Aviation Job Trends in England

Aviation
UK > England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Aviation in permanent job vacancies in England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Aviation over the 6 months leading up to 2 February 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 426 540 510
Rank change year-on-year +114 -30 -168
Permanent jobs citing Aviation 187 131 248
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.33% 0.28% 0.38%
As % of the General category 0.58% 0.42% 0.63%
Number of salaries quoted 74 58 158
10th Percentile £32,500 £25,075 £35,425
25th Percentile £50,000 £42,527 £41,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £50,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% -23.08% +4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £65,000 £92,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £69,750 -
UK median annual salary £60,000 £50,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +20.00% -20.00% -1.19%

All General Skills
England

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 in England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 32,202 31,350 39,545
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 57.25% 67.33% 60.95%
Number of salaries quoted 17,839 14,116 30,254
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,750 £27,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £45,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £76,250 £82,500 £75,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £106,250 £95,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% +9.09% -11.53%

Aviation
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Aviation job vacancy trend in England

Aviation
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Aviation.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Aviation

Aviation
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Aviation in England over the 6 months to 2 February 2026.

Salary histogram for Aviation in England

Aviation
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Aviation within the England region over the 6 months to 2 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
South East +69 91 £60,000 +20.00% 38
London +82 46 £97,500 +21.88% 25
South West -11 18 £80,000 +36.17% 8
East of England +23 15 £35,000 -22.22% 9
Midlands +20 12 £65,000 +420.00% 6
West Midlands +29 7 - - 4
East Midlands -4 5 £65,000 - 2
North of England -22 4 £30,000 -60.00% 17
Yorkshire -26 3 £30,000 -60.00% 4
North West +14 1 - - 11
Aviation
UK

Aviation
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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 1 (0.53%) Apache
Applications
1 5 (2.67%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.07%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.53%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.53%) Q-Pulse
Cloud Services
1 26 (13.90%) SaaS
2 6 (3.21%) AWS
3 5 (2.67%) Azure
3 5 (2.67%) Power Platform
4 3 (1.60%) AWS CloudFormation
4 3 (1.60%) GCP
5 2 (1.07%) GitHub
5 2 (1.07%) GitHub Actions
5 2 (1.07%) n8n
6 1 (0.53%) Amazon CloudWatch
6 1 (0.53%) Google Workspace
6 1 (0.53%) PowerApps
6 1 (0.53%) Pulumi
Communications & Networking
1 5 (2.67%) Firewall
1 5 (2.67%) Network Security
2 3 (1.60%) SCCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (2.67%) Power BI
2 2 (1.07%) GIS
2 2 (1.07%) QGIS
3 1 (0.53%) Apache Arrow
3 1 (0.53%) Parquet
3 1 (0.53%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (0.53%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 2 (1.07%) Git
2 1 (0.53%) GitLab
General
1 67 (35.83%) Social Skills
2 40 (21.39%) Analytical Skills
3 26 (13.90%) Aerospace
4 22 (11.76%) Fire and Rescue
4 22 (11.76%) Police
5 18 (9.63%) Military
6 11 (5.88%) Electronics
7 6 (3.21%) Finance
7 6 (3.21%) Retail
8 5 (2.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 4 (2.14%) Law
9 4 (2.14%) Presentation Skills
10 3 (1.60%) Aeronautics
11 2 (1.07%) Automotive
11 2 (1.07%) Telecoms
12 1 (0.53%) Advertising
12 1 (0.53%) Avionics
12 1 (0.53%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 33 (17.65%) Business Manager
2 32 (17.11%) Systems Engineer
3 26 (13.90%) Developer
4 23 (12.30%) Business Systems Manager
4 23 (12.30%) Systems Manager
5 22 (11.76%) Operations Manager
5 22 (11.76%) Service Manager
5 22 (11.76%) Service Operations Manager
6 21 (11.23%) Full-Stack Developer
7 14 (7.49%) Test Engineer
8 13 (6.95%) Coordinator
9 11 (5.88%) Analyst
9 11 (5.88%) Integration Engineer
9 11 (5.88%) Systems Test Engineer
10 10 (5.35%) Business Development Manager
10 10 (5.35%) Development Manager
11 7 (3.74%) Lead
12 6 (3.21%) Cybersecurity Analyst
12 6 (3.21%) Security Analyst
13 5 (2.67%) Radar Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (8.56%) .NET
2 2 (1.07%) React
3 1 (0.53%) Flutter
3 1 (0.53%) gRPC
3 1 (0.53%) Protocol Buffers
3 1 (0.53%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 57 (30.48%) Robotics
2 10 (5.35%) Fibre Optics
2 10 (5.35%) Management Information System
3 6 (3.21%) Cyber Defence
3 6 (3.21%) Security Posture
4 4 (2.14%) Driving Licence
4 4 (2.14%) Onboarding
5 3 (1.60%) Algorithms
5 3 (1.60%) Augmented Reality
5 3 (1.60%) Cloud Native
5 3 (1.60%) Cyber Security Posture
5 3 (1.60%) Enterprise Software
5 3 (1.60%) Virtual Reality
6 2 (1.07%) Reinsurance
7 1 (0.53%) e-Learning
7 1 (0.53%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 5 (2.67%) Windows
2 3 (1.60%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.53%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 61 (32.62%) AI
1 61 (32.62%) Software Engineering
2 46 (24.60%) Problem-Solving
2 46 (24.60%) Project Management
3 42 (22.46%) Process Improvement
4 37 (19.79%) Continuous Improvement
5 33 (17.65%) Agile
6 29 (15.51%) DevOps
7 28 (14.97%) Incident Response
8 26 (13.90%) IT Strategy
9 24 (12.83%) Contract Negotiation
10 23 (12.30%) Budget Management
10 23 (12.30%) Full-Stack Development
10 23 (12.30%) Observability
10 23 (12.30%) Risk Management
10 23 (12.30%) Strategic Planning
11 22 (11.76%) Change Management
11 22 (11.76%) Collaborative Culture
11 22 (11.76%) Service Delivery
11 22 (11.76%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 17 (9.09%) SQL
2 16 (8.56%) C#
3 10 (5.35%) Python
4 8 (4.28%) Java
5 5 (2.67%) C++
6 3 (1.60%) PowerShell
7 1 (0.53%) Dart
7 1 (0.53%) JavaScript
7 1 (0.53%) PL/SQL
7 1 (0.53%) Rust
7 1 (0.53%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 34 (18.18%) Security Cleared
2 32 (17.11%) SC Cleared
3 21 (11.23%) Degree
4 10 (5.35%) HNC
4 10 (5.35%) HND
5 4 (2.14%) BPSS Clearance
5 4 (2.14%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (1.60%) CISSP
6 3 (1.60%) Microsoft Certification
7 2 (1.07%) Master's Degree
8 1 (0.53%) DBS Check
8 1 (0.53%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (19.25%) QA
2 7 (3.74%) GDPR
3 6 (3.21%) NIST
4 5 (2.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (1.60%) PCI DSS
6 2 (1.07%) Accessibility
6 2 (1.07%) PMO
7 1 (0.53%) Data Quality
7 1 (0.53%) DO-254
7 1 (0.53%) ECSS
7 1 (0.53%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 6 (3.21%) Docker
2 4 (2.14%) Active Directory
3 3 (1.60%) Hyper-V
3 3 (1.60%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 6 (3.21%) Kubernetes
2 4 (2.14%) Terraform
3 3 (1.60%) Ansible
3 3 (1.60%) SCCM
4 1 (0.53%) Grafana
4 1 (0.53%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 8 (4.28%) Microsoft
2 6 (3.21%) Google
3 4 (2.14%) VMware
4 3 (1.60%) Salesforce