Aerospace Contracts in Luton

Aerospace
Bedfordshire > Luton

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Aerospace in contract job vacancies in Luton. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Aerospace over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 22 19 25
Rank change year-on-year -3 +6 +3
Contract jobs citing Aerospace 5 10 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Luton 5.10% 6.58% 1.79%
As % of the General category 5.56% 7.63% 2.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £488 -
Bedfordshire median daily rate - £488 -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 9 2
Median hourly rate £60.00 £21.50 £90.00
Median % change year-on-year +179.07% -76.11% +56.52%
Bedfordshire median hourly rate £60.00 £21.50 £90.00
% change year-on-year +179.07% -76.11% +56.52%

All General Skills
Luton

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 Luton.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 90 131 80
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Luton 91.84% 86.18% 71.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 54 82 57
10th Percentile - £351 £293
25th Percentile £500 £463 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £580 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year +10.48% +5.00% -1.96%
75th Percentile £697 £596 £600
90th Percentile £700 £745 £636
Bedfordshire median daily rate £580 £525 £500
% change year-on-year +10.48% +5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 20 3
10th Percentile £20.26 - £59.00
25th Percentile £60.38 £15.39 £70.63
Median hourly rate £70.00 £16.90 £90.00
Median % change year-on-year +314.32% -81.23% +56.52%
75th Percentile £85.25 £21.75 -
90th Percentile £88.00 £23.95 -
Bedfordshire median hourly rate £60.00 £21.50 £90.00
% change year-on-year +179.07% -76.11% +56.52%

Aerospace
Job Vacancy Trend in Luton

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

Job vacancy trend for Aerospace in Luton

Aerospace
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Luton

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Aerospace in Luton.

Daily rate trend for Aerospace in Luton

Aerospace
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Luton

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Aerospace in Luton.

Hourly rate trend for Aerospace in Luton

Aerospace
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Luton 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (40.00%) Confluence
1 2 (40.00%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 3 (60.00%) Teamcenter
2 1 (20.00%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 1 (20.00%) Azure
1 1 (20.00%) Azure DevOps
Development Applications
1 1 (20.00%) MagicDraw
1 1 (20.00%) Rational DOORS
1 1 (20.00%) Rational Rhapsody
1 1 (20.00%) Visual Studio
General
1 2 (40.00%) Presentation Skills
1 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Principal Engineer
1 3 (60.00%) Systems Engineer
2 2 (40.00%) Principal Systems Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) Configuration Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) Lead
3 1 (20.00%) Principal Software Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Management Information System
1 2 (40.00%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (20.00%) Linux
1 1 (20.00%) VxWorks
1 1 (20.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Data Management
1 3 (60.00%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
1 3 (60.00%) SysML
2 2 (40.00%) Architecture Roadmap
2 2 (40.00%) Cryptography
2 2 (40.00%) PDM
2 2 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (40.00%) Risk Management
2 2 (40.00%) Roadmaps
2 2 (40.00%) Systems Engineering
3 1 (20.00%) Change Control
3 1 (20.00%) Change Management
3 1 (20.00%) Coaching
3 1 (20.00%) Configuration Management
3 1 (20.00%) DevOps
3 1 (20.00%) Mentoring
3 1 (20.00%) PLM
3 1 (20.00%) Process Improvement
3 1 (20.00%) Requirements Gathering
3 1 (20.00%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 2 (40.00%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (40.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) Def Stans
Systems Management
1 1 (20.00%) PTC Integrity
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) IBM
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (20.00%) PTC
1 1 (20.00%) SAP
1 1 (20.00%) Sparx
1 1 (20.00%) Wind River