Aerospace Contract Job Trends in Tyne and Wear

Aerospace
North East > Tyne and Wear

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Aerospace in contract job vacancies in Tyne and Wear. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Aerospace over the 6 months leading up to 2 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 43 - 24
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Aerospace 6 0 2
As % of all contract jobs in Tyne and Wear 1.63% - 1.08%
As % of the General category 2.70% - 2.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £70 - -
North East median daily rate £70 - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 2
10th Percentile £46.53 - -
25th Percentile £49.56 - £56.25
Median hourly rate £52.50 - £62.50
75th Percentile £53.75 - £68.75
90th Percentile - - -
North East median hourly rate £52.50 £46.18 £62.50
% change year-on-year +13.69% -26.11% -

All General Skills
Tyne and Wear

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 Tyne and Wear.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 222 122 98
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear 60.49% 57.28% 52.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 155 68 67
10th Percentile £203 £305 £174
25th Percentile £366 £349 £403
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £450 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% -14.29% -4.55%
75th Percentile £500 £573 £625
90th Percentile £550 £633 £720
North East median daily rate £440 £475 £475
% change year-on-year -7.42% - -12.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 7 7
10th Percentile £15.25 - £14.60
25th Percentile £17.88 £13.75 £16.25
Median hourly rate £19.25 £14.69 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year +31.04% -69.07% +171.43%
75th Percentile £53.75 £18.75 £64.38
90th Percentile - £19.75 £68.75
North East median hourly rate £19.25 £17.50 £17.50
% change year-on-year +10.00% - -

Aerospace
Job Vacancy Trend in Tyne and Wear

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

Aerospace job vacancy trend in Tyne and Wear

Aerospace
Daily Rate Trend in Tyne and Wear

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Tyne and Wear citing Aerospace.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Tyne and Wear citing Aerospace

Aerospace
Hourly Rate Trend in Tyne and Wear

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Tyne and Wear citing Aerospace.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Tyne and Wear citing Aerospace

Aerospace
Contract Job Locations in Tyne and Wear

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Aerospace within the Tyne and Wear region over the 6 months to 2 January 2026. 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
Newcastle upon Tyne - 6 £70 - 6
Aerospace
North East

Aerospace
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Tyne and Wear 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (16.67%) OpenShift
Development Applications
1 1 (16.67%) SonarQube
General
1 2 (33.33%) Electronics
1 2 (33.33%) Influencing Skills
1 2 (33.33%) Military
1 2 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 4 (66.67%) Software Engineer
2 2 (33.33%) Electronics Engineer
2 2 (33.33%) Electronics Test Engineer
2 2 (33.33%) Senior
2 2 (33.33%) Senior Electronics Engineer
2 2 (33.33%) Senior Systems Engineer
2 2 (33.33%) Senior Test Engineer
2 2 (33.33%) Systems Test Engineer
2 2 (33.33%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (16.67%) AngularJS
1 1 (16.67%) Quarkus
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) Software Engineering
2 2 (33.33%) Validation
2 2 (33.33%) Verification and Validation
3 1 (16.67%) Agile
3 1 (16.67%) DevSecOps
3 1 (16.67%) Front End Development
3 1 (16.67%) Scrum
3 1 (16.67%) Sprint Planning
3 1 (16.67%) Sprint Review
3 1 (16.67%) Test Automation
3 1 (16.67%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (16.67%) Java
Qualifications
1 5 (83.33%) SC Cleared
1 5 (83.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (16.67%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (16.67%) Argo
1 1 (16.67%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 1 (16.67%) Red Hat