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

6 months to
20 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 482 523 525
Rank change year-on-year +41 +2 -196
Permanent jobs citing Aviation 174 103 285
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.26% 0.27% 0.38%
As % of the General category 0.49% 0.39% 0.63%
Number of salaries quoted 69 58 180
10th Percentile £45,250 £31,175 £27,825
25th Percentile £60,000 £40,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £58,750 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.64% +2.17% -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £65,000 £83,375
90th Percentile £100,000 £75,000 £92,500
UK median annual salary £65,000 £58,750 £55,000
% change year-on-year +10.64% +6.82% -12.52%

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 35,778 26,620 45,249
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 53.63% 70.23% 60.29%
Number of salaries quoted 20,140 14,046 33,827
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,250 £27,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £42,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +11.11% -12.20%
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 20 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 20 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 +12 69 £60,000 - 36
London +22 47 £82,500 +135.71% 34
South West -27 19 £80,000 +28.00% 18
North of England -34 15 £30,000 -60.00% 8
Midlands -18 14 £65,000 -3.70% 3
East of England -15 9 £41,250 -14.95% 5
West Midlands - 9 - - 1
North West -12 8 - - 7
Yorkshire -41 7 £30,000 -60.00%
East Midlands -52 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 2 (1.15%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.57%) Apache
2 1 (0.57%) IIS
Applications
1 5 (2.87%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (2.30%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (1.72%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.57%) Q-Pulse
Cloud Services
1 11 (6.32%) AWS
2 9 (5.17%) Azure
3 6 (3.45%) GCP
3 6 (3.45%) SaaS
4 4 (2.30%) Power Platform
5 3 (1.72%) AWS CloudFormation
5 3 (1.72%) OCI
6 2 (1.15%) Azure DevOps
6 2 (1.15%) GitHub
6 2 (1.15%) GitHub Actions
6 2 (1.15%) n8n
6 2 (1.15%) PowerApps
7 1 (0.57%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 1 (0.57%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 8 (4.60%) Firewall
2 7 (4.02%) Network Security
3 3 (1.72%) SCCP
4 2 (1.15%) LAN
5 1 (0.57%) DHCP
5 1 (0.57%) DNS
5 1 (0.57%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.57%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (2.30%) Power BI
2 2 (1.15%) GIS
2 2 (1.15%) QGIS
3 1 (0.57%) Apache Arrow
3 1 (0.57%) Parquet
3 1 (0.57%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (0.57%) Relational Database
3 1 (0.57%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (1.72%) Git
2 1 (0.57%) GitLab
2 1 (0.57%) Subversion
General
1 30 (17.24%) Social Skills
2 25 (14.37%) Aerospace
3 20 (11.49%) Military
4 15 (8.62%) Analytical Skills
5 12 (6.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 11 (6.32%) Finance
7 10 (5.75%) Retail
8 4 (2.30%) Avionics
8 4 (2.30%) Law
8 4 (2.30%) Legal
9 3 (1.72%) Electronics
9 3 (1.72%) Fire and Rescue
9 3 (1.72%) Police
10 2 (1.15%) Automotive
10 2 (1.15%) Marketing
10 2 (1.15%) Spanish Language
10 2 (1.15%) Telecoms
11 1 (0.57%) Aeronautics
11 1 (0.57%) Manufacturing
11 1 (0.57%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 34 (19.54%) Systems Engineer
2 28 (16.09%) Developer
