Aerospace Contracts

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 4 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 370 229 384
Rank change year-on-year -141 +155 +152
Contract jobs citing Aerospace 183 460 321
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.58% 1.06% 0.57%
As % of the General category 0.92% 1.86% 0.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 53 75 142
10th Percentile £418 £302 £363
25th Percentile £513 £378 £415
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £570 £630 £525
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +20.00% -2.78%
75th Percentile £650 £700 £613
90th Percentile £750 - £676
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £630 £500
% change year-on-year -16.67% +26.00% -4.21%
Number of hourly rates quoted 68 268 105
10th Percentile £29.31 £28.00 £39.10
25th Percentile £41.25 £40.00 £50.00
Median hourly rate £51.49 £50.00 £61.50
Median % change year-on-year +2.99% -18.70% +23.00%
75th Percentile £63.13 £70.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.55 £79.19
UK excluding London median hourly rate £52.50 £50.00 £60.00
% change year-on-year +5.00% -16.67% +20.00%

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 common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 19,963 24,787 32,914
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 63.17% 57.06% 58.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 12,522 15,498 22,682
10th Percentile £281 £275 £313
25th Percentile £402 £413 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £501 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.67% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £750 £775 £788
UK excluding London median daily rate £470 £490 £500
% change year-on-year -4.08% -2.00% +2.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 988 1,949 1,051
10th Percentile £13.50 £12.82 £13.41
25th Percentile £16.36 £15.62 £16.85
Median hourly rate £27.22 £31.80 £30.54
Median % change year-on-year -14.42% +4.13% +25.42%
75th Percentile £52.00 £53.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £70.05 £68.75 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £23.00 £30.91 £25.95
% change year-on-year -25.60% +19.12% +29.75%

Aerospace
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Aerospace as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Aerospace in the UK

Aerospace
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Aerospace.

Daily rate trend for Aerospace in the UK

Aerospace
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Aerospace over the 6 months to 4 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Aerospace in the UK

Aerospace
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Aerospace.

Hourly rate trend for Aerospace in the UK

Aerospace
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Aerospace over the 6 months to 4 July 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Aerospace in the UK

Aerospace
Top 15 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 6 months to 4 July 2025. 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
England -131 154 £565 -10.32% 1,884
UK excluding London -120 137 £525 -16.67% 1,613
South East -9 36 £514 +71.33% 429
Work from Home +26 34 £533 -12.70% 781
South West -41 34 £545 -22.14% 381
London +40 25 £613 -0.24% 422
East of England -48 22 £975 +108.00% 209
North of England -5 19 £615 -31.43% 200
North West -6 19 £615 - 146
Midlands -5 17 £525 -7.73% 185
West Midlands +18 12 £525 -0.10% 109
Scotland -2 7 £70 - 160
East Midlands -16 5 £750 +21.56% 75
Wales -3 1 - - 40
Northern Ireland - 1 - - 33

