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

6 months to
24 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 335 434 515
Rank change year-on-year +99 +81 -7
Permanent jobs citing Aviation 562 221 251
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.55% 0.51% 0.37%
As % of the General category 1.19% 0.75% 0.64%
Number of salaries quoted 129 90 115
10th Percentile £35,000 - £35,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £32,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £50,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +18.81% +1.00% -31.97%
75th Percentile £80,000 £61,250 £55,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £79,775 £65,250
UK median annual salary £60,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +20.00% - -28.57%

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 47,166 29,503 39,299
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 45.76% 68.52% 57.77%
Number of salaries quoted 30,122 15,662 19,925
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,000 £31,125
25th Percentile £40,000 £35,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £76,250 £76,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £97,500 £100,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £53,700 £57,000
% change year-on-year +2.42% -5.79% -5.00%

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 September 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 24 September 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 +55 283 £62,500 +13.64% 162
London -4 96 £56,250 -19.64% 118
South West -25 70 £80,000 +88.24% 50
East of England -27 53 £45,000 +28.57% 46
North of England -12 52 £50,000 +4.86% 34
North West 0 28 £50,000 +4.86% 19
Yorkshire - 23 £54,250 - 9
Midlands - 8 £55,000 - 26
East Midlands - 4 £65,000 - 16
West Midlands - 4 £45,000 - 10
North East - 1 - - 7
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 6 (1.07%) SharePoint
2 4 (0.71%) IIS
2 4 (0.71%) SharePoint Server
3 2 (0.36%) Apache
3 2 (0.36%) Apache Spark
3 2 (0.36%) Confluence
4 1 (0.18%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.18%) Oracle Coherence
Applications
1 8 (1.42%) Microsoft Project
2 6 (1.07%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (0.89%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 5 (0.89%) Simulink
4 4 (0.71%) Microsoft Office
5 3 (0.53%) AutoCAD
5 3 (0.53%) Stateflow
6 1 (0.18%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.18%) Revit
6 1 (0.18%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 2 (0.36%) Sage 50
1 2 (0.36%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.18%) Misys Midas
Cloud Services
1 36 (6.41%) AWS
2 32 (5.69%) Azure
3 27 (4.80%) SaaS
4 16 (2.85%) Power Platform
5 15 (2.67%) Serverless
6 13 (2.31%) AWS Lambda
6 13 (2.31%) Datadog
6 13 (2.31%) Route 53
7 10 (1.78%) Microsoft 365
8 8 (1.42%) Azure DevOps
8 8 (1.42%) Power Automate
9 6 (1.07%) Azure AKS
9 6 (1.07%) Entra ID
10 5 (0.89%) OneDrive
11 4 (0.71%) Azure Event Grid
11 4 (0.71%) Azure Monitor
11 4 (0.71%) IaaS
11 4 (0.71%) Microsoft Copilot
11 4 (0.71%) PaaS
11 4 (0.71%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 13 (2.31%) ATM
2 9 (1.60%) SMS
3 7 (1.25%) Intrusion Detection
4 6 (1.07%) SNMP
5 5 (0.89%) Firewall
5 5 (0.89%) NAS
6 4 (0.71%) CHAP
7 3 (0.53%) 2G
7 3 (0.53%) 3G
7 3 (0.53%) 4G
7 3 (0.53%) 5G
7 3 (0.53%) Ethernet
7 3 (0.53%) Network Security
7 3 (0.53%) Structured Cabling
7 3 (0.53%) TETRA
8 2 (0.36%) HTTP
8 2 (0.36%) RFID
8 2 (0.36%) RS-422
8 2 (0.36%) Wireless
8 2 (0.36%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (1.78%) Power BI
2 8 (1.42%) PostgreSQL
3 6 (1.07%) Tableau
4 4 (0.71%) Redis
4 4 (0.71%) Relational Database
5 2 (0.36%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (0.36%) MySQL
5 2 (0.36%) SQL Server
6 1 (0.18%) GIS
Development Applications
1 10 (1.78%) JIRA
2 7 (1.25%) Git
2 7 (1.25%) Jenkins
2 7 (1.25%) Selenium
3 5 (0.89%) Rational DOORS
4 2 (0.36%) MLflow
4 2 (0.36%) MSTest
4 2 (0.36%) NUnit
4 2 (0.36%) Visual Studio
General
1 112 (19.93%) Social Skills
2 63 (11.21%) Aerospace
3 50 (8.90%) Finance
4 43 (7.65%) Military
5 42 (7.47%) Analytical Skills
6 36 (6.41%) Retail
7 33 (5.87%) Aeronautics
8 30 (5.34%) Manufacturing
9 16 (2.85%) Avionics
9 16 (2.85%) Electronics
9 16 (2.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 16 (2.85%) Organisational Skills
10 15 (2.67%) Influencing Skills
11 12 (2.14%) Legal
11 12 (2.14%) Public Sector
12 9 (1.60%) Marketing
13 7 (1.25%) Digital Health
13 7 (1.25%) Presentation Skills
14 6 (1.07%) Law
