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 25 October 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

	6 months to 25 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	124	105	130
Rank change year-on-year	-19	+25	+5
Contract jobs citing Aviation	33	19	4
As % of all contract jobs in the South West	0.90%	0.93%	0.16%
As % of the General category	1.89%	1.63%	0.31%
Number of daily rates quoted	5	7	2
10^th Percentile	£453	£320	£425
25^th Percentile	£458	£463	£450
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£500	£475	£495
Median % change year-on-year	+5.26%	-4.04%	-17.50%
75^th Percentile	£638	£519	£545
90^th Percentile	-	£538	£572
England median daily rate	£610	£475	£550
% change year-on-year	+28.42%	-13.64%	+4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted	25	11	2
10^th Percentile	£39.48	£15.05	-
25^th Percentile	£42.30	£22.63	£67.50
Median hourly rate	£57.50	£34.34	£70.00
Median % change year-on-year	+67.44%	-50.94%	+33.33%
75^th Percentile	£63.38	£73.75	£72.50
90^th Percentile	£68.10	-	-
England median hourly rate	£45.00	£22.63	£35.00
% change year-on-year	+98.85%	-35.34%	-22.22%

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 citing general skills in the South West.

	6 months to 25 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Contract vacancies citing general skills	1,748	1,166	1,287
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West	47.67%	57.07%	52.27%
Number of daily rates quoted	892	670	721
10^th Percentile	£310	£203	£215
25^th Percentile	£430	£363	£406
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£525	£500	£500
Median % change year-on-year	+5.00%	-	-9.09%
75^th Percentile	£638	£619	£638
90^th Percentile	£730	£715	£737
England median daily rate	£525	£500	£525
% change year-on-year	+5.00%	-4.76%	-4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted	358	145	114
10^th Percentile	£13.50	£13.50	£14.41
25^th Percentile	£15.39	£15.48	£28.00
Median hourly rate	£35.86	£24.00	£62.50
Median % change year-on-year	+49.40%	-61.60%	+13.64%
75^th Percentile	£63.75	£38.94	£72.50
90^th Percentile	£75.00	£65.60	£75.00
England median hourly rate	£27.50	£25.00	£33.00
% change year-on-year	+10.00%	-24.24%	+10.00%

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 Daily Rate Trend in the South West

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

Aviation Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Aviation in the South West over the 6 months to 25 October 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Aviation in the South West

Aviation Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

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

Aviation Hourly Rate Histogram in the South West

Hourly rate distribution for jobs citing Aviation in the South West over the 6 months to 25 October 2026.

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 25 October 2026. 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	Job Ads Past 6 Months	Median Daily Rate Past 6 Months	Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Jobs
Bristol	-6	12	£560	+409.09%	8
Gloucestershire	-3	8	-	-	19
Somerset	-	8	-	-	5
Wiltshire	-	4	£500	-	6
Devon	-11	1	-	-	1
Aviation England

Aviation Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West

For the 6 months to 25 October 2026, contractor job vacancies citing Aviation also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the South West region citing Aviation.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	SC Cleared	30.3%	10
1	Security Cleared	30.3%	10
3	Project Management	27.3%	9
4	Stakeholder Management	24.2%	8
5	Information Security	21.2%	7
6	Agile	15.2%	5
6	Degree	15.2%	5
8	Change Control	12.1%	4
8	Change Management	12.1%	4
8	Configuration Management	12.1%	4
8	Continuous Improvement	12.1%	4
8	MATLAB	12.1%	4
8	Oracle	12.1%	4
8	Simulink	12.1%	4
8	Stateflow	12.1%	4
16	Azure	9.1%	3
16	BPSS Clearance	9.1%	3
16	Customer Requirements	9.1%	3
16	Microsoft	9.1%	3
16	Project Delivery	9.1%	3
16	Systems Engineering	9.1%	3
16	Validation	9.1%	3
23	AWS	6.1%	2
23	CCNA	6.1%	2
23	Cisco	6.1%	2
23	Cisco Certification	6.1%	2
23	Computer Science	6.1%	2
23	Def Stans	6.1%	2
23	DO-254	6.1%	2
23	Docker	6.1%	2

Aviation Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

General

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Aerospace	60.6%	20
2	Avionics	21.2%	7
2	Social Skills	21.2%	7
4	Manufacturing	12.1%	4
5	Analytical Skills	9.1%	3
5	Military	9.1%	3
7	Aeronautics	6.1%	2
7	Finance	6.1%	2
9	Electronics	3.0%	1
9	Public Sector	3.0%	1