Aerospace Jobs

Aerospace
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Aerospace in permanent job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Aerospace over the 6 months leading up to 30 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 139 228 363
Rank change year-on-year +89 +135 +182
Permanent jobs citing Aerospace 1,168 1,289 960
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 2.24% 1.31% 0.92%
As % of the General category 3.32% 2.19% 1.35%
Number of salaries quoted 767 570 236
10th Percentile £37,574 £35,000 £35,218
25th Percentile £46,000 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £55,000 £56,080
Median % change year-on-year -8.99% -1.92% +6.82%
75th Percentile £54,793 £66,250 £72,125
90th Percentile £65,000 £77,850 £84,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,055 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.99% - +10.00%

All General Skills
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 35,192 58,854 71,332
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 67.47% 59.84% 68.59%
Number of salaries quoted 18,374 39,596 38,382
10th Percentile £27,750 £27,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,250 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,000 £52,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% -12.50% -
75th Percentile £76,250 £72,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £92,500 £101,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,055 £47,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +5.38% -9.52% +5.00%

Aerospace
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Aerospace as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Aerospace in the UK

Aerospace
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Aerospace.

Salary trend for Aerospace in the UK

Aerospace
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Aerospace over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.

Salary histogram for Aerospace in the UK

Aerospace
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Aerospace within the UK over the 6 months to 30 April 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
UK excluding London +88 1,116 £50,055 -8.99% 600
England +83 1,108 £50,055 -8.99% 636
North of England +219 549 £50,055 -8.99% 83
North West +177 517 £50,055 -10.42% 57
Midlands +178 235 £40,101 +1.52% 86
South East +23 154 £46,937 -21.77% 154
West Midlands +154 142 £54,125 +20.28% 61
Work from Home -15 126 £54,793 +5.88% 431
South West -34 110 £50,000 -1.48% 168
East Midlands +91 92 £40,101 +6.93% 26
Scotland +133 31 £40,101 -27.09% 27
East of England -74 30 £40,101 -32.03% 87
London +56 29 £42,500 -34.62% 72
Yorkshire +69 28 £40,101 -10.89% 19
Wales +43 7 £40,101 - 13
North East +34 2 £75,500 +20.80% 9
Northern Ireland +32 1 - - 6

