Aerospace Contract Job Trends in West Sussex

Aerospace
South East > West Sussex

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Aerospace in contract job vacancies in West Sussex. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Aerospace over the 6 months leading up to 14 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 28 - 22
Rank change year-on-year - - +33
Contract jobs citing Aerospace 1 0 24
As % of all contract jobs advertised in West Sussex 0.54% - 7.29%
As % of the General category 0.99% - 12.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 21
10th Percentile - - £325
25th Percentile £525 - £356
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 - £374
Median % change year-on-year - - -28.08%
75th Percentile £575 - -
90th Percentile - - £375
South East median daily rate £515 £360 £444
% change year-on-year +42.92% -18.83% -21.50%

All General Skills
West Sussex

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 West Sussex.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 101 91 198
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in West Sussex 54.89% 58.71% 60.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 66 58 167
10th Percentile £148 £181 £258
25th Percentile £170 £203 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £383 £434 £500
Median % change year-on-year -11.83% -13.18% -
75th Percentile £525 £500 £563
90th Percentile £689 £600 £698
South East median daily rate £488 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -2.50% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 5 3
10th Percentile £12.70 £24.45 £14.28
25th Percentile £13.25 £27.00 £17.31
Median hourly rate £16.05 £28.00 £22.75
Median % change year-on-year -42.70% +23.08% +26.39%
75th Percentile £20.69 £29.00 £46.60
90th Percentile £23.74 £35.75 £60.68
South East median hourly rate £18.82 £57.35 £52.50
% change year-on-year -67.18% +9.24% +133.33%

Aerospace
Job Vacancy Trend in West Sussex

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

Job vacancy trend for Aerospace in West Sussex

Aerospace
Daily Rate Trend in West Sussex

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in West Sussex citing Aerospace.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in West Sussex citing Aerospace

Aerospace
Hourly Rate Trend in West Sussex

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in West Sussex citing Aerospace.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in West Sussex citing Aerospace

Aerospace
Contract Job Locations in West Sussex

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 Sussex region over the 6 months to 14 September 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
Crawley - 1 £550 - 2
Aerospace
South East

Aerospace
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in West Sussex 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Architect
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Enterprise Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Impact Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Requirements Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) SysML
1 1 (100.00%) Systems Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Debt
1 1 (100.00%) UML
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
1 1 (100.00%) Verification and Validation
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared