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

6 months to
14 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 435 524 498
Rank change year-on-year +89 -26 -60
Permanent jobs citing Aviation 183 177 158
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.36% 0.34% 0.36%
As % of the General category 0.58% 0.53% 0.56%
Number of salaries quoted 83 75 103
10th Percentile - £40,800 £30,400
25th Percentile £32,500 £45,000 £55,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £50,000 £73,500
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% -31.97% +22.50%
75th Percentile £75,000 £65,000 £92,500
90th Percentile £86,000 £75,000 -
UK median annual salary £57,500 £50,000 £68,500
% change year-on-year +15.00% -27.01% +11.84%

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 31,529 33,698 28,370
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 61.92% 64.40% 64.63%
Number of salaries quoted 17,220 16,244 21,182
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,750 £31,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - -2.41%
75th Percentile £75,000 £81,250 £82,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £102,500 £102,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -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 14 December 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 14 December 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 +67 94 £55,200 +10.40% 28
London +68 39 £85,000 +6.25% 5
East of England +52 36 £35,000 -36.36% 5
South West -5 20 £80,000 +60.00% 11
Midlands +23 2 £65,000 +116.67% 3
East Midlands -2 2 £65,000 - 2
North of England +11 1 £30,000 -60.00% 10
Yorkshire -8 1 £30,000 -60.00% 4
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 3 (1.64%) Confluence
Applications
1 6 (3.28%) Microsoft Excel
1 6 (3.28%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.09%) Poser
Business Applications
1 1 (0.55%) Q-Pulse
Cloud Services
1 30 (16.39%) SaaS
2 8 (4.37%) AWS
3 2 (1.09%) Azure
3 2 (1.09%) Power Platform
4 1 (0.55%) GitHub
4 1 (0.55%) GitHub Actions
4 1 (0.55%) Pulumi
4 1 (0.55%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.09%) Internet
2 1 (0.55%) BGP
2 1 (0.55%) Cisco ISE
2 1 (0.55%) Cisco Wireless
2 1 (0.55%) DHCP
2 1 (0.55%) DMVPN
2 1 (0.55%) DNS
2 1 (0.55%) EIGRP
2 1 (0.55%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
2 1 (0.55%) Firewall
2 1 (0.55%) LAN
2 1 (0.55%) Network Security
2 1 (0.55%) OSPF
2 1 (0.55%) SD-WAN
2 1 (0.55%) SSL
2 1 (0.55%) VLAN
2 1 (0.55%) VPN
2 1 (0.55%) WAN
2 1 (0.55%) Wireless
2 1 (0.55%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (1.64%) MongoDB
2 2 (1.09%) NoSQL
2 2 (1.09%) Power BI
3 1 (0.55%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (1.64%) Git
1 3 (1.64%) GitLab
1 3 (1.64%) JIRA
2 2 (1.09%) Atlassian Bamboo
2 2 (1.09%) Maven
2 2 (1.09%) Subversion
General
1 83 (45.36%) Social Skills
2 48 (26.23%) Analytical Skills
3 35 (19.13%) Aerospace
4 22 (12.02%) Fire and Rescue
4 22 (12.02%) Police
5 18 (9.84%) Military
6 13 (7.10%) Electronics
7 10 (5.46%) Finance
8 4 (2.19%) Presentation Skills
8 4 (2.19%) Retail
9 3 (1.64%) Aeronautics
9 3 (1.64%) Law
9 3 (1.64%) Marketing
9 3 (1.64%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (0.55%) Advertising
10 1 (0.55%) Automotive
10 1 (0.55%) Avionics
10 1 (0.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (0.55%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (0.55%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 27 (14.75%) Coordinator
