Aerospace Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Aerospace
UK > UK excluding London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Aerospace in permanent job vacancies in the UK excluding London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Aerospace 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 157 243 182
Rank change year-on-year +86 -61 +85
Permanent jobs citing Aerospace 738 340 1,050
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 1.13% 1.19% 1.53%
As % of the General category 2.37% 1.69% 2.64%
Number of salaries quoted 437 208 506
10th Percentile £35,000 £36,425 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £54,793 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.38% -0.38% -
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £86,630 £78,750 £72,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £53,697 £55,000
% change year-on-year +2.43% -2.37% -2.06%

All General Skills
UK excluding London

Aerospace 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 UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 31,160 20,121 39,719
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 47.53% 70.57% 57.90%
Number of salaries quoted 16,504 9,515 26,373
10th Percentile £28,000 £26,250 £26,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £33,000 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% -9.52%
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £83,750 £82,500 £75,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -12.50%

Aerospace
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Aerospace job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Aerospace
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Aerospace.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Aerospace

Aerospace
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Aerospace in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 9 May 2026.

Salary histogram for Aerospace in the UK excluding London

Aerospace
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Aerospace within the UK excluding London 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
South East +69 272 £60,000 - 112
South West +21 141 £50,000 -4.94% 83
North of England -35 133 £50,000 -0.11% 59
North West -4 105 £50,000 -0.11% 41
Midlands +12 79 £55,000 +10.00% 45
East of England +43 74 £56,250 +16.58% 59
West Midlands +6 52 £50,000 -7.62% 33
Scotland +16 30 £47,500 -26.92% 27
East Midlands -12 27 £85,000 +112.50% 12
Yorkshire -37 25 £50,000 -13.13% 7
Wales - 7 £45,000 - 8
North East -44 3 £50,000 -33.77% 11
Northern Ireland -34 2 £65,000 - 3
Aerospace
UK

