Aerospace Jobs in the West Midlands

Aerospace
England > West Midlands

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Aerospace in permanent job vacancies in the West Midlands. 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 75 233 213
Rank change year-on-year +158 -20 -14
Permanent jobs citing Aerospace 142 20 58
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 3.31% 0.27% 0.90%
As % of the General category 5.85% 0.47% 1.19%
Number of salaries quoted 6 12 8
10th Percentile £43,750 £33,050 £46,675
25th Percentile £47,500 £42,125 £58,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,125 £45,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +20.28% -30.77% +58.54%
75th Percentile £63,719 £51,563 £75,625
90th Percentile £71,250 £58,800 £86,125
England median annual salary £50,055 £55,000 £57,000
% change year-on-year -8.99% -3.51% +14.00%

All General Skills
West Midlands

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 West Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 2,429 4,261 4,873
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 56.55% 57.82% 76.03%
Number of salaries quoted 1,063 3,024 2,229
10th Percentile £28,050 £25,500 £29,750
25th Percentile £36,250 £32,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £47,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.53% -9.52% +9.38%
75th Percentile £65,000 £62,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £57,500 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.52% -12.50% -

Aerospace
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Aerospace in the West Midlands

Aerospace
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

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

Salary trend for Aerospace in the West Midlands

Aerospace
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Aerospace in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 14 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Aerospace in the West Midlands

Aerospace
Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Aerospace within the West Midlands 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
Warwickshire +53 90 - - 32
Birmingham +66 24 £40,000 -31.03% 10
Coventry - 24 £58,250 - 18
Staffordshire - 2 £50,000 - 7
Wolverhampton +11 1 £65,000 - 3
Solihull - 1 £75,000 - 2
Aerospace
England

Aerospace
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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
1 139 (97.89%) Simulink
Cloud Services
1 1 (0.70%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.70%) Modbus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.70%) SQL Server
General
1 138 (97.18%) Automotive
2 4 (2.82%) Electronics
3 3 (2.11%) Agriculture
4 2 (1.41%) Avionics
4 2 (1.41%) Social Skills
5 1 (0.70%) Advertising
5 1 (0.70%) Military
Job Titles
1 68 (47.89%) Systems Engineer
2 66 (46.48%) Development Engineer
2 66 (46.48%) Software Development Engineer
2 66 (46.48%) Software Engineer
3 43 (30.28%) Principal Engineer
4 42 (29.58%) Principal Software Engineer
4 42 (29.58%) Principal Systems Engineer
5 26 (18.31%) Senior
5 26 (18.31%) Senior Systems Engineer
6 24 (16.90%) Senior Development Engineer
6 24 (16.90%) Senior Software Development Engineer
6 24 (16.90%) Senior Software Engineer
7 1 (0.70%) Developer
7 1 (0.70%) Engineering Manager
7 1 (0.70%) Sales Manager
7 1 (0.70%) Software Developer
7 1 (0.70%) Systems Manager
7 1 (0.70%) Technical Manager
7 1 (0.70%) Technical Sales Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.70%) .NET
1 1 (0.70%) .NET Framework
1 1 (0.70%) AngularJS
1 1 (0.70%) CSS
1 1 (0.70%) Google Maps API
1 1 (0.70%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (2.11%) Embedded Systems
2 1 (0.70%) ASIC
2 1 (0.70%) FPGA
2 1 (0.70%) Greenfield Project
2 1 (0.70%) SCADA
2 1 (0.70%) VHDL
2 1 (0.70%) VLSI
Processes & Methodologies
1 138 (97.18%) Agile
1 138 (97.18%) Systems Engineering
1 138 (97.18%) Validation
2 136 (95.77%) Software Testing
3 70 (49.30%) Software Engineering
4 2 (1.41%) Computer Science
4 2 (1.41%) Creative Problem-Solving
4 2 (1.41%) Customer Requirements
4 2 (1.41%) Embedded Software Development
4 2 (1.41%) Mechatronics
4 2 (1.41%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (1.41%) Product Requirements
4 2 (1.41%) Project Delivery
4 2 (1.41%) Project Management
4 2 (1.41%) Technical Leadership
4 2 (1.41%) V-Model
5 1 (0.70%) Facilities Management
5 1 (0.70%) FPGA Design
5 1 (0.70%) Kanban
5 1 (0.70%) SysML
Programming Languages
1 139 (97.89%) MATLAB
2 2 (1.41%) C
2 2 (1.41%) Embedded C
3 1 (0.70%) C#
3 1 (0.70%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 136 (95.77%) BPSS Clearance
2 3 (2.11%) Degree
3 1 (0.70%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (0.70%) DO-254
System Software
1 1 (0.70%) Firmware
Vendors
1 1 (0.70%) Google
1 1 (0.70%) Siemens
1 1 (0.70%) Xilinx