Aviation Job Trends

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 18 February 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 474 547 524
Rank change year-on-year +73 -23 -166
Permanent jobs citing Aviation 201 135 283
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.30% 0.27% 0.38%
As % of the General category 0.53% 0.40% 0.62%
Number of salaries quoted 90 58 190
10th Percentile £32,500 £38,125 £33,500
25th Percentile £51,250 £45,000 £41,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £80,000 £65,000 £91,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £74,920 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -4.35%

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 general skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 38,205 33,554 45,942
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 56.28% 68.21% 61.55%
Number of salaries quoted 20,783 15,202 34,058
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,500 £27,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £45,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +9.09% -10.10%
75th Percentile £75,000 £82,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £106,250 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £52,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year -14.29% +10.53% -9.52%

Aviation
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Aviation relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Aviation job vacancy trend in the UK

Aviation
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Aviation.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Aviation

Aviation
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Aviation over the 6 months to 18 February 2026.

Salary histogram for Aviation in the UK

Aviation
Top 14 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 18 February 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
England +96 186 £60,000 +9.09% 80
UK excluding London +53 158 £60,000 +9.09% 67
South East +60 95 £60,000 +20.00% 31
London +50 37 £100,000 +25.00% 28
Work from Home +42 29 £65,000 +30.00% 24
South West -1 19 £80,000 +28.00% 8
East of England +19 14 £35,000 -22.22% 6
Midlands +18 13 £65,000 -3.70% 3
Wales +5 10 £61,250 +11.36% 3
West Midlands +22 8 - - 2
North of England -24 7 £30,000 -60.00% 16
East Midlands -15 5 £65,000 -3.70% 1
North West +6 4 - - 10
Yorkshire -31 3 £30,000 -60.00% 4

