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 16 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 43 83 46
Rank change year-on-year +40 -37 +53
Contract jobs citing Aerospace 124 26 119
As % of all contract jobs in the South West 3.71% 1.55% 3.78%
As % of the General category 8.68% 2.69% 7.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 24 9 36
10th Percentile £408 £453 £378
25th Percentile £425 £513 £625
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £545 £700
Median % change year-on-year -8.26% -22.14% +12.00%
75th Percentile £533 £548 -
90th Percentile £540 - -
England median daily rate £510 £548 £650
% change year-on-year -6.93% -15.69% +30.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 70 15 71
10th Percentile £28.50 £54.09 £40.00
25th Percentile £34.88 £59.38 £45.00
Median hourly rate £52.61 £65.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -19.07% +18.18% -10.57%
75th Percentile £63.75 £68.75 £72.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £70.00 £77.50
England median hourly rate £60.00 £58.58 £50.00
% change year-on-year +2.42% +17.16% -18.70%

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 1,429 967 1,607
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 42.73% 57.66% 51.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 756 599 961
10th Percentile £300 £215 £215
25th Percentile £403 £391 £409
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £511 £510 £525
Median % change year-on-year +0.10% -2.86% -4.37%
75th Percentile £613 £610 £625
90th Percentile £731 £688 £700
England median daily rate £513 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -2.38% -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 213 63 269
10th Percentile £13.65 £15.83 £13.69
25th Percentile £16.62 £25.94 £23.63
Median hourly rate £32.50 £57.25 £46.39
Median % change year-on-year -43.23% +23.40% -23.13%
75th Percentile £63.75 £67.50 £70.66
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £77.50
England median hourly rate £30.75 £27.38 £30.16
% change year-on-year +12.33% -9.23% -7.20%

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 16 May 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 16 May 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 16 May 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 +35 82 £500 +122.22% 27
Gloucestershire +1 15 £581 +6.31% 35
Somerset - 12 - - 4
Wiltshire - 6 £450 - 7
Dorset - 5 - - 3
Devon -17 4 - - 2
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 3 (2.42%) Apache
2 1 (0.81%) Apache Spark
2 1 (0.81%) Tomcat
Applications
1 6 (4.84%) Simulink
2 2 (1.61%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (1.61%) Stateflow
Business Applications
1 6 (4.84%) Teamcenter
2 3 (2.42%) SAP EWM
3 2 (1.61%) SAP MM
3 2 (1.61%) SAP WM
4 1 (0.81%) Demantra
4 1 (0.81%) Remedy ITSM
4 1 (0.81%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 5 (4.03%) AWS
2 1 (0.81%) Amazon EC2
2 1 (0.81%) Google Workspace
2 1 (0.81%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 4 (3.23%) Ethernet
2 1 (0.81%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.81%) Elasticsearch
1 1 (0.81%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 4 (3.23%) Rational Rhapsody
2 3 (2.42%) GitLab
2 3 (2.42%) Rational DOORS
3 2 (1.61%) Artifactory
4 1 (0.81%) Git
General
1 30 (24.19%) Manufacturing
2 16 (12.90%) Aviation
3 13 (10.48%) Social Skills
4 7 (5.65%) Finance
5 5 (4.03%) Analytical Skills
5 5 (4.03%) Electronics
6 3 (2.42%) Avionics
7 2 (1.61%) Organisational Skills
7 2 (1.61%) Pharmaceutical
8 1 (0.81%) Automotive
