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

6 months to
4 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 43 42 40
Rank change year-on-year -1 -2 -13
Contract jobs citing Aerospace 8 5 9
As % of all contract jobs in Wales 1.65% 1.13% 2.03%
As % of the General category 3.20% 2.07% 4.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 3
10th Percentile - - £485
25th Percentile £525 - £519
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £350 £575
Median % change year-on-year +57.14% -39.13% +0.88%
75th Percentile £575 - £613
90th Percentile - - £635
UK median daily rate £530 £548 £575
% change year-on-year -3.28% -4.70% +0.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 3 3
10th Percentile £79.00 £44.00 £48.25
25th Percentile £81.25 £46.25 £49.38
Median hourly rate £85.00 £50.00 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year +70.00% -4.76% -
75th Percentile £87.50 £51.88 £55.13
90th Percentile £89.00 £53.00 £55.95
UK median hourly rate £52.50 £61.50 £55.00
% change year-on-year -14.63% +11.82% -10.57%

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 common skills in Wales.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 250 241 224
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Wales 51.65% 54.52% 50.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 150 120 158
10th Percentile £165 £136 £175
25th Percentile £241 £188 £217
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £370 £383
Median % change year-on-year +1.35% -3.27% -19.47%
75th Percentile £488 £506 £573
90th Percentile £577 £619 £650
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 40 37 23
10th Percentile £13.08 £16.97 £15.09
25th Percentile £14.23 £20.12 £21.30
Median hourly rate £19.10 £22.00 £27.17
Median % change year-on-year -13.20% -19.01% +35.01%
75th Percentile £23.71 £27.50 £53.13
90th Percentile £34.53 £51.00 £55.25
UK median hourly rate £24.00 £27.50 £32.00
% change year-on-year -12.73% -14.06% +28.00%

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
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 4 December 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
South Wales +5 8 £550 +57.14% 7
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:

Communications & Networking
1 2 (25.00%) Firewall
2 1 (12.50%) Cisco ASA
2 1 (12.50%) Cisco IOS
2 1 (12.50%) Cisco Wireless
2 1 (12.50%) DHCP
2 1 (12.50%) DNS
2 1 (12.50%) NX-OS
2 1 (12.50%) Wireless
General
1 3 (37.50%) Social Skills
2 1 (12.50%) Aviation
2 1 (12.50%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (50.00%) Architect
1 4 (50.00%) Security Architect
2 1 (12.50%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) Network Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) Project Manager
2 1 (12.50%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) Senior
2 1 (12.50%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (37.50%) ModSecurity
Miscellaneous
1 3 (37.50%) Management Information System
2 1 (12.50%) Cyber Defence
2 1 (12.50%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 2 (25.00%) Windows
2 1 (12.50%) Windows Server
2 1 (12.50%) Windows Server 2016
2 1 (12.50%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (37.50%) Cybersecurity
1 3 (37.50%) Information Assurance
1 3 (37.50%) Information Security
1 3 (37.50%) Risk Management
1 3 (37.50%) SABSA
1 3 (37.50%) Security Architecture
1 3 (37.50%) Security Management
1 3 (37.50%) Systems Engineering
1 3 (37.50%) TOGAF
2 2 (25.00%) Zero Trust
3 1 (12.50%) Availability Management
3 1 (12.50%) Data Protection
3 1 (12.50%) Disaster Recovery
3 1 (12.50%) Impact Analysis
3 1 (12.50%) Infrastructure Automation
3 1 (12.50%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 1 (12.50%) Migration
3 1 (12.50%) Project Management
3 1 (12.50%) Project Planning
3 1 (12.50%) Release Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (12.50%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 3 (37.50%) CISM
1 3 (37.50%) CISSP
1 3 (37.50%) SC Cleared
1 3 (37.50%) Security Cleared
2 1 (12.50%) CCNA
2 1 (12.50%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (12.50%) CompTIA Security+
2 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (37.50%) Def Stans
1 3 (37.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 3 (37.50%) JSP 440
1 3 (37.50%) NCSC
1 3 (37.50%) NIST
1 3 (37.50%) NIST 800
System Software
1 1 (12.50%) Active Directory
1 1 (12.50%) Hyper-V
1 1 (12.50%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (12.50%) Cisco Prime
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
Vendors
1 2 (25.00%) Cisco
2 1 (12.50%) Fortinet
2 1 (12.50%) Microsoft
2 1 (12.50%) Palo Alto
2 1 (12.50%) Red Hat
2 1 (12.50%) Splunk
2 1 (12.50%) Veeam
2 1 (12.50%) VMware