Aviation Jobs

Aviation
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Aviation in permanent job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Aviation over the 6 months leading up to 23 January 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Jan 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 590 528 364
Rank change year-on-year -62 -164 +349
Permanent jobs citing Aviation 179 245 997
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.27% 0.37% 0.93%
As % of the General category 0.42% 0.60% 1.35%
Number of salaries quoted 72 154 277
10th Percentile £40,152 £37,028 £38,591
25th Percentile £45,000 £43,750 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,323 £62,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.68% -3.85% +8.33%
75th Percentile £65,000 £92,500 £81,250
90th Percentile £73,922 - £88,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% - -18.52%

All General Skills
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 42,496 41,176 74,002
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 65.06% 61.68% 68.96%
Number of salaries quoted 17,360 29,159 42,716
10th Percentile £33,750 £28,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £39,085 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £62,400
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -11.86% +4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £83,750
90th Percentile £101,250 £96,539 £101,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% +5.00%

Aviation
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Aviation in the UK

Aviation
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Aviation in the UK

Aviation
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Aviation over the 6 months to 23 January 2025.

Salary histogram for Aviation in the UK

Aviation
Top 16 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Aviation within the UK over the 6 months to 23 January 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 -50 144 £50,000 -9.09% 61
England -60 143 £50,000 -23.08% 66
South East -40 54 £50,000 -23.08% 15
Work from Home +3 40 £50,000 -41.18% 106
London +7 28 £77,500 -8.82% 12
South West -4 27 £62,500 +13.64% 16
Scotland +42 23 £50,593 +6.51%
North of England +22 19 £66,280 +47.29% 12
North West -18 10 £57,560 +35.43% 9
Yorkshire +35 9 £75,000 -25.00% 3
East of England -15 8 £45,000 -45.45% 7
Midlands -4 7 £12,500 -80.77% 5
Wales +27 4 £55,000 +10.00% 7
East Midlands +3 4 - - 4
West Midlands -16 3 £12,500 -78.26% 1
Northern Ireland - 2 - -