Aviation
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 4 (1.99%) WordPress
2 1 (0.50%) Apache
Applications
1 5 (2.49%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (1.99%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 4 (1.99%) Adobe Illustrator
2 4 (1.99%) Adobe Premiere
2 4 (1.99%) Photoshop
3 3 (1.49%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.50%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.50%) Q-Pulse
Cloud Services
1 17 (8.46%) SaaS
2 6 (2.99%) AWS
2 6 (2.99%) Power Platform
3 5 (2.49%) Azure
3 5 (2.49%) GCP
4 3 (1.49%) AWS CloudFormation
5 2 (1.00%) GitHub
5 2 (1.00%) GitHub Actions
5 2 (1.00%) n8n
5 2 (1.00%) OCI
5 2 (1.00%) PowerApps
6 1 (0.50%) Amazon CloudWatch
6 1 (0.50%) Google Workspace
6 1 (0.50%) Pulumi
Communications & Networking
1 6 (2.99%) Firewall
1 6 (2.99%) Network Security
2 3 (1.49%) SCCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (2.99%) Power BI
2 2 (1.00%) GIS
2 2 (1.00%) QGIS
3 1 (0.50%) Apache Arrow
3 1 (0.50%) Parquet
3 1 (0.50%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (0.50%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 12 (5.97%) Git
2 1 (0.50%) GitLab
2 1 (0.50%) Subversion
General
1 60 (29.85%) Social Skills
2 42 (20.90%) Analytical Skills
3 30 (14.93%) Aerospace
4 19 (9.45%) Military
5 14 (6.97%) Electronics
6 10 (4.98%) Fire and Rescue
6 10 (4.98%) Police
7 9 (4.48%) Finance
8 7 (3.48%) Automotive
9 6 (2.99%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 6 (2.99%) Marketing
9 6 (2.99%) Retail
10 4 (1.99%) Aeronautics
10 4 (1.99%) Law
10 4 (1.99%) Presentation Skills
11 2 (1.00%) Brand Awareness
11 2 (1.00%) Legal
11 2 (1.00%) Spanish Language
11 2 (1.00%) Telecoms
12 1 (0.50%) Avionics
Job Titles
1 33 (16.42%) Business Manager
2 32 (15.92%) Systems Engineer
3 28 (13.93%) Developer
4 23 (11.44%) Business Systems Manager
4 23 (11.44%) Systems Manager
5 22 (10.95%) Full-Stack Developer
6 15 (7.46%) Test Engineer
7 13 (6.47%) Lead
8 12 (5.97%) Systems Test Engineer
9 11 (5.47%) Coordinator
10 10 (4.98%) Analyst
10 10 (4.98%) Business Development Manager
10 10 (4.98%) Development Manager
10 10 (4.98%) Firmware Engineer
10 10 (4.98%) Operations Manager
10 10 (4.98%) Service Manager
10 10 (4.98%) Service Operations Manager
11 9 (4.48%) Integration Engineer
12 6 (2.99%) Cybersecurity Analyst
12 6 (2.99%) Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (7.96%) .NET
2 2 (1.00%) React
3 1 (0.50%) Flutter
3 1 (0.50%) gRPC
3 1 (0.50%) Protocol Buffers
3 1 (0.50%) Qt
3 1 (0.50%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 43 (21.39%) Robotics
2 10 (4.98%) FPGA
3 8 (3.98%) Algorithms
3 8 (3.98%) Fibre Optics
3 8 (3.98%) Management Information System
3 8 (3.98%) Onboarding
4 6 (2.99%) Cyber Defence
4 6 (2.99%) Embedded Systems
4 6 (2.99%) Security Posture
5 4 (1.99%) Driving Licence
6 3 (1.49%) Augmented Reality
6 3 (1.49%) Cloud Native
6 3 (1.49%) Cyber Security Posture
6 3 (1.49%) Enterprise Software
6 3 (1.49%) Virtual Reality
7 2 (1.00%) Blog
7 2 (1.00%) Reinsurance
7 2 (1.00%) Web Conferencing
8 1 (0.50%) e-Learning
8 1 (0.50%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 6 (2.99%) Windows
2 3 (1.49%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.50%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 52 (25.87%) Software Engineering
2 47 (23.38%) AI
2 47 (23.38%) Project Management
3 40 (19.90%) Process Improvement
4 34 (16.92%) Problem-Solving
5 32 (15.92%) Agile
6 27 (13.43%) Continuous Improvement
7 26 (12.94%) IT Strategy
8 25 (12.44%) Strategic Planning
9 24 (11.94%) Contract Negotiation
9 24 (11.94%) Full-Stack Development
9 24 (11.94%) Risk Management
10 23 (11.44%) Budget Management
11 19 (9.45%) Validation
12 18 (8.96%) Verification and Validation
13 17 (8.46%) DevOps
14 16 (7.96%) Incident Response
14 16 (7.96%) Project Delivery
14 16 (7.96%) SOLID
15 14 (6.97%) CI/CD
Programming Languages
1 17 (8.46%) SQL
2 16 (7.96%) C#
3 12 (5.97%) Python
4 11 (5.47%) C++
5 10 (4.98%) C
6 8 (3.98%) Java
7 3 (1.49%) PL/SQL
7 3 (1.49%) PowerShell
8 1 (0.50%) Dart
8 1 (0.50%) JavaScript
8 1 (0.50%) Rust
8 1 (0.50%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 37 (18.41%) Security Cleared
2 34 (16.92%) SC Cleared
3 25 (12.44%) Degree
4 8 (3.98%) HNC
4 8 (3.98%) HND
5 6 (2.99%) Master's Degree
6 4 (1.99%) BPSS Clearance
6 4 (1.99%) Computer Science Degree
6 4 (1.99%) MBA
7 3 (1.49%) CISSP
7 3 (1.49%) DBS Check
7 3 (1.49%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (0.50%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (13.43%) QA
2 7 (3.48%) GDPR
3 6 (2.99%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 6 (2.99%) NIST
4 4 (1.99%) IEC 61508
4 4 (1.99%) ISO 26262
5 3 (1.49%) Accessibility
5 3 (1.49%) PCI DSS
5 3 (1.49%) PMO
6 1 (0.50%) Data Quality
6 1 (0.50%) DO-254
6 1 (0.50%) ECSS
6 1 (0.50%) ISO 9001
6 1 (0.50%) MISRA
System Software
1 10 (4.98%) Firmware
2 9 (4.48%) Embedded Firmware
3 6 (2.99%) Docker
4 4 (1.99%) Active Directory
5 3 (1.49%) Hyper-V
5 3 (1.49%) VMware Infrastructure
6 2 (1.00%) IAG
Systems Management
1 6 (2.99%) Kubernetes
2 4 (1.99%) Terraform
3 3 (1.49%) Ansible
3 3 (1.49%) SCCM
4 1 (0.50%) Grafana
4 1 (0.50%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 9 (4.48%) Microsoft
2 8 (3.98%) Google
3 4 (1.99%) Adobe
3 4 (1.99%) HubSpot
3 4 (1.99%) VMware
4 3 (1.49%) Salesforce
5 2 (1.00%) Oracle
6 1 (0.50%) SAP