Aviation Job Trends in England

Aviation
UK > England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Aviation in permanent job vacancies in England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries 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 433 518 482
Rank change year-on-year +85 -36 -91
Permanent jobs citing Aviation 181 162 179
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.35% 0.33% 0.40%
As % of the General category 0.58% 0.49% 0.63%
Number of salaries quoted 80 72 105
10th Percentile £32,500 £40,200 £30,550
25th Percentile £41,250 £45,000 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £50,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% -31.03% +16.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £65,000 £92,500
90th Percentile £88,250 £75,000 -
UK median annual salary £60,000 £50,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +20.00% -23.08% +4.00%

All General Skills
England

Aviation 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 31,369 32,798 28,252
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 60.33% 65.88% 62.53%
Number of salaries quoted 17,250 15,354 21,065
10th Percentile £28,250 £33,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - -4.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £82,500 £81,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £105,000 £101,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - -2.36%

Aviation
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Aviation job vacancy trend in England

Aviation
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Aviation.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Aviation

Aviation
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Aviation in England over the 6 months to 31 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Aviation in England

Aviation
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Aviation within the England 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
South East +63 92 £60,000 +20.00% 35
London +65 41 £90,000 +12.50% 21
East of England +43 30 £35,000 -30.00% 8
South West +3 20 £80,000 +60.00% 8
Midlands +21 2 £65,000 +116.67% 4
North of England -1 2 £30,000 -60.00% 8
East Midlands -9 2 £65,000 - 1
Yorkshire -10 2 £30,000 -60.00% 3
Aviation
UK

