Hybrid/Remote Aerospace Job Trends

Aerospace
UK > Work from Home

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Aerospace in remote or hybrid work. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Aerospace over the 6 months leading up to 10 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 198 341 341
Rank change year-on-year +143 0 -55
Permanent jobs citing Aerospace 323 77 151
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.35% 0.47% 0.65%
As % of the General category 2.23% 0.66% 1.04%
Number of salaries quoted 143 31 82
10th Percentile £36,250 £35,500 £43,750
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,625 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% -1.64%
75th Percentile £77,500 £68,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £83,750 £70,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £50,055 £50,055
% change year-on-year +9.88% - -16.78%

All General Skills
Work from Home

Aerospace falls under the General Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring general skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 14,492 11,615 14,562
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 60.53% 71.60% 62.32%
Number of salaries quoted 9,041 6,432 8,633
10th Percentile £32,261 £28,750 £34,781
25th Percentile £42,500 £39,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £110,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £54,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +0.92% -0.91% -8.33%

Aerospace
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Aerospace and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Aerospace job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

Aerospace
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Aerospace.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Aerospace

Aerospace
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Aerospace over the 6 months to 10 September 2026.

Aerospace salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

Aerospace
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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 8 (2.48%) Confluence
2 5 (1.55%) Apache Spark
3 1 (0.31%) Apache
3 1 (0.31%) OpenStack
3 1 (0.31%) SharePoint
Applications
1 24 (7.43%) Simulink
2 8 (2.48%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (1.24%) Mathcad
4 3 (0.93%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.93%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.62%) Microsoft Office
5 2 (0.62%) SOLIDWORKS
6 1 (0.31%) Adobe XD
6 1 (0.31%) AutoCAD
6 1 (0.31%) CATIA
6 1 (0.31%) FrameMaker
6 1 (0.31%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.31%) Sketch
6 1 (0.31%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 10 (3.10%) Primavera
2 5 (1.55%) Teamcenter
3 4 (1.24%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.62%) SAP ERP
4 2 (0.62%) SAP QM
5 1 (0.31%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 27 (8.36%) Azure
2 16 (4.95%) GitHub
3 15 (4.64%) GitHub Copilot
4 11 (3.41%) AWS
5 7 (2.17%) Entra ID
6 6 (1.86%) Microsoft 365
7 3 (0.93%) OCI
8 2 (0.62%) Azure DevOps
8 2 (0.62%) BrowserStack
8 2 (0.62%) OpenShift
8 2 (0.62%) Power Platform
9 1 (0.31%) Amazon Kinesis
9 1 (0.31%) Amazon S3
9 1 (0.31%) AWS CloudFormation
9 1 (0.31%) AWS Lambda
9 1 (0.31%) Boomi
9 1 (0.31%) Dynamics 365
9 1 (0.31%) GCP