2 26 (14.21%) Business Manager
3 24 (13.11%) Systems Engineer
4 23 (12.57%) Business Systems Manager
4 23 (12.57%) Systems Manager
5 22 (12.02%) Operations Manager
5 22 (12.02%) Service Manager
5 22 (12.02%) Service Operations Manager
6 16 (8.74%) Analyst
7 13 (7.10%) Developer
7 13 (7.10%) Integration Engineer
8 10 (5.46%) Full-Stack Developer
8 10 (5.46%) Test Engineer
9 9 (4.92%) Financial Analyst
9 9 (4.92%) Report Analyst
10 7 (3.83%) Systems Test Engineer
11 5 (2.73%) C# Developer
11 5 (2.73%) Logistics Analyst
11 5 (2.73%) Software Engineer
11 5 (2.73%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (6.56%) .NET
2 4 (2.19%) AngularJS
3 2 (1.09%) Ionic Framework
3 2 (1.09%) REST
3 2 (1.09%) Spring
3 2 (1.09%) Spring Boot
4 1 (0.55%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 66 (36.07%) Robotics
2 27 (14.75%) Management Information System
3 12 (6.56%) Fibre Optics
4 5 (2.73%) Driving Licence
5 4 (2.19%) Onboarding
5 4 (2.19%) Security Posture
6 3 (1.64%) Algorithms
6 3 (1.64%) Augmented Reality
6 3 (1.64%) Self-Motivation
6 3 (1.64%) Virtual Reality
7 2 (1.09%) Enterprise Software
7 2 (1.09%) Reinsurance
7 2 (1.09%) Replication
8 1 (0.55%) Data Centre
8 1 (0.55%) e-Learning
8 1 (0.55%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 6 (3.28%) Linux
2 3 (1.64%) Android
2 3 (1.64%) Apple iOS
2 3 (1.64%) Mac OS
2 3 (1.64%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 74 (40.44%) Software Engineering
2 70 (38.25%) AI
3 60 (32.79%) Problem-Solving
4 49 (26.78%) Project Management
5 43 (23.50%) Process Improvement
6 35 (19.13%) Continuous Improvement
7 28 (15.30%) Agile
8 27 (14.75%) Risk Management
9 25 (13.66%) DevOps
9 25 (13.66%) IT Strategy
9 25 (13.66%) ITIL
10 24 (13.11%) Project Delivery
11 23 (12.57%) Budget Management
11 23 (12.57%) Contract Negotiation
11 23 (12.57%) Strategic Planning
12 22 (12.02%) Business Continuity
12 22 (12.02%) Change Management
12 22 (12.02%) Incident Management
12 22 (12.02%) Service Delivery
12 22 (12.02%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 25 (13.66%) SQL
2 11 (6.01%) C#
3 8 (4.37%) Python
4 7 (3.83%) Java
5 4 (2.19%) C++
6 2 (1.09%) Shell Script
7 1 (0.55%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 32 (17.49%) Security Cleared
2 31 (16.94%) SC Cleared
3 29 (15.85%) Degree
4 13 (7.10%) HNC
5 12 (6.56%) HND
6 4 (2.19%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (0.55%) CCNP
7 1 (0.55%) CCSA
7 1 (0.55%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (0.55%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (0.55%) MRICS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 46 (25.14%) QA
2 4 (2.19%) GDPR
2 4 (2.19%) ISO 31000
2 4 (2.19%) NIST
3 3 (1.64%) Cyber Essentials
3 3 (1.64%) ISO 9001
3 3 (1.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.55%) Data Quality
4 1 (0.55%) DO-254
4 1 (0.55%) ECSS
4 1 (0.55%) PMO
4 1 (0.55%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (1.09%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (0.55%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.55%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (1.09%) Ansible
1 2 (1.09%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.55%) CA Spectrum
2 1 (0.55%) Terraform
Vendors
1 9 (4.92%) Microsoft
2 3 (1.64%) Google
2 3 (1.64%) ServiceNow
3 1 (0.55%) Adobe
3 1 (0.55%) CheckPoint
3 1 (0.55%) Cisco
3 1 (0.55%) F5
3 1 (0.55%) Juniper
3 1 (0.55%) Meraki
3 1 (0.55%) SolarWinds
3 1 (0.55%) VMware