Aerospace
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 4 (2.19%) SharePoint
2 3 (1.64%) Confluence
2 3 (1.64%) MTS
3 2 (1.09%) TPMS
4 1 (0.55%) Oracle Coherence
Applications
1 13 (7.10%) Microsoft Project
2 6 (3.28%) Maya
2 6 (3.28%) NUKE
3 5 (2.73%) Windchill
4 4 (2.19%) Spreadsheet
5 3 (1.64%) Microsoft Excel
5 3 (1.64%) Simulink
6 2 (1.09%) CATIA
6 2 (1.09%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 21 (11.48%) SAP S/4HANA
2 12 (6.56%) SAP PS
3 11 (6.01%) SAP PP
4 9 (4.92%) SAP R/3
5 5 (2.73%) Teamcenter
6 3 (1.64%) SAP PLM
7 2 (1.09%) Oracle ERP
7 2 (1.09%) Oracle SCM
7 2 (1.09%) Primavera
7 2 (1.09%) SAP ERP
7 2 (1.09%) SAP FI
7 2 (1.09%) SAP HCM
7 2 (1.09%) SAP LE
8 1 (0.55%) ENOVIA
8 1 (0.55%) SAP CO
8 1 (0.55%) SAP EWM
8 1 (0.55%) SAP FI/CO
8 1 (0.55%) SAP MM
8 1 (0.55%) SAP PM
8 1 (0.55%) SAP SCM
Cloud Services
1 4 (2.19%) AWS
1 4 (2.19%) GitHub
2 3 (1.64%) Amazon ECS
2 3 (1.64%) Amazon S3
2 3 (1.64%) Azure
2 3 (1.64%) Google Workspace
3 2 (1.09%) Azure DevOps
3 2 (1.09%) OCI
4 1 (0.55%) Azure AKS
4 1 (0.55%) Azure ExpressRoute
4 1 (0.55%) Azure Key Vault
4 1 (0.55%) Azure Monitor
4 1 (0.55%) Azure Sentinel
4 1 (0.55%) Entra ID
4 1 (0.55%) GitHub Actions
4 1 (0.55%) Google Sheets
4 1 (0.55%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (0.55%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 4 (2.19%) DNS
1 4 (2.19%) SpaceWire
2 3 (1.64%) Firewall
2 3 (1.64%) Kerberos
3 2 (1.09%) LAN
3 2 (1.09%) Network Security
3 2 (1.09%) WAN
4 1 (0.55%) FTP
4 1 (0.55%) HTTP
4 1 (0.55%) HTTPS
4 1 (0.55%) RS-232
4 1 (0.55%) SMTP
4 1 (0.55%) SSL
4 1 (0.55%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (2.19%) SAP HANA
2 3 (1.64%) Amazon Athena
2 3 (1.64%) Amazon RDS
2 3 (1.64%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (0.55%) Data Hub
3 1 (0.55%) DTS
3 1 (0.55%) MS Access
3 1 (0.55%) SAP BW
3 1 (0.55%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 6 (3.28%) JIRA
2 3 (1.64%) Git
2 3 (1.64%) GitLab
2 3 (1.64%) Rational DOORS
3 2 (1.09%) LabVIEW
3 2 (1.09%) Rational Rhapsody
4 1 (0.55%) Cucumber
4 1 (0.55%) JIRA Agile
4 1 (0.55%) LSMW
4 1 (0.55%) Postman
4 1 (0.55%) Rational Team Concert
4 1 (0.55%) Redmine
4 1 (0.55%) Selenium
4 1 (0.55%) Subversion
4 1 (0.55%) WebDriver
General
1 53 (28.96%) Social Skills
2 46 (25.14%) Manufacturing
3 26 (14.21%) Finance
4 24 (13.11%) Aviation
5 13 (7.10%) Analytical Skills
6 12 (6.56%) Automotive
7 11 (6.01%) Military
8 10 (5.46%) Electronics
9 7 (3.83%) Documentation Skills
10 6 (3.28%) Games
10 6 (3.28%) Influencing Skills
11 5 (2.73%) Avionics
11 5 (2.73%) Presentation Skills
12 4 (2.19%) Organisational Skills
13 3 (1.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 3 (1.64%) Pharmaceutical
13 3 (1.64%) Public Sector
14 2 (1.09%) Aeronautics
14 2 (1.09%) Marketing
15 1 (0.55%) Police
Job Titles
1 26 (14.21%) Consultant
2 22 (12.02%) Systems Engineer
3 19 (10.38%) SAP Consultant
4 17 (9.29%) Senior
5 16 (8.74%) Architect
5 16 (8.74%) Lead
6 12 (6.56%) Functional Consultant
7 10 (5.46%) Developer
8 9 (4.92%) Analyst
8 9 (4.92%) SAP Functional Consultant
8 9 (4.92%) SAP PP Consultant
8 9 (4.92%) SAP PP Functional Consultant
9 6 (3.28%) Business Architect
9 6 (3.28%) Business Process Architect
9 6 (3.28%) Project Manager
9 6 (3.28%) SAP Architect
9 6 (3.28%) SAP MM Consultant
9 6 (3.28%) SAP MM Functional Consultant
9 6 (3.28%) Solutions Architect
10 5 (2.73%) Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (3.28%) CSS
1 6 (3.28%) Django
1 6 (3.28%) HTML
2 4 (2.19%) .NET
2 4 (2.19%) Node.js
3 3 (1.64%) LDAP
4 2 (1.09%) Middleware
4 2 (1.09%) REST
4 2 (1.09%) RESTful
5 1 (0.55%) Azure Blueprints