9 1 (0.31%) SaaS
9 1 (0.31%) Viva Engage
Communications & Networking
1 9 (2.79%) Ethernet
1 9 (2.79%) Network Security
1 9 (2.79%) TCP/IP
2 8 (2.48%) Firewall
3 7 (2.17%) DHCP
3 7 (2.17%) DNS
4 3 (0.93%) 3GPP
4 3 (0.93%) TETRA
5 2 (0.62%) Cisco ISE
5 2 (0.62%) OSPF
5 2 (0.62%) VLAN
5 2 (0.62%) VPN
5 2 (0.62%) Wireshark
6 1 (0.31%) LAN
6 1 (0.31%) RS-422
6 1 (0.31%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (5.26%) MongoDB
2 14 (4.33%) Azure SQL Database
3 6 (1.86%) Data Warehouse
4 5 (1.55%) Hadoop
5 4 (1.24%) Big Data
6 3 (0.93%) PostgreSQL
6 3 (0.93%) Relational Database
7 2 (0.62%) MariaDB
7 2 (0.62%) NoSQL
7 2 (0.62%) Power BI
7 2 (0.62%) SQL Server
8 1 (0.31%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
8 1 (0.31%) Flink
8 1 (0.31%) InfluxDB
8 1 (0.31%) Looker
8 1 (0.31%) Metadata
8 1 (0.31%) MySQL
8 1 (0.31%) SQLite
8 1 (0.31%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 26 (8.05%) Rational DOORS
2 21 (6.50%) JIRA
3 9 (2.79%) Git
4 8 (2.48%) LabVIEW
5 3 (0.93%) CMake
6 2 (0.62%) GitLab
6 2 (0.62%) MSTest
6 2 (0.62%) Rational Rhapsody
6 2 (0.62%) Selenium
7 1 (0.31%) ER Studio
7 1 (0.31%) ERwin
General
1 150 (46.44%) Finance
2 119 (36.84%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 91 (28.17%) Social Skills
4 74 (22.91%) Manufacturing
5 68 (21.05%) Electronics
6 50 (15.48%) Automotive
7 43 (13.31%) Military
8 26 (8.05%) Analytical Skills
9 21 (6.50%) Telecoms
10 14 (4.33%) Public Sector
11 10 (3.10%) Italian Language
11 10 (3.10%) Japanese Language
11 10 (3.10%) Organisational Skills
12 9 (2.79%) Influencing Skills
12 9 (2.79%) Law
12 9 (2.79%) Presentation Skills
13 8 (2.48%) Aviation
13 8 (2.48%) Retail
14 4 (1.24%) Avionics
15 3 (0.93%) Legal
Job Titles
1 50 (15.48%) Lead
2 38 (11.76%) Senior
2 38 (11.76%) Software Engineer
3 34 (10.53%) Systems Engineer
4 27 (8.36%) Principal Engineer
5 24 (7.43%) Consultant
6 20 (6.19%) Developer
7 15 (4.64%) Business Manager
7 15 (4.64%) Project Manager
8 14 (4.33%) .NET Developer
9 13 (4.02%) Business Development Manager
9 13 (4.02%) Development Manager
10 12 (3.72%) Electronics Engineer
10 12 (3.72%) Lead Systems Engineer
10 12 (3.72%) Sales Engineer
11 11 (3.41%) Senior Consultant
11 11 (3.41%) Technical Specialist
11 11 (3.41%) Test Engineer
12 10 (3.10%) Principal Systems Engineer
12 10 (3.10%) Sales Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (6.50%) .NET
2 16 (4.95%) AngularJS
2 16 (4.95%) ASP.NET
3 15 (4.64%) Vue
4 14 (4.33%) .NET Core
4 14 (4.33%) ASP.NET Core
4 14 (4.33%) SubSonic
5 7 (2.17%) Terraform
6 5 (1.55%) Apache NiFi
7 3 (0.93%) Middleware
7 3 (0.93%) OAuth
7 3 (0.93%) OpenID
7 3 (0.93%) PyTorch
7 3 (0.93%) TensorFlow
7 3 (0.93%) WPF
8 2 (0.62%) ADO
8 2 (0.62%) Kafka
8 2 (0.62%) SAP Fiori
8 2 (0.62%) SGML
8 2 (0.62%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 23 (7.12%) FPGA
2 16 (4.95%) Self-Motivation
3 14 (4.33%) Algorithms
4 13 (4.02%) Management Information System
4 13 (4.02%) Robotics
5 10 (3.10%) Onboarding
6 9 (2.79%) Renewable Energy
7 8 (2.48%) Cyber Defence
7 8 (2.48%) Driving Licence
7 8 (2.48%) Embedded Systems
7 8 (2.48%) Legacy Systems
8 7 (2.17%) Analogue Electronics
8 7 (2.17%) Product Ownership
9 6 (1.86%) Enterprise Software
9 6 (1.86%) IoT
9 6 (1.86%) Security Operations Centre
9 6 (1.86%) Self-Driving Car
10 5 (1.55%) Cyber Security Posture
10 5 (1.55%) Security Posture
