Aviation Contracts

Aviation
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Aviation in contract job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Aviation over the 6 months to 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 489 569 723
Rank change year-on-year +80 +154 -47
Contract jobs citing Aviation 86 113 115
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.20% 0.20% 0.13%
As % of the General category 0.35% 0.34% 0.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 49 52 52
10th Percentile £215 £324 £450
25th Percentile £256 £455 £481
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £562 £550
Median % change year-on-year -19.93% +2.18% +15.79%
75th Percentile £613 £628 £616
90th Percentile £675 £700 £644
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £563 £488
% change year-on-year -11.11% +15.38% +10.80%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 33 36
10th Percentile £22.11 £25.95 £31.58
25th Percentile £35.63 £30.54 £39.75
Median hourly rate £55.00 £35.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year +57.14% -21.35% -1.11%
75th Percentile £75.00 £49.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £77.50 £55.12 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £55.25 £35.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year +57.86% +7.69% -27.78%

All General Skills
UK

Aviation is in the General Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 24,753 32,807 49,724
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 57.49% 58.53% 56.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 15,550 22,755 34,565
10th Percentile £275 £313 £325
25th Percentile £413 £438 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £540
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +1.85% +8.00%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £763 £775 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +8.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,984 981 1,390
10th Percentile £12.78 £13.41 £12.50
25th Percentile £15.50 £17.50 £15.00
Median hourly rate £30.00 £32.30 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -7.12% +43.56% +4.65%
75th Percentile £52.50 £61.25 £47.36
90th Percentile £67.38 £72.50 £60.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £28.42 £27.84 £19.50
% change year-on-year +2.08% +42.77% +2.63%

Aviation
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Aviation as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Aviation in the UK

Aviation
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Aviation.

Daily rate trend for Aviation in the UK

Aviation
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Aviation over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Aviation in the UK

Aviation
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Aviation.

Hourly rate trend for Aviation in the UK

Aviation
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Aviation over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Aviation in the UK

Aviation
Top 12 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Aviation within the UK over the 6 months to 1 June 2024. 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +60 81 £500 -9.09% 311
UK excluding London +23 60 £500 -11.11% 253
London +87 26 £450 -18.18% 57
South East -12 26 £525 -6.58% 81
Work from Home +84 19 £650 +8.33% 64
South West +13 13 £625 +7.53% 58
North of England +18 8 £351 - 58
North West +16 8 £351 - 41
East of England +8 7 £550 - 30
Scotland +41 5 £313 -53.70% 4
Midlands +23 1 - - 25
East Midlands - 1 - - 12

