Aerospace Jobs in England

Aerospace
UK > England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Aerospace in permanent job vacancies in England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Aerospace over the 6 months leading up to 16 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 138 196 371
Rank change year-on-year +58 +175 +150
Permanent jobs citing Aerospace 1,161 1,270 770
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 2.36% 1.48% 0.87%
As % of the General category 3.39% 2.49% 1.27%
Number of salaries quoted 744 549 200
10th Percentile £37,574 £34,850 £35,046
25th Percentile £47,683 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £55,000 £56,159
Median % change year-on-year -8.99% -2.06% +12.32%
75th Percentile £54,793 £66,250 £72,500
90th Percentile £64,730 £77,950 £85,000
UK median annual salary £50,055 £55,000 £56,000
% change year-on-year -8.99% -1.79% +12.00%

All General Skills
England

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 England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 34,204 50,928 60,534
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 69.52% 59.32% 68.23%
Number of salaries quoted 16,366 35,652 32,833
10th Percentile £28,250 £27,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,250 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,471 £52,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.47% -12.50% -
75th Percentile £77,438 £72,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £101,830 £95,000 £105,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -

Aerospace
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Aerospace as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Aerospace in England

Aerospace
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Aerospace in England.

Salary trend for Aerospace in England

Aerospace
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Aerospace in England over the 6 months to 16 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Aerospace in England

Aerospace
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Aerospace within the England region over the 6 months to 16 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
North of England +197 610 £50,055 -8.99% 114
North West +165 577 £50,055 -12.19% 74
Midlands +178 233 £40,101 +1.52% 92
South East -4 151 £52,500 -12.50% 237
West Midlands +154 143 £54,125 +20.28% 64
South West -49 103 £51,250 +2.50% 211
East Midlands +72 89 £40,101 +6.93% 26
East of England -87 36 £40,101 -24.69% 156
Yorkshire +64 29 £40,101 -10.89% 33
London +54 27 £38,750 -42.59% 103
North East +25 2 £75,500 +16.15% 8
Aerospace
UK