Aerospace
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 8 (0.68%) Kinematics
2 6 (0.51%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (0.34%) Confluence
4 2 (0.17%) Apache
4 2 (0.17%) TPMS
5 1 (0.086%) Mendix
5 1 (0.086%) MS Project Server
5 1 (0.086%) nginx
Applications
1 413 (35.36%) Simulink
2 212 (18.15%) Microsoft Office
3 172 (14.73%) Microsoft Excel
4 161 (13.78%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 11 (0.94%) SOLIDWORKS
6 8 (0.68%) Chatbot
7 3 (0.26%) Microsoft Project
8 1 (0.086%) AutoCAD
8 1 (0.086%) Maple
8 1 (0.086%) Siemens NX
8 1 (0.086%) TargetLink
Business Applications
1 332 (28.42%) Teamcenter
2 6 (0.51%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (0.26%) Q-Pulse
3 3 (0.26%) SAP Oil and Gas
3 3 (0.26%) SAP PM
4 1 (0.086%) Primavera
4 1 (0.086%) SAP LE
4 1 (0.086%) SAP PP
Cloud Services
1 18 (1.54%) Azure
2 10 (0.86%) AWS
2 10 (0.86%) Microsoft 365
3 6 (0.51%) OCI
4 3 (0.26%) Entra ID
5 2 (0.17%) Azure DevOps
5 2 (0.17%) GitHub
5 2 (0.17%) GitHub Actions
5 2 (0.17%) Power Platform
5 2 (0.17%) SaaS
6 1 (0.086%) Amazon EC2
6 1 (0.086%) Amazon EKS
6 1 (0.086%) Amazon S3
6 1 (0.086%) AWS CloudTrail
6 1 (0.086%) AWS Fargate
6 1 (0.086%) OpenShift
6 1 (0.086%) Power Automate
6 1 (0.086%) PowerApps
6 1 (0.086%) Serverless
6 1 (0.086%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 18 (1.54%) Firewall
2 12 (1.03%) WAN
3 9 (0.77%) Internet
4 7 (0.60%) TCP/IP
4 7 (0.60%) Wireless
5 6 (0.51%) LAN
5 6 (0.51%) SD-WAN
6 5 (0.43%) Remote Desktop
7 3 (0.26%) Cisco ASA
7 3 (0.26%) Ethernet
7 3 (0.26%) Software-Defined Networking
7 3 (0.26%) VoIP
7 3 (0.26%) VPN
7 3 (0.26%) Wi-Fi
8 2 (0.17%) DVB
8 2 (0.17%) Intrusion Detection
9 1 (0.086%) LTE
9 1 (0.086%) Modbus
9 1 (0.086%) VLAN
9 1 (0.086%) VSAT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (1.46%) MongoDB
2 5 (0.43%) SQL Server
3 4 (0.34%) Elasticsearch
3 4 (0.34%) Relational Database
4 1 (0.086%) MySQL
4 1 (0.086%) NoSQL
4 1 (0.086%) Oracle Database
4 1 (0.086%) Oracle Reports
4 1 (0.086%) Power BI
4 1 (0.086%) Power Query
4 1 (0.086%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 159 (13.61%) Rational DOORS
2 41 (3.51%) Git
3 13 (1.11%) JIRA
4 8 (0.68%) Subversion
5 7 (0.60%) GitLab
5 7 (0.60%) Jenkins
6 3 (0.26%) Bitbucket
7 2 (0.17%) Burp Suite
7 2 (0.17%) Metasploit
7 2 (0.17%) Visual Studio
8 1 (0.086%) ClearCase
8 1 (0.086%) ClearQuest
8 1 (0.086%) LabVIEW
8 1 (0.086%) TestComplete
General
1 495 (42.38%) Automotive
2 383 (32.79%) Social Skills
3 216 (18.49%) Electronics
4 149 (12.76%) Aeronautics
5 114 (9.76%) Avionics
6 56 (4.79%) Manufacturing
7 44 (3.77%) Analytical Skills
7 44 (3.77%) Aviation
8 25 (2.14%) Military
9 24 (2.05%) Finance
10 16 (1.37%) Telecoms
11 12 (1.03%) Public Sector
12 10 (0.86%) Presentation Skills
13 9 (0.77%) Retail
14 7 (0.60%) French Language
14 7 (0.60%) German Language
14 7 (0.60%) Law
14 7 (0.60%) Legal
15 6 (0.51%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 6 (0.51%) Police
Job Titles
1 778 (66.61%) Systems Engineer
2 460 (39.38%) Senior
3 416 (35.62%) Senior Systems Engineer
4 167 (14.30%) Lead
5 150 (12.84%) Junior
6 145 (12.41%) Junior Systems Engineer
7 136 (11.64%) Software Engineer
8 124 (10.62%) Lead Systems Engineer
9 122 (10.45%) Team Leader
10 100 (8.56%) Development Engineer
11 99 (8.48%) Software Development Engineer
12 81 (6.93%) Principal Engineer
13 70 (5.99%) Integration Engineer
13 70 (5.99%) Systems Integration Engineer
14 67 (5.74%) Principal Software Engineer
14 67 (5.74%) Principal Systems Engineer
15 52 (4.45%) Senior Software Engineer
16 46 (3.94%) Senior Integration Engineer
17 36 (3.08%) Senior Development Engineer
17 36 (3.08%) Senior Software Development Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (1.37%) SAPUI5
2 13 (1.11%) Kafka
2 13 (1.11%) Qt
3 5 (0.43%) React
3 5 (0.43%) XML
4 4 (0.34%) .NET
4 4 (0.34%) Hibernate
4 4 (0.34%) JSF
5 3 (0.26%) Middleware
5 3 (0.26%) SAP Fiori
5 3 (0.26%) WPF
6 2 (0.17%) AngularJS
6 2 (0.17%) Django
6 2 (0.17%) FastAPI
6 2 (0.17%) Flask
6 2 (0.17%) OGRE
6 2 (0.17%) OpenGL
6 2 (0.17%) Regular Expression
6 2 (0.17%) Vulkan
6 2 (0.17%) WCF
Miscellaneous
1 22 (1.88%) Embedded Systems
