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 24 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 436 497 511
Rank change year-on-year +61 +14 +37
Permanent jobs citing Aviation 195 233 205
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.45% 0.38% 0.41%
As % of the General category 0.67% 0.65% 0.63%
Number of salaries quoted 79 106 125
10th Percentile - £35,000 £45,000
25th Percentile £32,500 £44,933 £60,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £84,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -40.48% +52.73%
75th Percentile £60,000 £55,000 £92,500
90th Percentile £80,500 £67,125 -
UK median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year - -33.33% +36.36%

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 common skills in England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 29,154 36,107 32,397
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 67.77% 58.49% 65.08%
Number of salaries quoted 15,943 17,706 23,972
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,750 £31,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - -
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £100,000 £102,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £59,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -11.02% -1.67% -

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 24 October 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 24 October 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 +52 99 £55,000 +10.00% 50
East of England +56 49 £35,000 - 7
London +58 45 £70,000 -30.00% 37
South West +6 12 £42,500 -15.00% 21
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 (1.54%) Confluence
Applications
1 9 (4.62%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (3.08%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (1.03%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (1.03%) Poser
Business Applications
1 4 (2.05%) Q-Pulse
2 2 (1.03%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 29 (14.87%) SaaS
2 8 (4.10%) AWS
3 3 (1.54%) Azure
4 2 (1.03%) Power Platform
5 1 (0.51%) Pulumi
5 1 (0.51%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
5 1 (0.51%) Salesforce Service Cloud
5 1 (0.51%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.54%) Firewall
1 3 (1.54%) Internet
2 2 (1.03%) LAN
2 2 (1.03%) Network Security
2 2 (1.03%) VPN
2 2 (1.03%) WAN
2 2 (1.03%) Wireless
3 1 (0.51%) BGP
3 1 (0.51%) Cisco ISE
3 1 (0.51%) DHCP
3 1 (0.51%) DMVPN
3 1 (0.51%) DNS
3 1 (0.51%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
3 1 (0.51%) OSPF
3 1 (0.51%) SAN
3 1 (0.51%) SSL
3 1 (0.51%) TCP/IP
3 1 (0.51%) VLAN
3 1 (0.51%) VoIP
3 1 (0.51%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (1.54%) MongoDB
1 3 (1.54%) NoSQL
2 2 (1.03%) Power BI
3 1 (0.51%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (2.05%) JIRA
2 3 (1.54%) Git
3 2 (1.03%) Atlassian Bamboo
3 2 (1.03%) GitLab
3 2 (1.03%) Maven
3 2 (1.03%) Subversion
4 1 (0.51%) LabVIEW
General
1 105 (53.85%) Social Skills
2 59 (30.26%) Analytical Skills
3 43 (22.05%) Aerospace
4 23 (11.79%) Finance
5 22 (11.28%) Fire and Rescue
5 22 (11.28%) Police
6 19 (9.74%) Military
7 14 (7.18%) Electronics
8 10 (5.13%) Retail
9 6 (3.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 5 (2.56%) Law
10 5 (2.56%) Marketing
10 5 (2.56%) Presentation Skills
11 3 (1.54%) Aeronautics
11 3 (1.54%) Organisational Skills
11 3 (1.54%) Swedish Language
11 3 (1.54%) Telecoms
12 2 (1.03%) Avionics
12 2 (1.03%) Legal
12 2 (1.03%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 36 (18.46%) Coordinator
2 23 (11.79%) Business Manager
2 23 (11.79%) Business Systems Manager
2 23 (11.79%) Systems Manager
3 22 (11.28%) Operations Manager
3 22 (11.28%) Service Manager
3 22 (11.28%) Service Operations Manager
4 14 (7.18%) Integration Engineer
5 13 (6.67%) Analyst
6 10 (5.13%) Financial Analyst
6 10 (5.13%) Report Analyst
6 10 (5.13%) Systems Engineer
