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 8 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 453 486 526
Rank change year-on-year +33 +40 -196
Permanent jobs citing Aviation 214 119 281
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.29% 0.33% 0.35%
As % of the General category 0.56% 0.46% 0.59%
Number of salaries quoted 79 64 170
10th Percentile £50,000 £31,075 £26,250
25th Percentile £55,875 £33,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £58,750 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.13% +6.82% -15.38%
75th Percentile £80,000 £65,000 £66,875
90th Percentile £100,000 £75,000 £92,500
UK median annual salary £65,000 £58,750 £55,000
% change year-on-year +10.64% +6.82% -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 38,503 25,652 47,403
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 52.35% 70.17% 59.76%
Number of salaries quoted 21,568 14,237 34,820
10th Percentile £28,500 £30,000 £27,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £42,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +14.29% -13.93%
75th Percentile £77,500 £82,100 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £108,418 £93,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +14.29% -12.50%

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 8 April 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 8 April 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 +3 86 £60,000 - 34
London +23 56 £65,000 +85.71% 28
South West -28 31 £80,000 +28.00% 13
North of England -41 20 £30,000 -60.00% 11
Midlands -34 14 £65,000 -3.70% 3
North West -26 10 £50,000 +75.44% 9
Yorkshire -47 10 £30,000 -60.00%
West Midlands - 9 - - 1
East of England -43 6 £52,500 +8.25% 4
East Midlands -57 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 2 (0.93%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.47%) Apache
2 1 (0.47%) Confluence
2 1 (0.47%) IIS
Applications
1 5 (2.34%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (1.87%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.87%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.47%) AutoCAD
3 1 (0.47%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.47%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 1 (0.47%) Q-Pulse
Cloud Services
1 14 (6.54%) Azure
2 13 (6.07%) AWS
3 6 (2.80%) GCP
3 6 (2.80%) SaaS
4 5 (2.34%) Azure DevOps
5 4 (1.87%) Power Platform
6 3 (1.40%) AWS CloudFormation
6 3 (1.40%) OCI
7 2 (0.93%) BrowserStack
7 2 (0.93%) GitHub
7 2 (0.93%) GitHub Actions
7 2 (0.93%) n8n
7 2 (0.93%) PowerApps
8 1 (0.47%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 1 (0.47%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 8 (3.74%) Firewall
2 7 (3.27%) Network Security
3 3 (1.40%) SCCP
4 2 (0.93%) ATM
4 2 (0.93%) LAN
5 1 (0.47%) DHCP
5 1 (0.47%) DNS
5 1 (0.47%) RS-422
5 1 (0.47%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.47%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (1.87%) Power BI
2 3 (1.40%) PostgreSQL
2 3 (1.40%) Relational Database
3 2 (0.93%) GIS
3 2 (0.93%) QGIS
4 1 (0.47%) Apache Arrow
4 1 (0.47%) Parquet
4 1 (0.47%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 5 (2.34%) Git
2 2 (0.93%) MSTest
2 2 (0.93%) Rational DOORS
2 2 (0.93%) Selenium
3 1 (0.47%) GitLab
3 1 (0.47%) JIRA
3 1 (0.47%) Subversion
General
1 37 (17.29%) Aerospace
2 34 (15.89%) Social Skills
3 21 (9.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 20 (9.35%) Military
5 14 (6.54%) Analytical Skills
6 12 (5.61%) Finance
6 12 (5.61%) Retail
7 11 (5.14%) Legal
8 9 (4.21%) Avionics
9 8 (3.74%) Digital Health
10 4 (1.87%) Aeronautics
10 4 (1.87%) Law
11 3 (1.40%) Automotive
11 3 (1.40%) Electronics
11 3 (1.40%) Marketing
12 2 (0.93%) Fire and Rescue
12 2 (0.93%) Manufacturing
12 2 (0.93%) Police
12 2 (0.93%) Public Sector