14 6 (1.07%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 86 (15.30%) Systems Engineer
2 66 (11.74%) Software Engineer
3 59 (10.50%) Lead
4 49 (8.72%) Senior
5 31 (5.52%) Test Engineer
6 26 (4.63%) Embedded Engineer
6 26 (4.63%) Embedded Software Engineer
6 26 (4.63%) Support Technician
7 24 (4.27%) Business Development Manager
7 24 (4.27%) Business Manager
7 24 (4.27%) Development Manager
7 24 (4.27%) Security Manager
7 24 (4.27%) Senior Systems Engineer
8 23 (4.09%) Applications Engineer
8 23 (4.09%) Software Applications Engineer
8 23 (4.09%) Test Technician
9 22 (3.91%) Analyst
10 18 (3.20%) Lead Software Engineer
11 17 (3.02%) Radar Engineer
12 16 (2.85%) Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (2.14%) .NET
1 12 (2.14%) HTML
2 9 (1.60%) CSS
3 8 (1.42%) ASP.NET
3 8 (1.42%) REST
4 6 (1.07%) JSON
4 6 (1.07%) XML
5 5 (0.89%) AngularJS
5 5 (0.89%) Kafka
5 5 (0.89%) Terraform
6 4 (0.71%) .NET Framework
6 4 (0.71%) Microsoft Graph
6 4 (0.71%) SPFx
6 4 (0.71%) YAML
7 3 (0.53%) React
8 2 (0.36%) ASP.NET Core
8 2 (0.36%) gRPC
8 2 (0.36%) scikit-learn
8 2 (0.36%) Swagger
8 2 (0.36%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 57 (10.14%) Robotics
2 31 (5.52%) Cyber Defence
3 28 (4.98%) Management Information System
4 22 (3.91%) Cloud Native
5 19 (3.38%) Onboarding
6 16 (2.85%) Driving Licence
7 14 (2.49%) Data Centre
8 11 (1.96%) Legacy Systems
9 10 (1.78%) PMI
9 10 (1.78%) Security Posture
10 8 (1.42%) Operational Technology
11 7 (1.25%) Private Cloud
12 6 (1.07%) IoT
13 5 (0.89%) Algorithms
13 5 (0.89%) Embedded Systems
13 5 (0.89%) Enterprise Software
14 4 (0.71%) AI Agents
14 4 (0.71%) Cyber Threat
14 4 (0.71%) SCADA
14 4 (0.71%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 29 (5.16%) Windows
2 22 (3.91%) Linux
3 5 (0.89%) Windows Server
4 3 (0.53%) Mac OS
4 3 (0.53%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 150 (26.69%) Software Engineering
2 75 (13.35%) AI
3 52 (9.25%) Continuous Improvement
3 52 (9.25%) Roadmaps
3 52 (9.25%) Stakeholder Management
4 50 (8.90%) Problem-Solving
5 43 (7.65%) Cybersecurity
6 42 (7.47%) Project Management
7 41 (7.30%) Agile
8 36 (6.41%) Mentoring
9 35 (6.23%) Systems Engineering
10 32 (5.69%) Technical Leadership
11 30 (5.34%) Analytics
11 30 (5.34%) Business Development
12 29 (5.16%) Collaborative Culture
13 27 (4.80%) Decision-Making
14 26 (4.63%) Customer Service
14 26 (4.63%) Risk Management
14 26 (4.63%) Validation
15 25 (4.45%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 31 (5.52%) Python
2 23 (4.09%) C++
3 18 (3.20%) SQL
4 17 (3.02%) C#
5 15 (2.67%) C
6 12 (2.14%) Java
6 12 (2.14%) JavaScript
7 8 (1.42%) MATLAB
7 8 (1.42%) PowerShell
8 4 (0.71%) Bash
9 3 (0.53%) Ada
9 3 (0.53%) Ada 95
9 3 (0.53%) Delphi
9 3 (0.53%) Rust
10 1 (0.18%) Embedded C
Qualifications
1 58 (10.32%) Security Cleared
2 52 (9.25%) Degree
3 45 (8.01%) SC Cleared
4 17 (3.02%) HNC
5 13 (2.31%) DV Cleared
6 10 (1.78%) PMI Certification
7 8 (1.42%) BPSS Clearance
8 7 (1.25%) CISA
8 7 (1.25%) CISM
8 7 (1.25%) CISSP
8 7 (1.25%) TOGAF Certification
9 6 (1.07%) Azure Certification
9 6 (1.07%) Computer Science Degree
9 6 (1.07%) Master's Degree
10 4 (0.71%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
10 4 (0.71%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 4 (0.71%) Microsoft Certification
11 3 (0.53%) CEH
12 2 (0.36%) HND
12 2 (0.36%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (4.09%) QA
2 17 (3.02%) NIST
3 14 (2.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 10 (1.78%) Accessibility
5 8 (1.42%) NCSC
6 7 (1.25%) GRC
6 7 (1.25%) NIST 800
7 6 (1.07%) GDPR
8 4 (0.71%) ISO/IEC 27005
8 4 (0.71%) JSP 440
8 4 (0.71%) PMO
9 3 (0.53%) ARP4761
9 3 (0.53%) Cyber Essentials
9 3 (0.53%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 3 (0.53%) Def Stans
9 3 (0.53%) DO-160
9 3 (0.53%) MIL-STD-1553
10 2 (0.36%) Data Quality
10 2 (0.36%) DO-254
10 2 (0.36%) EU AI Act
System Software
1 8 (1.42%) IAG
2 7 (1.25%) Active Directory
3 6 (1.07%) Docker
4 1 (0.18%) Firmware
4 1 (0.18%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.18%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (0.71%) Kubernetes
1 4 (0.71%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (0.36%) Argo
3 1 (0.18%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 25 (4.45%) Microsoft
2 10 (1.78%) SAP
3 8 (1.42%) Oracle
4 7 (1.25%) ServiceNow
5 2 (0.36%) Ariba
5 2 (0.36%) Sage
5 2 (0.36%) Thales
5 2 (0.36%) UiPath
6 1 (0.18%) Databricks
6 1 (0.18%) MathWorks
6 1 (0.18%) Salesforce
6 1 (0.18%) Siemens
6 1 (0.18%) VMware