Aerospace Contract Job Trends in Newcastle upon Tyne

Aerospace
Tyne and Wear > Newcastle upon Tyne

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Aerospace in contract job vacancies in Newcastle upon Tyne. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Aerospace over the 6 months leading up to 2 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 43 - 25
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Aerospace 6 0 2
As % of all contract jobs in Newcastle upon Tyne 1.73% - 1.20%
As % of the General category 2.88% - 2.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £70 - -
Tyne and Wear median daily rate £70 - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 2
10th Percentile £46.53 - -
25th Percentile £49.56 - £56.25
Median hourly rate £52.50 - £62.50
75th Percentile £53.75 - £68.75
90th Percentile - - -
Tyne and Wear median hourly rate £52.50 - £62.50

All General Skills
Newcastle upon Tyne

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 Newcastle upon Tyne.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 208 108 86
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Newcastle upon Tyne 60.12% 56.54% 51.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 147 58 60
10th Percentile £196 £304 £214
25th Percentile £375 £338 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £438 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -20.45% -
75th Percentile £500 £550 £668
90th Percentile £560 £633 £720
Tyne and Wear median daily rate £438 £450 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% -14.29% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 7 4
10th Percentile £16.64 - £49.25
25th Percentile £17.88 £13.75 £53.75
Median hourly rate £33.63 £14.69 £61.25
Median % change year-on-year +128.90% -76.02% +250.00%
75th Percentile £53.75 £18.75 £68.75
90th Percentile - £19.75 -
Tyne and Wear median hourly rate £19.25 £14.69 £47.50
% change year-on-year +31.04% -69.07% +171.43%

Aerospace
Job Vacancy Trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Aerospace relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Newcastle upon Tyne.

Aerospace job vacancy trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

Aerospace
Hourly Rate Trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Newcastle upon Tyne citing Aerospace.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Newcastle upon Tyne citing Aerospace

Aerospace
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Newcastle upon Tyne 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (16.67%) OpenShift
Development Applications
1 1 (16.67%) SonarQube
General
1 2 (33.33%) Electronics
1 2 (33.33%) Influencing Skills
1 2 (33.33%) Military
1 2 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 4 (66.67%) Software Engineer
2 2 (33.33%) Electronics Engineer
2 2 (33.33%) Electronics Test Engineer
2 2 (33.33%) Senior
2 2 (33.33%) Senior Electronics Engineer
2 2 (33.33%) Senior Systems Engineer
2 2 (33.33%) Senior Test Engineer
2 2 (33.33%) Systems Test Engineer
2 2 (33.33%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (16.67%) AngularJS
1 1 (16.67%) Quarkus
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) Software Engineering
2 2 (33.33%) Validation
2 2 (33.33%) Verification and Validation
3 1 (16.67%) Agile
3 1 (16.67%) DevSecOps
3 1 (16.67%) Front End Development
3 1 (16.67%) Scrum
3 1 (16.67%) Sprint Planning
3 1 (16.67%) Sprint Review
3 1 (16.67%) Test Automation
3 1 (16.67%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (16.67%) Java
Qualifications
1 5 (83.33%) SC Cleared
1 5 (83.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (16.67%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (16.67%) Argo
1 1 (16.67%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 1 (16.67%) Red Hat