3 22 (12.64%) Full-Stack Developer
3 22 (12.64%) Lead
4 15 (8.62%) Architect
4 15 (8.62%) Test Engineer
5 14 (8.05%) Systems Test Engineer
6 13 (7.47%) Analyst
7 10 (5.75%) Business Development Manager
7 10 (5.75%) Business Manager
7 10 (5.75%) Development Manager
8 9 (5.17%) Cybersecurity Analyst
8 9 (5.17%) Security Analyst
9 7 (4.02%) Senior
10 6 (3.45%) Coordinator
10 6 (3.45%) Solutions Architect
11 5 (2.87%) Radar Engineer
11 5 (2.87%) Software Developer
12 4 (2.30%) Cybersecurity Specialist
12 4 (2.30%) Logistics Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (8.05%) .NET
2 3 (1.72%) React
3 1 (0.57%) AngularJS
3 1 (0.57%) Flutter
3 1 (0.57%) gRPC
3 1 (0.57%) Protocol Buffers
3 1 (0.57%) Qt
3 1 (0.57%) Spring
3 1 (0.57%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 10 (5.75%) Cyber Defence
2 9 (5.17%) Security Posture
3 6 (3.45%) Cloud Native
4 5 (2.87%) Management Information System
4 5 (2.87%) Product Ownership
5 3 (1.72%) Cyber Security Posture
5 3 (1.72%) Enterprise Software
5 3 (1.72%) Robotics
6 2 (1.15%) Analogue Electronics
6 2 (1.15%) Driving Licence
6 2 (1.15%) Embedded Systems
6 2 (1.15%) FPGA
6 2 (1.15%) Learning Management System
7 1 (0.57%) ASIC
7 1 (0.57%) Clustering
7 1 (0.57%) e-Learning
7 1 (0.57%) Onboarding
7 1 (0.57%) PMI
7 1 (0.57%) Replication
7 1 (0.57%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 10 (5.75%) Windows
2 6 (3.45%) Linux
3 4 (2.30%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (16.09%) Agile
2 25 (14.37%) Full-Stack Development
3 21 (12.07%) Cybersecurity
3 21 (12.07%) Project Management
4 19 (10.92%) Continuous Improvement
5 17 (9.77%) Problem-Solving
6 16 (9.20%) Process Improvement
7 15 (8.62%) Validation
7 15 (8.62%) Verification and Validation
8 14 (8.05%) SOLID
9 13 (7.47%) Business Development
9 13 (7.47%) Project Delivery
10 12 (6.90%) Cloud Security
10 12 (6.90%) Software Engineering
10 12 (6.90%) Threat Modelling
11 11 (6.32%) DevOps
11 11 (6.32%) Logistics
12 10 (5.75%) Application Security
12 10 (5.75%) ERP
13 9 (5.17%) Incident Response
Programming Languages
1 14 (8.05%) C#
2 11 (6.32%) SQL
3 8 (4.60%) Python
4 7 (4.02%) Java
5 4 (2.30%) C++
5 4 (2.30%) PL/SQL
5 4 (2.30%) PowerShell
6 2 (1.15%) C
7 1 (0.57%) Dart
7 1 (0.57%) JavaScript
7 1 (0.57%) Rust
7 1 (0.57%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 20 (11.49%) Degree
2 11 (6.32%) Security Cleared
3 8 (4.60%) CISSP
4 7 (4.02%) SC Cleared
5 5 (2.87%) ISSAP
6 4 (2.30%) Computer Science Degree
6 4 (2.30%) DBS Check
7 3 (1.72%) Microsoft Certification
8 2 (1.15%) HPE ATP
8 2 (1.15%) Master's Degree
9 1 (0.57%) BPSS Clearance
9 1 (0.57%) CEH
9 1 (0.57%) PhD
9 1 (0.57%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (5.75%) QA
2 8 (4.60%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 6 (3.45%) NIST
4 4 (2.30%) Accessibility
4 4 (2.30%) GDPR
5 3 (1.72%) DO-254
5 3 (1.72%) ISO 9001
5 3 (1.72%) PCI DSS
5 3 (1.72%) PMO
6 1 (0.57%) Data Quality
6 1 (0.57%) ECSS
6 1 (0.57%) MISRA
6 1 (0.57%) SLA
System Software
1 7 (4.02%) Docker
1 7 (4.02%) IAG
2 5 (2.87%) Active Directory
3 4 (2.30%) Hyper-V
4 3 (1.72%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.57%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 5 (2.87%) Kubernetes
2 4 (2.30%) Terraform
3 3 (1.72%) Ansible
3 3 (1.72%) SCCM
4 1 (0.57%) Failover Clustering
4 1 (0.57%) Grafana
4 1 (0.57%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 9 (5.17%) Microsoft
2 6 (3.45%) Google
3 4 (2.30%) VMware
4 3 (1.72%) Oracle
4 3 (1.72%) Salesforce
5 1 (0.57%) Cisco
5 1 (0.57%) SAP