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 1 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 384 495 547
Rank change year-on-year +111 +52 -110
Permanent jobs citing Aviation 358 153 326
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.42% 0.37% 0.35%
As % of the General category 0.89% 0.52% 0.61%
Number of salaries quoted 103 78 196
10th Percentile £50,000 £30,369 £31,963
25th Percentile £50,625 £32,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £47,683 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +36.32% -9.18% -25.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £65,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £67,875 £87,500
UK median annual salary £65,000 £47,683 £52,500
% change year-on-year +36.32% -9.18% -25.00%

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 40,270 29,254 53,114
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 46.95% 71.00% 57.40%
Number of salaries quoted 25,737 14,879 36,079
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,500 £27,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £37,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £56,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.65% +7.62% -12.50%
75th Percentile £77,500 £78,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - +4.76% -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 1 July 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 1 July 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 +34 146 £65,000 +15.56% 28
London +34 102 £65,000 +85.71% 19
North of England -10 38 £50,000 +4.86% 14
South West -29 37 £80,000 +23.08% 25
North West +10 21 £50,000 +8.48% 4
Midlands -23 17 - - 12
Yorkshire - 17 £30,000 - 3
East of England -26 16 £70,000 +100.00% 6
West Midlands - 11 - - 4
East Midlands -21 6 - - 8
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 (0.56%) Apache
1 2 (0.56%) Confluence
1 2 (0.56%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.28%) IIS
Applications
1 5 (1.40%) Microsoft Office
1 5 (1.40%) Simulink
2 4 (1.12%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (1.12%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (0.84%) Stateflow
4 1 (0.28%) AutoCAD
4 1 (0.28%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (0.56%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 16 (4.47%) Azure
2 14 (3.91%) AWS
3 9 (2.51%) Azure DevOps
3 9 (2.51%) Power Platform
4 8 (2.23%) SaaS
5 5 (1.40%) GCP
6 4 (1.12%) Azure AKS
6 4 (1.12%) Azure Event Grid
6 4 (1.12%) Azure Monitor
6 4 (1.12%) IaaS
6 4 (1.12%) PaaS
7 3 (0.84%) OCI
8 2 (0.56%) AWS CloudFormation
8 2 (0.56%) BrowserStack
9 1 (0.28%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 1 (0.28%) GitHub
9 1 (0.28%) GitHub Actions
9 1 (0.28%) Google Workspace
9 1 (0.28%) n8n
9 1 (0.28%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 11 (3.07%) ATM
2 9 (2.51%) Network Security
3 7 (1.96%) Firewall
4 3 (0.84%) 2G
4 3 (0.84%) 3G
4 3 (0.84%) 4G
4 3 (0.84%) 5G
4 3 (0.84%) Structured Cabling
4 3 (0.84%) TETRA
5 2 (0.56%) LAN
5 2 (0.56%) RS-422
5 2 (0.56%) SCCP
5 2 (0.56%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.28%) DHCP
6 1 (0.28%) DNS
6 1 (0.28%) MQTT
6 1 (0.28%) VoIP
6 1 (0.28%) VPN
6 1 (0.28%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (2.51%) Power BI
2 7 (1.96%) PostgreSQL
3 6 (1.68%) Tableau
4 4 (1.12%) Redis
5 3 (0.84%) Relational Database
6 2 (0.56%) GIS
7 1 (0.28%) Apache Arrow
7 1 (0.28%) Parquet
7 1 (0.28%) QGIS
7 1 (0.28%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 6 (1.68%) Git
2 3 (0.84%) Selenium
3 2 (0.56%) JIRA
3 2 (0.56%) MSTest
3 2 (0.56%) Rational DOORS
4 1 (0.28%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.28%) Subversion
4 1 (0.28%) Visual Studio
General
1 62 (17.32%) Social Skills
2 34 (9.50%) Aerospace
2 34 (9.50%) Finance
3 30 (8.38%) Retail
4 27 (7.54%) Analytical Skills
5 21 (5.87%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 21 (5.87%) Military
6 15 (4.19%) Aeronautics
7 13 (3.63%) Electronics
8 12 (3.35%) Legal
9 11 (3.07%) Avionics
10 9 (2.51%) Law
11 8 (2.23%) Digital Health
12 7 (1.96%) Manufacturing
13 6 (1.68%) Influencing Skills
13 6 (1.68%) Organisational Skills
13 6 (1.68%) Public Sector
14 5 (1.40%) Billing
15 4 (1.12%) Telecoms
16 3 (0.84%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 51 (14.25%) Systems Engineer
2 40 (11.17%) Lead
3 31 (8.66%) Software Engineer
