Aerospace Contracts in the UK excluding London

Aerospace
UK > UK excluding London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Aerospace in contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Aerospace over the 6 months to 8 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 105 220 323
Rank change year-on-year +115 +103 -21
Contract jobs citing Aerospace 407 262 187
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 1.98% 1.11% 0.61%
As % of the General category 3.64% 1.97% 1.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 51 70 42
10th Percentile £363 £374 £412
25th Percentile £528 £431 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £675 £513 £515
Median % change year-on-year +31.71% -0.49% +14.44%
75th Percentile £700 £616 £584
90th Percentile - £676 £638
UK median daily rate £650 £550 £520
% change year-on-year +18.18% +5.77% +2.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 247 111 81
10th Percentile £25.60 £39.55 £33.90
25th Percentile £43.32 £51.81 £35.00
Median hourly rate £50.00 £61.50 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year -18.70% +17.14% +16.67%
75th Percentile £65.00 £70.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £75.10 £81.00 £61.25
UK median hourly rate £50.00 £61.50 £52.50
% change year-on-year -18.70% +17.14% +16.67%

All General Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London with a requirement for common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 11,166 13,277 17,066
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 54.40% 56.49% 55.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,357 9,083 11,757
10th Percentile £205 £230 £210
25th Percentile £363 £400 £369
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £495 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -1.00% +5.26% +10.47%
75th Percentile £595 £600 £575
90th Percentile £688 £694 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,652 766 1,031
10th Percentile £12.50 £13.31 £12.50
25th Percentile £15.00 £16.25 £14.00
Median hourly rate £28.50 £29.00 £18.70
Median % change year-on-year -1.72% +55.08% -4.10%
75th Percentile £53.75 £60.68 £35.00
90th Percentile £66.69 £68.75 £55.00
UK median hourly rate £30.16 £33.60 £21.92
% change year-on-year -10.24% +53.33% -2.60%

Aerospace
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Aerospace as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Aerospace in the UK excluding London

Aerospace
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Aerospace in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Aerospace in the UK excluding London

Aerospace
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Aerospace in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Aerospace in the UK excluding London

Aerospace
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Aerospace in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Aerospace in the UK excluding London

Aerospace
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Aerospace in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Aerospace in the UK excluding London

Aerospace
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Aerospace within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 8 May 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
East of England +56 141 £488 -27.46% 102
South West +49 117 £700 +21.74% 202
South East +12 91 £645 +43.33% 227
Midlands +26 21 £375 -21.47% 138
North of England +34 19 £897 +88.83% 123
East Midlands +18 19 £443 -2.75% 61
North West +28 15 - - 87
Scotland +50 10 - - 30
Wales +9 8 - - 16
North East - 4 £897 - 10
West Midlands +23 2 £375 -26.11% 77
Aerospace
UK

