Aerospace Job Trends in the East of England

Aerospace
England > East of England

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

6 months to
9 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 109 152 62
Rank change year-on-year +43 -90 +72
Permanent jobs citing Aerospace 74 22 201
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 1.17% 0.74% 3.29%
As % of the General category 2.55% 1.08% 5.91%
Number of salaries quoted 60 16 115
10th Percentile £40,000 - £40,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £32,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,250 £48,250 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year +16.58% -10.65% -16.92%
75th Percentile £70,000 £63,875 £67,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £74,375 £72,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £52,600 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.56% -4.36% -4.35%

All General Skills
East of England

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 the East of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 2,906 2,045 3,400
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 46.02% 68.58% 55.63%
Number of salaries quoted 1,544 912 2,456
10th Percentile £27,825 £26,250 £25,809
25th Percentile £31,900 £33,125 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +11.11% -16.67%
75th Percentile £65,000 £62,750 £61,250
90th Percentile £85,000 £77,500 £73,250
England median annual salary £55,000 £57,670 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.63% +9.85% -12.50%

Aerospace
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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

Aerospace job vacancy trend in the East of England

Aerospace
Salary Trend in the East of England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Aerospace.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Aerospace

Aerospace
Salary Histogram in the East of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Aerospace in the East of England over the 6 months to 9 May 2026.

Salary histogram for Aerospace in the East of England

Aerospace
Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Aerospace within the East of England region over the 6 months to 9 May 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
Essex +4 33 £46,250 -28.85% 5
Hertfordshire +1 33 £70,000 +100.00% 39
Bedfordshire +25 6 £45,000 -35.71% 11
Cambridgeshire - 2 £80,000 - 4
Aerospace
England

