Aerospace Job Trends in Aberdeenshire

Aerospace
Scotland > Aberdeenshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Aerospace in permanent job vacancies in Aberdeenshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Aerospace over the 6 months leading up to 29 October 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

	6 months to 29 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	15	-	-
Rank change year-on-year	-	-	-
Permanent jobs citing Aerospace	1	0	0
As % of all permanent jobs in Aberdeenshire	1.23%	-	-
As % of the General category	2.86%	-	-
Number of salaries quoted	0	0	0
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	-	-	-
Scotland median annual salary	£60,000	-	£45,000
% change year-on-year	-	-	-28.00%

All General Skills
Aberdeenshire

Aerospace falls under the General Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies citing general skills in Aberdeenshire.

	6 months to 29 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Permanent vacancies citing general skills	35	0	16
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Aberdeenshire	43.21%	-	42.11%
Number of salaries quoted	8	0	11
10^th Percentile	£31,500	-	-
25^th Percentile	£34,125	-	£27,500
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£35,000	-	£42,500
Median % change year-on-year	-	-	-2.86%
75^th Percentile	£48,438	-	£55,625
90^th Percentile	£77,500	-	£65,000
Scotland median annual salary	£48,500	£33,500	£51,500
% change year-on-year	+44.78%	-34.95%	-1.90%

Aerospace Job Locations in Aberdeenshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Aerospace within the Aberdeenshire region over the 6 months to 29 October 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	Job Ads Past 6 Months	Median Salary Past 6 Months	Median Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Jobs
Westhill	-	1	-	-
Aerospace Scotland

Aerospace Top 18 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Aberdeenshire

For the 6 months to 29 October 2026, job vacancies citing Aerospace also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Aberdeenshire region citing Aerospace.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Business Development	100.0%	1
1	Customer Requirements	100.0%	1
1	Cybersecurity	100.0%	1
1	Degree	100.0%	1
1	Functional Safety	100.0%	1
1	IEC 61508	100.0%	1
1	Problem-Solving	100.0%	1
1	Product Roadmap	100.0%	1
1	Requirements Management	100.0%	1
1	Roadmaps	100.0%	1
1	SC Cleared	100.0%	1
1	Security Cleared	100.0%	1
1	Stakeholder Management	100.0%	1
1	Strategic Roadmap	100.0%	1
1	Systems Engineering	100.0%	1
1	Technical Leadership	100.0%	1
1	Validation	100.0%	1
1	Verification and Validation	100.0%	1

Aerospace Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Aberdeenshire by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

General

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Inclusion and Diversity	100.0%	1