5 1 (0.55%) BAPI
5 1 (0.55%) Hibernate
5 1 (0.55%) Hugging Face
5 1 (0.55%) PyTorch
5 1 (0.55%) Qt
5 1 (0.55%) SAP Fiori
5 1 (0.55%) SAPUI5
5 1 (0.55%) Spring
5 1 (0.55%) Spring Boot
5 1 (0.55%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 10 (5.46%) Data Protection Act
1 10 (5.46%) Management Information System
2 6 (3.28%) Animation
3 5 (2.73%) Greenfield Project
3 5 (2.73%) Self-Motivation
3 5 (2.73%) Team-Oriented Environment
4 4 (2.19%) Data Centre
4 4 (2.19%) Legacy Systems
5 3 (1.64%) Algorithms
5 3 (1.64%) Embedded Systems
5 3 (1.64%) FPGA
5 3 (1.64%) PKI
5 3 (1.64%) Product Ownership
5 3 (1.64%) Raspberry Pi
5 3 (1.64%) Replication
6 2 (1.09%) Enterprise Software
6 2 (1.09%) IoT
6 2 (1.09%) Life Science
6 2 (1.09%) PMI
6 2 (1.09%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 8 (4.37%) Linux
2 4 (2.19%) Windows
3 3 (1.64%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (12.57%) Project Management
2 22 (12.02%) Problem-Solving
3 19 (10.38%) Agile
3 19 (10.38%) ERP
3 19 (10.38%) Validation
4 16 (8.74%) Software Engineering
5 12 (6.56%) Stakeholder Management
6 11 (6.01%) Change Management
6 11 (6.01%) Inventory Management
6 11 (6.01%) Systems Engineering
7 10 (5.46%) Cybersecurity
7 10 (5.46%) Data Protection
7 10 (5.46%) Migration
7 10 (5.46%) Technical Leadership
7 10 (5.46%) Use Case
7 10 (5.46%) Verification and Validation
8 9 (4.92%) Document Management
8 9 (4.92%) Integration Testing
8 9 (4.92%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 8 (4.37%) Coaching
Programming Languages
1 17 (9.29%) Java
1 17 (9.29%) Python
2 15 (8.20%) ABAP
3 14 (7.65%) C++
3 14 (7.65%) SQL
4 9 (4.92%) Tcl
5 6 (3.28%) C
6 4 (2.19%) JavaScript
6 4 (2.19%) MATLAB
6 4 (2.19%) Perl
7 3 (1.64%) Bash
7 3 (1.64%) C#
7 3 (1.64%) VBA
8 2 (1.09%) Ada
8 2 (1.09%) PL/SQL
9 1 (0.55%) Assembly Language
9 1 (0.55%) Bicep
9 1 (0.55%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 63 (34.43%) Security Cleared
2 54 (29.51%) SC Cleared
3 23 (12.57%) Degree
4 12 (6.56%) BPSS Clearance
5 5 (2.73%) Master's Degree
6 4 (2.19%) HNC
6 4 (2.19%) PMP
7 3 (1.64%) AWS Certification
7 3 (1.64%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 3 (1.64%) CISSP
7 3 (1.64%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (1.64%) HND
8 2 (1.09%) CCA
8 2 (1.09%) CEH
8 2 (1.09%) CISM
8 2 (1.09%) DV Cleared
8 2 (1.09%) PMI Certification
9 1 (0.55%) Cisco Certification
9 1 (0.55%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (0.55%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (2.73%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 5 (2.73%) QA
2 4 (2.19%) NIST
2 4 (2.19%) PMO
3 2 (1.09%) ARP4754
3 2 (1.09%) Def Stans
3 2 (1.09%) GDPR
3 2 (1.09%) IEC 61508
3 2 (1.09%) JSP 440
3 2 (1.09%) NCSC
3 2 (1.09%) PMBOK
4 1 (0.55%) Data Quality
4 1 (0.55%) ECSS
4 1 (0.55%) Government Security Classifications
4 1 (0.55%) ISO 9001
4 1 (0.55%) ISO/IEC 20000
4 1 (0.55%) MIL-STD-1553
4 1 (0.55%) MISRA
4 1 (0.55%) MISRA C
4 1 (0.55%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (1.09%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.55%) Docker
2 1 (0.55%) Firmware
2 1 (0.55%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 2 (1.09%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.55%) Terraform
Vendors
1 53 (28.96%) SAP
2 24 (13.11%) Microsoft
3 11 (6.01%) Twitter
4 6 (3.28%) Google
5 5 (2.73%) Adobe
5 5 (2.73%) EMC
5 5 (2.73%) IBM
5 5 (2.73%) IFS
6 4 (2.19%) Cisco
6 4 (2.19%) Oracle
7 3 (1.64%) Siemens
8 2 (1.09%) Aruba
8 2 (1.09%) Fortinet
8 2 (1.09%) HP
8 2 (1.09%) MathWorks
8 2 (1.09%) ServiceNow
9 1 (0.55%) Ariba
9 1 (0.55%) CA Agile Central
9 1 (0.55%) Citrix
9 1 (0.55%) Palo Alto