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 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 376 218 396
Rank change year-on-year -158 +178 +152
Contract jobs citing Aerospace 145 458 316
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.50% 1.07% 0.56%
As % of the General category 0.78% 1.85% 0.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 45 67 121
10th Percentile £363 £317 £356
25th Percentile £485 £391 £415
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £548 £650 £525
Median % change year-on-year -15.69% +23.81% +0.57%
75th Percentile £628 £700 £613
90th Percentile £667 - £676
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £650 £500
% change year-on-year -19.23% +30.00% -3.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 55 264 104
10th Percentile £34.40 £26.60 £39.55
25th Percentile £45.65 £44.08 £51.25
Median hourly rate £57.25 £50.00 £61.50
Median % change year-on-year +14.49% -18.70% +23.00%
75th Percentile £67.75 £67.50 £68.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £77.13 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £57.37 £50.00 £61.50
% change year-on-year +14.75% -18.70% +23.00%

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 18,479 24,712 32,855
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 63.36% 57.60% 58.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,679 15,544 22,797
10th Percentile £281 £275 £313
25th Percentile £405 £413 £440
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% +1.85%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £756 £763 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £490 £500
% change year-on-year -3.06% -2.00% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 818 1,977 985
10th Percentile £13.50 £12.78 £13.41
25th Percentile £16.95 £15.50 £17.50
Median hourly rate £28.00 £30.00 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% -7.69% +44.44%
75th Percentile £55.00 £52.50 £61.25
90th Percentile £75.00 £66.45 £72.01
UK excluding London median hourly rate £24.34 £28.25 £27.50
% change year-on-year -13.84% +2.73% +41.03%

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 31 May 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 31 May 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 31 May 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 -163 122 £549 -15.54% 809
UK excluding London -132 111 £525 -19.23% 783
Work from Home +20 35 £525 -16.86% 415
South East -9 33 £515 +14.44% 213
South West -45 23 £525 -25.00% 180
London +49 20 £626 +23.86% 101
East of England -48 18 - - 112
North of England +8 16 £583 -35.06% 98
North West +4 16 £583 - 59
Midlands +3 12 £525 - 106
West Midlands +17 9 £525 -0.10% 70
Scotland +2 7 £248 - 64
East Midlands -5 3 - - 35
Wales -4 1 - - 14
Northern Ireland - 1 - - 12

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 3 (2.07%) Confluence
1 3 (2.07%) MTS
1 3 (2.07%) SharePoint
2 2 (1.38%) TPMS
3 1 (0.69%) Oracle Coherence
Applications
1 10 (6.90%) Microsoft Project
2 4 (2.76%) Spreadsheet
2 4 (2.76%) Windchill
3 3 (2.07%) Maya
3 3 (2.07%) NUKE
