Aerospace Job Trends in Scotland

Aerospace
UK > Scotland

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Aerospace in permanent job vacancies in Scotland. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Aerospace over the 6 months leading up to 1 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 132 110 181
Rank change year-on-year -22 +71 -18
Permanent jobs citing Aerospace 7 39 9
As % of all permanent jobs in Scotland 0.26% 1.45% 0.30%
As % of the General category 0.44% 2.13% 0.40%
Number of salaries quoted 2 28 3
10th Percentile £63,500 £37,574 £53,000
25th Percentile £65,000 £45,000 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £58,033 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +20.62% -17.10% +108.96%
75th Percentile £75,000 £60,265 £77,500
90th Percentile £76,500 £62,436 £79,000
UK median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% -12.00% +8.70%

All General Skills
Scotland

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 Scotland.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 1,580 1,831 2,251
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 58.07% 67.89% 76.07%
Number of salaries quoted 664 759 1,356
10th Percentile £25,625 £31,250 £25,000
25th Percentile £29,000 £41,250 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -36.36% +4.76% -8.94%
75th Percentile £55,000 £70,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £75,000 £90,050 £84,056
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - -2.37%

Aerospace
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Aerospace job vacancy trend in Scotland

Aerospace
Salary Trend in Scotland

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Aerospace.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Aerospace

Aerospace
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Aerospace within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 1 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
Renfrewshire - 5 - - 2
South Ayrshire -7 1 £65,000 +12.01% 1
Edinburgh -18 1 £75,000 +66.67% 17
Aerospace
UK

Aerospace
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Scotland 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (14.29%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (14.29%) ATM
1 1 (14.29%) Multicast
1 1 (14.29%) TCP/IP
1 1 (14.29%) tcpdump
1 1 (14.29%) Wireshark
General
1 6 (85.71%) Finance
2 2 (28.57%) Social Skills
3 1 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (14.29%) Automotive
3 1 (14.29%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 5 (71.43%) Technologist
2 1 (14.29%) Deployment Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Integration Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Programme Manager
Miscellaneous
1 5 (71.43%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 1 (14.29%) Linux
1 1 (14.29%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (71.43%) AI
1 5 (71.43%) Thought Leadership
2 1 (14.29%) B2B
2 1 (14.29%) Business Development
2 1 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (14.29%) Network Architecture
Programming Languages
1 1 (14.29%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (14.29%) BPSS Clearance
System Software
1 1 (14.29%) Docker
1 1 (14.29%) KVM
1 1 (14.29%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (14.29%) Ansible
1 1 (14.29%) Kubernetes
1 1 (14.29%) Puppet
Vendors
1 1 (14.29%) VMware