Aviation Contracts in the South West

Aviation
England > South West

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Aviation in contract job vacancies in the South West. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Aviation over the 6 months leading up to 2 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 103 142 160
Rank change year-on-year +39 +18 +11
Contract jobs citing Aviation 7 11 10
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 0.42% 0.34% 0.28%
As % of the General category 0.72% 0.67% 0.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 6
10th Percentile £661 £540 £323
25th Percentile £678 £563 £556
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £713 £625 £581
Median % change year-on-year +14.00% +7.53% +29.17%
75th Percentile £753 £688 £600
90th Percentile £774 £710 -
England median daily rate £450 £450 £550
% change year-on-year - -18.18% +6.02%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 9 4
10th Percentile £44.41 £39.00 £41.00
25th Percentile £49.77 £55.00 £50.00
Median hourly rate £60.00 £75.00 £61.50
Median % change year-on-year -20.01% +21.95% +89.52%
75th Percentile £68.13 £77.50 £73.69
90th Percentile £73.75 £80.00 £82.13
England median hourly rate £52.50 £51.74 £40.00
% change year-on-year +1.47% +29.34% -10.11%

All General Skills
South West

Aviation 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 966 1,643 1,789
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 57.33% 51.49% 49.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 606 981 1,320
10th Percentile £219 £213 £275
25th Percentile £400 £409 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -2.78% +10.77%
75th Percentile £607 £625 £630
90th Percentile £688 £700 £713
England median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 61 268 128
10th Percentile £18.13 £13.69 £17.50
25th Percentile £25.75 £22.27 £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 £75.75 £87.58
England median hourly rate £27.50 £30.00 £34.00
% change year-on-year -8.33% -11.76% +58.14%

Aviation
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for Aviation in the South West

Aviation
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

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

Daily rate trend for Aviation in the South West

Aviation
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

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

Hourly rate trend for Aviation in the South West

Aviation
Hourly Rate Histogram in the South West

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Aviation in the South West over the 6 months to 2 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Aviation in the South West

Aviation
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 Aviation within the South West region over the 6 months to 2 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
Bristol +20 3 £775 - 32
Gloucestershire +13 2 - - 32
Cornwall - 1 £650 -
Devon - 1 - - 2
Aviation
England

Aviation
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 (14.29%) CATIA
Cloud Services
1 2 (28.57%) AWS
2 1 (14.29%) Amazon CloudWatch
2 1 (14.29%) Amazon S3
2 1 (14.29%) Amazon SQS
2 1 (14.29%) AWS CodeBuild
2 1 (14.29%) AWS CodePipeline
2 1 (14.29%) AWS Lambda
2 1 (14.29%) AWS Step Functions
2 1 (14.29%) GitHub
2 1 (14.29%) IaaS
2 1 (14.29%) PaaS
2 1 (14.29%) SaaS
2 1 (14.29%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (14.29%) Amazon RDS
1 1 (14.29%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Git
1 1 (14.29%) MLflow
1 1 (14.29%) Rational DOORS
1 1 (14.29%) Rational Team Concert
General
1 4 (57.14%) Aerospace
2 2 (28.57%) Military
3 1 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (14.29%) Manufacturing
3 1 (14.29%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 2 (28.57%) Software Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Architect
2 1 (14.29%) Automation Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) C++ Software Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Control Systems Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Developer
2 1 (14.29%) Machine Learning Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Software Developer
2 1 (14.29%) Solutions Architect
2 1 (14.29%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (14.29%) AWS CDK
1 1 (14.29%) Middleware
1 1 (14.29%) PyTorch
1 1 (14.29%) Qt
1 1 (14.29%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) Cloud Native
Operating Systems
1 1 (14.29%) Linux
1 1 (14.29%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (42.86%) Agile
2 2 (28.57%) CI/CD
2 2 (28.57%) Customer-Centricity
2 2 (28.57%) Secure Coding
2 2 (28.57%) Software Engineering
3 1 (14.29%) Artificial Intelligence Engineering
3 1 (14.29%) Containerisation
3 1 (14.29%) Customer Engagement
3 1 (14.29%) DevSecOps
3 1 (14.29%) Digital Transformation Programme
3 1 (14.29%) Identity Access Management
3 1 (14.29%) Machine Learning
3 1 (14.29%) MLOps
3 1 (14.29%) Predictive Analytics
3 1 (14.29%) Preventative Maintenance
3 1 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (14.29%) Records Management
3 1 (14.29%) Scaled Agile Framework
3 1 (14.29%) Test Automation
3 1 (14.29%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 2 (28.57%) Python
2 1 (14.29%) Ada
2 1 (14.29%) Assembly Language
2 1 (14.29%) Bash
2 1 (14.29%) C
2 1 (14.29%) C++
2 1 (14.29%) Java
2 1 (14.29%) Perl
2 1 (14.29%) PowerShell
2 1 (14.29%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 4 (57.14%) Security Cleared
2 3 (42.86%) SC Cleared
3 1 (14.29%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (14.29%) Degree
3 1 (14.29%) HNC
3 1 (14.29%) MCITP
3 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (14.29%) Def Stans
1 1 (14.29%) IEC 61508
1 1 (14.29%) MISRA
1 1 (14.29%) MISRA C
System Software
1 1 (14.29%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (14.29%) Kubernetes
1 1 (14.29%) Prometheus
1 1 (14.29%) Terraform
Vendors
1 2 (28.57%) Twitter
2 1 (14.29%) CA Agile Central
2 1 (14.29%) Siemens
2 1 (14.29%) Wind River