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 8 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 391 455 495
Rank change year-on-year +64 +40 +6
Permanent jobs citing Aviation 406 182 268
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.44% 0.42% 0.37%
As % of the General category 0.94% 0.61% 0.65%
Number of salaries quoted 96 94 151
10th Percentile £42,500 - £30,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £32,500 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £51,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +26.21% +3.00% -28.57%
75th Percentile £80,000 £65,000 £55,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £74,250 £77,500
UK median annual salary £65,000 £50,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +28.71% +1.00% -25.93%

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 43,393 30,077 41,315
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 46.50% 69.02% 57.19%
Number of salaries quoted 27,719 16,004 25,310
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,500 £29,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £39,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -8.33%
75th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - - -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 8 August 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 8 August 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 +31 171 £70,000 +27.27% 70
London +17 97 £62,500 +4.17% 47
South West -24 54 £80,000 +23.08% 21
North of England +1 52 £50,000 +4.86% 13
North West +17 26 £50,000 +4.86% 10
Yorkshire - 26 £75,000 - 2
East of England -42 24 £45,000 +28.57% 21
Midlands -23 7 - - 10
West Midlands - 4 - - 3
East Midlands -21 3 - - 7
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 (0.74%) IIS
2 2 (0.49%) Confluence
2 2 (0.49%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.25%) Apache
3 1 (0.25%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 7 (1.72%) Microsoft Project
2 5 (1.23%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (1.23%) Simulink
3 4 (0.99%) Microsoft Excel
4 3 (0.74%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.74%) Stateflow
5 1 (0.25%) AutoCAD
5 1 (0.25%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (0.49%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 31 (7.64%) AWS
2 24 (5.91%) Azure
3 21 (5.17%) SaaS
4 11 (2.71%) Azure DevOps
5 10 (2.46%) Serverless
6 9 (2.22%) Power Platform
7 8 (1.97%) AWS Lambda
7 8 (1.97%) Datadog
7 8 (1.97%) Route 53
8 6 (1.48%) Azure AKS
9 4 (0.99%) Azure Event Grid
9 4 (0.99%) Azure Monitor
9 4 (0.99%) Cloud Computing
9 4 (0.99%) Entra ID
9 4 (0.99%) GCP
9 4 (0.99%) IaaS
9 4 (0.99%) PaaS
10 2 (0.49%) Azure Functions
10 2 (0.49%) Microsoft 365
10 2 (0.49%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 11 (2.71%) ATM
2 6 (1.48%) SNMP
3 5 (1.23%) Network Security
4 3 (0.74%) 2G
4 3 (0.74%) 3G
4 3 (0.74%) 4G
4 3 (0.74%) 5G
4 3 (0.74%) Firewall
4 3 (0.74%) Structured Cabling
4 3 (0.74%) TETRA
5 2 (0.49%) Ethernet
5 2 (0.49%) HTTP
5 2 (0.49%) LAN
5 2 (0.49%) RS-422
5 2 (0.49%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.25%) CHAP
6 1 (0.25%) DHCP
6 1 (0.25%) DNS
6 1 (0.25%) VoIP
6 1 (0.25%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (1.97%) PostgreSQL
2 7 (1.72%) Power BI
3 6 (1.48%) Tableau
4 4 (0.99%) Redis
4 4 (0.99%) Relational Database
5 3 (0.74%) SQL Server
6 2 (0.49%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (0.49%) MySQL
7 1 (0.25%) GIS
Development Applications
1 9 (2.22%) JIRA
2 7 (1.72%) Selenium
3 5 (1.23%) Git
3 5 (1.23%) Jenkins
4 4 (0.99%) Rational DOORS
5 2 (0.49%) MSTest
5 2 (0.49%) NUnit
6 1 (0.25%) Visual Studio
General
1 80 (19.70%) Social Skills
2 40 (9.85%) Aerospace
3 36 (8.87%) Finance
4 35 (8.62%) Analytical Skills
4 35 (8.62%) Retail
5 33 (8.13%) Military
6 21 (5.17%) Aeronautics
7 20 (4.93%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 17 (4.19%) Manufacturing
9 14 (3.45%) Avionics
9 14 (3.45%) Legal
10 13 (3.20%) Electronics
11 9 (2.22%) Influencing Skills
11 9 (2.22%) Public Sector
12 8 (1.97%) Digital Health
13 6 (1.48%) Organisational Skills
14 5 (1.23%) Billing
14 5 (1.23%) Law
14 5 (1.23%) Marketing
15 4 (0.99%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 58 (14.29%) Systems Engineer
2 54 (13.30%) Lead
3 45 (11.08%) Software Engineer
4 32 (7.88%) Test Engineer