2 14 (1.20%) Management Information System
3 13 (1.11%) Renewable Energy
4 12 (1.03%) Security Posture
5 9 (0.77%) Cyber Threat
6 8 (0.68%) FPGA
7 7 (0.60%) Algorithms
8 6 (0.51%) Device Driver
8 6 (0.51%) Self-Motivation
9 4 (0.34%) CPLD
9 4 (0.34%) IoT
9 4 (0.34%) VHDL
10 3 (0.26%) e-Learning
10 3 (0.26%) FMCG
10 3 (0.26%) Operational Technology
10 3 (0.26%) Reference Data
10 3 (0.26%) Video Conferencing
11 2 (0.17%) Robotics
11 2 (0.17%) SCADA
11 2 (0.17%) Verilog
Operating Systems
1 28 (2.40%) Linux
2 19 (1.63%) Windows
3 13 (1.11%) Windows Server
4 4 (0.34%) Windows Server 2019
5 3 (0.26%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 3 (0.26%) Windows 10
6 2 (0.17%) Embedded Linux
6 2 (0.17%) VMS
7 1 (0.086%) Android
7 1 (0.086%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.086%) CentOS
7 1 (0.086%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.086%) Unix
7 1 (0.086%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 882 (75.51%) Systems Engineering
2 335 (28.68%) PLM
3 303 (25.94%) Physics
4 297 (25.43%) Mathematics
5 285 (24.40%) Agile
6 284 (24.32%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
7 260 (22.26%) Software Testing
8 239 (20.46%) Validation
9 224 (19.18%) Project Management
10 198 (16.95%) Continuous Improvement
11 196 (16.78%) SysML
12 190 (16.27%) Requirements Management
13 183 (15.67%) Problem-Solving
14 175 (14.98%) Coaching
15 160 (13.70%) Computer Science
16 152 (13.01%) SDLC
17 150 (12.84%) Software Engineering
18 149 (12.76%) UML
19 147 (12.59%) Creative Problem-Solving
20 126 (10.79%) Customer Requirements
Programming Languages
1 553 (47.35%) MATLAB
2 51 (4.37%) C
2 51 (4.37%) C++
3 49 (4.20%) SQL
4 40 (3.42%) Python
5 39 (3.34%) Java
6 17 (1.46%) C#
7 12 (1.03%) VB
8 8 (0.68%) Embedded C
8 8 (0.68%) JavaScript
9 5 (0.43%) Perl
9 5 (0.43%) PowerShell
9 5 (0.43%) R
10 4 (0.34%) Embedded C++
10 4 (0.34%) TypeScript
11 3 (0.26%) Ada
11 3 (0.26%) Bash
11 3 (0.26%) PL/SQL
12 2 (0.17%) VB.NET
13 1 (0.086%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 842 (72.09%) BPSS Clearance
2 739 (63.27%) Degree
3 253 (21.66%) HND
4 197 (16.87%) HNC
5 90 (7.71%) Security Cleared
6 50 (4.28%) SC Cleared
7 29 (2.48%) Master's Degree
8 20 (1.71%) PhD
9 9 (0.77%) DV Cleared
10 6 (0.51%) CISSP
11 5 (0.43%) Computer Science Degree
12 4 (0.34%) Microsoft Certification
12 4 (0.34%) TOGAF Certification
13 2 (0.17%) CEH
13 2 (0.17%) CHECK Team Member
13 2 (0.17%) CISM
13 2 (0.17%) CompTIA Security+
13 2 (0.17%) CREST Certified
14 1 (0.086%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
14 1 (0.086%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (1.46%) Def Stans
2 14 (1.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 13 (1.11%) NIST
3 13 (1.11%) QA
4 4 (0.34%) Cyber Essentials
4 4 (0.34%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 3 (0.26%) Data Quality
5 3 (0.26%) ISO 9001
6 2 (0.17%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (0.086%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.086%) ARP4761
7 1 (0.086%) AUTOSAR
7 1 (0.086%) DO-178B
7 1 (0.086%) DO-254
7 1 (0.086%) ECSS
7 1 (0.086%) IEC 61508
7 1 (0.086%) ISO 26262
7 1 (0.086%) MISRA
7 1 (0.086%) MISRA C
7 1 (0.086%) RMADS
System Software
1 9 (0.77%) Active Directory
2 5 (0.43%) Firmware
2 5 (0.43%) Terminal Services
3 4 (0.34%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (0.26%) VMware NSX
5 2 (0.17%) Docker
6 1 (0.086%) Embedded Firmware
6 1 (0.086%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 5 (0.43%) Kubernetes
2 4 (0.34%) Kibana
3 3 (0.26%) Microsoft Intune
3 3 (0.26%) SCCM
4 2 (0.17%) Ansible
4 2 (0.17%) Nmap
5 1 (0.086%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
5 1 (0.086%) Functional Safety
5 1 (0.086%) Marathon
5 1 (0.086%) QRadar
5 1 (0.086%) Terraform
Vendors
1 241 (20.63%) Microsoft
2 187 (16.01%) ANSYS
3 147 (12.59%) IBM
4 50 (4.28%) MathWorks
5 42 (3.60%) Oracle
6 35 (3.00%) SAP
7 24 (2.05%) VMware
8 12 (1.03%) Cisco
9 10 (0.86%) Atlassian
10 8 (0.68%) PayPal
11 7 (0.60%) Siemens
12 5 (0.43%) Red Hat
13 4 (0.34%) Agilent
14 3 (0.26%) Aruba
14 3 (0.26%) Fortinet
14 3 (0.26%) Okta
14 3 (0.26%) Rockwell
14 3 (0.26%) Twitter
14 3 (0.26%) Xilinx
15 2 (0.17%) Symantec