Aviation Job Trends in the South East

Aviation
England > South East

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Aviation in permanent job vacancies in the South East. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Aviation over the 6 months leading up to 9 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 181 220 261
Rank change year-on-year +39 +41 -115
Permanent jobs citing Aviation 121 57 118
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.84% 0.74% 0.72%
As % of the General category 1.82% 1.07% 1.26%
Number of salaries quoted 44 21 36
10th Percentile £50,000 £50,500 £22,044
25th Percentile - £53,750 £24,448
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +43.75% -44.83%
75th Percentile £71,250 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 - £92,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -15.38%

All General Skills
South East

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 the South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 6,657 5,321 9,336
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 45.97% 69.28% 56.95%
Number of salaries quoted 3,812 2,092 6,030
10th Percentile £28,500 £26,763 £25,625
25th Percentile £35,438 £33,000 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +10.53% -9.52%
75th Percentile £68,750 £67,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £82,500 £75,025
England median annual salary £55,000 £57,670 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.63% +9.85% -12.50%

Aviation
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Aviation job vacancy trend in the South East

Aviation
Salary Trend in the South East

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Aviation.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Aviation

Aviation
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Aviation in the South East over the 6 months to 9 May 2026.

Salary histogram for Aviation in the South East

Aviation
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Aviation within the South East region over the 6 months to 9 May 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
Hampshire +12 61 £70,000 - 11
West Sussex -3 20 £93,343 +83.02% 4
East Sussex -13 17 £60,000 +4.35%
Thames Valley +9 10 £75,000 +25.00% 7
Surrey -8 10 £80,000 - 3
Oxfordshire +5 9 £80,000 - 4
Sussex - 3 £40,000 - 1
Berkshire - 1 £70,000 - 2
Aviation
England

Aviation
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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 (0.83%) IIS
Applications
1 1 (0.83%) AutoCAD
1 1 (0.83%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (0.83%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 4 (3.31%) Azure
2 3 (2.48%) GCP
2 3 (2.48%) OCI
3 2 (1.65%) AWS
3 2 (1.65%) Azure DevOps
3 2 (1.65%) BrowserStack
Communications & Networking
1 4 (3.31%) ATM
2 1 (0.83%) DHCP
2 1 (0.83%) DNS
2 1 (0.83%) Firewall
2 1 (0.83%) TCP/IP
2 1 (0.83%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.65%) PostgreSQL
1 2 (1.65%) Relational Database
2 1 (0.83%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (3.31%) Git
2 2 (1.65%) MSTest
2 2 (1.65%) Selenium
3 1 (0.83%) Subversion
General
1 22 (18.18%) Aerospace
2 7 (5.79%) Social Skills
3 6 (4.96%) Aeronautics
3 6 (4.96%) Military
4 5 (4.13%) Billing
4 5 (4.13%) Electronics
4 5 (4.13%) Finance
5 3 (2.48%) Legal
6 1 (0.83%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (0.83%) Automotive
6 1 (0.83%) Manufacturing
6 1 (0.83%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 37 (30.58%) Systems Engineer
2 26 (21.49%) Developer
3 22 (18.18%) Full-Stack Developer
4 18 (14.88%) Systems Test Engineer
4 18 (14.88%) Test Engineer
5 15 (12.40%) Software Engineer
6 11 (9.09%) Radar Engineer
7 7 (5.79%) Field Support Technician
7 7 (5.79%) Support Technician
8 6 (4.96%) Architect
8 6 (4.96%) Embedded Engineer
8 6 (4.96%) Embedded Software Engineer
8 6 (4.96%) IT Architect
8 6 (4.96%) Lead
8 6 (4.96%) Solutions Architect
8 6 (4.96%) Test Technician
9 5 (4.13%) Consultant
9 5 (4.13%) Recruitment Consultant
10 4 (3.31%) Java Developer
10 4 (3.31%) Python Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (11.57%) .NET
2 2 (1.65%) ADO
2 2 (1.65%) Playwright
3 1 (0.83%) Qt
3 1 (0.83%) React
Miscellaneous
1 6 (4.96%) Robotics
2 5 (4.13%) Driving Licence
3 2 (1.65%) FPGA
4 1 (0.83%) ASIC
4 1 (0.83%) Clustering
4 1 (0.83%) Data Centre
4 1 (0.83%) Embedded Systems
4 1 (0.83%) PMI
4 1 (0.83%) Replication
4 1 (0.83%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.83%) Linux
1 1 (0.83%) Windows
1 1 (0.83%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (19.83%) Software Engineering
2 23 (19.01%) Full-Stack Development
3 19 (15.70%) Validation
3 19 (15.70%) Verification and Validation
4 12 (9.92%) SOLID
5 7 (5.79%) Mentoring
6 6 (4.96%) AI
7 5 (4.13%) Collaborative Culture
7 5 (4.13%) Configuration Management
7 5 (4.13%) Customer Service
7 5 (4.13%) Preventative Maintenance
7 5 (4.13%) Problem-Solving
7 5 (4.13%) Systems Engineering
8 4 (3.31%) CI/CD
8 4 (3.31%) Continuous Improvement
8 4 (3.31%) Critical Thinking
9 3 (2.48%) Business Transformation
9 3 (2.48%) Data Architecture
9 3 (2.48%) Stakeholder Management
9 3 (2.48%) Technical Architecture
Programming Languages
1 14 (11.57%) C#
2 6 (4.96%) Java
2 6 (4.96%) Python
3 4 (3.31%) SQL
4 3 (2.48%) PL/SQL
5 2 (1.65%) C++
6 1 (0.83%) C
6 1 (0.83%) JavaScript
6 1 (0.83%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 15 (12.40%) Security Cleared
2 14 (11.57%) SC Cleared
3 5 (4.13%) Degree
3 5 (4.13%) HNC
4 3 (2.48%) DBS Check
5 1 (0.83%) CEH
5 1 (0.83%) Master's Degree
5 1 (0.83%) PhD
5 1 (0.83%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (1.65%) Accessibility
1 2 (1.65%) QA
1 2 (1.65%) WCAG
2 1 (0.83%) DO-254
2 1 (0.83%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (0.83%) MISRA
2 1 (0.83%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (3.31%) Docker
2 1 (0.83%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.83%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 1 (0.83%) Failover Clustering
1 1 (0.83%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 3 (2.48%) Google
1 3 (2.48%) Oracle
2 1 (0.83%) Cisco
2 1 (0.83%) Microsoft