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 27 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 404 483 527
Rank change year-on-year +79 +44 -13
Permanent jobs citing Aviation 374 178 274
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.42% 0.41% 0.36%
As % of the General category 0.90% 0.59% 0.62%
Number of salaries quoted 99 92 159
10th Percentile £46,250 - £30,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £32,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £51,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +27.45% +2.00% -28.57%
75th Percentile £80,000 £65,000 £57,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £69,875 £87,500
UK median annual salary £65,000 £50,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +28.71% +1.00% -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 41,690 30,130 44,144
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 46.40% 69.19% 57.32%
Number of salaries quoted 26,617 15,984 28,193
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,500 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -8.33%
75th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £74,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £54,084
% change year-on-year - +1.69% -9.86%

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 27 July 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 27 July 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 +31 153 £70,000 +27.27% 40
London +44 96 £65,000 +85.71% 25
South West -19 51 £80,000 +23.08% 14
North of England +8 45 £50,000 +4.86% 12
North West +11 23 £50,000 +8.48% 9
Yorkshire - 22 - - 2
East of England -34 20 £61,250 +75.00% 9
Midlands -24 8 - - 7
West Midlands - 5 - - 2
East Midlands -26 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 (0.53%) Confluence
1 2 (0.53%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.27%) Apache
2 1 (0.27%) IIS
Applications
1 5 (1.34%) Simulink
2 4 (1.07%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.80%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.80%) Stateflow
4 2 (0.53%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.27%) AutoCAD
5 1 (0.27%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.27%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (0.53%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 18 (4.81%) AWS
2 15 (4.01%) Azure
3 12 (3.21%) SaaS
4 10 (2.67%) Azure DevOps
5 9 (2.41%) Power Platform
6 5 (1.34%) Azure AKS
7 4 (1.07%) Azure Event Grid
7 4 (1.07%) Azure Monitor
7 4 (1.07%) Cloud Computing
7 4 (1.07%) GCP
7 4 (1.07%) IaaS
7 4 (1.07%) PaaS
8 3 (0.80%) OCI
8 3 (0.80%) Serverless
9 2 (0.53%) AWS Lambda
9 2 (0.53%) BrowserStack
9 2 (0.53%) Datadog
9 2 (0.53%) Route 53
10 1 (0.27%) Dynamics 365
10 1 (0.27%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 11 (2.94%) ATM
2 5 (1.34%) Network Security
3 3 (0.80%) 2G
3 3 (0.80%) 3G
3 3 (0.80%) 4G
3 3 (0.80%) 5G
3 3 (0.80%) Firewall
3 3 (0.80%) SNMP
3 3 (0.80%) Structured Cabling
3 3 (0.80%) TETRA
4 2 (0.53%) LAN
4 2 (0.53%) RS-422
4 2 (0.53%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.27%) DHCP
5 1 (0.27%) DNS
5 1 (0.27%) HTTP
5 1 (0.27%) MQTT
5 1 (0.27%) VoIP
5 1 (0.27%) VPN
5 1 (0.27%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (2.14%) Power BI
2 7 (1.87%) PostgreSQL
3 6 (1.60%) Tableau
4 4 (1.07%) Redis
5 3 (0.80%) Relational Database
6 2 (0.53%) SQL Server
7 1 (0.27%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.27%) GIS
7 1 (0.27%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 7 (1.87%) Selenium
2 6 (1.60%) Git
3 5 (1.34%) Jenkins
4 3 (0.80%) JIRA
5 2 (0.53%) MSTest
5 2 (0.53%) Rational DOORS
6 1 (0.27%) NUnit
6 1 (0.27%) Subversion
6 1 (0.27%) Visual Studio
General
1 61 (16.31%) Social Skills
2 31 (8.29%) Aerospace
2 31 (8.29%) Finance
3 28 (7.49%) Retail
4 25 (6.68%) Analytical Skills
5 21 (5.61%) Military
6 18 (4.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 16 (4.28%) Aeronautics
8 15 (4.01%) Legal
9 14 (3.74%) Manufacturing
10 13 (3.48%) Electronics
11 12 (3.21%) Avionics
12 9 (2.41%) Public Sector
13 8 (2.14%) Digital Health
14 6 (1.60%) Influencing Skills
14 6 (1.60%) Organisational Skills
15 5 (1.34%) Billing
15 5 (1.34%) Law
16 4 (1.07%) Marketing
16 4 (1.07%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 55 (14.71%) Systems Engineer
