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 5 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 403 476 520
Rank change year-on-year +73 +44 -12
Permanent jobs citing Aviation 392 180 270
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.42% 0.41% 0.37%
As % of the General category 0.91% 0.60% 0.65%
Number of salaries quoted 95 93 153
10th Percentile £44,000 - £30,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £32,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £52,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% +4.00% -28.57%
75th Percentile £80,000 £65,000 £56,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £74,500 £77,500
UK median annual salary £65,000 £51,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +27.45% +2.00% -28.57%

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 42,892 30,086 41,717
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 46.36% 69.03% 57.17%
Number of salaries quoted 27,394 16,032 25,659
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,500 £29,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £39,194
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -8.33%
75th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £98,750 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - - -8.33%

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 5 August 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 5 August 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 +32 163 £70,000 +27.27% 66
London +2 96 £62,500 +4.17% 51
South West -15 53 £80,000 +23.08% 25
North of England +7 49 £50,000 +4.86% 17
North West +21 25 £50,000 +4.86% 11
Yorkshire - 24 £75,000 - 3
East of England -42 23 £50,000 +42.86% 22
Midlands -28 7 - - 11
West Midlands - 4 - - 6
East Midlands -22 3 - - 5
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 2 (0.51%) Confluence
1 2 (0.51%) IIS
1 2 (0.51%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.26%) Apache
2 1 (0.26%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 6 (1.53%) Microsoft Project
2 5 (1.28%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (1.28%) Simulink
3 4 (1.02%) Microsoft Excel
4 3 (0.77%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.77%) Stateflow
5 1 (0.26%) AutoCAD
5 1 (0.26%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (0.51%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 28 (7.14%) AWS
2 22 (5.61%) Azure
3 18 (4.59%) SaaS
4 11 (2.81%) Azure DevOps
5 10 (2.55%) Power Platform
6 8 (2.04%) Serverless
7 6 (1.53%) AWS Lambda
7 6 (1.53%) Azure AKS
7 6 (1.53%) Datadog
7 6 (1.53%) Route 53
8 4 (1.02%) Azure Event Grid
8 4 (1.02%) Azure Monitor
8 4 (1.02%) Cloud Computing
8 4 (1.02%) GCP
8 4 (1.02%) IaaS
8 4 (1.02%) PaaS
9 3 (0.77%) Entra ID
10 2 (0.51%) Azure Functions
10 2 (0.51%) BrowserStack
10 2 (0.51%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 11 (2.81%) ATM
2 5 (1.28%) Network Security
2 5 (1.28%) SNMP
3 3 (0.77%) 2G
3 3 (0.77%) 3G
3 3 (0.77%) 4G
3 3 (0.77%) 5G
3 3 (0.77%) Firewall
3 3 (0.77%) Structured Cabling
3 3 (0.77%) TETRA
4 2 (0.51%) HTTP
4 2 (0.51%) LAN
4 2 (0.51%) RS-422
4 2 (0.51%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.26%) CHAP
5 1 (0.26%) DHCP
5 1 (0.26%) DNS
5 1 (0.26%) Ethernet
5 1 (0.26%) VoIP
5 1 (0.26%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (2.04%) PostgreSQL
1 8 (2.04%) Power BI
2 6 (1.53%) Tableau
3 4 (1.02%) Redis
3 4 (1.02%) Relational Database
4 3 (0.77%) SQL Server
5 2 (0.51%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (0.51%) MySQL
6 1 (0.26%) GIS
Development Applications
1 8 (2.04%) JIRA
2 7 (1.79%) Selenium
3 6 (1.53%) Git
4 5 (1.28%) Jenkins
5 3 (0.77%) Rational DOORS
6 2 (0.51%) MSTest
6 2 (0.51%) NUnit
7 1 (0.26%) Subversion
7 1 (0.26%) Visual Studio
General
1 74 (18.88%) Social Skills
2 36 (9.18%) Aerospace
3 34 (8.67%) Analytical Skills
3 34 (8.67%) Finance
4 33 (8.42%) Retail
5 30 (7.65%) Military
6 21 (5.36%) Aeronautics
7 20 (5.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 17 (4.34%) Manufacturing
9 14 (3.57%) Legal
10 13 (3.32%) Avionics
10 13 (3.32%) Electronics
11 9 (2.30%) Public Sector
12 8 (2.04%) Digital Health
12 8 (2.04%) Influencing Skills
13 6 (1.53%) Organisational Skills
14 5 (1.28%) Billing
14 5 (1.28%) Law
14 5 (1.28%) Marketing
15 4 (1.02%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 57 (14.54%) Systems Engineer
2 50 (12.76%) Lead
