Aerospace Contracts in the South West

Aerospace
England > South West

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

6 months to
1 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 89 43 103
Rank change year-on-year -46 +60 -11
Contract jobs citing Aerospace 29 135 62
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 1.64% 4.12% 1.79%
As % of the General category 2.84% 8.02% 3.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 34 12
10th Percentile £483 £377 £383
25th Percentile £513 £613 £469
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £545 £700 £650
Median % change year-on-year -22.14% +7.69% +54.76%
75th Percentile £550 - £706
90th Percentile £594 - £725
England median daily rate £558 £631 £500
% change year-on-year -11.61% +26.15% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 86 35
10th Percentile £24.77 £31.97 £41.73
25th Percentile £40.84 £40.00 £54.38
Median hourly rate £57.50 £55.00 £61.50
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -10.57% +17.14%
75th Percentile £68.75 £72.50 £67.25
90th Percentile £69.75 £77.50 £81.59
England median hourly rate £52.50 £50.00 £60.00
% change year-on-year +5.00% -16.67% +20.00%

All General Skills
South West

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 the South West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 1,022 1,683 1,617
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 57.71% 51.31% 46.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 622 1,007 1,165
10th Percentile £213 £260 £300
25th Percentile £355 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% +10.00%
75th Percentile £604 £638 £645
90th Percentile £675 £700 £725
England median daily rate £518 £535 £550
% change year-on-year -3.21% -2.73% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 77 291 120
10th Percentile £14.04 £13.69 £16.48
25th Percentile £15.25 £23.63 £31.07
Median hourly rate £27.40 £45.00 £56.91
Median % change year-on-year -39.11% -20.93% +35.50%
75th Percentile £58.75 £70.96 £65.81
90th Percentile £69.25 £75.00 £87.75
England median hourly rate £27.50 £32.70 £30.00
% change year-on-year -15.90% +8.99% +28.26%

Aerospace
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Job postings citing Aerospace as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Job vacancy trend for Aerospace in the South West

Aerospace
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Aerospace in the South West.

Daily rate trend for Aerospace in the South West

Aerospace
Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Aerospace in the South West over the 6 months to 1 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Aerospace in the South West

Aerospace
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Aerospace in the South West.

Hourly rate trend for Aerospace in the South West

Aerospace
Hourly Rate Histogram in the South West

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Aerospace in the South West over the 6 months to 1 July 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Aerospace in the South West

Aerospace
Contract Job Locations in the South West

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 West region over the 6 months to 1 July 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
Gloucestershire +21 14 £545 - 139
Bristol -30 13 £575 -11.54% 134
Aerospace
England

Aerospace
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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:

Applications
1 2 (6.90%) Windchill
2 1 (3.45%) CATIA
2 1 (3.45%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (3.45%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (6.90%) Teamcenter
2 1 (3.45%) Primavera
2 1 (3.45%) SAP PS
Cloud Services
1 2 (6.90%) Google Workspace
2 1 (3.45%) Amazon ECS
2 1 (3.45%) Amazon S3
2 1 (3.45%) AWS
2 1 (3.45%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 3 (10.34%) DNS
1 3 (10.34%) Firewall
1 3 (10.34%) Kerberos
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (10.34%) SAP HANA
2 1 (3.45%) Amazon Athena
2 1 (3.45%) Amazon RDS
2 1 (3.45%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 3 (10.34%) Rational DOORS
2 1 (3.45%) GitLab
2 1 (3.45%) Rational Team Concert
General
1 7 (24.14%) Social Skills
2 6 (20.69%) Aviation
3 5 (17.24%) Military
4 3 (10.34%) Manufacturing
5 2 (6.90%) Electronics
5 2 (6.90%) Finance
6 1 (3.45%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 7 (24.14%) Systems Engineer
2 4 (13.79%) Architect
3 3 (10.34%) Solutions Architect
4 2 (6.90%) Author
4 2 (6.90%) Lead
4 2 (6.90%) Software Engineer
4 2 (6.90%) Technical Author
5 1 (3.45%) Administrator
5 1 (3.45%) Buyer
5 1 (3.45%) Developer
5 1 (3.45%) IT Support Specialist
5 1 (3.45%) Java Software Engineer
5 1 (3.45%) Lead Developer
5 1 (3.45%) Lead Python Developer
5 1 (3.45%) Project Planner
5 1 (3.45%) SAP Administrator
5 1 (3.45%) SAP Support
5 1 (3.45%) Software Architect
5 1 (3.45%) Support Specialist
5 1 (3.45%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (10.34%) .NET
2 1 (3.45%) Hugging Face
2 1 (3.45%) Middleware
2 1 (3.45%) PyTorch
2 1 (3.45%) Qt
2 1 (3.45%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 3 (10.34%) Data Centre
1 3 (10.34%) PKI
1 3 (10.34%) Replication
2 2 (6.90%) Management Information System
3 1 (3.45%) Algorithms
3 1 (3.45%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (3.45%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (3.45%) Operational Technology
3 1 (3.45%) SCADA
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (17.24%) Project Management
1 5 (17.24%) Validation
2 4 (13.79%) Change Management
2 4 (13.79%) Software Engineering
3 3 (10.34%) ERP
3 3 (10.34%) Performance Tuning
3 3 (10.34%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (10.34%) RBAC
3 3 (10.34%) Root Cause Analysis
3 3 (10.34%) Verification and Validation
4 2 (6.90%) Agile
4 2 (6.90%) Artificial Intelligence
4 2 (6.90%) Computer Vision
4 2 (6.90%) Configuration Management
4 2 (6.90%) Containerisation
4 2 (6.90%) Data Science
4 2 (6.90%) Machine Learning
4 2 (6.90%) Mentoring
4 2 (6.90%) Power Management
4 2 (6.90%) Programme Governance
Programming Languages
1 3 (10.34%) Python
2 2 (6.90%) Ada
3 1 (3.45%) Assembly Language
3 1 (3.45%) C
3 1 (3.45%) C++
3 1 (3.45%) Java
3 1 (3.45%) SQL
Qualifications
1 8 (27.59%) Security Cleared
2 5 (17.24%) SC Cleared
3 4 (13.79%) Degree
3 4 (13.79%) HNC
4 2 (6.90%) BPSS Clearance
4 2 (6.90%) HND
5 1 (3.45%) AWS Certification
5 1 (3.45%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 1 (3.45%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (3.45%) DV Cleared
5 1 (3.45%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (6.90%) Def Stans
1 2 (6.90%) IEC 61508
2 1 (3.45%) ISO 9001
2 1 (3.45%) ISO/IEC 20000
2 1 (3.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (3.45%) MISRA
2 1 (3.45%) MISRA C
2 1 (3.45%) QA
System Software
1 1 (3.45%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (3.45%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 6 (20.69%) SAP
2 3 (10.34%) Twitter
3 2 (6.90%) Google
4 1 (3.45%) CA Agile Central
4 1 (3.45%) IBM
4 1 (3.45%) Microsoft
4 1 (3.45%) Siemens
4 1 (3.45%) Wind River