Aviation Contract Job Trends in the South West

Aviation
England > South West

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Aviation in contract job vacancies in the South West. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Aviation over the 6 months leading up to 31 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 113 123 132
Rank change year-on-year +10 +9 +41
Contract jobs citing Aviation 16 4 16
As % of all contract jobs in the South West 0.67% 0.20% 0.55%
As % of the General category 1.29% 0.35% 1.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 3 8
10th Percentile - £442 £578
25th Percentile £463 £490 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £581 £600
Median % change year-on-year -16.09% -3.17% +9.84%
75th Percentile £528 £689 £638
90th Percentile £538 £748 £750
England median daily rate £475 £450 £525
% change year-on-year +5.56% -14.29% -8.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 1 8
10th Percentile £21.11 - £34.40
25th Percentile £25.15 - £35.00
Median hourly rate £69.00 £65.00 £61.25
Median % change year-on-year +6.15% +6.12% +11.36%
75th Percentile £73.75 - £70.00
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £27.22 £39.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year -30.21% +4.00% -23.08%

All General Skills
South West

Aviation falls under the General Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring general skills in the South West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 1,241 1,149 1,384
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 51.58% 56.32% 47.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 720 654 898
10th Percentile £213 £213 £250
25th Percentile £400 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £503 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year +0.50% -9.09% +4.22%
75th Percentile £634 £629 £650
90th Percentile £738 £725 £707
England median daily rate £500 £535 £550
% change year-on-year -6.54% -2.73% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 164 67 167
10th Percentile £15.25 £15.13 £15.60
25th Percentile £17.69 £28.06 £35.00
Median hourly rate £24.54 £62.50 £56.49
Median % change year-on-year -60.74% +10.64% -8.15%
75th Percentile £56.69 £70.13 £69.56
90th Percentile £67.25 £75.00 £78.36
England median hourly rate £23.54 £30.00 £33.00
% change year-on-year -21.54% -9.09% +28.35%

Aviation
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Aviation relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Aviation job vacancy trend in the South West

Aviation
Daily Rate Trend in the South West

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Aviation.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Aviation

Aviation
Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Aviation.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Aviation

Aviation
Hourly Rate Histogram in the South West

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Aviation in the South West over the 6 months to 31 December 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Aviation in the South West

Aviation
Contract Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Aviation within the South West region over the 6 months to 31 December 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Bristol +3 8 - - 6
Gloucestershire -2 7 £488 -16.09%
Devon +10 1 - - 1
Aviation
England

Aviation
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West 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:

Applications
1 4 (25.00%) Simulink
1 4 (25.00%) Stateflow
2 1 (6.25%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (6.25%) Microsoft Office
Development Applications
1 4 (25.00%) Rational DOORS
1 4 (25.00%) Rational Team Concert
General
1 10 (62.50%) Aerospace
2 2 (12.50%) Public Sector
3 1 (6.25%) Finance
3 1 (6.25%) Manufacturing
3 1 (6.25%) Military
Job Titles
1 3 (18.75%) Consultant
2 2 (12.50%) IAM Consultant
2 2 (12.50%) IAM Specialist
3 1 (6.25%) Administrator
3 1 (6.25%) Digital User Researcher
3 1 (6.25%) IT Engineer
3 1 (6.25%) IT Manager
3 1 (6.25%) IT Project Manager
3 1 (6.25%) Product Engineer
3 1 (6.25%) Products Support Engineer
3 1 (6.25%) Project Manager
3 1 (6.25%) SAP Administrator
3 1 (6.25%) SAP Support
3 1 (6.25%) SC Cleared Project Manager
3 1 (6.25%) Software Support Engineer
3 1 (6.25%) Support Engineer
3 1 (6.25%) User Researcher
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (37.50%) OpenID
1 6 (37.50%) SAML
2 4 (25.00%) LDAP
3 1 (6.25%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 4 (25.00%) Onboarding
2 2 (12.50%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (6.25%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 5 (31.25%) Linux
2 1 (6.25%) Ubuntu
2 1 (6.25%) Windows
2 1 (6.25%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (25.00%) Hardware-in-the-Loop
1 4 (25.00%) Integration Testing
1 4 (25.00%) Mathematics
1 4 (25.00%) Migration
1 4 (25.00%) Requirements Management
1 4 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 4 (25.00%) Technical Analysis
1 4 (25.00%) Web SSO
2 2 (12.50%) Data Protection
3 1 (6.25%) Analytics
3 1 (6.25%) Data Analytics
3 1 (6.25%) Decision-Making
3 1 (6.25%) Knowledge Management
3 1 (6.25%) Line Management
3 1 (6.25%) Project Delivery
3 1 (6.25%) Software Engineering
3 1 (6.25%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (6.25%) User Experience
3 1 (6.25%) User Research
3 1 (6.25%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
Programming Languages
1 5 (31.25%) Ada
1 5 (31.25%) C
2 4 (25.00%) Fortran
2 4 (25.00%) MATLAB
3 1 (6.25%) C++
3 1 (6.25%) JavaScript
3 1 (6.25%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 15 (93.75%) Security Cleared
2 13 (81.25%) SC Cleared
3 1 (6.25%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (6.25%) Degree
3 1 (6.25%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (37.50%) QA
2 4 (25.00%) Cyber Essentials
2 4 (25.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 4 (25.00%) GDPR
2 4 (25.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (25.00%) NIST
Systems Management
1 6 (37.50%) PingFederate
2 4 (25.00%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 6 (37.50%) Ping Identity
2 4 (25.00%) MathWorks
3 2 (12.50%) Microsoft
4 1 (6.25%) Red Hat
4 1 (6.25%) SAP