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

6 months to
12 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 480 532 512
Rank change year-on-year +52 -20 -180
Permanent jobs citing Aviation 171 102 286
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.26% 0.26% 0.39%
As % of the General category 0.48% 0.37% 0.64%
Number of salaries quoted 72 59 183
10th Percentile £41,250 £31,200 £28,000
25th Percentile - £41,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £65,000 £90,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £75,000 £92,500
UK median annual salary £65,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +13.04% +4.55% -14.23%

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 35,294 27,475 44,627
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 54.26% 70.04% 60.46%
Number of salaries quoted 19,813 13,990 33,550
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,250 £27,500
25th Percentile £35,750 £43,290 £36,365
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £54,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +10.09% -12.22%
75th Percentile £76,250 £82,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £98,750 £107,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +11.11% -10.00%

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 12 March 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 12 March 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 +17 75 £60,000 - 29
London +42 38 £80,000 +128.57% 26
South West -18 22 £80,000 +28.00% 21
Midlands -9 14 £65,000 -3.70% 5
North of England -31 11 £30,000 -60.00% 8
East of England -1 10 £35,000 -22.22% 5
West Midlands - 9 - - 1
Yorkshire -44 6 £30,000 -60.00%
North West -7 5 - - 7
East Midlands -36 5 £65,000 -3.70% 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 (0.58%) Apache
1 1 (0.58%) IIS
Applications
1 6 (3.51%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (2.34%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (1.75%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.58%) Q-Pulse
Cloud Services
1 8 (4.68%) AWS
2 7 (4.09%) Azure
3 6 (3.51%) GCP
3 6 (3.51%) SaaS
4 5 (2.92%) Power Platform
5 3 (1.75%) AWS CloudFormation
5 3 (1.75%) OCI
6 2 (1.17%) GitHub
6 2 (1.17%) GitHub Actions
6 2 (1.17%) n8n
6 2 (1.17%) PowerApps
7 1 (0.58%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 1 (0.58%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 8 (4.68%) Firewall
2 7 (4.09%) Network Security
3 3 (1.75%) SCCP
4 2 (1.17%) LAN
5 1 (0.58%) DHCP
5 1 (0.58%) DNS
5 1 (0.58%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.58%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (2.92%) Power BI
2 2 (1.17%) GIS
2 2 (1.17%) QGIS
3 1 (0.58%) Apache Arrow
3 1 (0.58%) Parquet
3 1 (0.58%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (0.58%) Relational Database
3 1 (0.58%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (1.75%) Git
2 1 (0.58%) GitLab
2 1 (0.58%) Subversion
General
1 31 (18.13%) Social Skills
2 25 (14.62%) Aerospace
3 21 (12.28%) Analytical Skills
3 21 (12.28%) Military
4 11 (6.43%) Finance
5 9 (5.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 6 (3.51%) Retail
7 5 (2.92%) Electronics
8 4 (2.34%) Avionics
8 4 (2.34%) Law
8 4 (2.34%) Legal
9 3 (1.75%) Aeronautics
9 3 (1.75%) Fire and Rescue
9 3 (1.75%) Police
10 2 (1.17%) Automotive
10 2 (1.17%) Marketing
10 2 (1.17%) Presentation Skills
10 2 (1.17%) Spanish Language
10 2 (1.17%) Telecoms
11 1 (0.58%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 33 (19.30%) Systems Engineer
2 29 (16.96%) Developer
3 22 (12.87%) Full-Stack Developer
4 18 (10.53%) Lead
5 15 (8.77%) Business Manager
5 15 (8.77%) Test Engineer
6 13 (7.60%) Systems Test Engineer
7 12 (7.02%) Architect
8 11 (6.43%) Analyst
9 10 (5.85%) Business Development Manager
9 10 (5.85%) Development Manager
10 7 (4.09%) Coordinator
10 7 (4.09%) Cybersecurity Analyst
10 7 (4.09%) Security Analyst
10 7 (4.09%) Senior
11 6 (3.51%) Solutions Architect
12 5 (2.92%) Business Systems Manager
12 5 (2.92%) Radar Engineer
12 5 (2.92%) Software Developer
12 5 (2.92%) Systems Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (8.77%) .NET
2 3 (1.75%) React
3 1 (0.58%) AngularJS
3 1 (0.58%) Flutter
3 1 (0.58%) gRPC
3 1 (0.58%) Protocol Buffers
3 1 (0.58%) Qt
3 1 (0.58%) Spring
3 1 (0.58%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 11 (6.43%) Robotics
2 7 (4.09%) Security Posture
3 6 (3.51%) Cyber Defence
4 4 (2.34%) Cloud Native
4 4 (2.34%) Management Information System
5 3 (1.75%) Cyber Security Posture
5 3 (1.75%) Driving Licence
5 3 (1.75%) Enterprise Software
6 2 (1.17%) Algorithms
6 2 (1.17%) Analogue Electronics
6 2 (1.17%) Augmented Reality
6 2 (1.17%) Embedded Systems
6 2 (1.17%) Fibre Optics
6 2 (1.17%) Learning Management System
6 2 (1.17%) Onboarding
6 2 (1.17%) Virtual Reality
7 1 (0.58%) Data Centre
7 1 (0.58%) Raspberry Pi
7 1 (0.58%) Reinsurance
7 1 (0.58%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 10 (5.85%) Windows
2 4 (2.34%) Linux
2 4 (2.34%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (14.62%) Full-Stack Development
2 23 (13.45%) Project Management
3 21 (12.28%) Problem-Solving
4 19 (11.11%) Agile
5 18 (10.53%) Process Improvement
5 18 (10.53%) Software Engineering
6 17 (9.94%) Continuous Improvement
7 15 (8.77%) SOLID
8 14 (8.19%) AI
8 14 (8.19%) Cybersecurity
8 14 (8.19%) Validation
8 14 (8.19%) Verification and Validation
9 13 (7.60%) Business Development
10 12 (7.02%) Project Delivery
11 11 (6.43%) ERP
11 11 (6.43%) Logistics
12 9 (5.26%) Cloud Security
12 9 (5.26%) DevOps
12 9 (5.26%) Incident Response
13 8 (4.68%) Application Security
Programming Languages
1 15 (8.77%) C#
2 13 (7.60%) SQL
3 11 (6.43%) Python
4 9 (5.26%) Java
5 6 (3.51%) C++
6 4 (2.34%) PL/SQL
6 4 (2.34%) PowerShell
7 2 (1.17%) C
8 1 (0.58%) Dart
8 1 (0.58%) JavaScript
8 1 (0.58%) Rust
8 1 (0.58%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 19 (11.11%) Degree
1 19 (11.11%) Security Cleared
2 15 (8.77%) SC Cleared
3 5 (2.92%) CISSP
4 4 (2.34%) Computer Science Degree
4 4 (2.34%) DBS Check
5 3 (1.75%) BPSS Clearance
5 3 (1.75%) Microsoft Certification
6 2 (1.17%) HNC
6 2 (1.17%) HND
6 2 (1.17%) HPE ATP
6 2 (1.17%) ISSAP
6 2 (1.17%) Master's Degree
7 1 (0.58%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (6.43%) QA
2 8 (4.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 6 (3.51%) NIST
4 5 (2.92%) GDPR
5 4 (2.34%) Accessibility
6 3 (1.75%) ISO 9001
6 3 (1.75%) PCI DSS
6 3 (1.75%) PMO
7 2 (1.17%) DO-254
8 1 (0.58%) Data Quality
8 1 (0.58%) ECSS
8 1 (0.58%) MISRA
8 1 (0.58%) SLA
System Software
1 7 (4.09%) Docker
2 5 (2.92%) Active Directory
3 4 (2.34%) Hyper-V
3 4 (2.34%) IAG
4 3 (1.75%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.58%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 5 (2.92%) Kubernetes
2 4 (2.34%) Terraform
3 3 (1.75%) Ansible
3 3 (1.75%) SCCM
4 1 (0.58%) Failover Clustering
4 1 (0.58%) Grafana
4 1 (0.58%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 11 (6.43%) Microsoft
2 8 (4.68%) Google
3 4 (2.34%) VMware
4 3 (1.75%) Oracle
4 3 (1.75%) Salesforce
5 1 (0.58%) Cisco
5 1 (0.58%) SAP