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

6 months to
16 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 416 503 534
Rank change year-on-year +87 +31 -184
Permanent jobs citing Aviation 289 127 303
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.36% 0.32% 0.36%
As % of the General category 0.72% 0.45% 0.60%
Number of salaries quoted 89 66 179
10th Percentile £50,000 £31,125 £30,850
25th Percentile £51,250 £32,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £52,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.38% -5.45% -15.38%
75th Percentile £78,750 £65,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £88,000 £67,500 £91,250
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -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 39,895 28,324 50,136
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 49.05% 72.32% 59.60%
Number of salaries quoted 23,036 14,225 35,575
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £27,445
25th Percentile £39,520 £40,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -12.50%
75th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £106,250 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -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 16 May 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 May 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 +46 124 £60,000 +4.35% 31
London +37 73 £65,000 +85.71% 29
North of England -1 34 £50,000 +4.86% 11
South West -29 33 £80,000 +25.49% 12
North West +16 18 £50,000 +8.48% 5
Yorkshire -38 16 £30,000 -60.00% 2
Midlands -15 13 - - 7
East of England -21 10 £70,000 +100.00% 11
West Midlands - 10 - - 5
East Midlands -30 3 - - 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 (0.69%) Confluence
1 2 (0.69%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.35%) Apache
2 1 (0.35%) IIS
Applications
1 5 (1.73%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (1.38%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 4 (1.38%) Simulink
3 2 (0.69%) Stateflow
4 1 (0.35%) AutoCAD
4 1 (0.35%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (0.69%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 15 (5.19%) Azure
2 14 (4.84%) AWS
3 11 (3.81%) Power Platform
4 6 (2.08%) Azure DevOps
4 6 (2.08%) GCP
5 4 (1.38%) SaaS
6 3 (1.04%) AWS CloudFormation
6 3 (1.04%) OCI
7 2 (0.69%) BrowserStack
7 2 (0.69%) n8n
7 2 (0.69%) PowerApps
8 1 (0.35%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 1 (0.35%) Azure AKS
8 1 (0.35%) Azure Event Grid
8 1 (0.35%) Azure Monitor
8 1 (0.35%) GitHub
8 1 (0.35%) GitHub Actions
8 1 (0.35%) Google Workspace
8 1 (0.35%) IaaS
8 1 (0.35%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 8 (2.77%) Firewall
2 7 (2.42%) Network Security
3 4 (1.38%) ATM
4 3 (1.04%) SCCP
5 2 (0.69%) LAN
5 2 (0.69%) RS-422
6 1 (0.35%) DHCP
6 1 (0.35%) DNS
6 1 (0.35%) MQTT
6 1 (0.35%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.35%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (3.81%) Power BI
2 6 (2.08%) Tableau
3 4 (1.38%) PostgreSQL
4 3 (1.04%) GIS
4 3 (1.04%) Relational Database
5 2 (0.69%) QGIS
6 1 (0.35%) Apache Arrow
6 1 (0.35%) Parquet
6 1 (0.35%) Redis
6 1 (0.35%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 6 (2.08%) Git
2 3 (1.04%) Selenium
3 2 (0.69%) JIRA
3 2 (0.69%) MSTest
3 2 (0.69%) Rational DOORS
4 1 (0.35%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.35%) Subversion
General
1 43 (14.88%) Social Skills
2 36 (12.46%) Aerospace
3 26 (9.00%) Retail
4 20 (6.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 19 (6.57%) Analytical Skills
6 18 (6.23%) Finance
7 17 (5.88%) Military
8 11 (3.81%) Aeronautics
8 11 (3.81%) Legal
9 9 (3.11%) Avionics
9 9 (3.11%) Electronics
10 8 (2.77%) Digital Health
10 8 (2.77%) Law
11 5 (1.73%) Billing
11 5 (1.73%) Public Sector
12 4 (1.38%) Manufacturing
13 3 (1.04%) Marketing
13 3 (1.04%) Telecoms
14 2 (0.69%) Spanish Language
14 2 (0.69%) Swedish Language
Job Titles
1 49 (16.96%) Systems Engineer
2 31 (10.73%) Lead
3 30 (10.38%) Developer
4 26 (9.00%) Analyst
5 23 (7.96%) Cybersecurity Analyst
5 23 (7.96%) Security Analyst
