Hybrid/Remote Aviation Job Trends

Aviation
UK > Work from Home

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Aviation in remote or hybrid work. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Aviation over the 6 months leading up to 8 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 378 390 448
Rank change year-on-year +12 +58 -3
Permanent jobs citing Aviation 79 34 42
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.33% 0.21% 0.18%
As % of the General category 0.56% 0.29% 0.29%
Number of salaries quoted 22 21 33
10th Percentile £47,000 £33,125 £40,000
25th Percentile £56,750 - £42,608
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +18.18% -8.33% -14.29%
75th Percentile £87,500 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £67,500 £75,050
UK median annual salary £65,000 £48,842 £50,000
% change year-on-year +33.08% -2.32% -28.57%

All General Skills
Work from Home

Aviation 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 14,199 11,528 14,365
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 60.20% 71.65% 61.95%
Number of salaries quoted 8,880 6,365 8,684
10th Percentile £32,500 £28,500 £34,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £39,377 £44,738
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 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - - -8.33%

Aviation
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

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

Aviation job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

Aviation
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

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

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

Aviation
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Aviation over the 6 months to 8 September 2026.

Aviation salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

Aviation
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 4 (5.06%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.27%) Oracle Coherence
Applications
1 1 (1.27%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (1.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (1.27%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 1 (1.27%) Sage 50
Cloud Services
1 8 (10.13%) Power Platform
2 7 (8.86%) Azure
3 5 (6.33%) Azure DevOps
4 4 (5.06%) Microsoft 365
4 4 (5.06%) Microsoft Copilot
4 4 (5.06%) OneDrive
4 4 (5.06%) Power Automate
4 4 (5.06%) PowerApps
5 3 (3.80%) Azure AKS
5 3 (3.80%) Azure Event Grid
5 3 (3.80%) Azure Monitor
5 3 (3.80%) IaaS
5 3 (3.80%) PaaS
6 2 (2.53%) BrowserStack
7 1 (1.27%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (3.80%) 2G
1 3 (3.80%) 3G
1 3 (3.80%) 4G
1 3 (3.80%) 5G
1 3 (3.80%) Ethernet
1 3 (3.80%) Structured Cabling
1 3 (3.80%) TETRA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (6.33%) PostgreSQL
2 4 (5.06%) Power BI
2 4 (5.06%) Tableau
3 3 (3.80%) Redis
4 2 (2.53%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 3 (3.80%) Rational DOORS
2 2 (2.53%) Git
2 2 (2.53%) MSTest
2 2 (2.53%) Selenium
General
1 20 (25.32%) Retail
2 14 (17.72%) Social Skills
3 12 (15.19%) Finance
4 10 (12.66%) Analytical Skills
5 8 (10.13%) Aerospace
6 6 (7.59%) Influencing Skills
7 5 (6.33%) Billing
7 5 (6.33%) Organisational Skills
8 4 (5.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 4 (5.06%) Marketing
8 4 (5.06%) Military
9 3 (3.80%) Avionics
9 3 (3.80%) Public Sector
10 2 (2.53%) Advertising
10 2 (2.53%) German Language
11 1 (1.27%) Banking
11 1 (1.27%) Law
11 1 (1.27%) Manufacturing
11 1 (1.27%) Presentation Skills
11 1 (1.27%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 17 (21.52%) Analyst
1 17 (21.52%) Cybersecurity Analyst
1 17 (21.52%) Security Analyst
2 12 (15.19%) Systems Engineer
3 7 (8.86%) Architect
3 7 (8.86%) Senior
3 7 (8.86%) Senior Systems Engineer
4 6 (7.59%) Developer
4 6 (7.59%) Java Developer
5 5 (6.33%) Consultant
5 5 (6.33%) European Sales Director
5 5 (6.33%) Lead
5 5 (6.33%) Recruitment Consultant
5 5 (6.33%) Sales Director
6 4 (5.06%) Business Manager
6 4 (5.06%) Full-Stack Developer
6 4 (5.06%) Metrics Analyst
6 4 (5.06%) Risk Analyst
6 4 (5.06%) SC Cleared Java Developer
6 4 (5.06%) Security Risk Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (6.33%) Terraform
2 4 (5.06%) Microsoft Graph
2 4 (5.06%) REST
2 4 (5.06%) SPFx
3 3 (3.80%) YAML
4 2 (2.53%) .NET
4 2 (2.53%) ADO
4 2 (2.53%) AngularJS
4 2 (2.53%) Playwright
4 2 (2.53%) React
4 2 (2.53%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 28 (35.44%) Cyber Defence
2 9 (11.39%) Security Posture
3 5 (6.33%) Data Centre
3 5 (6.33%) Management Information System
4 4 (5.06%) Cloud Native
4 4 (5.06%) Operational Technology
4 4 (5.06%) Product Ownership
4 4 (5.06%) Robotics
5 3 (3.80%) Embedded Systems
5 3 (3.80%) Legacy Systems
6 1 (1.27%) AI Agents
6 1 (1.27%) ASIC
6 1 (1.27%) FPGA
6 1 (1.27%) PMI
6 1 (1.27%) VHDL
6 1 (1.27%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 10 (12.66%) Linux
2 3 (3.80%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (40.51%) Agile
2 22 (27.85%) Cybersecurity
2 22 (27.85%) Process Improvement
3 21 (26.58%) Project Management
4 15 (18.99%) Customer Service
4 15 (18.99%) Risk Management
5 14 (17.72%) Continuous Improvement
6 13 (16.46%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 12 (15.19%) Mentoring
7 12 (15.19%) Software Engineering
8 9 (11.39%) CI/CD
8 9 (11.39%) Decision-Making
8 9 (11.39%) SDLC
9 8 (10.13%) Data Protection
9 8 (10.13%) Roadmaps
10 7 (8.86%) Architecture Roadmap
10 7 (8.86%) Infrastructure as Code
10 7 (8.86%) IT Strategy
11 6 (7.59%) Full-Stack Development
11 6 (7.59%) Regulatory Compliance
Programming Languages
1 9 (11.39%) Java
2 7 (8.86%) PowerShell
3 5 (6.33%) C#
4 3 (3.80%) Ada
4 3 (3.80%) Ada 95
4 3 (3.80%) Bash
4 3 (3.80%) C
4 3 (3.80%) C++
4 3 (3.80%) Python
4 3 (3.80%) Rust
4 3 (3.80%) SQL
Qualifications
1 16 (20.25%) Security Cleared
2 13 (16.46%) SC Cleared
3 6 (7.59%) Degree
4 4 (5.06%) CISA
4 4 (5.06%) CISM
4 4 (5.06%) CISSP
4 4 (5.06%) DV Cleared
4 4 (5.06%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
5 1 (1.27%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (1.27%) CEH
5 1 (1.27%) EMC Certification
5 1 (1.27%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (11.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 8 (10.13%) NIST
3 6 (7.59%) Accessibility
4 5 (6.33%) NCSC
4 5 (6.33%) QA
5 4 (5.06%) GRC
5 4 (5.06%) ISO/IEC 27005
5 4 (5.06%) NIST 800
6 3 (3.80%) MIL-STD-1553
7 2 (2.53%) WCAG
8 1 (1.27%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (1.27%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 1 (1.27%) Def Stans
8 1 (1.27%) DO-160
8 1 (1.27%) DO-254
8 1 (1.27%) GDPR
System Software
1 2 (2.53%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (3.80%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 7 (8.86%) Microsoft
2 1 (1.27%) EMC
2 1 (1.27%) Oracle
2 1 (1.27%) Sage