Aerospace Jobs in Dorset

Aerospace
South West > Dorset

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Aerospace in permanent job vacancies in Dorset. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Aerospace over the 6 months leading up to 29 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 52 52 73
Rank change year-on-year 0 +21 -14
Permanent jobs citing Aerospace 7 52 5
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Dorset 1.63% 4.21% 0.76%
As % of the General category 3.33% 7.16% 1.26%
Number of salaries quoted 7 31 3
10th Percentile - - £36,500
25th Percentile £37,574 £37,500 £36,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,101 £42,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.65% -5.56% +12.64%
75th Percentile £42,627 £48,750 £50,125
90th Percentile £51,216 £65,500 £51,550
South West median annual salary £52,600 £50,000 £56,159
% change year-on-year +5.20% -10.97% +17.97%

All General Skills
Dorset

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 common skills in Dorset.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 210 726 398
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Dorset 48.95% 58.74% 60.49%
Number of salaries quoted 120 321 185
10th Percentile £29,925 £27,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £32,188 £33,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,800 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.11% -10.00% +2.04%
75th Percentile £50,000 £58,750 £63,750
90th Percentile £58,750 £65,000 £75,250
South West median annual salary £47,683 £47,500 £50,238
% change year-on-year +0.39% -5.45% +3.53%

Aerospace
Job Vacancy Trend in Dorset

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

Job vacancy trend for Aerospace in Dorset

Aerospace
Salary Trend in Dorset

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Aerospace in Dorset.

Salary trend for Aerospace in Dorset

Aerospace
Salary Histogram in Dorset

Salary distribution for jobs citing Aerospace in Dorset over the 6 months to 29 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Aerospace in Dorset

Aerospace
Job Locations in Dorset

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Aerospace within the Dorset region over the 6 months to 29 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Weymouth -3 1 £59,400 - 2
Aerospace
South West

Aerospace
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Dorset 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 6 (85.71%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 6 (85.71%) Teamcenter
Development Applications
1 6 (85.71%) Rational DOORS
General
1 7 (100.00%) Electronics
2 6 (85.71%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (85.71%) Junior
1 6 (85.71%) Junior Systems Engineer
1 6 (85.71%) Systems Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Principal Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (85.71%) Computer Science
1 6 (85.71%) Continuous Improvement
1 6 (85.71%) Creative Problem-Solving
1 6 (85.71%) Mathematics
1 6 (85.71%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
1 6 (85.71%) Physics
1 6 (85.71%) PLM
1 6 (85.71%) Problem-Solving
1 6 (85.71%) Project Management
1 6 (85.71%) SysML
1 6 (85.71%) Systems Engineering
1 6 (85.71%) UML
2 1 (14.29%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 6 (85.71%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 6 (85.71%) BPSS Clearance
1 6 (85.71%) Degree
2 1 (14.29%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (14.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (14.29%) NIST
Vendors
1 6 (85.71%) IBM