Aerospace Job Trends in Cambridge

Aerospace
Cambridgeshire > Cambridge

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Aerospace in permanent job vacancies in Cambridge. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Aerospace over the 6 months leading up to 10 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 69 - 57
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Aerospace 7 0 4
As % of all permanent jobs in Cambridge 0.60% - 0.64%
As % of the General category 1.39% - 1.30%
Number of salaries quoted 7 0 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £46,250 - £60,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 - £70,000
75th Percentile £63,750 - £80,000
90th Percentile £70,000 - -
Cambridgeshire median annual salary £55,000 - £35,000

All General Skills
Cambridge

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

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 504 200 308
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cambridge 42.97% 57.64% 49.52%
Number of salaries quoted 344 126 213
10th Percentile £31,250 £27,750 £30,200
25th Percentile £42,125 £30,956 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £54,350 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.40% -1.18% +10.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £62,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £70,000 £80,000
Cambridgeshire median annual salary £50,000 £53,700 £50,000
% change year-on-year -6.89% +7.40% -

Aerospace
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridge

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Aerospace relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Cambridge.

Aerospace job vacancy trend in Cambridge

Aerospace
Salary Trend in Cambridge

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cambridge citing Aerospace.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cambridge citing Aerospace

Aerospace
Salary Histogram in Cambridge

Salary distribution for jobs citing Aerospace in Cambridge over the 6 months to 10 September 2026.

Salary histogram for Aerospace in Cambridge

Aerospace
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cambridge 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:

Applications
1 4 (57.14%) Simulink
General
1 6 (85.71%) Electronics
2 5 (71.43%) Automotive
3 4 (57.14%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (57.14%) Social Skills
4 2 (28.57%) Manufacturing
5 1 (14.29%) Brand Awareness
Job Titles
1 2 (28.57%) Electronics Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Sales Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (57.14%) Embedded Systems
2 2 (28.57%) Analogue Electronics
2 2 (28.57%) FPGA
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (57.14%) Applied Mathematics
1 4 (57.14%) Collaborative Working
1 4 (57.14%) Digital Signal Processing
1 4 (57.14%) Hardware-in-the-Loop
1 4 (57.14%) Mathematical Modelling
1 4 (57.14%) Mathematics
1 4 (57.14%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
1 4 (57.14%) Physics
1 4 (57.14%) Problem-Solving
1 4 (57.14%) Signal Processing
1 4 (57.14%) Systems Engineering
1 4 (57.14%) Validation
1 4 (57.14%) Verification and Validation
2 2 (28.57%) Collaborative Engineering
2 2 (28.57%) Mentoring
2 2 (28.57%) Prototyping
2 2 (28.57%) Schematic Capture
3 1 (14.29%) B2B
3 1 (14.29%) B2B Sales
3 1 (14.29%) Customer Requirements
Programming Languages
1 4 (57.14%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 6 (85.71%) Degree
2 4 (57.14%) PhD
2 4 (57.14%) Security Cleared
3 2 (28.57%) HNC
3 2 (28.57%) HND
System Software
1 2 (28.57%) Firmware