Aviation Contract Job Trends in Oxfordshire

Aviation
South East > Oxfordshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Aviation in contract job vacancies in Oxfordshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Aviation over the 6 months leading up to 24 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 49 32 23
Rank change year-on-year -17 -9 +3
Contract jobs citing Aviation 5 1 2
As % of all contract jobs in Oxfordshire 1.18% 0.64% 0.89%
As % of the General category 2.01% 0.93% 2.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £46 - £450
75th Percentile - - £475
90th Percentile - - -
South East median daily rate £575 £475 £550
% change year-on-year +21.05% -13.64% +12.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £27.11 £22.50
Median hourly rate £29.07 £27.76 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year +4.72% +11.04% -3.85%
75th Percentile £31.29 £28.42 £27.50
90th Percentile £32.61 - -
South East median hourly rate £33.50 £75.00 £15.00
% change year-on-year -55.33% +400.00% -68.42%

All General Skills
Oxfordshire

Aviation 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 249 108 93
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Oxfordshire 58.87% 69.23% 41.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 128 60 56
10th Percentile £225 £175 £170
25th Percentile £250 £242 £295
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £478 £438 £450
Median % change year-on-year +9.14% -2.78% -
75th Percentile £575 £509 £500
90th Percentile £708 £658 £630
South East median daily rate £513 £500 £500
% change year-on-year +2.50% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 36 10 18
10th Percentile £13.45 £13.08 £17.81
25th Percentile £25.41 £22.08 £19.25
Median hourly rate £47.50 £37.03 £26.01
Median % change year-on-year +28.27% +42.37% -3.95%
75th Percentile £53.75 £87.97 £62.50
90th Percentile £77.50 £89.63 £65.00
South East median hourly rate £48.61 £18.87 £50.00
% change year-on-year +157.60% -62.26% -4.40%

Aviation
Job Vacancy Trend in Oxfordshire

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

Aviation job vacancy trend in Oxfordshire

Aviation
Daily Rate Trend in Oxfordshire

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Oxfordshire citing Aviation

Aviation
Hourly Rate Trend in Oxfordshire

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Oxfordshire citing Aviation

Aviation
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 Aviation within the Oxfordshire region over the 6 months to 24 July 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 - 2 - - 1
Oxford - 2 £46 -
Aviation
South East

Aviation
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 2 (40.00%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 2 (40.00%) Google Sheets
1 2 (40.00%) Google Workspace
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (40.00%) MS Access
General
1 5 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 4 (80.00%) Aerospace
3 2 (40.00%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (20.00%) Finance
4 1 (20.00%) Law
4 1 (20.00%) Police
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Administrator
2 1 (20.00%) Commercial Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Contracts Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Project Planner
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (40.00%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Driving Licence
1 1 (20.00%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) Asset Management
1 2 (40.00%) Data Entry
1 2 (40.00%) Data Management
2 1 (20.00%) Agile
2 1 (20.00%) Business Case
2 1 (20.00%) Capacity Planning
2 1 (20.00%) Change Control
2 1 (20.00%) Contract Management
2 1 (20.00%) Contract Negotiation
2 1 (20.00%) Critical Path Analysis
2 1 (20.00%) Financial Analysis
2 1 (20.00%) Gantt Chart
2 1 (20.00%) Information Management
2 1 (20.00%) Kanban
2 1 (20.00%) PRINCE2
2 1 (20.00%) Project Management
2 1 (20.00%) Project Planning
2 1 (20.00%) Resource Allocation
2 1 (20.00%) Risk Management
2 1 (20.00%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 4 (80.00%) Security Cleared
2 3 (60.00%) SC Cleared
3 1 (20.00%) Degree
3 1 (20.00%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) PMO
Systems Management
1 1 (20.00%) Active Directory Federation Services
Vendors
1 3 (60.00%) Google
1 3 (60.00%) Microsoft