Aerospace Job Trends in Essex

Aerospace
East of England > Essex

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Aerospace in permanent job vacancies in Essex. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Aerospace over the 6 months leading up to 13 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 47 42 44
Rank change year-on-year -5 +2 +34
Permanent jobs citing Aerospace 9 11 12
As % of all permanent jobs in Essex 1.30% 2.43% 2.61%
As % of the General category 2.07% 3.74% 3.97%
Number of salaries quoted 9 10 7
10th Percentile - £49,625 £40,500
25th Percentile - - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £50,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +11.11% -25.00%
75th Percentile - £61,000 -
90th Percentile £54,000 £63,750 -
East of England median annual salary £46,250 £55,250 £60,000
% change year-on-year -16.29% -7.92% -

All General Skills
Essex

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 Essex.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 434 294 302
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Essex 62.90% 64.90% 65.65%
Number of salaries quoted 214 108 224
10th Percentile £25,900 £25,000 £25,000
25th Percentile £27,500 £33,173 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +5.26% -
75th Percentile £55,000 £64,063 £71,497
90th Percentile £75,000 £87,500 £87,500
East of England median annual salary £45,000 £50,967 £50,000
% change year-on-year -11.71% +1.93% -4.76%

Aerospace
Job Vacancy Trend in Essex

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

Aerospace job vacancy trend in Essex

Aerospace
Salary Trend in Essex

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Essex citing Aerospace.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Essex citing Aerospace

Aerospace
Salary Histogram in Essex

Salary distribution for jobs citing Aerospace in Essex over the 6 months to 13 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Aerospace in Essex

Aerospace
Job Locations in Essex

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Aerospace within the Essex region over the 6 months to 13 January 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
Basildon - 7 £40,000 - 1
Chelmsford -10 1 £60,000 +20.00%
Saffron Walden - 1 £47,500 - 1
Aerospace
East of England

Aerospace
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Essex 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 1 (11.11%) 3ds Max
1 1 (11.11%) Adobe Premiere
1 1 (11.11%) Blender
1 1 (11.11%) CINEMA 4D
1 1 (11.11%) Fusion 360
1 1 (11.11%) Maya
1 1 (11.11%) Siemens NX
1 1 (11.11%) SOLIDWORKS
Development Applications
1 1 (11.11%) JIRA
1 1 (11.11%) Redmine
1 1 (11.11%) Subversion
General
1 1 (11.11%) Electronics
1 1 (11.11%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 7 (77.78%) Programmer
2 1 (11.11%) FPGA Engineer
2 1 (11.11%) Senior
2 1 (11.11%) Senior FPGA Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (11.11%) Unreal Engine
1 1 (11.11%) V-Ray
Miscellaneous
1 1 (11.11%) Animation
1 1 (11.11%) Augmented Reality
1 1 (11.11%) Driving Licence
1 1 (11.11%) FPGA
1 1 (11.11%) VHDL
1 1 (11.11%) Virtual Reality
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (11.11%) 3D Modelling
1 1 (11.11%) 3D Visualisation
1 1 (11.11%) CAD
1 1 (11.11%) FPGA Design
1 1 (11.11%) Issue Tracking
1 1 (11.11%) Prototyping
1 1 (11.11%) Requirements Management
1 1 (11.11%) Software Engineering
1 1 (11.11%) Texturing
1 1 (11.11%) Validation
1 1 (11.11%) Verification and Validation
1 1 (11.11%) Visualisation
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (11.11%) ECSS
1 1 (11.11%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft
1 1 (11.11%) Siemens