4 2 (1.38%) CATIA
5 1 (0.69%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 19 (13.10%) SAP S/4HANA
2 13 (8.97%) SAP PP
3 10 (6.90%) SAP PS
4 9 (6.21%) SAP R/3
5 7 (4.83%) Teamcenter
6 5 (3.45%) SAP LE
7 3 (2.07%) SAP PLM
8 2 (1.38%) Primavera
8 2 (1.38%) SAP ERP
9 1 (0.69%) ENOVIA
9 1 (0.69%) SAP EWM
9 1 (0.69%) SAP FI
9 1 (0.69%) SAP MDG
9 1 (0.69%) SAP PM
9 1 (0.69%) SAP SCM
Cloud Services
1 3 (2.07%) Google Workspace
2 2 (1.38%) AWS
2 2 (1.38%) Azure
3 1 (0.69%) Amazon ECS
3 1 (0.69%) Amazon S3
3 1 (0.69%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (0.69%) GitHub
3 1 (0.69%) Google Sheets
3 1 (0.69%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 5 (3.45%) DNS
1 5 (3.45%) Firewall
2 4 (2.76%) Kerberos
3 2 (1.38%) LAN
3 2 (1.38%) Network Security
3 2 (1.38%) SpaceWire
3 2 (1.38%) WAN
4 1 (0.69%) FTP
4 1 (0.69%) HTTP
4 1 (0.69%) HTTPS
4 1 (0.69%) SMTP
4 1 (0.69%) Software-Defined Radio
4 1 (0.69%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (2.76%) SAP HANA
2 1 (0.69%) Amazon Athena
2 1 (0.69%) Amazon RDS
2 1 (0.69%) Data Hub
2 1 (0.69%) DTS
2 1 (0.69%) MS Access
2 1 (0.69%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (0.69%) SAP BW
2 1 (0.69%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 5 (3.45%) JIRA
2 3 (2.07%) Rational DOORS
3 2 (1.38%) LabVIEW
4 1 (0.69%) Git
4 1 (0.69%) GitLab
4 1 (0.69%) JIRA Agile
4 1 (0.69%) LSMW
4 1 (0.69%) Rational Team Concert
4 1 (0.69%) Redmine
4 1 (0.69%) Robot Framework
4 1 (0.69%) Subversion
General
1 45 (31.03%) Manufacturing
2 44 (30.34%) Social Skills
3 21 (14.48%) Finance
4 16 (11.03%) Aviation
5 11 (7.59%) Analytical Skills
5 11 (7.59%) Electronics
6 8 (5.52%) Automotive
6 8 (5.52%) Military
7 6 (4.14%) Documentation Skills
7 6 (4.14%) Influencing Skills
8 5 (3.45%) Avionics
8 5 (3.45%) Presentation Skills
9 4 (2.76%) Organisational Skills
10 3 (2.07%) Games
10 3 (2.07%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 3 (2.07%) Pharmaceutical
10 3 (2.07%) Public Sector
11 2 (1.38%) Marketing
12 1 (0.69%) Police
12 1 (0.69%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 23 (15.86%) Consultant
2 19 (13.10%) SAP Consultant
3 16 (11.03%) Architect
3 16 (11.03%) Senior
4 12 (8.28%) Functional Consultant
5 11 (7.59%) Lead
5 11 (7.59%) Systems Engineer
6 10 (6.90%) SAP PP Consultant
7 9 (6.21%) SAP Functional Consultant
7 9 (6.21%) SAP PP Functional Consultant
8 8 (5.52%) Developer
9 7 (4.83%) Solutions Architect
10 6 (4.14%) ABAP Developer
10 6 (4.14%) Analyst
10 6 (4.14%) Project Manager
10 6 (4.14%) SAP MM Consultant
10 6 (4.14%) SAP MM Functional Consultant
11 5 (3.45%) SAP Architect
11 5 (3.45%) Test Engineer
12 4 (2.76%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (3.45%) .NET
2 4 (2.76%) Node.js
3 3 (2.07%) CSS
3 3 (2.07%) Django
3 3 (2.07%) HTML
3 3 (2.07%) LDAP
3 3 (2.07%) Middleware
4 1 (0.69%) BAPI
4 1 (0.69%) Hibernate
4 1 (0.69%) Qt
4 1 (0.69%) REST
4 1 (0.69%) RESTful
4 1 (0.69%) SAP Fiori
4 1 (0.69%) SAPUI5
4 1 (0.69%) Spring
4 1 (0.69%) Spring Boot
4 1 (0.69%) Web Services
4 1 (0.69%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 9 (6.21%) Life Science
