Aerospace Jobs 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 18 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 133 155 308
Rank change year-on-year +22 +153 -13
Permanent jobs citing Aerospace 994 1,307 532
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 2.29% 1.80% 1.06%
As % of the General category 3.53% 3.29% 1.61%
Number of salaries quoted 616 607 212
10th Percentile £37,574 £35,000 £35,296
25th Percentile £43,483 £40,000 £42,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £50,000 £56,159
Median % change year-on-year +0.11% -10.97% +15.79%
75th Percentile £54,793 £63,875 £75,000
90th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £85,000
UK median annual salary £50,055 £52,500 £57,000
% change year-on-year -4.66% -7.89% +14.00%

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 common skills in the UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 28,161 39,673 33,087
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 65.00% 54.59% 65.78%
Number of salaries quoted 13,417 24,310 17,680
10th Percentile £25,087 £26,250 £28,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £33,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,683 £47,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +0.39% -9.52% +5.00%
75th Percentile £62,500 £62,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £76,840 £75,772 £81,250
UK median annual salary £54,793 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.37% -12.50% -

Aerospace
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Aerospace as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Aerospace in the UK excluding London

Aerospace
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Aerospace in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Aerospace in the UK excluding London

Aerospace
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Aerospace in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 18 July 2025.

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 18 July 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
North of England +126 486 £50,055 -8.99% 97
North West +110 456 £50,055 -6.44% 66
Midlands +139 166 £40,101 +0.25% 107
South East -40 158 £50,687 -11.85% 227
West Midlands +142 97 £50,375 +11.94% 74
South West -58 90 £50,000 -5.21% 165
East Midlands +47 68 £40,101 +2.82% 31
East of England -78 49 £40,101 -29.34% 121
Yorkshire +27 27 £40,101 -10.89% 22
Scotland +58 23 £40,101 -5.65% 73
Northern Ireland +45 15 £90,000 - 15
Wales +28 8 £40,101 +14.57% 19
North East +16 2 £90,000 +38.46% 9
Aerospace
UK

