Aerospace Contract Job Trends

Aerospace
UK

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 cited Aerospace over the 6 months leading up to 27 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 206 323 258
Rank change year-on-year +117 -65 +113
Contract jobs citing Aerospace 728 239 371
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.38% 0.73% 0.92%
As % of the General category 2.51% 1.15% 1.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 107 72 70
10th Percentile £400 £402 £285
25th Percentile £454 £481 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £564 £600
Median % change year-on-year +2.00% -6.08% +14.33%
75th Percentile £678 £650 £700
90th Percentile £713 £744 £718
UK excluding London median daily rate £519 £525 £601
% change year-on-year -1.14% -12.57% +14.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 456 91 222
10th Percentile £26.90 £22.63 £35.06
25th Percentile £36.00 £41.05 £45.00
Median hourly rate £57.50 £50.49 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year +13.90% +0.97% -16.67%
75th Percentile £80.00 £67.00 £69.69
90th Percentile £88.00 £75.00 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £58.00 £50.49 £50.00
% change year-on-year +14.89% +0.97% -16.67%

All General Skills
UK

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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 29,004 20,749 23,018
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 54.93% 62.96% 57.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,299 12,986 14,521
10th Percentile £313 £280 £288
25th Percentile £413 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £634 £630 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £470 £494
% change year-on-year +6.38% -4.86% -1.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,057 1,094 1,537
10th Percentile £14.10 £13.36 £13.67
25th Percentile £18.27 £16.25 £16.30
Median hourly rate £33.00 £25.32 £36.17
Median % change year-on-year +30.33% -29.99% +18.42%
75th Percentile £61.18 £51.16 £57.50
90th Percentile £81.05 £70.11 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £33.00 £22.32 £37.50
% change year-on-year +47.85% -40.48% +42.86%

Aerospace
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Aerospace job vacancy trend in the UK

Aerospace
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Aerospace.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Aerospace

Aerospace
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Aerospace over the 6 months to 27 July 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Aerospace in the UK

Aerospace
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Aerospace.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Aerospace

Aerospace
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Aerospace over the 6 months to 27 July 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Aerospace in the UK

Aerospace
Top 17 Contract Job 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 6 months to 27 July 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
UK excluding London +90 681 £519 -1.14% 442
England +129 670 £591 +4.98% 470
South East +79 311 £650 +26.46% 167
South West +28 150 £500 -13.04% 92
Work from Home +49 136 £513 -3.76% 161
North of England -25 81 £725 +61.11% 72
East of England +10 73 £450 -36.84% 54
North West -17 60 £725 +59.34% 49
Midlands -44 29 £500 +2.56% 53
London -60 24 £663 +8.16% 44
Scotland +8 20 - - 7
East Midlands +2 20 £475 -36.67% 23
North East - 11 - - 9
Yorkshire -39 10 - - 14
Wales - 10 - - 11
West Midlands -58 8 - - 30
Northern Ireland +8 7 £380 - 2

Aerospace
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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:

