Aerospace Contract Job Trends in the Midlands

Aerospace
England > Midlands

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Aerospace in contract job vacancies in the Midlands. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Aerospace over the 6 months leading up to 27 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 166 128 93
Rank change year-on-year -38 -35 +22
Contract jobs citing Aerospace 24 25 41
As % of all contract jobs in the Midlands 0.48% 0.93% 1.51%
As % of the General category 0.94% 1.50% 2.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 6 10
10th Percentile £440 £284 £368
25th Percentile £500 £342 £516
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £459 £569
Median % change year-on-year +25.41% -19.42% +8.38%
75th Percentile £625 £612 £623
90th Percentile £685 £705 £632
England median daily rate £581 £550 £488
% change year-on-year +5.64% +12.82% -9.39%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 12 6
10th Percentile £25.32 - £40.08
25th Percentile £41.47 £35.60 £41.66
Median hourly rate £52.50 £50.00 £48.56
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% +2.97% +45.41%
75th Percentile £56.25 - £51.91
90th Percentile £71.65 £53.38 -
England median hourly rate £57.00 £52.50 £50.00
% change year-on-year +8.57% +5.00% -9.09%

All General Skills
Midlands

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 the Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 2,561 1,671 1,563
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 51.73% 61.93% 57.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,436 1,082 963
10th Percentile £306 £220 £221
25th Percentile £405 £358 £358
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £486 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year +7.94% -10.00% -
75th Percentile £581 £550 £600
90th Percentile £675 £638 £705
England median daily rate £525 £500 £536
% change year-on-year +5.00% -6.63% -2.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 307 126 84
10th Percentile £12.94 £15.12 £13.00
25th Percentile £14.50 £18.22 £15.21
Median hourly rate £20.62 £25.04 £23.82
Median % change year-on-year -17.66% +5.11% +5.87%
75th Percentile £33.00 £34.71 £34.20
90th Percentile £53.75 £50.00 £55.00
England median hourly rate £30.00 £25.15 £37.75
% change year-on-year +19.28% -33.38% +34.82%

Aerospace
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Aerospace job vacancy trend in the Midlands

Aerospace
Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Aerospace.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Aerospace

Aerospace
Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Aerospace in the Midlands over the 6 months to 27 September 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Aerospace in the Midlands

Aerospace
Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Aerospace.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Aerospace

Aerospace
Hourly Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Aerospace in the Midlands over the 6 months to 27 September 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Aerospace in the Midlands

Aerospace
Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Aerospace within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 27 September 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
East Midlands -9 17 £538 -17.31% 65
West Midlands -53 6 - - 82
Aerospace
England

