Aerospace Job Trends 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 11 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 171 310 211
Rank change year-on-year +139 -99 +147
Permanent jobs citing Aerospace 1,038 394 1,175
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.19% 0.91% 1.32%
As % of the General category 2.53% 1.31% 2.29%
Number of salaries quoted 594 221 605
10th Percentile £36,250 £32,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £43,000 £41,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £51,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.80% -6.36% -5.17%
75th Percentile £70,000 £66,250 £65,000
90th Percentile £87,200 £78,750 £72,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £53,750 £52,500
% change year-on-year +2.33% +2.38% -8.70%

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 general skills in England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 41,016 30,057 51,279
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 46.99% 69.50% 57.78%
Number of salaries quoted 26,204 15,570 34,514
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,500 £27,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £37,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.76% -12.50%
75th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - +4.76% -12.50%

Aerospace
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Aerospace relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in England.

Aerospace job vacancy trend in England

Aerospace
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Aerospace.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Aerospace

Aerospace
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Aerospace in England over the 6 months to 11 July 2026.

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 11 July 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
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
South East +105 414 £60,000 - 134
North of England +40 172 £50,000 -0.11% 75
South West +17 170 £55,000 +4.56% 70
North West +46 138 £49,000 -2.11% 55
East of England +54 117 £54,525 +55.79% 49
Midlands +32 95 £42,500 +6.25% 52
West Midlands +39 69 £42,215 -16.20% 26
London +8 65 £50,000 +29.03% 27
East Midlands -19 26 £45,000 +12.50% 26
Yorkshire -18 21 £55,000 -7.87% 14
North East -38 13 £50,000 -44.44% 6
Aerospace
UK

Aerospace
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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:

Application Platforms
1 10 (0.96%) Confluence
2 6 (0.58%) Apache Spark
3 5 (0.48%) Apache
4 3 (0.29%) SharePoint
5 2 (0.19%) OpenStack
6 1 (0.096%) CMS
6 1 (0.096%) Oracle Workflow
6 1 (0.096%) Resin
Applications
1 32 (3.08%) Simulink
2 19 (1.83%) Microsoft Excel
3 13 (1.25%) CATIA
4 8 (0.77%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 7 (0.67%) Fusion 360
6 6 (0.58%) SOLIDWORKS
7 4 (0.39%) Microsoft Office
8 3 (0.29%) Stateflow
9 2 (0.19%) OrCAD
10 1 (0.096%) Adobe XD
10 1 (0.096%) AutoCAD
10 1 (0.096%) FrameMaker
10 1 (0.096%) Microsoft Project
10 1 (0.096%) MS Visio
10 1 (0.096%) Sketch
10 1 (0.096%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 12 (1.16%) SAP QM
2 11 (1.06%) SAP ERP
3 4 (0.39%) Infor CloudSuite
4 2 (0.19%) Infor LN
4 2 (0.19%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.19%) Shopify
4 2 (0.19%) Summit
5 1 (0.096%) IBM Planning Analytics
5 1 (0.096%) SAP BPC
5 1 (0.096%) SAP PM
5 1 (0.096%) Siebel CRM
5 1 (0.096%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 34 (3.28%) Azure
2 32 (3.08%) AWS
3 21 (2.02%) OCI
4 17 (1.64%) Microsoft 365
5 15 (1.45%) GitHub
5 15 (1.45%) GitHub Copilot
6 12 (1.16%) Amazon EKS
6 12 (1.16%) AWS CloudFormation
6 12 (1.16%) OpenShift
7 9 (0.87%) AWS Lambda
7 9 (0.87%) GCP
7 9 (0.87%) Serverless
8 8 (0.77%) Entra ID
9 7 (0.67%) Power Platform
10 4 (0.39%) Amazon EC2
10 4 (0.39%) Amazon S3
10 4 (0.39%) AWS CloudTrail
10 4 (0.39%) AWS Fargate
11 3 (0.29%) Azure AKS
12 2 (0.19%) AWS CodePipeline
Communications & Networking
1 22 (2.12%) Firewall
2 16 (1.54%) Network Security
3 15 (1.45%) TCP/IP
4 14 (1.35%) Software-Defined Networking
4 14 (1.35%) VPN
5 13 (1.25%) WAN
6 12 (1.16%) Ethernet
7 10 (0.96%) DNS
7 10 (0.96%) HTTP
7 10 (0.96%) LAN
8 8 (0.77%) DHCP
8 8 (0.77%) FTP
8 8 (0.77%) IPv4
8 8 (0.77%) SMTP
9 6 (0.58%) Wireless
10 5 (0.48%) AMQP
11 4 (0.39%) Internet
11 4 (0.39%) VLAN
12 3 (0.29%) BGP
12 3 (0.29%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (1.64%) MongoDB
2 14 (1.35%) Azure SQL Database
3 7 (0.67%) PostgreSQL
3 7 (0.67%) Power BI
4 5 (0.48%) Big Data
4 5 (0.48%) Cloudera CDH
4 5 (0.48%) Hadoop
5 4 (0.39%) Relational Database
6 3 (0.29%) MySQL
7 2 (0.19%) EDRMS
8 1 (0.096%) Data Warehouse
8 1 (0.096%) InfluxDB
8 1 (0.096%) MariaDB
8 1 (0.096%) Metadata
8 1 (0.096%) Siebel EIM
8 1 (0.096%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 92 (8.86%) Rational DOORS
2 26 (2.50%) Git
3 20 (1.93%) JIRA
4 17 (1.64%) Jenkins
5 13 (1.25%) GitLab
6 9 (0.87%) Bitbucket
7 6 (0.58%) Moq
8 5 (0.48%) LabVIEW
8 5 (0.48%) Rational Rhapsody
9 4 (0.39%) Subversion
10 2 (0.19%) Apache Continuum
10 2 (0.19%) MSTest
10 2 (0.19%) Polyspace
10 2 (0.19%) Selenium
10 2 (0.19%) Sonatype Nexus
10 2 (0.19%) VectorCAST
11 1 (0.096%) Burp Suite
11 1 (0.096%) Carbide.c++
11 1 (0.096%) Metasploit
11 1 (0.096%) Visual Studio
General
1 315 (30.35%) Finance
2 210 (20.23%) Manufacturing
3 152 (14.64%) Automotive
4 132 (12.72%) Electronics
5 123 (11.85%) Social Skills
6 88 (8.48%) Analytical Skills
7 47 (4.53%) Military
8 32 (3.08%) Aviation
8 32 (3.08%) Legal
9 23 (2.22%) Italian Language
9 23 (2.22%) Japanese Language
10 21 (2.02%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 18 (1.73%) Telecoms
12 13 (1.25%) Pharmaceutical
13 12 (1.16%) Avionics
14 10 (0.96%) Documentation Skills
15 9 (0.87%) Advertising
15 9 (0.87%) Presentation Skills
16 8 (0.77%) Digital Health
16 8 (0.77%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 240 (23.12%) Systems Engineer
2 211 (20.33%) Senior
3 90 (8.67%) Senior Systems Engineer
4 85 (8.19%) Lead
4 85 (8.19%) Software Engineer
5 81 (7.80%) Principal Engineer
6 73 (7.03%) Business Manager
7 72 (6.94%) Business Development Manager
7 72 (6.94%) Development Manager
8 67 (6.45%) Principal Systems Engineer
9 64 (6.17%) Analyst
10 62 (5.97%) Programmer
11 54 (5.20%) Test Engineer
12 32 (3.08%) Electronics Engineer
13 28 (2.70%) Developer
13 28 (2.70%) Embedded Engineer
14 26 (2.50%) Architect
15 22 (2.12%) Systems Test Engineer
15 22 (2.12%) Validation Engineer
16 20 (1.93%) Lead Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 34 (3.28%) .NET
2 19 (1.83%) AngularJS
3 18 (1.73%) Vue
4 14 (1.35%) .NET Core
4 14 (1.35%) ASP.NET
4 14 (1.35%) ASP.NET Core
4 14 (1.35%) SubSonic
5 11 (1.06%) SAP Fiori
6 9 (0.87%) LDAP
7 8 (0.77%) Middleware
8 7 (0.67%) RabbitMQ
8 7 (0.67%) XML
9 6 (0.58%) .NET Framework
9 6 (0.58%) Entity Framework
9 6 (0.58%) XSLT
10 5 (0.48%) HTML
