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 28 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 123 97 109
Rank change year-on-year -26 +12 +22
Contract jobs citing Aerospace 33 36 29
As % of all contract jobs in the Midlands 1.08% 1.38% 1.08%
As % of the General category 1.77% 2.32% 2.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 7 17
10th Percentile £338 £353 £291
25th Percentile £450 £488 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £467 £607 £438
Median % change year-on-year -23.06% +38.74% -12.50%
75th Percentile £660 £629 £600
90th Percentile £714 £636 £665
England median daily rate £540 £548 £575
% change year-on-year -1.37% -4.78% +0.98%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 1 2
10th Percentile £27.21 - £32.09
25th Percentile £30.00 - £32.58
Median hourly rate £35.60 £39.68 £33.40
Median % change year-on-year -10.28% +18.82% -3.43%
75th Percentile £50.00 - £34.21
90th Percentile £61.87 - £34.70
England median hourly rate £52.50 £60.50 £55.00
% change year-on-year -13.22% +10.00% -10.57%

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 common skills in the Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 1,869 1,555 1,387
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 61.02% 59.42% 51.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,219 930 952
10th Percentile £213 £220 £203
25th Percentile £363 £356 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £500 £489
Median % change year-on-year -7.00% +2.25% -2.20%
75th Percentile £563 £600 £600
90th Percentile £638 £700 £700
England median daily rate £500 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -6.98% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 132 69 79
10th Percentile £14.00 £13.00 £14.23
25th Percentile £16.98 £15.10 £16.60
Median hourly rate £25.00 £23.60 £22.10
Median % change year-on-year +5.93% +6.79% +30.50%
75th Percentile £31.00 £30.68 £45.63
90th Percentile £50.00 £50.50 £65.75
England median hourly rate £24.21 £31.31 £32.75
% change year-on-year -22.69% -4.40% +28.33%

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 28 November 2025.

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 28 November 2025.

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 28 November 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
East Midlands -16 17 £650 +5.35% 7
West Midlands -34 16 £363 +7.41% 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 (12.12%) CMS
2 3 (9.09%) Confluence
2 3 (9.09%) SharePoint
3 1 (3.03%) Alfresco
3 1 (3.03%) Documentum
3 1 (3.03%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 4 (12.12%) Maya
1 4 (12.12%) NUKE
2 2 (6.06%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (3.03%) FrameMaker
3 1 (3.03%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 2 (6.06%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 6 (18.18%) Azure
2 4 (12.12%) Google Workspace
2 4 (12.12%) Power Platform
3 2 (6.06%) AWS
4 1 (3.03%) Amazon ECS
4 1 (3.03%) Amazon S3
4 1 (3.03%) AWS CloudFormation
4 1 (3.03%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.03%) Firewall
1 1 (3.03%) LAN
1 1 (3.03%) PBX
1 1 (3.03%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (12.12%) Power BI
2 1 (3.03%) Amazon Athena
2 1 (3.03%) Amazon RDS
2 1 (3.03%) Metadata
2 1 (3.03%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 1 (3.03%) GitLab
General
1 14 (42.42%) Automotive
2 13 (39.39%) Social Skills
3 8 (24.24%) Manufacturing
4 4 (12.12%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (12.12%) Games
4 4 (12.12%) Organisational Skills
4 4 (12.12%) Publishing
5 3 (9.09%) Influencing Skills
6 2 (6.06%) Finance
7 1 (3.03%) Aviation
7 1 (3.03%) Back Office
7 1 (3.03%) Military
7 1 (3.03%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (18.18%) Senior
2 5 (15.15%) Consultant
3 4 (12.12%) Analyst
4 3 (9.09%) Content Editor
4 3 (9.09%) ERP Specialist
5 2 (6.06%) Business Analyst
5 2 (6.06%) Data Analyst
5 2 (6.06%) Design Engineer
5 2 (6.06%) Digital Design Engineer
5 2 (6.06%) Project Manager
5 2 (6.06%) Technical Consultant
6 1 (3.03%) Architect
6 1 (3.03%) Enterprise Architect
6 1 (3.03%) Infrastructure Manager
6 1 (3.03%) IT Project Manager
6 1 (3.03%) Junior
6 1 (3.03%) SAP Consultant
6 1 (3.03%) Technical Analyst
6 1 (3.03%) Technical Manager
6 1 (3.03%) Trainer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (21.21%) HTML
2 4 (12.12%) CSS
2 4 (12.12%) Django
3 2 (6.06%) REST
4 1 (3.03%) SailPoint
4 1 (3.03%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 4 (12.12%) Animation
2 3 (9.09%) Product Ownership
2 3 (9.09%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (3.03%) Data Centre
3 1 (3.03%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (3.03%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.03%) Linux
1 1 (3.03%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 1 (3.03%) Windows
1 1 (3.03%) Windows Server
1 1 (3.03%) Windows Server 2003
1 1 (3.03%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (21.21%) Analytics
2 6 (18.18%) AI
2 6 (18.18%) Digital Transformation Programme
2 6 (18.18%) Migration
2 6 (18.18%) Stakeholder Management
3 5 (15.15%) User Experience
4 4 (12.12%) Analytical Thinking
4 4 (12.12%) Business Intelligence
4 4 (12.12%) Data Analytics
4 4 (12.12%) ERP
4 4 (12.12%) PLM
4 4 (12.12%) Programme Management
5 3 (9.09%) Acceptance Criteria
5 3 (9.09%) Customer Experience
5 3 (9.09%) Customer Service
5 3 (9.09%) Data Science
5 3 (9.09%) Generative AI
5 3 (9.09%) Product Backlog
5 3 (9.09%) Production Planning
5 3 (9.09%) Systems Engineering
Programming Languages
1 7 (21.21%) Python
1 7 (21.21%) SQL
2 6 (18.18%) C++
3 4 (12.12%) Java
3 4 (12.12%) Tcl
4 2 (6.06%) C
4 2 (6.06%) C#
5 1 (3.03%) Google Apps Script
5 1 (3.03%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 6 (18.18%) Degree
2 4 (12.12%) SC Cleared
2 4 (12.12%) Security Cleared
3 1 (3.03%) AWS Certification
3 1 (3.03%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
3 1 (3.03%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (3.03%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (3.03%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.03%) GDPR
1 1 (3.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 1 (3.03%) Active Directory
1 1 (3.03%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 1 (3.03%) Terraform
Vendors
1 6 (18.18%) Microsoft
2 4 (12.12%) Google
3 3 (9.09%) Databricks
3 3 (9.09%) Salesforce
3 3 (9.09%) Siemens
4 1 (3.03%) Cisco
4 1 (3.03%) Citrix
4 1 (3.03%) IBM
4 1 (3.03%) OpenText
4 1 (3.03%) Oracle
4 1 (3.03%) Red Hat
4 1 (3.03%) SAP