Aerospace Contract Job Trends in Wales

Aerospace
UK > Wales

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Aerospace in contract job vacancies in Wales. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Aerospace over the 6 months leading up to 18 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 39 43 38
Rank change year-on-year +4 -5 +8
Contract jobs citing Aerospace 13 2 8
As % of all contract jobs in Wales 2.40% 0.63% 1.96%
As % of the General category 4.56% 1.18% 4.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £525 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 - -
75th Percentile £575 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £500 £548 £650
% change year-on-year -8.76% -15.69% +16.59%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 2 3
10th Percentile - £45.63 £48.65
25th Percentile £33.93 £46.56 £49.63
Median hourly rate £36.70 £48.75 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year -24.72% -7.14% -
75th Percentile - £51.56 £70.88
90th Percentile £58.00 £52.88 £81.15
UK median hourly rate £57.35 £55.25 £50.00
% change year-on-year +3.80% +10.50% -18.70%

All General Skills
Wales

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 in Wales.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 285 170 177
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Wales 52.58% 53.80% 43.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 155 116 100
10th Percentile £182 £160 £143
25th Percentile £278 £254 £200
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £381 £425
Median % change year-on-year +8.20% -10.29% -5.56%
75th Percentile £550 £494 £558
90th Percentile £755 £613 £625
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 46 27 25
10th Percentile £12.21 £15.60 £11.32
25th Percentile £13.33 £20.06 £11.75
Median hourly rate £21.25 £22.00 £22.68
Median % change year-on-year -3.41% -3.00% +83.09%
75th Percentile £35.78 £41.25 £51.75
90th Percentile £43.50 £45.00 £86.68
UK median hourly rate £27.80 £28.60 £27.50
% change year-on-year -2.80% +4.00% -21.43%

Aerospace
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

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

Aerospace job vacancy trend in Wales

Aerospace
Daily Rate Trend in Wales

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing Aerospace.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing Aerospace

Aerospace
Hourly Rate Trend in Wales

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing Aerospace.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing Aerospace

Aerospace
Hourly Rate Histogram in Wales

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Aerospace in Wales over the 6 months to 18 April 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Aerospace in Wales

Aerospace
Contract Job Locations in Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Aerospace within the Wales region over the 6 months to 18 April 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
North Wales - 7 - - 4
South Wales -2 6 £550 - 10
Aerospace
UK

Aerospace
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Wales 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:

Applications
1 7 (53.85%) CATIA
Communications & Networking
1 2 (15.38%) Firewall
2 1 (7.69%) Cisco ASA
2 1 (7.69%) Cisco IOS
2 1 (7.69%) Cisco Wireless
2 1 (7.69%) DHCP
2 1 (7.69%) DNS
2 1 (7.69%) NX-OS
2 1 (7.69%) Wireless
General
1 7 (53.85%) Manufacturing
2 1 (7.69%) Aviation
2 1 (7.69%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 7 (53.85%) Programmer
2 1 (7.69%) Architect
2 1 (7.69%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 1 (7.69%) Network Engineer
2 1 (7.69%) Project Manager
2 1 (7.69%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
2 1 (7.69%) Security Architect
2 1 (7.69%) Senior
2 1 (7.69%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (7.69%) Algorithms
1 1 (7.69%) Cyber Defence
1 1 (7.69%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 2 (15.38%) Windows
2 1 (7.69%) Windows Server
2 1 (7.69%) Windows Server 2016
2 1 (7.69%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (53.85%) Manufacturing Engineering
2 4 (30.77%) Continuous Improvement
2 4 (30.77%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (30.77%) Validation
3 2 (15.38%) Zero Trust
4 1 (7.69%) Analytics
4 1 (7.69%) Availability Management
4 1 (7.69%) Capacity Management
4 1 (7.69%) Cybersecurity
4 1 (7.69%) Data Analytics
4 1 (7.69%) Data Science
4 1 (7.69%) Disaster Recovery
4 1 (7.69%) Impact Analysis
4 1 (7.69%) Infrastructure Automation
4 1 (7.69%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 1 (7.69%) Knowledge Transfer
4 1 (7.69%) Machine Learning
4 1 (7.69%) Migration
4 1 (7.69%) Project Planning
4 1 (7.69%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 1 (7.69%) PowerShell
1 1 (7.69%) Python
Qualifications
1 7 (53.85%) HNC
2 4 (30.77%) NVQ Level 4
3 1 (7.69%) CCNA
3 1 (7.69%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (7.69%) CompTIA Security+
3 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (7.69%) SC Cleared
3 1 (7.69%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (7.69%) Active Directory
1 1 (7.69%) Hyper-V
1 1 (7.69%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (7.69%) Cisco Prime
1 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
Vendors
1 7 (53.85%) SAP
2 2 (15.38%) Cisco
3 1 (7.69%) Fortinet
3 1 (7.69%) Microsoft
3 1 (7.69%) Palo Alto
3 1 (7.69%) Red Hat
3 1 (7.69%) Splunk
3 1 (7.69%) Veeam
3 1 (7.69%) VMware