Avionics Contract Job Trends

Avionics
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Avionics in contract job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Avionics over the 6 months leading up to 2 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 592 517 573
Rank change year-on-year -75 +56 +169
Contract jobs citing Avionics 9 3 15
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.022% 0.010% 0.034%
As % of the General category 0.037% 0.016% 0.057%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £425 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 - -
75th Percentile £478 - -
90th Percentile £484 - -
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 1 15
10th Percentile - - £14.71
25th Percentile £62.50 - £32.35
Median hourly rate £65.00 £75.00 £53.50
Median % change year-on-year -13.33% +40.19% -2.73%
75th Percentile £67.50 - £55.25
90th Percentile £76.35 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £65.00 £75.00 £53.50
% change year-on-year -13.33% +40.19% -2.73%

All General Skills
UK

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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 24,044 18,821 26,225
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 58.09% 62.35% 58.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 15,040 11,584 16,840
10th Percentile £300 £287 £265
25th Percentile £405 £408 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £623 £650 £650
90th Percentile £738 £763 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £478 £495
% change year-on-year -0.52% -3.54% -1.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,472 626 1,751
10th Percentile £13.58 £15.61 £13.00
25th Percentile £16.62 £20.27 £15.35
Median hourly rate £23.79 £30.00 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.71% +15.38% -15.42%
75th Percentile £55.00 £58.75 £50.75
90th Percentile £74.26 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £22.27 £27.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year -19.04% +10.00% -3.85%

Avionics
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Avionics job vacancy trend in the UK

Avionics
Daily Rate Trend

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

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

Avionics
Hourly Rate Trend

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

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

Avionics
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Avionics over the 6 months to 2 March 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Avionics in the UK

Avionics
Top 6 Contract Job Locations

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 over the 6 months to 2 March 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 -71 9 £450 - 19
England -86 9 £450 - 20
Work from Home -17 4 - - 5
South East -31 4 - - 10
East of England - 4 £450 - 5
South West -20 1 - - 5

Avionics
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:

Communications & Networking
1 2 (22.22%) SpaceWire
General
1 6 (66.67%) Aerospace
2 3 (33.33%) Manufacturing
3 2 (22.22%) Electronics
4 1 (11.11%) Military
4 1 (11.11%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (44.44%) Systems Engineer
2 3 (33.33%) Configuration Manager
3 1 (11.11%) Delivery Manager
3 1 (11.11%) Product Delivery Manager
3 1 (11.11%) Product Manager
3 1 (11.11%) RF Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Software Manager
3 1 (11.11%) Software Product Manager
3 1 (11.11%) Systems Delivery Manager
3 1 (11.11%) Systems Manager
3 1 (11.11%) Test Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (22.22%) ASIC
1 2 (22.22%) CAN bus
1 2 (22.22%) FPGA
2 1 (11.11%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (33.33%) Configuration Management
1 3 (33.33%) Supplier Management
2 1 (11.11%) CI/CD
2 1 (11.11%) Computer Science
2 1 (11.11%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (11.11%) Data Modelling
2 1 (11.11%) Digital Engineering
2 1 (11.11%) Kalman Filter
2 1 (11.11%) PLM
2 1 (11.11%) Regulatory Compliance
2 1 (11.11%) Roadmaps
2 1 (11.11%) Software Engineering
2 1 (11.11%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 2 (22.22%) C
Qualifications
1 1 (11.11%) Degree
1 1 (11.11%) SC Cleared
1 1 (11.11%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (22.22%) MIL-STD-1553
Vendors
1 1 (11.11%) EMC