Aerospace Contract Job Trends in Southampton

Aerospace
Hampshire > Southampton

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Aerospace in contract job vacancies in Southampton. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Aerospace over the 6 months leading up to 15 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 25 21 20
Rank change year-on-year -4 -1 -
Contract jobs citing Aerospace 2 1 7
As % of all contract jobs in Southampton 1.32% 0.81% 3.98%
As % of the General category 2.50% 1.61% 9.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £663 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £675 - -
75th Percentile £688 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Hampshire median daily rate £600 £402 £476
% change year-on-year +49.25% -15.59% -4.75%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 6
10th Percentile - - £76.25
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate £66.00 - £80.00
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
Hampshire median hourly rate £46.54 £53.75 £70.00
% change year-on-year -13.41% -23.21% +17.15%

All General Skills
Southampton

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 Southampton.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 80 62 75
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Southampton 52.98% 50.00% 42.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 58 35 43
10th Percentile £128 £185 £200
25th Percentile £250 £368 £250
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £400
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +25.00% -30.43%
75th Percentile £543 £606 £628
90th Percentile £653 £677 £650
Hampshire median daily rate £550 £507 £575
% change year-on-year +8.59% -11.91% +6.98%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 0 10
10th Percentile £12.29 - £13.13
25th Percentile £18.83 - £25.94
Median hourly rate £45.00 - £77.50
Median % change year-on-year - - +187.04%
75th Percentile £71.50 - £80.00
90th Percentile £88.00 - -
Hampshire median hourly rate £34.06 £50.00 £57.35
% change year-on-year -31.88% -12.82% -1.12%

Aerospace
Job Vacancy Trend in Southampton

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

Aerospace job vacancy trend in Southampton

Aerospace
Daily Rate Trend in Southampton

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Southampton citing Aerospace.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Southampton citing Aerospace

Aerospace
Hourly Rate Trend in Southampton

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Southampton citing Aerospace.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Southampton citing Aerospace

Aerospace
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Southampton 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) BGP
1 1 (50.00%) Cisco ASA
1 1 (50.00%) Firewall
1 1 (50.00%) MPLS
1 1 (50.00%) Multicast
1 1 (50.00%) OSPF
1 1 (50.00%) TCP/IP
1 1 (50.00%) VLAN
1 1 (50.00%) VPN
1 1 (50.00%) Wireshark
General
1 1 (50.00%) Aviation
1 1 (50.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Embedded Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Embedded Software Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Infrastructure Manager
1 1 (50.00%) Network Infrastructure Manager
1 1 (50.00%) Network Manager
1 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared Software Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) CAN bus
1 1 (50.00%) Management Information System
1 1 (50.00%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Linux
1 1 (50.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Agile
1 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (50.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (50.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 1 (50.00%) Regression Testing
1 1 (50.00%) Security Testing
1 1 (50.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (50.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (50.00%) Test Management
1 1 (50.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) Bash
1 1 (50.00%) C++
1 1 (50.00%) Embedded C++
1 1 (50.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) BC Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) CCIE
2 1 (50.00%) CCNP
2 1 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (50.00%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) GRC
1 1 (50.00%) NCSC
1 1 (50.00%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) Ansible
1 1 (50.00%) Cisco Prime
1 1 (50.00%) Iperf
1 1 (50.00%) Nmap
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) CheckPoint
1 1 (50.00%) Cisco
1 1 (50.00%) Fortinet
1 1 (50.00%) Palo Alto
1 1 (50.00%) SolarWinds
1 1 (50.00%) Tufin