Aerospace Job Trends in Gloucestershire

Aerospace
South West > Gloucestershire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Aerospace in permanent job vacancies in Gloucestershire. 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 31 50 46
Rank change year-on-year +19 -4 +60
Permanent jobs citing Aerospace 26 28 63
As % of all permanent jobs in Gloucestershire 4.01% 4.42% 6.44%
As % of the General category 9.63% 7.24% 12.16%
Number of salaries quoted 8 16 15
10th Percentile £33,500 £36,375 £36,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £47,577 £41,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £57,500 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year -34.78% +6.48% +17.39%
75th Percentile £40,000 £69,500 £70,250
90th Percentile - - £78,500
South West median annual salary £45,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -21.74% +4.55% +6.28%

All General Skills
Gloucestershire

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 Gloucestershire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 270 387 518
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Gloucestershire 41.67% 61.14% 52.97%
Number of salaries quoted 184 128 308
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,000 £28,500
25th Percentile £36,072 £37,375 £31,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £54,500 £47,250
Median % change year-on-year -17.43% +15.34% -5.50%
75th Percentile £59,063 £65,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £74,125 £72,500
South West median annual salary £45,000 £52,500 £50,702
% change year-on-year -14.29% +3.55% +1.40%

Aerospace
Job Vacancy Trend in Gloucestershire

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

Aerospace job vacancy trend in Gloucestershire

Aerospace
Salary Trend in Gloucestershire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Gloucestershire citing Aerospace.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Gloucestershire citing Aerospace

Aerospace
Job Locations in Gloucestershire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Aerospace within the Gloucestershire 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
Gloucester +16 15 £35,000 -49.28% 1
Filton +1 6 - -
Aerospace
South West

Aerospace
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Gloucestershire 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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (11.54%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (3.85%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (3.85%) Microsoft Project
Communications & Networking
1 3 (11.54%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.85%) Elasticsearch
1 1 (3.85%) MongoDB
1 1 (3.85%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 4 (15.38%) Git
2 3 (11.54%) JIRA
2 3 (11.54%) Subversion
3 1 (3.85%) GitLab
General
1 8 (30.77%) Social Skills
2 7 (26.92%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (19.23%) Finance
4 4 (15.38%) Automotive
5 3 (11.54%) Manufacturing
6 1 (3.85%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (19.23%) Analyst
1 5 (19.23%) Business Analyst
2 4 (15.38%) Programmer
3 3 (11.54%) Cybersecurity Analyst
3 3 (11.54%) Desktop Engineer
3 3 (11.54%) Desktop Support
3 3 (11.54%) Desktop Support Engineer
3 3 (11.54%) DevOps Engineer
3 3 (11.54%) Hardware Engineer
3 3 (11.54%) Installations Engineer
3 3 (11.54%) Software Engineer
3 3 (11.54%) Support Engineer
3 3 (11.54%) Test Engineer
4 2 (7.69%) C++ Software Engineer
4 2 (7.69%) DV Cleared Business Analyst
4 2 (7.69%) Infrastructure Analyst
4 2 (7.69%) Infrastructure Business Analyst
5 1 (3.85%) Infrastructure Manager
5 1 (3.85%) Infrastructure Project Manager
5 1 (3.85%) Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (7.69%) Middleware
1 2 (7.69%) ZeroMQ
2 1 (3.85%) Hibernate
2 1 (3.85%) JSF
2 1 (3.85%) React
Miscellaneous
1 3 (11.54%) Analytical Mindset
1 3 (11.54%) PKI
2 2 (7.69%) Data Centre
2 2 (7.69%) PMI
2 2 (7.69%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 6 (23.08%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (46.15%) Agile
2 9 (34.62%) Collaborative Working
3 8 (30.77%) Scrum
4 6 (23.08%) AI
4 6 (23.08%) Innovative Thinking
5 5 (19.23%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 4 (15.38%) Problem-Solving
6 4 (15.38%) Scaled Agile Framework
7 3 (11.54%) CI/CD
7 3 (11.54%) Computer Vision
7 3 (11.54%) Cybersecurity
7 3 (11.54%) Data Acquisition
7 3 (11.54%) Data Science
7 3 (11.54%) DevOps
7 3 (11.54%) Infrastructure as Code
7 3 (11.54%) Project Management
7 3 (11.54%) SDLC
7 3 (11.54%) Software Engineering
7 3 (11.54%) Systems Engineering
7 3 (11.54%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 6 (23.08%) Python
2 5 (19.23%) Bash
3 4 (15.38%) Java
4 3 (11.54%) Go
5 2 (7.69%) C++
6 1 (3.85%) JavaScript
6 1 (3.85%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 16 (61.54%) Security Cleared
2 8 (30.77%) Degree
3 6 (23.08%) BPSS Clearance
3 6 (23.08%) DV Cleared
3 6 (23.08%) SC Cleared
4 3 (11.54%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (7.69%) CBAP
5 2 (7.69%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (11.54%) QA
Systems Management
1 3 (11.54%) Argo
1 3 (11.54%) Kubernetes
1 3 (11.54%) Rancher
1 3 (11.54%) yum
2 1 (3.85%) Kibana
Vendors
1 1 (3.85%) Atlassian
1 1 (3.85%) Microsoft
1 1 (3.85%) Oracle