Aerospace Jobs 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 30 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 98 33 148
Rank change year-on-year -65 +115 -43
Permanent jobs citing Aerospace 88 522 124
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 2.50% 5.34% 1.85%
As % of the General category 3.86% 10.18% 2.92%
Number of salaries quoted 66 184 80
10th Percentile - £37,000 £37,459
25th Percentile £37,574 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,600 £50,000 £56,159
Median % change year-on-year +5.20% -10.97% +17.97%
75th Percentile £61,250 £60,000 £69,063
90th Percentile £68,125 £76,875 £75,000
England median annual salary £50,055 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.99% -4.35% +15.00%

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 2,281 5,129 4,246
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 64.80% 52.51% 63.20%
Number of salaries quoted 1,258 3,474 2,305
10th Percentile £25,267 £26,250 £28,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £33,750 £36,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,683 £47,500 £50,238
Median % change year-on-year +0.39% -5.45% +3.29%
75th Percentile £64,075 £60,814 £67,070
90th Percentile £78,750 £75,000 £80,000
England median annual salary £56,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +6.67% -12.50% -

Aerospace
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for Aerospace in the South West

Aerospace
Salary Trend in the South West

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

Salary trend for Aerospace in the South West

Aerospace
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Aerospace in the South West over the 6 months to 30 May 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 30 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
Bristol -18 38 £52,600 -12.33% 41
Gloucestershire -15 27 £52,600 -2.59% 76
Somerset +4 7 £40,101 -7.06% 31
Dorset -1 7 £40,101 -5.65% 20
Wiltshire -35 5 £66,250 +45.60% 24
Devon +3 3 £46,000 +8.24% 24
Cornwall - 1 - - 2
Aerospace
England

