Aerospace Contract Job Trends in South London

Aerospace
London > South London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Aerospace in contract job vacancies in South London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Aerospace over the 6 months leading up to 29 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 50 - 37
Rank change year-on-year - - +10
Contract jobs citing Aerospace 1 0 4
As % of all contract jobs in South London 0.31% - 1.69%
As % of the General category 0.57% - 3.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £406 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 - -
75th Percentile £419 - -
90th Percentile - - -
London median daily rate £650 £615 £505
% change year-on-year +5.65% +21.83% -12.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £81.25
Median hourly rate - - £82.50
75th Percentile - - £83.75
90th Percentile - - -
London median hourly rate - £39.02 £82.50
% change year-on-year - -52.70% -

All General Skills
South London

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 South London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 174 128 131
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in South London 53.87% 68.09% 55.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 119 71 80
10th Percentile £216 £363 £199
25th Percentile £450 £456 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £600 £475
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +26.32% -13.64%
75th Percentile £550 £675 £564
90th Percentile £640 £938 £638
London median daily rate £525 £575 £575
% change year-on-year -8.70% - -4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 12 16
10th Percentile - - £16.21
25th Percentile £16.70 - £17.19
Median hourly rate £40.68 £15.84 £23.50
Median % change year-on-year +156.79% -32.60% +0.17%
75th Percentile £65.56 £20.38 £50.36
90th Percentile £66.13 £73.96 £83.75
London median hourly rate £35.00 £34.50 £28.50
% change year-on-year +1.45% +21.05% -10.94%

Aerospace
Job Vacancy Trend in South London

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

Aerospace job vacancy trend in South London

Aerospace
Daily Rate Trend in South London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in South London citing Aerospace.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in South London citing Aerospace

Aerospace
Hourly Rate Trend in South London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in South London citing Aerospace.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in South London citing Aerospace

Aerospace
Contract Job Locations in South London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Aerospace within the South London region over the 6 months to 29 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
Kingston Upon Thames - 1 £413 - 2
Merton - 1 £413 - 1
Aerospace
London

Aerospace
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South London 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:

Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Containerisation
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) Docker
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) VMware