Aerospace Contracts

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Aerospace in contract job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Aerospace over the 3 months to 25 June 2017 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

Note that daily and hourly rates are treated separately in these statistics. When calculating contractor rate percentiles, daily rates are never derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Aerospace UK
Location	3 months to 25 Jun 2017	Same period 2016	Same period 2015
Rank	481	583	551
Rank change year-on-year	+102	-32
Contract jobs citing Aerospace	106	69	85
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK	0.23%	0.13%	0.15%
As % of the General category	0.58%	0.35%	0.38%
Number of daily rates quoted	35	18	34
Median daily rate	£435	£450	£400
Median daily rate % change year-on-year	-3.33%	+12.50%
90% offered a daily rate of more than	£325	£200	£250
10% offered a daily rate of more than	£533	£680	£585
UK excluding London median daily rate	£435	£413	£405
% change year-on-year	+5.45%	+1.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted	34	30	31
Median hourly rate	£42.50	£40.00	£42.50
Median hourly rate % change year-on-year	+6.25%	-5.88%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than	£31.45	£33.54	£32.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than	£47.93	£45.25	£55.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate	£42.50	£40.00	£42.50
% change year-on-year	+6.25%	-5.88%

Aerospace is in the common skills category. The next table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for common skills.

General Skills UK
Contract job vacancies with a requirement for common skills	18149	19506	22192
As % of all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the UK	39.21%	36.76%	39.60%
Number of daily rates quoted	11914	13034	14238
Median daily rate	£475	£450	£425
Median daily rate % change year-on-year	+5.55%	+5.88%
90% offered a daily rate of more than	£300	£280	£283
10% offered a daily rate of more than	£643	£625	£613
UK excluding London median daily rate	£415	£400	£400
% change year-on-year	+3.75%	-
Number of hourly rates quoted	404	459	535
Median hourly rate	£26.45	£22.50	£22.50
Median hourly rate % change year-on-year	+17.55%	-
90% offered a hourly rate of more than	£13.26	£11.00	£11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than	£50.00	£47.05	£47.83
UK excluding London median hourly rate	£30.00	£25.00	£22.50
% change year-on-year	+20.00%	+11.11%

Aerospace
Job Vacancy Trend

The job posting trend of jobs advertised citing Aerospace as a proportion of all contract or permanent IT jobs with a match in the General category.

Job vacancy trend for Aerospace in the UK

Aerospace
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in contract jobs citing Aerospace.

Contractor daily rate trend for Aerospace in the UK

Aerospace
Contractor Daily Rate Histogram

The daily rate distribution of IT jobs citing Aerospace over the 3 months to 25 June 2017.

Contractor daily rate histogram for Aerospace in the UK

Aerospace
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for contractor hourly rates quoted in IT jobs citing Aerospace.

Contractor hourly rate trend for Aerospace in the UK

Aerospace
Contractor Hourly Rate Histogram

The hourly rate distribution of IT jobs citing Aerospace over the 3 months to 25 June 2017.

Contractor hourly rate histogram for Aerospace in the UK

Aerospace
Top 30 Contract Locations

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 over the 3 months to 25 June 2017. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Year	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Median Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Job Vacancies
England	+83	99	£450	-	55
South West	+1	28	£381	+1.66%	11
South East	+55	25	£450	-	15
East Midlands	+8	21	£525	-	4
Derby	-	19	£513	-	3
Derbyshire	-	19	£513	-	3
Hampshire	+21	18	£470	-30.88%	9
East of England	+2	11	-	-	7
Dorset	+11	8	-	-	2
Gloucestershire	+7	8	-	-	4
Wimborne	-	8	-	-	2
Cheltenham	+8	7	-	-	4
Bristol	-8	7	£381	-35.10%	2
Cambridgeshire	-	7	-	-	3
London	+3	6	£423	-8.64%	13
Cambridge	-	6	-	-	1
Farnborough	-	5	£475	-	1
South Wales	-2	4	£405	+8.00%
Wales	-3	4	£405	+8.00%
North West	+25	3	£250	+25.00%	1
Surrey	+4	3	£380	-	1
Eastleigh	+3	3	-	-
West Sussex	-	3	£403	-	2
Wiltshire	-	3	-	-	2
West Midlands	+21	2	£400	-40.74%	4
Lancashire	+5	2	-	-
Woking	+1	2	£398	-
Preston	-18	2	-	-
Portsmouth	-	2	-	-
Stevenage	-	2	-	-

