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

6 months to
2 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 332 446 514
Rank change year-on-year +114 +68 +7
Permanent jobs citing Aviation 501 203 258
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.52% 0.47% 0.36%
As % of the General category 1.14% 0.68% 0.63%
Number of salaries quoted 118 88 137
10th Percentile £36,750 - £34,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £32,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £51,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +27.45% +2.00% -28.57%
75th Percentile £81,875 £62,188 £55,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £75,000 £66,750
UK median annual salary £65,000 £47,683 £50,000
% change year-on-year +36.32% -4.63% -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 44,113 29,726 40,702
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 45.37% 68.13% 57.05%
Number of salaries quoted 28,453 15,924 23,075
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £35,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -8.33%
75th Percentile £77,424 £75,762 £77,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £97,500 £99,956
UK median annual salary £55,000 £54,125 £55,000
% change year-on-year +1.62% -1.59% -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 2 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 2 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 +72 237 £65,000 +18.18% 103
London -4 108 £58,750 -9.62% 112
South West -18 64 £80,000 +23.08% 35
North of England -5 51 £50,000 +4.86% 23
East of England -30 35 £45,000 +28.57% 31
North West +10 28 £50,000 +4.86% 17
Yorkshire - 23 £75,000 - 2
Midlands - 5 - - 18
East Midlands - 3 - - 9
West Midlands - 2 - - 9
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 5 (1.00%) IIS
1 5 (1.00%) SharePoint
2 3 (0.60%) Confluence
3 2 (0.40%) SharePoint Server
4 1 (0.20%) Apache
4 1 (0.20%) Oracle Coherence
Applications
1 8 (1.60%) Microsoft Project
2 5 (1.00%) Simulink
3 4 (0.80%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (0.80%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (0.60%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.60%) Stateflow
5 1 (0.20%) AutoCAD
5 1 (0.20%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (0.40%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 39 (7.78%) AWS
2 34 (6.79%) Azure
3 25 (4.99%) SaaS
4 14 (2.79%) Power Platform
5 13 (2.59%) Serverless
6 11 (2.20%) AWS Lambda
6 11 (2.20%) Azure DevOps
6 11 (2.20%) Datadog
6 11 (2.20%) Route 53
7 7 (1.40%) Microsoft 365
7 7 (1.40%) Power Automate
8 6 (1.20%) Azure AKS
8 6 (1.20%) Entra ID
9 4 (0.80%) Azure Event Grid
9 4 (0.80%) Azure Monitor
9 4 (0.80%) Cloud Computing
9 4 (0.80%) IaaS
9 4 (0.80%) PaaS
10 3 (0.60%) OneDrive
10 3 (0.60%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 12 (2.40%) ATM
2 6 (1.20%) SNMP
3 4 (0.80%) Network Security
3 4 (0.80%) SMS
4 3 (0.60%) 2G
4 3 (0.60%) 3G
4 3 (0.60%) 4G
4 3 (0.60%) 5G
4 3 (0.60%) Ethernet
4 3 (0.60%) Structured Cabling
4 3 (0.60%) TETRA
5 2 (0.40%) CHAP
5 2 (0.40%) Firewall
5 2 (0.40%) HTTP
5 2 (0.40%) Intrusion Detection
5 2 (0.40%) NAS
5 2 (0.40%) RS-422
5 2 (0.40%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.20%) MQTT
6 1 (0.20%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (1.80%) Power BI
2 8 (1.60%) PostgreSQL
3 6 (1.20%) Tableau
4 4 (0.80%) Redis
4 4 (0.80%) Relational Database
5 3 (0.60%) SQL Server
6 2 (0.40%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (0.40%) MySQL
7 1 (0.20%) GIS
Development Applications
1 11 (2.20%) JIRA
2 7 (1.40%) Git
2 7 (1.40%) Jenkins
2 7 (1.40%) Selenium
3 5 (1.00%) Rational DOORS
4 2 (0.40%) MSTest
4 2 (0.40%) NUnit
5 1 (0.20%) Visual Studio
General
1 98 (19.56%) Social Skills
2 52 (10.38%) Aerospace
3 44 (8.78%) Military
4 39 (7.78%) Finance
5 38 (7.58%) Retail
6 36 (7.19%) Analytical Skills
7 29 (5.79%) Aeronautics
8 21 (4.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 21 (4.19%) Manufacturing
9 14 (2.79%) Avionics
10 13 (2.59%) Legal
10 13 (2.59%) Public Sector
11 12 (2.40%) Electronics
11 12 (2.40%) Organisational Skills
12 11 (2.20%) Influencing Skills
13 8 (1.60%) Digital Health
13 8 (1.60%) Marketing
14 6 (1.20%) Law
15 5 (1.00%) Billing
15 5 (1.00%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 74 (14.77%) Systems Engineer