6 22 (7.61%) Software Engineer
7 21 (7.27%) Architect
7 21 (7.27%) Full-Stack Developer
8 19 (6.57%) Test Engineer
9 18 (6.23%) Systems Test Engineer
10 16 (5.54%) Business Development Manager
10 16 (5.54%) Business Manager
10 16 (5.54%) Development Manager
11 14 (4.84%) Senior
12 11 (3.81%) Radar Engineer
13 10 (3.46%) Solutions Architect
14 9 (3.11%) Security Manager
14 9 (3.11%) Software Developer
14 9 (3.11%) Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (4.50%) .NET
2 4 (1.38%) React
3 2 (0.69%) ADO
3 2 (0.69%) AngularJS
3 2 (0.69%) Playwright
3 2 (0.69%) SailPoint
3 2 (0.69%) Spring
4 1 (0.35%) Flutter
4 1 (0.35%) gRPC
4 1 (0.35%) LangChain
4 1 (0.35%) LangGraph
4 1 (0.35%) Protocol Buffers
4 1 (0.35%) Qt
4 1 (0.35%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 26 (9.00%) Cyber Defence
2 19 (6.57%) Security Posture
3 13 (4.50%) Robotics
4 11 (3.81%) Management Information System
5 8 (2.77%) Cloud Native
5 8 (2.77%) Driving Licence
5 8 (2.77%) Product Ownership
6 6 (2.08%) Data Centre
7 4 (1.38%) Operational Technology
8 3 (1.04%) Cyber Security Posture
8 3 (1.04%) Embedded Systems
8 3 (1.04%) Enterprise Software
9 2 (0.69%) Analogue Electronics
9 2 (0.69%) FPGA
9 2 (0.69%) Learning Management System
9 2 (0.69%) Raspberry Pi
10 1 (0.35%) AI Agents
10 1 (0.35%) Algorithms
10 1 (0.35%) GNSS
10 1 (0.35%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 12 (4.15%) Windows
2 8 (2.77%) Linux
3 4 (1.38%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 46 (15.92%) Software Engineering
2 42 (14.53%) Agile
3 40 (13.84%) Cybersecurity
4 33 (11.42%) Project Management
5 31 (10.73%) Continuous Improvement
6 26 (9.00%) Process Improvement
7 24 (8.30%) Full-Stack Development
8 23 (7.96%) Validation
9 22 (7.61%) Verification and Validation
10 21 (7.27%) Business Development
10 21 (7.27%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 20 (6.92%) AI
11 20 (6.92%) Problem-Solving
12 19 (6.57%) Information Security
12 19 (6.57%) Risk Management
13 15 (5.19%) Stakeholder Management
14 14 (4.84%) Business Intelligence
14 14 (4.84%) Customer Service
14 14 (4.84%) Incident Response
15 13 (4.50%) Cloud Security
Programming Languages
1 16 (5.54%) C#
2 13 (4.50%) Python
3 10 (3.46%) Java
4 8 (2.77%) SQL
5 7 (2.42%) C++
6 5 (1.73%) C
6 5 (1.73%) MATLAB
6 5 (1.73%) PowerShell
7 3 (1.04%) PL/SQL
8 2 (0.69%) Delphi
9 1 (0.35%) Bash
9 1 (0.35%) Dart
9 1 (0.35%) JavaScript
9 1 (0.35%) Rust
9 1 (0.35%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 30 (10.38%) Degree
2 24 (8.30%) Security Cleared
3 20 (6.92%) SC Cleared
4 12 (4.15%) CISSP
5 6 (2.08%) HNC
6 5 (1.73%) ISSAP
7 4 (1.38%) CISA
7 4 (1.38%) CISM
7 4 (1.38%) Computer Science Degree
7 4 (1.38%) DBS Check
7 4 (1.38%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
7 4 (1.38%) Master's Degree
8 3 (1.04%) Microsoft Certification
9 2 (0.69%) HPE ATP
10 1 (0.35%) AWS Certification
10 1 (0.35%) Azure Certification
10 1 (0.35%) CEH
10 1 (0.35%) PhD
10 1 (0.35%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (6.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 16 (5.54%) NIST
3 7 (2.42%) NCSC
4 6 (2.08%) Accessibility
4 6 (2.08%) GDPR
4 6 (2.08%) QA
5 5 (1.73%) PCI DSS
6 4 (1.38%) GRC
6 4 (1.38%) ISO/IEC 27005
6 4 (1.38%) NIST 800
7 3 (1.04%) ARP4761
7 3 (1.04%) Cyber Essentials
7 3 (1.04%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 3 (1.04%) DO-160
7 3 (1.04%) DO-254
8 2 (0.69%) ARP4754
8 2 (0.69%) ISO 9001
8 2 (0.69%) PMO
8 2 (0.69%) WCAG
9 1 (0.35%) MISRA
System Software
1 13 (4.50%) IAG
2 8 (2.77%) Docker
3 4 (1.38%) Active Directory
3 4 (1.38%) Hyper-V
4 3 (1.04%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.69%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 6 (2.08%) Terraform
2 5 (1.73%) Kubernetes
3 3 (1.04%) Ansible
3 3 (1.04%) SCCM
4 1 (0.35%) Failover Clustering
4 1 (0.35%) Grafana
4 1 (0.35%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 10 (3.46%) Microsoft
2 6 (2.08%) Google
3 3 (1.04%) Oracle
3 3 (1.04%) Salesforce
3 3 (1.04%) SAP
3 3 (1.04%) VMware
4 2 (0.69%) Ariba
5 1 (0.35%) Cisco
5 1 (0.35%) Databricks
5 1 (0.35%) MathWorks
5 1 (0.35%) UiPath