Aerospace Jobs 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 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 135 250 162
Rank change year-on-year +115 -88 +24
Permanent jobs citing Aerospace 31 38 50
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 1.02% 0.56% 1.14%
As % of the General category 1.49% 0.79% 1.52%
Number of salaries quoted 26 22 5
10th Percentile - £31,625 £34,350
25th Percentile £37,574 £38,750 £36,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,101 £45,000 £67,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.89% -32.84% +30.73%
75th Percentile £42,627 £57,500 £83,750
90th Percentile - £61,250 £97,250
UK median annual salary £50,055 £54,625 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.37% -5.00% +15.00%

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 common skills in Scotland.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 2,082 4,831 3,294
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 68.64% 70.77% 74.81%
Number of salaries quoted 916 1,564 1,582
10th Percentile £25,087 £27,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £32,851 £38,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,683 £50,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.63% -13.04% +4.55%
75th Percentile £61,250 £65,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £82,625 £81,250 £85,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -

Aerospace
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Aerospace in Scotland

Aerospace
Salary Trend in Scotland

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

Salary trend for Aerospace in Scotland

Aerospace
Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing Aerospace in Scotland over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Aerospace in Scotland

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 31 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
Fife - 8 £40,101 - 5
Moray - 7 £40,101 - 1
East Ayrshire - 7 £40,101 -
South Ayrshire - 7 £40,101 - 8
West Lothian - 2 £65,000 - 3
Aerospace
UK

Aerospace
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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:

Applications
1 28 (90.32%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 28 (90.32%) Teamcenter
Development Applications
1 28 (90.32%) Rational DOORS
2 1 (3.23%) LabVIEW
General
1 29 (93.55%) Electronics
2 28 (90.32%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 30 (96.77%) Systems Engineer
2 28 (90.32%) Junior
2 28 (90.32%) Junior Systems Engineer
3 1 (3.23%) Development Engineer
3 1 (3.23%) Senior
3 1 (3.23%) Senior Development Engineer
3 1 (3.23%) Senior Test Engineer
3 1 (3.23%) Test Development Engineer
3 1 (3.23%) Test Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (3.23%) Analogue Electronics
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (93.55%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
2 28 (90.32%) Computer Science
2 28 (90.32%) Continuous Improvement
2 28 (90.32%) Creative Problem-Solving
2 28 (90.32%) Mathematics
2 28 (90.32%) Physics
2 28 (90.32%) PLM
2 28 (90.32%) Problem-Solving
2 28 (90.32%) Project Management
2 28 (90.32%) SysML
2 28 (90.32%) Systems Engineering
2 28 (90.32%) UML
Programming Languages
1 28 (90.32%) MATLAB
2 1 (3.23%) C#
Qualifications
1 28 (90.32%) BPSS Clearance
1 28 (90.32%) Degree
2 1 (3.23%) SC Cleared
2 1 (3.23%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 28 (90.32%) IBM
2 1 (3.23%) Mentor Graphics