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 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 437 505 529
Rank change year-on-year +68 +24 +57
Permanent jobs citing Aviation 225 260 215
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.52% 0.38% 0.40%
As % of the General category 0.76% 0.66% 0.61%
Number of salaries quoted 90 122 121
10th Percentile - £35,000 £45,000
25th Percentile £32,500 £45,000 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,500 £50,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +1.00% -31.03% +38.10%
75th Percentile £61,250 £55,000 £92,500
90th Percentile £79,775 £65,250 £100,000
UK median annual salary £47,683 £50,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -4.63% -28.57% +33.33%

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 common skills in England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 29,634 39,591 35,272
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 68.57% 57.37% 65.40%
Number of salaries quoted 15,710 20,701 25,371
10th Percentile £28,000 £30,873 £32,000
25th Percentile £35,500 £41,250 £42,874
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% -
75th Percentile £76,250 £78,750 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £105,000
UK median annual salary £53,700 £56,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.11% -6.67% -

Aviation
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Aviation as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Aviation 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 September 2025.

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 September 2025. 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 +78 120 £55,000 +10.00% 37
London +55 48 £67,500 -10.00% 29
East of England +22 46 £35,000 - 16
South West +20 16 £42,500 -15.00% 30
North of England +12 4 £47,683 -17.16% 11
North West +5 4 £47,683 -17.16% 8
Aviation
UK