Aerospace
Top 30 Co-occurring IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 June 2017, IT contractor jobs citing Aerospace also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number co-occurrences and its proportion to all contract ads with a requirement for Aerospace.

1	59 (32.96%)	Security Cleared
2	56 (31.28%)	Software Engineering
3	44 (24.58%)	SC Cleared
4	36 (20.11%)	C
5	34 (18.99%)	C++
6	32 (17.88%)	Manufacturing
6	32 (17.88%)	Degree
7	26 (14.53%)	Automotive
8	25 (13.97%)	SAP
8	25 (13.97%)	Rational DOORS
9	23 (12.85%)	Agile Software Development
10	21 (11.73%)	Microsoft
11	19 (10.61%)	Validation
11	19 (10.61%)	Java
12	18 (10.06%)	C#

12	18 (10.06%)	SQL
13	17 (9.50%)	Project Management
14	15 (8.38%)	ERP
14	15 (8.38%)	Analytical Skills
15	14 (7.82%)	Migration
15	14 (7.82%)	MISRA
16	13 (7.26%)	Finance
16	13 (7.26%)	Electronics
16	13 (7.26%)	UML
16	13 (7.26%)	Embedded C
17	12 (6.70%)	Oracle
18	11 (6.15%)	JavaScript
18	11 (6.15%)	Avionics
18	11 (6.15%)	Physics
19	10 (5.59%)	Integration Testing

Aerospace
Co-occurring IT Skills by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
Applications
Business Applications
Cloud Services
Communications & Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
Development Applications
General
Job Titles
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
Miscellaneous
Operating Systems
Processes & Methodologies
Programming Languages
Qualifications
Quality Assurance & Compliance
System Software
Systems Management
Vendors

Application Platforms
1	5 (2.79%)	Commerce Server
1	5 (2.79%)	WebSphere
2	2 (1.12%)	Exchange Server 2013
2	2 (1.12%)	SharePoint
3	1 (0.56%)	Confluence
3	1 (0.56%)	Exchange Server 2010
3	1 (0.56%)	MS Exchange
3	1 (0.56%)	SharePoint 2010
3	1 (0.56%)	Skype for Business
3	1 (0.56%)	WebLogic

Applications
1	6 (3.35%)	Microsoft Office
2	4 (2.23%)	Microsoft Project
3	3 (1.68%)	CATIA
3	3 (1.68%)	Simulink
4	2 (1.12%)	AutoCAD
5	1 (0.56%)	Adobe Captivate
5	1 (0.56%)	Microsoft Excel
5	1 (0.56%)	Microsoft PowerPoint
5	1 (0.56%)	Siemens NX
5	1 (0.56%)	SOLIDWORKS

Business Applications
1	6 (3.35%)	LabWindows
1	6 (3.35%)	SAP MM
2	5 (2.79%)	SAP ERP
3	3 (1.68%)	SAP CO
3	3 (1.68%)	SAP FI
3	3 (1.68%)	SAP FI/CO
4	2 (1.12%)	Infor LN
4	2 (1.12%)	Teamcenter
5	1 (0.56%)	Maximo
5	1 (0.56%)	Primavera
5	1 (0.56%)	SAP GRC
5	1 (0.56%)	SAP GTS
5	1 (0.56%)	SAP WM