4 27 (7.54%) Architect
5 24 (6.70%) Analyst
5 24 (6.70%) Business Development Manager
5 24 (6.70%) Business Manager
5 24 (6.70%) Development Manager
6 22 (6.15%) Developer
7 21 (5.87%) Cybersecurity Analyst
7 21 (5.87%) Security Analyst
8 19 (5.31%) Support Technician
9 18 (5.03%) Test Engineer
10 15 (4.19%) Senior
11 14 (3.91%) Field Support Technician
11 14 (3.91%) Systems Test Engineer
12 13 (3.63%) Embedded Engineer
12 13 (3.63%) Embedded Software Engineer
12 13 (3.63%) Full-Stack Developer
13 11 (3.07%) Traffic Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (2.23%) .NET
2 4 (1.12%) React
2 4 (1.12%) YAML
3 3 (0.84%) AngularJS
3 3 (0.84%) CSS
3 3 (0.84%) HTML
3 3 (0.84%) JSON
3 3 (0.84%) XML
4 2 (0.56%) ADO
4 2 (0.56%) LangChain
4 2 (0.56%) LangGraph
4 2 (0.56%) Playwright
4 2 (0.56%) Qt
4 2 (0.56%) SailPoint
4 2 (0.56%) Spring
5 1 (0.28%) Flutter
5 1 (0.28%) Node.js
5 1 (0.28%) RabbitMQ
5 1 (0.28%) WebSockets
5 1 (0.28%) ZeroMQ
Miscellaneous
1 33 (9.22%) Cyber Defence
2 21 (5.87%) Robotics
3 17 (4.75%) Security Posture
4 13 (3.63%) Driving Licence
5 11 (3.07%) Management Information System
6 9 (2.51%) Cloud Native
7 8 (2.23%) Product Ownership
8 7 (1.96%) Onboarding
9 6 (1.68%) Data Centre
10 4 (1.12%) Operational Technology
11 3 (0.84%) Embedded Systems
12 2 (0.56%) AI Agents
12 2 (0.56%) Analogue Electronics
12 2 (0.56%) Cyber Security Posture
12 2 (0.56%) FPGA
12 2 (0.56%) Hybrid Cloud
12 2 (0.56%) Learning Management System
12 2 (0.56%) Raspberry Pi
12 2 (0.56%) Virtual Team
13 1 (0.28%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 17 (4.75%) Windows
2 14 (3.91%) Linux
3 3 (0.84%) Mac OS
3 3 (0.84%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 62 (17.32%) Software Engineering
2 45 (12.57%) Agile
3 39 (10.89%) Cybersecurity
4 37 (10.34%) Project Management
5 30 (8.38%) AI
5 30 (8.38%) Continuous Improvement
5 30 (8.38%) Process Improvement
6 29 (8.10%) Business Development
6 29 (8.10%) Problem-Solving
7 25 (6.98%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 21 (5.87%) Risk Management
8 21 (5.87%) Validation
9 20 (5.59%) Analytics
9 20 (5.59%) Verification and Validation
10 19 (5.31%) Roadmaps
11 17 (4.75%) Information Security
11 17 (4.75%) Systems Engineering
12 15 (4.19%) Cloud Security
12 15 (4.19%) Decision-Making
12 15 (4.19%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 18 (5.03%) Python
2 12 (3.35%) C++
3 11 (3.07%) C#
3 11 (3.07%) SQL
4 8 (2.23%) Java
5 7 (1.96%) PowerShell
6 6 (1.68%) C
6 6 (1.68%) MATLAB
7 4 (1.12%) Bash
8 3 (0.84%) Delphi
8 3 (0.84%) JavaScript
8 3 (0.84%) PL/SQL
9 1 (0.28%) Dart
9 1 (0.28%) Rust
9 1 (0.28%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 33 (9.22%) Degree
1 33 (9.22%) Security Cleared
2 28 (7.82%) SC Cleared
3 11 (3.07%) CISSP
4 10 (2.79%) HNC
5 5 (1.40%) ISSAP
6 4 (1.12%) CISA
6 4 (1.12%) CISM
6 4 (1.12%) DBS Check
6 4 (1.12%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
7 3 (0.84%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (0.84%) Master's Degree
8 2 (0.56%) HPE ATP
8 2 (0.56%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (0.28%) AWS Certification
9 1 (0.28%) Azure Certification
9 1 (0.28%) BPSS Clearance
9 1 (0.28%) CEH
9 1 (0.28%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (5.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 14 (3.91%) NIST
3 9 (2.51%) QA
4 7 (1.96%) NCSC
5 6 (1.68%) Accessibility
6 5 (1.40%) GDPR
7 4 (1.12%) GRC
7 4 (1.12%) ISO/IEC 27005
7 4 (1.12%) NIST 800
7 4 (1.12%) PCI DSS
8 3 (0.84%) ARP4761
8 3 (0.84%) Cyber Essentials
8 3 (0.84%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 3 (0.84%) DO-160
8 3 (0.84%) DO-254
9 2 (0.56%) ARP4754
9 2 (0.56%) EU AI Act
9 2 (0.56%) ISO 9001
9 2 (0.56%) PMO
9 2 (0.56%) WCAG
System Software
1 14 (3.91%) IAG
2 7 (1.96%) Docker
3 3 (0.84%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.84%) Hyper-V
4 2 (0.56%) Firmware
4 2 (0.56%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 8 (2.23%) Terraform
2 6 (1.68%) Kubernetes
3 2 (0.56%) Ansible
3 2 (0.56%) SCCM
4 1 (0.28%) Failover Clustering
4 1 (0.28%) Grafana
4 1 (0.28%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 11 (3.07%) Microsoft
2 5 (1.40%) Google
3 3 (0.84%) Oracle
3 3 (0.84%) Salesforce
3 3 (0.84%) SAP
4 2 (0.56%) Ariba
4 2 (0.56%) UiPath
4 2 (0.56%) VMware
5 1 (0.28%) Cisco
5 1 (0.28%) Databricks
5 1 (0.28%) MathWorks