Aerospace Contracts in the West Midlands

Aerospace
England > West Midlands

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Aerospace in contract job vacancies in the West Midlands. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Aerospace over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 91 107 135
Rank change year-on-year +16 +28 +37
Contract jobs citing Aerospace 6 4 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands 0.45% 0.21% 0.17%
As % of the General category 0.71% 0.36% 0.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 3 3
10th Percentile - - £194
25th Percentile £513 £258 £279
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £265 £440
Median % change year-on-year +98.11% -39.77% -
75th Percentile £538 £330 £524
90th Percentile - £365 £562
England median daily rate £548 £650 £558
% change year-on-year -15.69% +16.59% +8.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 0
10th Percentile £34.58 - -
25th Percentile £38.82 £36.25 -
Median hourly rate £45.88 £37.50 -
Median % change year-on-year +22.35% - -
75th Percentile £52.94 £38.75 -
90th Percentile £57.18 - -
England median hourly rate £57.50 £50.00 £61.50
% change year-on-year +15.00% -18.70% +11.82%

All General Skills
West Midlands

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 the West Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 841 1,101 1,383
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 62.53% 56.55% 58.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 553 758 972
10th Percentile £185 £263 £237
25th Percentile £360 £393 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £510 £510
Median % change year-on-year -6.86% - +7.37%
75th Percentile £575 £625 £600
90th Percentile £675 £750 £694
England median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 51 111 42
10th Percentile - £11.06 £11.10
25th Percentile £14.00 £13.90 £12.50
Median hourly rate £18.00 £19.59 £17.85
Median % change year-on-year -8.12% +9.75% +5.00%
75th Percentile £28.18 £39.34 £26.82
90th Percentile £33.91 £56.25 £56.63
England median hourly rate £27.50 £30.16 £33.82
% change year-on-year -8.82% -10.82% +57.30%

Aerospace
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Job postings citing Aerospace as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Aerospace in the West Midlands

Aerospace
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Aerospace in the West Midlands.

Daily rate trend for Aerospace in the West Midlands

Aerospace
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Aerospace in the West Midlands.

Hourly rate trend for Aerospace in the West Midlands

Aerospace
Hourly Rate Histogram in the West Midlands

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Aerospace in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Aerospace in the West Midlands

Aerospace
Contract Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Aerospace within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 1 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
Birmingham +16 2 £525 +98.11% 12
Solihull +18 1 - - 2
Warwickshire - 1 - - 30
Aerospace
England

Aerospace
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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:

Applications
1 2 (33.33%) Spreadsheet
Development Applications
1 1 (16.67%) LabVIEW
General
1 4 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 2 (33.33%) Finance
2 2 (33.33%) Organisational Skills
2 2 (33.33%) Pharmaceutical
3 1 (16.67%) Automotive
3 1 (16.67%) Electronics
3 1 (16.67%) Manufacturing
3 1 (16.67%) Military
Job Titles
1 3 (50.00%) Project Manager
2 2 (33.33%) Infrastructure Manager
2 2 (33.33%) Infrastructure Project Manager
2 2 (33.33%) Senior
2 2 (33.33%) Senior Infrastructure Manager
2 2 (33.33%) Senior Infrastructure Project Manager
2 2 (33.33%) Senior Manager
2 2 (33.33%) Senior Project Manager
3 1 (16.67%) Communications Manager
3 1 (16.67%) Communications Project Manager
3 1 (16.67%) Project Officer
3 1 (16.67%) SC Cleared Project Manager
3 1 (16.67%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (33.33%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 3 (50.00%) Data Protection Act
2 2 (33.33%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (16.67%) PMI
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) Project Management
2 3 (50.00%) Data Protection
3 2 (33.33%) Agile
3 2 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
3 2 (33.33%) Migration
3 2 (33.33%) Multi-Factor Authentication
4 1 (16.67%) Business Case
4 1 (16.67%) Change Management
4 1 (16.67%) Cost-Benefit Analysis
4 1 (16.67%) DevOps
4 1 (16.67%) PRINCE2
4 1 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (16.67%) Project Planning
4 1 (16.67%) Risk Management
4 1 (16.67%) Software Engineering
4 1 (16.67%) Software Testing
4 1 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (16.67%) Systems Engineering
4 1 (16.67%) Validation
4 1 (16.67%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 1 (16.67%) C++
1 1 (16.67%) Java
1 1 (16.67%) Python
1 1 (16.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (33.33%) Degree
2 1 (16.67%) HND
2 1 (16.67%) PMI Certification
2 1 (16.67%) PMP
2 1 (16.67%) SC Cleared
2 1 (16.67%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (33.33%) PMO
2 1 (16.67%) GDPR
2 1 (16.67%) PMBOK
Vendors
1 1 (16.67%) Google
1 1 (16.67%) SAP
1 1 (16.67%) Workday