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

6 months to
28 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 160 97 112
Rank change year-on-year -63 +15 +29
Contract jobs citing Aerospace 25 13 23
As % of all contract jobs in the Midlands 0.64% 0.70% 0.83%
As % of the General category 1.17% 1.12% 1.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 3 11
10th Percentile £468 £358 £258
25th Percentile £494 £416 £356
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £376
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +39.63% -20.84%
75th Percentile £619 £538 £624
90th Percentile £653 - £673
England median daily rate £500 £547 £650
% change year-on-year -8.59% -15.85% +18.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 3 9
10th Percentile £27.21 - -
25th Percentile £28.61 - £16.25
Median hourly rate £30.00 £31.76 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -5.54% +81.49% -60.45%
75th Percentile £73.75 £40.88 £42.50
90th Percentile £77.50 £46.35 £50.95
England median hourly rate £62.50 £55.25 £50.00
% change year-on-year +13.12% +10.50% -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 2,136 1,159 1,507
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 54.34% 62.38% 54.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,362 792 1,036
10th Percentile £275 £200 £200
25th Percentile £395 £324 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £464 £475
Median % change year-on-year +2.43% -2.37% -
75th Percentile £575 £556 £605
90th Percentile £650 £650 £717
England median daily rate £500 £525 £535
% change year-on-year -4.76% -1.87% -2.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 122 50 167
10th Percentile £13.59 £13.67 £11.75
25th Percentile £16.13 £14.64 £14.00
Median hourly rate £22.81 £18.07 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year +26.27% +1.95% -3.51%
75th Percentile £27.44 £30.00 £35.00
90th Percentile £53.13 £34.10 £52.34
England median hourly rate £25.46 £30.21 £26.00
% change year-on-year -15.72% +16.17% -25.71%

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 March 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 28 March 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 28 March 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 -26 14 £550 - 15
West Midlands -52 11 - - 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 3 (12.00%) Confluence
1 3 (12.00%) SharePoint
2 2 (8.00%) CMS
3 1 (4.00%) Jupyter
Applications
1 1 (4.00%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 1 (4.00%) SAP ERP
1 1 (4.00%) SAP HCM
1 1 (4.00%) SAP Payroll
Cloud Services
1 3 (12.00%) Google Workspace
2 2 (8.00%) Azure
2 2 (8.00%) Power Platform
3 1 (4.00%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (4.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.00%) Firewall
1 1 (4.00%) LAN
1 1 (4.00%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (8.00%) Power BI
2 1 (4.00%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (4.00%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 1 (4.00%) Atlassian Bamboo
1 1 (4.00%) Git
1 1 (4.00%) PetaLinux
General
1 9 (36.00%) Social Skills
2 8 (32.00%) Manufacturing
3 5 (20.00%) Automotive
4 3 (12.00%) Organisational Skills
5 2 (8.00%) Publishing
6 1 (4.00%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (4.00%) Finance
6 1 (4.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (4.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 4 (16.00%) Consultant
1 4 (16.00%) Project Manager
2 3 (12.00%) Digital Transformation
2 3 (12.00%) ERP Specialist
2 3 (12.00%) Transformation Manager
3 2 (8.00%) Content Editor
3 2 (8.00%) Digital Project Manager
3 2 (8.00%) Digital Transformation Manager
3 2 (8.00%) Digital Transformation Project Manager
3 2 (8.00%) Embedded Engineer
3 2 (8.00%) Embedded Software Engineer
3 2 (8.00%) Lead
3 2 (8.00%) SC Cleared Software Engineer
3 2 (8.00%) Senior
3 2 (8.00%) Software Engineer
3 2 (8.00%) Technical Consultant
3 2 (8.00%) Transformation Project Manager
4 1 (4.00%) IT Project Manager
4 1 (4.00%) SAP Consultant
4 1 (4.00%) Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (8.00%) HTML
2 1 (4.00%) PostGIS
Miscellaneous
1 4 (16.00%) Self-Motivation
2 2 (8.00%) Product Ownership
3 1 (4.00%) Beowulf
3 1 (4.00%) Data Centre
3 1 (4.00%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (4.00%) FPGA
3 1 (4.00%) Onboarding
3 1 (4.00%) Operational Technology
3 1 (4.00%) Verilog
3 1 (4.00%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 3 (12.00%) Linux
2 2 (8.00%) Windows
3 1 (4.00%) Embedded Linux
3 1 (4.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 1 (4.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (24.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
2 5 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 5 (20.00%) Migration
3 4 (16.00%) AI
3 4 (16.00%) ERP
3 4 (16.00%) Project Management
4 3 (12.00%) Agile
4 3 (12.00%) Data Management
4 3 (12.00%) Data Migration
4 3 (12.00%) PRINCE2
4 3 (12.00%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (12.00%) Production Planning
4 3 (12.00%) Project Delivery
4 3 (12.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 3 (12.00%) Time Management
4 3 (12.00%) Use Case
5 2 (8.00%) Customer Experience
5 2 (8.00%) Customer Service
5 2 (8.00%) Generative AI
5 2 (8.00%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 3 (12.00%) Python
2 2 (8.00%) C++
3 1 (4.00%) ABAP
3 1 (4.00%) C
3 1 (4.00%) Google Apps Script
3 1 (4.00%) JavaScript
3 1 (4.00%) SQL
3 1 (4.00%) SystemVerilog
3 1 (4.00%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 8 (32.00%) SC Cleared
1 8 (32.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (8.00%) PMP
3 1 (4.00%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (4.00%) Degree
3 1 (4.00%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.00%) QA
1 1 (4.00%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (8.00%) Docker
2 1 (4.00%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 1 (4.00%) Kubernetes
1 1 (4.00%) Podman
1 1 (4.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 3 (12.00%) Google
2 2 (8.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (8.00%) Salesforce
2 2 (8.00%) SAP
3 1 (4.00%) Cisco
3 1 (4.00%) Databricks
3 1 (4.00%) Red Hat
3 1 (4.00%) Siemens
3 1 (4.00%) Xilinx