Aviation Contract Job Trends in London

Aviation
England > London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Aviation in contract job vacancies in London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Aviation over the 6 months leading up to 24 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 364 354 357
Rank change year-on-year -10 +3 +164
Contract jobs citing Aviation 20 19 42
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.14% 0.13% 0.23%
As % of the General category 0.21% 0.20% 0.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 15 30
10th Percentile £357 - £215
25th Percentile £372 £240 £356
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £300 £488
Median % change year-on-year +66.67% -38.46% -18.75%
75th Percentile £588 £550 £663
90th Percentile £745 £619 £726
England median daily rate £475 £450 £525
% change year-on-year +5.56% -14.29% -8.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £39.00 -
England median hourly rate £25.15 £37.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year -32.03% -1.33% -23.08%

All General Skills
London

Aviation 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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 9,583 9,669 11,918
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 66.54% 64.45% 64.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,240 6,168 8,557
10th Percentile £343 £325 £345
25th Percentile £425 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -6.52% - -4.17%
75th Percentile £673 £700 £700
90th Percentile £785 £825 £800
England median daily rate £500 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -6.98% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 184 118 162
10th Percentile £17.50 £17.25 £18.51
25th Percentile £20.82 £23.80 £21.50
Median hourly rate £26.30 £35.00 £34.62
Median % change year-on-year -24.86% +1.11% +2.35%
75th Percentile £44.75 £53.75 £58.75
90th Percentile £66.13 £76.02 £76.13
England median hourly rate £23.50 £30.00 £34.50
% change year-on-year -21.67% -13.04% +34.19%

Aviation
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Aviation job vacancy trend in London

Aviation
Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Aviation

Aviation
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Aviation in London over the 6 months to 24 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Aviation in London

Aviation
Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Aviation

Aviation
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 Aviation within the London region over the 6 months to 24 December 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
West London -13 9 £375 +56.25% 8
Central London -3 3 £500 - 9
Aviation
England

Aviation
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:

Business Applications
1 1 (5.00%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 1 (5.00%) Amazon Kinesis
1 1 (5.00%) Amazon MSK
1 1 (5.00%) Amazon S3
1 1 (5.00%) AWS
1 1 (5.00%) AWS CloudFormation
1 1 (5.00%) AWS Lambda
1 1 (5.00%) AWS Step Functions
1 1 (5.00%) SaaS
1 1 (5.00%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 2 (10.00%) Structured Cabling
2 1 (5.00%) MPLS
2 1 (5.00%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (15.00%) Data Vault
1 3 (15.00%) Metadata
1 3 (15.00%) Snowflake Schema
General
1 11 (55.00%) Social Skills
2 5 (25.00%) Finance
3 3 (15.00%) Documentation Skills
4 2 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (5.00%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (5.00%) Public Sector
5 1 (5.00%) Retail
5 1 (5.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 6 (30.00%) Senior
2 3 (15.00%) Data Modeller
2 3 (15.00%) Lead
2 3 (15.00%) Scrum Master
2 3 (15.00%) Senior Manager
3 2 (10.00%) Programme Manager
3 2 (10.00%) Project Manager
3 2 (10.00%) Senior Project Manager
4 1 (5.00%) Architect
4 1 (5.00%) Civil Engineer
4 1 (5.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 1 (5.00%) Infrastructure Manager
4 1 (5.00%) Infrastructure Programme Manager
4 1 (5.00%) IT Manager
4 1 (5.00%) Network Administrator
4 1 (5.00%) Product Manager
4 1 (5.00%) Project Engineer
4 1 (5.00%) Senior Product Manager
4 1 (5.00%) Solutions Architect
4 1 (5.00%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.00%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 4 (20.00%) Cloud Native
2 2 (10.00%) Product Ownership
3 1 (5.00%) Algorithms
3 1 (5.00%) CCTV
3 1 (5.00%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (5.00%) Fibre Optics
3 1 (5.00%) Greenfield Project
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (35.00%) Agile
1 7 (35.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 6 (30.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 6 (30.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 4 (20.00%) Data Modelling
3 4 (20.00%) Data Transformation
3 4 (20.00%) Regulatory Compliance
4 3 (15.00%) AI
4 3 (15.00%) Analytics
4 3 (15.00%) Data Architecture
4 3 (15.00%) Dimensional Modelling
4 3 (15.00%) Logical Data Model
4 3 (15.00%) Model Validation
4 3 (15.00%) Physical Data Model
4 3 (15.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
4 3 (15.00%) Scrum
5 2 (10.00%) Community of Practice
5 2 (10.00%) Machine Learning
5 2 (10.00%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (10.00%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.00%) Python
1 1 (5.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (15.00%) Degree
1 3 (15.00%) PMI Certification
2 2 (10.00%) PMP
3 1 (5.00%) Chartered Engineer
3 1 (5.00%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (5.00%) MAPM
3 1 (5.00%) Master's Degree
3 1 (5.00%) PgMP
3 1 (5.00%) PhD
3 1 (5.00%) RIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (15.00%) Solvency II
2 2 (10.00%) QA
System Software
1 1 (5.00%) IAG
Systems Management
1 1 (5.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 1 (5.00%) SAP