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 16 February 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 447 537 515
Rank change year-on-year +90 -22 -183
Permanent jobs citing Aviation 187 121 248
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.32% 0.27% 0.37%
As % of the General category 0.56% 0.40% 0.61%
Number of salaries quoted 74 54 161
10th Percentile £32,500 £35,625 £36,825
25th Percentile £52,288 £45,000 £41,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -15.38% +4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £65,000 £92,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £73,125 -
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £61,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -9.84% -4.87%

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 33,510 30,181 40,513
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 56.51% 67.91% 60.86%
Number of salaries quoted 18,709 13,831 30,804
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,500 £27,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £45,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £76,000 £83,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £98,750 £107,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £53,459 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -10.90% +9.09% -10.57%

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 16 February 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 16 February 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 +54 95 £60,000 +20.00% 33
London +55 38 £100,000 +25.00% 24
South West -7 19 £80,000 +28.00% 7
East of England +23 14 £35,000 -22.22% 6
Midlands +12 13 £65,000 -3.70% 3
West Midlands +24 8 - - 2
North of England -24 7 £30,000 -60.00% 16
East Midlands -13 5 £65,000 -3.70% 1
North West +9 4 - - 10
Yorkshire -36 3 £30,000 -60.00% 4
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 (0.53%) Apache
Applications
1 5 (2.67%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.60%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.53%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.53%) Q-Pulse
Cloud Services
1 15 (8.02%) SaaS
2 6 (3.21%) AWS
2 6 (3.21%) Power Platform
3 5 (2.67%) Azure
3 5 (2.67%) GCP
4 3 (1.60%) AWS CloudFormation
5 2 (1.07%) GitHub
5 2 (1.07%) GitHub Actions
5 2 (1.07%) n8n
5 2 (1.07%) OCI
5 2 (1.07%) PowerApps
6 1 (0.53%) Amazon CloudWatch
6 1 (0.53%) Google Workspace
6 1 (0.53%) Pulumi
Communications & Networking
1 6 (3.21%) Firewall
1 6 (3.21%) Network Security
2 3 (1.60%) SCCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (3.21%) Power BI
2 2 (1.07%) GIS
2 2 (1.07%) QGIS
3 1 (0.53%) Apache Arrow
3 1 (0.53%) Parquet
3 1 (0.53%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (0.53%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 3 (1.60%) Git
2 1 (0.53%) GitLab
2 1 (0.53%) Subversion
General
1 57 (30.48%) Social Skills
2 41 (21.93%) Analytical Skills
3 25 (13.37%) Aerospace
4 19 (10.16%) Military
5 12 (6.42%) Fire and Rescue
5 12 (6.42%) Police
6 9 (4.81%) Electronics
6 9 (4.81%) Finance
7 6 (3.21%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 6 (3.21%) Retail
8 4 (2.14%) Aeronautics
8 4 (2.14%) Law
8 4 (2.14%) Presentation Skills
9 2 (1.07%) Automotive
9 2 (1.07%) Legal
9 2 (1.07%) Telecoms
10 1 (0.53%) Avionics
10 1 (0.53%) Manufacturing
10 1 (0.53%) Marketing
10 1 (0.53%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 33 (17.65%) Business Manager