5 30 (7.39%) Senior
6 25 (6.16%) Architect
7 23 (5.67%) Business Development Manager
7 23 (5.67%) Business Manager
7 23 (5.67%) Development Manager
8 20 (4.93%) Analyst
9 19 (4.68%) Embedded Engineer
9 19 (4.68%) Embedded Software Engineer
9 19 (4.68%) Support Technician
10 17 (4.19%) Cybersecurity Analyst
10 17 (4.19%) Security Analyst
11 14 (3.45%) Applications Engineer
11 14 (3.45%) Field Support Technician
11 14 (3.45%) Senior Systems Engineer
11 14 (3.45%) Software Applications Engineer
12 12 (2.96%) Test Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (2.71%) .NET
2 10 (2.46%) HTML
3 8 (1.97%) ASP.NET
4 4 (0.99%) CSS
4 4 (0.99%) JSON
4 4 (0.99%) XML
4 4 (0.99%) YAML
5 3 (0.74%) .NET Framework
5 3 (0.74%) AngularJS
5 3 (0.74%) React
6 2 (0.49%) ASP.NET Core
6 2 (0.49%) ASP.NET Web API
6 2 (0.49%) Dapper ORM
6 2 (0.49%) Entity Framework
6 2 (0.49%) OAuth
6 2 (0.49%) OAuth2
6 2 (0.49%) Playwright
6 2 (0.49%) REST
6 2 (0.49%) SailPoint
6 2 (0.49%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 33 (8.13%) Robotics
2 29 (7.14%) Cyber Defence
3 18 (4.43%) Cloud Native
3 18 (4.43%) Onboarding
4 17 (4.19%) Management Information System
5 15 (3.69%) Driving Licence
6 13 (3.20%) Security Posture
7 12 (2.96%) Data Centre
8 8 (1.97%) Legacy Systems
8 8 (1.97%) PMI
8 8 (1.97%) Product Ownership
9 6 (1.48%) Private Cloud
10 4 (0.99%) Embedded Systems
10 4 (0.99%) Enterprise Software
10 4 (0.99%) IoT
10 4 (0.99%) Operational Technology
11 3 (0.74%) Self-Motivation
12 2 (0.49%) Analogue Electronics
12 2 (0.49%) Learning Management System
12 2 (0.49%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 26 (6.40%) Windows
2 23 (5.67%) Linux
3 3 (0.74%) Mac OS
3 3 (0.74%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.49%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 92 (22.66%) Software Engineering
2 46 (11.33%) AI
3 43 (10.59%) Continuous Improvement
4 42 (10.34%) Agile
5 37 (9.11%) Problem-Solving
5 37 (9.11%) Project Management
5 37 (9.11%) Roadmaps
6 33 (8.13%) Cybersecurity
6 33 (8.13%) Stakeholder Management
7 28 (6.90%) Process Improvement
8 27 (6.65%) Business Development
9 26 (6.40%) Analytics
9 26 (6.40%) Risk Management
10 25 (6.16%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 25 (6.16%) Systems Engineering
11 24 (5.91%) Customer Service
11 24 (5.91%) Validation
12 22 (5.42%) Decision-Making
12 22 (5.42%) Mentoring
13 17 (4.19%) Configuration Management
Programming Languages
1 28 (6.90%) Python
2 20 (4.93%) C++
3 17 (4.19%) SQL
4 16 (3.94%) C#
5 13 (3.20%) C
6 10 (2.46%) JavaScript
7 8 (1.97%) Java
8 6 (1.48%) MATLAB
9 5 (1.23%) PowerShell
10 4 (0.99%) Bash
11 3 (0.74%) Delphi
12 2 (0.49%) Ada
12 2 (0.49%) Ada 95
12 2 (0.49%) PL/SQL
12 2 (0.49%) Rust
Qualifications
1 45 (11.08%) Degree
2 41 (10.10%) Security Cleared
3 34 (8.37%) SC Cleared
4 11 (2.71%) HNC
5 9 (2.22%) CISSP
6 8 (1.97%) DV Cleared
6 8 (1.97%) PMI Certification
7 7 (1.72%) BPSS Clearance
8 6 (1.48%) TOGAF Certification
9 5 (1.23%) ISSAP
10 4 (0.99%) CISA
10 4 (0.99%) CISM
10 4 (0.99%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
11 3 (0.74%) Azure Certification
11 3 (0.74%) Computer Science Degree
11 3 (0.74%) DBS Check
12 2 (0.49%) HPE ATP
12 2 (0.49%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 2 (0.49%) Master's Degree
12 2 (0.49%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (3.94%) QA
2 14 (3.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 10 (2.46%) NIST
4 8 (1.97%) NCSC
5 6 (1.48%) Accessibility
6 4 (0.99%) GRC
6 4 (0.99%) ISO/IEC 27005
6 4 (0.99%) NIST 800
7 3 (0.74%) ARP4761
7 3 (0.74%) Cyber Essentials
7 3 (0.74%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 3 (0.74%) DO-160
7 3 (0.74%) DO-254
7 3 (0.74%) GDPR
8 2 (0.49%) ARP4754
8 2 (0.49%) EU AI Act
8 2 (0.49%) ISO 9001
8 2 (0.49%) MIL-STD-1553
8 2 (0.49%) PCI DSS
8 2 (0.49%) WCAG
System Software
1 15 (3.69%) IAG
2 6 (1.48%) Docker
3 5 (1.23%) Active Directory
4 2 (0.49%) Firmware
5 1 (0.25%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 6 (1.48%) Terraform
2 4 (0.99%) Kubernetes
3 2 (0.49%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (0.25%) Failover Clustering
Vendors
1 14 (3.45%) Microsoft
2 8 (1.97%) Oracle
2 8 (1.97%) SAP
3 6 (1.48%) ServiceNow
4 2 (0.49%) Ariba
4 2 (0.49%) Google
4 2 (0.49%) UiPath
5 1 (0.25%) Cisco
5 1 (0.25%) Databricks
5 1 (0.25%) MathWorks
5 1 (0.25%) Salesforce