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 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 90 36 148
Rank change year-on-year -54 +112 -36
Permanent jobs citing Aerospace 100 481 128
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 2.81% 5.20% 1.89%
As % of the General category 4.45% 9.64% 2.98%
Number of salaries quoted 80 167 79
10th Percentile - £37,000 £37,419
25th Percentile £37,574 £41,750 £44,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,550 £50,000 £56,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.10% -10.71% +17.15%
75th Percentile £61,250 £60,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £68,750 £75,000 £75,500
England median annual salary £50,055 £55,000 £57,000
% change year-on-year -8.99% -3.51% +14.00%

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 2,246 4,991 4,295
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 63.21% 53.96% 63.35%
Number of salaries quoted 1,278 3,390 2,394
10th Percentile £25,267 £26,250 £28,000
25th Percentile £32,658 £32,625 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,507 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.12% -5.00% +3.07%
75th Percentile £64,100 £61,250 £65,000
90th Percentile £79,300 £75,000 £78,250
England median annual salary £57,500 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.52% -12.50% -

Aerospace
Job Vacancy Trend in the 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 14 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 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
Bristol +5 43 £52,600 -12.33% 95
Gloucestershire -5 31 £52,600 -2.59% 80
Dorset +3 9 £40,101 -5.65% 22
Somerset +6 8 £40,101 -7.06% 12
Wiltshire -37 5 £66,250 +44.02% 28
Devon +12 4 £46,000 +8.24% 6
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 1 (1.00%) Confluence
1 1 (1.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 23 (23.00%) Simulink
2 19 (19.00%) Microsoft Office
3 15 (15.00%) Microsoft Excel
3 15 (15.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (1.00%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 33 (33.00%) Teamcenter
2 1 (1.00%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 5 (5.00%) AWS
2 4 (4.00%) Azure
3 3 (3.00%) Entra ID
3 3 (3.00%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (1.00%) Amazon EC2
4 1 (1.00%) Amazon EKS
4 1 (1.00%) Amazon S3
4 1 (1.00%) AWS CloudTrail
4 1 (1.00%) AWS Fargate
4 1 (1.00%) AWS Lambda
4 1 (1.00%) SaaS
4 1 (1.00%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 8 (8.00%) Firewall
2 4 (4.00%) WAN
3 3 (3.00%) Internet
3 3 (3.00%) SD-WAN
3 3 (3.00%) TCP/IP
3 3 (3.00%) VoIP
3 3 (3.00%) Wi-Fi
4 2 (2.00%) Intrusion Detection
5 1 (1.00%) DHCP
5 1 (1.00%) DNS
5 1 (1.00%) Ethernet
5 1 (1.00%) HTTP
5 1 (1.00%) LAN
5 1 (1.00%) VLAN
5 1 (1.00%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (7.00%) MongoDB
2 4 (4.00%) Elasticsearch
2 4 (4.00%) Relational Database
3 3 (3.00%) SQL Server
4 1 (1.00%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 28 (28.00%) Rational DOORS
2 7 (7.00%) Git
3 5 (5.00%) GitLab
4 2 (2.00%) Burp Suite
4 2 (2.00%) Metasploit
5 1 (1.00%) JIRA
5 1 (1.00%) LabVIEW
General
1 33 (33.00%) Electronics
2 27 (27.00%) Social Skills
3 21 (21.00%) Automotive
4 13 (13.00%) Aeronautics
5 12 (12.00%) Manufacturing
6 10 (10.00%) Military
7 5 (5.00%) Analytical Skills
8 3 (3.00%) Aviation
8 3 (3.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 3 (3.00%) Marketing
8 3 (3.00%) Public Sector
9 2 (2.00%) Documentation Skills
9 2 (2.00%) Finance
9 2 (2.00%) French Language
9 2 (2.00%) German Language
9 2 (2.00%) Telecoms
10 1 (1.00%) Legal
10 1 (1.00%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 62 (62.00%) Systems Engineer
2 41 (41.00%) Senior
3 32 (32.00%) Senior Systems Engineer
4 20 (20.00%) Junior
