Aerospace Contract Job Trends 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 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 39 68 53
Rank change year-on-year +29 -15 +39
Contract jobs citing Aerospace 151 47 112
As % of all contract jobs in the South West 4.23% 2.48% 3.90%
As % of the General category 9.34% 4.32% 7.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 24 19 30
10th Percentile £400 £513 £375
25th Percentile £435 £535 £536
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £498 £575 £700
Median % change year-on-year -13.48% -17.86% +7.69%
75th Percentile £533 £660 -
90th Percentile £574 £667 -
England median daily rate £591 £564 £607
% change year-on-year +4.75% -7.13% +15.62%
Number of hourly rates quoted 84 19 68
10th Percentile £31.25 £22.63 £31.97
25th Percentile £38.72 £37.09 £45.00
Median hourly rate £50.24 £50.49 £65.50
Median % change year-on-year -0.49% -22.92% +6.50%
75th Percentile £75.00 £68.13 £74.06
90th Percentile - £70.75 £78.25
England median hourly rate £58.50 £50.49 £50.00
% change year-on-year +15.88% +0.97% -16.67%

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 general skills in the South West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 1,617 1,087 1,454
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 45.29% 57.30% 50.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 836 646 893
10th Percentile £305 £213 £250
25th Percentile £413 £358 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -
75th Percentile £603 £606 £638
90th Percentile £700 £688 £720
England median daily rate £525 £513 £538
% change year-on-year +2.44% -4.65% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 263 96 218
10th Percentile £13.65 £13.41 £13.69
25th Percentile £17.25 £15.25 £28.00
Median hourly rate £41.71 £22.63 £47.83
Median % change year-on-year +84.31% -52.69% -15.00%
75th Percentile £65.00 £53.99 £72.50
90th Percentile £75.00 £68.75 £77.50
England median hourly rate £33.74 £25.15 £38.12
% change year-on-year +34.16% -34.02% +27.07%

Aerospace
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Aerospace job vacancy trend in the South West

Aerospace
Daily Rate Trend in the South West

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Aerospace

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 August 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Aerospace in the South West

Aerospace
Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Aerospace

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 August 2026.

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 August 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
Bristol +25 91 £495 -13.91% 39
Gloucestershire -2 32 £581 -2.35% 47
Somerset - 18 £550 - 18
Dorset - 5 - - 14
Wiltshire -13 3 £500 -20.32% 11
Aerospace
England

