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 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 141 205 375
Rank change year-on-year +64 +170 +145
Permanent jobs citing Aerospace 1,209 1,460 844
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 2.17% 1.41% 0.88%
As % of the General category 3.08% 2.41% 1.30%
Number of salaries quoted 752 630 224
10th Percentile £37,574 £35,000 £34,015
25th Percentile £47,683 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £54,625 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.37% -5.00% +15.00%
75th Percentile £54,793 £65,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £64,100 £76,375 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,055 £52,500 £56,159
% change year-on-year -4.66% -6.52% +16.39%

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 39,196 60,628 64,948
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 70.19% 58.48% 67.81%
Number of salaries quoted 18,233 40,093 35,701
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £37,750 £36,250 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £71,991 £81,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £92,500 £102,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £47,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -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 31 May 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 31 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
UK excluding London +59 1,155 £50,055 -4.66% 775
England +46 1,131 £50,055 -8.99% 801
North of England +179 604 £50,055 -8.99% 97
North West +149 571 £50,055 -8.99% 59
Midlands +179 230 £40,101 +2.82% 104
South East -27 147 £51,937 -13.44% 209
West Midlands +158 141 £61,625 +36.94% 69
Work from Home -70 127 £54,793 +9.59% 413
East Midlands +83 88 £40,101 +6.93% 34
South West -60 88 £52,600 +5.20% 179
East of England -80 39 £40,101 -19.80% 112
Scotland +115 31 £40,101 -10.89% 64
Yorkshire +51 29 £40,101 -10.89% 26
London +47 22 £35,000 -45.10% 100
Northern Ireland +45 10 - - 11
Wales +38 7 £40,101 +14.57% 14
North East +30 2 £90,000 +38.46% 13

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 (0.66%) Kinematics
2 7 (0.58%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (0.17%) TPMS
4 1 (0.083%) Apache
4 1 (0.083%) Confluence
4 1 (0.083%) Mendix
4 1 (0.083%) SharePoint
Applications
1 409 (33.83%) Simulink
2 236 (19.52%) Microsoft Office
3 190 (15.72%) Microsoft Excel
4 179 (14.81%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 13 (1.08%) Chatbot
6 11 (0.91%) SOLIDWORKS
7 4 (0.33%) AutoCAD
7 4 (0.33%) Microsoft Project
8 3 (0.25%) EPLAN
Business Applications
1 355 (29.36%) Teamcenter
2 14 (1.16%) SAP S/4HANA
3 7 (0.58%) Q-Pulse
4 3 (0.25%) Primavera
5 1 (0.083%) SAP Oil and Gas
5 1 (0.083%) SAP PM
5 1 (0.083%) SAP PP
Cloud Services
1 16 (1.32%) Azure
2 12 (0.99%) Microsoft 365
3 11 (0.91%) AWS
4 6 (0.50%) OCI
5 3 (0.25%) Entra ID
6 2 (0.17%) SaaS
7 1 (0.083%) Amazon EC2
7 1 (0.083%) Amazon EKS
7 1 (0.083%) Amazon S3
7 1 (0.083%) AWS CloudTrail
7 1 (0.083%) AWS Fargate
7 1 (0.083%) AWS Lambda
7 1 (0.083%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (0.083%) GitHub
7 1 (0.083%) GitHub Actions
7 1 (0.083%) Power Automate
7 1 (0.083%) Power Platform
7 1 (0.083%) PowerApps
7 1 (0.083%) Serverless