10 5 (0.48%) Node.js
10 5 (0.48%) REST
10 5 (0.48%) Spring
10 5 (0.48%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 30 (2.89%) Embedded Systems
2 28 (2.70%) Self-Motivation
3 27 (2.60%) Management Information System
3 27 (2.60%) Robotics
4 20 (1.93%) Onboarding
4 20 (1.93%) Security Posture
5 16 (1.54%) Hybrid Cloud
6 15 (1.45%) Legacy Systems
7 14 (1.35%) Algorithms
7 14 (1.35%) FPGA
8 13 (1.25%) Acoustics
9 12 (1.16%) Analytical Mindset
9 12 (1.16%) Product Ownership
10 11 (1.06%) SCADA
11 10 (0.96%) Security Operations Centre
12 9 (0.87%) Cloud Native
12 9 (0.87%) Cyber Threat
12 9 (0.87%) Driving Licence
12 9 (0.87%) Enterprise Software
12 9 (0.87%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 75 (7.23%) Linux
2 37 (3.56%) Windows
3 19 (1.83%) Windows Server
4 10 (0.96%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 6 (0.58%) CentOS
6 5 (0.48%) Debian
6 5 (0.48%) Embedded Linux
6 5 (0.48%) Ubuntu
6 5 (0.48%) Unix
7 1 (0.096%) Android
7 1 (0.096%) FreeRTOS
7 1 (0.096%) Rocky
7 1 (0.096%) SafeRTOS
7 1 (0.096%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 179 (17.24%) Systems Engineering
2 130 (12.52%) Agile
3 128 (12.33%) Software Engineering
4 116 (11.18%) Continuous Improvement
5 113 (10.89%) Validation
6 103 (9.92%) Problem-Solving
7 87 (8.38%) Collaborative Working
8 80 (7.71%) Business Development
9 75 (7.23%) Decision-Making
10 66 (6.36%) Verification and Validation
11 65 (6.26%) Cybersecurity
12 59 (5.68%) Roadmaps
12 59 (5.68%) Technical Leadership
13 53 (5.11%) Mathematics
14 48 (4.62%) Mentoring
15 46 (4.43%) CI/CD
15 46 (4.43%) ERP
15 46 (4.43%) Requirements Management
16 45 (4.34%) Project Delivery
17 43 (4.14%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 75 (7.23%) Python
2 73 (7.03%) C++
3 51 (4.91%) C#
4 49 (4.72%) MATLAB
5 37 (3.56%) C
6 36 (3.47%) Bash
7 23 (2.22%) TypeScript
8 22 (2.12%) Java
8 22 (2.12%) PowerShell
8 22 (2.12%) SQL
9 20 (1.93%) JavaScript
10 10 (0.96%) Embedded C++
11 8 (0.77%) Perl
12 6 (0.58%) XAML
13 4 (0.39%) Kusto Query Language
13 4 (0.39%) Rust
13 4 (0.39%) Search Processing Language
14 3 (0.29%) Delphi
14 3 (0.29%) Embedded C
15 2 (0.19%) Go
Qualifications
1 281 (27.07%) BPSS Clearance
2 211 (20.33%) Degree
3 165 (15.90%) Security Cleared
4 74 (7.13%) DV Cleared
5 59 (5.68%) SC Cleared
6 43 (4.14%) Chartered Engineer
7 28 (2.70%) Master's Degree
8 24 (2.31%) HND
9 21 (2.02%) HNC
10 14 (1.35%) Cisco Certification
11 10 (0.96%) AWS Certification
12 9 (0.87%) CCNA
12 9 (0.87%) CISSP
12 9 (0.87%) Computer Science Degree
12 9 (0.87%) CREST Certified
12 9 (0.87%) RHCE
13 8 (0.77%) CEH
13 8 (0.77%) CompTIA Security+
13 8 (0.77%) ISTQB
13 8 (0.77%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 43 (4.14%) QA
2 27 (2.60%) ISO/IEC 15288
3 17 (1.64%) DO-254
4 15 (1.45%) IEC 61508
5 12 (1.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 11 (1.06%) ISO 9001
7 10 (0.96%) ARP4754
7 10 (0.96%) ISO/IEC 12207
8 9 (0.87%) Cyber Essentials
8 9 (0.87%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 7 (0.67%) GDPR
10 6 (0.58%) Data Quality
10 6 (0.58%) ECSS
10 6 (0.58%) ISO 26262
10 6 (0.58%) PMO
11 5 (0.48%) IEC 61131
11 5 (0.48%) NCSC
12 4 (0.39%) Def Stans
12 4 (0.39%) HAZOP
12 4 (0.39%) NIST
System Software
1 37 (3.56%) Docker
2 21 (2.02%) Firmware
3 18 (1.73%) Active Directory
4 14 (1.35%) VMware Infrastructure
5 10 (0.96%) VMware NSX
6 8 (0.77%) Squid
6 8 (0.77%) vSphere
7 6 (0.58%) Embedded Firmware
8 3 (0.29%) Slurm Workload Manager
9 2 (0.19%) Hyper-V
10 1 (0.096%) Citrix Hypervisor
10 1 (0.096%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 54 (5.20%) Kubernetes
2 39 (3.76%) Ansible
3 35 (3.37%) Terraform
4 11 (1.06%) Functional Safety
5 8 (0.77%) Packer
5 8 (0.77%) QRadar
5 8 (0.77%) ZABBIX
6 5 (0.48%) Puppet
7 3 (0.29%) Check_MK
7 3 (0.29%) Microsoft Intune
7 3 (0.29%) SCCM
7 3 (0.29%) SCOM
7 3 (0.29%) SCOrch
8 2 (0.19%) Argo
8 2 (0.19%) Rancher
8 2 (0.19%) vRealize
8 2 (0.19%) yum
9 1 (0.096%) Grafana
9 1 (0.096%) Nmap
9 1 (0.096%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 72 (6.94%) Microsoft
2 44 (4.24%) IBM
3 31 (2.99%) Siemens
4 30 (2.89%) Oracle
5 27 (2.60%) SAP
6 21 (2.02%) Red Hat
7 20 (1.93%) Splunk
8 18 (1.73%) VMware
9 12 (1.16%) Xilinx
10 9 (0.87%) Google
11 5 (0.48%) Allen-Bradley
11 5 (0.48%) Cisco
11 5 (0.48%) EMC
11 5 (0.48%) Mentor Graphics
11 5 (0.48%) Sage
11 5 (0.48%) SaltStack
12 4 (0.39%) Infor
13 3 (0.29%) Salesforce
13 3 (0.29%) Zoho
14 2 (0.19%) IFS