Aerospace Contracts 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 3 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 109 110 125
Rank change year-on-year +1 +15 +23
Contract jobs citing Aerospace 17 30 30
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.75% 1.01% 0.93%
As % of the General category 1.23% 1.88% 1.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 10 22
10th Percentile £368 £357 £415
25th Percentile £461 £516 £451
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £569 £525
Median % change year-on-year -7.73% +8.38% +5.00%
75th Percentile £591 £623 £584
90th Percentile £686 £632 £616
England median daily rate £565 £630 £500
% change year-on-year -10.32% +26.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 12 3
10th Percentile £48.18 £16.25 £32.41
25th Percentile - £31.25 £33.40
Median hourly rate £50.00 £45.02 £35.03
Median % change year-on-year +11.06% +28.52% +0.09%
75th Percentile - £51.91 £37.64
90th Percentile £54.38 - £39.21
England median hourly rate £52.50 £50.00 £60.00
% change year-on-year +5.00% -16.67% +20.00%

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 1,386 1,593 1,731
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 61.52% 53.60% 53.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 880 1,063 1,240
10th Percentile £200 £208 £231
25th Percentile £350 £356 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £488 £500
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% -2.50% +5.26%
75th Percentile £538 £608 £600
90th Percentile £638 £725 £700
England median daily rate £519 £535 £550
% change year-on-year -3.08% -2.73% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 110 176 78
10th Percentile £14.00 £11.75 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.25 £13.50 £15.31
Median hourly rate £24.34 £17.50 £23.61
Median % change year-on-year +39.09% -25.88% +21.08%
75th Percentile £33.91 £32.69 £45.63
90th Percentile £50.00 £52.45 £51.50
England median hourly rate £27.38 £32.90 £30.00
% change year-on-year -16.78% +9.65% +26.04%

Aerospace
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Aerospace in the Midlands

Aerospace
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for Aerospace in the Midlands

Aerospace
Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Aerospace in the Midlands over the 6 months to 3 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Aerospace in the Midlands

Aerospace
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Hourly rate trend for Aerospace in the Midlands

Aerospace
Hourly Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Aerospace in the Midlands over the 6 months to 3 July 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 3 July 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
West Midlands +15 12 £525 -0.10% 60
East Midlands -17 5 £750 +21.56% 38
Aerospace
England

Aerospace
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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:

Applications
1 6 (35.29%) Maya
1 6 (35.29%) NUKE
2 2 (11.76%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 1 (5.88%) Azure
1 1 (5.88%) Azure DevOps
General
1 8 (47.06%) Automotive
2 6 (35.29%) Analytical Skills
2 6 (35.29%) Games
3 3 (17.65%) Finance
3 3 (17.65%) Manufacturing
3 3 (17.65%) Social Skills
4 2 (11.76%) Organisational Skills
4 2 (11.76%) Pharmaceutical
5 1 (5.88%) Aviation
5 1 (5.88%) Military
Job Titles
1 9 (52.94%) Senior
2 3 (17.65%) Project Manager
3 2 (11.76%) Analyst
3 2 (11.76%) Consultant
3 2 (11.76%) Infrastructure Manager
3 2 (11.76%) Infrastructure Project Manager
3 2 (11.76%) Senior Infrastructure Manager
3 2 (11.76%) Senior Infrastructure Project Manager
3 2 (11.76%) Senior Manager
3 2 (11.76%) Senior Project Manager
4 1 (5.88%) Communications Manager
4 1 (5.88%) Electrical Engineer
4 1 (5.88%) Procurement Consultant
4 1 (5.88%) Project Officer
4 1 (5.88%) SAP Consultant
4 1 (5.88%) SAP Support
4 1 (5.88%) SAP Support Consultant
4 1 (5.88%) Senior Analyst
4 1 (5.88%) Support Consultant
4 1 (5.88%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (35.29%) CSS
1 6 (35.29%) Django
1 6 (35.29%) HTML
2 2 (11.76%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 6 (35.29%) Animation
2 3 (17.65%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (5.88%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (5.88%) PMI
3 1 (5.88%) Product Ownership
3 1 (5.88%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (35.29%) Analytical Thinking
2 5 (29.41%) Project Management
3 3 (17.65%) Data Protection
4 2 (11.76%) Agile
4 2 (11.76%) Cybersecurity
4 2 (11.76%) Migration
4 2 (11.76%) Multi-Factor Authentication
4 2 (11.76%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 2 (11.76%) Stakeholder Management
5 1 (5.88%) Agile Project Management
5 1 (5.88%) Business Process Mapping
5 1 (5.88%) Business Transformation
5 1 (5.88%) Coaching
5 1 (5.88%) Continuous Improvement
5 1 (5.88%) DevOps
5 1 (5.88%) Root Cause Analysis
5 1 (5.88%) Systems Engineering
5 1 (5.88%) Test Planning
5 1 (5.88%) Waterfall
5 1 (5.88%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 6 (35.29%) C++
1 6 (35.29%) Java
1 6 (35.29%) Python
1 6 (35.29%) SQL
1 6 (35.29%) Tcl
2 1 (5.88%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 2 (11.76%) Degree
1 2 (11.76%) SC Cleared
1 2 (11.76%) Security Cleared
2 1 (5.88%) PMI Certification
2 1 (5.88%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (11.76%) PMO
2 1 (5.88%) GDPR
2 1 (5.88%) PMBOK
2 1 (5.88%) QA
System Software
1 1 (5.88%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 3 (17.65%) SAP
2 2 (11.76%) Microsoft
3 1 (5.88%) Google
3 1 (5.88%) ServiceNow
3 1 (5.88%) Workday