Aviation Jobs in South Wales

Aviation
Wales > South Wales

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Aviation in permanent job vacancies in South Wales. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Aviation over the 6 months leading up to 14 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 66 97 104
Rank change year-on-year +31 +7 +14
Permanent jobs citing Aviation 3 4 2
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in South Wales 0.38% 0.27% 0.17%
As % of the General category 0.46% 0.52% 0.27%
Number of salaries quoted 3 4 2
10th Percentile - - £32,500
25th Percentile £52,500 £47,500 £34,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% +25.00% -40.74%
75th Percentile £65,000 £52,500 £46,875
90th Percentile £69,500 - £49,500
Wales median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £33,500
% change year-on-year +10.00% +49.25% -50.37%

All General Skills
South Wales

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 common skills in South Wales.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 656 769 741
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in South Wales 83.78% 52.56% 64.77%
Number of salaries quoted 399 539 366
10th Percentile £23,203 £26,250 £26,391
25th Percentile £23,504 £31,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £26,500 £43,500 £44,666
Median % change year-on-year -39.08% -2.61% -10.67%
75th Percentile £62,000 £58,750 £62,288
90th Percentile £70,600 £67,500 £75,000
Wales median annual salary £37,500 £43,500 £44,000
% change year-on-year -13.79% -1.14% -7.37%

Aviation
Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales

Job postings citing Aviation as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in South Wales.

Job vacancy trend for Aviation in South Wales

Aviation
Salary Trend in South Wales

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Aviation in South Wales.

Salary trend for Aviation in South Wales

Aviation
Job Locations in South Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Aviation within the South Wales region over the 6 months to 14 May 2025. 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
Cardiff +28 1 £65,000 +30.00% 3
Aviation
Wales

Aviation
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in South Wales by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Applications
1 2 (66.67%) GNU Octave
Communications & Networking
1 2 (66.67%) GPRS
1 2 (66.67%) GSM
General
1 2 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (66.67%) Electronics
1 2 (66.67%) Manufacturing
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Avionics
2 1 (33.33%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Electronics Engineer
1 2 (66.67%) Senior
1 2 (66.67%) Senior Electronics Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Algorithms
1 2 (66.67%) Analogue Electronics
1 2 (66.67%) CPLD
1 2 (66.67%) FPGA
1 2 (66.67%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (33.33%) Device Driver
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) VxWorks
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (66.67%) Cost Reduction
1 2 (66.67%) Customer Requirements
1 2 (66.67%) Digital Signal Processing
1 2 (66.67%) Energy Management
1 2 (66.67%) Feasibility Study
1 2 (66.67%) Kalman Filter
1 2 (66.67%) Mentoring
1 2 (66.67%) Network Monitoring
1 2 (66.67%) Power Management
1 2 (66.67%) Prototyping
1 2 (66.67%) Requirements Management
1 2 (66.67%) Schematic Capture
1 2 (66.67%) Signal Processing
1 2 (66.67%) Time Management
2 1 (33.33%) Computer Science
2 1 (33.33%) Mathematics
2 1 (33.33%) Software Engineering
2 1 (33.33%) Systems Engineering
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) C
2 2 (66.67%) MATLAB
3 1 (33.33%) Ada
3 1 (33.33%) C++
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) Degree
System Software
1 2 (66.67%) Embedded Firmware
1 2 (66.67%) Firmware
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) EMC