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

6 months to
13 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 475 535 513
Rank change year-on-year +60 -22 -188
Permanent jobs citing Aviation 172 102 287
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.26% 0.26% 0.39%
As % of the General category 0.49% 0.37% 0.64%
Number of salaries quoted 72 59 184
10th Percentile £41,250 £31,200 £28,000
25th Percentile - £41,250 £39,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £58,750
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -2.13% -6.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £65,000 £89,375
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 35,313 27,465 44,745
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 54.14% 70.09% 60.45%
Number of salaries quoted 19,870 13,982 33,580
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,250 £27,500
25th Percentile £35,750 £43,250 £36,365
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £54,145
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +10.81% -13.37%
75th Percentile £76,250 £82,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £98,750 £107,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £53,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +12.15% -10.83%

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 13 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 13 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 74 £60,000 - 27
London +36 40 £80,000 +128.57% 26
South West -16 21 £80,000 +28.00% 17
Midlands -13 14 £65,000 -3.70% 4
North of England -34 12 £30,000 -60.00% 7
East of England -5 10 £35,000 -27.84% 5
West Midlands - 9 - - 2
North West -11 6 - - 6
Yorkshire -50 6 £30,000 -60.00%
East Midlands -33 5 £65,000 -3.70% 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 1 (0.58%) Apache
1 1 (0.58%) IIS
Applications
1 6 (3.49%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (2.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (1.74%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.58%) Q-Pulse
Cloud Services
1 9 (5.23%) AWS
2 7 (4.07%) Azure
3 6 (3.49%) GCP
3 6 (3.49%) SaaS
4 5 (2.91%) Power Platform
5 3 (1.74%) AWS CloudFormation
5 3 (1.74%) OCI
6 2 (1.16%) GitHub
6 2 (1.16%) GitHub Actions
6 2 (1.16%) n8n
6 2 (1.16%) PowerApps
7 1 (0.58%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 1 (0.58%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 8 (4.65%) Firewall
2 7 (4.07%) Network Security
3 3 (1.74%) SCCP
4 2 (1.16%) 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 (2.91%) Power BI
2 2 (1.16%) GIS
2 2 (1.16%) 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 (1.74%) Git
2 1 (0.58%) GitLab
2 1 (0.58%) Subversion
General
1 31 (18.02%) Social Skills
2 25 (14.53%) Aerospace
3 21 (12.21%) Military
4 20 (11.63%) Analytical Skills
5 11 (6.40%) Finance
6 10 (5.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 6 (3.49%) Retail
8 5 (2.91%) Electronics
9 4 (2.33%) Avionics
9 4 (2.33%) Law
9 4 (2.33%) Legal
10 3 (1.74%) Fire and Rescue
10 3 (1.74%) Police
11 2 (1.16%) Aeronautics
11 2 (1.16%) Automotive
11 2 (1.16%) Marketing
11 2 (1.16%) Presentation Skills
11 2 (1.16%) Spanish Language
11 2 (1.16%) Telecoms
12 1 (0.58%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 33 (19.19%) Systems Engineer
2 29 (16.86%) Developer
3 22 (12.79%) Full-Stack Developer
4 19 (11.05%) Lead
5 15 (8.72%) Test Engineer
6 14 (8.14%) Business Manager
7 13 (7.56%) Architect
7 13 (7.56%) Systems Test Engineer
8 12 (6.98%) Analyst
9 10 (5.81%) Business Development Manager
9 10 (5.81%) Development Manager
10 8 (4.65%) Cybersecurity Analyst
10 8 (4.65%) Security Analyst
11 7 (4.07%) Coordinator
11 7 (4.07%) Senior
12 6 (3.49%) Solutions Architect
13 5 (2.91%) Radar Engineer
13 5 (2.91%) Software Developer
14 4 (2.33%) Cybersecurity Specialist
14 4 (2.33%) Logistics Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (8.72%) .NET
2 3 (1.74%) 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 10 (5.81%) Robotics
2 8 (4.65%) Security Posture
3 6 (3.49%) Cyber Defence
4 5 (2.91%) Cloud Native
5 4 (2.33%) Management Information System
6 3 (1.74%) Cyber Security Posture
6 3 (1.74%) Driving Licence
6 3 (1.74%) Enterprise Software
7 2 (1.16%) Analogue Electronics
7 2 (1.16%) Embedded Systems
7 2 (1.16%) Fibre Optics
7 2 (1.16%) Learning Management System
7 2 (1.16%) Onboarding
7 2 (1.16%) Product Ownership
8 1 (0.58%) Algorithms
8 1 (0.58%) Augmented Reality
8 1 (0.58%) Data Centre
8 1 (0.58%) Raspberry Pi
8 1 (0.58%) Reference Data
8 1 (0.58%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 10 (5.81%) Windows
2 5 (2.91%) Linux
3 4 (2.33%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (14.53%) Full-Stack Development
2 22 (12.79%) Project Management
3 21 (12.21%) Agile
4 20 (11.63%) Problem-Solving
5 18 (10.47%) Continuous Improvement
5 18 (10.47%) Software Engineering
6 17 (9.88%) Process Improvement
7 16 (9.30%) Cybersecurity
8 15 (8.72%) SOLID
9 14 (8.14%) Validation
9 14 (8.14%) Verification and Validation
10 13 (7.56%) Business Development
11 12 (6.98%) AI
11 12 (6.98%) Project Delivery
12 11 (6.40%) ERP
12 11 (6.40%) Logistics
13 10 (5.81%) Cloud Security
14 9 (5.23%) Application Security
14 9 (5.23%) Incident Response
14 9 (5.23%) Threat Modelling
Programming Languages
1 15 (8.72%) C#
2 13 (7.56%) SQL
3 10 (5.81%) Python
4 8 (4.65%) Java
5 5 (2.91%) C++
6 4 (2.33%) PL/SQL
6 4 (2.33%) PowerShell
7 2 (1.16%) C
8 1 (0.58%) Dart
8 1 (0.58%) JavaScript
8 1 (0.58%) Rust
8 1 (0.58%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 19 (11.05%) Degree
2 17 (9.88%) Security Cleared
3 13 (7.56%) SC Cleared
4 6 (3.49%) CISSP
5 4 (2.33%) Computer Science Degree
5 4 (2.33%) DBS Check
6 3 (1.74%) ISSAP
6 3 (1.74%) Microsoft Certification
7 2 (1.16%) BPSS Clearance
7 2 (1.16%) HNC
7 2 (1.16%) HND
7 2 (1.16%) HPE ATP
7 2 (1.16%) Master's Degree
8 1 (0.58%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (6.40%) QA
2 8 (4.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 6 (3.49%) NIST
4 5 (2.91%) GDPR
5 4 (2.33%) Accessibility
6 3 (1.74%) ISO 9001
6 3 (1.74%) PCI DSS
6 3 (1.74%) PMO
7 2 (1.16%) 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 (4.07%) Docker
2 5 (2.91%) Active Directory
2 5 (2.91%) IAG
3 4 (2.33%) Hyper-V
4 3 (1.74%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.58%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 5 (2.91%) Kubernetes
2 4 (2.33%) Terraform
3 3 (1.74%) Ansible
3 3 (1.74%) SCCM
4 1 (0.58%) Failover Clustering
4 1 (0.58%) Grafana
4 1 (0.58%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 10 (5.81%) Microsoft
2 7 (4.07%) Google
3 4 (2.33%) VMware
4 3 (1.74%) Oracle
4 3 (1.74%) Salesforce
5 1 (0.58%) Cisco
5 1 (0.58%) SAP