Aerospace Contracts in the North West

Aerospace
England > North West

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Aerospace in contract job vacancies in the North West. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Aerospace over the 6 months leading up to 23 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 100 101 128
Rank change year-on-year +1 +27 +54
DemandTrendContract jobs citing Aerospace 33 27 17
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 1.48% 1.10% 0.59%
As % of the General category 2.41% 2.02% 1.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 0 6
10th Percentile £250 - £304
25th Percentile £400 - £412
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 - £475
75th Percentile £460 - £500
90th Percentile £625 - £588
England median daily rate £550 £550 £538
% change year-on-year - +2.33% -6.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 11 9
10th Percentile £20.53 - £35.00
25th Percentile £22.63 £35.36 £39.25
Median hourly rate £37.19 £40.33 £48.50
Median % change year-on-year -7.77% -16.86% +67.24%
75th Percentile £58.58 £43.10 £57.50
90th Percentile £79.80 £46.18 £68.48
England median hourly rate £50.49 £50.00 £57.50
% change year-on-year +0.97% -13.04% +2.68%

All General Skills
North West

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 West.

DemandTrendContract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 1,369 1,339 1,560
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 61.31% 54.76% 54.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 868 800 1,040
10th Percentile £270 £300 £255
25th Percentile £380 £412 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £470 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -6.10% - +2.56%
75th Percentile £580 £585 £588
90th Percentile £688 £676 £675
England median daily rate £508 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -5.58% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 115 94 108
10th Percentile £12.82 £16.06 £15.72
25th Percentile £15.64 £18.00 £16.85
Median hourly rate £28.75 £32.95 £26.60
Median % change year-on-year -12.74% +23.86% +32.14%
75th Percentile £51.25 £45.89 £40.00
90th Percentile £71.56 £57.50 £63.23
England median hourly rate £25.15 £38.12 £27.50
% change year-on-year -34.02% +38.62% +13.11%

Aerospace
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for Aerospace in the North West

Aerospace
Daily Rate Trend in the North West

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Aerospace.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Aerospace

Aerospace
Daily Rate Histogram in the North West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Aerospace in the North West over the 6 months to 23 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Aerospace in the North West

Aerospace
Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Aerospace.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Aerospace

Aerospace
Hourly Rate Histogram in the North West

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Aerospace in the North West over the 6 months to 23 August 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Aerospace in the North West

Aerospace
DemandTrendContract Job Locations in the North West

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 West region over the 6 months to 23 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
DemandTrendContract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Manchester +10 12 £650 - 27
Cumbria +12 11 £450 -
Lancashire -7 8 £325 - 17
Cheshire -24 3 - - 14
Aerospace
England

Aerospace
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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
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 19 (57.58%) Manufacturing
2 10 (30.30%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (18.18%) Social Skills
4 5 (15.15%) Aviation
5 2 (6.06%) Aeronautics
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%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 2 (6.06%) Infrastructure Support
4 2 (6.06%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
4 2 (6.06%) Support Engineer
5 1 (3.03%) Automation Engineer
5 1 (3.03%) Industrial 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%) Technical Leader
Miscellaneous
1 10 (30.30%) Analytical Mindset
2 2 (6.06%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (3.03%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (3.03%) Industrial Internet of Things
3 1 (3.03%) SCADA
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (36.36%) Coaching
1 12 (36.36%) Knowledge Management
1 12 (36.36%) Mentoring
2 10 (30.30%) CAD
2 10 (30.30%) Knowledge Transfer
2 10 (30.30%) PLM
2 10 (30.30%) Use Case
2 10 (30.30%) Visualisation
3 5 (15.15%) Continuous Improvement
4 4 (12.12%) Agile
4 4 (12.12%) Change Management
4 4 (12.12%) Project Management
5 3 (9.09%) Problem-Solving
5 3 (9.09%) Systems Engineering
6 2 (6.06%) High Availability
6 2 (6.06%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 2 (6.06%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
6 2 (6.06%) Safety Engineering
6 2 (6.06%) SysML
6 2 (6.06%) System Testing
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 2 (6.06%) SLA
2 1 (3.03%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (3.03%) MOM
1 1 (3.03%) Wonderware InTouch
Vendors
1 10 (30.30%) Siemens
2 6 (18.18%) Microsoft
3 5 (15.15%) Twitter
4 4 (12.12%) SAP
5 3 (9.09%) ServiceNow
6 2 (6.06%) MathWorks
7 1 (3.03%) AVEVA
7 1 (3.03%) IBM
7 1 (3.03%) Oracle
7 1 (3.03%) Wonderware