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 23 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 168 104 114
Rank change year-on-year -64 +10 +19
Contract jobs citing Aerospace 20 13 21
As % of all contract jobs in the Midlands 0.46% 0.66% 0.78%
As % of the General category 0.90% 1.06% 1.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 3 4
10th Percentile £476 £348 £322
25th Percentile £516 £409 £348
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £613 £525 £450
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% +16.67% -5.76%
75th Percentile £688 £538 £529
90th Percentile £710 - £534
England median daily rate £510 £548 £650
% change year-on-year -6.93% -15.69% +30.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 6 14
10th Percentile £20.31 £31.76 -
25th Percentile £21.33 £36.32 £16.25
Median hourly rate £75.00 £50.00 £41.28
Median % change year-on-year +50.00% +21.12% -6.71%
75th Percentile £77.50 - £51.91
90th Percentile £79.05 £55.00 -
England median hourly rate £62.50 £57.37 £50.00
% change year-on-year +8.94% +14.75% -18.70%

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 2,218 1,230 1,492
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 51.19% 62.28% 55.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,374 795 1,035
10th Percentile £300 £187 £207
25th Percentile £400 £344 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £482 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% -5.26% -2.26%
75th Percentile £575 £539 £600
90th Percentile £671 £638 £725
England median daily rate £514 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -2.10% -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 156 74 166
10th Percentile £14.06 £14.00 £11.75
25th Percentile £17.50 £15.12 £13.60
Median hourly rate £25.00 £21.39 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year +16.88% +22.23% -21.38%
75th Percentile £33.99 £30.30 £35.00
90th Percentile £67.84 £50.00 £52.45
England median hourly rate £30.81 £27.39 £30.00
% change year-on-year +12.50% -8.71% -7.12%

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 23 May 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 23 May 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 23 May 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 -25 10 £575 - 12
West Midlands -62 9 - - 29
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 2 (10.00%) SharePoint
2 1 (5.00%) Confluence
2 1 (5.00%) Jupyter
Applications
1 2 (10.00%) Adobe Illustrator
1 2 (10.00%) Photoshop
2 1 (5.00%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (5.00%) SAP ERP
1 1 (5.00%) SAP HCM
1 1 (5.00%) SAP Payroll
Cloud Services
1 2 (10.00%) Figma
2 1 (5.00%) Azure
2 1 (5.00%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (5.00%) Google Workspace
2 1 (5.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (5.00%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.00%) PostgreSQL
1 1 (5.00%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 1 (5.00%) Atlassian Bamboo
1 1 (5.00%) Git
1 1 (5.00%) PetaLinux
General
1 6 (30.00%) Social Skills
2 4 (20.00%) Finance
3 3 (15.00%) Automotive
4 2 (10.00%) Agriculture
4 2 (10.00%) Manufacturing
5 1 (5.00%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (5.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (5.00%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (5.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 4 (20.00%) Embedded Engineer
1 4 (20.00%) Embedded Software Engineer
1 4 (20.00%) SC Cleared Software Engineer
1 4 (20.00%) Software Engineer
2 3 (15.00%) Project Manager
2 3 (15.00%) Transformation Manager
3 2 (10.00%) Architect
3 2 (10.00%) Consultant
3 2 (10.00%) Designer
3 2 (10.00%) Digital Project Manager
3 2 (10.00%) Digital Transformation
3 2 (10.00%) Digital Transformation Manager
3 2 (10.00%) Digital Transformation Project Manager
3 2 (10.00%) Solutions Architect
3 2 (10.00%) Transformation Project Manager
3 2 (10.00%) UI Designer
4 1 (5.00%) SAP Architect
4 1 (5.00%) SAP Functional Consultant
4 1 (5.00%) SAP Solutions Architect
4 1 (5.00%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.00%) PostGIS
Miscellaneous
1 2 (10.00%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (5.00%) Beowulf
2 1 (5.00%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (5.00%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 1 (5.00%) FPGA
2 1 (5.00%) Onboarding
2 1 (5.00%) Operational Technology
2 1 (5.00%) Verilog
2 1 (5.00%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 2 (10.00%) Linux
1 2 (10.00%) Windows
2 1 (5.00%) Embedded Linux
2 1 (5.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 4 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
1 4 (20.00%) Project Management
1 4 (20.00%) Software Engineering
2 3 (15.00%) Agile
2 3 (15.00%) Data Migration
2 3 (15.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
2 3 (15.00%) Migration
2 3 (15.00%) PRINCE2
2 3 (15.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (10.00%) Business Case
3 2 (10.00%) Collaborative Working
3 2 (10.00%) Data Management
3 2 (10.00%) Project Governance
3 2 (10.00%) Roadmaps
3 2 (10.00%) Technical Analysis
3 2 (10.00%) User Experience
3 2 (10.00%) UX Design
4 1 (5.00%) CI/CD
4 1 (5.00%) RBAC
Programming Languages
1 2 (10.00%) C++
1 2 (10.00%) Python
2 1 (5.00%) ABAP
2 1 (5.00%) C
2 1 (5.00%) SystemVerilog
2 1 (5.00%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 10 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 10 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (10.00%) Degree
2 2 (10.00%) PMP
3 1 (5.00%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.00%) IFRS
1 1 (5.00%) QA
1 1 (5.00%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (10.00%) Docker
2 1 (5.00%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 1 (5.00%) Kubernetes
1 1 (5.00%) Podman
1 1 (5.00%) SCCM
1 1 (5.00%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 2 (10.00%) Adobe
1 2 (10.00%) SAP
2 1 (5.00%) Google
2 1 (5.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (5.00%) Xilinx