Aerospace Job Trends in Cambridgeshire

Aerospace
East of England > Cambridgeshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Aerospace in permanent job vacancies in Cambridgeshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Aerospace over the 6 months leading up to 9 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 82 - 91
Rank change year-on-year - - -20
Permanent jobs citing Aerospace 3 0 10
As % of all permanent jobs in Cambridgeshire 0.21% - 0.58%
As % of the General category 0.47% - 1.10%
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 5
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £77,500 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 - £40,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -40.74%
75th Percentile £82,500 - -
90th Percentile - - £52,000
East of England median annual salary £53,625 £35,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +53.21% -33.33% -19.23%

All General Skills
Cambridgeshire

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 Cambridgeshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 642 299 913
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 44.37% 58.74% 52.99%
Number of salaries quoted 392 177 693
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,750 £27,750
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,500 £33,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,000 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.37% -5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £70,313 £63,749 £67,500
90th Percentile £85,925 £76,250 £77,500
East of England median annual salary £47,500 £47,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year - +5.56% -14.29%

Aerospace
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

Aerospace job vacancy trend in Cambridgeshire

Aerospace
Salary Trend in Cambridgeshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cambridgeshire citing Aerospace.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cambridgeshire citing Aerospace

Aerospace
Job Locations in Cambridgeshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Aerospace within the Cambridgeshire region over the 6 months to 9 June 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
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Cambridge - 1 - - 3
Aerospace
East of England

Aerospace
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cambridgeshire 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:

General
1 3 (100.00%) Electronics
2 1 (33.33%) Telecoms
2 1 (33.33%) Welsh Language
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) FPGA Engineer
1 2 (66.67%) Senior
1 2 (66.67%) Senior FPGA Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Embedded Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Embedded Software Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) FPGA
1 2 (66.67%) Verilog
1 2 (66.67%) VHDL
2 1 (33.33%) Embedded Systems
2 1 (33.33%) Robotics
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Customer Requirements
1 2 (66.67%) Digital Signal Processing
1 2 (66.67%) Signal Processing
1 2 (66.67%) Validation
2 1 (33.33%) Ergonomics
2 1 (33.33%) Human Factors
2 1 (33.33%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) C
1 3 (100.00%) C++
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) QA
System Software
1 2 (66.67%) Firmware
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Xilinx