Aerospace Jobs in the Midlands

Aerospace
England > Midlands

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Aerospace in permanent job vacancies in the Midlands. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Aerospace over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 73 265 195
Rank change year-on-year +192 -70 +2
Permanent jobs citing Aerospace 234 60 131
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 3.37% 0.51% 1.37%
As % of the General category 6.00% 0.91% 1.86%
Number of salaries quoted 25 40 16
10th Percentile £37,530 £25,750 £40,482
25th Percentile £37,574 £34,375 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,101 £39,500 £63,750
Median % change year-on-year +1.52% -38.04% +50.75%
75th Percentile £52,500 £51,563 £73,750
90th Percentile £65,000 £59,800 £79,375
England median annual salary £50,055 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.99% -4.35% +15.00%

All General Skills
Midlands

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 the Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 3,901 6,618 7,058
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 56.16% 56.69% 73.90%
Number of salaries quoted 1,838 4,704 3,129
10th Percentile £26,250 £25,500 £28,000
25th Percentile £33,000 £31,250 £37,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £45,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -14.29% +10.53%
75th Percentile £62,500 £60,000 £66,250
90th Percentile £75,000 £71,991 £77,500
England median annual salary £57,500 £52,500 £60,249
% change year-on-year +9.52% -12.86% +0.42%

Aerospace
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Aerospace in the Midlands

Aerospace
Salary Trend in the Midlands

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

Salary trend for Aerospace in the Midlands

Aerospace
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Aerospace in the Midlands over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Aerospace in the Midlands

Aerospace
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Aerospace within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 1 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
West Midlands +157 142 £54,125 +20.28% 74
East Midlands +93 91 £40,101 +6.93% 33
Aerospace
England

Aerospace
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (0.43%) Mendix
Applications
1 222 (94.87%) Simulink
2 1 (0.43%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.43%) Maple
Business Applications
1 14 (5.98%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 2 (0.85%) Azure
2 1 (0.43%) AWS
2 1 (0.43%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.43%) Modbus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.43%) NoSQL
1 1 (0.43%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 14 (5.98%) Rational DOORS
2 2 (0.85%) JIRA
3 1 (0.43%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.43%) Subversion
3 1 (0.43%) TestComplete
General
1 209 (89.32%) Automotive
2 21 (8.97%) Electronics
3 17 (7.26%) Social Skills
4 4 (1.71%) Agriculture
5 3 (1.28%) Finance
5 3 (1.28%) Manufacturing
6 2 (0.85%) Aeronautics
6 2 (0.85%) Avionics
6 2 (0.85%) Banking
6 2 (0.85%) Law
7 1 (0.43%) Advertising
7 1 (0.43%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (0.43%) Military
7 1 (0.43%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 115 (49.15%) Systems Engineer
2 100 (42.74%) Development Engineer
2 100 (42.74%) Software Engineer
3 99 (42.31%) Software Development Engineer
4 64 (27.35%) Principal Engineer
5 63 (26.92%) Principal Software Engineer
5 63 (26.92%) Principal Systems Engineer
6 38 (16.24%) Senior
6 38 (16.24%) Senior Systems Engineer
7 36 (15.38%) Senior Development Engineer
7 36 (15.38%) Senior Software Development Engineer
7 36 (15.38%) Senior Software Engineer
8 14 (5.98%) Junior
8 14 (5.98%) Junior Systems Engineer
9 2 (0.85%) Performance Engineer
9 2 (0.85%) Programmer
9 2 (0.85%) Sales Manager
9 2 (0.85%) Systems Manager
9 2 (0.85%) Technical Manager
9 2 (0.85%) Technical Sales Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (0.85%) .NET
1 2 (0.85%) SOAP
2 1 (0.43%) .NET Framework
2 1 (0.43%) AngularJS
2 1 (0.43%) CSS
2 1 (0.43%) Google Maps API
2 1 (0.43%) HTML
2 1 (0.43%) LDAP
2 1 (0.43%) REST
2 1 (0.43%) RESTful
2 1 (0.43%) Web Services
2 1 (0.43%) WPF
2 1 (0.43%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 4 (1.71%) Embedded Systems
2 1 (0.43%) ASIC
2 1 (0.43%) CAN bus
2 1 (0.43%) Client/Server
2 1 (0.43%) FPGA
2 1 (0.43%) Greenfield Project
2 1 (0.43%) IoT
2 1 (0.43%) Low-Code
2 1 (0.43%) PKI
2 1 (0.43%) SCADA
2 1 (0.43%) Smartcard
2 1 (0.43%) VHDL
2 1 (0.43%) VLSI
Operating Systems
1 2 (0.85%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 220 (94.02%) Systems Engineering
2 208 (88.89%) Agile
3 207 (88.46%) Validation
4 206 (88.03%) Software Testing
5 106 (45.30%) Software Engineering
6 17 (7.26%) Physics
7 16 (6.84%) Computer Science
7 16 (6.84%) Continuous Improvement
7 16 (6.84%) Creative Problem-Solving
7 16 (6.84%) Problem-Solving
7 16 (6.84%) Project Management
8 15 (6.41%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
8 15 (6.41%) SysML
9 14 (5.98%) Mathematics
9 14 (5.98%) PLM
9 14 (5.98%) UML
10 3 (1.28%) CAD
11 2 (0.85%) Artificial Intelligence
11 2 (0.85%) CAE
11 2 (0.85%) Embedded Software Development
Programming Languages
1 222 (94.87%) MATLAB
2 2 (0.85%) C
2 2 (0.85%) C#
2 2 (0.85%) Embedded C
2 2 (0.85%) JavaScript
2 2 (0.85%) SQL
3 1 (0.43%) Java
3 1 (0.43%) XAML
Qualifications
1 218 (93.16%) BPSS Clearance
2 22 (9.40%) Degree
3 4 (1.71%) PhD
4 3 (1.28%) Master's Degree
4 3 (1.28%) Security Cleared
5 2 (0.85%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (0.43%) Accessibility
1 1 (0.43%) DO-254
1 1 (0.43%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 1 (0.43%) Docker
1 1 (0.43%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 1 (0.43%) Kubernetes
1 1 (0.43%) Marathon
Vendors
1 14 (5.98%) IBM
2 1 (0.43%) Google
2 1 (0.43%) Lotus
2 1 (0.43%) Microsoft
2 1 (0.43%) PayPal
2 1 (0.43%) Siemens
2 1 (0.43%) Xilinx