19 £40.33 £48.50
% change year-on-year -7.77% -16.86% +67.24%

All General Skills
Lancashire

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 Lancashire.

DemandTrendContract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 100 104 145
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Lancashire 50.25% 48.83% 54.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 53 32 92
10th Percentile £153 £259 £330
25th Percentile £390 £391 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% -2.33% +2.38%
75th Percentile £588 £633 £636
90th Percentile £630 £773 £700
North West median daily rate £469 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -6.20% - +2.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 43 24
10th Percentile - - £16.70
25th Percentile £26.88 £16.06 £23.15
Median hourly rate £47.12 £19.18 £47.19
Median % change year-on-year +145.67% -59.36% +62.72%
75th Percentile £63.40 £43.10 £58.62
90th Percentile £74.50 - £76.91
North West median hourly rate £28.75 £32.90 £26.60
% change year-on-year -12.60% +23.67% +33.00%

Aerospace
Job Vacancy Trend in Lancashire

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

Job vacancy trend for Aerospace in Lancashire

Aerospace
Daily Rate Trend in Lancashire

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Lancashire citing Aerospace

Aerospace
Daily Rate Histogram in Lancashire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Aerospace in Lancashire over the 6 months to 19 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Aerospace in Lancashire

Aerospace
Hourly Rate Trend in Lancashire

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Lancashire citing Aerospace

Aerospace
DemandTrendContract Job Locations in Lancashire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Aerospace within the Lancashire region over the 6 months to 19 August 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
DemandTrendContract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Preston +4 6 £325 - 2
Aerospace
North West

Aerospace
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Lancashire 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 (25.00%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (25.00%) Siemens NX
1 2 (25.00%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 2 (25.00%) Teamcenter
Development Applications
1 1 (12.50%) JIRA
1 1 (12.50%) JIRA Agile
General
1 5 (62.50%) Manufacturing
2 2 (25.00%) Aeronautics
2 2 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (25.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (12.50%) Avionics
3 1 (12.50%) Military
Job Titles
1 2 (25.00%) Design Engineer
1 2 (25.00%) Development Engineer
1 2 (25.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
1 2 (25.00%) Infrastructure Support
1 2 (25.00%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
1 2 (25.00%) Support Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) Architect
2 1 (12.50%) Automation Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) Industrial Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) Systems Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (25.00%) Analytical Mindset
1 2 (25.00%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (12.50%) Industrial Internet of Things
2 1 (12.50%) SCADA
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (62.50%) Continuous Improvement
2 4 (50.00%) Coaching
2 4 (50.00%) Knowledge Management
3 3 (37.50%) Agile
3 3 (37.50%) Mentoring
3 3 (37.50%) Project Management
3 3 (37.50%) Systems Engineering
4 2 (25.00%) CAD
4 2 (25.00%) High Availability
4 2 (25.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 2 (25.00%) Knowledge Transfer
4 2 (25.00%) Mathematics
4 2 (25.00%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
4 2 (25.00%) Physics
4 2 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (25.00%) Safety Engineering
4 2 (25.00%) SysML
4 2 (25.00%) System Testing
4 2 (25.00%) Use Case
4 2 (25.00%) Visualisation
Qualifications
1 3 (37.50%) Degree
2 1 (12.50%) Master's Degree
2 1 (12.50%) SC Cleared
2 1 (12.50%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (25.00%) SLA
2 1 (12.50%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (12.50%) MOM
1 1 (12.50%) Wonderware InTouch
Vendors
1 3 (37.50%) ServiceNow
2 2 (25.00%) MathWorks
2 2 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (25.00%) Siemens
3 1 (12.50%) AVEVA
3 1 (12.50%) Oracle
3 1 (12.50%) SAP
3 1 (12.50%) Wonderware