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

6 months to
13 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 390 481 544
Rank change year-on-year +91 +63 -28
Permanent jobs citing Aviation 365 171 309
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.42% 0.39% 0.35%
As % of the General category 0.89% 0.57% 0.61%
Number of salaries quoted 103 89 189
10th Percentile £50,000 £31,200 £31,140
25th Percentile £50,625 £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 £61,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £67,750 £87,500
UK median annual salary £65,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +30.00% - -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 41,087 30,146 51,039
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 46.90% 69.43% 57.71%
Number of salaries quoted 26,235 15,680 34,261
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,500 £27,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £37,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.76% -12.50%
75th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £101,366 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - +4.76% -12.50%

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 July 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 July 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 +36 149 £67,500 +22.73% 36
London +39 102 £65,000 +85.71% 18
South West -30 43 £80,000 +23.08% 21
North of England +4 39 £50,000 +4.86% 15
North West 0 21 £50,000 +8.48% 9
Yorkshire - 18 £30,000 - 5
East of England -36 17 £70,000 +100.00% 8
Midlands -21 13 - - 9
West Midlands - 7 - - 3
East Midlands -26 6 - - 6
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 2 (0.55%) Apache
1 2 (0.55%) Confluence
1 2 (0.55%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.27%) IIS
Applications
1 5 (1.37%) Simulink
2 4 (1.10%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.82%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.82%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (0.82%) Stateflow
4 1 (0.27%) AutoCAD
4 1 (0.27%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (0.55%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 16 (4.38%) AWS
2 15 (4.11%) Azure
3 9 (2.47%) Azure DevOps
3 9 (2.47%) Power Platform
4 8 (2.19%) SaaS
5 4 (1.10%) Azure AKS
5 4 (1.10%) Azure Event Grid
5 4 (1.10%) Azure Monitor
5 4 (1.10%) Cloud Computing
5 4 (1.10%) GCP
5 4 (1.10%) IaaS
5 4 (1.10%) PaaS
6 3 (0.82%) OCI
7 2 (0.55%) BrowserStack
8 1 (0.27%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 1 (0.27%) AWS CloudFormation
8 1 (0.27%) GitHub
8 1 (0.27%) GitHub Actions
8 1 (0.27%) n8n
8 1 (0.27%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 11 (3.01%) ATM
2 8 (2.19%) Network Security
3 6 (1.64%) Firewall
4 3 (0.82%) 2G
4 3 (0.82%) 3G
4 3 (0.82%) 4G
4 3 (0.82%) 5G
4 3 (0.82%) Structured Cabling
4 3 (0.82%) TETRA
5 2 (0.55%) LAN
5 2 (0.55%) RS-422
5 2 (0.55%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.27%) DHCP
6 1 (0.27%) DNS
6 1 (0.27%) MQTT
6 1 (0.27%) SCCP
6 1 (0.27%) VoIP
6 1 (0.27%) VPN
6 1 (0.27%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (2.47%) Power BI
2 7 (1.92%) PostgreSQL
3 6 (1.64%) Tableau
4 4 (1.10%) Redis
5 3 (0.82%) Relational Database
6 2 (0.55%) GIS
7 1 (0.27%) Apache Arrow
7 1 (0.27%) Parquet
7 1 (0.27%) QGIS
7 1 (0.27%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 6 (1.64%) Git
2 5 (1.37%) Selenium
3 3 (0.82%) Jenkins
4 2 (0.55%) JIRA
4 2 (0.55%) MSTest
4 2 (0.55%) Rational DOORS
5 1 (0.27%) Subversion
5 1 (0.27%) Visual Studio
General
1 60 (16.44%) Social Skills
2 33 (9.04%) Finance
3 32 (8.77%) Aerospace
4 28 (7.67%) Retail
5 27 (7.40%) Analytical Skills
6 21 (5.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 21 (5.75%) Military
7 15 (4.11%) Aeronautics
7 15 (4.11%) Legal
8 13 (3.56%) Electronics
9 12 (3.29%) Avionics
10 9 (2.47%) Public Sector
11 8 (2.19%) Digital Health
11 8 (2.19%) Law
11 8 (2.19%) Manufacturing
12 6 (1.64%) Influencing Skills
12 6 (1.64%) Organisational Skills
13 5 (1.37%) Billing
14 4 (1.10%) Marketing
14 4 (1.10%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 52 (14.25%) Systems Engineer
2 43 (11.78%) Lead
3 32 (8.77%) Software Engineer
4 27 (7.40%) Architect
5 22 (6.03%) Analyst
5 22 (6.03%) Test Engineer
6 21 (5.75%) Business Development Manager