1 9 (6.21%) Management Information System
2 8 (5.52%) Data Protection Act
3 5 (3.45%) Data Centre
3 5 (3.45%) Greenfield Project
3 5 (3.45%) Team-Oriented Environment
4 4 (2.76%) PKI
4 4 (2.76%) Replication
4 4 (2.76%) Virtual Team
5 3 (2.07%) Animation
5 3 (2.07%) Embedded Systems
5 3 (2.07%) FPGA
5 3 (2.07%) Legacy Systems
5 3 (2.07%) Raspberry Pi
5 3 (2.07%) Self-Motivation
5 3 (2.07%) VHDL
6 2 (1.38%) Algorithms
6 2 (1.38%) Enterprise Software
6 2 (1.38%) IoT
6 2 (1.38%) Verilog
Operating Systems
1 7 (4.83%) Linux
2 3 (2.07%) Windows
3 2 (1.38%) Unix
4 1 (0.69%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (14.48%) Project Management
2 19 (13.10%) Problem-Solving
3 15 (10.34%) ERP
4 14 (9.66%) Agile
4 14 (9.66%) Inventory Management
5 13 (8.97%) Software Engineering
6 12 (8.28%) Stakeholder Management
6 12 (8.28%) Use Case
7 10 (6.90%) Integration Testing
7 10 (6.90%) Quality Management
7 10 (6.90%) Validation
8 9 (6.21%) Document Management
8 9 (6.21%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 8 (5.52%) Change Management
9 8 (5.52%) Configuration Management
9 8 (5.52%) Data Protection
9 8 (5.52%) PLM
9 8 (5.52%) Workshop Facilitation
10 7 (4.83%) Data Management
10 7 (4.83%) Logistics
Programming Languages
1 16 (11.03%) ABAP
2 13 (8.97%) Java
3 10 (6.90%) Python
4 9 (6.21%) C++
5 8 (5.52%) SQL
6 5 (3.45%) C
6 5 (3.45%) Tcl
7 4 (2.76%) Ada
7 4 (2.76%) JavaScript
7 4 (2.76%) MATLAB
7 4 (2.76%) Perl
8 2 (1.38%) Bash
8 2 (1.38%) C#
8 2 (1.38%) VBA
9 1 (0.69%) Assembly Language
9 1 (0.69%) PowerShell
9 1 (0.69%) SystemVerilog
Qualifications
1 59 (40.69%) Security Cleared
2 53 (36.55%) SC Cleared
3 17 (11.72%) Degree
4 11 (7.59%) BPSS Clearance
5 4 (2.76%) CISSP
5 4 (2.76%) HNC
5 4 (2.76%) PMP
6 3 (2.07%) DV Cleared
6 3 (2.07%) HND
6 3 (2.07%) Master's Degree
7 2 (1.38%) CCA
7 2 (1.38%) CEH
7 2 (1.38%) Cisco Certification
7 2 (1.38%) CISM
7 2 (1.38%) PMI Certification
8 1 (0.69%) CCNP
8 1 (0.69%) CCSP
8 1 (0.69%) MCSA
8 1 (0.69%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (0.69%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (6.21%) QA
2 5 (3.45%) Def Stans
3 4 (2.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (2.76%) PMO
4 3 (2.07%) IEC 61508
4 3 (2.07%) NIST
5 2 (1.38%) ARP4754
5 2 (1.38%) GDPR
5 2 (1.38%) PMBOK
6 1 (0.69%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.69%) Data Quality
6 1 (0.69%) ECSS
6 1 (0.69%) GRC
6 1 (0.69%) ISO 9001
6 1 (0.69%) ISO/IEC 20000
6 1 (0.69%) MIL-STD-1553
6 1 (0.69%) MISRA
6 1 (0.69%) MISRA C
6 1 (0.69%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (1.38%) Firmware
2 1 (0.69%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.69%) Virtual Machines
Vendors
1 50 (34.48%) SAP
2 15 (10.34%) Microsoft
3 7 (4.83%) Twitter
4 6 (4.14%) Google
5 5 (3.45%) Adobe
5 5 (3.45%) Cisco
5 5 (3.45%) EMC
6 3 (2.07%) IFS
6 3 (2.07%) Siemens
7 2 (1.38%) Aruba
7 2 (1.38%) Fortinet
7 2 (1.38%) HP
7 2 (1.38%) Oracle
7 2 (1.38%) ServiceNow
8 1 (0.69%) Citrix
8 1 (0.69%) IBM
8 1 (0.69%) Intel
8 1 (0.69%) Palo Alto
8 1 (0.69%) Salesforce
8 1 (0.69%) VMware