7 1 (0.083%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 17 (1.41%) WAN
2 15 (1.24%) Firewall
3 12 (0.99%) Internet
4 11 (0.91%) LAN
5 9 (0.74%) TCP/IP
5 9 (0.74%) Wireless
6 6 (0.50%) SD-WAN
6 6 (0.50%) VPN
7 5 (0.41%) HTTP
7 5 (0.41%) Remote Desktop
8 4 (0.33%) FTP
8 4 (0.33%) SMTP
8 4 (0.33%) Wi-Fi
9 3 (0.25%) Cisco ASA
9 3 (0.25%) Intrusion Detection
9 3 (0.25%) Software-Defined Networking
9 3 (0.25%) VoIP
10 1 (0.083%) LTE
10 1 (0.083%) Modbus
10 1 (0.083%) VSAT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (1.57%) MongoDB
2 11 (0.91%) SAP HANA
3 7 (0.58%) SQL Server
4 5 (0.41%) Elasticsearch
5 4 (0.33%) Relational Database
6 1 (0.083%) NoSQL
6 1 (0.083%) Oracle Database
6 1 (0.083%) Oracle Reports
6 1 (0.083%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 150 (12.41%) Rational DOORS
2 38 (3.14%) Git
3 9 (0.74%) JIRA
4 7 (0.58%) GitLab
5 6 (0.50%) Jenkins
5 6 (0.50%) Subversion
6 2 (0.17%) Burp Suite
6 2 (0.17%) Metasploit
7 1 (0.083%) ClearCase
7 1 (0.083%) ClearQuest
7 1 (0.083%) JUnit
7 1 (0.083%) LabVIEW
General
1 536 (44.33%) Automotive
2 407 (33.66%) Social Skills
3 207 (17.12%) Electronics
4 169 (13.98%) Aeronautics
5 133 (11.00%) Avionics
6 55 (4.55%) Manufacturing
7 50 (4.14%) Analytical Skills
8 48 (3.97%) Aviation
9 23 (1.90%) Finance
10 21 (1.74%) Military
10 21 (1.74%) Telecoms
11 13 (1.08%) Public Sector
12 10 (0.83%) Presentation Skills
13 9 (0.74%) Law
13 9 (0.74%) Retail
14 7 (0.58%) French Language
14 7 (0.58%) German Language
14 7 (0.58%) Legal
15 6 (0.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 6 (0.50%) Police
Job Titles
1 835 (69.07%) Systems Engineer
2 479 (39.62%) Senior
3 443 (36.64%) Senior Systems Engineer
4 174 (14.39%) Lead
5 146 (12.08%) Junior
6 145 (11.99%) Junior Systems Engineer
7 135 (11.17%) Lead Systems Engineer
8 134 (11.08%) Software Engineer
9 129 (10.67%) Team Leader
10 100 (8.27%) Development Engineer
11 99 (8.19%) Software Development Engineer
12 80 (6.62%) Principal Engineer
13 72 (5.96%) Integration Engineer
13 72 (5.96%) Systems Integration Engineer
14 67 (5.54%) Principal Software Engineer
15 66 (5.46%) Principal Systems Engineer
16 47 (3.89%) Senior Software Engineer
17 46 (3.80%) Senior Integration Engineer
18 37 (3.06%) Senior Development Engineer
19 36 (2.98%) Senior Software Development Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (1.32%) SAPUI5
2 14 (1.16%) Kafka
3 13 (1.08%) Qt
4 8 (0.66%) XML
5 6 (0.50%) React
6 5 (0.41%) Hibernate
7 4 (0.33%) JSF
8 3 (0.25%) LDAP
8 3 (0.25%) Middleware
8 3 (0.25%) SAP Fiori
9 2 (0.17%) AngularJS
9 2 (0.17%) HTML
10 1 (0.083%) .NET
10 1 (0.083%) ADO
10 1 (0.083%) CSS
10 1 (0.083%) Flask
10 1 (0.083%) OpenGL
10 1 (0.083%) SAP Basis
10 1 (0.083%) SOAP
10 1 (0.083%) Web Dynpro
Miscellaneous
1 30 (2.48%) Management Information System
2 20 (1.65%) Embedded Systems
3 19 (1.57%) Renewable Energy
4 8 (0.66%) FPGA
4 8 (0.66%) Self-Motivation
5 7 (0.58%) e-Learning
5 7 (0.58%) Reference Data
6 6 (0.50%) Algorithms
6 6 (0.50%) Device Driver
6 6 (0.50%) Security Operations Centre
7 5 (0.41%) SCADA
8 4 (0.33%) Client/Server
8 4 (0.33%) CPLD
8 4 (0.33%) IoT
8 4 (0.33%) Operational Technology
8 4 (0.33%) VHDL
9 3 (0.25%) Cyber Threat
9 3 (0.25%) Life Science
9 3 (0.25%) MISP
9 3 (0.25%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 22 (1.82%) Linux
2 19 (1.57%) Windows