7 8 (4.10%) Senior
7 8 (4.10%) Software Engineer
7 8 (4.10%) Technical Engineer
8 7 (3.59%) Developer
9 6 (3.08%) Lead
10 5 (2.56%) C# Developer
10 5 (2.56%) ERP Support
10 5 (2.56%) Security Assurance Coordinator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (4.62%) .NET
2 5 (2.56%) AngularJS
3 4 (2.05%) XML
4 3 (1.54%) REST
4 3 (1.54%) Spring
5 2 (1.03%) Ionic Framework
5 2 (1.03%) Spring Boot
6 1 (0.51%) .NET Framework
6 1 (0.51%) CSS
6 1 (0.51%) OAuth
6 1 (0.51%) OpenID
6 1 (0.51%) RESTful
6 1 (0.51%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 75 (38.46%) Robotics
2 39 (20.00%) Management Information System
3 12 (6.15%) Fibre Optics
4 7 (3.59%) Digital Media
4 7 (3.59%) Driving Licence
4 7 (3.59%) Graphic Design
4 7 (3.59%) Self-Motivation
5 5 (2.56%) Security Posture
6 4 (2.05%) Algorithms
6 4 (2.05%) e-Learning
6 4 (2.05%) Onboarding
6 4 (2.05%) Reference Data
7 3 (1.54%) Augmented Reality
7 3 (1.54%) Virtual Reality
8 2 (1.03%) CCTV
8 2 (1.03%) Reinsurance
8 2 (1.03%) Replication
8 2 (1.03%) Social Media
9 1 (0.51%) Data Centre
9 1 (0.51%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 6 (3.08%) Linux
2 5 (2.56%) Android
3 4 (2.05%) Apple iOS
3 4 (2.05%) Windows
4 3 (1.54%) Mac OS
5 2 (1.03%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 86 (44.10%) Software Engineering
2 78 (40.00%) AI
3 70 (35.90%) Problem-Solving
4 63 (32.31%) Project Management
5 52 (26.67%) Process Improvement
6 37 (18.97%) Continuous Improvement
7 33 (16.92%) Project Delivery
8 31 (15.90%) Agile
9 30 (15.38%) Risk Management
10 29 (14.87%) Data Management
10 29 (14.87%) ERP
11 28 (14.36%) Collaborative Working
12 25 (12.82%) Change Management
12 25 (12.82%) Contract Negotiation
12 25 (12.82%) ITIL
12 25 (12.82%) Strategic Planning
13 23 (11.79%) Budget Management
13 23 (11.79%) DevOps
13 23 (11.79%) Incident Response
13 23 (11.79%) IT Strategy
Programming Languages
1 37 (18.97%) SQL
2 9 (4.62%) Python
3 8 (4.10%) C#
4 7 (3.59%) Java
5 4 (2.05%) C++
5 4 (2.05%) PL/SQL
6 2 (1.03%) JavaScript
6 2 (1.03%) R
6 2 (1.03%) Shell Script
7 1 (0.51%) Apex Code
7 1 (0.51%) C
7 1 (0.51%) Kotlin
7 1 (0.51%) MATLAB
7 1 (0.51%) TypeScript
7 1 (0.51%) VB
Qualifications
1 50 (25.64%) Degree
2 45 (23.08%) Security Cleared
3 36 (18.46%) SC Cleared
4 14 (7.18%) HNC
4 14 (7.18%) HND
5 4 (2.05%) BPSS Clearance
6 3 (1.54%) PMI Certification
6 3 (1.54%) PMP
7 2 (1.03%) Cisco Certification
7 2 (1.03%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (0.51%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 1 (0.51%) CASP
8 1 (0.51%) CCNP
8 1 (0.51%) CCSP
8 1 (0.51%) CISM
8 1 (0.51%) CISSP
8 1 (0.51%) CompTIA CySA+
8 1 (0.51%) MRICS
8 1 (0.51%) Numerate Degree
8 1 (0.51%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 55 (28.21%) QA
2 5 (2.56%) ISO 31000
2 5 (2.56%) NIST
3 4 (2.05%) Accessibility
3 4 (2.05%) Cyber Essentials
3 4 (2.05%) Data Quality
3 4 (2.05%) GDPR
3 4 (2.05%) ISO 9001
3 4 (2.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (1.54%) PMO
5 1 (0.51%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (0.51%) DO-254
5 1 (0.51%) SLA
5 1 (0.51%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 2 (1.03%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (0.51%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.51%) Docker
2 1 (0.51%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (1.03%) Ansible
1 2 (1.03%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.51%) ArcSight ESM
2 1 (0.51%) CA Spectrum
2 1 (0.51%) CASB
2 1 (0.51%) QRadar
2 1 (0.51%) Terraform
Vendors
1 22 (11.28%) Microsoft
2 3 (1.54%) Google
2 3 (1.54%) ServiceNow
3 2 (1.03%) Cisco
3 2 (1.03%) EMC
3 2 (1.03%) JD Edwards
3 2 (1.03%) SAP
3 2 (1.03%) Twitter
3 2 (1.03%) VMware
4 1 (0.51%) Adobe
4 1 (0.51%) ArcSight
4 1 (0.51%) Aruba
4 1 (0.51%) CheckPoint
4 1 (0.51%) Dell
4 1 (0.51%) F5
4 1 (0.51%) Juniper
4 1 (0.51%) LogLogic
4 1 (0.51%) McAfee
4 1 (0.51%) Salesforce
4 1 (0.51%) Splunk