Aerospace Contracts in the North of England

Aerospace
England > North of England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Aerospace in contract job vacancies in the North of England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Aerospace over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 148 169 204
Rank change year-on-year +21 +35 +8
Contract jobs citing Aerospace 18 16 16
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 0.55% 0.34% 0.27%
As % of the General category 0.92% 0.61% 0.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 4
10th Percentile £567 - £396
25th Percentile £570 £838 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £583 £897 £475
Median % change year-on-year -35.06% +88.83% -15.56%
75th Percentile £593 £955 £500
90th Percentile £594 - -
England median daily rate £548 £650 £558
% change year-on-year -15.69% +16.59% +8.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 9 8
10th Percentile £29.70 £32.09 £32.00
25th Percentile £40.16 - £37.30
Median hourly rate £54.88 £48.00 £41.08
Median % change year-on-year +14.33% +16.85% +21.17%
75th Percentile £58.94 £68.75 £51.43
90th Percentile £64.50 - £60.35
England median hourly rate £57.50 £50.00 £61.50
% change year-on-year +15.00% -18.70% +11.82%

All General Skills
North of England

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 North of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 1,947 2,614 3,216
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 59.09% 54.82% 55.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,195 1,539 2,212
10th Percentile £255 £256 £300
25th Percentile £375 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £495 £513
Median % change year-on-year -4.04% -3.41% +7.89%
75th Percentile £575 £582 £600
90th Percentile £662 £669 £688
England median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 143 310 96
10th Percentile £13.00 £12.11 £14.13
25th Percentile £16.25 £13.30 £17.60
Median hourly rate £25.00 £16.06 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year +55.67% -35.76% +33.69%
75th Percentile £39.75 £27.75 £38.75
90th Percentile £72.00 £48.75 £53.17
England median hourly rate £27.50 £30.16 £33.82
% change year-on-year -8.82% -10.82% +57.30%

Aerospace
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Aerospace in the North of England

Aerospace
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Aerospace in the North of England.

Daily rate trend for Aerospace in the North of England

Aerospace
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Aerospace in the North of England.

Hourly rate trend for Aerospace in the North of England

Aerospace
Hourly Rate Histogram in the North of England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Aerospace in the North of England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Aerospace in the North of England

Aerospace
Contract Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Aerospace within the North of England region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
North West +23 18 £583 - 101
Aerospace
England

Aerospace
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (11.11%) SharePoint
2 1 (5.56%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (5.56%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (5.56%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (5.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (5.56%) Microsoft Project
1 1 (5.56%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 6 (33.33%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (16.67%) SAP LE
2 3 (16.67%) SAP PP
3 1 (5.56%) Primavera
3 1 (5.56%) SAP ERP
3 1 (5.56%) SAP PS
3 1 (5.56%) Teamcenter
Development Applications
1 3 (16.67%) JIRA
2 1 (5.56%) JIRA Agile
General
1 10 (55.56%) Manufacturing
2 4 (22.22%) Social Skills
3 2 (11.11%) Pharmaceutical
4 1 (5.56%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (5.56%) Automotive
4 1 (5.56%) Avionics
4 1 (5.56%) Electronics
4 1 (5.56%) Finance
4 1 (5.56%) Military
4 1 (5.56%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (22.22%) Consultant
1 4 (22.22%) SAP Consultant
2 2 (11.11%) Project Manager
2 2 (11.11%) Project Planner
2 2 (11.11%) SAP Supply Chain Consultant
2 2 (11.11%) SAP WM Consultant
2 2 (11.11%) Senior
2 2 (11.11%) Senior Consultant
2 2 (11.11%) Senior SAP Consultant
2 2 (11.11%) Senior SAP Supply Chain Consultant
2 2 (11.11%) Senior SAP WM Consultant
2 2 (11.11%) Senior Supply Chain Consultant
2 2 (11.11%) Supply Chain Consultant
2 2 (11.11%) Systems Engineer
3 1 (5.56%) Quality Management Consultant
3 1 (5.56%) SAP QM Consultant
3 1 (5.56%) SAP Quality Management Consultant
3 1 (5.56%) SAP S/4HANA Consultant
3 1 (5.56%) SharePoint Engineer
3 1 (5.56%) Technical Administrator
Miscellaneous
1 6 (33.33%) Life Science
2 3 (16.67%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (33.33%) Quality Management
2 4 (22.22%) Project Management
3 3 (16.67%) Agile
3 3 (16.67%) Inventory Management
3 3 (16.67%) Logistics
3 3 (16.67%) Procure-to-Pay
3 3 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
3 3 (16.67%) Supply Chain Planning
3 3 (16.67%) Use Case
3 3 (16.67%) Virtual Team Management
4 2 (11.11%) Manufacturing Engineering
4 2 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (11.11%) Project Planning
5 1 (5.56%) Artificial Intelligence
5 1 (5.56%) Asset Management
5 1 (5.56%) Critical Path Analysis
5 1 (5.56%) Kanban
5 1 (5.56%) Performance Management
5 1 (5.56%) Scrum
5 1 (5.56%) Software Engineering
Qualifications
1 9 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 7 (38.89%) SC Cleared
3 3 (16.67%) BPSS Clearance
3 3 (16.67%) Degree
4 1 (5.56%) Chartered Engineer
4 1 (5.56%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (22.22%) QA
2 1 (5.56%) IEC 61508
2 1 (5.56%) ISO 9001
Vendors
1 10 (55.56%) SAP
2 1 (5.56%) Microsoft
2 1 (5.56%) Oracle
2 1 (5.56%) Siemens