4 20 (20.00%) Junior Systems Engineer
5 18 (18.00%) Lead
6 15 (15.00%) Lead Systems Engineer
6 15 (15.00%) Team Leader
7 9 (9.00%) Software Engineer
8 4 (4.00%) Technical Support
9 3 (3.00%) 3rd Line Support
9 3 (3.00%) Administrator
9 3 (3.00%) Electronics Engineer
9 3 (3.00%) Project Engineer
9 3 (3.00%) Project Leader
9 3 (3.00%) Senior Software Engineer
9 3 (3.00%) Support Specialist
9 3 (3.00%) Systems Administrator
9 3 (3.00%) Technical Specialist
9 3 (3.00%) Technical Support Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (4.00%) Hibernate
1 4 (4.00%) JSF
1 4 (4.00%) React
2 3 (3.00%) Kafka
2 3 (3.00%) Middleware
3 1 (1.00%) boto
3 1 (1.00%) HTML
3 1 (1.00%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 6 (6.00%) Renewable Energy
2 3 (3.00%) Algorithms
2 3 (3.00%) Cyber Threat
2 3 (3.00%) Embedded Systems
2 3 (3.00%) FMCG
2 3 (3.00%) IoT
2 3 (3.00%) Operational Technology
2 3 (3.00%) Self-Motivation
2 3 (3.00%) Video Conferencing
3 2 (2.00%) Management Information System
4 1 (1.00%) Analogue Electronics
4 1 (1.00%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (1.00%) ARM Cortex
4 1 (1.00%) Driving Licence
4 1 (1.00%) Fibre Optics
4 1 (1.00%) Hybrid Cloud
4 1 (1.00%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (1.00%) Optoelectronics
4 1 (1.00%) Security Posture
4 1 (1.00%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 8 (8.00%) Linux
1 8 (8.00%) Windows
2 5 (5.00%) Windows Server
3 1 (1.00%) Android
3 1 (1.00%) Apple iOS
3 1 (1.00%) Windows Server 2016
3 1 (1.00%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 61 (61.00%) Systems Engineering
2 40 (40.00%) Mathematics
3 39 (39.00%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
4 35 (35.00%) PLM
5 33 (33.00%) Physics
6 27 (27.00%) Problem-Solving
7 23 (23.00%) Computer Science
7 23 (23.00%) Continuous Improvement
7 23 (23.00%) Project Management
8 21 (21.00%) UML
9 20 (20.00%) Creative Problem-Solving
9 20 (20.00%) SysML
10 14 (14.00%) Requirements Management
11 13 (13.00%) Coaching
11 13 (13.00%) Cost Control
11 13 (13.00%) Performance Management
12 12 (12.00%) Software Engineering
13 10 (10.00%) Cybersecurity
13 10 (10.00%) Mentoring
14 9 (9.00%) Agile
Programming Languages
1 36 (36.00%) MATLAB
2 8 (8.00%) Python
3 4 (4.00%) Java
3 4 (4.00%) JavaScript
3 4 (4.00%) TypeScript
4 3 (3.00%) C
4 3 (3.00%) C#
4 3 (3.00%) C++
4 3 (3.00%) Embedded C
4 3 (3.00%) PowerShell
5 2 (2.00%) Bash
5 2 (2.00%) SQL
6 1 (1.00%) Ada
6 1 (1.00%) Embedded C++
6 1 (1.00%) PHP
Qualifications
1 67 (67.00%) Degree
2 45 (45.00%) BPSS Clearance
3 20 (20.00%) HNC
3 20 (20.00%) HND
4 17 (17.00%) Security Cleared
5 6 (6.00%) SC Cleared
6 5 (5.00%) Master's Degree
7 4 (4.00%) DV Cleared
7 4 (4.00%) Microsoft Certification
8 3 (3.00%) Computer Science Degree
9 2 (2.00%) CHECK Team Member
9 2 (2.00%) CREST Certified
10 1 (1.00%) DBS Check
10 1 (1.00%) ISTQB
10 1 (1.00%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
10 1 (1.00%) MCSA
10 1 (1.00%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (4.00%) Def Stans
1 4 (4.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (2.00%) Actionable Recommendations
2 2 (2.00%) NIST
3 1 (1.00%) ARP4761
3 1 (1.00%) DO-178B
3 1 (1.00%) IEC 61508
3 1 (1.00%) ISO 9001
3 1 (1.00%) QA
System Software
1 4 (4.00%) Active Directory
2 2 (2.00%) Firmware
3 1 (1.00%) Embedded Firmware
3 1 (1.00%) Hyper-V
3 1 (1.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (4.00%) Kibana
2 3 (3.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (3.00%) SCCM
3 2 (2.00%) Nmap
Vendors
1 20 (20.00%) IBM
2 19 (19.00%) Microsoft
3 13 (13.00%) ANSYS
4 7 (7.00%) VMware
5 5 (5.00%) Atlassian
6 4 (4.00%) Cisco
6 4 (4.00%) Oracle
7 3 (3.00%) Aruba
7 3 (3.00%) Fortinet
7 3 (3.00%) Okta
8 2 (2.00%) Citrix
8 2 (2.00%) NetApp
8 2 (2.00%) Red Hat
9 1 (1.00%) SAP
9 1 (1.00%) Siemens