Aviation
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 2 (1.12%) Apache
2 1 (0.56%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (0.56%) SAS
Applications
1 7 (3.91%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (3.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (1.68%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (1.12%) AutoCAD
4 2 (1.12%) GNU Octave
5 1 (0.56%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.56%) Simulink
Cloud Services
1 13 (7.26%) Azure
2 9 (5.03%) AWS
3 5 (2.79%) Microsoft 365
4 4 (2.23%) Cloud Computing
5 3 (1.68%) Dynamics 365
5 3 (1.68%) Power Platform
5 3 (1.68%) PowerApps
6 2 (1.12%) Azure DevOps
6 2 (1.12%) Power Automate
6 2 (1.12%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
6 2 (1.12%) Salesforce Service Cloud
7 1 (0.56%) Amazon EC2
Communications & Networking
1 5 (2.79%) Firewall
2 4 (2.23%) TCP/IP
3 3 (1.68%) DHCP
3 3 (1.68%) DNS
4 2 (1.12%) GPRS
4 2 (1.12%) GSM
4 2 (1.12%) RS-232
4 2 (1.12%) RS-485
4 2 (1.12%) Wireshark
5 1 (0.56%) IPv4
5 1 (0.56%) IPv6
5 1 (0.56%) LAN
5 1 (0.56%) Network Security
5 1 (0.56%) NGFW
5 1 (0.56%) VLAN
5 1 (0.56%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (2.23%) GIS
1 4 (2.23%) SQL Server
2 3 (1.68%) Power BI
3 2 (1.12%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 1 (0.56%) Crystal Reports
4 1 (0.56%) Looker
4 1 (0.56%) NoSQL
4 1 (0.56%) Oracle Database
4 1 (0.56%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (0.56%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 2 (1.12%) Visual Studio
2 1 (0.56%) GitLab
2 1 (0.56%) JIRA
General
1 54 (30.17%) Aerospace
2 30 (16.76%) Social Skills
3 21 (11.73%) Aeronautics
4 14 (7.82%) Finance
5 12 (6.70%) Legal
6 9 (5.03%) Manufacturing
7 8 (4.47%) Avionics
8 7 (3.91%) Military
8 7 (3.91%) Public Sector
9 6 (3.35%) Marketing
10 5 (2.79%) Analytical Skills
10 5 (2.79%) Automotive
10 5 (2.79%) Organisational Skills
10 5 (2.79%) Retail
11 3 (1.68%) Advertising
11 3 (1.68%) Electronics
11 3 (1.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 1 (0.56%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 42 (23.46%) Systems Engineer
2 31 (17.32%) Developer
3 26 (14.53%) Senior
4 23 (12.85%) Lead
5 14 (7.82%) Business Manager
5 14 (7.82%) iOS Developer
5 14 (7.82%) Project Manager
6 13 (7.26%) Team Leader
7 11 (6.15%) Analyst
8 10 (5.59%) Business Development Manager
8 10 (5.59%) Development Manager
9 9 (5.03%) Senior Systems Engineer
10 8 (4.47%) C# Developer
11 7 (3.91%) Principal Engineer
11 7 (3.91%) Principal Systems Engineer
11 7 (3.91%) Project Engineer
11 7 (3.91%) Project Leader
12 6 (3.35%) Product Manager
13 5 (2.79%) Architect
14 4 (2.23%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (7.26%) .NET
2 4 (2.23%) CSS
3 3 (1.68%) .NET Framework
3 3 (1.68%) AngularJS
3 3 (1.68%) HTML
4 2 (1.12%) ActiveMQ
4 2 (1.12%) Android Jetpack
4 2 (1.12%) Django
4 2 (1.12%) Jetpack Compose
4 2 (1.12%) JSON
4 2 (1.12%) Node.js
4 2 (1.12%) Qt
4 2 (1.12%) RabbitMQ
4 2 (1.12%) React
4 2 (1.12%) WebSockets
4 2 (1.12%) XML
4 2 (1.12%) ZeroMQ
5 1 (0.56%) REST
5 1 (0.56%) Spring
5 1 (0.56%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 16 (8.94%) Self-Motivation
2 15 (8.38%) Greenfield Project
3 14 (7.82%) Mobile App
4 10 (5.59%) Management Information System
4 10 (5.59%) Robotics
5 5 (2.79%) Algorithms
6 4 (2.23%) Acoustics
7 2 (1.12%) Analogue Electronics
7 2 (1.12%) CPLD
7 2 (1.12%) FPGA
7 2 (1.12%) Product Ownership
7 2 (1.12%) Renewable Energy
7 2 (1.12%) Virtual Team
8 1 (0.56%) CSOC
8 1 (0.56%) Data Centre
8 1 (0.56%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 14 (7.82%) Apple iOS
2 10 (5.59%) Windows
3 5 (2.79%) Windows Server
4 4 (2.23%) Linux
5 2 (1.12%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (13.97%) Mathematics
2 24 (13.41%) Systems Engineering
3 23 (12.85%) Collaborative Working
3 23 (12.85%) SOLID
4 21 (11.73%) Physics
5 15 (8.38%) Artificial Intelligence
5 15 (8.38%) Coaching
6 14 (7.82%) iOS Development
6 14 (7.82%) Mobile Development
7 13 (7.26%) Business Development
8 12 (6.70%) Project Delivery
8 12 (6.70%) Roadmaps
9 11 (6.15%) ERP
9 11 (6.15%) Problem-Solving
10 10 (5.59%) Logistics
10 10 (5.59%) Product Roadmap
10 10 (5.59%) Software Engineering
10 10 (5.59%) Supply Chain Management
11 9 (5.03%) Cybersecurity
11 9 (5.03%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 14 (7.82%) Swift
2 11 (6.15%) C#
3 10 (5.59%) Python
4 9 (5.03%) SQL
5 5 (2.79%) C
5 5 (2.79%) MATLAB
6 4 (2.23%) JavaScript
7 2 (1.12%) C++
7 2 (1.12%) Go
7 2 (1.12%) Kotlin
7 2 (1.12%) PowerShell
8 1 (0.56%) Bash
8 1 (0.56%) Embedded C
8 1 (0.56%) Google Apps Script
8 1 (0.56%) Java
8 1 (0.56%) PL/SQL
8 1 (0.56%) TypeScript
8 1 (0.56%) VBA
Qualifications
1 53 (29.61%) Degree
2 14 (7.82%) Security Cleared
3 6 (3.35%) SC Cleared
4 5 (2.79%) HND
5 4 (2.23%) MAPM
5 4 (2.23%) MRICS
6 3 (1.68%) CompTIA Security+
6 3 (1.68%) Microsoft Certification
7 2 (1.12%) A+ Certification
7 2 (1.12%) CISM
7 2 (1.12%) CISSP
7 2 (1.12%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
7 2 (1.12%) ITIL Certification
8 1 (0.56%) Chartered Engineer
8 1 (0.56%) DBS Check
8 1 (0.56%) MCP
8 1 (0.56%) Network+ Certification
8 1 (0.56%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (2.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 5 (2.79%) NIST
2 4 (2.23%) Cyber Essentials
3 3 (1.68%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 3 (1.68%) QA
4 2 (1.12%) NCSC
4 2 (1.12%) RMADS
5 1 (0.56%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.56%) NIST 800
5 1 (0.56%) P3O
System Software
1 5 (2.79%) Docker
2 3 (1.68%) Embedded Firmware
2 3 (1.68%) Firmware
3 2 (1.12%) Active Directory
3 2 (1.12%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (1.68%) WSUS
2 2 (1.12%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.56%) CSIRT
Vendors
1 19 (10.61%) Microsoft
2 4 (2.23%) IFS
2 4 (2.23%) NEC
3 2 (1.12%) EMC
3 2 (1.12%) Salesforce
3 2 (1.12%) VMware
4 1 (0.56%) Cisco
4 1 (0.56%) Facebook
4 1 (0.56%) Google
4 1 (0.56%) MuleSoft
4 1 (0.56%) Oracle
4 1 (0.56%) Palo Alto
4 1 (0.56%) SAP
4 1 (0.56%) Twitter