2 45 (12.03%) Lead
3 37 (9.89%) Software Engineer
4 29 (7.75%) Senior
5 28 (7.49%) Test Engineer
6 27 (7.22%) Architect
7 22 (5.88%) Business Development Manager
7 22 (5.88%) Business Manager
7 22 (5.88%) Development Manager
8 20 (5.35%) Analyst
9 19 (5.08%) Support Technician
10 17 (4.55%) Cybersecurity Analyst
10 17 (4.55%) Security Analyst
11 16 (4.28%) Developer
11 16 (4.28%) Embedded Engineer
11 16 (4.28%) Embedded Software Engineer
12 14 (3.74%) Field Support Technician
13 12 (3.21%) Senior Systems Engineer
13 12 (3.21%) Systems Test Engineer
14 11 (2.94%) Applications Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (2.14%) .NET
2 7 (1.87%) HTML
3 4 (1.07%) ASP.NET
3 4 (1.07%) CSS
3 4 (1.07%) JSON
3 4 (1.07%) XML
3 4 (1.07%) YAML
4 3 (0.80%) AngularJS
4 3 (0.80%) React
5 2 (0.53%) .NET Framework
5 2 (0.53%) ADO
5 2 (0.53%) LangChain
5 2 (0.53%) LangGraph
5 2 (0.53%) Playwright
5 2 (0.53%) Qt
5 2 (0.53%) SailPoint
5 2 (0.53%) Spring
6 1 (0.27%) ActiveMQ
6 1 (0.27%) Django
6 1 (0.27%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 29 (7.75%) Cyber Defence
2 23 (6.15%) Robotics
3 13 (3.48%) Driving Licence
3 13 (3.48%) Security Posture
4 12 (3.21%) Cloud Native
5 11 (2.94%) Management Information System
5 11 (2.94%) Onboarding
6 8 (2.14%) Product Ownership
7 6 (1.60%) Data Centre
8 4 (1.07%) IoT
8 4 (1.07%) Operational Technology
9 3 (0.80%) Embedded Systems
10 2 (0.53%) Analogue Electronics
10 2 (0.53%) Enterprise Software
10 2 (0.53%) Hybrid Cloud
10 2 (0.53%) Learning Management System
10 2 (0.53%) PMI
10 2 (0.53%) Raspberry Pi
10 2 (0.53%) Self-Motivation
10 2 (0.53%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 21 (5.61%) Windows
2 18 (4.81%) Linux
3 3 (0.80%) Mac OS
4 1 (0.27%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 71 (18.98%) Software Engineering
2 41 (10.96%) Agile
3 36 (9.63%) AI
4 33 (8.82%) Cybersecurity
5 31 (8.29%) Project Management
6 29 (7.75%) Continuous Improvement
7 27 (7.22%) Problem-Solving
7 27 (7.22%) Process Improvement
8 26 (6.95%) Business Development
9 25 (6.68%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 24 (6.42%) Roadmaps
11 23 (6.15%) Analytics
12 22 (5.88%) Customer Service
12 22 (5.88%) Systems Engineering
13 21 (5.61%) Risk Management
14 19 (5.08%) Validation
15 18 (4.81%) Decision-Making
15 18 (4.81%) Verification and Validation
16 17 (4.55%) Stakeholder Management
17 16 (4.28%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 27 (7.22%) Python
2 16 (4.28%) C++
3 14 (3.74%) SQL
4 11 (2.94%) C#
5 9 (2.41%) C
6 8 (2.14%) Java
7 7 (1.87%) JavaScript
8 6 (1.60%) MATLAB
9 5 (1.34%) PowerShell
10 4 (1.07%) Bash
11 3 (0.80%) Delphi
11 3 (0.80%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 34 (9.09%) Degree
1 34 (9.09%) Security Cleared
2 28 (7.49%) SC Cleared
3 10 (2.67%) HNC
4 9 (2.41%) CISSP
5 5 (1.34%) ISSAP
6 4 (1.07%) CISA
6 4 (1.07%) CISM
6 4 (1.07%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
7 3 (0.80%) DBS Check
8 2 (0.53%) Computer Science Degree
8 2 (0.53%) HPE ATP
8 2 (0.53%) Master's Degree
8 2 (0.53%) PMI Certification
9 1 (0.27%) AWS Certification
9 1 (0.27%) Azure Certification
9 1 (0.27%) BPSS Clearance
9 1 (0.27%) CEH
9 1 (0.27%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (3.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 10 (2.67%) NIST
3 9 (2.41%) QA
4 7 (1.87%) NCSC
5 4 (1.07%) Accessibility
5 4 (1.07%) GRC
5 4 (1.07%) ISO/IEC 27005
5 4 (1.07%) NIST 800
6 3 (0.80%) ARP4761
6 3 (0.80%) Cyber Essentials
6 3 (0.80%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 3 (0.80%) DO-160
6 3 (0.80%) DO-254
6 3 (0.80%) GDPR
7 2 (0.53%) ARP4754
7 2 (0.53%) EU AI Act
7 2 (0.53%) ISO 9001
7 2 (0.53%) PCI DSS
7 2 (0.53%) PMO
7 2 (0.53%) WCAG
System Software
1 14 (3.74%) IAG
2 5 (1.34%) Docker
3 2 (0.53%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.53%) Firmware
4 1 (0.27%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 6 (1.60%) Terraform
2 4 (1.07%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.27%) Failover Clustering
Vendors
1 11 (2.94%) Microsoft
2 3 (0.80%) Google
2 3 (0.80%) Oracle
2 3 (0.80%) SAP
3 2 (0.53%) Ariba
3 2 (0.53%) UiPath
4 1 (0.27%) Cisco
4 1 (0.27%) Databricks
4 1 (0.27%) MathWorks
4 1 (0.27%) Salesforce