Aviation
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 3 (1.33%) Confluence
2 2 (0.89%) Kinematics
Applications
1 11 (4.89%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (4.44%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.89%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.89%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (0.89%) Poser
3 2 (0.89%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 7 (3.11%) Q-Pulse
2 2 (0.89%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 27 (12.00%) SaaS
2 9 (4.00%) AWS
3 3 (1.33%) Azure
4 2 (0.89%) Power Platform
5 1 (0.44%) AWS CloudFormation
5 1 (0.44%) Pulumi
5 1 (0.44%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
5 1 (0.44%) Salesforce Service Cloud
5 1 (0.44%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 8 (3.56%) Firewall
2 7 (3.11%) Network Security
3 6 (2.67%) TCP/IP
4 3 (1.33%) Internet
5 2 (0.89%) LAN
5 2 (0.89%) VPN
5 2 (0.89%) WAN
5 2 (0.89%) Wireless
6 1 (0.44%) BGP
6 1 (0.44%) DHCP
6 1 (0.44%) DMVPN
6 1 (0.44%) DNS
6 1 (0.44%) EIGRP
6 1 (0.44%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
6 1 (0.44%) OSPF
6 1 (0.44%) SAN
6 1 (0.44%) SSL
6 1 (0.44%) VLAN
6 1 (0.44%) VoIP
6 1 (0.44%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (1.33%) MongoDB
1 3 (1.33%) NoSQL
1 3 (1.33%) SQL Server
2 2 (0.89%) Power BI
3 1 (0.44%) Data Mining
3 1 (0.44%) GIS
Development Applications
1 6 (2.67%) JIRA
2 5 (2.22%) Git
3 4 (1.78%) Subversion
4 2 (0.89%) Atlassian Bamboo
4 2 (0.89%) GitLab
4 2 (0.89%) Maven
5 1 (0.44%) LabVIEW
General
1 114 (50.67%) Social Skills
2 62 (27.56%) Analytical Skills
3 53 (23.56%) Aerospace
4 26 (11.56%) Finance
4 26 (11.56%) Military
5 21 (9.33%) Electronics
6 19 (8.44%) Fire and Rescue
6 19 (8.44%) Police
7 13 (5.78%) Retail
8 8 (3.56%) Manufacturing
8 8 (3.56%) Marketing
9 7 (3.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 5 (2.22%) Aeronautics
10 5 (2.22%) Avionics
10 5 (2.22%) Law
11 4 (1.78%) Presentation Skills
12 3 (1.33%) Organisational Skills
12 3 (1.33%) Swedish Language
12 3 (1.33%) Telecoms
13 2 (0.89%) Games
Job Titles
1 36 (16.00%) Coordinator
2 23 (10.22%) Business Manager
2 23 (10.22%) Business Systems Manager
2 23 (10.22%) Systems Manager
3 19 (8.44%) Operations Manager
3 19 (8.44%) Service Manager
3 19 (8.44%) Service Operations Manager
4 15 (6.67%) Senior
5 14 (6.22%) Systems Engineer
6 13 (5.78%) Analyst
6 13 (5.78%) Integration Engineer
7 11 (4.89%) Software Engineer
8 10 (4.44%) Financial Analyst
8 10 (4.44%) Lead
8 10 (4.44%) Report Analyst
8 10 (4.44%) Technical Engineer
9 8 (3.56%) Developer
9 8 (3.56%) ERP Support
10 7 (3.11%) Test Technician
11 6 (2.67%) Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (3.11%) .NET
1 7 (3.11%) XML
2 5 (2.22%) AngularJS
3 3 (1.33%) REST
3 3 (1.33%) Spring
4 2 (0.89%) Ionic Framework
4 2 (0.89%) Middleware
4 2 (0.89%) Spring Boot
5 1 (0.44%) .NET Framework
5 1 (0.44%) CSS
5 1 (0.44%) NumPy
5 1 (0.44%) OAuth
5 1 (0.44%) OpenID
5 1 (0.44%) Pandas
5 1 (0.44%) PyTorch
5 1 (0.44%) RESTful
5 1 (0.44%) scikit-learn
5 1 (0.44%) TensorFlow
5 1 (0.44%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 80 (35.56%) Robotics
2 46 (20.44%) Management Information System
3 12 (5.33%) Fibre Optics
4 7 (3.11%) Digital Media
4 7 (3.11%) e-Learning
4 7 (3.11%) Graphic Design
4 7 (3.11%) Reference Data
4 7 (3.11%) Self-Motivation
5 6 (2.67%) Driving Licence
6 5 (2.22%) Security Posture
6 5 (2.22%) Social Media
7 4 (1.78%) Algorithms
7 4 (1.78%) Mobile App
8 3 (1.33%) Augmented Reality
8 3 (1.33%) Greenfield Project
8 3 (1.33%) Onboarding
8 3 (1.33%) Virtual Reality
9 2 (0.89%) CCTV
9 2 (0.89%) FPGA
9 2 (0.89%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 12 (5.33%) Apple iOS
2 11 (4.89%) Windows
3 10 (4.44%) Android
4 5 (2.22%) Linux
5 3 (1.33%) Mac OS
6 2 (0.89%) VMS
6 2 (0.89%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 94 (41.78%) Software Engineering
2 84 (37.33%) Artificial Intelligence
3 77 (34.22%) Problem-Solving
4 66 (29.33%) Project Management
5 57 (25.33%) Process Improvement
6 35 (15.56%) Continuous Improvement
6 35 (15.56%) Project Delivery
7 30 (13.33%) ERP
7 30 (13.33%) Risk Management
8 29 (12.89%) Data Management
9 28 (12.44%) Agile
9 28 (12.44%) Collaborative Working
10 25 (11.11%) Contract Negotiation
10 25 (11.11%) Incident Response
10 25 (11.11%) Strategic Planning
11 24 (10.67%) Customer Requirements
11 24 (10.67%) ITIL
12 23 (10.22%) Budget Management
12 23 (10.22%) IT Strategy
13 22 (9.78%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 44 (19.56%) SQL
2 10 (4.44%) Python
3 8 (3.56%) C#
4 7 (3.11%) Java
4 7 (3.11%) PL/SQL
5 6 (2.67%) C++
6 4 (1.78%) C
7 3 (1.33%) Swift
7 3 (1.33%) VB
8 2 (0.89%) JavaScript
8 2 (0.89%) R
8 2 (0.89%) Shell Script
9 1 (0.44%) Ada
9 1 (0.44%) Apex Code
9 1 (0.44%) Kotlin
9 1 (0.44%) MATLAB
9 1 (0.44%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 65 (28.89%) Degree
2 53 (23.56%) Security Cleared
3 40 (17.78%) SC Cleared
4 14 (6.22%) HNC
4 14 (6.22%) HND
5 8 (3.56%) Computer Science Degree
6 6 (2.67%) BPSS Clearance
7 3 (1.33%) PMI Certification
7 3 (1.33%) PMP
8 2 (0.89%) CEH
8 2 (0.89%) Cisco Certification
9 1 (0.44%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 1 (0.44%) CASP
9 1 (0.44%) CISM
9 1 (0.44%) CISMP
9 1 (0.44%) CompTIA CySA+
9 1 (0.44%) CTC Cleared
9 1 (0.44%) MRICS
9 1 (0.44%) Numerate Degree
9 1 (0.44%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 51 (22.67%) QA
2 9 (4.00%) Cyber Essentials
2 9 (4.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 7 (3.11%) Data Quality
4 6 (2.67%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 5 (2.22%) ISO 31000
5 5 (2.22%) NIST
6 4 (1.78%) Accessibility
6 4 (1.78%) GDPR
7 3 (1.33%) ISO 9001
8 2 (0.89%) DO-254
8 2 (0.89%) PMO
9 1 (0.44%) Def Stans
9 1 (0.44%) DO-178B
9 1 (0.44%) IEC 61508
9 1 (0.44%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.44%) SLA
9 1 (0.44%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 2 (0.89%) Firmware
1 2 (0.89%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (0.44%) Docker
2 1 (0.44%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 6 (2.67%) ArcSight ESM
1 6 (2.67%) QRadar
2 2 (0.89%) Ansible
2 2 (0.89%) Kubernetes
2 2 (0.89%) Terraform
3 1 (0.44%) CA Spectrum
3 1 (0.44%) CASB
Vendors
1 25 (11.11%) Microsoft
2 6 (2.67%) ArcSight
2 6 (2.67%) LogLogic
2 6 (2.67%) McAfee
2 6 (2.67%) Splunk
3 4 (1.78%) SAP
4 3 (1.33%) Google
4 3 (1.33%) HubSpot
4 3 (1.33%) ServiceNow
4 3 (1.33%) VMware
5 2 (0.89%) Agilent
5 2 (0.89%) Cisco
5 2 (0.89%) Citrix
5 2 (0.89%) EMC
5 2 (0.89%) JD Edwards
5 2 (0.89%) NetApp
6 1 (0.44%) Adobe
6 1 (0.44%) CheckPoint
6 1 (0.44%) Dell
6 1 (0.44%) Juniper