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 10 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 337 434 485
Rank change year-on-year +97 +51 +40
Permanent jobs citing Aviation 528 212 267
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.53% 0.49% 0.39%
As % of the General category 1.16% 0.71% 0.68%
Number of salaries quoted 125 89 128
10th Percentile £36,750 - £35,000
25th Percentile £46,250 £32,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £51,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +17.65% +2.00% -28.57%
75th Percentile £80,000 £61,250 £55,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £75,950 £71,550
UK median annual salary £65,000 £48,842 £50,000
% change year-on-year +33.08% -2.32% -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 45,372 29,695 39,357
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 45.49% 68.28% 57.04%
Number of salaries quoted 29,303 15,777 21,103
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,780 £30,256
25th Percentile £40,000 £35,750 £41,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £56,988
Median % change year-on-year - -3.49% -5.02%
75th Percentile £76,250 £76,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £100,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £54,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +0.92% -0.91% -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 10 September 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 10 September 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 +75 252 £65,000 +18.18% 62
London 0 111 £57,500 -11.54% 51
South West -26 66 £80,000 +88.24% 27
North of England -6 52 £50,000 +4.86% 11
East of England -33 41 £45,000 +28.57% 23
North West +12 29 £50,000 +4.86% 6
Yorkshire - 23 £75,000 - 1
Midlands - 5 - - 10
East Midlands - 3 - - 6
West Midlands - 2 - - 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 6 (1.14%) SharePoint
2 5 (0.95%) IIS
3 4 (0.76%) SharePoint Server
4 3 (0.57%) Confluence
5 2 (0.38%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.19%) Apache
6 1 (0.19%) Oracle Coherence
Applications
1 8 (1.52%) Microsoft Project
2 5 (0.95%) Simulink
3 4 (0.76%) Microsoft Excel
4 3 (0.57%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (0.57%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.57%) Stateflow
5 1 (0.19%) AutoCAD
5 1 (0.19%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (0.38%) Sage 50
1 2 (0.38%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 40 (7.58%) AWS
2 34 (6.44%) Azure
3 27 (5.11%) SaaS
4 16 (3.03%) Power Platform
5 15 (2.84%) Serverless
6 13 (2.46%) AWS Lambda
6 13 (2.46%) Datadog
6 13 (2.46%) Route 53
7 11 (2.08%) Azure DevOps
8 8 (1.52%) Microsoft 365
8 8 (1.52%) Power Automate
9 6 (1.14%) Azure AKS
9 6 (1.14%) Entra ID
10 4 (0.76%) Azure Event Grid
10 4 (0.76%) Azure Monitor
10 4 (0.76%) Cloud Computing
10 4 (0.76%) IaaS
10 4 (0.76%) OneDrive
10 4 (0.76%) PaaS
10 4 (0.76%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 13 (2.46%) ATM
2 6 (1.14%) SNMP
3 5 (0.95%) SMS
4 4 (0.76%) CHAP
4 4 (0.76%) NAS
4 4 (0.76%) Network Security
5 3 (0.57%) 2G
5 3 (0.57%) 3G
5 3 (0.57%) 4G
5 3 (0.57%) 5G
5 3 (0.57%) Ethernet
5 3 (0.57%) Structured Cabling
5 3 (0.57%) TETRA
6 2 (0.38%) Firewall
6 2 (0.38%) HTTP
6 2 (0.38%) Intrusion Detection
6 2 (0.38%) RS-422
6 2 (0.38%) TCP/IP
7 1 (0.19%) MQTT
7 1 (0.19%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (1.89%) Power BI
2 8 (1.52%) PostgreSQL
3 6 (1.14%) Tableau
4 4 (0.76%) Redis
4 4 (0.76%) Relational Database
5 3 (0.57%) SQL Server
6 2 (0.38%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (0.38%) MySQL
7 1 (0.19%) GIS
Development Applications
1 11 (2.08%) JIRA
2 7 (1.33%) Git
2 7 (1.33%) Jenkins
2 7 (1.33%) Selenium
3 5 (0.95%) Rational DOORS
4 2 (0.38%) MLflow
4 2 (0.38%) MSTest
4 2 (0.38%) NUnit
5 1 (0.19%) Visual Studio
General
1 105 (19.89%) Social Skills
2 57 (10.80%) Aerospace
3 45 (8.52%) Military
4 44 (8.33%) Finance
5 40 (7.58%) Retail
6 38 (7.20%) Analytical Skills
7 31 (5.87%) Aeronautics
8 26 (4.92%) Manufacturing
9 20 (3.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 15 (2.84%) Organisational Skills
11 14 (2.65%) Electronics
12 13 (2.46%) Avionics
12 13 (2.46%) Legal
12 13 (2.46%) Public Sector
13 11 (2.08%) Influencing Skills
14 8 (1.52%) Digital Health
14 8 (1.52%) Marketing
15 6 (1.14%) Law
15 6 (1.14%) Presentation Skills
