Aerospace Contract Job Trends in Merton

Aerospace
South London > Merton

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Aerospace in contract job vacancies in Merton. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Aerospace over the 6 months leading up to 14 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 9 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Aerospace 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Merton 2.94% - -
As % of the General category 7.14% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £406 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 - -
75th Percentile £419 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South London median daily rate £413 - -

All General Skills
Merton

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 Merton.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 14 13 15
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Merton 41.18% 56.52% 62.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 12 14
10th Percentile £408 £213 £284
25th Percentile £413 £227 £403
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £425 £450
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% -5.56% +18.03%
75th Percentile £550 £525 £501
90th Percentile £580 £536 £552
South London median daily rate £525 £500 £464
% change year-on-year +5.00% +7.82% -15.68%

Aerospace
Job Vacancy Trend in Merton

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

Aerospace job vacancy trend in Merton

Aerospace
Contract Job Locations in Merton

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Aerospace within the Merton region over the 6 months to 14 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
New Malden - 1 £413 - 1
Aerospace
South London

Aerospace
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Merton 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:

Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Containerisation
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) Docker
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) VMware