Aerospace
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Application Platforms
1 25 (6.14%) Confluence
2 9 (2.21%) Microsoft Exchange
2 9 (2.21%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.25%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 13 (3.19%) Acrobat
1 13 (3.19%) Simulink
2 7 (1.72%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (1.23%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (1.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (0.98%) Windchill
5 2 (0.49%) CATIA
5 2 (0.49%) Siemens NX
5 2 (0.49%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (0.49%) Stateflow
6 1 (0.25%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 8 (1.97%) Teamcenter
2 2 (0.49%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (0.49%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 1 (0.25%) Misys Midas
3 1 (0.25%) Primavera
3 1 (0.25%) SAP MM
3 1 (0.25%) SAP PM
3 1 (0.25%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 1 (0.25%) Azure
1 1 (0.25%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (0.25%) GitHub
1 1 (0.25%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (0.25%) OneDrive
1 1 (0.25%) Power Automate
1 1 (0.25%) Power Platform
1 1 (0.25%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 15 (3.69%) WAN
2 10 (2.46%) DNS
3 9 (2.21%) DHCP
3 9 (2.21%) SNMP
4 8 (1.97%) LAN
4 8 (1.97%) MPLS
4 8 (1.97%) SAN
4 8 (1.97%) Software-Defined Radio
4 8 (1.97%) Wi-Fi
5 7 (1.72%) SDH
6 4 (0.98%) Junos
6 4 (0.98%) Wireless
7 3 (0.74%) 4G
7 3 (0.74%) 5G
8 2 (0.49%) Firewall
8 2 (0.49%) Network Security
8 2 (0.49%) VoIP
8 2 (0.49%) VSAN
9 1 (0.25%) Skype
9 1 (0.25%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (1.97%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.25%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 41 (10.07%) JIRA
2 26 (6.39%) Rational DOORS
3 25 (6.14%) Bitbucket
4 20 (4.91%) Jenkins
5 18 (4.42%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 15 (3.69%) Git
7 9 (2.21%) Eclipse
8 8 (1.97%) GoogleTest
8 8 (1.97%) Robot Framework
9 4 (0.98%) Subversion
10 3 (0.74%) CppUnit
10 3 (0.74%) PVCS
10 3 (0.74%) Rational Team Concert
11 2 (0.49%) Rational Rhapsody
12 1 (0.25%) GitLab
12 1 (0.25%) IntelliJ
12 1 (0.25%) LabVIEW
12 1 (0.25%) MagicDraw
12 1 (0.25%) Visual Studio
General
1 92 (22.60%) Social Skills
2 64 (15.72%) Manufacturing
3 45 (11.06%) Electronics
4 35 (8.60%) Analytical Skills
5 20 (4.91%) Military
6 16 (3.93%) Automotive
6 16 (3.93%) Telecoms
7 15 (3.69%) Aviation
8 8 (1.97%) Organisational Skills
8 8 (1.97%) Pharmaceutical
9 7 (1.72%) Aeronautics
9 7 (1.72%) Finance
10 3 (0.74%) Law
10 3 (0.74%) Legal
11 2 (0.49%) Avionics
11 2 (0.49%) Documentation Skills
11 2 (0.49%) Marketing
11 2 (0.49%) Presentation Skills
11 2 (0.49%) Public Sector
12 1 (0.25%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 61 (14.99%) Configuration Manager
2 59 (14.50%) Software Engineer
3 48 (11.79%) Architect
4 47 (11.55%) Systems Engineer
5 31 (7.62%) Test Architect
6 25 (6.14%) Embedded Engineer
7 23 (5.65%) Embedded Software Engineer
8 22 (5.41%) Developer
9 16 (3.93%) Project Manager
10 14 (3.44%) Analyst
11 12 (2.95%) Author
11 12 (2.95%) Principal Engineer
11 12 (2.95%) Technical Author
12 11 (2.70%) Solutions Architect
13 10 (2.46%) Administrator
13 10 (2.46%) Data Engineer
13 10 (2.46%) Data Migration Engineer
13 10 (2.46%) Migration Engineer
14 9 (2.21%) IT Analyst
14 9 (2.21%) Validation Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (4.42%) .NET
1 18 (4.42%) .NET Core
2 12 (2.95%) SGML
2 12 (2.95%) XML
3 8 (1.97%) HTML
4 6 (1.47%) CSS
5 1 (0.25%) Middleware
5 1 (0.25%) Node.js
5 1 (0.25%) React
5 1 (0.25%) SAP Fiori
5 1 (0.25%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 31 (7.62%) Analogue Electronics