Aerospace
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding 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 6 (0.81%) Confluence
2 3 (0.41%) Apache
2 3 (0.41%) Apache Spark
3 2 (0.27%) OpenStack
4 1 (0.14%) Resin
Applications
1 21 (2.85%) Simulink
2 10 (1.36%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (0.95%) CATIA
3 7 (0.95%) Microsoft Office
4 5 (0.68%) Microsoft Project
5 3 (0.41%) 3ds Max
5 3 (0.41%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.27%) AutoCAD
6 2 (0.27%) Fusion 360
6 2 (0.27%) OrCAD
7 1 (0.14%) Adobe Premiere
7 1 (0.14%) Blender
7 1 (0.14%) CINEMA 4D
7 1 (0.14%) Maya
7 1 (0.14%) Siemens NX
7 1 (0.14%) SOLIDWORKS
7 1 (0.14%) Stateflow
Business Applications
1 9 (1.22%) SAP ERP
2 6 (0.81%) SAP QM
3 4 (0.54%) Remedy ITSM
4 2 (0.27%) Infor CloudSuite
4 2 (0.27%) Infor LN
5 1 (0.14%) NetSuite
5 1 (0.14%) SAP BPC
Cloud Services
1 18 (2.44%) AWS
2 13 (1.76%) Azure
3 9 (1.22%) Amazon EKS
3 9 (1.22%) OpenShift
4 8 (1.08%) AWS CloudFormation
5 6 (0.81%) IaaS
6 5 (0.68%) GCP
6 5 (0.68%) Microsoft 365
7 4 (0.54%) AWS Lambda
7 4 (0.54%) Azure AKS
7 4 (0.54%) Power Platform
7 4 (0.54%) Serverless
8 3 (0.41%) Azure DevOps
8 3 (0.41%) Entra ID
8 3 (0.41%) OCI
9 2 (0.27%) AWS CodePipeline
9 2 (0.27%) BrowserStack
9 2 (0.27%) GitHub
10 1 (0.14%) Amazon EC2
10 1 (0.14%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 15 (2.03%) TCP/IP
2 13 (1.76%) Firewall
3 11 (1.49%) Network Security
4 9 (1.22%) Ethernet
4 9 (1.22%) VPN
5 6 (0.81%) ATM
5 6 (0.81%) Multicast
5 6 (0.81%) tcpdump
5 6 (0.81%) WAN
5 6 (0.81%) Wireshark
6 5 (0.68%) LAN
6 5 (0.68%) Software-Defined Networking
7 4 (0.54%) DHCP
7 4 (0.54%) DNS
7 4 (0.54%) FTP
7 4 (0.54%) HTTP
7 4 (0.54%) SMTP
7 4 (0.54%) VLAN
8 3 (0.41%) AMQP
8 3 (0.41%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (1.22%) PostgreSQL
2 5 (0.68%) MySQL
3 4 (0.54%) MongoDB
3 4 (0.54%) Power BI
4 3 (0.41%) Big Data
4 3 (0.41%) Cloudera CDH
4 3 (0.41%) Hadoop
4 3 (0.41%) SQL Server
5 2 (0.27%) Amazon RDS
5 2 (0.27%) Data Lake
5 2 (0.27%) Neo4j
5 2 (0.27%) Pinecone
5 2 (0.27%) Relational Database
6 1 (0.14%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (0.14%) DynamoDB
6 1 (0.14%) InfluxDB
6 1 (0.14%) MariaDB
Development Applications
1 61 (8.27%) Rational DOORS
2 17 (2.30%) Git
3 13 (1.76%) JIRA
4 12 (1.63%) Jenkins
5 8 (1.08%) GitLab
6 7 (0.95%) LabVIEW
6 7 (0.95%) Moq
6 7 (0.95%) Subversion
7 3 (0.41%) Burp Suite
7 3 (0.41%) Metasploit
7 3 (0.41%) Rational Rhapsody
7 3 (0.41%) Selenium
8 2 (0.27%) Bitbucket
8 2 (0.27%) MSTest
8 2 (0.27%) Polyspace
8 2 (0.27%) Sonatype Nexus
8 2 (0.27%) VectorCAST
9 1 (0.14%) Robot Framework
9 1 (0.14%) TestRail
General
1 183 (24.80%) Finance
2 145 (19.65%) Automotive
3 140 (18.97%) Manufacturing
4 97 (13.14%) Electronics
5 73 (9.89%) Social Skills
6 58 (7.86%) Analytical Skills
7 39 (5.28%) Military
8 34 (4.61%) Aviation
9 23 (3.12%) Aeronautics
10 21 (2.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 20 (2.71%) Legal
12 16 (2.17%) Telecoms
13 8 (1.08%) Digital Health
13 8 (1.08%) Presentation Skills
14 7 (0.95%) Avionics
14 7 (0.95%) Documentation Skills
14 7 (0.95%) Pharmaceutical
15 6 (0.81%) Italian Language
15 6 (0.81%) Japanese Language
15 6 (0.81%) Retail
Job Titles
1 159 (21.54%) Systems Engineer
2 146 (19.78%) Senior
3 71 (9.62%) Software Engineer
4 66 (8.94%) Lead
5 60 (8.13%) Senior Systems Engineer
6 55 (7.45%) Principal Engineer
7 51 (6.91%) Business Development Manager
7 51 (6.91%) Business Manager
7 51 (6.91%) Development Manager
8 49 (6.64%) Test Engineer
9 44 (5.96%) Principal Systems Engineer
10 40 (5.42%) Programmer
11 33 (4.47%) Analyst
12 24 (3.25%) Systems Test Engineer
13 18 (2.44%) Embedded Engineer
13 18 (2.44%) Validation Engineer
14 16 (2.17%) IT Support
15 15 (2.03%) Integration Engineer
16 14 (1.90%) Lead Systems Engineer
16 14 (1.90%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (2.57%) .NET
2 7 (0.95%) .NET Framework
2 7 (0.95%) Entity Framework
2 7 (0.95%) XML
2 7 (0.95%) XSLT
3 6 (0.81%) HTML
3 6 (0.81%) Middleware
3 6 (0.81%) SAP Fiori
4 5 (0.68%) RabbitMQ
5 4 (0.54%) AngularJS
5 4 (0.54%) gRPC
5 4 (0.54%) LDAP
5 4 (0.54%) REST
5 4 (0.54%) ZeroMQ
6 3 (0.41%) Material-UI
6 3 (0.41%) Node.js
6 3 (0.41%) OpenAPI
6 3 (0.41%) React
6 3 (0.41%) Spring