Application Platforms
1 4 (0.55%) SharePoint
2 2 (0.27%) Apache Spark
2 2 (0.27%) ThingWorx
3 1 (0.14%) Apache
3 1 (0.14%) Confluence
3 1 (0.14%) Jupyter
3 1 (0.14%) Palantir Foundry
3 1 (0.14%) Red Hat Fuse
3 1 (0.14%) Tomcat
Applications
1 19 (2.61%) Simulink
2 17 (2.34%) CATIA
3 15 (2.06%) Microsoft Excel
4 11 (1.51%) Microsoft Project
5 5 (0.69%) Microsoft Office
5 5 (0.69%) Windchill
6 4 (0.55%) Stateflow
7 2 (0.27%) Adobe Illustrator
7 2 (0.27%) Photoshop
7 2 (0.27%) Siemens NX
8 1 (0.14%) Adobe XD
8 1 (0.14%) FrameMaker
8 1 (0.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
8 1 (0.14%) MS Visio
8 1 (0.14%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 25 (3.43%) SAP S/4HANA
2 12 (1.65%) Teamcenter
3 7 (0.96%) SAP GRC
4 6 (0.82%) Primavera
5 4 (0.55%) SAP EHS
5 4 (0.55%) SAP EWM
5 4 (0.55%) SAP FI
6 3 (0.41%) SAP Payroll
6 3 (0.41%) SAP QM
7 2 (0.27%) DELMIA
7 2 (0.27%) ENOVIA
7 2 (0.27%) SAP CO
7 2 (0.27%) SAP FI/CO
7 2 (0.27%) SAP HCM
7 2 (0.27%) SAP MM
7 2 (0.27%) SAP WM
8 1 (0.14%) Remedy ITSM
8 1 (0.14%) SAP ERP
8 1 (0.14%) SAP FI-GL
8 1 (0.14%) SAP PM
Cloud Services
1 54 (7.42%) Azure
2 23 (3.16%) AWS
3 16 (2.20%) Azure DevOps
4 15 (2.06%) GCP
5 13 (1.79%) Power Platform
6 11 (1.51%) Dynamics 365
7 8 (1.10%) Entra ID
8 5 (0.69%) GitHub
8 5 (0.69%) Power Automate
9 4 (0.55%) Azure Functions
9 4 (0.55%) Azure Logic Apps
9 4 (0.55%) Cloud Computing
9 4 (0.55%) Google Workspace
9 4 (0.55%) PowerApps
9 4 (0.55%) SaaS
9 4 (0.55%) Serverless
10 3 (0.41%) Figma
10 3 (0.41%) OpenShift
10 3 (0.41%) Smartsheet
11 2 (0.27%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 17 (2.34%) Wireless
2 12 (1.65%) Ethernet
3 11 (1.51%) Software-Defined Radio
4 3 (0.41%) HTTPS
4 3 (0.41%) SpaceWire
5 2 (0.27%) DNS
5 2 (0.27%) Firewall
5 2 (0.27%) FTP
5 2 (0.27%) Network Security
6 1 (0.14%) 3GPP
6 1 (0.14%) DHCP
6 1 (0.14%) Reverse Proxy
6 1 (0.14%) RS-232
6 1 (0.14%) RS-422
6 1 (0.14%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (1.37%) Power BI
2 8 (1.10%) NoSQL
3 4 (0.55%) SAP HANA
4 3 (0.41%) Tableau
5 2 (0.27%) Big Data
5 2 (0.27%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (0.27%) Hadoop
5 2 (0.27%) MS Access
5 2 (0.27%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (0.14%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (0.14%) BusinessObjects
6 1 (0.14%) Data Lake
6 1 (0.14%) Power Query
6 1 (0.14%) Relational Database
6 1 (0.14%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 59 (8.10%) Rational DOORS
2 15 (2.06%) Git
3 10 (1.37%) JIRA
4 6 (0.82%) GitLab
4 6 (0.82%) Rational Rhapsody
5 3 (0.41%) Jenkins
6 2 (0.27%) SonarQube
7 1 (0.14%) Artifactory
7 1 (0.14%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 1 (0.14%) Hudson
7 1 (0.14%) LabVIEW
7 1 (0.14%) PetaLinux
7 1 (0.14%) Postman
7 1 (0.14%) Visual Studio
General
1 193 (26.51%) Manufacturing
