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 18 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 457 493 546
Rank change year-on-year +36 +53 -207
Permanent jobs citing Aviation 232 123 287
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.30% 0.33% 0.35%
As % of the General category 0.58% 0.47% 0.58%
Number of salaries quoted 84 67 171
10th Percentile £50,000 £31,150 £26,250
25th Percentile £55,000 £36,875 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -15.38%
75th Percentile £80,000 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £99,250 £71,250 £92,500
UK median annual salary £65,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +13.04% +4.55% -15.38%

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 39,795 26,184 49,249
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 51.71% 70.45% 59.76%
Number of salaries quoted 22,002 14,340 35,521
10th Percentile £28,697 £30,000 £27,400
25th Percentile £37,500 £41,750 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +14.29% -12.98%
75th Percentile £77,500 £81,250 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £107,500 £93,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £59,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -6.78% +12.38% -12.50%

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 18 April 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 18 April 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 +13 98 £60,000 +2.13% 51
London +37 57 £65,000 +85.71% 33
South West -35 32 £80,000 +28.00% 16
North of England -44 25 £50,000 -28.57% 16
Midlands -26 15 £65,000 -3.70% 5
Yorkshire -57 13 £30,000 -60.00% 4
North West -16 12 £50,000 +12.36% 10
West Midlands - 10 - - 1
East Midlands -49 5 £65,000 -3.70% 4
East of England -42 4 £52,500 +16.67% 9
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 (0.86%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.43%) Apache
2 1 (0.43%) Confluence
2 1 (0.43%) IIS
Applications
1 5 (2.16%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (1.72%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.72%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.43%) AutoCAD
3 1 (0.43%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.43%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 1 (0.43%) Q-Pulse
Cloud Services
1 14 (6.03%) Azure
2 13 (5.60%) AWS
3 6 (2.59%) GCP
4 5 (2.16%) Azure DevOps
4 5 (2.16%) Power Platform
5 4 (1.72%) SaaS
6 3 (1.29%) AWS CloudFormation
6 3 (1.29%) OCI
7 2 (0.86%) BrowserStack
7 2 (0.86%) GitHub
7 2 (0.86%) GitHub Actions
7 2 (0.86%) n8n
7 2 (0.86%) PowerApps
8 1 (0.43%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 1 (0.43%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 8 (3.45%) Firewall
2 7 (3.02%) Network Security
3 3 (1.29%) ATM
3 3 (1.29%) SCCP
4 2 (0.86%) LAN
5 1 (0.43%) DHCP
5 1 (0.43%) DNS
5 1 (0.43%) RS-422
5 1 (0.43%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.43%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (2.16%) Power BI
2 3 (1.29%) PostgreSQL
2 3 (1.29%) Relational Database
3 2 (0.86%) GIS
3 2 (0.86%) QGIS
4 1 (0.43%) Apache Arrow
4 1 (0.43%) Parquet
4 1 (0.43%) SQL Server
4 1 (0.43%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 5 (2.16%) Git
2 2 (0.86%) MSTest
2 2 (0.86%) Rational DOORS
2 2 (0.86%) Selenium
3 1 (0.43%) GitLab
3 1 (0.43%) JIRA
3 1 (0.43%) Subversion
General
1 37 (15.95%) Aerospace
2 33 (14.22%) Social Skills
3 21 (9.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 21 (9.05%) Military
4 15 (6.47%) Retail
5 14 (6.03%) Analytical Skills
5 14 (6.03%) Finance
6 11 (4.74%) Legal
7 9 (3.88%) Avionics
8 8 (3.45%) Digital Health
9 4 (1.72%) Aeronautics
9 4 (1.72%) Electronics
9 4 (1.72%) Law
9 4 (1.72%) Public Sector
10 3 (1.29%) Automotive
10 3 (1.29%) Billing
10 3 (1.29%) Marketing
11 2 (0.86%) Manufacturing
11 2 (0.86%) Spanish Language
11 2 (0.86%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 56 (24.14%) Systems Engineer
2 31 (13.36%) Developer
3 25 (10.78%) Lead