Aerospace
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 6 (0.52%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (0.43%) Kinematics
3 2 (0.17%) Confluence
3 2 (0.17%) TPMS
4 1 (0.086%) Apache
4 1 (0.086%) Mendix
4 1 (0.086%) MS Project Server
Applications
1 369 (31.78%) Simulink
2 233 (20.07%) Microsoft Office
3 188 (16.19%) Microsoft Excel
4 180 (15.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 10 (0.86%) Chatbot
6 8 (0.69%) SOLIDWORKS
7 4 (0.34%) Microsoft Project
8 1 (0.086%) AutoCAD
8 1 (0.086%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 310 (26.70%) Teamcenter
2 5 (0.43%) Q-Pulse
3 4 (0.34%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.17%) Primavera
4 2 (0.17%) SAP Oil and Gas
4 2 (0.17%) SAP PM
5 1 (0.086%) SAP LE
Cloud Services
1 16 (1.38%) Azure
2 9 (0.78%) AWS
2 9 (0.78%) Microsoft 365
3 4 (0.34%) OCI
4 3 (0.26%) Entra ID
4 3 (0.26%) SaaS
5 1 (0.086%) Amazon EC2
5 1 (0.086%) Amazon EKS
5 1 (0.086%) Amazon S3
5 1 (0.086%) AWS CloudTrail
5 1 (0.086%) AWS Fargate
5 1 (0.086%) AWS Lambda
5 1 (0.086%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (0.086%) Power Automate
5 1 (0.086%) Power Platform
5 1 (0.086%) PowerApps
5 1 (0.086%) Serverless
5 1 (0.086%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 16 (1.38%) Firewall
2 11 (0.95%) WAN
3 10 (0.86%) Internet
4 9 (0.78%) TCP/IP
5 8 (0.69%) LAN
6 7 (0.60%) Wireless
7 6 (0.52%) VPN
8 5 (0.43%) Remote Desktop
9 3 (0.26%) HTTP
9 3 (0.26%) Intrusion Detection
9 3 (0.26%) SD-WAN
9 3 (0.26%) VoIP
9 3 (0.26%) Wi-Fi
10 2 (0.17%) DVB
10 2 (0.17%) FTP
10 2 (0.17%) SMTP
11 1 (0.086%) DHCP
11 1 (0.086%) DNS
11 1 (0.086%) Ethernet
11 1 (0.086%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (1.55%) MongoDB
2 5 (0.43%) SQL Server
3 4 (0.34%) Elasticsearch
3 4 (0.34%) Relational Database
4 1 (0.086%) MySQL
4 1 (0.086%) NoSQL
4 1 (0.086%) Oracle Database
4 1 (0.086%) Oracle Reports
4 1 (0.086%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 114 (9.82%) Rational DOORS
2 39 (3.36%) Git
3 10 (0.86%) JIRA
4 7 (0.60%) Jenkins
4 7 (0.60%) Subversion
5 5 (0.43%) GitLab
6 2 (0.17%) Burp Suite
6 2 (0.17%) Metasploit
6 2 (0.17%) Visual Studio
7 1 (0.086%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.086%) ClearCase
7 1 (0.086%) ClearQuest
7 1 (0.086%) LabVIEW
7 1 (0.086%) TestComplete
General
1 522 (44.96%) Automotive
2 364 (31.35%) Social Skills
3 170 (14.64%) Electronics
4 169 (14.56%) Aeronautics
5 134 (11.54%) Avionics
6 52 (4.48%) Manufacturing
7 50 (4.31%) Analytical Skills
8 44 (3.79%) Aviation
9 25 (2.15%) Military
10 23 (1.98%) Finance
11 18 (1.55%) Telecoms
12 10 (0.86%) Presentation Skills
12 10 (0.86%) Public Sector
13 8 (0.69%) Law
14 7 (0.60%) French Language
14 7 (0.60%) German Language
14 7 (0.60%) Legal
14 7 (0.60%) Retail
15 6 (0.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 4 (0.34%) Agriculture
Job Titles
1 799 (68.82%) Systems Engineer
2 489 (42.12%) Senior
3 450 (38.76%) Senior Systems Engineer
4 179 (15.42%) Lead
5 137 (11.80%) Software Engineer
6 135 (11.63%) Lead Systems Engineer
7 131 (11.28%) Team Leader
8 106 (9.13%) Junior
9 103 (8.87%) Junior Systems Engineer
10 99 (8.53%) Development Engineer
10 99 (8.53%) Software Development Engineer
11 80 (6.89%) Principal Engineer
12 70 (6.03%) Integration Engineer
12 70 (6.03%) Systems Integration Engineer
13 67 (5.77%) Principal Software Engineer
14 66 (5.68%) Principal Systems Engineer
15 52 (4.48%) Senior Software Engineer
16 46 (3.96%) Senior Integration Engineer
17 36 (3.10%) Senior Development Engineer
17 36 (3.10%) Senior Software Development Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (1.38%) SAPUI5
2 14 (1.21%) Kafka
3 13 (1.12%) Qt
4 7 (0.60%) XML
5 5 (0.43%) React
6 4 (0.34%) .NET
6 4 (0.34%) Hibernate
6 4 (0.34%) JSF
7 3 (0.26%) Middleware
7 3 (0.26%) WPF
8 2 (0.17%) AngularJS
8 2 (0.17%) HTML
8 2 (0.17%) LDAP
8 2 (0.17%) OGRE
8 2 (0.17%) SAP Fiori
8 2 (0.17%) SOAP
8 2 (0.17%) WCF
9 1 (0.086%) CSS
9 1 (0.086%) Web Dynpro
9 1 (0.086%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 22 (1.89%) Embedded Systems
