Aerospace Job Trends in Swindon

Aerospace
Wiltshire > Swindon

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Aerospace in permanent job vacancies in Swindon. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Aerospace over the 6 months leading up to 31 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 30 27 24
Rank change year-on-year -3 -3 +23
Permanent jobs citing Aerospace 1 3 27
As % of all permanent jobs in Swindon 0.37% 2.13% 5.64%
As % of the General category 0.86% 2.70% 9.28%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 27
10th Percentile - - £35,000
25th Percentile £42,500 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 - £45,000
75th Percentile £47,500 - £55,000
90th Percentile - - £60,000
Wiltshire median annual salary £45,000 £66,250 £45,500
% change year-on-year -32.08% +45.60% -17.27%

All General Skills
Swindon

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 Swindon.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 116 111 291
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Swindon 43.28% 78.72% 60.75%
Number of salaries quoted 83 80 235
10th Percentile £32,000 £42,500 £25,850
25th Percentile £43,750 £52,500 £32,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,845 £62,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.05% +25.00% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £68,568 £61,250
90th Percentile £90,149 - £70,750
Wiltshire median annual salary £57,500 £53,250 £45,000
% change year-on-year +7.98% +18.33% -5.26%

Aerospace
Job Vacancy Trend in Swindon

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

Aerospace job vacancy trend in Swindon

Aerospace
Salary Trend in Swindon

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Swindon citing Aerospace.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Swindon citing Aerospace

Aerospace
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Swindon 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) TCP/IP
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Git
General
1 1 (100.00%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Analogue Electronics
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Containerisation
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Kalman Filter
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) Prototyping
1 1 (100.00%) Rapid Prototyping
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C++
1 1 (100.00%) MATLAB
1 1 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) HND
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared