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

6 months to
10 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 400 483 533
Rank change year-on-year +83 +50 -28
Permanent jobs citing Aviation 362 168 321
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.42% 0.39% 0.36%
As % of the General category 0.89% 0.56% 0.62%
Number of salaries quoted 101 87 190
10th Percentile - £31,150 £31,283
25th Percentile £50,000 £32,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £51,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +27.45% +2.00% -28.57%
75th Percentile £80,000 £65,000 £61,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £68,000 £87,875
UK median annual salary £65,000 £48,842 £50,000
% change year-on-year +33.08% -2.32% -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 40,893 30,068 51,682
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 47.06% 69.58% 57.84%
Number of salaries quoted 26,099 15,524 34,896
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,500 £27,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £37,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.76% -12.50%
75th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £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 10 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 10 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 +19 148 £67,500 +22.73% 29
London +40 101 £65,000 +85.71% 19
South West -26 42 £80,000 +23.08% 19
North of England -6 39 £50,000 +4.86% 11
North West +13 21 £50,000 +8.48% 7
Yorkshire - 18 £30,000 - 3
East of England -28 16 £70,000 +100.00% 9
Midlands -18 14 - - 10
West Midlands - 8 - - 4
East Midlands -18 6 - - 6
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 (0.55%) Apache
1 2 (0.55%) Confluence
1 2 (0.55%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.28%) IIS
Applications
1 5 (1.38%) Simulink
2 4 (1.10%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.83%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.83%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (0.83%) Stateflow
4 1 (0.28%) AutoCAD
4 1 (0.28%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (0.55%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 15 (4.14%) AWS
1 15 (4.14%) Azure
2 9 (2.49%) Azure DevOps
2 9 (2.49%) Power Platform
3 8 (2.21%) SaaS
4 4 (1.10%) Azure AKS
4 4 (1.10%) Azure Event Grid
4 4 (1.10%) Azure Monitor
4 4 (1.10%) GCP
4 4 (1.10%) IaaS
4 4 (1.10%) PaaS
5 3 (0.83%) Cloud Computing
5 3 (0.83%) OCI
6 2 (0.55%) BrowserStack
7 1 (0.28%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 1 (0.28%) AWS CloudFormation
7 1 (0.28%) GitHub
7 1 (0.28%) GitHub Actions
7 1 (0.28%) n8n
7 1 (0.28%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 11 (3.04%) ATM
2 8 (2.21%) Network Security
3 6 (1.66%) Firewall
4 3 (0.83%) 2G
4 3 (0.83%) 3G
4 3 (0.83%) 4G
4 3 (0.83%) 5G
4 3 (0.83%) Structured Cabling
4 3 (0.83%) TETRA
5 2 (0.55%) LAN
5 2 (0.55%) RS-422
5 2 (0.55%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.28%) DHCP
6 1 (0.28%) DNS
6 1 (0.28%) MQTT
6 1 (0.28%) SCCP
6 1 (0.28%) VoIP
6 1 (0.28%) VPN
6 1 (0.28%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (2.49%) Power BI
2 7 (1.93%) PostgreSQL
3 6 (1.66%) Tableau
4 4 (1.10%) Redis
5 3 (0.83%) Relational Database
6 2 (0.55%) 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 (1.66%) Git
2 5 (1.38%) Selenium
3 3 (0.83%) Jenkins
4 2 (0.55%) JIRA
4 2 (0.55%) MSTest
4 2 (0.55%) Rational DOORS
5 1 (0.28%) Subversion
5 1 (0.28%) Visual Studio
General
1 60 (16.57%) Social Skills
2 33 (9.12%) Finance
3 32 (8.84%) Aerospace
4 28 (7.73%) Retail
5 27 (7.46%) Analytical Skills
6 21 (5.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 20 (5.52%) Military
8 15 (4.14%) Aeronautics
9 14 (3.87%) Legal
10 13 (3.59%) Electronics
11 11 (3.04%) Avionics
12 8 (2.21%) Digital Health
12 8 (2.21%) Law
12 8 (2.21%) Manufacturing
12 8 (2.21%) Public Sector
13 6 (1.66%) Influencing Skills
13 6 (1.66%) Organisational Skills
14 5 (1.38%) Billing
15 4 (1.10%) Marketing
15 4 (1.10%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 51 (14.09%) Systems Engineer
2 42 (11.60%) Lead
3 32 (8.84%) Software Engineer
4 27 (7.46%) Architect
5 22 (6.08%) Analyst
5 22 (6.08%) Business Development Manager
5 22 (6.08%) Business Manager
5 22 (6.08%) Development Manager
6 21 (5.80%) Test Engineer
7 20 (5.52%) Developer
7 20 (5.52%) Senior
8 19 (5.25%) Cybersecurity Analyst
8 19 (5.25%) Security Analyst
8 19 (5.25%) Support Technician
9 14 (3.87%) Embedded Engineer
9 14 (3.87%) Embedded Software Engineer
9 14 (3.87%) Field Support Technician
10 13 (3.59%) Systems Test Engineer
11 11 (3.04%) Full-Stack Developer
11 11 (3.04%) Traffic Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (1.66%) .NET
2 4 (1.10%) CSS
2 4 (1.10%) HTML
2 4 (1.10%) JSON
2 4 (1.10%) React
2 4 (1.10%) XML
2 4 (1.10%) YAML
3 3 (0.83%) AngularJS
4 2 (0.55%) ADO
4 2 (0.55%) LangChain
4 2 (0.55%) LangGraph
4 2 (0.55%) Playwright
4 2 (0.55%) Qt
4 2 (0.55%) SailPoint
4 2 (0.55%) Spring
5 1 (0.28%) .NET Framework
5 1 (0.28%) ActiveMQ
5 1 (0.28%) Django
5 1 (0.28%) Node.js
5 1 (0.28%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 31 (8.56%) Cyber Defence
2 22 (6.08%) Robotics
3 15 (4.14%) Security Posture
4 13 (3.59%) Driving Licence
5 11 (3.04%) Management Information System
6 10 (2.76%) Cloud Native
7 9 (2.49%) Onboarding
8 8 (2.21%) Product Ownership
9 6 (1.66%) Data Centre
10 4 (1.10%) Operational Technology
11 3 (0.83%) Embedded Systems
11 3 (0.83%) IoT
12 2 (0.55%) AI Agents
12 2 (0.55%) Analogue Electronics
12 2 (0.55%) FPGA
12 2 (0.55%) Hybrid Cloud
12 2 (0.55%) Learning Management System
12 2 (0.55%) Raspberry Pi
12 2 (0.55%) Virtual Team
13 1 (0.28%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 19 (5.25%) Windows
2 15 (4.14%) Linux
3 3 (0.83%) Mac OS
4 2 (0.55%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 64 (17.68%) Software Engineering
2 43 (11.88%) Agile
3 37 (10.22%) Cybersecurity
4 35 (9.67%) Project Management
5 33 (9.12%) AI
6 29 (8.01%) Process Improvement
7 28 (7.73%) Continuous Improvement
8 27 (7.46%) Business Development
8 27 (7.46%) Problem-Solving
9 25 (6.91%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 22 (6.08%) Analytics
11 21 (5.80%) Risk Management
11 21 (5.80%) Roadmaps
12 20 (5.52%) Validation
13 19 (5.25%) Systems Engineering
13 19 (5.25%) Verification and Validation
14 18 (4.97%) Customer Service
15 17 (4.70%) Decision-Making
16 16 (4.42%) Information Security
16 16 (4.42%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 21 (5.80%) Python
2 13 (3.59%) C++
3 11 (3.04%) SQL
4 9 (2.49%) C#
5 8 (2.21%) Java
6 6 (1.66%) C
6 6 (1.66%) MATLAB
6 6 (1.66%) PowerShell
7 4 (1.10%) Bash
7 4 (1.10%) JavaScript
8 3 (0.83%) Delphi
8 3 (0.83%) PL/SQL
9 1 (0.28%) Dart
9 1 (0.28%) Rust
9 1 (0.28%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 32 (8.84%) Degree
1 32 (8.84%) Security Cleared
2 28 (7.73%) SC Cleared
3 10 (2.76%) CISSP
3 10 (2.76%) HNC
4 5 (1.38%) ISSAP
5 4 (1.10%) CISA
5 4 (1.10%) CISM
5 4 (1.10%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
6 3 (0.83%) DBS Check
7 2 (0.55%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (0.55%) HPE ATP
7 2 (0.55%) Master's Degree
8 1 (0.28%) AWS Certification
8 1 (0.28%) Azure Certification
8 1 (0.28%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (0.28%) CEH
8 1 (0.28%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (0.28%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (4.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 12 (3.31%) NIST
3 9 (2.49%) QA
4 7 (1.93%) NCSC
5 6 (1.66%) Accessibility
6 4 (1.10%) GDPR
6 4 (1.10%) GRC
6 4 (1.10%) ISO/IEC 27005
6 4 (1.10%) NIST 800
7 3 (0.83%) ARP4761
7 3 (0.83%) Cyber Essentials
7 3 (0.83%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 3 (0.83%) DO-160
7 3 (0.83%) DO-254
7 3 (0.83%) PCI DSS
8 2 (0.55%) ARP4754
8 2 (0.55%) EU AI Act
8 2 (0.55%) ISO 9001
8 2 (0.55%) PMO
8 2 (0.55%) WCAG
System Software
1 14 (3.87%) IAG
2 6 (1.66%) Docker
3 2 (0.55%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.55%) Firmware
3 2 (0.55%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.28%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 7 (1.93%) Terraform
2 5 (1.38%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.28%) Ansible
3 1 (0.28%) Failover Clustering
3 1 (0.28%) Grafana
3 1 (0.28%) Prometheus
3 1 (0.28%) SCCM
Vendors
1 10 (2.76%) Microsoft
2 4 (1.10%) Google
3 3 (0.83%) Oracle
3 3 (0.83%) SAP
4 2 (0.55%) Ariba
4 2 (0.55%) Salesforce
4 2 (0.55%) UiPath
5 1 (0.28%) Cisco
5 1 (0.28%) Databricks
5 1 (0.28%) MathWorks
5 1 (0.28%) VMware