Aerospace
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands 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 1 (4.17%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (4.17%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (8.33%) Adobe Illustrator
1 2 (8.33%) Microsoft Project
1 2 (8.33%) Photoshop
2 1 (4.17%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (4.17%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 1 (4.17%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 2 (8.33%) AWS
1 2 (8.33%) Azure
1 2 (8.33%) Entra ID
1 2 (8.33%) Figma
1 2 (8.33%) SaaS
2 1 (4.17%) Azure AKS
2 1 (4.17%) Azure Data Factory
2 1 (4.17%) Azure Databricks
2 1 (4.17%) Azure Monitor
2 1 (4.17%) GCP
2 1 (4.17%) Google Workspace
2 1 (4.17%) IaaS
2 1 (4.17%) PaaS
2 1 (4.17%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 3 (12.50%) Firewall
2 2 (8.33%) Network Security
3 1 (4.17%) DHCP
3 1 (4.17%) DNS
3 1 (4.17%) Reverse Proxy
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.17%) Azure SQL Database
1 1 (4.17%) Data Lake
1 1 (4.17%) PostgreSQL
1 1 (4.17%) SQL Server
General
1 5 (20.83%) Manufacturing
1 5 (20.83%) Social Skills
2 4 (16.67%) Automotive
2 4 (16.67%) Finance
3 2 (8.33%) Agriculture
4 1 (4.17%) Aeronautics
4 1 (4.17%) Aviation
4 1 (4.17%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (4.17%) Law
4 1 (4.17%) Legal
4 1 (4.17%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (4.17%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 8 (33.33%) Senior
2 7 (29.17%) Senior Systems Engineer
2 7 (29.17%) Systems Engineer
3 3 (12.50%) Software Engineer
4 2 (8.33%) Cloud Engineer
4 2 (8.33%) Designer
4 2 (8.33%) Embedded Engineer
4 2 (8.33%) Embedded Software Engineer
4 2 (8.33%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 2 (8.33%) SC Cleared Software Engineer
4 2 (8.33%) UI Designer
5 1 (4.17%) AWS Software Engineer
5 1 (4.17%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
5 1 (4.17%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
5 1 (4.17%) Cloud Software Engineer
5 1 (4.17%) Information Assurance Specialist
5 1 (4.17%) Information Specialist
5 1 (4.17%) Java Engineer
5 1 (4.17%) Kafka Engineer
5 1 (4.17%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.17%) ARM Templates
1 1 (4.17%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 2 (8.33%) Enterprise Cloud
1 2 (8.33%) Enterprise Software
1 2 (8.33%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 1 (4.17%) Cloud Native
2 1 (4.17%) Distributed Systems
2 1 (4.17%) Enterprise Storage
2 1 (4.17%) Operational Technology
2 1 (4.17%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 2 (8.33%) Linux
1 2 (8.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 2 (8.33%) Ubuntu
2 1 (4.17%) CentOS
2 1 (4.17%) Windows
2 1 (4.17%) Windows Server
2 1 (4.17%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
1 4 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
1 4 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
2 3 (12.50%) Agile
2 3 (12.50%) Project Management
2 3 (12.50%) Software Engineering
3 2 (8.33%) Change Control
3 2 (8.33%) Collaborative Working
3 2 (8.33%) Cybersecurity
3 2 (8.33%) DevOps
3 2 (8.33%) Enterprise Architecture
3 2 (8.33%) Identity Access Management
3 2 (8.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 2 (8.33%) Migration
3 2 (8.33%) Project Delivery
3 2 (8.33%) Risk Assessment
3 2 (8.33%) Risk Management
3 2 (8.33%) Technical Analysis
3 2 (8.33%) User Experience
3 2 (8.33%) UX Design
Programming Languages
1 1 (4.17%) Java
1 1 (4.17%) PowerShell
1 1 (4.17%) SQL
Qualifications
1 8 (33.33%) Security Cleared
2 7 (29.17%) SC Cleared
3 4 (16.67%) Degree
4 2 (8.33%) CISM
4 2 (8.33%) CISSP
5 1 (4.17%) AWS Certification
5 1 (4.17%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 1 (4.17%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (4.17%) CEH
5 1 (4.17%) DV Cleared
5 1 (4.17%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
5 1 (4.17%) PMI Certification
5 1 (4.17%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (8.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (4.17%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (4.17%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 1 (4.17%) GRC
2 1 (4.17%) IFRS
2 1 (4.17%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 2 (8.33%) Active Directory
2 1 (4.17%) Docker
2 1 (4.17%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (4.17%) VMware ESXi
2 1 (4.17%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (4.17%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 1 (4.17%) Kubernetes
1 1 (4.17%) RSA Archer
1 1 (4.17%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 3 (12.50%) Microsoft
2 2 (8.33%) Adobe
3 1 (4.17%) CheckPoint
3 1 (4.17%) Cisco
3 1 (4.17%) Databricks
3 1 (4.17%) EMC
3 1 (4.17%) Fortinet
3 1 (4.17%) Google
3 1 (4.17%) NetApp
3 1 (4.17%) OneTrust
3 1 (4.17%) Palo Alto
3 1 (4.17%) SAP
3 1 (4.17%) ServiceNow
3 1 (4.17%) Siemens
3 1 (4.17%) VMware