Aviation Job Trends in London

Aviation
England > London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Aviation in permanent job vacancies in London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Aviation over the 6 months leading up to 14 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 319 357 472
Rank change year-on-year +38 +115 -30
Permanent jobs citing Aviation 93 33 44
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.44% 0.27% 0.18%
As % of the General category 0.80% 0.35% 0.27%
Number of salaries quoted 25 16 26
10th Percentile £46,250 £28,898 £22,900
25th Percentile £55,000 £32,500 £35,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £35,000 £58,750
Median % change year-on-year +85.71% -40.43% -24.19%
75th Percentile £85,000 £80,625 £82,500
90th Percentile £103,000 £82,500 £138,125
England median annual salary £60,000 £47,683 £54,875
% change year-on-year +25.83% -13.11% -20.18%

All General Skills
London

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 London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 11,690 9,410 16,412
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 54.81% 76.95% 66.80%
Number of salaries quoted 7,534 5,313 11,523
10th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £55,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year - +7.14% -6.67%
75th Percentile £95,000 £101,250 £95,000
90th Percentile £115,000 £126,250 £120,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -12.50%

Aviation
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Aviation relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in London.

Aviation job vacancy trend in London

Aviation
Salary Trend in London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing Aviation.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing Aviation

Aviation
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Aviation in London over the 6 months to 14 June 2026.

Salary histogram for Aviation in London

Aviation
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Aviation within the London region over the 6 months to 14 June 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
West London +2 23 £80,000 -13.51%
Central London +1 4 £105,000 - 5
Aviation
England