2 18 (1.55%) Management Information System
3 13 (1.12%) Renewable Energy
4 9 (0.78%) Security Posture
5 8 (0.69%) Cyber Threat
6 7 (0.60%) Algorithms
6 7 (0.60%) FPGA
7 6 (0.52%) Device Driver
7 6 (0.52%) Self-Motivation
8 5 (0.43%) e-Learning
8 5 (0.43%) Reference Data
9 4 (0.34%) CPLD
9 4 (0.34%) IoT
9 4 (0.34%) Security Operations Centre
10 3 (0.26%) Client/Server
10 3 (0.26%) FMCG
10 3 (0.26%) Operational Technology
10 3 (0.26%) VHDL
10 3 (0.26%) Video Conferencing
11 2 (0.17%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 24 (2.07%) Linux
2 18 (1.55%) Windows
3 12 (1.03%) Windows Server
4 4 (0.34%) Windows Server 2019
5 3 (0.26%) Windows 10
6 2 (0.17%) Embedded Linux
6 2 (0.17%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (0.17%) VMS
7 1 (0.086%) Android
7 1 (0.086%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.086%) CentOS
7 1 (0.086%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.086%) Unix
7 1 (0.086%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 898 (77.35%) Systems Engineering
2 313 (26.96%) PLM
3 283 (24.38%) Physics
4 279 (24.03%) Agile
5 272 (23.43%) Mathematics
6 259 (22.31%) Software Testing
7 248 (21.36%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
8 238 (20.50%) Validation
9 210 (18.09%) Requirements Management
10 198 (17.05%) Coaching
11 182 (15.68%) Project Management
12 171 (14.73%) SDLC
13 158 (13.61%) Continuous Improvement
14 154 (13.26%) SysML
15 151 (13.01%) Software Engineering
16 147 (12.66%) Customer Requirements
17 146 (12.58%) Problem-Solving
18 141 (12.14%) Business Case
19 131 (11.28%) Feasibility Study
19 131 (11.28%) Hazard Analysis
Programming Languages
1 530 (45.65%) MATLAB
2 54 (4.65%) SQL
3 51 (4.39%) C
3 51 (4.39%) C++
4 38 (3.27%) Java
5 37 (3.19%) Python
6 17 (1.46%) C#
7 9 (0.78%) VB
8 8 (0.69%) Embedded C
9 7 (0.60%) JavaScript
10 5 (0.43%) Perl
10 5 (0.43%) PL/SQL
10 5 (0.43%) PowerShell
10 5 (0.43%) R
11 4 (0.34%) Ada
11 4 (0.34%) Embedded C++
11 4 (0.34%) TypeScript
12 3 (0.26%) Bash
13 2 (0.17%) VB.NET
14 1 (0.086%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 860 (74.07%) BPSS Clearance
2 757 (65.20%) Degree
3 280 (24.12%) HND
4 214 (18.43%) HNC
5 85 (7.32%) Security Cleared
6 48 (4.13%) SC Cleared
7 29 (2.50%) Master's Degree
8 20 (1.72%) PhD
9 7 (0.60%) CISSP
10 6 (0.52%) DV Cleared
11 5 (0.43%) TOGAF Certification
12 4 (0.34%) Computer Science Degree
12 4 (0.34%) Microsoft Certification
13 3 (0.26%) CREST Certified
14 2 (0.17%) CEH
14 2 (0.17%) CHECK Team Member
14 2 (0.17%) CISM
14 2 (0.17%) CompTIA Security+
14 2 (0.17%) GCIA
14 2 (0.17%) GCIH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (1.55%) Def Stans
2 17 (1.46%) QA
3 13 (1.12%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 12 (1.03%) NIST
5 5 (0.43%) Data Quality
6 3 (0.26%) Cyber Essentials
6 3 (0.26%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 3 (0.26%) ISO 9001
7 2 (0.17%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.086%) Accessibility
8 1 (0.086%) ARP4761
8 1 (0.086%) DO-178B
8 1 (0.086%) DO-254
8 1 (0.086%) ECSS
8 1 (0.086%) IEC 61508
8 1 (0.086%) RMADS
System Software
1 9 (0.78%) Active Directory
2 5 (0.43%) Terminal Services
3 4 (0.34%) Firmware
4 2 (0.17%) Docker
5 1 (0.086%) Embedded Firmware
5 1 (0.086%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.086%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (0.34%) Kibana
2 3 (0.26%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (0.26%) QRadar
2 3 (0.26%) SCCM
3 2 (0.17%) Kubernetes
3 2 (0.17%) Nmap
4 1 (0.086%) Ansible
4 1 (0.086%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
4 1 (0.086%) Marathon
4 1 (0.086%) Terraform
Vendors
1 259 (22.31%) Microsoft
2 207 (17.83%) ANSYS
3 105 (9.04%) IBM
4 50 (4.31%) MathWorks
5 39 (3.36%) Oracle
6 31 (2.67%) SAP
7 22 (1.89%) VMware
8 10 (0.86%) PayPal
9 9 (0.78%) Cisco
10 8 (0.69%) Atlassian
11 7 (0.60%) Siemens
12 4 (0.34%) Agilent
12 4 (0.34%) Red Hat
12 4 (0.34%) Splunk
13 3 (0.26%) Aruba
13 3 (0.26%) Fortinet
13 3 (0.26%) Okta
13 3 (0.26%) Rockwell
14 2 (0.17%) NetApp
14 2 (0.17%) Xilinx