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 26 February 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 461 539 509
Rank change year-on-year +78 -30 -181
Permanent jobs citing Aviation 180 120 265
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.29% 0.28% 0.40%
As % of the General category 0.52% 0.41% 0.66%
Number of salaries quoted 75 57 171
10th Percentile £32,500 £33,750 £33,500
25th Percentile £57,700 £45,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -12.00% -
75th Percentile £80,000 £65,000 £92,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £71,250 -
UK median annual salary £62,500 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +13.64% -8.33% -7.69%

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 34,358 29,402 40,436
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 55.89% 68.65% 60.85%
Number of salaries quoted 19,237 13,837 30,685
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,500 £27,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £45,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £76,250 £83,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £98,959 £108,551 £95,000
UK median annual salary £54,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -10.00% +9.09% -9.84%

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 26 February 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 26 February 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 +36 94 £60,000 +9.95% 22
London +56 32 £100,000 +42.86% 12
South West -12 19 £80,000 +28.00% 10
Midlands +14 14 £65,000 -3.70% 3
East of England +8 12 £35,000 -22.22% 6
West Midlands +25 9 - - 2
North of England -25 8 £30,000 -60.00% 12
East Midlands -22 5 £65,000 -3.70% 1
North West -9 4 - - 7
Yorkshire -48 4 £30,000 -60.00% 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 (0.56%) Apache
Applications
1 5 (2.78%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.56%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.56%) Q-Pulse
Cloud Services
1 6 (3.33%) AWS
1 6 (3.33%) GCP
1 6 (3.33%) Power Platform
1 6 (3.33%) SaaS
2 5 (2.78%) Azure
3 3 (1.67%) AWS CloudFormation
3 3 (1.67%) OCI
4 2 (1.11%) GitHub
4 2 (1.11%) GitHub Actions
4 2 (1.11%) n8n
4 2 (1.11%) PowerApps
5 1 (0.56%) Amazon CloudWatch
5 1 (0.56%) Google Workspace
5 1 (0.56%) Pulumi
Communications & Networking
1 6 (3.33%) Firewall
1 6 (3.33%) Network Security
2 3 (1.67%) SCCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (3.33%) Power BI
2 2 (1.11%) GIS
2 2 (1.11%) QGIS
3 1 (0.56%) Apache Arrow
3 1 (0.56%) Parquet
3 1 (0.56%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (0.56%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 3 (1.67%) Git
2 1 (0.56%) GitLab
2 1 (0.56%) Subversion
General
1 46 (25.56%) Social Skills
2 39 (21.67%) Analytical Skills
3 23 (12.78%) Aerospace
4 19 (10.56%) Military
5 9 (5.00%) Finance
6 8 (4.44%) Electronics
7 6 (3.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 6 (3.33%) Retail
8 4 (2.22%) Aeronautics
8 4 (2.22%) Law
8 4 (2.22%) Presentation Skills
9 3 (1.67%) Fire and Rescue
9 3 (1.67%) Legal
9 3 (1.67%) Police
10 2 (1.11%) Automotive
10 2 (1.11%) Marketing
10 2 (1.11%) Spanish Language
10 2 (1.11%) Telecoms
11 1 (0.56%) Avionics
11 1 (0.56%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 32 (17.78%) Business Manager
2 31 (17.22%) Systems Engineer
3 29 (16.11%) Developer