12 2 (0.93%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 51 (23.83%) Systems Engineer
2 30 (14.02%) Developer
3 24 (11.21%) Lead
4 22 (10.28%) Full-Stack Developer
5 20 (9.35%) Test Engineer
6 19 (8.88%) Systems Test Engineer
7 18 (8.41%) Architect
8 16 (7.48%) Analyst
9 13 (6.07%) Senior
10 12 (5.61%) Business Development Manager
10 12 (5.61%) Business Manager
10 12 (5.61%) Development Manager
11 10 (4.67%) Cybersecurity Analyst
11 10 (4.67%) Security Analyst
12 8 (3.74%) Software Developer
12 8 (3.74%) Software Engineer
13 7 (3.27%) Radar Engineer
13 7 (3.27%) Solutions Architect
14 5 (2.34%) Senior Architect
14 5 (2.34%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (7.01%) .NET
2 4 (1.87%) React
3 2 (0.93%) ADO
3 2 (0.93%) AngularJS
3 2 (0.93%) Playwright
3 2 (0.93%) SailPoint
3 2 (0.93%) Spring
4 1 (0.47%) Flutter
4 1 (0.47%) gRPC
4 1 (0.47%) Protocol Buffers
4 1 (0.47%) Qt
4 1 (0.47%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 12 (5.61%) Cyber Defence
1 12 (5.61%) Security Posture
2 7 (3.27%) Cloud Native
2 7 (3.27%) Product Ownership
3 4 (1.87%) Management Information System
4 3 (1.40%) Cyber Security Posture
4 3 (1.40%) Embedded Systems
4 3 (1.40%) Enterprise Software
4 3 (1.40%) Robotics
5 2 (0.93%) Analogue Electronics
5 2 (0.93%) Driving Licence
5 2 (0.93%) FPGA
5 2 (0.93%) Learning Management System
5 2 (0.93%) Raspberry Pi
6 1 (0.47%) Clustering
6 1 (0.47%) Data Centre
6 1 (0.47%) e-Learning
6 1 (0.47%) PMI
6 1 (0.47%) Replication
6 1 (0.47%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 10 (4.67%) Windows
2 8 (3.74%) Linux
3 4 (1.87%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (14.49%) Agile
2 26 (12.15%) Full-Stack Development
3 24 (11.21%) Cybersecurity
4 22 (10.28%) Validation
5 21 (9.81%) Verification and Validation
6 20 (9.35%) Continuous Improvement
6 20 (9.35%) Project Management
7 18 (8.41%) Problem-Solving
8 17 (7.94%) Software Engineering
9 16 (7.48%) Business Development
10 15 (7.01%) Process Improvement
11 13 (6.07%) DevOps
11 13 (6.07%) SOLID
11 13 (6.07%) Threat Modelling
12 12 (5.61%) Cloud Security
13 11 (5.14%) Application Security
13 11 (5.14%) Logistics
14 10 (4.67%) CI/CD
14 10 (4.67%) Project Delivery
14 10 (4.67%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 15 (7.01%) C#
2 10 (4.67%) Python
3 9 (4.21%) Java
4 8 (3.74%) SQL
5 5 (2.34%) C++
6 4 (1.87%) PL/SQL
6 4 (1.87%) PowerShell
7 3 (1.40%) C
8 2 (0.93%) MATLAB
9 1 (0.47%) Dart
9 1 (0.47%) JavaScript
9 1 (0.47%) Rust
9 1 (0.47%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 26 (12.15%) Degree
2 13 (6.07%) Security Cleared
3 8 (3.74%) CISSP
3 8 (3.74%) SC Cleared
4 5 (2.34%) ISSAP
5 4 (1.87%) Computer Science Degree
5 4 (1.87%) DBS Check
5 4 (1.87%) Master's Degree
6 3 (1.40%) Microsoft Certification
7 2 (0.93%) HPE ATP
8 1 (0.47%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (0.47%) CEH
8 1 (0.47%) PhD
8 1 (0.47%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (3.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 8 (3.74%) NIST
1 8 (3.74%) QA
2 6 (2.80%) Accessibility
3 5 (2.34%) PCI DSS
4 4 (1.87%) DO-254
5 3 (1.40%) ARP4761
5 3 (1.40%) DO-160
5 3 (1.40%) GDPR
5 3 (1.40%) ISO 9001
5 3 (1.40%) PMO
6 2 (0.93%) ARP4754
6 2 (0.93%) WCAG
7 1 (0.47%) Data Quality
7 1 (0.47%) ECSS
7 1 (0.47%) MISRA
7 1 (0.47%) SLA
System Software
1 9 (4.21%) Docker
1 9 (4.21%) IAG
2 5 (2.34%) Active Directory
3 4 (1.87%) Hyper-V
4 3 (1.40%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.93%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 5 (2.34%) Kubernetes
1 5 (2.34%) Terraform
2 3 (1.40%) Ansible
2 3 (1.40%) SCCM
3 1 (0.47%) Failover Clustering
3 1 (0.47%) Grafana
3 1 (0.47%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 10 (4.67%) Microsoft
2 6 (2.80%) Google
3 4 (1.87%) VMware
4 3 (1.40%) Oracle
4 3 (1.40%) Salesforce
5 1 (0.47%) Cisco
5 1 (0.47%) SAP