Aerospace
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England 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 2 (2.70%) Fusion 360
2 1 (1.35%) 3ds Max
2 1 (1.35%) Adobe Premiere
2 1 (1.35%) Blender
2 1 (1.35%) CATIA
2 1 (1.35%) CINEMA 4D
2 1 (1.35%) Maya
2 1 (1.35%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.35%) Siemens NX
2 1 (1.35%) Simulink
2 1 (1.35%) SOLIDWORKS
2 1 (1.35%) Stateflow
Cloud Services
1 2 (2.70%) OCI
2 1 (1.35%) AWS
2 1 (1.35%) Azure
2 1 (1.35%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 4 (5.41%) Firewall
1 4 (5.41%) FTP
1 4 (5.41%) HTTP
1 4 (5.41%) LAN
1 4 (5.41%) SMTP
1 4 (5.41%) TCP/IP
1 4 (5.41%) VPN
1 4 (5.41%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (4.05%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 6 (8.11%) Moq
2 2 (2.70%) Rational DOORS
3 1 (1.35%) Git
General
1 26 (35.14%) Manufacturing
2 15 (20.27%) Electronics
3 14 (18.92%) Automotive
4 13 (17.57%) Analytical Skills
5 10 (13.51%) Social Skills
6 9 (12.16%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 5 (6.76%) Finance
7 5 (6.76%) Public Sector
7 5 (6.76%) Telecoms
8 3 (4.05%) Back Office
9 2 (2.70%) Legal
10 1 (1.35%) Aviation
10 1 (1.35%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (1.35%) Marketing
10 1 (1.35%) Police
10 1 (1.35%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (1.35%) Swedish Language
10 1 (1.35%) Welsh Language
Job Titles
1 24 (32.43%) Senior
2 10 (13.51%) Identity and Access Management Engineer
2 10 (13.51%) Identity Management Engineer
3 8 (10.81%) Programmer
3 8 (10.81%) Software Engineer
4 6 (8.11%) Analyst
4 6 (8.11%) QA Manager
4 6 (8.11%) Quality Manager
4 6 (8.11%) Test Engineer
5 5 (6.76%) Senior Test Engineer
6 4 (5.41%) Business Manager
6 4 (5.41%) Designer
6 4 (5.41%) Electronics Engineer
6 4 (5.41%) FPGA Designer
6 4 (5.41%) Infrastructure Manager
6 4 (5.41%) Product Engineer
6 4 (5.41%) Product Test Engineer
6 4 (5.41%) Senior Designer
6 4 (5.41%) Senior Electronics Engineer
6 4 (5.41%) SOC Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (9.46%) .NET
2 6 (8.11%) .NET Framework
2 6 (8.11%) Entity Framework
2 6 (8.11%) XML
2 6 (8.11%) XSLT
3 4 (5.41%) LDAP
4 1 (1.35%) Middleware
4 1 (1.35%) Unreal Engine
4 1 (1.35%) V-Ray
4 1 (1.35%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 6 (8.11%) Acoustics
2 5 (6.76%) FPGA
3 4 (5.41%) Client/Server
3 4 (5.41%) Security Operations Centre
4 3 (4.05%) Robotics
5 1 (1.35%) Animation
5 1 (1.35%) Augmented Reality
5 1 (1.35%) Cyber Threat
5 1 (1.35%) Driving Licence
5 1 (1.35%) Embedded Systems
5 1 (1.35%) Security Posture
5 1 (1.35%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (1.35%) Verilog
5 1 (1.35%) VHDL
5 1 (1.35%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 4 (5.41%) Linux
1 4 (5.41%) Windows
2 3 (4.05%) Unix
3 1 (1.35%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (21.62%) Identity Access Management
2 9 (12.16%) Software Engineering
3 7 (9.46%) MVVM
3 7 (9.46%) Problem-Solving
4 6 (8.11%) Customer Service
4 6 (8.11%) Knowledge Transfer
4 6 (8.11%) Multithreading
4 6 (8.11%) TDD
5 5 (6.76%) Cybersecurity
5 5 (6.76%) People Management
6 4 (5.41%) Analytical Thinking
6 4 (5.41%) Business Development
6 4 (5.41%) Customer Requirements
6 4 (5.41%) FPGA Design
6 4 (5.41%) Mentoring
6 4 (5.41%) MITRE ATT&CK
6 4 (5.41%) Security Operations
6 4 (5.41%) SIEM
6 4 (5.41%) Use Case
7 3 (4.05%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 13 (17.57%) C++
2 7 (9.46%) C#
3 6 (8.11%) SQL
3 6 (8.11%) XAML
4 4 (5.41%) Bash
4 4 (5.41%) Perl
4 4 (5.41%) PowerShell
4 4 (5.41%) Python
5 3 (4.05%) C
6 1 (1.35%) Delphi
6 1 (1.35%) MATLAB
6 1 (1.35%) VB
6 1 (1.35%) VB.NET
6 1 (1.35%) VB6
Qualifications
1 19 (25.68%) Security Cleared
2 13 (17.57%) SC Cleared
3 10 (13.51%) Degree
4 4 (5.41%) CEH
4 4 (5.41%) CompTIA Security+
4 4 (5.41%) CREST Certified
5 3 (4.05%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (1.35%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 1 (1.35%) CCSK
6 1 (1.35%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (1.35%) CISSP
6 1 (1.35%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (12.16%) QA
2 1 (1.35%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (1.35%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 1 (1.35%) GDPR
2 1 (1.35%) ISO 9001
2 1 (1.35%) ISO/IEC 17025
2 1 (1.35%) NCSC
2 1 (1.35%) NIST
2 1 (1.35%) NIST 800
System Software
1 1 (1.35%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 4 (5.41%) QRadar
2 3 (4.05%) Check_MK
Vendors
1 7 (9.46%) Microsoft
2 4 (5.41%) Splunk
3 3 (4.05%) VMware
4 2 (2.70%) IBM
4 2 (2.70%) Oracle
5 1 (1.35%) Siemens
5 1 (1.35%) Xilinx