4 22 (12.22%) Business Systems Manager
4 22 (12.22%) Full-Stack Developer
4 22 (12.22%) Systems Manager
5 15 (8.33%) Lead
5 15 (8.33%) Test Engineer
6 12 (6.67%) Systems Test Engineer
7 10 (5.56%) Analyst
7 10 (5.56%) Business Development Manager
7 10 (5.56%) Development Manager
8 9 (5.00%) Coordinator
9 8 (4.44%) Integration Engineer
10 7 (3.89%) Architect
11 6 (3.33%) Cybersecurity Analyst
11 6 (3.33%) Security Analyst
12 5 (2.78%) Radar Engineer
12 5 (2.78%) Solutions Architect
13 4 (2.22%) Customer Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (8.89%) .NET
2 2 (1.11%) React
3 1 (0.56%) Flutter
3 1 (0.56%) gRPC
3 1 (0.56%) Protocol Buffers
3 1 (0.56%) Qt
3 1 (0.56%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 34 (18.89%) Robotics
2 7 (3.89%) Fibre Optics
3 6 (3.33%) Cyber Defence
3 6 (3.33%) Management Information System
3 6 (3.33%) Security Posture
4 4 (2.22%) Driving Licence
4 4 (2.22%) Onboarding
5 3 (1.67%) Algorithms
5 3 (1.67%) Augmented Reality
5 3 (1.67%) Cloud Native
5 3 (1.67%) Cyber Security Posture
5 3 (1.67%) Enterprise Software
5 3 (1.67%) Virtual Reality
6 2 (1.11%) Reinsurance
7 1 (0.56%) e-Learning
7 1 (0.56%) Embedded Systems
7 1 (0.56%) FPGA
7 1 (0.56%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 6 (3.33%) Windows
2 3 (1.67%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.56%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 42 (23.33%) Project Management
2 39 (21.67%) Software Engineering
3 38 (21.11%) AI
4 37 (20.56%) Process Improvement
5 25 (13.89%) IT Strategy
5 25 (13.89%) Problem-Solving
6 24 (13.33%) Full-Stack Development
7 23 (12.78%) Contract Negotiation
7 23 (12.78%) Risk Management
8 22 (12.22%) Budget Management
8 22 (12.22%) Strategic Planning
9 20 (11.11%) Continuous Improvement
10 16 (8.89%) Agile
10 16 (8.89%) SOLID
11 14 (7.78%) Project Delivery
11 14 (7.78%) Validation
12 13 (7.22%) ERP
12 13 (7.22%) Verification and Validation
13 12 (6.67%) Business Development
14 10 (5.56%) Data Management
Programming Languages
1 16 (8.89%) C#
1 16 (8.89%) SQL
2 13 (7.22%) Python
3 8 (4.44%) Java
4 6 (3.33%) C++
5 4 (2.22%) PL/SQL
6 3 (1.67%) PowerShell
7 1 (0.56%) C
7 1 (0.56%) Dart
7 1 (0.56%) JavaScript
7 1 (0.56%) Rust
7 1 (0.56%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 37 (20.56%) Security Cleared
2 34 (18.89%) SC Cleared
3 19 (10.56%) Degree
4 7 (3.89%) HNC
4 7 (3.89%) HND
5 4 (2.22%) BPSS Clearance
5 4 (2.22%) Computer Science Degree
5 4 (2.22%) DBS Check
6 3 (1.67%) CISSP
6 3 (1.67%) Microsoft Certification
7 2 (1.11%) Master's Degree
8 1 (0.56%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (7.22%) QA
2 7 (3.89%) GDPR
3 6 (3.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 6 (3.33%) NIST
4 3 (1.67%) Accessibility
4 3 (1.67%) PCI DSS
4 3 (1.67%) PMO
5 1 (0.56%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.56%) DO-254
5 1 (0.56%) ECSS
5 1 (0.56%) ISO 9001
5 1 (0.56%) MISRA
System Software
1 6 (3.33%) Docker
2 4 (2.22%) Active Directory
3 3 (1.67%) Hyper-V
3 3 (1.67%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (1.11%) IAG
Systems Management
1 6 (3.33%) Kubernetes
2 4 (2.22%) Terraform
3 3 (1.67%) Ansible
3 3 (1.67%) SCCM
4 1 (0.56%) Grafana
4 1 (0.56%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 9 (5.00%) Google
1 9 (5.00%) Microsoft
2 4 (2.22%) VMware
3 3 (1.67%) Oracle
3 3 (1.67%) Salesforce
4 1 (0.56%) SAP