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 9 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 475 532 508
Rank change year-on-year +57 -24 -167
Permanent jobs citing Aviation 165 102 282
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.26% 0.26% 0.38%
As % of the General category 0.48% 0.37% 0.63%
Number of salaries quoted 70 59 180
10th Percentile £40,375 £31,200 £27,825
25th Percentile £60,000 £41,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +13.04% -4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £65,000 £91,250
90th Percentile £100,500 £75,000 £92,500
UK median annual salary £65,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +13.04% +4.55% -15.38%

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 34,612 27,731 44,580
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 54.28% 70.05% 60.55%
Number of salaries quoted 19,396 14,113 33,541
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,250 £27,500
25th Percentile £35,750 £43,650 £36,365
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £54,650
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.79% -12.56%
75th Percentile £76,250 £82,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £98,750 £107,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +11.11% -10.38%

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 9 March 2026.

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 9 March 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 +21 77 £60,000 +4.35% 34
London +31 34 £97,500 +178.57% 23
South West -19 19 £80,000 +28.00% 23
Midlands -4 14 £65,000 -3.70% 9
East of England +1 10 £35,000 -22.22% 9
North of England -22 10 £30,000 -60.00% 11
West Midlands - 9 - - 4
Yorkshire -37 6 £30,000 -60.00% 3
East Midlands -25 5 £65,000 -3.70% 5
North West -8 4 - - 7
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 1 (0.61%) Apache
Applications
1 7 (4.24%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.82%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.82%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (0.61%) Q-Pulse
Cloud Services
1 7 (4.24%) AWS
2 6 (3.64%) GCP
2 6 (3.64%) Power Platform
2 6 (3.64%) SaaS
3 5 (3.03%) Azure
4 3 (1.82%) AWS CloudFormation
4 3 (1.82%) OCI
5 2 (1.21%) GitHub
5 2 (1.21%) GitHub Actions
5 2 (1.21%) n8n
5 2 (1.21%) PowerApps
6 1 (0.61%) Amazon CloudWatch
6 1 (0.61%) Google Workspace
6 1 (0.61%) Pulumi
Communications & Networking
1 6 (3.64%) Firewall
1 6 (3.64%) Network Security
2 3 (1.82%) SCCP
3 2 (1.21%) LAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (3.64%) Power BI
2 2 (1.21%) GIS
2 2 (1.21%) QGIS
3 1 (0.61%) Apache Arrow
3 1 (0.61%) Parquet
3 1 (0.61%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (0.61%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 3 (1.82%) Git
2 1 (0.61%) GitLab
2 1 (0.61%) Subversion
General
1 32 (19.39%) Social Skills
2 23 (13.94%) Analytical Skills
3 22 (13.33%) Aerospace
4 19 (11.52%) Military
5 9 (5.45%) Finance
6 7 (4.24%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 6 (3.64%) Retail
8 4 (2.42%) Aeronautics
8 4 (2.42%) Electronics
8 4 (2.42%) Law
9 3 (1.82%) Fire and Rescue
9 3 (1.82%) Legal
9 3 (1.82%) Police
10 2 (1.21%) Automotive
10 2 (1.21%) Avionics
10 2 (1.21%) Marketing
10 2 (1.21%) Presentation Skills
10 2 (1.21%) Spanish Language
10 2 (1.21%) Telecoms
11 1 (0.61%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 32 (19.39%) Systems Engineer
2 28 (16.97%) Developer
