Aerospace Contracts in Scotland

Aerospace
UK > Scotland

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Aerospace in contract job vacancies in Scotland. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Aerospace over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 112 119 161
Rank change year-on-year +7 +42 +4
Contract jobs citing Aerospace 4 10 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 0.25% 0.45% 0.070%
As % of the General category 0.34% 0.69% 0.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £363 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 - -
75th Percentile £488 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £548 £650 £565
% change year-on-year -15.69% +15.04% +8.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 8 2
10th Percentile - £22.50 £41.35
25th Percentile - £39.38 £44.88
Median hourly rate £42.22 £60.00 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year -29.63% +14.29% -
75th Percentile - £75.00 £60.88
90th Percentile - - £64.85
UK median hourly rate £56.25 £50.00 £61.50
% change year-on-year +12.50% -18.70% +17.14%

All General Skills
Scotland

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 Scotland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 1,171 1,442 1,887
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 72.06% 65.04% 65.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 713 864 1,390
10th Percentile £240 £182 £236
25th Percentile £375 £363 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.21% - +3.83%
75th Percentile £550 £588 £570
90th Percentile £612 £675 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.80%
Number of hourly rates quoted 34 73 28
10th Percentile £16.02 £12.30 £12.75
25th Percentile £18.52 £16.00 £16.00
Median hourly rate £22.44 £19.17 £19.88
Median % change year-on-year +17.04% -3.57% -23.54%
75th Percentile £28.22 £60.00 £58.75
90th Percentile £55.74 £69.00 £66.84
UK median hourly rate £27.50 £30.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -8.33% -14.29% +59.31%

Aerospace
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Job postings citing Aerospace as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Job vacancy trend for Aerospace in Scotland

Aerospace
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Aerospace in Scotland.

Daily rate trend for Aerospace in Scotland

Aerospace
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Aerospace in Scotland.

Hourly rate trend for Aerospace in Scotland

Aerospace
Contract Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Aerospace within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
Edinburgh +6 3 £425 - 16
Moray - 1 - -
Aerospace
UK

Aerospace
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Teamcenter
General
1 1 (25.00%) Electronics
1 1 (25.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 1 (25.00%) Configuration Engineer
1 1 (25.00%) Firmware Engineer
1 1 (25.00%) Project Manager
1 1 (25.00%) Software Project Manager
1 1 (25.00%) Support Technician
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) FPGA
1 1 (25.00%) Verilog
1 1 (25.00%) VHDL
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (25.00%) Budget Management
1 1 (25.00%) Budgeting and Resource Allocation
1 1 (25.00%) Change Control
1 1 (25.00%) Commercial Awareness
1 1 (25.00%) Configuration Management
1 1 (25.00%) Data Management
1 1 (25.00%) DevOps
1 1 (25.00%) FPGA Design
1 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (25.00%) Project Management
1 1 (25.00%) Resource Allocation
1 1 (25.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (25.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (25.00%) Software Testing
1 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) SystemVerilog
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (25.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) Def Stans
System Software
1 1 (25.00%) Firmware
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Intel
1 1 (25.00%) Microsemi
1 1 (25.00%) SAP
1 1 (25.00%) Xilinx