2 12 (2.95%) Animation
3 9 (2.21%) Data Centre
3 9 (2.21%) Management Information System
4 8 (1.97%) Client/Server
4 8 (1.97%) Clustering
5 6 (1.47%) Algorithms
5 6 (1.47%) Embedded Systems
6 4 (0.98%) Device Driver
6 4 (0.98%) PMI
7 3 (0.74%) Data Protection Act
7 3 (0.74%) PKI
7 3 (0.74%) Self-Motivation
8 2 (0.49%) Operational Technology
8 2 (0.49%) SCADA
9 1 (0.25%) Acoustics
9 1 (0.25%) Enterprise Software
9 1 (0.25%) Life Science
9 1 (0.25%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 43 (10.57%) Linux
2 16 (3.93%) Windows
3 8 (1.97%) Unix
4 4 (0.98%) SafeRTOS
5 2 (0.49%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.25%) CentOS
6 1 (0.25%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.25%) VxWorks
6 1 (0.25%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.25%) Windows Server 2008
6 1 (0.25%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 89 (21.87%) Configuration Management
2 73 (17.94%) Software Engineering
3 63 (15.48%) PLM
4 58 (14.25%) Project Management
5 56 (13.76%) Coaching
6 55 (13.51%) Collaborative Working
7 46 (11.30%) Problem-Solving
8 42 (10.32%) Stakeholder Management
9 37 (9.09%) Threat Modelling
9 37 (9.09%) Validation
10 31 (7.62%) Test Strategy
11 25 (6.14%) Agile
12 24 (5.90%) SDLC
13 22 (5.41%) OO
13 22 (5.41%) Systems Engineering
14 21 (5.16%) Data Protection
14 21 (5.16%) Verification and Validation
15 19 (4.67%) CI/CD
15 19 (4.67%) Continuous Integration
15 19 (4.67%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 28 (6.88%) C++
2 26 (6.39%) PowerShell
2 26 (6.39%) Python
3 23 (5.65%) C
4 17 (4.18%) MATLAB
5 10 (2.46%) SQL
6 9 (2.21%) Java
7 7 (1.72%) JavaScript
8 6 (1.47%) Assembly Language
9 4 (0.98%) Ada
9 4 (0.98%) Fortran
9 4 (0.98%) Shell Script
10 3 (0.74%) VB
11 2 (0.49%) Embedded C
11 2 (0.49%) Embedded C++
12 1 (0.25%) Bash
12 1 (0.25%) C#
12 1 (0.25%) Perl
12 1 (0.25%) VBA
Qualifications
1 186 (45.70%) Security Cleared
2 168 (41.28%) SC Cleared
3 45 (11.06%) Degree
4 20 (4.91%) DV Cleared
5 11 (2.70%) BPSS Clearance
5 11 (2.70%) Master's Degree
6 7 (1.72%) PMP
7 6 (1.47%) PMI Certification
8 5 (1.23%) HND
9 4 (0.98%) CCNP
9 4 (0.98%) Chartered Engineer
9 4 (0.98%) Cisco Certification
9 4 (0.98%) JNCIA
9 4 (0.98%) PhD
9 4 (0.98%) TOGAF Certification
10 2 (0.49%) Computer Science Degree
10 2 (0.49%) HNC
11 1 (0.25%) CESG Certified Professional
11 1 (0.25%) CISSP
11 1 (0.25%) CLAS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (3.19%) Def Stans
2 9 (2.21%) QA
3 4 (0.98%) JSP 440
3 4 (0.98%) JTAG
3 4 (0.98%) PMBOK
4 3 (0.74%) SLA
5 2 (0.49%) Data Quality
5 2 (0.49%) IEC 61508
5 2 (0.49%) NCSC
5 2 (0.49%) PMO
6 1 (0.25%) DO-178B
6 1 (0.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.25%) MISRA
6 1 (0.25%) MISRA C
6 1 (0.25%) NIST
6 1 (0.25%) RMADS
System Software
1 13 (3.19%) VMware Infrastructure
2 12 (2.95%) Active Directory
3 10 (2.46%) Firmware
4 8 (1.97%) Virtual Servers
4 8 (1.97%) VMware Workstation
5 4 (0.98%) Embedded Firmware
6 3 (0.74%) Virtual Machines
7 2 (0.49%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.25%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 18 (4.42%) Ansible
1 18 (4.42%) PowerCLI
2 8 (1.97%) Microsoft Clustering
2 8 (1.97%) Nagios
2 8 (1.97%) NetBackup
2 8 (1.97%) SCCM
3 2 (0.49%) vCenter Server
4 1 (0.25%) Check_MK
4 1 (0.25%) WSUS
Vendors
1 24 (5.90%) Atlassian
2 18 (4.42%) Dell
2 18 (4.42%) HP
3 14 (3.44%) VMware
4 13 (3.19%) Adobe
4 13 (3.19%) Cisco
4 13 (3.19%) SAP
5 12 (2.95%) IBM
5 12 (2.95%) Juniper
5 12 (2.95%) Microsoft
6 11 (2.70%) Nokia
7 10 (2.46%) Micro Focus
8 8 (1.97%) Google
8 8 (1.97%) Hitachi
8 8 (1.97%) NetApp
9 7 (1.72%) Twitter
10 5 (1.23%) Palo Alto
11 4 (0.98%) Ciena
12 3 (0.74%) PTC
12 3 (0.74%) Splunk