Cloud Services
1	3 (1.68%)	IaaS
2	2 (1.12%)	GitHub
2	2 (1.12%)	SaaS
3	1 (0.56%)	Amazon AWS
3	1 (0.56%)	Cloud Computing
3	1 (0.56%)	Microsoft Azure
3	1 (0.56%)	PaaS

Communications & Networking
1	6 (3.35%)	Ethernet
1	6 (3.35%)	Firewall
2	4 (2.23%)	FlexRay
3	3 (1.68%)	Network Security
3	3 (1.68%)	TCP/IP
4	2 (1.12%)	Internet
4	2 (1.12%)	NAS
4	2 (1.12%)	SAN
4	2 (1.12%)	SCCP
5	1 (0.56%)	DNS
5	1 (0.56%)	EIGRP
5	1 (0.56%)	Extranet
5	1 (0.56%)	ICMP
5	1 (0.56%)	Intranet
5	1 (0.56%)	LAN
5	1 (0.56%)	MPLS
5	1 (0.56%)	OSPF
5	1 (0.56%)	RIP
5	1 (0.56%)	SNMP
5	1 (0.56%)	TACACS

Database & Business Intelligence
1	6 (3.35%)	MySQL
2	5 (2.79%)	Oracle Database
2	5 (2.79%)	Relational Database
2	5 (2.79%)	SQL Server
3	3 (1.68%)	Data Warehouse
4	2 (1.12%)	Big Data
4	2 (1.12%)	Oracle Database 11g
4	2 (1.12%)	PostgreSQL
4	2 (1.12%)	Redis
5	1 (0.56%)	Azure SQL Database
5	1 (0.56%)	BusinessObjects
5	1 (0.56%)	MongoDB
5	1 (0.56%)	NonStop SQL
5	1 (0.56%)	SAP BW
5	1 (0.56%)	SAP HANA
5	1 (0.56%)	SQL Server 2008
5	1 (0.56%)	SQL Server Integration Services

Development Applications
1	25 (13.97%)	Rational DOORS
2	10 (5.59%)	Rational Rhapsody
3	9 (5.03%)	Eclipse
4	8 (4.47%)	JIRA
4	8 (4.47%)	Visual Studio
5	7 (3.91%)	Maven
6	6 (3.35%)	Git (software)
7	5 (2.79%)	Ant
7	5 (2.79%)	JUnit
7	5 (2.79%)	Mockito
7	5 (2.79%)	Subversion
8	3 (1.68%)	NetBeans
9	2 (1.12%)	Jenkins
9	2 (1.12%)	LabVIEW
9	2 (1.12%)	Rational Statemate
10	1 (0.56%)	Bugzilla
10	1 (0.56%)	SoapUI
10	1 (0.56%)	Team Foundation Server
10	1 (0.56%)	Vagrant
10	1 (0.56%)	VectorCAST

General
1	32 (17.88%)	Manufacturing
2	26 (14.53%)	Automotive
3	13 (7.26%)	Electronics
3	13 (7.26%)	Finance
4	11 (6.15%)	Avionics
5	8 (4.47%)	Telecoms
6	7 (3.91%)	Military
7	5 (2.79%)	Pharmaceutical
8	3 (1.68%)	Games
9	2 (1.12%)	German Language
9	2 (1.12%)	Marketing
10	1 (0.56%)	Banking
10	1 (0.56%)	Law
10	1 (0.56%)	Legal

Job Titles
1	40 (22.35%)	Software Engineer
2	22 (12.29%)	Systems Engineer
3	21 (11.73%)	Developer
3	21 (11.73%)	Embedded Engineer
4	20 (11.17%)	Embedded Software Engineer
5	18 (10.06%)	Consultant
6	16 (8.94%)	Analyst
7	14 (7.82%)	SAP Consultant
8	7 (3.91%)	Java Developer
9	6 (3.35%)	Project Manager
9	6 (3.35%)	SAP MM Consultant
10	5 (2.79%)	Administrator
10	5 (2.79%)	Architect
10	5 (2.79%)	Business Analyst
10	5 (2.79%)	C++ Developer
10	5 (2.79%)	Hybris Developer
10	5 (2.79%)	SAP Developer
10	5 (2.79%)	Test Engineer
11	4 (2.23%)	C++/Java Developer
11	4 (2.23%)	Lead Systems Engineer

Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1	9 (5.03%)	Spring
2	7 (3.91%)	.NET
2	7 (3.91%)	Web Services
3	6 (3.35%)	Node.js
4	5 (2.79%)	J2EE
4	5 (2.79%)	jQuery
4	5 (2.79%)	JSP
4	5 (2.79%)	JSTL
4	5 (2.79%)	RESTful
4	5 (2.79%)	SAP Business Workflow
4	5 (2.79%)	Spring MVC
5	4 (2.23%)	.NET Framework
5	4 (2.23%)	BAPI
5	4 (2.23%)	SAP Smart Forms
5	4 (2.23%)	SAP XI
5	4 (2.23%)	XML
6	3 (1.68%)	CSS
6	3 (1.68%)	HTML
7	2 (1.12%)	Middleware
7	2 (1.12%)	OpenGL

Miscellaneous
1	15 (8.38%)	Analytical Skills
2	8 (4.47%)	Computer Science
3	6 (3.35%)	User Experience
4	3 (1.68%)	Client/Server
4	3 (1.68%)	Data Centre
4	3 (1.68%)	Device Driver
4	3 (1.68%)	Embedded Systems
5	2 (1.12%)	3D Graphics
5	2 (1.12%)	Field-Programmable Gate Array
5	2 (1.12%)	Management Information System
5	2 (1.12%)	Security Operations Centre
5	2 (1.12%)	Vector Graphics
5	2 (1.12%)	Virtual Team
6	1 (0.56%)	CMDB
6	1 (0.56%)	EMC VNX
6	1 (0.56%)	Enterprise Software
6	1 (0.56%)	Fat Client
6	1 (0.56%)	Learning Management System
6	1 (0.56%)	Replication
6	1 (0.56%)	Robotics

Operating Systems
1	8 (4.47%)	Windows
2	7 (3.91%)	Linux
3	2 (1.12%)	Unix
3	2 (1.12%)	VxWorks
3	2 (1.12%)	Windows 8
4	1 (0.56%)	CentOS
4	1 (0.56%)	Debian
4	1 (0.56%)	Nucleus RTOS
4	1 (0.56%)	ThreadX
4	1 (0.56%)	Windows 10
4	1 (0.56%)	Windows 7
4	1 (0.56%)	Windows Server 2008
4	1 (0.56%)	Windows Server 2012

Processes & Methodologies
1	56 (31.28%)	Software Engineering
2	23 (12.85%)	Agile Software Development
3	19 (10.61%)	Validation
4	17 (9.50%)	Project Management
5	15 (8.38%)	ERP
6	14 (7.82%)	Migration
7	13 (7.26%)	UML
8	11 (6.15%)	Physics
9	10 (5.59%)	Integration Testing
9	10 (5.59%)	Workflow
10	9 (5.03%)	Data Migration
10	9 (5.03%)	OO
11	8 (4.47%)	MVC
12	7 (3.91%)	Configuration Management
12	7 (3.91%)	Information Management
12	7 (3.91%)	Logistics
12	7 (3.91%)	Mathematics
12	7 (3.91%)	Performance Analysis
12	7 (3.91%)	Scrum
12	7 (3.91%)	User Acceptance Testing

