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 2 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 418 355 383
Rank change year-on-year -63 +28 +63
Contract jobs citing Aerospace 25 29 12
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.12% 0.21% 0.074%
As % of the General category 0.20% 0.31% 0.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 24 11
10th Percentile £502 £493 £305
25th Percentile £613 £553 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £669 £609 £400
Median % change year-on-year +9.86% +52.19% -27.31%
75th Percentile £700 £648 £632
90th Percentile £720 £669 £760
England median daily rate £591 £564 £611
% change year-on-year +4.75% -7.66% +16.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £24.38 - -
Median hourly rate £24.75 - -
75th Percentile £25.13 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £59.00 £50.49 £50.00
% change year-on-year +16.87% +0.97% -16.67%

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 12,234 9,382 10,179
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 60.65% 68.36% 62.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,800 6,254 7,203
10th Percentile £350 £325 £338
25th Percentile £450 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £700
90th Percentile £788 £800 £825
England median daily rate £525 £513 £538
% change year-on-year +2.44% -4.65% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 241 183 142
10th Percentile £18.50 £15.84 £17.28
25th Percentile £21.93 £23.98 £24.18
Median hourly rate £28.55 £30.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -4.83% -14.29% +0.55%
75th Percentile £43.75 £50.50 £51.75
90th Percentile £65.00 £63.65 £69.35
England median hourly rate £33.50 £25.15 £38.12
% change year-on-year +33.20% -34.02% +32.59%

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 2 August 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
Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Aerospace within the London region over the 6 months to 2 August 2026. 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
Central London -11 3 £675 +17.39% 6
South London - 1 £413 - 1
Aerospace
England

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 2 (8.00%) ThingWorx
2 1 (4.00%) Red Hat Fuse
Applications
1 2 (8.00%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 2 (8.00%) DELMIA
1 2 (8.00%) ENOVIA
1 2 (8.00%) Teamcenter
2 1 (4.00%) SAP QM
2 1 (4.00%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 5 (20.00%) AWS
1 5 (20.00%) Azure
1 5 (20.00%) GCP
2 4 (16.00%) GitHub
3 3 (12.00%) Cloud Computing
4 1 (4.00%) Amazon EKS
4 1 (4.00%) OpenShift
4 1 (4.00%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.00%) 3GPP
1 1 (4.00%) Software-Defined Radio
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (20.00%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 6 (24.00%) Git
General
1 11 (44.00%) Manufacturing
2 10 (40.00%) Finance
3 8 (32.00%) Telecoms
4 6 (24.00%) Automotive
5 5 (20.00%) Public Sector
5 5 (20.00%) Social Skills
6 2 (8.00%) Military
7 1 (4.00%) Analytical Skills
7 1 (4.00%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (4.00%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 5 (20.00%) Architect
2 4 (16.00%) Data Scientist
2 4 (16.00%) Senior
3 3 (12.00%) Data Engineer
3 3 (12.00%) Delivery Manager
3 3 (12.00%) Digital Delivery Manager
3 3 (12.00%) Solutions Architect
4 2 (8.00%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
4 2 (8.00%) Consultant
4 2 (8.00%) Senior Data Engineer
4 2 (8.00%) Senior Data Scientist
5 1 (4.00%) DevOps Engineer
5 1 (4.00%) FPGA Design Architect
5 1 (4.00%) Mac Engineer
5 1 (4.00%) Mac Specialist
5 1 (4.00%) Platform Engineer
5 1 (4.00%) Programme Planning Manager
5 1 (4.00%) Project Manager
5 1 (4.00%) Senior Delivery Manager
5 1 (4.00%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (20.00%) AngularJS
1 5 (20.00%) React
1 5 (20.00%) Redux
1 5 (20.00%) Vue
2 4 (16.00%) Backbone.js
3 1 (4.00%) A2A Protocol
3 1 (4.00%) LangChain
3 1 (4.00%) LangGraph
3 1 (4.00%) Model Context Protocol
3 1 (4.00%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 5 (20.00%) Algorithms
1 5 (20.00%) Data Structures
2 4 (16.00%) Onboarding
3 1 (4.00%) AI Agents
3 1 (4.00%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (4.00%) FPGA
3 1 (4.00%) Robotics
3 1 (4.00%) TM Forum
3 1 (4.00%) Verilog
3 1 (4.00%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 3 (12.00%) Mac OS
2 2 (8.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (32.00%) Agile
2 5 (20.00%) AI
2 5 (20.00%) Data Analysis
2 5 (20.00%) Machine Learning
3 4 (16.00%) Cybersecurity
3 4 (16.00%) Data Science
3 4 (16.00%) Digital Engineering
3 4 (16.00%) Fraud Detection
3 4 (16.00%) MapReduce
3 4 (16.00%) PLM
3 4 (16.00%) Predictive Maintenance
3 4 (16.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 4 (16.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 3 (12.00%) CI/CD
4 3 (12.00%) ERP
4 3 (12.00%) Infrastructure as Code
4 3 (12.00%) Project Delivery
4 3 (12.00%) Roadmaps
4 3 (12.00%) Software Engineering
4 3 (12.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 6 (24.00%) Python
2 5 (20.00%) JavaScript
2 5 (20.00%) SQL
3 4 (16.00%) Java
Qualifications
1 17 (68.00%) Security Cleared
2 12 (48.00%) SC Cleared
3 4 (16.00%) DV Cleared
4 3 (12.00%) Degree
5 1 (4.00%) DBS Check
5 1 (4.00%) Master's Degree
5 1 (4.00%) MBA
5 1 (4.00%) PMI Certification
5 1 (4.00%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (12.00%) NCSC
2 1 (4.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (4.00%) NIST
2 1 (4.00%) QA
2 1 (4.00%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (8.00%) Docker
2 1 (4.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (12.00%) Jamf Pro
1 3 (12.00%) Terraform
2 1 (4.00%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 4 (16.00%) Siemens
2 3 (12.00%) Apple
2 3 (12.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (12.00%) PTC
3 1 (4.00%) SAP
3 1 (4.00%) VMware