Aerospace Job Trends in the South West

Aerospace
England > South West

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Aerospace in permanent job vacancies in the South West. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Aerospace over the 6 months leading up to 9 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 111 74 91
Rank change year-on-year -37 +17 +27
Permanent jobs citing Aerospace 70 157 141
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 1.73% 2.61% 3.10%
As % of the General category 3.04% 5.54% 5.49%
Number of salaries quoted 20 101 77
10th Percentile £39,550 £40,000 £39,200
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -25.00% - +39.53%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £85,250 £80,000 -
England median annual salary £42,500 £55,000 £61,000
% change year-on-year -22.73% -9.84% +16.19%

All General Skills
South 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 South West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 2,303 2,834 2,567
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 57.06% 47.12% 56.42%
Number of salaries quoted 1,433 1,458 1,901
10th Percentile £26,500 £30,000 £29,500
25th Percentile £30,000 £39,813 £39,294
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,750 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -18.57% - +5.00%
75th Percentile £60,000 £68,750 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £81,250 £85,000
England median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - -

Aerospace
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Aerospace job vacancy trend in the South West

Aerospace
Salary Trend in the South West

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Aerospace.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Aerospace

Aerospace
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Aerospace in the South West over the 6 months to 9 November 2025.

Salary histogram for Aerospace in the South West

Aerospace
Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Aerospace within the South West region over the 6 months to 9 November 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
Gloucestershire +23 29 £40,000 -30.43% 45
Bristol -5 26 £57,500 -4.17% 60
Dorset -13 6 £45,000 -10.00% 8
Cornwall - 5 - -
Somerset -4 2 £55,000 -35.29% 27
Wiltshire 0 1 - - 5
Devon -7 1 £65,000 +44.44% 10
Aerospace
England

Aerospace
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West 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 5 (7.14%) Microsoft Exchange
1 5 (7.14%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.43%) Apache
Cloud Services
1 5 (7.14%) Azure
1 5 (7.14%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (2.86%) SaaS
3 1 (1.43%) AWS
3 1 (1.43%) Cloud Computing
3 1 (1.43%) Google Workspace
3 1 (1.43%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (7.14%) 802.11
1 5 (7.14%) LAN
1 5 (7.14%) LTE
1 5 (7.14%) VSAT
1 5 (7.14%) WAN
1 5 (7.14%) Wi-Fi
1 5 (7.14%) Wireless
2 4 (5.71%) Software-Defined Radio
3 1 (1.43%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (5.71%) MongoDB
2 3 (4.29%) Elasticsearch
3 2 (2.86%) Relational Database
4 1 (1.43%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 10 (14.29%) GitLab
2 8 (11.43%) Git
3 1 (1.43%) JUnit
3 1 (1.43%) LabVIEW
3 1 (1.43%) Subversion
General
1 21 (30.00%) Automotive
2 16 (22.86%) Manufacturing
2 16 (22.86%) Social Skills
3 11 (15.71%) Analytical Skills
3 11 (15.71%) Electronics
4 5 (7.14%) Billing
5 2 (2.86%) Finance
6 1 (1.43%) Advertising
6 1 (1.43%) Aeronautics
6 1 (1.43%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (1.43%) Marketing
6 1 (1.43%) Military
6 1 (1.43%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (1.43%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 15 (21.43%) Systems Engineer
2 10 (14.29%) Support Engineer
3 7 (10.00%) Technical Engineer
4 6 (8.57%) Lead
4 6 (8.57%) Software Engineer
5 5 (7.14%) Desktop Engineer
5 5 (7.14%) Desktop Support
5 5 (7.14%) Desktop Support Engineer
5 5 (7.14%) Programmer
5 5 (7.14%) Technical Support
5 5 (7.14%) Technical Support Engineer
6 4 (5.71%) DSP Engineer
6 4 (5.71%) Process Engineer
7 3 (4.29%) Analyst
7 3 (4.29%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
7 3 (4.29%) Cybersecurity Analyst
7 3 (4.29%) Graduate
7 3 (4.29%) Lead Systems Engineer
7 3 (4.29%) Senior
7 3 (4.29%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (7.14%) 802.1X
2 3 (4.29%) Hibernate
2 3 (4.29%) React
3 2 (2.86%) JSF
4 1 (1.43%) Apache NiFi
4 1 (1.43%) Kafka
4 1 (1.43%) PyTorch
4 1 (1.43%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 6 (8.57%) Renewable Energy
2 5 (7.14%) Algorithms
3 4 (5.71%) FPGA
3 4 (5.71%) Verilog
3 4 (5.71%) VHDL
4 3 (4.29%) Analytical Mindset
4 3 (4.29%) Management Information System
4 3 (4.29%) PKI
4 3 (4.29%) Robotics
5 2 (2.86%) Cyber Threat
5 2 (2.86%) e-Learning
6 1 (1.43%) Operational Technology
6 1 (1.43%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 9 (12.86%) Linux
2 5 (7.14%) Mac OS
2 5 (7.14%) Windows
2 5 (7.14%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (20.00%) Innovative Thinking
2 11 (15.71%) AI
2 11 (15.71%) Cybersecurity
2 11 (15.71%) Software Engineering
3 9 (12.86%) Problem-Solving
4 7 (10.00%) Agile
4 7 (10.00%) Computer Vision
4 7 (10.00%) ITIL
4 7 (10.00%) Project Management
4 7 (10.00%) Systems Engineering
5 6 (8.57%) Analytics
5 6 (8.57%) Asset Management
5 6 (8.57%) Computer Science
5 6 (8.57%) Machine Learning
6 5 (7.14%) Fault Management
6 5 (7.14%) Incident Management
6 5 (7.14%) Proactive Monitoring
6 5 (7.14%) Scrum
6 5 (7.14%) Signal Processing
6 5 (7.14%) Statistics
Programming Languages
1 14 (20.00%) Python
2 5 (7.14%) C++
2 5 (7.14%) Java
3 4 (5.71%) C
4 3 (4.29%) JavaScript
4 3 (4.29%) TypeScript
5 2 (2.86%) C#
6 1 (1.43%) Bash
6 1 (1.43%) Go
Qualifications
1 36 (51.43%) Security Cleared
2 15 (21.43%) Degree
2 15 (21.43%) SC Cleared
3 11 (15.71%) BPSS Clearance
4 5 (7.14%) CCNA
4 5 (7.14%) Cisco Certification
4 5 (7.14%) GCSC
4 5 (7.14%) JNCIA
5 3 (4.29%) Computer Science Degree
5 3 (4.29%) DV Cleared
6 1 (1.43%) CISSP
6 1 (1.43%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.86%) Def Stans
2 1 (1.43%) QA
System Software
1 5 (7.14%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.43%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (4.29%) Kibana
2 2 (2.86%) Kubernetes
3 1 (1.43%) Argo
3 1 (1.43%) Rancher
3 1 (1.43%) yum
Vendors
1 5 (7.14%) Cognizant
1 5 (7.14%) Freshdesk
2 3 (4.29%) Atlassian
2 3 (4.29%) Oracle
3 1 (1.43%) Google
3 1 (1.43%) VMware