Aerospace
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Application Platforms
1 11 (1.11%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (0.50%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.20%) TPMS
4 1 (0.10%) Apache
4 1 (0.10%) Confluence
4 1 (0.10%) Mendix
4 1 (0.10%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 293 (29.48%) Simulink
2 174 (17.51%) Microsoft Office
3 117 (11.77%) Microsoft Excel
3 117 (11.77%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 15 (1.51%) Chatbot
5 3 (0.30%) CATIA
6 2 (0.20%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.10%) AutoCAD
7 1 (0.10%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 250 (25.15%) Teamcenter
2 8 (0.80%) SAP S/4HANA
3 7 (0.70%) Q-Pulse
4 3 (0.30%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 20 (2.01%) Azure
2 13 (1.31%) Microsoft 365
3 9 (0.91%) AWS
4 7 (0.70%) SaaS
5 3 (0.30%) Entra ID
6 2 (0.20%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (0.10%) Amazon EC2
7 1 (0.10%) Amazon EKS
7 1 (0.10%) Amazon S3
7 1 (0.10%) AWS CloudTrail
7 1 (0.10%) AWS Fargate
7 1 (0.10%) AWS Lambda
7 1 (0.10%) Power Automate
7 1 (0.10%) Power Platform
7 1 (0.10%) PowerApps
7 1 (0.10%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 18 (1.81%) WAN
2 15 (1.51%) LAN
3 11 (1.11%) Internet
4 10 (1.01%) Firewall
5 9 (0.91%) Wireless
6 8 (0.80%) TCP/IP
6 8 (0.80%) Wi-Fi
7 7 (0.70%) 802.11
7 7 (0.70%) LTE
7 7 (0.70%) VSAT
8 5 (0.50%) HTTP
8 5 (0.50%) Remote Desktop
8 5 (0.50%) VPN
9 4 (0.40%) FTP
9 4 (0.40%) SMTP
9 4 (0.40%) Software-Defined Radio
10 3 (0.30%) Intrusion Detection
10 3 (0.30%) SD-WAN
10 3 (0.30%) VoIP
11 1 (0.10%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (1.91%) MongoDB
2 7 (0.70%) SAP HANA
3 5 (0.50%) Elasticsearch
3 5 (0.50%) SQL Server
4 4 (0.40%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.10%) NoSQL
5 1 (0.10%) Oracle Database
5 1 (0.10%) Oracle Reports
5 1 (0.10%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 108 (10.87%) Rational DOORS
2 30 (3.02%) Git
3 12 (1.21%) JIRA
4 10 (1.01%) GitLab
5 4 (0.40%) Subversion
6 2 (0.20%) Burp Suite
6 2 (0.20%) LabVIEW
6 2 (0.20%) Metasploit
7 1 (0.10%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.10%) ClearCase
7 1 (0.10%) ClearQuest
7 1 (0.10%) Jenkins
7 1 (0.10%) JUnit
7 1 (0.10%) Postman
7 1 (0.10%) SoapUI
7 1 (0.10%) TestComplete
General
1 437 (43.96%) Automotive
2 316 (31.79%) Social Skills
3 173 (17.40%) Electronics
4 161 (16.20%) Aeronautics
5 81 (8.15%) Avionics
6 73 (7.34%) Manufacturing
7 46 (4.63%) Analytical Skills
8 45 (4.53%) Aviation
9 22 (2.21%) Military
10 20 (2.01%) Finance
11 15 (1.51%) Telecoms
12 10 (1.01%) Presentation Skills
13 9 (0.91%) Law
14 8 (0.80%) Marketing
15 7 (0.70%) Billing
16 6 (0.60%) Public Sector
17 5 (0.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 5 (0.50%) Legal
17 5 (0.50%) Retail
18 2 (0.20%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 692 (69.62%) Systems Engineer
2 401 (40.34%) Senior
3 364 (36.62%) Senior Systems Engineer
4 147 (14.79%) Lead
5 137 (13.78%) Lead Systems Engineer
6 129 (12.98%) Team Leader
7 125 (12.58%) Software Engineer
8 100 (10.06%) Development Engineer
8 100 (10.06%) Junior
8 100 (10.06%) Junior Systems Engineer
9 99 (9.96%) Software Development Engineer
10 85 (8.55%) Principal Engineer
11 75 (7.55%) Integration Engineer
11 75 (7.55%) Systems Integration Engineer
12 74 (7.44%) Principal Systems Engineer
13 64 (6.44%) Principal Software Engineer
14 46 (4.63%) Senior Integration Engineer
15 40 (4.02%) Senior Software Engineer
16 37 (3.72%) Senior Development Engineer
17 36 (3.62%) Senior Software Development Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (1.61%) SAPUI5
2 14 (1.41%) Kafka
3 13 (1.31%) Qt
4 8 (0.80%) XML
5 7 (0.70%) 802.1X
6 6 (0.60%) React
7 5 (0.50%) Hibernate
8 4 (0.40%) JSF
9 3 (0.30%) LDAP
9 3 (0.30%) Middleware
10 2 (0.20%) AngularJS
10 2 (0.20%) HTML
11 1 (0.10%) .NET Framework
11 1 (0.10%) boto
11 1 (0.10%) Google Maps API
11 1 (0.10%) REST
11 1 (0.10%) SAP Fiori
11 1 (0.10%) Spring Boot
11 1 (0.10%) TensorFlow
11 1 (0.10%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 34 (3.42%) Management Information System
2 27 (2.72%) Renewable Energy
3 22 (2.21%) Embedded Systems
4 13 (1.31%) FPGA
5 11 (1.11%) Self-Motivation
6 10 (1.01%) Algorithms
7 7 (0.70%) e-Learning
7 7 (0.70%) Reference Data
7 7 (0.70%) VHDL
8 6 (0.60%) Verilog
9 5 (0.50%) IoT
9 5 (0.50%) Life Science
9 5 (0.50%) Robotics
9 5 (0.50%) Security Operations Centre
9 5 (0.50%) Security Posture
10 4 (0.40%) Client/Server
10 4 (0.40%) CPLD
10 4 (0.40%) FMCG
10 4 (0.40%) Operational Technology
11 3 (0.30%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 35 (3.52%) Windows
2 23 (2.31%) Linux
2 23 (2.31%) Windows Server
3 8 (0.80%) Windows Server 2019
4 5 (0.50%) Mac OS
4 5 (0.50%) Windows Server 2016
5 3 (0.30%) Windows 10
6 2 (0.20%) Embedded Linux
7 1 (0.10%) Android
7 1 (0.10%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.10%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 711 (71.53%) Systems Engineering
2 281 (28.27%) Physics
3 260 (26.16%) Mathematics
4 253 (25.45%) PLM
5 241 (24.25%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
6 219 (22.03%) Agile
7 204 (20.52%) Coaching
8 188 (18.91%) Project Management
9 174 (17.51%) Validation
10 160 (16.10%) Software Testing
11 151 (15.19%) SysML
12 150 (15.09%) Requirements Management
13 146 (14.69%) Problem-Solving
14 125 (12.58%) Continuous Improvement
15 124 (12.47%) Computer Science
16 102 (10.26%) UML
17 100 (10.06%) Creative Problem-Solving
18 96 (9.66%) Customer Requirements
19 89 (8.95%) Cost Control
19 89 (8.95%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 397 (39.94%) MATLAB
2 46 (4.63%) C
2 46 (4.63%) C++
3 35 (3.52%) Python
4 29 (2.92%) SQL
5 12 (1.21%) C#
6 10 (1.01%) PowerShell
7 9 (0.91%) VB
8 8 (0.80%) Java
8 8 (0.80%) JavaScript
9 7 (0.70%) PL/SQL
10 5 (0.50%) TypeScript
11 4 (0.40%) Ada
12 3 (0.30%) Bash
12 3 (0.30%) Embedded C
12 3 (0.30%) Perl
12 3 (0.30%) R
13 2 (0.20%) Embedded C++
14 1 (0.10%) ABAP
14 1 (0.10%) PHP
Qualifications
1 684 (68.81%) BPSS Clearance
2 617 (62.07%) Degree
3 220 (22.13%) HND
4 148 (14.89%) HNC
5 87 (8.75%) Security Cleared
6 49 (4.93%) SC Cleared
7 44 (4.43%) Master's Degree
8 30 (3.02%) PhD
9 12 (1.21%) CCNA
9 12 (1.21%) Cisco Certification
10 9 (0.91%) Microsoft Certification
11 8 (0.80%) DV Cleared
12 7 (0.70%) CISSP
12 7 (0.70%) GCSC
12 7 (0.70%) JNCIA
13 6 (0.60%) Computer Science Degree
14 5 (0.50%) Network+ Certification
14 5 (0.50%) TOGAF Certification
14 5 (0.50%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
15 4 (0.40%) Chartered Engineer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (1.91%) QA
2 15 (1.51%) Def Stans
3 14 (1.41%) NIST
4 10 (1.01%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 9 (0.91%) Data Quality
6 5 (0.50%) ISO 31000
7 4 (0.40%) DO-254
7 4 (0.40%) IEC 61508
8 3 (0.30%) ISO 9001
8 3 (0.30%) ISO/IEC 12207
8 3 (0.30%) ISO/IEC 15288
9 2 (0.20%) Actionable Recommendations
10 1 (0.10%) DO-178B
10 1 (0.10%) ECSS
10 1 (0.10%) RMADS
10 1 (0.10%) SLA
System Software
1 20 (2.01%) Active Directory
2 10 (1.01%) Firmware
3 5 (0.50%) Terminal Services
3 5 (0.50%) Virtual Machines
3 5 (0.50%) VMware ESXi
3 5 (0.50%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (0.50%) vSphere
4 3 (0.30%) Docker
4 3 (0.30%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 5 (0.50%) Kibana
1 5 (0.50%) vCenter Server
2 4 (0.40%) QRadar
3 3 (0.30%) Kubernetes
3 3 (0.30%) Microsoft Intune
3 3 (0.30%) SCCM
4 2 (0.20%) Nmap
5 1 (0.10%) Ansible
5 1 (0.10%) Marathon
5 1 (0.10%) SCOM
5 1 (0.10%) Terraform
5 1 (0.10%) WSUS
Vendors
1 194 (19.52%) Microsoft
2 150 (15.09%) ANSYS
3 112 (11.27%) IBM
4 50 (5.03%) MathWorks
5 30 (3.02%) SAP
6 26 (2.62%) VMware
7 15 (1.51%) PayPal
8 14 (1.41%) Cisco
9 7 (0.70%) Atlassian
9 7 (0.70%) Freshdesk
10 6 (0.60%) Oracle
11 5 (0.50%) Cognizant
11 5 (0.50%) Splunk
12 4 (0.40%) Agilent
13 3 (0.30%) Aruba
13 3 (0.30%) Fortinet
13 3 (0.30%) Okta
13 3 (0.30%) Siemens
14 2 (0.20%) JD Edwards
14 2 (0.20%) NetApp