Programming Languages
1	36 (20.11%)	C
2	34 (18.99%)	C++
3	19 (10.61%)	Java
4	18 (10.06%)	C#
4	18 (10.06%)	SQL
5	13 (7.26%)	Embedded C
6	11 (6.15%)	JavaScript
7	9 (5.03%)	Ada
8	6 (3.35%)	Assembly Language
8	6 (3.35%)	MATLAB
8	6 (3.35%)	Python
9	4 (2.23%)	ABAP
9	4 (2.23%)	Bash Shell
10	2 (1.12%)	Embedded C++
10	2 (1.12%)	Perl
10	2 (1.12%)	PL/SQL
11	1 (0.56%)	R
11	1 (0.56%)	Shell Script

Qualifications
1	59 (32.96%)	Security Cleared
2	44 (24.58%)	SC Cleared
3	32 (17.88%)	Degree
4	5 (2.79%)	BPSS Clearance
4	5 (2.79%)	CISSP
4	5 (2.79%)	DV Cleared
4	5 (2.79%)	MCSE
4	5 (2.79%)	Microsoft Certification
5	4 (2.23%)	GIAC
5	4 (2.23%)	HNC
6	3 (1.68%)	Cisco Certification
6	3 (1.68%)	HND
6	3 (1.68%)	PMP
7	2 (1.12%)	ISEB
7	2 (1.12%)	ISSAP
7	2 (1.12%)	PMI Certification
7	2 (1.12%)	SSCP
8	1 (0.56%)	APMP
8	1 (0.56%)	CGEIT
8	1 (0.56%)	ISTQB

Quality Assurance & Compliance
1	14 (7.82%)	MISRA
2	9 (5.03%)	DO-178B
3	8 (4.47%)	Def Stans
4	6 (3.35%)	IEC 61508
5	4 (2.23%)	ISO 26262
5	4 (2.23%)	MISRA C
6	3 (1.68%)	PMO
6	3 (1.68%)	QA
7	1 (0.56%)	DO-254
7	1 (0.56%)	ECSS
7	1 (0.56%)	IEC 62304
7	1 (0.56%)	ISO 9001
7	1 (0.56%)	ISO/IEC 27001
7	1 (0.56%)	NIST 800
7	1 (0.56%)	SLA

System Software
1	2 (1.12%)	Active Directory
1	2 (1.12%)	VMware Infrastructure
1	2 (1.12%)	vSphere
2	1 (0.56%)	iptables
2	1 (0.56%)	KVM
2	1 (0.56%)	LXC
2	1 (0.56%)	Oracle RAC
2	1 (0.56%)	VMware ESXi

Systems Management
1	7 (3.91%)	HP Quality Center
2	2 (1.12%)	logstash
2	2 (1.12%)	MOM
2	2 (1.12%)	Oracle RMAN
3	1 (0.56%)	AirWatch
3	1 (0.56%)	Ansible
3	1 (0.56%)	EMC Navisphere
3	1 (0.56%)	EMC NetWorker
3	1 (0.56%)	Oracle Enterprise Manager
3	1 (0.56%)	SCCM
3	1 (0.56%)	SCOM
3	1 (0.56%)	SELinux
3	1 (0.56%)	Symantec Enterprise Vault
3	1 (0.56%)	vRealize

Vendors
1	25 (13.97%)	SAP
2	21 (11.73%)	Microsoft
3	12 (6.70%)	Oracle
4	8 (4.47%)	IBM
5	6 (3.35%)	Cisco
6	5 (2.79%)	Adobe
6	5 (2.79%)	ATG
6	5 (2.79%)	hybris
7	4 (2.23%)	Green Hills
7	4 (2.23%)	Palo Alto
7	4 (2.23%)	Wind River
8	3 (1.68%)	CA Agile Central
8	3 (1.68%)	Informatica
8	3 (1.68%)	VMware
9	2 (1.12%)	EMC
9	2 (1.12%)	Freescale
9	2 (1.12%)	Infor
9	2 (1.12%)	Juniper
9	2 (1.12%)	McAfee
9	2 (1.12%)	Siemens