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 28 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 109 112 147
Rank change year-on-year +3 +35 +31
DemandTrendContract jobs citing Aerospace 9 6 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 0.55% 0.32% 0.20%
As % of the General category 0.79% 0.51% 0.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 3
10th Percentile £67 - -
25th Percentile £69 - £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £70 - £400
Median % change year-on-year - - -29.20%
75th Percentile £135 - £428
90th Percentile £253 - £438
UK median daily rate £550 £538 £538
% change year-on-year +2.33% -0.09% -5.61%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 3 2
10th Percentile £44.53 - £40.47
25th Percentile £47.99 £22.50 £42.68
Median hourly rate £57.50 £25.00 £46.85
Median % change year-on-year +130.00% -46.64% +1.19%
75th Percentile £63.13 £51.25 £50.53
90th Percentile £64.25 £65.50 £52.43
UK median hourly rate £50.49 £55.00 £57.50
% change year-on-year -8.21% -4.35% +3.60%

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.

DemandTrendContract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 1,137 1,175 1,708
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 70.01% 63.41% 67.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 631 700 1,142
10th Percentile £220 £164 £200
25th Percentile £361 £281 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £439 £475
Median % change year-on-year +5.35% -7.58% -
75th Percentile £538 £538 £559
90th Percentile £588 £631 £638
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 48 50 34
10th Percentile £16.02 £12.30 £12.13
25th Percentile £16.61 £13.85 £12.84
Median hourly rate £19.23 £17.00 £19.18
Median % change year-on-year +13.12% -11.37% -3.38%
75th Percentile £24.54 £23.37 £58.96
90th Percentile £43.29 £35.45 £68.09
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year -28.14% +27.27% +12.61%

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
Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Aerospace

Aerospace
Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Aerospace in Scotland over the 6 months to 28 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Aerospace in Scotland

Aerospace
Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Aerospace

Aerospace
Hourly Rate Histogram in Scotland

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Aerospace in Scotland over the 6 months to 28 August 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Aerospace in Scotland

Aerospace
DemandTrendContract 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 28 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
Edinburgh +8 4 £65 - 19
Fife - 3 £70 - 2
Moray - 1 - -
South Ayrshire - 1 £307 - 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (11.11%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (22.22%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (11.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (11.11%) Smartsheet
Development Applications
1 3 (33.33%) Rational Rhapsody
2 1 (11.11%) Bitbucket
2 1 (11.11%) GitLab
2 1 (11.11%) JIRA
2 1 (11.11%) LabVIEW
General
1 4 (44.44%) Manufacturing
1 4 (44.44%) Social Skills
2 2 (22.22%) Military
3 1 (11.11%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 3 (33.33%) Software Engineer
2 2 (22.22%) Engineering Manager
2 2 (22.22%) Programme Manager
2 2 (22.22%) Test Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) C++ Software Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Development Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Principal Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Principal Test Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Quality Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Senior
3 1 (11.11%) Senior Development Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Senior Test Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Support Technician
3 1 (11.11%) Test Development Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (11.11%) Analogue Electronics
1 1 (11.11%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (44.44%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (33.33%) Software Engineering
2 3 (33.33%) UML
3 2 (22.22%) Change Management
3 2 (22.22%) Matrix Organization
3 2 (22.22%) Mentoring
3 2 (22.22%) Technical Leadership
4 1 (11.11%) Agile
4 1 (11.11%) Collaborative Engineering
4 1 (11.11%) GAP Analysis
4 1 (11.11%) Integration Testing
4 1 (11.11%) OO
4 1 (11.11%) OOD
4 1 (11.11%) QMS
4 1 (11.11%) Quality Management
4 1 (11.11%) Roadmaps
4 1 (11.11%) Scrum
4 1 (11.11%) Software Testing
4 1 (11.11%) Technology Roadmap
4 1 (11.11%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 4 (44.44%) C++
2 2 (22.22%) C
3 1 (11.11%) C#
Qualifications
1 4 (44.44%) Security Cleared
2 3 (33.33%) SC Cleared
3 2 (22.22%) CCA
4 1 (11.11%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (11.11%) MISRA
1 1 (11.11%) MISRA C
Vendors
1 3 (33.33%) IBM
1 3 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 1 (11.11%) Mentor Graphics