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 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 81 52 94
Rank change year-on-year -29 +42 +29
Contract jobs citing Aerospace 30 116 79
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 1.79% 3.63% 2.18%
As % of the General category 3.12% 7.03% 4.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 35 10
10th Percentile £513 £439 £463
25th Percentile £529 £650 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £547 £700 £575
Median % change year-on-year -21.86% +21.74% +27.78%
75th Percentile £548 - £669
90th Percentile - - £725
England median daily rate £548 £650 £558
% change year-on-year -15.69% +16.59% +8.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 69 47
10th Percentile £54.43 £40.00 £38.23
25th Percentile £60.94 £45.00 £54.38
Median hourly rate £65.00 £55.00 £61.50
Median % change year-on-year +18.18% -10.57% +36.67%
75th Percentile £69.06 £71.50 £65.75
90th Percentile £72.50 £77.50 £81.40
England median hourly rate £57.50 £50.00 £61.50
% change year-on-year +15.00% -18.70% +11.82%

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 961 1,651 1,793
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 57.27% 51.61% 49.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 605 989 1,321
10th Percentile £218 £213 £275
25th Percentile £399 £409 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £545
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -3.67% +11.79%
75th Percentile £606 £625 £634
90th Percentile £678 £700 £713
England median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 61 269 128
10th Percentile £18.13 £13.69 £17.50
25th Percentile £25.75 £23.63 £37.50
Median hourly rate £60.00 £46.39 £60.35
Median % change year-on-year +29.34% -23.13% +34.98%
75th Percentile £68.75 £68.75 £70.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.50 £87.58
England median hourly rate £27.50 £30.16 £33.82
% change year-on-year -8.82% -10.82% +57.30%

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 May 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 May 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 May 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 +23 16 £547 -0.55% 89
Bristol -18 12 £225 -65.38% 87
Dorset +1 1 - - 19
Devon - 1 - - 12
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 1 (3.33%) CATIA
1 1 (3.33%) Simulink
1 1 (3.33%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (3.33%) Primavera
1 1 (3.33%) SAP PS
Cloud Services
1 1 (3.33%) Azure
1 1 (3.33%) Entra ID
1 1 (3.33%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 10 (33.33%) DNS
2 9 (30.00%) Firewall
2 9 (30.00%) Kerberos
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (10.00%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 1 (3.33%) JUnit
1 1 (3.33%) Rational DOORS
1 1 (3.33%) Rational Team Concert
General
1 5 (16.67%) Social Skills
2 4 (13.33%) Aviation
3 2 (6.67%) Finance
3 2 (6.67%) Manufacturing
3 2 (6.67%) Military
4 1 (3.33%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 10 (33.33%) Architect
2 9 (30.00%) Solutions Architect
3 8 (26.67%) Software Engineer
4 3 (10.00%) Systems Engineer
5 2 (6.67%) Embedded Engineer
5 2 (6.67%) Embedded Software Engineer
5 2 (6.67%) Java Engineer
5 2 (6.67%) Java Software Engineer
6 1 (3.33%) Active Directory Architect
6 1 (3.33%) Ada Engineer
6 1 (3.33%) Ada Software Engineer
6 1 (3.33%) Algorithm Engineer
6 1 (3.33%) Automation Engineer
6 1 (3.33%) Buyer
6 1 (3.33%) Control Systems Engineer
6 1 (3.33%) Embedded C Engineer
6 1 (3.33%) Embedded C Software Engineer
6 1 (3.33%) Human Factors Engineer
6 1 (3.33%) Project Controller
6 1 (3.33%) Technologist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (33.33%) .NET
2 4 (13.33%) Middleware
3 2 (6.67%) Qt
4 1 (3.33%) pytest
Miscellaneous
1 10 (33.33%) PKI
2 9 (30.00%) Data Centre
2 9 (30.00%) Replication
3 1 (3.33%) Algorithms
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.33%) Linux
1 1 (3.33%) VxWorks
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (33.33%) RBAC
2 8 (26.67%) Software Engineering
3 3 (10.00%) Change Management
3 3 (10.00%) ERP
3 3 (10.00%) Performance Tuning
3 3 (10.00%) Root Cause Analysis
3 3 (10.00%) Validation
4 2 (6.67%) Agile
4 2 (6.67%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (6.67%) Project Management
5 1 (3.33%) Artificial Intelligence
5 1 (3.33%) Business Performance Management
5 1 (3.33%) Critical Path Analysis
5 1 (3.33%) Incident Management
5 1 (3.33%) Mathematics
5 1 (3.33%) Migration
5 1 (3.33%) Quality Management
5 1 (3.33%) Software Testing
5 1 (3.33%) Statistics
5 1 (3.33%) SysML
Programming Languages
1 5 (16.67%) Ada
2 3 (10.00%) C++
3 2 (6.67%) C
3 2 (6.67%) Java
3 2 (6.67%) Python
4 1 (3.33%) Assembly Language
4 1 (3.33%) Embedded C
4 1 (3.33%) Fortran
4 1 (3.33%) JavaScript
4 1 (3.33%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 17 (56.67%) Security Cleared
2 16 (53.33%) SC Cleared
3 2 (6.67%) HNC
4 1 (3.33%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (13.33%) Def Stans
1 4 (13.33%) IEC 61508
2 2 (6.67%) MISRA
2 2 (6.67%) MISRA C
3 1 (3.33%) DO-178B
3 1 (3.33%) ISO 9001
3 1 (3.33%) ISO/IEC 20000
3 1 (3.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (3.33%) QA
System Software
1 1 (3.33%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 5 (16.67%) SAP
2 2 (6.67%) Twitter
3 1 (3.33%) CA Agile Central
3 1 (3.33%) Google
3 1 (3.33%) Siemens
3 1 (3.33%) Wind River