Aviation
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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 (2.15%) Confluence
1 2 (2.15%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (4.30%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 3 (3.23%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (1.08%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (2.15%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 13 (13.98%) AWS
2 10 (10.75%) Azure
3 9 (9.68%) Power Platform
4 5 (5.38%) SaaS
5 4 (4.30%) Azure DevOps
6 3 (3.23%) AWS CloudFormation
6 3 (3.23%) GCP
7 2 (2.15%) n8n
8 1 (1.08%) Azure AKS
8 1 (1.08%) Azure Event Grid
8 1 (1.08%) Azure Monitor
8 1 (1.08%) Google Workspace
8 1 (1.08%) IaaS
8 1 (1.08%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 7 (7.53%) Firewall
1 7 (7.53%) Network Security
2 3 (3.23%) SCCP
3 2 (2.15%) 2G
3 2 (2.15%) 3G
3 2 (2.15%) 4G
3 2 (2.15%) 5G
3 2 (2.15%) Structured Cabling
3 2 (2.15%) TETRA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (9.68%) Power BI
2 6 (6.45%) Tableau
3 2 (2.15%) GIS
3 2 (2.15%) QGIS
4 1 (1.08%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (1.08%) Redis
Development Applications
1 2 (2.15%) JIRA
General
1 36 (38.71%) Social Skills
2 31 (33.33%) Retail
3 24 (25.81%) Finance
4 20 (21.51%) Analytical Skills
5 7 (7.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 6 (6.45%) Law
7 4 (4.30%) Organisational Skills
8 3 (3.23%) Military
9 2 (2.15%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (2.15%) Manufacturing
9 2 (2.15%) Marketing
9 2 (2.15%) Public Sector
9 2 (2.15%) Spanish Language
10 1 (1.08%) Aeronautics
10 1 (1.08%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 25 (26.88%) Analyst
2 23 (24.73%) Cybersecurity Analyst
2 23 (24.73%) Security Analyst
3 15 (16.13%) Architect
4 8 (8.60%) Senior
5 5 (5.38%) Senior Architect
5 5 (5.38%) Senior Technical Architect
5 5 (5.38%) Technical Architect
6 4 (4.30%) Account Manager
6 4 (4.30%) Cybersecurity Specialist
6 4 (4.30%) Innovation Manager
6 4 (4.30%) Metrics Analyst
6 4 (4.30%) Risk Analyst
6 4 (4.30%) Security Risk Analyst
6 4 (4.30%) Strategy Manager
7 3 (3.23%) Business Consultant
7 3 (3.23%) Business Development Consultant
7 3 (3.23%) Consultant
7 3 (3.23%) Development Consultant
7 3 (3.23%) Wintel Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.15%) AngularJS
1 2 (2.15%) LangChain
1 2 (2.15%) LangGraph
1 2 (2.15%) React
1 2 (2.15%) SailPoint
1 2 (2.15%) Spring
2 1 (1.08%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 31 (33.33%) Cyber Defence
2 16 (17.20%) Security Posture
3 9 (9.68%) Cloud Native
4 8 (8.60%) Management Information System
5 7 (7.53%) Product Ownership
6 5 (5.38%) Data Centre
7 4 (4.30%) Onboarding
7 4 (4.30%) Operational Technology
8 3 (3.23%) Cyber Security Posture
9 2 (2.15%) AI Agents
9 2 (2.15%) Virtual Team
10 1 (1.08%) Enterprise Software
10 1 (1.08%) Hybrid Cloud
10 1 (1.08%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 7 (7.53%) Windows
2 5 (5.38%) Linux
3 3 (3.23%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 41 (44.09%) Agile
2 36 (38.71%) Cybersecurity
3 34 (36.56%) Project Management
4 31 (33.33%) Process Improvement
5 22 (23.66%) Continuous Improvement
5 22 (23.66%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 15 (16.13%) Risk Management
7 13 (13.98%) Cloud Security
7 13 (13.98%) Threat Modelling
8 12 (12.90%) Analytics
8 12 (12.90%) Roadmaps
9 11 (11.83%) Application Security
9 11 (11.83%) Incident Response
10 10 (10.75%) Decision-Making
11 9 (9.68%) Business Intelligence
11 9 (9.68%) DevOps
11 9 (9.68%) Information Security
12 8 (8.60%) Logistics
12 8 (8.60%) OWASP
12 8 (8.60%) Static Application Security Testing
Programming Languages
1 4 (4.30%) PowerShell
2 3 (3.23%) Python
2 3 (3.23%) SQL
3 2 (2.15%) C++
3 2 (2.15%) Java
4 1 (1.08%) Bash
Qualifications
1 19 (20.43%) Degree
2 12 (12.90%) CISSP
3 5 (5.38%) ISSAP
4 4 (4.30%) CISA
4 4 (4.30%) CISM
4 4 (4.30%) Computer Science Degree
4 4 (4.30%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
4 4 (4.30%) Security Cleared
5 3 (3.23%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (1.08%) AWS Certification
6 1 (1.08%) Azure Certification
6 1 (1.08%) DBS Check
6 1 (1.08%) Master's Degree
6 1 (1.08%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (17.20%) NIST
2 15 (16.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (5.38%) PCI DSS
4 4 (4.30%) Accessibility
4 4 (4.30%) GRC
4 4 (4.30%) ISO/IEC 27005
4 4 (4.30%) NCSC
4 4 (4.30%) NIST 800
5 3 (3.23%) GDPR
6 2 (2.15%) EU AI Act
7 1 (1.08%) PMO
7 1 (1.08%) QA
System Software
1 14 (15.05%) IAG
2 3 (3.23%) Active Directory
2 3 (3.23%) Docker
2 3 (3.23%) Hyper-V
2 3 (3.23%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 6 (6.45%) Terraform
2 4 (4.30%) Kubernetes
3 3 (3.23%) Ansible
3 3 (3.23%) SCCM
Vendors
1 4 (4.30%) Microsoft
1 4 (4.30%) Salesforce
2 3 (3.23%) Google
2 3 (3.23%) SAP
2 3 (3.23%) VMware
3 2 (2.15%) Ariba
3 2 (2.15%) UiPath
4 1 (1.08%) Databricks