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

6 months to
15 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 380 468 506
Rank change year-on-year +88 +38 +19
Permanent jobs citing Aviation 427 191 274
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.45% 0.44% 0.38%
As % of the General category 0.98% 0.63% 0.66%
Number of salaries quoted 101 93 154
10th Percentile £42,500 - £22,900
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 £55,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £75,000 £74,950
UK median annual salary £67,500 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +35.00% - -25.93%

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 43,547 30,080 41,350
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 46.14% 68.83% 57.17%
Number of salaries quoted 27,851 15,984 25,008
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,500 £29,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -8.33%
75th Percentile £77,500 £76,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - - -8.33%

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 15 August 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 15 August 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 +50 188 £70,000 +27.27% 84
London -4 98 £60,000 - 70
South West -28 56 £80,000 +23.08% 25
North of England +8 54 £50,000 +4.86% 17
North West +16 28 £50,000 +4.86% 11
Yorkshire - 26 £75,000 - 5
East of England -36 24 £45,000 +28.57% 30
Midlands -26 6 - - 12
East Midlands -21 3 - - 9
West Midlands - 3 - - 3
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 4 (0.94%) IIS
2 2 (0.47%) Confluence
2 2 (0.47%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.23%) Apache
3 1 (0.23%) Oracle Coherence
3 1 (0.23%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 8 (1.87%) Microsoft Project
2 5 (1.17%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (1.17%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (1.17%) Simulink
3 3 (0.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (0.70%) Stateflow
4 1 (0.23%) AutoCAD
4 1 (0.23%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (0.47%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 35 (8.20%) AWS
2 26 (6.09%) Azure
3 25 (5.85%) SaaS
4 13 (3.04%) Serverless
5 11 (2.58%) AWS Lambda
5 11 (2.58%) Azure DevOps
5 11 (2.58%) Datadog
5 11 (2.58%) Route 53
6 9 (2.11%) Power Platform
7 6 (1.41%) Azure AKS
8 5 (1.17%) Entra ID
9 4 (0.94%) Azure Event Grid
9 4 (0.94%) Azure Monitor
9 4 (0.94%) Cloud Computing
9 4 (0.94%) IaaS
9 4 (0.94%) PaaS
10 3 (0.70%) GCP
10 3 (0.70%) Microsoft 365
10 3 (0.70%) Power Automate
11 2 (0.47%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 11 (2.58%) ATM
2 6 (1.41%) SNMP
3 4 (0.94%) Network Security
4 3 (0.70%) 2G
4 3 (0.70%) 3G
4 3 (0.70%) 4G
4 3 (0.70%) 5G
4 3 (0.70%) Ethernet
4 3 (0.70%) Structured Cabling
4 3 (0.70%) TETRA
5 2 (0.47%) Firewall
5 2 (0.47%) HTTP
5 2 (0.47%) LAN
5 2 (0.47%) RS-422
5 2 (0.47%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.23%) DHCP
6 1 (0.23%) MQTT
6 1 (0.23%) NAS
6 1 (0.23%) VoIP
6 1 (0.23%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (1.87%) PostgreSQL
2 7 (1.64%) Power BI
3 6 (1.41%) Tableau
4 4 (0.94%) Redis
4 4 (0.94%) Relational Database
5 3 (0.70%) SQL Server
6 2 (0.47%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (0.47%) MySQL
7 1 (0.23%) GIS
Development Applications
1 10 (2.34%) JIRA
2 7 (1.64%) Selenium
3 5 (1.17%) Git
3 5 (1.17%) Jenkins
3 5 (1.17%) Rational DOORS
4 2 (0.47%) MSTest
4 2 (0.47%) NUnit
5 1 (0.23%) Visual Studio
General
1 86 (20.14%) Social Skills
2 46 (10.77%) Aerospace
3 38 (8.90%) Military
3 38 (8.90%) Retail
4 37 (8.67%) Finance
5 35 (8.20%) Analytical Skills
6 24 (5.62%) Aeronautics
7 21 (4.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 17 (3.98%) Manufacturing
9 15 (3.51%) Avionics
10 14 (3.28%) Legal
11 13 (3.04%) Electronics
12 10 (2.34%) Influencing Skills
12 10 (2.34%) Public Sector
13 8 (1.87%) Digital Health
14 7 (1.64%) Organisational Skills
15 6 (1.41%) Law
15 6 (1.41%) Marketing
16 5 (1.17%) Billing
16 5 (1.17%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 59 (13.82%) Systems Engineer
2 57 (13.35%) Lead
3 50 (11.71%) Software Engineer
4 33 (7.73%) Senior
4 33 (7.73%) Test Engineer
5 26 (6.09%) Architect
6 24 (5.62%) Business Development Manager
6 24 (5.62%) Business Manager
6 24 (5.62%) Development Manager
7 20 (4.68%) Analyst
7 20 (4.68%) Embedded Engineer
7 20 (4.68%) Embedded Software Engineer
8 19 (4.45%) Support Technician
9 17 (3.98%) Cybersecurity Analyst
9 17 (3.98%) Security Analyst
10 15 (3.51%) Applications Engineer
10 15 (3.51%) Senior Systems Engineer
10 15 (3.51%) Software Applications Engineer
11 14 (3.28%) Field Support Technician
11 14 (3.28%) Test Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (2.58%) .NET
2 10 (2.34%) HTML
3 8 (1.87%) ASP.NET
4 5 (1.17%) CSS
5 4 (0.94%) JSON
5 4 (0.94%) XML
5 4 (0.94%) YAML
6 3 (0.70%) .NET Framework
6 3 (0.70%) AngularJS
6 3 (0.70%) React
7 2 (0.47%) ASP.NET Core
7 2 (0.47%) ASP.NET Web API
7 2 (0.47%) Dapper ORM
7 2 (0.47%) Entity Framework
7 2 (0.47%) LangChain
7 2 (0.47%) LangGraph
7 2 (0.47%) OAuth2
7 2 (0.47%) Playwright
7 2 (0.47%) REST
7 2 (0.47%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 38 (8.90%) Robotics
2 30 (7.03%) Cyber Defence
3 21 (4.92%) Cloud Native
4 19 (4.45%) Management Information System
4 19 (4.45%) Onboarding
5 16 (3.75%) Driving Licence
6 13 (3.04%) Data Centre
6 13 (3.04%) Security Posture
7 10 (2.34%) Legacy Systems
8 9 (2.11%) PMI
9 8 (1.87%) Product Ownership
10 7 (1.64%) Private Cloud
11 5 (1.17%) Embedded Systems
11 5 (1.17%) Enterprise Software
12 4 (0.94%) IoT
12 4 (0.94%) Operational Technology
13 3 (0.70%) Self-Motivation
14 2 (0.47%) Analogue Electronics
14 2 (0.47%) Hybrid Cloud
14 2 (0.47%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 27 (6.32%) Windows
2 24 (5.62%) Linux
3 4 (0.94%) Windows Server
4 3 (0.70%) Mac OS
4 3 (0.70%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 104 (24.36%) Software Engineering
2 51 (11.94%) AI
3 47 (11.01%) Continuous Improvement
4 44 (10.30%) Agile
5 43 (10.07%) Roadmaps
6 39 (9.13%) Problem-Solving
7 38 (8.90%) Project Management
7 38 (8.90%) Stakeholder Management
8 32 (7.49%) Cybersecurity
9 28 (6.56%) Process Improvement
10 27 (6.32%) Analytics
10 27 (6.32%) Business Development
10 27 (6.32%) Risk Management
11 26 (6.09%) Systems Engineering
12 25 (5.85%) Mentoring
12 25 (5.85%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 24 (5.62%) Customer Service
13 24 (5.62%) Decision-Making
13 24 (5.62%) Validation
14 20 (4.68%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 28 (6.56%) Python
2 21 (4.92%) C++
3 17 (3.98%) C#
4 16 (3.75%) SQL
5 14 (3.28%) C
6 10 (2.34%) JavaScript
7 9 (2.11%) Java
8 6 (1.41%) MATLAB
9 5 (1.17%) PowerShell
10 4 (0.94%) Bash
11 3 (0.70%) Ada
11 3 (0.70%) Ada 95
11 3 (0.70%) Delphi
11 3 (0.70%) Rust
12 1 (0.23%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 46 (10.77%) Degree
2 44 (10.30%) Security Cleared
3 36 (8.43%) SC Cleared
4 12 (2.81%) HNC
5 10 (2.34%) DV Cleared
6 9 (2.11%) CISSP
6 9 (2.11%) PMI Certification
7 8 (1.87%) BPSS Clearance
8 7 (1.64%) TOGAF Certification
9 5 (1.17%) ISSAP
10 4 (0.94%) Azure Certification
10 4 (0.94%) CISA
10 4 (0.94%) CISM
10 4 (0.94%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
11 3 (0.70%) Computer Science Degree
11 3 (0.70%) DBS Check
11 3 (0.70%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 3 (0.70%) Microsoft Certification
12 2 (0.47%) HPE ATP
12 2 (0.47%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (3.98%) QA
2 13 (3.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 10 (2.34%) NIST
4 8 (1.87%) NCSC
5 6 (1.41%) Accessibility
6 4 (0.94%) GRC
6 4 (0.94%) ISO/IEC 27005
6 4 (0.94%) NIST 800
7 3 (0.70%) ARP4761
7 3 (0.70%) Cyber Essentials
7 3 (0.70%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 3 (0.70%) DO-160
7 3 (0.70%) DO-254
7 3 (0.70%) GDPR
7 3 (0.70%) MIL-STD-1553
8 2 (0.47%) ARP4754
8 2 (0.47%) EU AI Act
8 2 (0.47%) ISO 9001
8 2 (0.47%) PCI DSS
8 2 (0.47%) WCAG
System Software
1 14 (3.28%) IAG
2 6 (1.41%) Active Directory
2 6 (1.41%) Docker
3 2 (0.47%) Firmware
4 1 (0.23%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 6 (1.41%) Terraform
2 4 (0.94%) Kubernetes
3 3 (0.70%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (0.23%) Failover Clustering
Vendors
1 16 (3.75%) Microsoft
2 9 (2.11%) Oracle
2 9 (2.11%) SAP
3 7 (1.64%) ServiceNow
4 2 (0.47%) Ariba
4 2 (0.47%) UiPath
5 1 (0.23%) Cisco
5 1 (0.23%) Databricks
5 1 (0.23%) Google
5 1 (0.23%) MathWorks
5 1 (0.23%) Salesforce