15 6 (1.14%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 77 (14.58%) Systems Engineer
2 62 (11.74%) Software Engineer
3 58 (10.98%) Lead
4 48 (9.09%) Senior
5 34 (6.44%) Test Engineer
6 24 (4.55%) Business Development Manager
6 24 (4.55%) Business Manager
6 24 (4.55%) Development Manager
6 24 (4.55%) Embedded Engineer
6 24 (4.55%) Embedded Software Engineer
6 24 (4.55%) Support Technician
7 23 (4.36%) Security Manager
8 22 (4.17%) Architect
8 22 (4.17%) Test Technician
9 21 (3.98%) Analyst
9 21 (3.98%) Senior Systems Engineer
10 19 (3.60%) Applications Engineer
10 19 (3.60%) Software Applications Engineer
11 17 (3.22%) Cybersecurity Analyst
11 17 (3.22%) Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (2.08%) .NET
2 10 (1.89%) HTML
3 8 (1.52%) ASP.NET
3 8 (1.52%) REST
4 7 (1.33%) CSS
5 6 (1.14%) Terraform
6 5 (0.95%) AngularJS
6 5 (0.95%) Kafka
7 4 (0.76%) JSON
7 4 (0.76%) Microsoft Graph
7 4 (0.76%) SPFx
7 4 (0.76%) XML
7 4 (0.76%) YAML
8 3 (0.57%) .NET Framework
8 3 (0.57%) React
9 2 (0.38%) ASP.NET Core
9 2 (0.38%) gRPC
9 2 (0.38%) scikit-learn
9 2 (0.38%) Swagger
9 2 (0.38%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 47 (8.90%) Robotics
2 36 (6.82%) Cyber Defence
3 27 (5.11%) Management Information System
4 25 (4.73%) Cloud Native
5 19 (3.60%) Onboarding
6 16 (3.03%) Driving Licence
7 13 (2.46%) Data Centre
7 13 (2.46%) Security Posture
8 10 (1.89%) Legacy Systems
8 10 (1.89%) PMI
8 10 (1.89%) Product Ownership
9 7 (1.33%) Private Cloud
10 5 (0.95%) Embedded Systems
10 5 (0.95%) Enterprise Software
11 4 (0.76%) Algorithms
11 4 (0.76%) IoT
11 4 (0.76%) Operational Technology
11 4 (0.76%) Social Media
12 3 (0.57%) Cyber Threat
12 3 (0.57%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 28 (5.30%) Windows
2 24 (4.55%) Linux
3 5 (0.95%) Windows Server
4 3 (0.57%) Mac OS
4 3 (0.57%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 137 (25.95%) Software Engineering
2 64 (12.12%) AI
3 53 (10.04%) Continuous Improvement
4 51 (9.66%) Agile
5 49 (9.28%) Roadmaps
6 48 (9.09%) Cybersecurity
6 48 (9.09%) Problem-Solving
7 45 (8.52%) Project Management
7 45 (8.52%) Stakeholder Management
8 32 (6.06%) Mentoring
9 31 (5.87%) Systems Engineering
10 30 (5.68%) Analytics
11 29 (5.49%) Risk Management
11 29 (5.49%) Technical Leadership
12 28 (5.30%) Business Development
12 28 (5.30%) Process Improvement
13 26 (4.92%) Collaborative Culture
13 26 (4.92%) Decision-Making
13 26 (4.92%) Validation
14 25 (4.73%) Customer Service
Programming Languages
1 29 (5.49%) Python
2 21 (3.98%) C++
3 17 (3.22%) C#
3 17 (3.22%) SQL
4 15 (2.84%) C
5 14 (2.65%) Java
6 10 (1.89%) JavaScript
7 9 (1.70%) PowerShell
8 7 (1.33%) MATLAB
9 4 (0.76%) Bash
10 3 (0.57%) Ada
10 3 (0.57%) Ada 95
10 3 (0.57%) Delphi
10 3 (0.57%) Rust
11 1 (0.19%) Embedded C
Qualifications
1 56 (10.61%) Security Cleared
2 50 (9.47%) Degree
3 42 (7.95%) SC Cleared
4 16 (3.03%) HNC
5 12 (2.27%) DV Cleared
6 10 (1.89%) CISSP
6 10 (1.89%) PMI Certification
7 8 (1.52%) BPSS Clearance
8 7 (1.33%) TOGAF Certification
9 6 (1.14%) CISA
9 6 (1.14%) CISM
10 5 (0.95%) Azure Certification
10 5 (0.95%) Computer Science Degree
11 4 (0.76%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
11 4 (0.76%) ISSAP
11 4 (0.76%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 4 (0.76%) Master's Degree
11 4 (0.76%) Microsoft Certification
12 3 (0.57%) CEH
13 2 (0.38%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (3.79%) QA
2 15 (2.84%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 12 (2.27%) NIST
4 8 (1.52%) NCSC
5 6 (1.14%) Accessibility
5 6 (1.14%) GRC
5 6 (1.14%) NIST 800
6 5 (0.95%) GDPR
7 4 (0.76%) DO-254
7 4 (0.76%) ISO/IEC 27005
7 4 (0.76%) JSP 440
8 3 (0.57%) ARP4761
8 3 (0.57%) Cyber Essentials
8 3 (0.57%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 3 (0.57%) DO-160
8 3 (0.57%) MIL-STD-1553
9 2 (0.38%) ARP4754
9 2 (0.38%) Data Quality
9 2 (0.38%) Def Stans
9 2 (0.38%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 12 (2.27%) IAG
2 7 (1.33%) Active Directory
3 6 (1.14%) Docker
4 2 (0.38%) Firmware
5 1 (0.19%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 4 (0.76%) Kubernetes
1 4 (0.76%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (0.38%) Argo
3 1 (0.19%) Failover Clustering
Vendors
1 23 (4.36%) Microsoft
2 9 (1.70%) SAP
3 8 (1.52%) Oracle
4 7 (1.33%) ServiceNow
5 2 (0.38%) Ariba
5 2 (0.38%) Sage
5 2 (0.38%) Thales
5 2 (0.38%) UiPath
6 1 (0.19%) Cisco
6 1 (0.19%) Databricks
6 1 (0.19%) MathWorks
6 1 (0.19%) Salesforce