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 21 February 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 150 103 117
Rank change year-on-year -47 +14 +11
Contract jobs citing Aerospace 27 21 20
As % of all contract jobs in the Midlands 0.73% 1.02% 0.73%
As % of the General category 1.30% 1.63% 1.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 11
10th Percentile £499 - £258
25th Percentile £546 £319 £356
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £338 £376
Median % change year-on-year +92.59% -10.24% -20.00%
75th Percentile £668 £356 £624
90th Percentile £672 - £673
England median daily rate £500 £548 £632
% change year-on-year -8.76% -13.22% +14.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 4 6
10th Percentile £26.62 - -
25th Percentile £27.21 £31.76 £16.25
Median hourly rate £30.00 £35.72 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -16.01% +104.11% -54.55%
75th Percentile £59.99 £42.26 £18.75
90th Percentile £71.53 £46.90 £30.63
England median hourly rate £58.00 £58.75 £50.20
% change year-on-year -1.28% +17.04% -19.69%

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 2,074 1,291 1,504
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 56.25% 62.61% 55.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,303 828 1,030
10th Percentile £238 £200 £200
25th Percentile £391 £350 £342
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £475
75th Percentile £575 £580 £588
90th Percentile £650 £688 £675
England median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 117 50 143
10th Percentile £13.51 £14.00 £11.17
25th Percentile £16.00 £15.19 £14.00
Median hourly rate £21.25 £21.59 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year -1.57% +21.84% +4.43%
75th Percentile £25.50 £30.68 £38.71
90th Percentile £31.79 £50.25 £58.00
England median hourly rate £23.00 £30.78 £26.00
% change year-on-year -25.28% +18.38% -12.61%

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 21 February 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 21 February 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 21 February 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 -15 18 £650 - 9
West Midlands -56 9 - - 27
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 4 (14.81%) CMS
1 4 (14.81%) SharePoint
2 3 (11.11%) Confluence
3 1 (3.70%) Alfresco
3 1 (3.70%) Documentum
3 1 (3.70%) Jupyter
3 1 (3.70%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 1 (3.70%) FrameMaker
1 1 (3.70%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (3.70%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 1 (3.70%) SAP HCM
1 1 (3.70%) SAP Payroll
1 1 (3.70%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 6 (22.22%) Azure
2 4 (14.81%) Google Workspace
2 4 (14.81%) Power Platform
3 1 (3.70%) AWS
3 1 (3.70%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (3.70%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.70%) Firewall
1 1 (3.70%) LAN
1 1 (3.70%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (14.81%) Power BI
2 1 (3.70%) Metadata
2 1 (3.70%) SAP HANA
General
1 11 (40.74%) Social Skills
2 9 (33.33%) Manufacturing
3 7 (25.93%) Automotive
4 4 (14.81%) Organisational Skills
4 4 (14.81%) Publishing
5 2 (7.41%) Finance
6 1 (3.70%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (3.70%) Back Office
6 1 (3.70%) Military
6 1 (3.70%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (3.70%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 5 (18.52%) Consultant
2 4 (14.81%) Project Manager
3 3 (11.11%) Analyst
3 3 (11.11%) Content Editor
3 3 (11.11%) ERP Specialist
4 2 (7.41%) Data Analyst
4 2 (7.41%) Digital Transformation
4 2 (7.41%) IT Manager
4 2 (7.41%) IT Project Manager
4 2 (7.41%) Senior
4 2 (7.41%) Technical Consultant
5 1 (3.70%) Business Analyst
5 1 (3.70%) Design Engineer
5 1 (3.70%) Functional Consultant
5 1 (3.70%) Project Leader
5 1 (3.70%) SAP Consultant
5 1 (3.70%) Senior Project Manager
5 1 (3.70%) Software Tester
5 1 (3.70%) Technical Analyst
5 1 (3.70%) Trainer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (11.11%) HTML
2 1 (3.70%) REST
2 1 (3.70%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 4 (14.81%) Self-Motivation
2 3 (11.11%) Product Ownership
3 1 (3.70%) Beowulf
3 1 (3.70%) Data Centre
3 1 (3.70%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (3.70%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 3 (11.11%) Windows
2 2 (7.41%) Linux
3 1 (3.70%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 1 (3.70%) Windows 10
3 1 (3.70%) Windows Server
3 1 (3.70%) Windows Server 2003
3 1 (3.70%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (25.93%) Digital Transformation Programme
1 7 (25.93%) Migration
2 6 (22.22%) AI
2 6 (22.22%) Analytics
3 4 (14.81%) Business Intelligence
3 4 (14.81%) Continuous Improvement
3 4 (14.81%) Data Analytics
3 4 (14.81%) ERP
3 4 (14.81%) Time Management
3 4 (14.81%) Use Case
4 3 (11.11%) Acceptance Criteria
4 3 (11.11%) Actionable Insight
4 3 (11.11%) Data Management
4 3 (11.11%) Data Science
4 3 (11.11%) Knowledge Management
4 3 (11.11%) PLM
4 3 (11.11%) Project Delivery
4 3 (11.11%) Project Management
4 3 (11.11%) Stakeholder Management
4 3 (11.11%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 3 (11.11%) Python
1 3 (11.11%) SQL
2 2 (7.41%) C++
3 1 (3.70%) ABAP
3 1 (3.70%) C
3 1 (3.70%) C#
3 1 (3.70%) Google Apps Script
3 1 (3.70%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 4 (14.81%) SC Cleared
1 4 (14.81%) Security Cleared
2 3 (11.11%) Degree
3 1 (3.70%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (3.70%) Master's Degree
3 1 (3.70%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.70%) QA
1 1 (3.70%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (3.70%) Active Directory
1 1 (3.70%) Docker
1 1 (3.70%) Slurm Workload Manager
1 1 (3.70%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 1 (3.70%) Kubernetes
1 1 (3.70%) Podman
1 1 (3.70%) SCCM
Vendors
1 6 (22.22%) Microsoft
2 4 (14.81%) Google
3 3 (11.11%) Databricks
3 3 (11.11%) Salesforce
4 2 (7.41%) Siemens
5 1 (3.70%) Cisco
5 1 (3.70%) Citrix
5 1 (3.70%) OpenText
5 1 (3.70%) Oracle
5 1 (3.70%) Red Hat
5 1 (3.70%) SAP