6 3 (0.41%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 30 (4.07%) Robotics
2 16 (2.17%) Embedded Systems
3 14 (1.90%) Algorithms
3 14 (1.90%) Legacy Systems
4 13 (1.76%) Acoustics
4 13 (1.76%) Self-Motivation
5 12 (1.63%) FPGA
5 12 (1.63%) Life Science
6 9 (1.22%) Management Information System
7 8 (1.08%) Security Posture
8 7 (0.95%) Cloud Native
8 7 (0.95%) Cyber Threat
8 7 (0.95%) Driving Licence
8 7 (0.95%) Hybrid Cloud
9 6 (0.81%) Data Centre
9 6 (0.81%) Device Driver
9 6 (0.81%) Distributed Systems
9 6 (0.81%) Renewable Energy
10 5 (0.68%) Product Ownership
10 5 (0.68%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 63 (8.54%) Linux
2 24 (3.25%) Windows
3 12 (1.63%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 10 (1.36%) Windows Server
5 4 (0.54%) CentOS
6 3 (0.41%) Debian
6 3 (0.41%) Ubuntu
6 3 (0.41%) Unix
7 2 (0.27%) Embedded Linux
8 1 (0.14%) Apple iOS
8 1 (0.14%) FreeRTOS
8 1 (0.14%) SafeRTOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 130 (17.62%) Systems Engineering
2 100 (13.55%) Software Engineering
3 96 (13.01%) Validation
4 70 (9.49%) Agile
5 58 (7.86%) Continuous Improvement
6 57 (7.72%) Business Development
6 57 (7.72%) Verification and Validation
7 56 (7.59%) Problem-Solving
8 50 (6.78%) Collaborative Working
9 46 (6.23%) Cybersecurity
10 40 (5.42%) Decision-Making
10 40 (5.42%) Mentoring
11 34 (4.61%) CI/CD
11 34 (4.61%) Mathematics
12 33 (4.47%) ERP
13 32 (4.34%) Technical Leadership
14 30 (4.07%) Roadmaps
15 29 (3.93%) Physics
16 28 (3.79%) Change Management
17 26 (3.52%) Requirements Management
Programming Languages
1 61 (8.27%) Python
2 56 (7.59%) C++
3 37 (5.01%) C
4 34 (4.61%) MATLAB
5 30 (4.07%) C#
6 25 (3.39%) Bash
7 16 (2.17%) Java
8 15 (2.03%) JavaScript
9 11 (1.49%) PowerShell
10 9 (1.22%) SQL
11 8 (1.08%) Embedded C++
11 8 (1.08%) TypeScript
12 7 (0.95%) XAML
13 5 (0.68%) Embedded C
14 4 (0.54%) Go
14 4 (0.54%) Perl
15 3 (0.41%) Rust
16 1 (0.14%) R
16 1 (0.14%) VB
16 1 (0.14%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 173 (23.44%) BPSS Clearance
2 127 (17.21%) Degree
3 80 (10.84%) Security Cleared
4 37 (5.01%) DV Cleared
5 30 (4.07%) SC Cleared
6 26 (3.52%) Chartered Engineer
7 17 (2.30%) Master's Degree
8 12 (1.63%) HND
9 10 (1.36%) HNC
10 7 (0.95%) CREST Certified
11 6 (0.81%) PMI Certification
12 5 (0.68%) ACCA
12 5 (0.68%) CIMA
12 5 (0.68%) Numerate Degree
13 4 (0.54%) CEH
13 4 (0.54%) Cisco Certification
13 4 (0.54%) CISSP
13 4 (0.54%) CompTIA Security+
13 4 (0.54%) Computer Science Degree
14 3 (0.41%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (4.34%) QA
2 17 (2.30%) ISO/IEC 15288
3 12 (1.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 10 (1.36%) GDPR
5 9 (1.22%) ISO 9001
6 8 (1.08%) IEC 61508
7 7 (0.95%) DO-254
7 7 (0.95%) ISO/IEC 12207
8 6 (0.81%) ARP4754
9 5 (0.68%) IEC 61131
10 4 (0.54%) Cyber Essentials
10 4 (0.54%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 3 (0.41%) ARP4761
11 3 (0.41%) DO-160
11 3 (0.41%) DO-178B
11 3 (0.41%) ISO 26262
11 3 (0.41%) NCSC
12 2 (0.27%) Accessibility
12 2 (0.27%) HIPAA
12 2 (0.27%) SOC 2
System Software
1 22 (2.98%) Docker
2 15 (2.03%) Firmware
3 13 (1.76%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (0.81%) Active Directory
4 6 (0.81%) KVM
5 5 (0.68%) Hyper-V
6 3 (0.41%) Embedded Firmware
6 3 (0.41%) Virtual Machines
6 3 (0.41%) VMware NSX
7 1 (0.14%) Citrix Hypervisor
7 1 (0.14%) pfSense
7 1 (0.14%) Slurm Workload Manager
7 1 (0.14%) Squid
7 1 (0.14%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 35 (4.74%) Kubernetes
2 32 (4.34%) Ansible
3 22 (2.98%) Terraform
4 10 (1.36%) Puppet
5 6 (0.81%) Functional Safety
6 4 (0.54%) Argo
6 4 (0.54%) QRadar
6 4 (0.54%) Rancher
6 4 (0.54%) yum
7 3 (0.41%) Check_MK
7 3 (0.41%) Grafana
7 3 (0.41%) Nmap
7 3 (0.41%) SCCM
7 3 (0.41%) SCOM
7 3 (0.41%) SCOrch
8 2 (0.27%) vRealize
8 2 (0.27%) ZABBIX
9 1 (0.14%) Kibana
9 1 (0.14%) Packer
9 1 (0.14%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 26 (3.52%) IBM
2 25 (3.39%) Microsoft
3 24 (3.25%) Siemens
4 22 (2.98%) SAP
5 19 (2.57%) VMware
6 9 (1.22%) Oracle
6 9 (1.22%) Red Hat
7 5 (0.68%) Allen-Bradley
7 5 (0.68%) Google
7 5 (0.68%) Sage
7 5 (0.68%) Splunk
7 5 (0.68%) Xilinx
8 4 (0.54%) BMC
8 4 (0.54%) Cisco
8 4 (0.54%) Remedy
9 3 (0.41%) Mentor Graphics
9 3 (0.41%) QAD
9 3 (0.41%) Salesforce
9 3 (0.41%) SaltStack
9 3 (0.41%) Zoho