2 32 (17.11%) Systems Engineer
3 27 (14.44%) Developer
4 23 (12.30%) Business Systems Manager
4 23 (12.30%) Systems Manager
5 22 (11.76%) Full-Stack Developer
6 15 (8.02%) Test Engineer
7 12 (6.42%) Lead
7 12 (6.42%) Operations Manager
7 12 (6.42%) Service Manager
7 12 (6.42%) Service Operations Manager
7 12 (6.42%) Systems Test Engineer
8 11 (5.88%) Coordinator
9 10 (5.35%) Analyst
9 10 (5.35%) Business Development Manager
9 10 (5.35%) Development Manager
10 9 (4.81%) Integration Engineer
11 6 (3.21%) Architect
11 6 (3.21%) Cybersecurity Analyst
11 6 (3.21%) Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (8.56%) .NET
2 2 (1.07%) React
3 1 (0.53%) Flutter
3 1 (0.53%) gRPC
3 1 (0.53%) Protocol Buffers
3 1 (0.53%) Qt
3 1 (0.53%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 45 (24.06%) Robotics
2 8 (4.28%) Fibre Optics
2 8 (4.28%) Management Information System
3 6 (3.21%) Cyber Defence
3 6 (3.21%) Security Posture
4 4 (2.14%) Driving Licence
4 4 (2.14%) Onboarding
5 3 (1.60%) Algorithms
5 3 (1.60%) Augmented Reality
5 3 (1.60%) Cloud Native
5 3 (1.60%) Cyber Security Posture
5 3 (1.60%) Enterprise Software
5 3 (1.60%) Virtual Reality
6 2 (1.07%) Reinsurance
7 1 (0.53%) e-Learning
7 1 (0.53%) Embedded Systems
7 1 (0.53%) FPGA
7 1 (0.53%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 6 (3.21%) Windows
2 3 (1.60%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.53%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 50 (26.74%) Software Engineering
2 49 (26.20%) AI
3 45 (24.06%) Project Management
4 40 (21.39%) Process Improvement
5 35 (18.72%) Problem-Solving
6 29 (15.51%) Continuous Improvement
7 26 (13.90%) IT Strategy
8 25 (13.37%) Agile
9 24 (12.83%) Contract Negotiation
9 24 (12.83%) Full-Stack Development
9 24 (12.83%) Risk Management
10 23 (12.30%) Budget Management
10 23 (12.30%) Strategic Planning
11 19 (10.16%) DevOps
12 18 (9.63%) Incident Response
13 16 (8.56%) Project Delivery
13 16 (8.56%) SOLID
14 14 (7.49%) ERP
14 14 (7.49%) Validation
15 13 (6.95%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 17 (9.09%) SQL
2 16 (8.56%) C#
3 11 (5.88%) Python
4 8 (4.28%) Java
5 6 (3.21%) C++
6 3 (1.60%) PL/SQL
6 3 (1.60%) PowerShell
7 1 (0.53%) C
7 1 (0.53%) Dart
7 1 (0.53%) JavaScript
7 1 (0.53%) Rust
7 1 (0.53%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 37 (19.79%) Security Cleared
2 34 (18.18%) SC Cleared
3 20 (10.70%) Degree
4 8 (4.28%) HNC
4 8 (4.28%) HND
5 4 (2.14%) BPSS Clearance
5 4 (2.14%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (1.60%) CISSP
6 3 (1.60%) DBS Check
6 3 (1.60%) Microsoft Certification
7 2 (1.07%) Master's Degree
8 1 (0.53%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (12.83%) QA
2 7 (3.74%) GDPR
3 6 (3.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 6 (3.21%) NIST
4 3 (1.60%) Accessibility
4 3 (1.60%) PCI DSS
4 3 (1.60%) PMO
5 1 (0.53%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.53%) DO-254
5 1 (0.53%) ECSS
5 1 (0.53%) ISO 9001
5 1 (0.53%) MISRA
System Software
1 6 (3.21%) Docker
2 4 (2.14%) Active Directory
3 3 (1.60%) Hyper-V
3 3 (1.60%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.53%) IAG
Systems Management
1 6 (3.21%) Kubernetes
2 4 (2.14%) Terraform
3 3 (1.60%) Ansible
3 3 (1.60%) SCCM
4 1 (0.53%) Grafana
4 1 (0.53%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 9 (4.81%) Microsoft
2 8 (4.28%) Google
3 4 (2.14%) VMware
4 3 (1.60%) Salesforce
5 2 (1.07%) Oracle
6 1 (0.53%) SAP