8 1 (0.81%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (0.81%) Fire and Rescue
8 1 (0.81%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 25 (20.16%) Software Engineer
2 18 (14.52%) Systems Engineer
3 14 (11.29%) Technical Support
4 10 (8.06%) Senior
5 8 (6.45%) Support Engineer
5 8 (6.45%) Technical Engineer
6 7 (5.65%) Algorithm Engineer
6 7 (5.65%) Configuration Management Specialist
6 7 (5.65%) Configuration Specialist
6 7 (5.65%) Data Management Specialist
6 7 (5.65%) Support Technician
6 7 (5.65%) Technical Support Engineer
7 6 (4.84%) Site Manager
7 6 (4.84%) Technology Specialist
8 5 (4.03%) Ada Engineer
8 5 (4.03%) Ada Software Engineer
8 5 (4.03%) Author
8 5 (4.03%) Designer
8 5 (4.03%) Technical Author
8 5 (4.03%) Test Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (3.23%) Middleware
2 3 (2.42%) Apache NiFi
2 3 (2.42%) Qt
3 2 (1.61%) REST
4 1 (0.81%) .NET
4 1 (0.81%) Elastic Stack
4 1 (0.81%) Flask
4 1 (0.81%) Kafka
4 1 (0.81%) LDAP
4 1 (0.81%) pytest
4 1 (0.81%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 8 (6.45%) Algorithms
2 7 (5.65%) Operational Technology
3 4 (3.23%) FPGA
3 4 (3.23%) Legacy Systems
3 4 (3.23%) PCIe
3 4 (3.23%) Verilog
3 4 (3.23%) VHDL
4 3 (2.42%) Cyber Security Posture
4 3 (2.42%) Legacy Applications
4 3 (2.42%) Management Information System
4 3 (2.42%) Onboarding
5 2 (1.61%) Product Ownership
6 1 (0.81%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (0.81%) Device Driver
6 1 (0.81%) Embedded Systems
6 1 (0.81%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (0.81%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 5 (4.03%) Windows
2 4 (3.23%) Linux
3 1 (0.81%) Embedded Linux
3 1 (0.81%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (22.58%) Software Engineering
2 13 (10.48%) Data Management
3 12 (9.68%) Problem-Solving
3 12 (9.68%) Systems Engineering
4 10 (8.06%) Stakeholder Management
5 9 (7.26%) Configuration Management
5 9 (7.26%) Cybersecurity
5 9 (7.26%) Project Management
6 8 (6.45%) Safety Engineering
6 8 (6.45%) Validation
6 8 (6.45%) Verification and Validation
7 7 (5.65%) PLM
8 6 (4.84%) Continuous Improvement
8 6 (4.84%) Customer Requirements
8 6 (4.84%) Decision-Making
8 6 (4.84%) Demand Management
8 6 (4.84%) Machine Learning
8 6 (4.84%) PDM
8 6 (4.84%) Roadmaps
9 5 (4.03%) CI/CD
Programming Languages
1 18 (14.52%) Ada
2 13 (10.48%) MATLAB
3 9 (7.26%) C++
4 8 (6.45%) Python
5 4 (3.23%) SystemVerilog
6 2 (1.61%) C
6 2 (1.61%) Java
6 2 (1.61%) PowerShell
7 1 (0.81%) C#
Qualifications
1 52 (41.94%) Security Cleared
2 34 (27.42%) SC Cleared
3 4 (3.23%) BPSS Clearance
3 4 (3.23%) Degree
4 2 (1.61%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (1.61%) DV Cleared
5 1 (0.81%) DBS Check
5 1 (0.81%) PMI Certification
5 1 (0.81%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (4.84%) Def Stans
1 6 (4.84%) QA
2 5 (4.03%) IEC 61508
3 4 (3.23%) Data Quality
3 4 (3.23%) DO-254
4 3 (2.42%) MISRA
4 3 (2.42%) MISRA C
5 1 (0.81%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 4 (3.23%) Firmware
2 3 (2.42%) Docker
3 1 (0.81%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.81%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (2.42%) Ansible
1 3 (2.42%) Kubernetes
1 3 (2.42%) Terraform
2 1 (0.81%) Grafana
2 1 (0.81%) Kibana
2 1 (0.81%) logstash
2 1 (0.81%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 12 (9.68%) SAP
2 6 (4.84%) Siemens
3 4 (3.23%) Altera
3 4 (3.23%) Microsemi
3 4 (3.23%) Xilinx
4 3 (2.42%) Microsoft
5 2 (1.61%) Red Hat
6 1 (0.81%) Cisco
6 1 (0.81%) Google
6 1 (0.81%) IBM
6 1 (0.81%) Remedy
6 1 (0.81%) ServiceNow
6 1 (0.81%) VMware
6 1 (0.81%) webMethods