Aerospace Contract Job Trends in South Wales

Aerospace
Wales > South Wales

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Aerospace in contract job vacancies in South Wales. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Aerospace over the 6 months leading up to 27 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 36 40 39
Rank change year-on-year +4 -1 -16
Contract jobs citing Aerospace 7 5 10
As % of all contract jobs in South Wales 1.97% 1.32% 2.63%
As % of the General category 3.68% 2.38% 5.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 4
10th Percentile - - £496
25th Percentile £525 - £547
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £350 £613
Median % change year-on-year +57.14% -42.86% +7.46%
75th Percentile £575 - £650
90th Percentile - - -
Wales median daily rate £550 £350 £613
% change year-on-year +57.14% -42.86% +7.46%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 3 3
10th Percentile £78.25 £44.00 £48.25
25th Percentile £79.38 £46.25 £49.38
Median hourly rate £82.50 £50.00 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year +65.00% -4.76% -
75th Percentile £84.38 £61.88 £55.13
90th Percentile £84.75 £69.00 £55.95
Wales median hourly rate £82.50 £50.00 £52.50
% change year-on-year +65.00% -4.76% -

All General Skills
South Wales

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 South Wales.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 190 210 191
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in South Wales 53.52% 55.26% 50.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 125 102 135
10th Percentile £192 £127 £179
25th Percentile £265 £168 £220
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £358 £425
Median % change year-on-year +4.90% -15.88% -15.00%
75th Percentile £483 £505 £600
90th Percentile £586 £624 £650
Wales median daily rate £375 £363 £390
% change year-on-year +3.45% -7.05% -17.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 32 22
10th Percentile £13.08 £15.69 £16.00
25th Percentile £14.23 £20.12 £21.34
Median hourly rate £17.80 £22.00 £29.83
Median % change year-on-year -19.11% -26.25% +48.27%
75th Percentile £22.84 £32.50 £53.44
90th Percentile £38.43 £52.50 £55.25
Wales median hourly rate £18.59 £22.50 £27.17
% change year-on-year -17.38% -17.17% +34.21%

Aerospace
Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales

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

Aerospace job vacancy trend in South Wales

Aerospace
Daily Rate Trend in South Wales

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

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

Aerospace
Hourly Rate Trend in South Wales

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

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

Aerospace
Contract Job Locations in South Wales

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 Wales region over the 6 months to 27 November 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
Newport +8 6 £550 +57.14% 7
Cardiff - 1 - -
Aerospace
Wales

Aerospace
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South Wales 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (14.29%) Cisco ASA
1 1 (14.29%) Cisco IOS
1 1 (14.29%) Cisco Wireless
1 1 (14.29%) DHCP
1 1 (14.29%) DNS
1 1 (14.29%) Firewall
1 1 (14.29%) NX-OS
1 1 (14.29%) Wireless
General
1 3 (42.86%) Social Skills
2 1 (14.29%) Aviation
2 1 (14.29%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (57.14%) Architect
1 4 (57.14%) Security Architect
2 1 (14.29%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Network Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Project Manager
2 1 (14.29%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Senior
2 1 (14.29%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (42.86%) ModSecurity
Miscellaneous
1 3 (42.86%) Management Information System
2 1 (14.29%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 1 (14.29%) Windows
1 1 (14.29%) Windows Server
1 1 (14.29%) Windows Server 2016
1 1 (14.29%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (42.86%) Cybersecurity
1 3 (42.86%) Information Assurance
1 3 (42.86%) Information Security
1 3 (42.86%) Risk Management
1 3 (42.86%) SABSA
1 3 (42.86%) Security Architecture
1 3 (42.86%) Security Management
1 3 (42.86%) Systems Engineering
1 3 (42.86%) TOGAF
2 2 (28.57%) Zero Trust
3 1 (14.29%) Data Protection
3 1 (14.29%) Disaster Recovery
3 1 (14.29%) Infrastructure Automation
3 1 (14.29%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 1 (14.29%) Migration
3 1 (14.29%) Project Management
3 1 (14.29%) Project Planning
Programming Languages
1 1 (14.29%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 3 (42.86%) CISM
1 3 (42.86%) CISSP
1 3 (42.86%) SC Cleared
1 3 (42.86%) Security Cleared
2 1 (14.29%) CCNA
2 1 (14.29%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (14.29%) CompTIA Security+
2 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (42.86%) Def Stans
1 3 (42.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 3 (42.86%) JSP 440
1 3 (42.86%) NCSC
1 3 (42.86%) NIST
1 3 (42.86%) NIST 800
System Software
1 1 (14.29%) Active Directory
1 1 (14.29%) Hyper-V
1 1 (14.29%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (14.29%) Cisco Prime
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
Vendors
1 1 (14.29%) Cisco
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft
1 1 (14.29%) Veeam
1 1 (14.29%) VMware