Aerospace Contract Job Trends in Oxfordshire

Aerospace
South East > Oxfordshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Aerospace in contract job vacancies in Oxfordshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Aerospace over the 6 months leading up to 20 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 44 22 21
Rank change year-on-year -22 -1 -4
Contract jobs citing Aerospace 10 2 7
As % of all contract jobs in Oxfordshire 2.81% 1.65% 2.82%
As % of the General category 4.67% 2.44% 6.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - £349
25th Percentile - - £361
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £46 - £395
Median % change year-on-year - - -24.76%
75th Percentile - - £441
90th Percentile - - £462
South East median daily rate £630 £514 £205
% change year-on-year +22.57% +150.73% -45.19%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 2 5
10th Percentile - £29.02 £59.00
25th Percentile - £31.90 -
Median hourly rate £29.07 £37.03 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.50% -43.03% -
75th Percentile £31.29 £41.83 -
90th Percentile £32.61 £44.51 -
South East median hourly rate £81.50 £52.50 £63.75
% change year-on-year +55.24% -17.65% +6.69%

All General Skills
Oxfordshire

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 Oxfordshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 214 82 111
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Oxfordshire 60.11% 67.77% 44.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 109 48 70
10th Percentile £225 £172 £150
25th Percentile £250 £250 £252
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 £438 £450
Median % change year-on-year +9.71% -2.78% -
75th Percentile £563 £509 £498
90th Percentile £689 £643 £557
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £495
% change year-on-year - +1.01% -1.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 35 5 20
10th Percentile £13.45 - £16.11
25th Percentile £27.50 £13.08 £19.25
Median hourly rate £47.50 £21.90 £22.77
Median % change year-on-year +116.89% -3.80% -19.16%
75th Percentile £53.75 £28.42 £57.50
90th Percentile £70.50 £39.15 £65.00
South East median hourly rate £48.72 £19.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year +156.42% -57.78% -14.29%

Aerospace
Job Vacancy Trend in Oxfordshire

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

Aerospace job vacancy trend in Oxfordshire

Aerospace
Daily Rate Trend in Oxfordshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Oxfordshire citing Aerospace.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Oxfordshire citing Aerospace

Aerospace
Hourly Rate Trend in Oxfordshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Oxfordshire citing Aerospace.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Oxfordshire citing Aerospace

Aerospace
Contract Job Locations in Oxfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Aerospace within the Oxfordshire region over the 6 months to 20 June 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
Carterton - 6 - -
Oxford 0 2 £46 - 8
Aerospace
South East

Aerospace
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Oxfordshire 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:

Applications
1 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (10.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (10.00%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 2 (20.00%) Google Sheets
1 2 (20.00%) Google Workspace
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (20.00%) MS Access
General
1 6 (60.00%) Manufacturing
2 4 (40.00%) Aviation
2 4 (40.00%) Social Skills
3 2 (20.00%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (10.00%) Finance
4 1 (10.00%) Law
4 1 (10.00%) Police
Job Titles
1 2 (20.00%) Administrator
2 1 (10.00%) Commercial Manager
2 1 (10.00%) Contracts Manager
2 1 (10.00%) Project Planner
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (20.00%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (10.00%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (80.00%) Data Management
2 2 (20.00%) Asset Management
2 2 (20.00%) Data Entry
3 1 (10.00%) Agile
3 1 (10.00%) Business Case
3 1 (10.00%) Capacity Planning
3 1 (10.00%) Change Control
3 1 (10.00%) Contract Management
3 1 (10.00%) Contract Negotiation
3 1 (10.00%) Critical Path Analysis
3 1 (10.00%) Financial Analysis
3 1 (10.00%) Gantt Chart
3 1 (10.00%) Kanban
3 1 (10.00%) PRINCE2
3 1 (10.00%) Project Management
3 1 (10.00%) Project Planning
3 1 (10.00%) Resource Allocation
3 1 (10.00%) Risk Management
3 1 (10.00%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 6 (60.00%) C
Qualifications
1 3 (30.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (30.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (20.00%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (10.00%) Degree
3 1 (10.00%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (10.00%) PMO
Vendors
1 3 (30.00%) Google
2 2 (20.00%) Microsoft