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 3 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 146 143 177
Rank change year-on-year -3 +34 +61
Contract jobs citing Aerospace 33 27 31
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 0.83% 0.65% 0.58%
As % of the General category 1.37% 1.22% 1.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 1 16
10th Percentile £406 - £390
25th Percentile £449 £838 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £897 £500
Median % change year-on-year -49.83% +79.39% +11.11%
75th Percentile £539 £955 £605
90th Percentile £631 - £614
England median daily rate £564 £611 £525
% change year-on-year -7.66% +16.29% -0.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 10 10
10th Percentile £20.53 £35.32 £34.70
25th Percentile £22.63 £35.36 £36.06
Median hourly rate £37.19 £40.33 £45.33
Median % change year-on-year -7.77% -11.04% +33.83%
75th Percentile £58.58 £43.10 £55.69
90th Percentile £79.80 £43.98 £67.74
England median hourly rate £50.49 £50.00 £60.00
% change year-on-year +0.97% -16.67% +9.09%

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 2,405 2,217 2,987
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 60.76% 53.56% 56.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,517 1,301 1,976
10th Percentile £256 £300 £260
25th Percentile £375 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £468 £500 £511
Median % change year-on-year -6.40% -2.20% +2.25%
75th Percentile £575 £588 £600
90th Percentile £650 £675 £688
England median daily rate £513 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -4.65% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 166 176 145
10th Percentile £12.79 £13.00 £14.41
25th Percentile £15.00 £15.98 £16.85
Median hourly rate £22.14 £21.00 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year +5.43% -2.33% +13.16%
75th Percentile £43.39 £40.00 £35.75
90th Percentile £73.13 £51.91 £54.49
England median hourly rate £25.15 £38.12 £30.00
% change year-on-year -34.02% +27.07% +22.45%

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
Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Aerospace in the North of England over the 6 months to 3 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram 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 3 August 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 3 August 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 +7 31 £455 - 48
Yorkshire - 2 £345 - 14
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 1 (3.03%) Confluence
1 1 (3.03%) SharePoint
Applications
1 10 (30.30%) Siemens NX
2 3 (9.09%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (6.06%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (6.06%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 10 (30.30%) Teamcenter
2 1 (3.03%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 1 (3.03%) Amazon ECS
1 1 (3.03%) Amazon S3
1 1 (3.03%) AWS
1 1 (3.03%) GitHub
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.03%) Amazon Athena
1 1 (3.03%) Amazon RDS
1 1 (3.03%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 2 (6.06%) JIRA
2 1 (3.03%) GitLab
2 1 (3.03%) JIRA Agile
General
1 17 (51.52%) Manufacturing
2 10 (30.30%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (18.18%) Social Skills
4 5 (15.15%) Aviation
5 2 (6.06%) Aeronautics
5 2 (6.06%) Finance
6 1 (3.03%) Avionics
6 1 (3.03%) Electronics
6 1 (3.03%) Military
Job Titles
1 8 (24.24%) Architect
2 5 (15.15%) Administrator
3 3 (9.09%) SAP Administrator
3 3 (9.09%) SAP Support
3 3 (9.09%) Technical Support
4 2 (6.06%) Design Engineer
4 2 (6.06%) Development Engineer
4 2 (6.06%) Infrastructure Architect
4 2 (6.06%) Project Controller
5 1 (3.03%) Analyst
5 1 (3.03%) Business Analyst
5 1 (3.03%) Commissioning Engineer
5 1 (3.03%) IT Manager
5 1 (3.03%) IT Project Manager
5 1 (3.03%) Lead
5 1 (3.03%) Project Manager
5 1 (3.03%) SharePoint Engineer
5 1 (3.03%) Systems Engineer
5 1 (3.03%) Technical Leader
Miscellaneous
1 10 (30.30%) Analytical Mindset
2 2 (6.06%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (3.03%) Data Protection Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (36.36%) Coaching
2 11 (33.33%) Mentoring
3 10 (30.30%) CAD
3 10 (30.30%) Knowledge Management
3 10 (30.30%) Knowledge Transfer
3 10 (30.30%) PLM
3 10 (30.30%) Use Case
3 10 (30.30%) Visualisation
4 6 (18.18%) Project Management
5 5 (15.15%) Agile
6 4 (12.12%) Change Management
7 3 (9.09%) Problem-Solving
7 3 (9.09%) Systems Engineering
8 2 (6.06%) Continuous Improvement
8 2 (6.06%) Mathematics
8 2 (6.06%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
8 2 (6.06%) Physics
8 2 (6.06%) Risk Management
8 2 (6.06%) Safety Engineering
8 2 (6.06%) SysML
Qualifications
1 15 (45.45%) Security Cleared
2 10 (30.30%) SC Cleared
3 5 (15.15%) BPSS Clearance
4 4 (12.12%) Degree
5 2 (6.06%) Master's Degree
6 1 (3.03%) AWS Certification
6 1 (3.03%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 1 (3.03%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.03%) QA
Vendors
1 10 (30.30%) Siemens
2 6 (18.18%) Microsoft
3 5 (15.15%) SAP
3 5 (15.15%) Twitter
4 2 (6.06%) MathWorks
5 1 (3.03%) IBM
5 1 (3.03%) Oracle