Aviation Contract Job Trends in Scotland

Aviation
UK > Scotland

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Aviation in contract job vacancies in Scotland. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Aviation over the 6 months leading up to 1 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 104 - 132
Rank change year-on-year - - +41
Contract jobs citing Aviation 4 0 5
As % of all contract jobs in Scotland 0.24% - 0.22%
As % of the General category 0.40% - 0.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 5
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £513 - £256
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 - £313
Median % change year-on-year - - -53.70%
75th Percentile £538 - £406
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £531 £450 £450
% change year-on-year +18.06% - -19.93%

All General Skills
Scotland

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 Scotland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 1,011 1,169 1,513
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 60.76% 71.54% 65.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 546 713 909
10th Percentile £206 £216 £180
25th Percentile £358 £368 £369
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £460 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.17% -3.16% -
75th Percentile £575 £538 £588
90th Percentile £675 £613 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 86 30 71
10th Percentile £12.60 £18.27 £12.50
25th Percentile £13.00 £20.96 £16.25
Median hourly rate £16.25 £24.09 £19.50
Median % change year-on-year -32.54% +23.54% +10.05%
75th Percentile £47.19 £26.98 £60.38
90th Percentile £67.00 £44.50 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £25.38 £29.07 £26.00
% change year-on-year -12.69% +11.81% -25.71%

Aviation
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Aviation job vacancy trend in Scotland

Aviation
Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Aviation

Aviation
Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Aviation

Aviation
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 Aviation within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 1 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
Glasgow - 4 £525 - 1
Aviation
UK

Aviation
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Scotland 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:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (100.00%) Data Vault
1 4 (100.00%) Metadata
1 4 (100.00%) Snowflake Schema
General
1 4 (100.00%) Banking
1 4 (100.00%) Finance
1 4 (100.00%) Investment Banking
2 2 (50.00%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) Data Modeller
2 2 (50.00%) Finance Modeller
Miscellaneous
1 4 (100.00%) Cloud Native
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Analytics
1 4 (100.00%) Data Modelling
1 4 (100.00%) Data Transformation
1 4 (100.00%) Dimensional Modelling
1 4 (100.00%) Logical Data Model
1 4 (100.00%) Physical Data Model
2 2 (50.00%) Architectural Design
2 2 (50.00%) Migration
2 2 (50.00%) Model Validation
2 2 (50.00%) Regulatory Compliance
2 2 (50.00%) Roadmaps
2 2 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 2 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management