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

6 months to
17 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 481 526 517
Rank change year-on-year +45 -9 -187
Permanent jobs citing Aviation 168 102 285
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.25% 0.26% 0.38%
As % of the General category 0.47% 0.38% 0.63%
Number of salaries quoted 69 59 181
10th Percentile £45,250 £31,200 £28,000
25th Percentile £60,000 £40,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £57,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +13.04% - -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £65,000 £86,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £75,000 £92,500
UK median annual salary £65,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +13.04% +4.55% -13.04%

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 35,625 27,055 45,057
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 53.86% 70.12% 60.35%
Number of salaries quoted 20,029 14,114 33,757
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,250 £27,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £42,500 £36,365
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +11.11% -12.90%
75th Percentile £76,250 £82,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £98,750 £107,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £53,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +12.15% -10.83%

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 17 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 17 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 +17 67 £60,000 - 29
London +37 44 £80,000 +128.57% 28
South West -21 19 £80,000 +28.00% 18
Midlands -9 14 £65,000 -3.70% 3
North of England -26 14 £30,000 -60.00% 7
East of England -15 9 £41,250 -14.95% 5
West Midlands - 9 - - 1
North West -7 7 - - 6
Yorkshire -36 7 £30,000 -60.00%
East Midlands -33 5 £65,000 -3.70% 2
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 (0.60%) Apache
1 1 (0.60%) IIS
1 1 (0.60%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (3.57%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (2.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (1.79%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.60%) Q-Pulse
Cloud Services
1 10 (5.95%) AWS
2 8 (4.76%) Azure
3 6 (3.57%) GCP
3 6 (3.57%) SaaS
4 5 (2.98%) Power Platform
5 3 (1.79%) AWS CloudFormation
5 3 (1.79%) OCI
6 2 (1.19%) GitHub
6 2 (1.19%) GitHub Actions
6 2 (1.19%) n8n
6 2 (1.19%) PowerApps
7 1 (0.60%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 1 (0.60%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (0.60%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 8 (4.76%) Firewall
2 7 (4.17%) Network Security
3 3 (1.79%) SCCP
4 2 (1.19%) LAN
5 1 (0.60%) DHCP
5 1 (0.60%) DNS
5 1 (0.60%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.60%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (2.98%) Power BI
2 2 (1.19%) GIS
2 2 (1.19%) QGIS
3 1 (0.60%) Apache Arrow
3 1 (0.60%) Parquet
3 1 (0.60%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (0.60%) Relational Database
3 1 (0.60%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (1.79%) Git
2 1 (0.60%) GitLab
2 1 (0.60%) Subversion
General
1 27 (16.07%) Social Skills
2 24 (14.29%) Aerospace
3 20 (11.90%) Military
4 15 (8.93%) Analytical Skills
5 11 (6.55%) Finance
5 11 (6.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 8 (4.76%) Retail
7 4 (2.38%) Avionics
7 4 (2.38%) Law
7 4 (2.38%) Legal
8 3 (1.79%) Electronics
8 3 (1.79%) Fire and Rescue
8 3 (1.79%) Police
9 2 (1.19%) Automotive
9 2 (1.19%) Marketing
9 2 (1.19%) Spanish Language
9 2 (1.19%) Telecoms
10 1 (0.60%) Aeronautics