4 22 (9.48%) Full-Stack Developer
5 21 (9.05%) Test Engineer
6 20 (8.62%) Systems Test Engineer
7 19 (8.19%) Analyst
8 18 (7.76%) Architect
9 14 (6.03%) Business Development Manager
9 14 (6.03%) Business Manager
9 14 (6.03%) Development Manager
10 13 (5.60%) Cybersecurity Analyst
10 13 (5.60%) Security Analyst
10 13 (5.60%) Senior
11 10 (4.31%) Software Engineer
12 9 (3.88%) Radar Engineer
12 9 (3.88%) Software Developer
13 7 (3.02%) Solutions Architect
14 6 (2.59%) Consultant
14 6 (2.59%) Information Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (6.03%) .NET
2 4 (1.72%) React
3 2 (0.86%) ADO
3 2 (0.86%) AngularJS
3 2 (0.86%) Playwright
3 2 (0.86%) SailPoint
3 2 (0.86%) Spring
4 1 (0.43%) Flutter
4 1 (0.43%) gRPC
4 1 (0.43%) Protocol Buffers
4 1 (0.43%) Qt
4 1 (0.43%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 15 (6.47%) Cyber Defence
1 15 (6.47%) Security Posture
2 7 (3.02%) Cloud Native
2 7 (3.02%) Management Information System
2 7 (3.02%) Product Ownership
3 4 (1.72%) Robotics
4 3 (1.29%) Cyber Security Posture
4 3 (1.29%) Driving Licence
4 3 (1.29%) Embedded Systems
4 3 (1.29%) Enterprise Software
5 2 (0.86%) Analogue Electronics
5 2 (0.86%) Data Centre
5 2 (0.86%) FPGA
5 2 (0.86%) Learning Management System
5 2 (0.86%) Raspberry Pi
6 1 (0.43%) Clustering
6 1 (0.43%) e-Learning
6 1 (0.43%) Reference Data
6 1 (0.43%) Replication
6 1 (0.43%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 11 (4.74%) Windows
2 8 (3.45%) Linux
3 4 (1.72%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (13.79%) Agile
2 29 (12.50%) Cybersecurity
3 26 (11.21%) Full-Stack Development
4 23 (9.91%) Validation
5 22 (9.48%) Continuous Improvement
5 22 (9.48%) Verification and Validation
6 21 (9.05%) Project Management
6 21 (9.05%) Software Engineering
7 18 (7.76%) Business Development
8 16 (6.90%) Process Improvement
9 15 (6.47%) Problem-Solving
10 13 (5.60%) Information Security
10 13 (5.60%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 13 (5.60%) Threat Modelling
11 12 (5.17%) Cloud Security
11 12 (5.17%) SOLID
11 12 (5.17%) Stakeholder Management
12 11 (4.74%) Application Security
12 11 (4.74%) DevOps
12 11 (4.74%) Logistics
Programming Languages
1 15 (6.47%) C#
2 10 (4.31%) Java
2 10 (4.31%) Python
3 8 (3.45%) SQL
4 6 (2.59%) C++
5 4 (1.72%) PL/SQL
5 4 (1.72%) PowerShell
6 3 (1.29%) C
7 2 (0.86%) MATLAB
8 1 (0.43%) Dart
8 1 (0.43%) JavaScript
8 1 (0.43%) Rust
8 1 (0.43%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 26 (11.21%) Degree
2 15 (6.47%) Security Cleared
3 10 (4.31%) SC Cleared
4 9 (3.88%) CISSP
5 5 (2.16%) ISSAP
6 4 (1.72%) Computer Science Degree
6 4 (1.72%) DBS Check
6 4 (1.72%) Master's Degree
7 3 (1.29%) Microsoft Certification
8 2 (0.86%) HPE ATP
9 1 (0.43%) BPSS Clearance
9 1 (0.43%) CEH
9 1 (0.43%) CISA
9 1 (0.43%) CISM
9 1 (0.43%) HNC
9 1 (0.43%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
9 1 (0.43%) PhD
9 1 (0.43%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (5.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 10 (4.31%) NIST
3 6 (2.59%) Accessibility
4 5 (2.16%) GDPR
4 5 (2.16%) PCI DSS
4 5 (2.16%) QA
5 4 (1.72%) DO-254
6 3 (1.29%) ARP4761
6 3 (1.29%) DO-160
6 3 (1.29%) ISO 9001
6 3 (1.29%) NCSC
6 3 (1.29%) PMO
7 2 (0.86%) ARP4754
7 2 (0.86%) Cyber Essentials
7 2 (0.86%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 2 (0.86%) WCAG
8 1 (0.43%) Data Quality
8 1 (0.43%) ECSS
8 1 (0.43%) MISRA
8 1 (0.43%) SLA
System Software
1 9 (3.88%) Docker
1 9 (3.88%) IAG
2 5 (2.16%) Active Directory
3 4 (1.72%) Hyper-V
4 3 (1.29%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.86%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 5 (2.16%) Kubernetes
1 5 (2.16%) Terraform
2 3 (1.29%) Ansible
2 3 (1.29%) SCCM
3 1 (0.43%) Failover Clustering
3 1 (0.43%) Grafana
3 1 (0.43%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 10 (4.31%) Microsoft
2 6 (2.59%) Google
3 4 (1.72%) VMware
4 3 (1.29%) Oracle
4 3 (1.29%) Salesforce
5 1 (0.43%) Cisco
5 1 (0.43%) SAP