Aviation
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 3 (1.66%) Confluence
Applications
1 7 (3.87%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (3.31%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (1.10%) Poser
Business Applications
1 1 (0.55%) Q-Pulse
Cloud Services
1 27 (14.92%) SaaS
2 9 (4.97%) AWS
3 4 (2.21%) Azure
3 4 (2.21%) Power Platform
4 1 (0.55%) AWS CloudFormation
4 1 (0.55%) GCP
4 1 (0.55%) GitHub
4 1 (0.55%) GitHub Actions
4 1 (0.55%) n8n
4 1 (0.55%) PowerApps
4 1 (0.55%) Pulumi
4 1 (0.55%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.10%) Firewall
1 2 (1.10%) Internet
1 2 (1.10%) Network Security
2 1 (0.55%) BGP
2 1 (0.55%) Cisco ISE
2 1 (0.55%) Cisco Wireless
2 1 (0.55%) DHCP
2 1 (0.55%) DMVPN
2 1 (0.55%) DNS
2 1 (0.55%) EIGRP
2 1 (0.55%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
2 1 (0.55%) LAN
2 1 (0.55%) OSPF
2 1 (0.55%) SCCP
2 1 (0.55%) SSL
2 1 (0.55%) VLAN
2 1 (0.55%) VPN
2 1 (0.55%) WAN
2 1 (0.55%) Wireless
2 1 (0.55%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (2.21%) Power BI
2 2 (1.10%) MongoDB
2 2 (1.10%) NoSQL
3 1 (0.55%) GIS
3 1 (0.55%) QGIS
3 1 (0.55%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (1.66%) Git
1 3 (1.66%) JIRA
2 2 (1.10%) GitLab
3 1 (0.55%) Atlassian Bamboo
3 1 (0.55%) Maven
3 1 (0.55%) Subversion
General
1 78 (43.09%) Social Skills
2 44 (24.31%) Analytical Skills
3 29 (16.02%) Aerospace
4 22 (12.15%) Fire and Rescue
4 22 (12.15%) Police
5 18 (9.94%) Military
6 13 (7.18%) Electronics
7 8 (4.42%) Finance
8 4 (2.21%) Presentation Skills
9 3 (1.66%) Aeronautics
9 3 (1.66%) Organisational Skills
9 3 (1.66%) Retail
10 2 (1.10%) Automotive
10 2 (1.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (1.10%) Telecoms
11 1 (0.55%) Advertising
11 1 (0.55%) Avionics
11 1 (0.55%) Influencing Skills
11 1 (0.55%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 27 (14.92%) Business Manager
1 27 (14.92%) Systems Engineer
2 23 (12.71%) Business Systems Manager
2 23 (12.71%) Systems Manager
3 22 (12.15%) Operations Manager
3 22 (12.15%) Service Manager
3 22 (12.15%) Service Operations Manager
4 19 (10.50%) Coordinator
5 16 (8.84%) Developer
6 14 (7.73%) Analyst
7 13 (7.18%) Full-Stack Developer
7 13 (7.18%) Integration Engineer
8 11 (6.08%) Test Engineer
9 8 (4.42%) Systems Test Engineer
10 6 (3.31%) Financial Analyst
10 6 (3.31%) Report Analyst
11 5 (2.76%) C# Developer
11 5 (2.76%) Lead
11 5 (2.76%) Software Engineer
12 4 (2.21%) Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (7.73%) .NET
2 3 (1.66%) AngularJS
3 1 (0.55%) Ionic Framework
3 1 (0.55%) React
3 1 (0.55%) REST
3 1 (0.55%) Spring
3 1 (0.55%) Spring Boot
3 1 (0.55%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 63 (34.81%) Robotics
2 17 (9.39%) Management Information System
3 12 (6.63%) Fibre Optics
4 5 (2.76%) Driving Licence
5 4 (2.21%) Onboarding
6 3 (1.66%) Algorithms
6 3 (1.66%) Augmented Reality
6 3 (1.66%) Security Posture
6 3 (1.66%) Virtual Reality
7 2 (1.10%) Cyber Defence
7 2 (1.10%) Enterprise Software
7 2 (1.10%) Reinsurance
8 1 (0.55%) Cloud Native
8 1 (0.55%) Cyber Security Posture
8 1 (0.55%) Data Centre
8 1 (0.55%) e-Learning
8 1 (0.55%) Reference Data
8 1 (0.55%) Replication
8 1 (0.55%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 5 (2.76%) Linux
2 4 (2.21%) Windows
3 3 (1.66%) Android
3 3 (1.66%) Apple iOS
3 3 (1.66%) Mac OS
4 1 (0.55%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 71 (39.23%) Software Engineering
2 67 (37.02%) AI
3 55 (30.39%) Problem-Solving
4 48 (26.52%) Project Management
5 43 (23.76%) Process Improvement
6 36 (19.89%) Continuous Improvement
7 30 (16.57%) Agile
8 26 (14.36%) DevOps
9 25 (13.81%) IT Strategy
9 25 (13.81%) ITIL
10 24 (13.26%) Incident Response
10 24 (13.26%) Risk Management
11 23 (12.71%) Budget Management
11 23 (12.71%) Contract Negotiation
11 23 (12.71%) Strategic Planning
12 22 (12.15%) Collaborative Culture
12 22 (12.15%) Observability
12 22 (12.15%) Resource Allocation
12 22 (12.15%) Scaled Agile Framework
12 22 (12.15%) Site Reliability Engineering
Programming Languages
1 24 (13.26%) SQL
2 13 (7.18%) C#
3 9 (4.97%) Python
4 8 (4.42%) Java
5 5 (2.76%) C++
6 1 (0.55%) JavaScript
6 1 (0.55%) PL/SQL
6 1 (0.55%) PowerShell
6 1 (0.55%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 32 (17.68%) Security Cleared
2 31 (17.13%) SC Cleared
3 27 (14.92%) Degree
4 13 (7.18%) HNC
5 12 (6.63%) HND
6 4 (2.21%) BPSS Clearance
7 2 (1.10%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (0.55%) CCNP
8 1 (0.55%) CCSA
8 1 (0.55%) Cisco Certification
8 1 (0.55%) CISSP
8 1 (0.55%) Master's Degree
8 1 (0.55%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (0.55%) MRICS
8 1 (0.55%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 44 (24.31%) QA
2 5 (2.76%) GDPR
3 4 (2.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (1.66%) Cyber Essentials
4 3 (1.66%) ISO 9001
4 3 (1.66%) NIST
5 2 (1.10%) PMO
6 1 (0.55%) Data Quality
6 1 (0.55%) DO-254
6 1 (0.55%) ECSS
6 1 (0.55%) ISO 31000
6 1 (0.55%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.55%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (1.66%) Docker
2 2 (1.10%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.55%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.55%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.55%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (2.21%) Kubernetes
2 2 (1.10%) Ansible
2 2 (1.10%) Terraform
3 1 (0.55%) CA Spectrum
3 1 (0.55%) SCCM
Vendors
1 11 (6.08%) Microsoft
2 4 (2.21%) Google
3 3 (1.66%) ServiceNow
4 2 (1.10%) VMware
5 1 (0.55%) Adobe
5 1 (0.55%) CheckPoint
5 1 (0.55%) Cisco
5 1 (0.55%) F5
5 1 (0.55%) Juniper
5 1 (0.55%) Meraki
5 1 (0.55%) Salesforce
5 1 (0.55%) SolarWinds