2 59 (11.78%) Software Engineer
3 58 (11.58%) Lead
4 45 (8.98%) Senior
5 34 (6.79%) Test Engineer
6 24 (4.79%) Business Development Manager
6 24 (4.79%) Business Manager
6 24 (4.79%) Development Manager
7 23 (4.59%) Architect
7 23 (4.59%) Support Technician
8 22 (4.39%) Embedded Engineer
8 22 (4.39%) Embedded Software Engineer
8 22 (4.39%) Test Technician
9 20 (3.99%) Analyst
9 20 (3.99%) Security Manager
10 19 (3.79%) Applications Engineer
10 19 (3.79%) Senior Systems Engineer
10 19 (3.79%) Software Applications Engineer
11 17 (3.39%) Cybersecurity Analyst
11 17 (3.39%) Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (2.20%) .NET
2 10 (2.00%) HTML
3 8 (1.60%) ASP.NET
4 7 (1.40%) CSS
4 7 (1.40%) REST
5 6 (1.20%) Terraform
6 5 (1.00%) AngularJS
6 5 (1.00%) Kafka
7 4 (0.80%) JSON
7 4 (0.80%) XML
7 4 (0.80%) YAML
8 3 (0.60%) .NET Framework
8 3 (0.60%) Microsoft Graph
8 3 (0.60%) React
8 3 (0.60%) SPFx
9 2 (0.40%) LangChain
9 2 (0.40%) LangGraph
9 2 (0.40%) OAuth2
9 2 (0.40%) SailPoint
9 2 (0.40%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 45 (8.98%) Robotics
2 35 (6.99%) Cyber Defence
3 24 (4.79%) Management Information System
4 23 (4.59%) Cloud Native
5 19 (3.79%) Onboarding
6 16 (3.19%) Driving Licence
7 13 (2.59%) Data Centre
7 13 (2.59%) Security Posture
8 10 (2.00%) Legacy Systems
9 9 (1.80%) PMI
10 8 (1.60%) Product Ownership
11 7 (1.40%) Private Cloud
12 5 (1.00%) Embedded Systems
12 5 (1.00%) Enterprise Software
13 4 (0.80%) IoT
13 4 (0.80%) Operational Technology
13 4 (0.80%) Social Media
14 3 (0.60%) Cyber Threat
14 3 (0.60%) Self-Motivation
15 2 (0.40%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 29 (5.79%) Windows
2 24 (4.79%) Linux
3 5 (1.00%) Windows Server
4 3 (0.60%) Mac OS
4 3 (0.60%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 125 (24.95%) Software Engineering
2 59 (11.78%) AI
3 48 (9.58%) Agile
4 47 (9.38%) Continuous Improvement
4 47 (9.38%) Roadmaps
5 45 (8.98%) Problem-Solving
6 44 (8.78%) Cybersecurity
7 43 (8.58%) Stakeholder Management
8 39 (7.78%) Project Management
9 29 (5.79%) Systems Engineering
10 28 (5.59%) Mentoring
10 28 (5.59%) Process Improvement
11 27 (5.39%) Analytics
11 27 (5.39%) Business Development
11 27 (5.39%) Risk Management
12 26 (5.19%) Decision-Making
13 25 (4.99%) Customer Service
13 25 (4.99%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 25 (4.99%) Technical Leadership
14 24 (4.79%) Collaborative Culture
Programming Languages
1 26 (5.19%) Python
2 21 (4.19%) C++
3 17 (3.39%) C#
4 15 (2.99%) SQL
5 14 (2.79%) C
5 14 (2.79%) Java
6 10 (2.00%) JavaScript
7 8 (1.60%) PowerShell
8 7 (1.40%) MATLAB
9 4 (0.80%) Bash
10 3 (0.60%) Ada
10 3 (0.60%) Ada 95
10 3 (0.60%) Delphi
10 3 (0.60%) Rust
Qualifications
1 51 (10.18%) Security Cleared
2 48 (9.58%) Degree
3 38 (7.58%) SC Cleared
4 13 (2.59%) HNC
5 12 (2.40%) DV Cleared
6 11 (2.20%) CISSP
7 9 (1.80%) PMI Certification
8 8 (1.60%) BPSS Clearance
9 7 (1.40%) TOGAF Certification
10 6 (1.20%) CISA
10 6 (1.20%) CISM
11 5 (1.00%) Azure Certification
11 5 (1.00%) Computer Science Degree
11 5 (1.00%) ISSAP
12 4 (0.80%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
12 4 (0.80%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 4 (0.80%) Microsoft Certification
13 3 (0.60%) CEH
14 2 (0.40%) Master's Degree
14 2 (0.40%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (3.59%) QA
2 15 (2.99%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 12 (2.40%) NIST
4 8 (1.60%) NCSC
5 6 (1.20%) Accessibility
5 6 (1.20%) GRC
5 6 (1.20%) NIST 800
6 5 (1.00%) GDPR
7 4 (0.80%) ISO/IEC 27005
8 3 (0.60%) ARP4761
8 3 (0.60%) Cyber Essentials
8 3 (0.60%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 3 (0.60%) DO-160
8 3 (0.60%) DO-254
8 3 (0.60%) MIL-STD-1553
9 2 (0.40%) ARP4754
9 2 (0.40%) Def Stans
9 2 (0.40%) JSP 440
9 2 (0.40%) PCI DSS
9 2 (0.40%) WCAG
System Software
1 13 (2.59%) IAG
2 7 (1.40%) Active Directory
3 6 (1.20%) Docker
4 2 (0.40%) Firmware
5 1 (0.20%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 4 (0.80%) Kubernetes
1 4 (0.80%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (0.40%) Argo
3 1 (0.20%) Failover Clustering
Vendors
1 23 (4.59%) Microsoft
2 9 (1.80%) SAP
3 8 (1.60%) Oracle
4 7 (1.40%) ServiceNow
5 2 (0.40%) Ariba
5 2 (0.40%) UiPath
6 1 (0.20%) Cisco
6 1 (0.20%) Databricks
6 1 (0.20%) MathWorks
6 1 (0.20%) Salesforce