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 advertised in the Thames Valley. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Aerospace over the 6 months to 25 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 130 115 155
Rank change year-on-year -15 +40 -
Contract jobs citing Aerospace 10 31 14
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.37% 1.06% 0.40%
As % of the General category 0.66% 1.70% 0.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 8 3
10th Percentile £357 £425 £224
25th Percentile £383 £472 £365
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £570 £600
Median % change year-on-year -21.05% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £560 £603 £616
90th Percentile £611 £691 £625
South East median daily rate £525 £569 £560
% change year-on-year -7.80% +1.68% +17.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 0 2
10th Percentile £59.00 - -
25th Percentile - - £12.50
Median hourly rate £65.00 - £15.00
75th Percentile - - £17.50
90th Percentile - - -
South East median hourly rate £62.00 £62.50 £36.50
% change year-on-year -0.80% +71.23% -18.89%

All General Skills
Thames Valley

Aerospace is in the General Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley with a requirement for common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 1,515 1,827 2,063
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 56.07% 62.38% 59.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 798 1,231 1,311
10th Percentile £205 £305 £205
25th Percentile £325 £406 £370
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £467
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +7.07% +2.64%
75th Percentile £588 £601 £575
90th Percentile £675 £700 £640
South East median daily rate £490 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -2.00% - +8.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 139 41 73
10th Percentile £17.93 £18.50 £10.77
25th Percentile £23.12 £22.50 £12.31
Median hourly rate £48.40 £32.30 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year +49.85% +84.57% -18.83%
75th Percentile £62.50 £65.00 £21.97
90th Percentile £75.59 £75.75 £31.80
South East median hourly rate £45.00 £47.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year -5.26% +137.50% -20.00%

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
Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Aerospace in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram 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
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 25 April 2024. 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 -5 7 £395 -31.30% 39
Berkshire -16 2 - - 24
Buckinghamshire +20 1 £645 +14.16% 26
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 (10.00%) Spreadsheet
Communications & Networking
1 4 (40.00%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 5 (50.00%) Git
1 5 (50.00%) JIRA
2 4 (40.00%) Subversion
3 1 (10.00%) LabVIEW
General
1 4 (40.00%) Telecoms
2 2 (20.00%) Automotive
3 1 (10.00%) Aviation
3 1 (10.00%) Manufacturing
3 1 (10.00%) Marketing
3 1 (10.00%) Military
3 1 (10.00%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 5 (50.00%) Embedded Engineer
1 5 (50.00%) Embedded Software Engineer
1 5 (50.00%) Software Engineer
2 2 (20.00%) Graduate
2 2 (20.00%) SCADA Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Delivery Manager
3 1 (10.00%) Developer
3 1 (10.00%) IT Manager
3 1 (10.00%) IT Security Manager
3 1 (10.00%) Security Manager
3 1 (10.00%) Software Developer
3 1 (10.00%) Software Verification Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (40.00%) Algorithms
1 4 (40.00%) Device Driver
2 2 (20.00%) Operational Technology
2 2 (20.00%) SCADA
3 1 (10.00%) Life Science
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (60.00%) Software Engineering
2 5 (50.00%) Validation
3 4 (40.00%) Computer Science
3 4 (40.00%) Defect Tracking
3 4 (40.00%) Signal Processing
3 4 (40.00%) Software Optimisation
4 3 (30.00%) Code Quality
5 2 (20.00%) Agile
5 2 (20.00%) Cybersecurity
5 2 (20.00%) Data Analysis
6 1 (10.00%) Creative Problem-Solving
6 1 (10.00%) Data Cleansing
6 1 (10.00%) Data Protection
6 1 (10.00%) Data Science
6 1 (10.00%) Decision-Making
6 1 (10.00%) PRINCE2
6 1 (10.00%) Project Management
6 1 (10.00%) TOGAF
6 1 (10.00%) Unit Testing
6 1 (10.00%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 5 (50.00%) C
2 4 (40.00%) Assembly Language
2 4 (40.00%) C++
2 4 (40.00%) MATLAB
2 4 (40.00%) Python
2 4 (40.00%) Shell Script
3 1 (10.00%) Embedded C
3 1 (10.00%) VB
3 1 (10.00%) VBA
Qualifications
1 5 (50.00%) Degree
1 5 (50.00%) Master's Degree
2 4 (40.00%) PhD
3 1 (10.00%) DV Cleared
3 1 (10.00%) PMI Certification
3 1 (10.00%) PMP
3 1 (10.00%) SC Cleared
3 1 (10.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (40.00%) JTAG
2 2 (20.00%) QA
System Software
1 4 (40.00%) Embedded Firmware
1 4 (40.00%) Firmware