10 1 (0.60%) Manufacturing
10 1 (0.60%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 33 (19.64%) Systems Engineer
2 28 (16.67%) Developer
3 22 (13.10%) Full-Stack Developer
4 21 (12.50%) Lead
5 14 (8.33%) Architect
5 14 (8.33%) Test Engineer
6 13 (7.74%) Analyst
6 13 (7.74%) Systems Test Engineer
7 10 (5.95%) Business Development Manager
7 10 (5.95%) Business Manager
7 10 (5.95%) Development Manager
8 9 (5.36%) Cybersecurity Analyst
8 9 (5.36%) Security Analyst
9 7 (4.17%) Senior
10 6 (3.57%) Coordinator
10 6 (3.57%) Solutions Architect
11 5 (2.98%) Radar Engineer
11 5 (2.98%) Software Developer
12 4 (2.38%) Cybersecurity Specialist
12 4 (2.38%) Logistics Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (8.33%) .NET
2 3 (1.79%) React
3 1 (0.60%) AngularJS
3 1 (0.60%) Flutter
3 1 (0.60%) gRPC
3 1 (0.60%) Protocol Buffers
3 1 (0.60%) Qt
3 1 (0.60%) Spring
3 1 (0.60%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 9 (5.36%) Security Posture
2 8 (4.76%) Cyber Defence
3 6 (3.57%) Cloud Native
4 4 (2.38%) Management Information System
4 4 (2.38%) Product Ownership
5 3 (1.79%) Cyber Security Posture
5 3 (1.79%) Enterprise Software
5 3 (1.79%) Robotics
6 2 (1.19%) Analogue Electronics
6 2 (1.19%) Driving Licence
6 2 (1.19%) Embedded Systems
6 2 (1.19%) Learning Management System
7 1 (0.60%) Clustering
7 1 (0.60%) Data Centre
7 1 (0.60%) e-Learning
7 1 (0.60%) Onboarding
7 1 (0.60%) Raspberry Pi
7 1 (0.60%) Reference Data
7 1 (0.60%) Reinsurance
7 1 (0.60%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 10 (5.95%) Windows
2 6 (3.57%) Linux
3 4 (2.38%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (14.88%) Agile
1 25 (14.88%) Full-Stack Development
2 19 (11.31%) Cybersecurity
2 19 (11.31%) Project Management
3 18 (10.71%) Continuous Improvement
4 17 (10.12%) Problem-Solving
5 14 (8.33%) Process Improvement
5 14 (8.33%) SOLID
5 14 (8.33%) Validation
5 14 (8.33%) Verification and Validation
6 13 (7.74%) Business Development
7 12 (7.14%) Project Delivery
7 12 (7.14%) Software Engineering
8 11 (6.55%) Cloud Security
8 11 (6.55%) Logistics
8 11 (6.55%) Threat Modelling
9 10 (5.95%) Application Security
9 10 (5.95%) DevOps
9 10 (5.95%) ERP
10 9 (5.36%) Incident Response
Programming Languages
1 14 (8.33%) C#
2 12 (7.14%) SQL
3 9 (5.36%) Python
4 7 (4.17%) Java
5 4 (2.38%) C++
5 4 (2.38%) PL/SQL
5 4 (2.38%) PowerShell
6 2 (1.19%) C
7 1 (0.60%) Dart
7 1 (0.60%) JavaScript
7 1 (0.60%) Rust
7 1 (0.60%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 18 (10.71%) Degree
2 11 (6.55%) Security Cleared
3 7 (4.17%) CISSP
3 7 (4.17%) SC Cleared
4 4 (2.38%) Computer Science Degree
4 4 (2.38%) DBS Check
4 4 (2.38%) ISSAP
5 3 (1.79%) Microsoft Certification
6 2 (1.19%) HPE ATP
6 2 (1.19%) Master's Degree
7 1 (0.60%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (0.60%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (5.95%) QA
2 8 (4.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 6 (3.57%) NIST
4 4 (2.38%) Accessibility
4 4 (2.38%) GDPR
5 3 (1.79%) ISO 9001
5 3 (1.79%) PCI DSS
5 3 (1.79%) PMO
6 2 (1.19%) DO-254
7 1 (0.60%) Data Quality
7 1 (0.60%) ECSS
7 1 (0.60%) MISRA
7 1 (0.60%) SLA
System Software
1 7 (4.17%) Docker
2 6 (3.57%) IAG
3 5 (2.98%) Active Directory
4 4 (2.38%) Hyper-V
5 3 (1.79%) VMware Infrastructure
6 1 (0.60%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 5 (2.98%) Kubernetes
2 4 (2.38%) Terraform
3 3 (1.79%) Ansible
3 3 (1.79%) SCCM
4 1 (0.60%) Failover Clustering
4 1 (0.60%) Grafana
4 1 (0.60%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 9 (5.36%) Microsoft
2 6 (3.57%) Google
3 4 (2.38%) VMware
4 3 (1.79%) Oracle
4 3 (1.79%) Salesforce
5 1 (0.60%) Cisco
5 1 (0.60%) SAP