Aerospace
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South 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 2 (2.27%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (1.14%) Apache
2 1 (1.14%) Confluence
2 1 (1.14%) SharePoint
Applications
1 23 (26.14%) Simulink
2 19 (21.59%) Microsoft Office
3 15 (17.05%) Microsoft Excel
3 15 (17.05%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 33 (37.50%) Teamcenter
2 1 (1.14%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 6 (6.82%) AWS
2 5 (5.68%) Azure
3 4 (4.55%) Microsoft 365
4 3 (3.41%) Entra ID
5 2 (2.27%) SaaS
6 1 (1.14%) Amazon EC2
6 1 (1.14%) Amazon EKS
6 1 (1.14%) Amazon S3
6 1 (1.14%) AWS CloudTrail
6 1 (1.14%) AWS Fargate
6 1 (1.14%) AWS Lambda
6 1 (1.14%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 6 (6.82%) Firewall
2 5 (5.68%) WAN
3 4 (4.55%) Wi-Fi
4 3 (3.41%) Internet
4 3 (3.41%) SD-WAN
4 3 (3.41%) TCP/IP
4 3 (3.41%) VoIP
5 2 (2.27%) LAN
6 1 (1.14%) 802.11
6 1 (1.14%) DHCP
6 1 (1.14%) DNS
6 1 (1.14%) HTTP
6 1 (1.14%) LTE
6 1 (1.14%) VLAN
6 1 (1.14%) VPN
6 1 (1.14%) VSAT
6 1 (1.14%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (10.23%) MongoDB
2 5 (5.68%) Elasticsearch
3 4 (4.55%) Relational Database
4 3 (3.41%) SQL Server
5 1 (1.14%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 22 (25.00%) Rational DOORS
2 6 (6.82%) Git
2 6 (6.82%) GitLab
3 2 (2.27%) Burp Suite
3 2 (2.27%) Metasploit
4 1 (1.14%) JIRA
4 1 (1.14%) JUnit
General
1 34 (38.64%) Electronics
2 27 (30.68%) Social Skills
3 25 (28.41%) Automotive
4 13 (14.77%) Aeronautics
4 13 (14.77%) Manufacturing
5 6 (6.82%) Analytical Skills
6 5 (5.68%) Military
7 4 (4.55%) Marketing
8 3 (3.41%) Aviation
8 3 (3.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 3 (3.41%) Public Sector
9 2 (2.27%) Documentation Skills
9 2 (2.27%) Finance
9 2 (2.27%) French Language
9 2 (2.27%) German Language
9 2 (2.27%) Organisational Skills
9 2 (2.27%) Telecoms
10 1 (1.14%) Advertising
10 1 (1.14%) Billing
10 1 (1.14%) Legal
Job Titles
1 55 (62.50%) Systems Engineer
2 32 (36.36%) Senior
3 26 (29.55%) Senior Systems Engineer
4 20 (22.73%) Junior
4 20 (22.73%) Junior Systems Engineer
5 18 (20.45%) Lead
6 16 (18.18%) Lead Systems Engineer
7 13 (14.77%) Team Leader
8 6 (6.82%) Software Engineer
9 5 (5.68%) Technical Support
10 4 (4.55%) Project Engineer
10 4 (4.55%) Project Leader
11 3 (3.41%) 3rd Line Support
11 3 (3.41%) Administrator
11 3 (3.41%) Electronics Engineer
11 3 (3.41%) Support Engineer
11 3 (3.41%) Support Specialist
11 3 (3.41%) Systems Administrator
11 3 (3.41%) Technical Specialist
11 3 (3.41%) Technical Support Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (5.68%) Hibernate
1 5 (5.68%) React
2 4 (4.55%) JSF
2 4 (4.55%) Kafka
3 3 (3.41%) Middleware
4 1 (1.14%) 802.1X
4 1 (1.14%) Apache NiFi
4 1 (1.14%) boto
4 1 (1.14%) HTML
4 1 (1.14%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 8 (9.09%) Renewable Energy
2 3 (3.41%) Algorithms
2 3 (3.41%) Embedded Systems
2 3 (3.41%) FMCG
2 3 (3.41%) IoT
2 3 (3.41%) Operational Technology
2 3 (3.41%) Self-Motivation
2 3 (3.41%) Video Conferencing
3 2 (2.27%) Cyber Threat
3 2 (2.27%) Management Information System
3 2 (2.27%) Social Media
4 1 (1.14%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (1.14%) Driving Licence
4 1 (1.14%) Hybrid Cloud
4 1 (1.14%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 8 (9.09%) Windows
2 7 (7.95%) Linux
3 5 (5.68%) Windows Server
4 1 (1.14%) Android
4 1 (1.14%) Apple iOS
4 1 (1.14%) Mac OS
4 1 (1.14%) Windows Server 2016
4 1 (1.14%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 55 (62.50%) Systems Engineering
2 35 (39.77%) PLM
3 34 (38.64%) Mathematics
4 33 (37.50%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
4 33 (37.50%) Physics
5 26 (29.55%) Problem-Solving
6 23 (26.14%) Computer Science
6 23 (26.14%) Project Management
7 22 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
8 21 (23.86%) UML
9 20 (22.73%) Creative Problem-Solving
9 20 (22.73%) SysML
10 14 (15.91%) Requirements Management
11 13 (14.77%) Coaching
11 13 (14.77%) Cost Control
11 13 (14.77%) Performance Management
12 11 (12.50%) Cybersecurity
13 9 (10.23%) Software Engineering
14 6 (6.82%) Agile
14 6 (6.82%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 36 (40.91%) MATLAB
2 8 (9.09%) Python
3 5 (5.68%) Java
3 5 (5.68%) JavaScript
3 5 (5.68%) TypeScript
4 3 (3.41%) PowerShell
5 2 (2.27%) Bash
5 2 (2.27%) C
5 2 (2.27%) C#
5 2 (2.27%) SQL
6 1 (1.14%) Ada
6 1 (1.14%) C++
6 1 (1.14%) Embedded C
6 1 (1.14%) PHP
Qualifications
1 59 (67.05%) Degree
2 45 (51.14%) BPSS Clearance
3 18 (20.45%) Security Cleared
4 14 (15.91%) HND
5 13 (14.77%) HNC
6 8 (9.09%) SC Cleared
7 5 (5.68%) Master's Degree
8 4 (4.55%) Microsoft Certification
9 3 (3.41%) Computer Science Degree
10 2 (2.27%) CHECK Team Member
10 2 (2.27%) CREST Certified
11 1 (1.14%) CCNA
11 1 (1.14%) CISSP
11 1 (1.14%) DBS Check
11 1 (1.14%) DV Cleared
11 1 (1.14%) GCSC
11 1 (1.14%) ISTQB
11 1 (1.14%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 1 (1.14%) JNCIA
11 1 (1.14%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (6.82%) Def Stans
2 4 (4.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (2.27%) Actionable Recommendations
3 2 (2.27%) NIST
4 1 (1.14%) DO-178B
4 1 (1.14%) IEC 61508
4 1 (1.14%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 5 (5.68%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.14%) Hyper-V
2 1 (1.14%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 5 (5.68%) Kibana
2 3 (3.41%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (3.41%) SCCM
3 2 (2.27%) Nmap
Vendors
1 20 (22.73%) IBM
2 19 (21.59%) Microsoft
3 13 (14.77%) ANSYS
4 8 (9.09%) VMware
5 6 (6.82%) Atlassian
6 5 (5.68%) Oracle
7 4 (4.55%) Cisco
8 3 (3.41%) Aruba
8 3 (3.41%) Fortinet
8 3 (3.41%) Okta
9 2 (2.27%) Citrix
9 2 (2.27%) NetApp
10 1 (1.14%) Cognizant
10 1 (1.14%) Freshdesk
10 1 (1.14%) SAP