Aerospace Contract Job Trends in London

Aerospace
England > London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Aerospace in contract job vacancies in London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Aerospace over the 6 months leading up to 25 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 352 343 378
Rank change year-on-year -9 +35 +123
Contract jobs citing Aerospace 26 15 20
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.18% 0.11% 0.11%
As % of the General category 0.27% 0.17% 0.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 5 16
10th Percentile £461 £369 £356
25th Percentile £519 £465 £522
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £580 £632
Median % change year-on-year +7.76% -8.16% +12.27%
75th Percentile £703 £638 £680
90th Percentile £753 £686 £738
England median daily rate £500 £548 £600
% change year-on-year -8.76% -8.67% +5.37%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 3
10th Percentile - £39.00 -
25th Percentile - £39.01 £81.25
Median hourly rate - £39.02 £82.50
Median % change year-on-year - -52.70% -
75th Percentile - £39.03 £83.75
90th Percentile - £39.04 -
England median hourly rate £57.35 £60.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year -4.42% +9.09% -15.38%

All General Skills
London

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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 9,466 9,031 11,816
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 64.90% 64.92% 63.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,185 5,714 8,450
10th Percentile £343 £325 £336
25th Percentile £425 £450 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -6.52% - -4.17%
75th Percentile £671 £700 £695
90th Percentile £775 £825 £800
England median daily rate £500 £528 £550
% change year-on-year -5.21% -4.09% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 164 112 228
10th Percentile £17.50 £20.08 £16.02
25th Percentile £20.82 £24.94 £18.79
Median hourly rate £27.50 £35.00 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year -21.43% +27.27% +1.85%
75th Percentile £47.50 £51.50 £51.00
90th Percentile £72.50 £78.40 £73.68
England median hourly rate £23.00 £29.12 £26.66
% change year-on-year -21.00% +9.21% +3.70%

Aerospace
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Aerospace job vacancy trend in London

Aerospace
Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Aerospace

Aerospace
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Aerospace in London over the 6 months to 25 January 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Aerospace in London

Aerospace
Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Aerospace

Aerospace
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (3.85%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (11.54%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (11.54%) SAP HCM
1 3 (11.54%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (7.69%) SAP PS
3 1 (3.85%) Teamcenter
Communications & Networking
1 2 (7.69%) SD-WAN
1 2 (7.69%) SNMP
1 2 (7.69%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.85%) Metadata
General
1 8 (30.77%) Social Skills
2 5 (19.23%) Manufacturing
3 4 (15.38%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (15.38%) Electronics
4 3 (11.54%) Legal
4 3 (11.54%) Telecoms
5 2 (7.69%) Documentation Skills
5 2 (7.69%) Public Sector
6 1 (3.85%) Finance
6 1 (3.85%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (19.23%) Senior
2 4 (15.38%) Product Engineer
3 3 (11.54%) Analyst
3 3 (11.54%) Consultant
3 3 (11.54%) Digital Content Manager
3 3 (11.54%) Lead
3 3 (11.54%) Quality Engineer
3 3 (11.54%) SAP Consultant
3 3 (11.54%) SAP HCM Consultant
3 3 (11.54%) Senior Manager
4 2 (7.69%) Integration Engineer
4 2 (7.69%) Network Engineer
4 2 (7.69%) Network Integration Engineer
4 2 (7.69%) QA Leader
4 2 (7.69%) Systems Analyst
4 2 (7.69%) Test Leader
5 1 (3.85%) Artificial Intelligence Specialist
5 1 (3.85%) Data Scientist
5 1 (3.85%) Product Assurance Engineer
5 1 (3.85%) SAP S/4HANA Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (11.54%) XML
2 1 (3.85%) Hugging Face
2 1 (3.85%) PyTorch
2 1 (3.85%) SpaCy
2 1 (3.85%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 2 (7.69%) Greenfield Project
2 1 (3.85%) FPGA
2 1 (3.85%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (26.92%) Validation
2 6 (23.08%) Problem-Solving
3 5 (19.23%) Continuous Improvement
3 5 (19.23%) Risk Management
3 5 (19.23%) Stakeholder Management
4 4 (15.38%) Agile
4 4 (15.38%) AI
4 4 (15.38%) Machine Learning
4 4 (15.38%) Requirements Gathering
5 3 (11.54%) Backlog Management
5 3 (11.54%) Business Analysis
5 3 (11.54%) Cost Management
5 3 (11.54%) Decision-Making
5 3 (11.54%) Performance Metrics
5 3 (11.54%) Requirements Analysis
5 3 (11.54%) Resource Allocation
5 3 (11.54%) Root Cause Analysis
5 3 (11.54%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 3 (11.54%) Use Case
5 3 (11.54%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.85%) Python
Qualifications
1 12 (46.15%) Security Cleared
2 11 (42.31%) SC Cleared
3 9 (34.62%) Degree
4 5 (19.23%) DV Cleared
5 3 (11.54%) PMI Certification
5 3 (11.54%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (23.08%) ECSS
1 6 (23.08%) ISO 9001
2 5 (19.23%) QA
3 2 (7.69%) EU AI Act
3 2 (7.69%) ISO/IEC 42001
4 1 (3.85%) Accessibility
4 1 (3.85%) Def Stans
4 1 (3.85%) DO-160
4 1 (3.85%) NIST
Vendors
1 4 (15.38%) SAP
2 3 (11.54%) HubSpot
3 1 (3.85%) Ariba
3 1 (3.85%) EMC
3 1 (3.85%) Keysight
3 1 (3.85%) Siemens