Aerospace Contracts in Manchester

Aerospace
North West > Manchester

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Aerospace in contract job vacancies in Manchester. 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 74 95 115
Rank change year-on-year +21 +20 +24
Contract jobs citing Aerospace 5 1 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Manchester 0.54% 0.066% 0.16%
As % of the General category 0.95% 0.14% 0.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £373
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £415
Median % change year-on-year - - -12.63%
75th Percentile - - £458
90th Percentile - - -
North West median daily rate £583 - £500
% change year-on-year - - -11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 2
10th Percentile £24.00 - -
25th Percentile £37.50 - -
Median hourly rate £60.00 £48.00 £37.30
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% +28.69% +28.62%
75th Percentile £67.50 - -
90th Percentile £72.00 - -
North West median hourly rate £54.88 £48.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year +14.33% +20.00% +8.66%

All General Skills
Manchester

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 Manchester.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 524 731 928
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester 56.59% 48.19% 49.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 339 477 647
10th Percentile £250 £313 £304
25th Percentile £375 £388 £404
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £470 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -6.00% - +2.83%
75th Percentile £558 £588 £588
90th Percentile £676 £675 £659
North West median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 40 62 39
10th Percentile - £12.27 £14.52
25th Percentile £13.00 £13.31 £19.63
Median hourly rate £19.77 £21.73 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -9.02% -13.10% +38.89%
75th Percentile £40.31 £31.50 £37.30
90th Percentile £72.75 £59.75 £45.05
North West median hourly rate £28.75 £17.72 £26.00
% change year-on-year +62.25% -31.85% +30.00%

Aerospace
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Job vacancy trend for Aerospace in Manchester

Aerospace
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

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

Daily rate trend for Aerospace in Manchester

Aerospace
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Manchester

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

Hourly rate trend for Aerospace in Manchester

Aerospace
Hourly Rate Histogram in Manchester

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Aerospace in Manchester over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Aerospace in Manchester

Aerospace
Contract Job Locations in Manchester

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Aerospace within the Manchester region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
Bolton - 4 - - 7
Aerospace
North West

Aerospace
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester 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 1 (20.00%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (20.00%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Primavera
1 1 (20.00%) SAP PS
Development Applications
1 1 (20.00%) JIRA
General
1 2 (40.00%) Manufacturing
2 1 (20.00%) Finance
2 1 (20.00%) Pharmaceutical
2 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (20.00%) Administrator
1 1 (20.00%) IT Manager
1 1 (20.00%) IT Project Manager
1 1 (20.00%) Programmer
1 1 (20.00%) Project Controller
1 1 (20.00%) Project Manager
1 1 (20.00%) Project Planner
1 1 (20.00%) Technical Administrator
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) Project Management
2 1 (20.00%) Agile
2 1 (20.00%) Artificial Intelligence
2 1 (20.00%) Asset Management
2 1 (20.00%) Budget Management
2 1 (20.00%) Business Performance Management
2 1 (20.00%) CAD
2 1 (20.00%) Coaching
2 1 (20.00%) Critical Path Analysis
2 1 (20.00%) Earned Value Management
2 1 (20.00%) Generative AI
2 1 (20.00%) Kanban
2 1 (20.00%) LLM
2 1 (20.00%) Machine Learning
2 1 (20.00%) Manufacturing Engineering
2 1 (20.00%) Microservices
2 1 (20.00%) Performance Management
2 1 (20.00%) Performance Measurement
2 1 (20.00%) Project Planning
2 1 (20.00%) Scrum
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (20.00%) Degree
2 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) SAP