2 89 (12.23%) Social Skills
3 65 (8.93%) Finance
4 44 (6.04%) Analytical Skills
5 42 (5.77%) Aviation
6 24 (3.30%) Automotive
6 24 (3.30%) Avionics
7 21 (2.88%) Influencing Skills
8 18 (2.47%) Public Sector
9 17 (2.34%) Electronics
10 12 (1.65%) Military
10 12 (1.65%) Telecoms
11 10 (1.37%) Documentation Skills
12 5 (0.69%) Legal
12 5 (0.69%) Organisational Skills
12 5 (0.69%) Pharmaceutical
12 5 (0.69%) Presentation Skills
13 4 (0.55%) General Ledger
14 3 (0.41%) Law
15 2 (0.27%) Banking
Job Titles
1 74 (10.16%) Systems Engineer
2 73 (10.03%) Lead
3 64 (8.79%) Software Engineer
4 52 (7.14%) Senior
5 42 (5.77%) Architect
5 42 (5.77%) Delivery Manager
6 39 (5.36%) Product Manager
7 38 (5.22%) Embedded Engineer
8 34 (4.67%) Product Delivery Manager
9 32 (4.40%) Quality Engineer
9 32 (4.40%) Test Engineer
10 31 (4.26%) QA Engineer
11 30 (4.12%) Embedded Software Engineer
11 30 (4.12%) Systems Manager
12 28 (3.85%) Developer
13 26 (3.57%) Consultant
14 25 (3.43%) Programmer
15 24 (3.30%) Analyst
16 23 (3.16%) Administrator
17 22 (3.02%) Systems Delivery Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (1.51%) Middleware
2 9 (1.24%) REST
3 7 (0.96%) AngularJS
3 7 (0.96%) LDAP
4 6 (0.82%) Web Services
5 5 (0.69%) .NET
5 5 (0.69%) Backbone.js
5 5 (0.69%) React
5 5 (0.69%) Redux
5 5 (0.69%) Vue
6 4 (0.55%) OAuth
6 4 (0.55%) OpenID
6 4 (0.55%) RESTful
6 4 (0.55%) SAML
7 3 (0.41%) Hibernate
7 3 (0.41%) SAP Fiori
7 3 (0.41%) SOAP
7 3 (0.41%) Spring
7 3 (0.41%) Spring Boot
7 3 (0.41%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 52 (7.14%) Product Ownership
2 31 (4.26%) Data Structures
3 19 (2.61%) FPGA
4 17 (2.34%) Management Information System
5 16 (2.20%) Embedded Systems
6 12 (1.65%) Onboarding
6 12 (1.65%) Self-Motivation
7 11 (1.51%) Algorithms
7 11 (1.51%) Operational Technology
7 11 (1.51%) PCIe
7 11 (1.51%) VHDL
8 9 (1.24%) Verilog
9 8 (1.10%) Virtual Team
10 7 (0.96%) Cyber Threat
10 7 (0.96%) Enterprise Software
11 5 (0.69%) Enterprise Cloud
11 5 (0.69%) Hybrid Cloud
12 4 (0.55%) Cloud Native
12 4 (0.55%) Greenfield Project
12 4 (0.55%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 18 (2.47%) Linux
2 7 (0.96%) Windows
3 5 (0.69%) Embedded Linux
3 5 (0.69%) FreeRTOS
3 5 (0.69%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 3 (0.41%) CentOS
4 3 (0.41%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.14%) Ubuntu
5 1 (0.14%) Unix
5 1 (0.14%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 104 (14.29%) Software Engineering
2 102 (14.01%) Agile
3 91 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
4 87 (11.95%) Stakeholder Management
5 72 (9.89%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 71 (9.75%) Cybersecurity
6 71 (9.75%) Systems Engineering
7 67 (9.20%) Validation
8 66 (9.07%) Roadmaps
9 61 (8.38%) Problem-Solving
10 55 (7.55%) Computer Science
11 48 (6.59%) Configuration Management
