Aerospace Contracts in the Thames Valley

Aerospace
South East > Thames Valley

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Aerospace in contract job vacancies in the Thames Valley. 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 93 135 121
Rank change year-on-year +42 -14 +31
Contract jobs citing Aerospace 9 10 30
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.60% 0.37% 1.02%
As % of the General category 0.93% 0.67% 1.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 3 8
10th Percentile £534 £357 £425
25th Percentile £547 £383 £472
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £588 £450 £570
Median % change year-on-year +30.56% -21.05% -5.00%
75th Percentile £622 £560 £603
90th Percentile £631 £611 £691
South East median daily rate £515 £645 £569
% change year-on-year -20.23% +13.27% +9.51%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 5 0
10th Percentile £33.26 £59.00 -
25th Percentile £42.50 - -
Median hourly rate £46.30 £65.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -28.77% - -
75th Percentile £62.50 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median hourly rate £52.50 £62.25 £61.18
% change year-on-year -15.66% +1.76% +88.23%

All General Skills
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 963 1,485 1,831
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 63.73% 55.29% 62.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 584 787 1,231
10th Percentile £265 £205 £303
25th Percentile £409 £325 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £502 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.68% -5.00% +5.82%
75th Percentile £613 £588 £601
90th Percentile £700 £675 £700
South East median daily rate £500 £488 £500
% change year-on-year +2.56% -2.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 50 137 41
10th Percentile - £17.86 £18.50
25th Percentile £14.20 £22.61 £22.50
Median hourly rate £26.38 £48.40 £32.30
Median % change year-on-year -45.50% +49.85% +84.57%
75th Percentile £61.37 £62.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £71.71 £75.24 £75.75
South East median hourly rate £23.34 £45.00 £47.50
% change year-on-year -48.13% -5.26% +137.50%

Aerospace
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings citing Aerospace as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for Aerospace in the Thames Valley

Aerospace
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Aerospace in the Thames Valley.

Daily rate trend for Aerospace in the Thames Valley

Aerospace
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Aerospace in the Thames Valley.

Hourly rate trend for Aerospace in the Thames Valley

Aerospace
Hourly Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Aerospace in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Aerospace in the Thames Valley

Aerospace
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Aerospace within the Thames Valley 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
Oxfordshire +4 6 £550 +39.24% 26
Buckinghamshire +17 2 - - 31
Berkshire +30 1 £625 - 30
Aerospace
South East

Aerospace
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 (11.11%) Microsoft Project
1 1 (11.11%) Simulink
Cloud Services
1 1 (11.11%) Google Sheets
1 1 (11.11%) Google Workspace
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (11.11%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 1 (11.11%) Rational DOORS
1 1 (11.11%) VectorCAST
General
1 3 (33.33%) Manufacturing
1 3 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 2 (22.22%) Avionics
2 2 (22.22%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (11.11%) Aviation
3 1 (11.11%) Police
Job Titles
1 5 (55.56%) Verification Engineer
2 3 (33.33%) Software Engineer
3 2 (22.22%) Integration Engineer
3 2 (22.22%) Test and Integration Engineer
3 2 (22.22%) Test Engineer
4 1 (11.11%) ABAP Developer
4 1 (11.11%) Administrator
4 1 (11.11%) Analyst
4 1 (11.11%) Business Analyst
4 1 (11.11%) Developer
4 1 (11.11%) Lead
4 1 (11.11%) Lead Software Engineer
4 1 (11.11%) Project Planner
4 1 (11.11%) SC Cleared Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (11.11%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (11.11%) Life Science
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (33.33%) Agile
1 3 (33.33%) Software Engineering
2 2 (22.22%) DevOps
2 2 (22.22%) Hardware-in-the-Loop
2 2 (22.22%) Software Testing
2 2 (22.22%) Test Management
2 2 (22.22%) Test Strategy
2 2 (22.22%) Unit Testing
2 2 (22.22%) Validation
2 2 (22.22%) Verification and Validation
3 1 (11.11%) Business Analysis
3 1 (11.11%) Capacity Planning
3 1 (11.11%) Cost Management
3 1 (11.11%) Data Entry
3 1 (11.11%) Digital Transformation Programme
3 1 (11.11%) Gantt Chart
3 1 (11.11%) Kanban
3 1 (11.11%) Resource Allocation
3 1 (11.11%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (11.11%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (22.22%) C
1 2 (22.22%) MATLAB
2 1 (11.11%) ABAP
2 1 (11.11%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (33.33%) Degree
1 3 (33.33%) Security Cleared
2 2 (22.22%) SC Cleared
3 1 (11.11%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (11.11%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (22.22%) ISO 26262
2 1 (11.11%) DO-178B
2 1 (11.11%) PMO
Vendors
1 2 (22.22%) Google
2 1 (11.11%) Microsoft
2 1 (11.11%) SAP
2 1 (11.11%) Twitter