Aerospace
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (0.66%) Apache
1 1 (0.66%) Jupyter
1 1 (0.66%) Palantir Foundry
1 1 (0.66%) Tomcat
Applications
1 8 (5.30%) Simulink
2 5 (3.31%) Microsoft Project
3 4 (2.65%) Stateflow
4 1 (0.66%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.66%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.66%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (1.99%) SAP EWM
1 3 (1.99%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (1.32%) SAP CO
2 2 (1.32%) SAP FI
2 2 (1.32%) SAP FI/CO
2 2 (1.32%) SAP GRC
2 2 (1.32%) SAP MM
2 2 (1.32%) SAP WM
2 2 (1.32%) Teamcenter
3 1 (0.66%) Demantra
Cloud Services
1 3 (1.99%) AWS
2 1 (0.66%) Amazon EC2
2 1 (0.66%) Azure
2 1 (0.66%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (0.66%) GitHub
2 1 (0.66%) Google Workspace
2 1 (0.66%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 5 (3.31%) Ethernet
2 1 (0.66%) DNS
2 1 (0.66%) RS-232
2 1 (0.66%) RS-422
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.66%) Relational Database
1 1 (0.66%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 13 (8.61%) Rational DOORS
2 2 (1.32%) GitLab
2 2 (1.32%) Rational Rhapsody
3 1 (0.66%) Artifactory
3 1 (0.66%) Git
3 1 (0.66%) JIRA
3 1 (0.66%) Visual Studio
General
1 26 (17.22%) Manufacturing
2 19 (12.58%) Avionics
2 19 (12.58%) Social Skills
3 18 (11.92%) Aviation
4 14 (9.27%) Finance
5 11 (7.28%) Analytical Skills
6 6 (3.97%) Automotive
7 5 (3.31%) Electronics
7 5 (3.31%) Pharmaceutical
8 3 (1.99%) Presentation Skills
9 2 (1.32%) Banking
9 2 (1.32%) General Ledger
9 2 (1.32%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (1.32%) Public Sector
9 2 (1.32%) Telecoms
10 1 (0.66%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (0.66%) Fire and Rescue
10 1 (0.66%) Law
10 1 (0.66%) Military
10 1 (0.66%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 26 (17.22%) Systems Engineer
2 24 (15.89%) Software Engineer
3 13 (8.61%) Configuration Manager
4 12 (7.95%) Analyst
4 12 (7.95%) Change and Configuration Manager
4 12 (7.95%) Change Manager
5 9 (5.96%) Ada Engineer
5 9 (5.96%) Ada Software Engineer
5 9 (5.96%) Senior
6 8 (5.30%) Data Analyst
6 8 (5.30%) Project Manager
7 6 (3.97%) C++ Software Engineer
7 6 (3.97%) Site Manager
7 6 (3.97%) Technology Specialist
8 5 (3.31%) Algorithm Engineer
8 5 (3.31%) Configuration Management Specialist
8 5 (3.31%) Configuration Specialist
8 5 (3.31%) Data Management Specialist
8 5 (3.31%) Technical Support
8 5 (3.31%) Test Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.32%) Middleware
1 2 (1.32%) REST
1 2 (1.32%) Yocto
2 1 (0.66%) .NET
2 1 (0.66%) Apache NiFi
2 1 (0.66%) FastAPI
2 1 (0.66%) Flask
2 1 (0.66%) LDAP
2 1 (0.66%) pydantic
2 1 (0.66%) pytest
2 1 (0.66%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 7 (4.64%) Self-Motivation
2 6 (3.97%) Embedded Systems
2 6 (3.97%) Operational Technology
3 5 (3.31%) Algorithms
4 4 (2.65%) FPGA
4 4 (2.65%) PCIe
4 4 (2.65%) Verilog
4 4 (2.65%) VHDL
5 3 (1.99%) Cyber Security Posture
5 3 (1.99%) Legacy Applications
5 3 (1.99%) Legacy Systems
5 3 (1.99%) Management Information System
5 3 (1.99%) Onboarding
6 2 (1.32%) Device Driver
6 2 (1.32%) Greenfield Project
6 2 (1.32%) Life Science
7 1 (0.66%) Data Protection Act
7 1 (0.66%) Product Ownership
7 1 (0.66%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 8 (5.30%) Linux
2 2 (1.32%) Embedded Linux
3 1 (0.66%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 1 (0.66%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (19.87%) Software Engineering
2 15 (9.93%) Stakeholder Management
3 13 (8.61%) Problem-Solving
4 12 (7.95%) Project Management
5 10 (6.62%) Cybersecurity
5 10 (6.62%) Systems Engineering
6 9 (5.96%) Configuration Management
6 9 (5.96%) Continuous Improvement
6 9 (5.96%) Data Management
7 7 (4.64%) Customer Requirements
7 7 (4.64%) ERP
7 7 (4.64%) Roadmaps
7 7 (4.64%) Validation
8 6 (3.97%) Agile
8 6 (3.97%) Demand Management
8 6 (3.97%) Mentoring
8 6 (3.97%) SDLC
9 5 (3.31%) Analytics
9 5 (3.31%) DevOps
9 5 (3.31%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 22 (14.57%) Ada
2 13 (8.61%) MATLAB
3 8 (5.30%) C++
4 7 (4.64%) Python
5 4 (2.65%) SystemVerilog
6 2 (1.32%) C
6 2 (1.32%) Java
6 2 (1.32%) PowerShell
6 2 (1.32%) Rust
7 1 (0.66%) Ada 95
7 1 (0.66%) C#
Qualifications
1 44 (29.14%) Security Cleared
2 34 (22.52%) SC Cleared
3 13 (8.61%) Degree
4 9 (5.96%) BPSS Clearance
5 6 (3.97%) Chartered Engineer
6 4 (2.65%) PMP
7 3 (1.99%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (1.99%) PMI Certification
8 1 (0.66%) CISM
8 1 (0.66%) CISSP
8 1 (0.66%) DV Cleared
8 1 (0.66%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (4.64%) QA
2 5 (3.31%) DO-254
3 4 (2.65%) Data Quality
3 4 (2.65%) IEC 61508
4 3 (1.99%) Def Stans
5 2 (1.32%) GRC
6 1 (0.66%) ARP4761
6 1 (0.66%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.66%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.66%) MIL-STD-1553
6 1 (0.66%) NIST
6 1 (0.66%) RMADS
System Software
1 4 (2.65%) Firmware
2 1 (0.66%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (1.99%) Functional Safety
2 1 (0.66%) Ansible
2 1 (0.66%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.66%) PTC Integrity
2 1 (0.66%) SolarWinds Orion
2 1 (0.66%) Terraform
Vendors
1 15 (9.93%) SAP
2 8 (5.30%) Microsoft
3 4 (2.65%) Altera
3 4 (2.65%) Microsemi
3 4 (2.65%) Xilinx
4 2 (1.32%) Siemens
5 1 (0.66%) Foundry
5 1 (0.66%) Google
5 1 (0.66%) Green Hills
5 1 (0.66%) IBM
5 1 (0.66%) Palantir
5 1 (0.66%) PTC
5 1 (0.66%) Red Hat
5 1 (0.66%) SolarWinds
5 1 (0.66%) webMethods