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

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 525 581 377
Rank change year-on-year +56 -204 +160
Permanent jobs citing Aviation 168 334 914
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.32% 0.34% 0.88%
As % of the General category 0.48% 0.57% 1.28%
Number of salaries quoted 107 205 273
10th Percentile £32,500 £30,550 £39,750
25th Percentile £41,000 £40,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,683 £55,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.30% -15.38% +23.81%
75th Percentile £63,750 £63,750 £88,750
90th Percentile £67,500 £87,750 £91,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,683 £52,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -9.18% -8.70% +15.00%

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 35,150 58,962 71,262
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 67.54% 59.87% 68.57%
Number of salaries quoted 18,382 39,636 38,356
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%

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 1 May 2025.

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 1 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
England +53 160 £47,683 -13.30% 242
UK excluding London +66 137 £47,683 -9.18% 198
South East +44 51 £57,500 +43.75% 65
North of England +113 45 £47,683 -36.42% 27
North West +63 41 £47,683 +12.20% 18
Work from Home +136 29 £65,000 +6.12% 107
London +104 23 £35,000 -39.13% 61
South West +39 18 £62,500 +13.64% 50
East of England +55 14 £48,500 -3.00% 28
Midlands +61 6 £67,500 +17.39% 24
East Midlands +40 6 £67,500 +22.73% 12
Yorkshire +72 3 £75,000 -14.29% 9
Wales +45 3 £55,000 +10.00% 2
North East - 1 £76,000 - 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 8 (4.76%) Kinematics
2 1 (0.60%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 20 (11.90%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (6.55%) SOLIDWORKS
3 9 (5.36%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (2.38%) Microsoft Office
5 2 (1.19%) GNU Octave
6 1 (0.60%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (1.79%) Q-Pulse
Cloud Services
1 7 (4.17%) Azure
2 4 (2.38%) AWS
3 3 (1.79%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (1.19%) Entra ID
5 1 (0.60%) Amazon EC2
5 1 (0.60%) AWS CloudFormation
5 1 (0.60%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (0.60%) GCP
5 1 (0.60%) IaaS
5 1 (0.60%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 11 (6.55%) Firewall
2 7 (4.17%) Network Security
3 6 (3.57%) TCP/IP
4 4 (2.38%) VPN
5 3 (1.79%) DHCP
5 3 (1.79%) LAN
6 2 (1.19%) ATM
6 2 (1.19%) DNS
6 2 (1.19%) Ethernet
6 2 (1.19%) GPRS
6 2 (1.19%) GSM
6 2 (1.19%) NGFW
6 2 (1.19%) Remote Desktop
6 2 (1.19%) VRRP
6 2 (1.19%) WAN
6 2 (1.19%) Wireless
7 1 (0.60%) IGMP
7 1 (0.60%) IPsec
7 1 (0.60%) VLAN
7 1 (0.60%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (2.98%) SQL Server
2 3 (1.79%) GIS
3 2 (1.19%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 1 (0.60%) Data Mining
4 1 (0.60%) DB2
4 1 (0.60%) Looker
4 1 (0.60%) NoSQL
4 1 (0.60%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 5 (2.98%) JIRA
2 4 (2.38%) Git
2 4 (2.38%) Subversion
3 1 (0.60%) Carbide.c++
3 1 (0.60%) ClearCase
3 1 (0.60%) ClearQuest
3 1 (0.60%) GitLab
3 1 (0.60%) Rational DOORS
General
1 69 (41.07%) Social Skills
2 43 (25.60%) Aerospace
3 35 (20.83%) Electronics
4 28 (16.67%) Manufacturing
5 23 (13.69%) Analytical Skills
6 13 (7.74%) Finance
7 11 (6.55%) Retail
8 10 (5.95%) Legal
9 9 (5.36%) Military
10 8 (4.76%) Aeronautics
11 7 (4.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 6 (3.57%) Marketing
13 5 (2.98%) Avionics
13 5 (2.98%) French Language
13 5 (2.98%) German Language
14 4 (2.38%) Automotive
14 4 (2.38%) Public Sector
15 2 (1.19%) Documentation Skills
15 2 (1.19%) Law
16 1 (0.60%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 36 (21.43%) Senior
2 28 (16.67%) Systems Engineer
3 23 (13.69%) Radar Engineer
4 20 (11.90%) Senior Systems Engineer
5 13 (7.74%) Developer
6 12 (7.14%) iOS Developer
6 12 (7.14%) Support Engineer
7 11 (6.55%) Coordinator
7 11 (6.55%) ERP Support
7 11 (6.55%) Technical Engineer
7 11 (6.55%) Technical Support
