Aerospace Contracts 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 5 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 41 39 40
Rank change year-on-year -2 +1 +11
Contract jobs citing Aerospace 1 9 16
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Wales 0.30% 2.06% 2.93%
As % of the General category 0.56% 4.29% 6.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 14
10th Percentile - - £463
25th Percentile - - £472
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £350 £588
Median % change year-on-year - -40.43% +3.07%
75th Percentile - - £650
90th Percentile - - £755
UK median daily rate £570 £627 £525
% change year-on-year -9.09% +19.43% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 4 0
Median hourly rate £45.00 £60.25 -
Median % change year-on-year -25.31% - -
UK median hourly rate £50.49 £50.00 £61.50
% change year-on-year +0.97% -18.70% +23.00%

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 177 210 250
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Wales 53.47% 48.05% 45.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 110 110 169
10th Percentile £188 £127 £164
25th Percentile £285 £162 £250
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £406 £475
Median % change year-on-year -1.48% -14.53% -5.00%
75th Percentile £488 £539 £586
90th Percentile £576 £625 £638
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 37 17
10th Percentile £13.08 £11.75 -
25th Percentile £14.23 £18.89 £10.92
Median hourly rate £16.00 £25.36 £15.42
Median % change year-on-year -36.91% +64.52% -38.34%
75th Percentile £28.22 £52.50 £22.00
90th Percentile £45.00 £78.25 £40.83
UK median hourly rate £27.17 £31.97 £30.54
% change year-on-year -15.02% +4.68% +27.12%

Aerospace
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

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

Job vacancy trend for Aerospace in Wales

Aerospace
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Wales

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

Daily rate trend for Aerospace in Wales

Aerospace
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Wales

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

Hourly rate trend 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 5 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
South Wales +2 1 - - 29
Aerospace
UK

Aerospace
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Wales 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:

Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Data Scientist
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Algorithms
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Artificial Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Data Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Data Science
1 1 (100.00%) Machine Learning