Aerospace Jobs in the North West

Aerospace
England > North West

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Aerospace in permanent job vacancies in the North West. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Aerospace over the 6 months leading up to 14 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 42 203 266
Rank change year-on-year +161 +63 +32
Permanent jobs citing Aerospace 576 92 33
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 7.21% 0.93% 0.42%
As % of the General category 10.20% 1.74% 0.62%
Number of salaries quoted 480 40 10
10th Percentile - £32,500 £32,860
25th Percentile £48,869 £40,000 £41,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £55,625 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.01% +11.25% -4.76%
75th Percentile £54,793 £66,250 £57,000
90th Percentile £58,943 £82,500 £67,250
England median annual salary £50,055 £55,000 £57,000
% change year-on-year -8.99% -3.51% +14.00%

All General Skills
North West

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 North West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 5,646 5,273 5,332
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 70.72% 53.56% 67.81%
Number of salaries quoted 2,509 3,903 2,455
10th Percentile £26,250 £26,250 £28,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £33,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £47,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.38% -9.52% -
75th Percentile £61,250 £62,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £76,250 £81,250
England median annual salary £57,500 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.52% -12.50% -

Aerospace
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for Aerospace in the North West

Aerospace
Salary Trend in the North West

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

Salary trend for Aerospace in the North West

Aerospace
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Aerospace in the North West over the 6 months to 14 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Aerospace in the North West

Aerospace
Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Aerospace within the North West region over the 6 months to 14 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
Lancashire +45 555 £50,055 -6.44% 33
Manchester +15 13 £67,500 -10.00% 28
Cheshire +4 6 £42,500 - 13
Cumbria -65 2 £51,200 +28.00% 1
Aerospace
England

Aerospace
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 5 (0.87%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (0.17%) Confluence
Applications
1 210 (36.46%) Microsoft Office
2 160 (27.78%) Microsoft Excel
2 160 (27.78%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 57 (9.90%) Simulink
4 4 (0.69%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 195 (33.85%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 8 (1.39%) Azure
2 5 (0.87%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (0.17%) AWS
3 1 (0.17%) OCI
3 1 (0.17%) Power Automate
3 1 (0.17%) Power Platform
3 1 (0.17%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 6 (1.04%) Wireless
2 5 (0.87%) Internet
2 5 (0.87%) LAN
2 5 (0.87%) Remote Desktop
2 5 (0.87%) WAN
3 2 (0.35%) Firewall
4 1 (0.17%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.17%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.17%) MongoDB
1 1 (0.17%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 8 (1.39%) Rational DOORS
2 6 (1.04%) Git
2 6 (1.04%) Jenkins
3 2 (0.35%) JIRA
4 1 (0.17%) Bitbucket
4 1 (0.17%) ClearCase
4 1 (0.17%) ClearQuest
4 1 (0.17%) Visual Studio
General
1 260 (45.14%) Automotive
2 216 (37.50%) Social Skills
3 141 (24.48%) Aeronautics
4 131 (22.74%) Avionics
5 18 (3.13%) Electronics
6 17 (2.95%) Analytical Skills
7 10 (1.74%) Presentation Skills
8 7 (1.22%) Manufacturing
9 6 (1.04%) Telecoms
10 1 (0.17%) Aviation
10 1 (0.17%) Finance
10 1 (0.17%) Police
10 1 (0.17%) Public Sector
10 1 (0.17%) Retail
Job Titles
1 518 (89.93%) Systems Engineer
2 375 (65.10%) Senior
3 367 (63.72%) Senior Systems Engineer
4 146 (25.35%) Lead
5 116 (20.14%) Lead Systems Engineer
5 116 (20.14%) Team Leader
6 63 (10.94%) Integration Engineer
6 63 (10.94%) Systems Integration Engineer
7 40 (6.94%) Senior Integration Engineer
8 8 (1.39%) Junior
8 8 (1.39%) Software Engineer
9 7 (1.22%) Junior Systems Engineer
9 7 (1.22%) Senior Software Engineer
10 5 (0.87%) 3rd Line Support
10 5 (0.87%) 3rd Line Technical Support
10 5 (0.87%) Technical Support
11 4 (0.69%) Trainer
12 3 (0.52%) Analyst
13 2 (0.35%) Developer
14 1 (0.17%) Systems Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.17%) .NET
1 1 (0.17%) AngularJS
1 1 (0.17%) Kafka
1 1 (0.17%) OGRE
1 1 (0.17%) React
1 1 (0.17%) Regular Expression
1 1 (0.17%) Spring Boot
1 1 (0.17%) Vue
1 1 (0.17%) WCF
1 1 (0.17%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 6 (1.04%) Device Driver
2 4 (0.69%) Security Posture
3 2 (0.35%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 7 (1.22%) Linux
2 5 (0.87%) Windows
2 5 (0.87%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 516 (89.58%) Systems Engineering
2 196 (34.03%) PLM
3 182 (31.60%) Requirements Management
4 181 (31.42%) Coaching
5 161 (27.95%) SDLC
6 152 (26.39%) Physics
7 148 (25.69%) Mathematics
8 132 (22.92%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
9 131 (22.74%) Business Case
9 131 (22.74%) Customer Requirements
9 131 (22.74%) Feasibility Study
9 131 (22.74%) Hazard Analysis
10 76 (13.19%) Cost Control
10 76 (13.19%) Performance Management
11 58 (10.07%) Project Management
12 57 (9.90%) SysML
13 52 (9.03%) Agile
14 50 (8.68%) Safety Engineering
14 50 (8.68%) System Testing
15 41 (7.12%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 195 (33.85%) MATLAB
2 31 (5.38%) Java
3 29 (5.03%) SQL
4 7 (1.22%) C++
5 6 (1.04%) C
5 6 (1.04%) Python
6 2 (0.35%) C#
7 1 (0.17%) JavaScript
7 1 (0.17%) PowerShell
7 1 (0.17%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 516 (89.58%) BPSS Clearance
2 512 (88.89%) Degree
3 252 (43.75%) HND
4 187 (32.47%) HNC
5 10 (1.74%) Security Cleared
6 5 (0.87%) Master's Degree
7 4 (0.69%) PhD
8 2 (0.35%) SC Cleared
9 1 (0.17%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (0.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (0.35%) NIST
2 1 (0.17%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (0.17%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 1 (0.17%) Def Stans
System Software
1 5 (0.87%) Active Directory
1 5 (0.87%) Terminal Services
2 1 (0.17%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (0.17%) Ansible
1 1 (0.17%) Kubernetes
1 1 (0.17%) Terraform
Vendors
1 215 (37.33%) Microsoft
2 188 (32.64%) ANSYS
3 50 (8.68%) MathWorks
4 31 (5.38%) Oracle
5 8 (1.39%) IBM
6 5 (0.87%) Cisco
6 5 (0.87%) VMware
7 4 (0.69%) PayPal
8 1 (0.17%) Atlassian
8 1 (0.17%) Sparx
8 1 (0.17%) Symantec