10 5 (1.55%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 21 (6.50%) Linux
2 13 (4.02%) Windows
3 7 (2.17%) Unix
4 4 (1.24%) VxWorks
5 2 (0.62%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.31%) CentOS
6 1 (0.31%) Embedded Linux
6 1 (0.31%) FreeRTOS
6 1 (0.31%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 86 (26.63%) Agile
2 68 (21.05%) Problem-Solving
3 55 (17.03%) Continuous Improvement
3 55 (17.03%) Software Engineering
4 52 (16.10%) Systems Engineering
5 46 (14.24%) Validation
6 43 (13.31%) Decision-Making
7 34 (10.53%) Verification and Validation
8 33 (10.22%) Roadmaps
9 32 (9.91%) Cybersecurity
9 32 (9.91%) Mentoring
9 32 (9.91%) Technical Leadership
10 29 (8.98%) Stakeholder Management
11 27 (8.36%) Business Development
12 26 (8.05%) Project Management
13 25 (7.74%) AI
13 25 (7.74%) ERP
14 24 (7.43%) Customer Requirements
14 24 (7.43%) DevOps
14 24 (7.43%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 30 (9.29%) MATLAB
2 22 (6.81%) C#
2 22 (6.81%) C++
3 21 (6.50%) SQL
4 19 (5.88%) Python
5 15 (4.64%) TypeScript
6 9 (2.79%) Ada
7 8 (2.48%) C
8 5 (1.55%) Java
8 5 (1.55%) SystemVerilog
9 4 (1.24%) Rust
10 3 (0.93%) Ada 95
10 3 (0.93%) Bash
11 2 (0.62%) Embedded C
12 1 (0.31%) Embedded C++
12 1 (0.31%) JavaScript
12 1 (0.31%) R
12 1 (0.31%) VB
12 1 (0.31%) VB.NET
12 1 (0.31%) VB6
Qualifications
1 184 (56.97%) Security Cleared
2 159 (49.23%) SC Cleared
3 129 (39.94%) BPSS Clearance
4 123 (38.08%) DV Cleared
5 107 (33.13%) Degree
6 18 (5.57%) PhD
7 17 (5.26%) Chartered Engineer
8 14 (4.33%) Master's Degree
9 12 (3.72%) HND
10 11 (3.41%) HNC
11 10 (3.10%) Computer Science Degree
12 9 (2.79%) CISSP
13 8 (2.48%) AWS Certification
14 7 (2.17%) CISM
15 5 (1.55%) Azure Certification
16 4 (1.24%) Cisco Certification
16 4 (1.24%) TOGAF Certification
17 2 (0.62%) (ISC)2 CCSP
17 2 (0.62%) CCNA
17 2 (0.62%) CITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 113 (34.98%) Accessibility
2 14 (4.33%) QA
3 11 (3.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 8 (2.48%) NIST
5 6 (1.86%) Def Stans
5 6 (1.86%) DO-160
5 6 (1.86%) DO-254
5 6 (1.86%) NCSC
5 6 (1.86%) NIST 800
6 5 (1.55%) Cyber Essentials
6 5 (1.55%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 4 (1.24%) GRC
7 4 (1.24%) IEC 61508
7 4 (1.24%) ISO 26262
8 3 (0.93%) MIL-STD-1553
9 2 (0.62%) ARP4761
9 2 (0.62%) GDPR
9 2 (0.62%) HAZOP
9 2 (0.62%) ISO/IEC 15288
9 2 (0.62%) PMO
System Software
1 38 (11.76%) Firmware
2 22 (6.81%) Docker
3 11 (3.41%) Active Directory
4 6 (1.86%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.62%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.62%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.31%) Citrix Hypervisor
6 1 (0.31%) Embedded Firmware
6 1 (0.31%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 21 (6.50%) Kubernetes
2 7 (2.17%) Ansible
3 3 (0.93%) Check_MK
3 3 (0.93%) Single Sign-On
4 2 (0.62%) CASB
5 1 (0.31%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 35 (10.84%) Microsoft
2 18 (5.57%) SAP
3 11 (3.41%) Siemens
4 10 (3.10%) Thales
5 9 (2.79%) EMC
5 9 (2.79%) IBM
5 9 (2.79%) VMware
6 6 (1.86%) Atlassian
6 6 (1.86%) Oracle
7 4 (1.24%) Sage
7 4 (1.24%) Salesforce
7 4 (1.24%) Xilinx
7 4 (1.24%) Zoho
8 3 (0.93%) Cisco
8 3 (0.93%) Google
8 3 (0.93%) Red Hat
9 2 (0.62%) Adobe
9 2 (0.62%) Citrix
9 2 (0.62%) Mentor Graphics
9 2 (0.62%) SolarWinds