3 42 (10.71%) Software Engineer
4 29 (7.40%) Senior
4 29 (7.40%) Test Engineer
5 25 (6.38%) Architect
6 23 (5.87%) Business Development Manager
6 23 (5.87%) Business Manager
6 23 (5.87%) Development Manager
7 20 (5.10%) Analyst
8 19 (4.85%) Support Technician
9 18 (4.59%) Embedded Engineer
9 18 (4.59%) Embedded Software Engineer
10 17 (4.34%) Cybersecurity Analyst
10 17 (4.34%) Security Analyst
11 14 (3.57%) Field Support Technician
11 14 (3.57%) Senior Systems Engineer
12 13 (3.32%) Applications Engineer
12 13 (3.32%) Software Applications Engineer
13 11 (2.81%) Traffic Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (2.55%) .NET
2 9 (2.30%) HTML
3 7 (1.79%) ASP.NET
4 4 (1.02%) CSS
4 4 (1.02%) JSON
4 4 (1.02%) XML
4 4 (1.02%) YAML
5 3 (0.77%) .NET Framework
5 3 (0.77%) AngularJS
5 3 (0.77%) React
6 2 (0.51%) ASP.NET Core
6 2 (0.51%) ASP.NET Web API
6 2 (0.51%) Dapper ORM
6 2 (0.51%) Entity Framework
6 2 (0.51%) LangChain
6 2 (0.51%) LangGraph
6 2 (0.51%) OAuth2
6 2 (0.51%) Playwright
6 2 (0.51%) REST
6 2 (0.51%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 29 (7.40%) Cyber Defence
2 28 (7.14%) Robotics
3 17 (4.34%) Onboarding
4 16 (4.08%) Cloud Native
4 16 (4.08%) Management Information System
5 15 (3.83%) Driving Licence
6 13 (3.32%) Security Posture
7 11 (2.81%) Data Centre
8 8 (2.04%) Product Ownership
9 7 (1.79%) PMI
10 6 (1.53%) Legacy Systems
11 5 (1.28%) Private Cloud
12 4 (1.02%) Embedded Systems
12 4 (1.02%) IoT
12 4 (1.02%) Operational Technology
13 3 (0.77%) Enterprise Software
13 3 (0.77%) Self-Motivation
14 2 (0.51%) Hybrid Cloud
14 2 (0.51%) Learning Management System
14 2 (0.51%) Raspberry Pi
Operating Systems
1 24 (6.12%) Windows
2 21 (5.36%) Linux
3 3 (0.77%) Mac OS
4 2 (0.51%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.26%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 84 (21.43%) Software Engineering
2 42 (10.71%) Agile
3 41 (10.46%) AI
4 40 (10.20%) Continuous Improvement
5 36 (9.18%) Project Management
6 35 (8.93%) Problem-Solving
7 34 (8.67%) Roadmaps
8 33 (8.42%) Cybersecurity
9 29 (7.40%) Stakeholder Management
10 28 (7.14%) Process Improvement
11 27 (6.89%) Business Development
12 26 (6.63%) Risk Management
13 25 (6.38%) Analytics
13 25 (6.38%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 24 (6.12%) Customer Service
14 24 (6.12%) Systems Engineering
15 23 (5.87%) Validation
16 21 (5.36%) Decision-Making
16 21 (5.36%) Mentoring
17 17 (4.34%) Verification and Validation
Programming Languages
1 28 (7.14%) Python
2 19 (4.85%) C++
3 16 (4.08%) SQL
4 14 (3.57%) C#
5 12 (3.06%) C
6 9 (2.30%) JavaScript
7 7 (1.79%) Java
8 6 (1.53%) MATLAB
9 5 (1.28%) PowerShell
10 4 (1.02%) Bash
11 3 (0.77%) Delphi
12 2 (0.51%) PL/SQL
13 1 (0.26%) Ada
13 1 (0.26%) Ada 95
13 1 (0.26%) Rust
Qualifications
1 43 (10.97%) Degree
2 40 (10.20%) Security Cleared
3 32 (8.16%) SC Cleared
4 11 (2.81%) HNC
5 9 (2.30%) CISSP
6 7 (1.79%) PMI Certification
7 6 (1.53%) BPSS Clearance
7 6 (1.53%) DV Cleared
8 5 (1.28%) ISSAP
8 5 (1.28%) TOGAF Certification
9 4 (1.02%) CISA
9 4 (1.02%) CISM
9 4 (1.02%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
10 3 (0.77%) Computer Science Degree
10 3 (0.77%) DBS Check
11 2 (0.51%) Azure Certification
11 2 (0.51%) HPE ATP
11 2 (0.51%) Master's Degree
11 2 (0.51%) Numerate Degree
12 1 (0.26%) City & Guilds
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (3.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 14 (3.57%) QA
2 10 (2.55%) NIST
3 8 (2.04%) NCSC
4 5 (1.28%) Accessibility
5 4 (1.02%) GRC
5 4 (1.02%) ISO/IEC 27005
5 4 (1.02%) NIST 800
6 3 (0.77%) ARP4761
6 3 (0.77%) Cyber Essentials
6 3 (0.77%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 3 (0.77%) DO-160
6 3 (0.77%) DO-254
6 3 (0.77%) GDPR
7 2 (0.51%) ARP4754
7 2 (0.51%) EU AI Act
7 2 (0.51%) ISO 9001
7 2 (0.51%) PCI DSS
7 2 (0.51%) PMO
7 2 (0.51%) WCAG
System Software
1 15 (3.83%) IAG
2 6 (1.53%) Docker
3 4 (1.02%) Active Directory
4 2 (0.51%) Firmware
5 1 (0.26%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 6 (1.53%) Terraform
2 4 (1.02%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.26%) Failover Clustering
3 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 14 (3.57%) Microsoft
2 7 (1.79%) Oracle
2 7 (1.79%) SAP
3 5 (1.28%) ServiceNow
4 2 (0.51%) Ariba
4 2 (0.51%) Google
4 2 (0.51%) UiPath
5 1 (0.26%) Cisco
5 1 (0.26%) Databricks
5 1 (0.26%) MathWorks
5 1 (0.26%) Salesforce