3 14 (1.16%) Windows Server
4 4 (0.33%) Windows Server 2019
5 3 (0.25%) Windows 10
6 2 (0.17%) Embedded Linux
6 2 (0.17%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (0.17%) VMS
7 1 (0.083%) Android
7 1 (0.083%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.083%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.083%) Unix
7 1 (0.083%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 931 (77.01%) Systems Engineering
2 357 (29.53%) PLM
3 327 (27.05%) Physics
4 307 (25.39%) Mathematics
5 291 (24.07%) Agile
6 285 (23.57%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
7 258 (21.34%) Software Testing
8 241 (19.93%) Project Management
9 237 (19.60%) Validation
10 211 (17.45%) Requirements Management
11 210 (17.37%) Continuous Improvement
12 202 (16.71%) Coaching
13 196 (16.21%) SysML
14 182 (15.05%) Problem-Solving
15 172 (14.23%) Computer Science
16 169 (13.98%) SDLC
17 149 (12.32%) Customer Requirements
17 149 (12.32%) UML
18 147 (12.16%) Software Engineering
19 145 (11.99%) Creative Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 573 (47.39%) MATLAB
2 57 (4.71%) SQL
3 48 (3.97%) C
3 48 (3.97%) C++
4 40 (3.31%) Java
4 40 (3.31%) Python
5 13 (1.08%) C#
5 13 (1.08%) VB
6 9 (0.74%) JavaScript
7 7 (0.58%) PL/SQL
8 5 (0.41%) Perl
8 5 (0.41%) R
8 5 (0.41%) TypeScript
9 4 (0.33%) Ada
9 4 (0.33%) Embedded C
9 4 (0.33%) PowerShell
10 3 (0.25%) Bash
10 3 (0.25%) Embedded C++
11 1 (0.083%) ABAP
11 1 (0.083%) PHP
Qualifications
1 904 (74.77%) BPSS Clearance
2 809 (66.91%) Degree
3 279 (23.08%) HND
4 207 (17.12%) HNC
5 95 (7.86%) Security Cleared
6 48 (3.97%) SC Cleared
7 47 (3.89%) Master's Degree
8 27 (2.23%) PhD
9 10 (0.83%) DV Cleared
10 7 (0.58%) CISSP
11 5 (0.41%) TOGAF Certification
12 4 (0.33%) Computer Science Degree
12 4 (0.33%) Microsoft Certification
13 3 (0.25%) CREST Certified
14 2 (0.17%) CEH
14 2 (0.17%) CHECK Team Member
14 2 (0.17%) CISM
14 2 (0.17%) CompTIA Security+
14 2 (0.17%) PMI Certification
14 2 (0.17%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (1.32%) QA
2 15 (1.24%) Def Stans
3 10 (0.83%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 9 (0.74%) NIST
5 7 (0.58%) Data Quality
6 3 (0.25%) ISO 9001
7 2 (0.17%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.083%) DO-178B
8 1 (0.083%) DO-254
8 1 (0.083%) ECSS
8 1 (0.083%) IEC 61508
8 1 (0.083%) RMADS
System Software
1 11 (0.91%) Active Directory
2 5 (0.41%) Terminal Services
3 4 (0.33%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (0.25%) Firmware
4 3 (0.25%) VMware NSX
5 2 (0.17%) Docker
6 1 (0.083%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 5 (0.41%) Kibana
1 5 (0.41%) QRadar
2 3 (0.25%) Functional Safety
2 3 (0.25%) Kubernetes
2 3 (0.25%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (0.25%) SCCM
3 2 (0.17%) Nmap
4 1 (0.083%) Ansible
4 1 (0.083%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
4 1 (0.083%) Marathon
4 1 (0.083%) Terraform
Vendors
1 264 (21.84%) Microsoft
2 210 (17.37%) ANSYS
3 158 (13.07%) IBM
4 50 (4.14%) MathWorks
5 45 (3.72%) SAP
6 42 (3.47%) Oracle
7 25 (2.07%) VMware
8 13 (1.08%) PayPal
9 12 (0.99%) Cisco
10 9 (0.74%) Atlassian
11 6 (0.50%) Siemens
11 6 (0.50%) Splunk
12 4 (0.33%) Agilent
13 3 (0.25%) Aruba
13 3 (0.25%) Fortinet
13 3 (0.25%) Okta
13 3 (0.25%) Rockwell
13 3 (0.25%) Twitter
13 3 (0.25%) Xilinx
14 2 (0.17%) Red Hat