Aerospace Contract Job Trends in Northern Ireland

Aerospace
UK > Northern Ireland

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Aerospace in contract job vacancies in Northern Ireland. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Aerospace over the 6 months leading up to 15 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 25 28 -
Rank change year-on-year +3 - -
Contract jobs citing Aerospace 5 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in Northern Ireland 2.56% 0.69% -
As % of the General category 5.10% 0.84% -
Number of daily rates quoted 5 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £340 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £447 - -
75th Percentile £450 - -
90th Percentile £503 - -
UK median daily rate £500 £548 £650
% change year-on-year -8.76% -15.69% +16.59%

All General Skills
Northern Ireland

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 Northern Ireland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 98 119 82
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 50.26% 82.07% 53.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 58 77 41
10th Percentile £204 £149 £200
25th Percentile £369 £273 £270
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £456 £400 £400
Median % change year-on-year +14.06% - -5.88%
75th Percentile £556 £488 £538
90th Percentile £634 £621 £650
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 12 22
10th Percentile £14.60 £22.67 -
25th Percentile £19.10 £24.18 £12.25
Median hourly rate £24.00 £32.13 £14.66
Median % change year-on-year -25.29% +119.13% -9.09%
75th Percentile £25.00 £58.85 £22.50
90th Percentile £33.04 £78.47 £23.54
UK median hourly rate £27.50 £28.75 £27.50
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% -21.43%

Aerospace
Job Vacancy Trend in Northern Ireland

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Aerospace relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Northern Ireland.

Aerospace job vacancy trend in Northern Ireland

Aerospace
Daily Rate Histogram in Northern Ireland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Aerospace in Northern Ireland over the 6 months to 15 April 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Aerospace in Northern Ireland

Aerospace
Hourly Rate Trend in Northern Ireland

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Northern Ireland citing Aerospace.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Northern Ireland citing Aerospace

Aerospace
Contract Job Locations in Northern Ireland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Aerospace within the Northern Ireland region over the 6 months to 15 April 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
County Antrim +6 4 £414 - 1
Aerospace
UK

Aerospace
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Northern Ireland 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 (20.00%) Azure
1 1 (20.00%) Azure DevOps
Development Applications
1 1 (20.00%) JIRA
General
1 1 (20.00%) Finance
1 1 (20.00%) Manufacturing
1 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (80.00%) Network Manager
1 4 (80.00%) Network Project Manager
1 4 (80.00%) Project Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Contracts Manager
2 1 (20.00%) ERP Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Test Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 4 (80.00%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (80.00%) Project Management
2 4 (80.00%) Validation
3 1 (20.00%) Data Migration
3 1 (20.00%) Defect Management
3 1 (20.00%) DevOps
3 1 (20.00%) ERP
3 1 (20.00%) Migration
3 1 (20.00%) System Integration Testing
3 1 (20.00%) Test Automation
3 1 (20.00%) Test Management
3 1 (20.00%) Test Strategy
3 1 (20.00%) User Acceptance Testing
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (20.00%) HP ALM
Vendors
1 4 (80.00%) ServiceNow
2 1 (20.00%) HP
2 1 (20.00%) IFS
2 1 (20.00%) Infor
2 1 (20.00%) JD Edwards
2 1 (20.00%) Oracle
2 1 (20.00%) SAP