Aviation
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 (2.33%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
2 1 (1.16%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (1.16%) nginx
2 1 (1.16%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (4.65%) Simulink
2 3 (3.49%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (2.33%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (1.16%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (1.16%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 8 (9.30%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 10 (11.63%) Azure
2 4 (4.65%) AWS
2 4 (4.65%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (3.49%) Adobe Analytics
3 3 (3.49%) GitHub
3 3 (3.49%) OpenShift
4 2 (2.33%) Amazon CloudWatch
4 2 (2.33%) GitHub Actions
4 2 (2.33%) SaaS
5 1 (1.16%) Asana
5 1 (1.16%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 8 (9.30%) Structured Cabling
2 3 (3.49%) LAN
3 2 (2.33%) Firewall
3 2 (2.33%) MPLS
3 2 (2.33%) Network Security
3 2 (2.33%) VPN
3 2 (2.33%) WAN
4 1 (1.16%) DHCP
4 1 (1.16%) Ethernet
4 1 (1.16%) MQTT
4 1 (1.16%) OSPF
4 1 (1.16%) TCP/IP
4 1 (1.16%) VLAN
4 1 (1.16%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.16%) MongoDB
1 1 (1.16%) NoSQL
1 1 (1.16%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 6 (6.98%) JIRA
2 4 (4.65%) Git
2 4 (4.65%) Jenkins
2 4 (4.65%) Maven
3 1 (1.16%) Cucumber
3 1 (1.16%) GitLab
3 1 (1.16%) IntelliJ
3 1 (1.16%) Rational DOORS
3 1 (1.16%) Rational Rhapsody
3 1 (1.16%) Selenium
3 1 (1.16%) VersionOne
General
1 19 (22.09%) Aerospace
2 17 (19.77%) Social Skills
3 7 (8.14%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (5.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 5 (5.81%) Manufacturing
5 4 (4.65%) Finance
5 4 (4.65%) Military
6 3 (3.49%) Front Office
6 3 (3.49%) Retail
7 2 (2.33%) Avionics
7 2 (2.33%) Pharmaceutical
7 2 (2.33%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (1.16%) Advertising
8 1 (1.16%) Electronics
8 1 (1.16%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 13 (15.12%) Software Engineer
2 11 (12.79%) Senior
3 8 (9.30%) Architect
3 8 (9.30%) IT Engineer
4 7 (8.14%) Analyst
4 7 (8.14%) Project Engineer
5 5 (5.81%) C# Software Engineer
5 5 (5.81%) Full Stack Engineer
5 5 (5.81%) Full Stack Software Engineer
5 5 (5.81%) Project Manager
6 4 (4.65%) Business Analyst
6 4 (4.65%) Data Engineer
6 4 (4.65%) Data Migration Engineer
6 4 (4.65%) IT Support
6 4 (4.65%) Java Engineer
6 4 (4.65%) Migration Engineer
6 4 (4.65%) Solutions Architect
6 4 (4.65%) Test Engineer
6 4 (4.65%) Test Technician
7 3 (3.49%) IT Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (6.98%) React
2 5 (5.81%) AngularJS
3 4 (4.65%) REST
4 3 (3.49%) Drools
4 3 (3.49%) J2EE
4 3 (3.49%) JSON
4 3 (3.49%) Spring Boot
4 3 (3.49%) Swagger
5 2 (2.33%) HTML
6 1 (1.16%) .NET
6 1 (1.16%) .NET Core
6 1 (1.16%) .NET Framework
6 1 (1.16%) CSS
6 1 (1.16%) GraphQL
6 1 (1.16%) Redux
Miscellaneous
1 8 (9.30%) CCTV
2 3 (3.49%) Public Cloud
2 3 (3.49%) Video Conferencing
3 2 (2.33%) Management Information System
4 1 (1.16%) Data Centre
4 1 (1.16%) Driving Licence
4 1 (1.16%) EMV
4 1 (1.16%) Greenfield Project
4 1 (1.16%) Life Science
4 1 (1.16%) Machine to Machine
Operating Systems
1 5 (5.81%) Windows
2 4 (4.65%) Windows Server
3 2 (2.33%) Linux
4 1 (1.16%) Android
4 1 (1.16%) Apple iOS
4 1 (1.16%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (15.12%) Software Engineering
2 12 (13.95%) Continuous Improvement
3 9 (10.47%) Agile
3 9 (10.47%) Migration
4 8 (9.30%) Portfolio Management
4 8 (9.30%) Project Management
5 7 (8.14%) Validation
6 6 (6.98%) Data Migration
6 6 (6.98%) Process Improvement
6 6 (6.98%) Project Delivery
6 6 (6.98%) Stakeholder Management
7 5 (5.81%) Full Stack Development
7 5 (5.81%) Mentoring
8 4 (4.65%) Community of Practice
8 4 (4.65%) DevOps
8 4 (4.65%) Verification and Validation
9 3 (3.49%) Decision-Making
9 3 (3.49%) Problem-Solving
9 3 (3.49%) Roadmaps
9 3 (3.49%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 9 (10.47%) C
2 7 (8.14%) Java
2 7 (8.14%) Python
2 7 (8.14%) SQL
3 6 (6.98%) C#
4 5 (5.81%) TypeScript
5 4 (4.65%) C++
6 3 (3.49%) Groovy
6 3 (3.49%) MATLAB
7 2 (2.33%) Ada
7 2 (2.33%) Embedded C
8 1 (1.16%) Bash
8 1 (1.16%) JavaScript
8 1 (1.16%) Perl
Qualifications
1 22 (25.58%) Security Cleared
2 12 (13.95%) SC Cleared
3 9 (10.47%) DV Cleared
4 7 (8.14%) BPSS Clearance
5 2 (2.33%) Degree
5 2 (2.33%) PMI Certification
5 2 (2.33%) PMP
6 1 (1.16%) ITIL Certification
6 1 (1.16%) PgMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (3.49%) PMO
2 2 (2.33%) DO-178B
2 2 (2.33%) IEC 61508
2 2 (2.33%) QA
3 1 (1.16%) Data Quality
3 1 (1.16%) Def Stans
3 1 (1.16%) ISO 9001
3 1 (1.16%) PMBOK
3 1 (1.16%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (4.65%) Active Directory
1 4 (4.65%) Docker
2 1 (1.16%) iptables
2 1 (1.16%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 5 (5.81%) Terraform
2 3 (3.49%) Podman
3 1 (1.16%) Docker Swarm
Vendors
1 8 (9.30%) Twitter
2 5 (5.81%) Microsoft
3 4 (4.65%) Micro Focus
4 3 (3.49%) Adobe
4 3 (3.49%) Splunk
5 2 (2.33%) IBM
6 1 (1.16%) Cisco
6 1 (1.16%) Citrix
6 1 (1.16%) Meraki
6 1 (1.16%) QinetiQ
6 1 (1.16%) SAP
6 1 (1.16%) ServiceNow