Avionics Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Avionics
UK > UK excluding London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Avionics in contract job vacancies in the UK excluding London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Avionics over the 6 months leading up to 29 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 400 336 386
Rank change year-on-year -64 +50 +95
Contract jobs citing Avionics 6 8 19
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.031% 0.058% 0.093%
As % of the General category 0.055% 0.095% 0.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 1
10th Percentile £429 - -
25th Percentile £434 £572 £51
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £581 £53
Median % change year-on-year -20.40% +1006.67% -
75th Percentile £484 £591 £54
90th Percentile £486 - -
UK median daily rate £463 £581 £53
% change year-on-year -20.40% +1006.67% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 2 18
10th Percentile - £49.80 £14.71
25th Percentile £62.50 £54.00 £50.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £62.00 £53.50
Median % change year-on-year +4.84% +15.89% -2.73%
75th Percentile £67.50 £69.00 £55.25
90th Percentile - £72.60 -
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £62.00 £53.50
% change year-on-year +4.84% +15.89% -2.73%

All General Skills
UK excluding London

Avionics 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 the UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 10,824 8,400 11,274
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 56.54% 61.26% 55.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,663 4,770 6,866
10th Percentile £204 £210 £208
25th Percentile £363 £357 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £485 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.06% -3.00% -
75th Percentile £575 £588 £600
90th Percentile £675 £675 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £533
% change year-on-year -4.76% -1.41% -3.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,147 481 1,211
10th Percentile £13.50 £15.36 £13.00
25th Percentile £16.00 £18.50 £15.00
Median hourly rate £21.30 £26.50 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -19.62% +6.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £45.46 £55.00 £55.25
90th Percentile £70.00 £72.50 £67.50
UK median hourly rate £22.85 £27.50 £26.00
% change year-on-year -16.91% +5.77% +4.00%

Avionics
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Avionics relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Avionics job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Avionics
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Avionics.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Avionics

Avionics
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Avionics.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Avionics

Avionics
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 Avionics within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 29 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
South East -27 3 - - 6
East of England - 2 £463 - 3
South West -20 1 - - 2
Avionics
UK

Avionics
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 (16.67%) SpaceWire
General
1 4 (66.67%) Aerospace
2 1 (16.67%) Electronics
2 1 (16.67%) Manufacturing
2 1 (16.67%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (50.00%) Configuration Manager
2 2 (33.33%) Systems Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) RF Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Test Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) ASIC
1 1 (16.67%) CAN bus
1 1 (16.67%) FPGA
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (50.00%) Configuration Management
2 2 (33.33%) Supplier Management
3 1 (16.67%) Digital Engineering
3 1 (16.67%) Kalman Filter
Programming Languages
1 1 (16.67%) C
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (16.67%) MIL-STD-1553
Vendors
1 1 (16.67%) EMC