7 11 (6.55%) Technical Support Engineer
8 9 (5.36%) Analyst
8 9 (5.36%) Lead
9 7 (4.17%) Electronics Engineer
9 7 (4.17%) Project Manager
10 6 (3.57%) Product Manager
10 6 (3.57%) Senior Electronics Engineer
11 5 (2.98%) Software Engineer
11 5 (2.98%) Test Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.79%) XML
2 2 (1.19%) .NET
2 2 (1.19%) AngularJS
2 2 (1.19%) CSS
2 2 (1.19%) Middleware
3 1 (0.60%) .NET Core
3 1 (0.60%) .NET Framework
3 1 (0.60%) HTML
3 1 (0.60%) NumPy
3 1 (0.60%) OAuth
3 1 (0.60%) OpenID
3 1 (0.60%) Pandas
3 1 (0.60%) PyTorch
3 1 (0.60%) React
3 1 (0.60%) RESTful
3 1 (0.60%) scikit-learn
3 1 (0.60%) Spring
3 1 (0.60%) TensorFlow
3 1 (0.60%) Vue
3 1 (0.60%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 18 (10.71%) Management Information System
2 14 (8.33%) Robotics
3 12 (7.14%) Greenfield Project
3 12 (7.14%) Mobile App
4 7 (4.17%) CPLD
4 7 (4.17%) FPGA
5 4 (2.38%) Renewable Energy
5 4 (2.38%) Social Media
6 3 (1.79%) e-Learning
6 3 (1.79%) Reference Data
6 3 (1.79%) Self-Motivation
7 2 (1.19%) Algorithms
7 2 (1.19%) Analogue Electronics
8 1 (0.60%) CSOC
8 1 (0.60%) Device Driver
8 1 (0.60%) Legacy Systems
8 1 (0.60%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 17 (10.12%) Apple iOS
2 13 (7.74%) Windows
3 7 (4.17%) Windows Server
4 5 (2.98%) Android
5 1 (0.60%) AIX
5 1 (0.60%) Linux
5 1 (0.60%) VxWorks
Processes & Methodologies
1 52 (30.95%) Problem-Solving
2 41 (24.40%) Systems Engineering
3 38 (22.62%) Safety Engineering
4 33 (19.64%) Project Management
5 28 (16.67%) ERP
6 22 (13.10%) Process Improvement
6 22 (13.10%) Stakeholder Management
7 20 (11.90%) Project Delivery
8 18 (10.71%) Artificial Intelligence
9 16 (9.52%) Software Engineering
10 15 (8.93%) Continuous Improvement
11 13 (7.74%) SOLID
12 12 (7.14%) CAD
12 12 (7.14%) Collaborative Working
12 12 (7.14%) Customer Requirements
12 12 (7.14%) iOS Development
12 12 (7.14%) Mobile Development
12 12 (7.14%) Validation
13 11 (6.55%) Data Management
14 10 (5.95%) Lean Manufacturing
Programming Languages
1 21 (12.50%) SQL
2 12 (7.14%) Swift
3 11 (6.55%) VB
4 8 (4.76%) C
5 6 (3.57%) C#
6 5 (2.98%) C++
7 4 (2.38%) PL/SQL
7 4 (2.38%) Python
8 2 (1.19%) Ada
8 2 (1.19%) JavaScript
8 2 (1.19%) MATLAB
9 1 (0.60%) Bash
9 1 (0.60%) Google Apps Script
9 1 (0.60%) PowerShell
9 1 (0.60%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 67 (39.88%) Degree
2 38 (22.62%) BPSS Clearance
3 22 (13.10%) CEH
4 16 (9.52%) Security Cleared
5 8 (4.76%) SC Cleared
6 6 (3.57%) Computer Science Degree
7 4 (2.38%) MAPM
7 4 (2.38%) MRICS
8 3 (1.79%) Cisco Certification
8 3 (1.79%) ITIL Certification
9 2 (1.19%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 2 (1.19%) CISM
9 2 (1.19%) CISSP
9 2 (1.19%) HNC
9 2 (1.19%) Master's Degree
9 2 (1.19%) Network+ Certification
10 1 (0.60%) CASP
10 1 (0.60%) CompTIA CySA+
10 1 (0.60%) CompTIA Security+
10 1 (0.60%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (13.10%) DO-254
2 13 (7.74%) QA
3 6 (3.57%) Cyber Essentials
4 5 (2.98%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 5 (2.98%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 4 (2.38%) Accessibility
6 3 (1.79%) Data Quality
7 2 (1.19%) GDPR
7 2 (1.19%) ISO 9001
7 2 (1.19%) PCI DSS
7 2 (1.19%) SLA
8 1 (0.60%) Def Stans
8 1 (0.60%) DO-178B
8 1 (0.60%) IEC 61508
8 1 (0.60%) NCSC
8 1 (0.60%) NIST
System Software
1 25 (14.88%) Firmware
2 4 (2.38%) Docker
3 3 (1.79%) Active Directory
3 3 (1.79%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (1.19%) Embedded Firmware
5 1 (0.60%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.60%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 5 (2.98%) ArcSight ESM
1 5 (2.98%) QRadar
2 3 (1.79%) Kubernetes
3 2 (1.19%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (0.60%) CASB
4 1 (0.60%) CSIRT
4 1 (0.60%) Terraform
Vendors
1 32 (19.05%) Microsoft
2 11 (6.55%) SAP
3 5 (2.98%) ArcSight
3 5 (2.98%) LogLogic
3 5 (2.98%) McAfee
3 5 (2.98%) Splunk
3 5 (2.98%) VMware
4 4 (2.38%) Agilent
4 4 (2.38%) EMC
4 4 (2.38%) HubSpot
5 3 (1.79%) Palo Alto
5 3 (1.79%) Twitter
6 2 (1.19%) Aruba
6 2 (1.19%) Cisco
6 2 (1.19%) Citrix
6 2 (1.19%) Fortinet
6 2 (1.19%) IBM
6 2 (1.19%) NetApp
7 1 (0.60%) Facebook
7 1 (0.60%) HP