6 21 (5.75%) Business Manager
6 21 (5.75%) Development Manager
7 20 (5.48%) Developer
7 20 (5.48%) Senior
8 19 (5.21%) Cybersecurity Analyst
8 19 (5.21%) Security Analyst
8 19 (5.21%) Support Technician
9 14 (3.84%) Embedded Engineer
9 14 (3.84%) Embedded Software Engineer
9 14 (3.84%) Field Support Technician
10 13 (3.56%) Systems Test Engineer
11 11 (3.01%) Full-Stack Developer
11 11 (3.01%) Traffic Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (1.64%) .NET
2 4 (1.10%) CSS
2 4 (1.10%) HTML
2 4 (1.10%) JSON
2 4 (1.10%) React
2 4 (1.10%) XML
2 4 (1.10%) YAML
3 3 (0.82%) AngularJS
4 2 (0.55%) ADO
4 2 (0.55%) LangChain
4 2 (0.55%) LangGraph
4 2 (0.55%) Playwright
4 2 (0.55%) Qt
4 2 (0.55%) SailPoint
4 2 (0.55%) Spring
5 1 (0.27%) .NET Framework
5 1 (0.27%) ActiveMQ
5 1 (0.27%) Django
5 1 (0.27%) Node.js
5 1 (0.27%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 31 (8.49%) Cyber Defence
2 22 (6.03%) Robotics
3 15 (4.11%) Security Posture
4 13 (3.56%) Driving Licence
5 11 (3.01%) Cloud Native
5 11 (3.01%) Management Information System
6 10 (2.74%) Onboarding
7 8 (2.19%) Product Ownership
8 6 (1.64%) Data Centre
9 4 (1.10%) IoT
9 4 (1.10%) Operational Technology
10 3 (0.82%) Embedded Systems
11 2 (0.55%) AI Agents
11 2 (0.55%) Analogue Electronics
11 2 (0.55%) FPGA
11 2 (0.55%) Hybrid Cloud
11 2 (0.55%) Learning Management System
11 2 (0.55%) Raspberry Pi
11 2 (0.55%) Virtual Team
12 1 (0.27%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 19 (5.21%) Windows
2 15 (4.11%) Linux
3 3 (0.82%) Mac OS
4 2 (0.55%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 64 (17.53%) Software Engineering
2 43 (11.78%) Agile
3 37 (10.14%) Cybersecurity
4 35 (9.59%) Project Management
5 34 (9.32%) AI
6 29 (7.95%) Process Improvement
7 28 (7.67%) Continuous Improvement
8 27 (7.40%) Problem-Solving
9 26 (7.12%) Business Development
10 25 (6.85%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 23 (6.30%) Analytics
12 22 (6.03%) Roadmaps
13 21 (5.75%) Risk Management
14 20 (5.48%) Validation
15 19 (5.21%) Systems Engineering
15 19 (5.21%) Verification and Validation
16 18 (4.93%) Customer Service
16 18 (4.93%) Decision-Making
17 16 (4.38%) Information Security
17 16 (4.38%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 21 (5.75%) Python
2 13 (3.56%) C++
3 11 (3.01%) SQL
4 9 (2.47%) C#
5 8 (2.19%) Java
6 6 (1.64%) C
6 6 (1.64%) MATLAB
6 6 (1.64%) PowerShell
7 4 (1.10%) Bash
7 4 (1.10%) JavaScript
8 3 (0.82%) Delphi
8 3 (0.82%) PL/SQL
9 1 (0.27%) Dart
9 1 (0.27%) Rust
9 1 (0.27%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 32 (8.77%) Degree
1 32 (8.77%) Security Cleared
2 28 (7.67%) SC Cleared
3 10 (2.74%) CISSP
3 10 (2.74%) HNC
4 5 (1.37%) ISSAP
5 4 (1.10%) CISA
5 4 (1.10%) CISM
5 4 (1.10%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
6 3 (0.82%) DBS Check
7 2 (0.55%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (0.55%) HPE ATP
7 2 (0.55%) Master's Degree
8 1 (0.27%) AWS Certification
8 1 (0.27%) Azure Certification
8 1 (0.27%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (0.27%) CEH
8 1 (0.27%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (0.27%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (4.66%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 12 (3.29%) NIST
3 9 (2.47%) QA
4 7 (1.92%) NCSC
5 6 (1.64%) Accessibility
6 4 (1.10%) GDPR
6 4 (1.10%) GRC
6 4 (1.10%) ISO/IEC 27005
6 4 (1.10%) NIST 800
7 3 (0.82%) ARP4761
7 3 (0.82%) Cyber Essentials
7 3 (0.82%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 3 (0.82%) DO-160
7 3 (0.82%) DO-254
7 3 (0.82%) PCI DSS
8 2 (0.55%) ARP4754
8 2 (0.55%) EU AI Act
8 2 (0.55%) ISO 9001
8 2 (0.55%) PMO
8 2 (0.55%) WCAG
System Software
1 14 (3.84%) IAG
2 6 (1.64%) Docker
3 2 (0.55%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.55%) Firmware
3 2 (0.55%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.27%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 7 (1.92%) Terraform
2 5 (1.37%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.27%) Ansible
3 1 (0.27%) Failover Clustering
3 1 (0.27%) Grafana
3 1 (0.27%) Prometheus
3 1 (0.27%) SCCM
Vendors
1 10 (2.74%) Microsoft
2 4 (1.10%) Google
3 3 (0.82%) Oracle
3 3 (0.82%) SAP
4 2 (0.55%) Ariba
4 2 (0.55%) Salesforce
4 2 (0.55%) UiPath
5 1 (0.27%) Cisco
5 1 (0.27%) Databricks
5 1 (0.27%) MathWorks
5 1 (0.27%) VMware