12 43 (5.91%) Programme Management
13 41 (5.63%) Change Control
13 41 (5.63%) Digital Transformation Programme
13 41 (5.63%) PRINCE2
13 41 (5.63%) Risk Management
14 40 (5.49%) Scaled Agile Framework
15 37 (5.08%) UML
16 36 (4.95%) SysML
Programming Languages
1 35 (4.81%) Ada
2 32 (4.40%) Python
3 29 (3.98%) C
4 25 (3.43%) MATLAB
5 21 (2.88%) SQL
6 17 (2.34%) C++
7 13 (1.79%) Java
8 10 (1.37%) SystemVerilog
9 9 (1.24%) JavaScript
10 5 (0.69%) C#
11 4 (0.55%) X++
12 3 (0.41%) ABAP
12 3 (0.41%) PowerShell
12 3 (0.41%) Shell Script
13 2 (0.27%) Rust
14 1 (0.14%) Ada 95
14 1 (0.14%) Bash
14 1 (0.14%) Bicep
14 1 (0.14%) Embedded C++
14 1 (0.14%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 289 (39.70%) Security Cleared
2 191 (26.24%) SC Cleared
3 94 (12.91%) Degree
4 51 (7.01%) BPSS Clearance
5 24 (3.30%) CISSP
6 20 (2.75%) Azure Certification
7 15 (2.06%) DV Cleared
8 12 (1.65%) HNC
8 12 (1.65%) PMP
9 11 (1.51%) Chartered Engineer
9 11 (1.51%) NVQ Level 4
10 10 (1.37%) PMI Certification
11 8 (1.10%) CISM
12 7 (0.96%) Computer Science Degree
12 7 (0.96%) Microsoft Certification
12 7 (0.96%) TOGAF Certification
13 6 (0.82%) AWS Certification
14 5 (0.69%) CEH
14 5 (0.69%) Cisco Certification
15 4 (0.55%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 44 (6.04%) QA
2 34 (4.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 27 (3.71%) NIST
4 18 (2.47%) Def Stans
4 18 (2.47%) GRC
5 12 (1.65%) NIST 800
6 11 (1.51%) Data Quality
7 10 (1.37%) GDPR
8 9 (1.24%) DO-254
9 7 (0.96%) IEC 61508
10 6 (0.82%) SLA
11 5 (0.69%) PMO
12 4 (0.55%) MIL-STD-1553
12 4 (0.55%) NCSC
13 3 (0.41%) ISO 26262
14 2 (0.27%) Cyber Essentials
15 1 (0.14%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 1 (0.14%) ECSS
15 1 (0.14%) IFRS
15 1 (0.14%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 11 (1.51%) Firmware
2 9 (1.24%) Active Directory
2 9 (1.24%) Docker
3 5 (0.69%) Embedded Firmware
4 1 (0.14%) IAG
4 1 (0.14%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.14%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 10 (1.37%) Terraform
2 8 (1.10%) Ansible
3 7 (0.96%) Kubernetes
4 3 (0.41%) Check_MK
4 3 (0.41%) Functional Safety
4 3 (0.41%) Jamf Pro
4 3 (0.41%) Podman
4 3 (0.41%) Red Hat Satellite
5 2 (0.27%) Argo
5 2 (0.27%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.14%) HP ALM
6 1 (0.14%) Nessus
6 1 (0.14%) PTC Integrity
6 1 (0.14%) RSA Archer
6 1 (0.14%) SCCM
6 1 (0.14%) SolarWinds Orion
Vendors
1 77 (10.58%) SAP
2 47 (6.46%) Microsoft
3 30 (4.12%) IBM
4 14 (1.92%) ServiceNow
5 10 (1.37%) Xilinx
6 9 (1.24%) Microsemi
7 8 (1.10%) Google
7 8 (1.10%) Siemens
8 6 (0.82%) Adobe
8 6 (0.82%) Altera
8 6 (0.82%) EMC
8 6 (0.82%) Red Hat
9 4 (0.55%) Lauterbach
9 4 (0.55%) Okta
9 4 (0.55%) Ping Identity
9 4 (0.55%) PTC
9 4 (0.55%) VMware
10 3 (0.41%) Apple
10 3 (0.41%) ForgeRock
10 3 (0.41%) Intel