Aviation Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Aviation
UK > Work from Home

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Aviation in remote or hybrid contract work. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Aviation over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 286 327 423
Rank change year-on-year +41 +96 +138
Contract jobs citing Aviation 18 18 54
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.18% 0.12% 0.21%
As % of the General category 0.29% 0.20% 0.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 7 21
10th Percentile £400 £444 £313
25th Percentile £475 £516 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £550 £600
Median % change year-on-year +18.18% -8.33% +14.29%
75th Percentile £713 £631 £675
90th Percentile £775 £675 £700
UK median daily rate £450 £425 £562
% change year-on-year +5.88% -24.38% +7.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 5 28
10th Percentile £35.64 - £25.95
25th Percentile £39.00 £26.00 £30.54
Median hourly rate £39.04 £35.00 £41.00
Median % change year-on-year +11.54% -14.63% -7.87%
75th Percentile £75.00 - £50.00
90th Percentile - £37.25 £69.30
UK median hourly rate £52.50 £51.74 £41.00
% change year-on-year +1.47% +26.19% -7.87%

All General Skills
Work from Home

Aviation falls under the General Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 6,176 9,033 15,091
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 62.35% 58.87% 58.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,155 5,908 10,633
10th Percentile £325 £331 £363
25th Percentile £419 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% +4.76%
75th Percentile £650 £650 £675
90th Percentile £800 £775 £775
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.80%
Number of hourly rates quoted 182 477 347
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.03 £19.04
25th Percentile £18.50 £22.61 £29.31
Median hourly rate £32.05 £38.12 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.92% -23.76% +61.29%
75th Percentile £64.69 £53.00 £67.50
90th Percentile £85.93 £72.50 £80.25
UK median hourly rate £27.50 £30.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -8.33% -14.29% +59.31%

Aviation
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Aviation as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Aviation trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Aviation
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Aviation.

Aviation daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Aviation
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Aviation over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Aviation daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Aviation
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Aviation.

Aviation hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Aviation
Hourly Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Aviation over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Aviation hourly rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Aviation
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 (11.11%) Confluence
2 1 (5.56%) ArcGIS
Business Applications
1 1 (5.56%) SAP MDG
1 1 (5.56%) SAP PM
1 1 (5.56%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 5 (27.78%) AWS
2 2 (11.11%) Serverless
3 1 (5.56%) Amazon CloudWatch
3 1 (5.56%) Amazon S3
3 1 (5.56%) Amazon SQS
3 1 (5.56%) AWS CodeBuild
3 1 (5.56%) AWS CodePipeline
3 1 (5.56%) AWS Lambda
3 1 (5.56%) AWS Step Functions
3 1 (5.56%) Azure
3 1 (5.56%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (5.56%) Azure Functions
3 1 (5.56%) Dynamics 365
3 1 (5.56%) GitHub
3 1 (5.56%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (5.56%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (16.67%) Firewall
2 1 (5.56%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.56%) Amazon RDS
1 1 (5.56%) Azure SQL Database
1 1 (5.56%) Data Hub
1 1 (5.56%) DynamoDB
1 1 (5.56%) Geospatial Data
1 1 (5.56%) NoSQL
1 1 (5.56%) Oracle Database
1 1 (5.56%) SAP BW
1 1 (5.56%) SAP Data Services
1 1 (5.56%) SAP HANA
1 1 (5.56%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (5.56%) Git
1 1 (5.56%) LSMW
General
1 5 (27.78%) Aerospace
2 3 (16.67%) Manufacturing
2 3 (16.67%) Social Skills
3 2 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (11.11%) Automotive
3 2 (11.11%) Finance
3 2 (11.11%) Fire and Rescue
3 2 (11.11%) Police
3 2 (11.11%) Swedish Language
4 1 (5.56%) Dutch Language
4 1 (5.56%) French Language
4 1 (5.56%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 4 (22.22%) Analyst
2 3 (16.67%) Architect
2 3 (16.67%) Solutions Architect
3 2 (11.11%) Business Analyst
3 2 (11.11%) Developer
3 2 (11.11%) ERP Implementation Manager
3 2 (11.11%) ERP Manager
3 2 (11.11%) Implementation Manager
3 2 (11.11%) Lead
3 2 (11.11%) PMO Analyst
3 2 (11.11%) Security Engineer
4 1 (5.56%) Auditor
4 1 (5.56%) Cloud Engineer
4 1 (5.56%) Full-Stack Developer
4 1 (5.56%) Internal Auditor
4 1 (5.56%) Lead Cloud Engineer
4 1 (5.56%) Microsoft 365 Manager
4 1 (5.56%) Network Architect
4 1 (5.56%) Product Owner
4 1 (5.56%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (11.11%) REST
2 1 (5.56%) .NET
2 1 (5.56%) .NET Core
2 1 (5.56%) AngularJS
2 1 (5.56%) ASP.NET
2 1 (5.56%) ASP.NET MVC
2 1 (5.56%) AWS CDK
2 1 (5.56%) BAPI
2 1 (5.56%) CSS
2 1 (5.56%) HTML
2 1 (5.56%) Node.js
2 1 (5.56%) RESTful
2 1 (5.56%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 3 (16.67%) Product Ownership
2 2 (11.11%) Cloud Native
2 2 (11.11%) Data Centre
2 2 (11.11%) Hybrid Cloud
2 2 (11.11%) IoT
2 2 (11.11%) Robotics
3 1 (5.56%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (5.56%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 3 (16.67%) Windows
2 2 (11.11%) Linux
2 2 (11.11%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (44.44%) Agile
2 5 (27.78%) Stakeholder Management
3 4 (22.22%) Identity Access Management
3 4 (22.22%) Project Management
4 3 (16.67%) Artificial Intelligence
4 3 (16.67%) Customer-Centricity
4 3 (16.67%) ERP
4 3 (16.67%) Process Improvement
4 3 (16.67%) Roadmaps
4 3 (16.67%) Software Engineering
5 2 (11.11%) Analytical Thinking
5 2 (11.11%) CI/CD
5 2 (11.11%) Digital Transformation Programme
5 2 (11.11%) Impact Analysis
5 2 (11.11%) Incident Response
5 2 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (11.11%) Product Vision
5 2 (11.11%) Scaled Agile Framework
5 2 (11.11%) SOAR
5 2 (11.11%) Threat Detection
Programming Languages
1 3 (16.67%) SQL
2 2 (11.11%) JavaScript
3 1 (5.56%) ABAP
3 1 (5.56%) C#
3 1 (5.56%) Python
3 1 (5.56%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 6 (33.33%) SC Cleared
1 6 (33.33%) Security Cleared
2 3 (16.67%) Degree
3 2 (11.11%) PMP
4 1 (5.56%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (11.11%) PMO
2 1 (5.56%) Accessibility
2 1 (5.56%) Data Quality
2 1 (5.56%) WCAG
System Software
1 1 (5.56%) Active Directory
1 1 (5.56%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (11.11%) FortiGate
1 2 (11.11%) Grafana
1 2 (11.11%) Kubernetes
1 2 (11.11%) Terraform
Vendors
1 2 (11.11%) Ribbon
1 2 (11.11%) Tenable
2 1 (5.56%) Cisco
2 1 (5.56%) Microsoft
2 1 (5.56%) Oracle
2 1 (5.56%) Palo Alto
2 1 (5.56%) SAP