3 22 (13.33%) Full-Stack Developer
4 18 (10.91%) Business Manager
5 17 (10.30%) Lead
6 14 (8.48%) Test Engineer
7 13 (7.88%) Systems Test Engineer
8 10 (6.06%) Analyst
8 10 (6.06%) Architect
8 10 (6.06%) Business Development Manager
8 10 (6.06%) Development Manager
9 8 (4.85%) Business Systems Manager
9 8 (4.85%) Systems Manager
10 7 (4.24%) Coordinator
11 6 (3.64%) Cybersecurity Analyst
11 6 (3.64%) Security Analyst
11 6 (3.64%) Solutions Architect
12 5 (3.03%) Radar Engineer
12 5 (3.03%) Senior
13 4 (2.42%) Test Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (9.09%) .NET
2 2 (1.21%) React
3 1 (0.61%) Flutter
3 1 (0.61%) gRPC
3 1 (0.61%) Protocol Buffers
3 1 (0.61%) Qt
3 1 (0.61%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 14 (8.48%) Robotics
2 6 (3.64%) Cyber Defence
2 6 (3.64%) Security Posture
3 4 (2.42%) Management Information System
4 3 (1.82%) Algorithms
4 3 (1.82%) Augmented Reality
4 3 (1.82%) Cloud Native
4 3 (1.82%) Cyber Security Posture
4 3 (1.82%) Enterprise Software
4 3 (1.82%) Virtual Reality
5 2 (1.21%) Analogue Electronics
5 2 (1.21%) Driving Licence
5 2 (1.21%) Fibre Optics
5 2 (1.21%) Learning Management System
5 2 (1.21%) Onboarding
5 2 (1.21%) Reinsurance
6 1 (0.61%) e-Learning
6 1 (0.61%) Embedded Systems
6 1 (0.61%) FPGA
6 1 (0.61%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 8 (4.85%) Windows
2 3 (1.82%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.61%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (15.76%) Project Management
2 24 (14.55%) Full-Stack Development
3 21 (12.73%) Problem-Solving
3 21 (12.73%) Process Improvement
4 19 (11.52%) Software Engineering
5 18 (10.91%) AI
6 17 (10.30%) Agile
7 15 (9.09%) Continuous Improvement
7 15 (9.09%) SOLID
8 14 (8.48%) Validation
8 14 (8.48%) Verification and Validation
9 12 (7.27%) Business Development
9 12 (7.27%) Project Delivery
10 11 (6.67%) Cybersecurity
10 11 (6.67%) ERP
10 11 (6.67%) IT Strategy
10 11 (6.67%) Logistics
11 10 (6.06%) DevOps
12 9 (5.45%) Contract Negotiation
12 9 (5.45%) Incident Response
Programming Languages
1 15 (9.09%) C#
2 14 (8.48%) SQL
3 13 (7.88%) Python
4 8 (4.85%) Java
5 6 (3.64%) C++
6 4 (2.42%) PL/SQL
7 3 (1.82%) PowerShell
8 1 (0.61%) C
8 1 (0.61%) Dart
8 1 (0.61%) JavaScript
8 1 (0.61%) Rust
8 1 (0.61%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 21 (12.73%) Security Cleared
2 18 (10.91%) Degree
2 18 (10.91%) SC Cleared
3 4 (2.42%) BPSS Clearance
3 4 (2.42%) CISSP
3 4 (2.42%) Computer Science Degree
3 4 (2.42%) DBS Check
4 3 (1.82%) Microsoft Certification
5 2 (1.21%) HNC
5 2 (1.21%) HND
5 2 (1.21%) HPE ATP
5 2 (1.21%) Master's Degree
6 1 (0.61%) ISSAP
6 1 (0.61%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (6.67%) QA
2 6 (3.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 6 (3.64%) NIST
3 5 (3.03%) GDPR
4 3 (1.82%) Accessibility
4 3 (1.82%) ISO 9001
4 3 (1.82%) PCI DSS
4 3 (1.82%) PMO
5 1 (0.61%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.61%) DO-254
5 1 (0.61%) ECSS
5 1 (0.61%) MISRA
System Software
1 6 (3.64%) Docker
2 4 (2.42%) Active Directory
3 3 (1.82%) Hyper-V
3 3 (1.82%) IAG
3 3 (1.82%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 6 (3.64%) Kubernetes
2 4 (2.42%) Terraform
3 3 (1.82%) Ansible
3 3 (1.82%) SCCM
4 1 (0.61%) Grafana
4 1 (0.61%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 11 (6.67%) Microsoft
2 9 (5.45%) Google
3 4 (2.42%) VMware
4 3 (1.82%) Oracle
4 3 (1.82%) Salesforce
5 1 (0.61%) SAP