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

6 months to
30 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 402 473 522
Rank change year-on-year +71 +49 +5
Permanent jobs citing Aviation 382 177 275
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.42% 0.41% 0.36%
As % of the General category 0.91% 0.59% 0.63%
Number of salaries quoted 96 90 158
10th Percentile £46,250 - £30,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £32,500 £37,500
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 £64,063 £57,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £70,500 £84,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £51,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +27.45% +2.00% -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 42,132 30,052 43,527
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 46.40% 69.19% 57.32%
Number of salaries quoted 26,899 15,922 27,506
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,500 £28,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £38,000
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 £98,750 £100,000 £95,750
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 30 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 30 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 +25 156 £70,000 +27.27% 49
London +24 96 £65,000 +85.71% 30
South West -21 53 £80,000 +23.08% 18
North of England +4 46 £50,000 +4.86% 13
North West +16 24 £50,000 +4.86% 9
East of England -46 22 £51,250 +46.43% 14
Yorkshire - 22 - - 3
Midlands -27 8 - - 8
West Midlands - 5 - - 4
East Midlands -20 3 - - 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 2 (0.52%) Confluence
1 2 (0.52%) IIS
1 2 (0.52%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.26%) Apache
Applications
1 5 (1.31%) Simulink
2 4 (1.05%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.05%) Microsoft Project
3 3 (0.79%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.79%) Stateflow
4 2 (0.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.26%) AutoCAD
5 1 (0.26%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (0.52%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 22 (5.76%) AWS
2 19 (4.97%) Azure
3 13 (3.40%) SaaS
4 10 (2.62%) Azure DevOps
5 9 (2.36%) Power Platform
6 5 (1.31%) Azure AKS
7 4 (1.05%) Azure Event Grid
7 4 (1.05%) Azure Monitor
7 4 (1.05%) Cloud Computing
7 4 (1.05%) GCP
7 4 (1.05%) IaaS
7 4 (1.05%) PaaS
7 4 (1.05%) Serverless
8 3 (0.79%) AWS Lambda
8 3 (0.79%) Datadog
8 3 (0.79%) OCI
8 3 (0.79%) Route 53
9 2 (0.52%) BrowserStack
9 2 (0.52%) Entra ID
10 1 (0.26%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 11 (2.88%) ATM
2 5 (1.31%) Network Security
3 4 (1.05%) SNMP
4 3 (0.79%) 2G
4 3 (0.79%) 3G
4 3 (0.79%) 4G
4 3 (0.79%) 5G
4 3 (0.79%) Firewall
4 3 (0.79%) Structured Cabling
4 3 (0.79%) TETRA
5 2 (0.52%) LAN
5 2 (0.52%) RS-422
5 2 (0.52%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.26%) DHCP
6 1 (0.26%) DNS
6 1 (0.26%) Ethernet
6 1 (0.26%) HTTP
6 1 (0.26%) VoIP
6 1 (0.26%) VPN
6 1 (0.26%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (2.09%) Power BI
2 7 (1.83%) PostgreSQL
3 6 (1.57%) Tableau
4 4 (1.05%) Redis
5 3 (0.79%) Relational Database
6 2 (0.52%) SQL Server
7 1 (0.26%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.26%) GIS
7 1 (0.26%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 7 (1.83%) Selenium
2 6 (1.57%) Git
2 6 (1.57%) JIRA
3 5 (1.31%) Jenkins
4 3 (0.79%) Rational DOORS
5 2 (0.52%) MSTest
6 1 (0.26%) NUnit
6 1 (0.26%) Subversion
6 1 (0.26%) Visual Studio
General
1 68 (17.80%) Social Skills
2 35 (9.16%) Aerospace
3 33 (8.64%) Finance
4 31 (8.12%) Analytical Skills
5 29 (7.59%) Retail
6 26 (6.81%) Military
7 20 (5.24%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 17 (4.45%) Aeronautics
9 15 (3.93%) Legal
9 15 (3.93%) Manufacturing
10 13 (3.40%) Avionics
10 13 (3.40%) Electronics
11 9 (2.36%) Public Sector
12 8 (2.09%) Digital Health
13 7 (1.83%) Influencing Skills
14 6 (1.57%) Organisational Skills
15 5 (1.31%) Billing
15 5 (1.31%) Law
15 5 (1.31%) Marketing
16 4 (1.05%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 56 (14.66%) Systems Engineer
2 49 (12.83%) Lead
3 39 (10.21%) Software Engineer
4 29 (7.59%) Senior
4 29 (7.59%) Test Engineer
5 26 (6.81%) Architect
6 22 (5.76%) Business Development Manager
6 22 (5.76%) Business Manager
6 22 (5.76%) Development Manager
7 20 (5.24%) Analyst
8 19 (4.97%) Support Technician
9 17 (4.45%) Cybersecurity Analyst
9 17 (4.45%) Embedded Engineer
9 17 (4.45%) Embedded Software Engineer
9 17 (4.45%) Security Analyst
10 14 (3.66%) Field Support Technician
11 13 (3.40%) Senior Systems Engineer
12 12 (3.14%) Applications Engineer
12 12 (3.14%) Developer
12 12 (3.14%) Systems Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (2.09%) .NET
1 8 (2.09%) HTML
2 5 (1.31%) ASP.NET
3 4 (1.05%) CSS
3 4 (1.05%) JSON
3 4 (1.05%) XML
3 4 (1.05%) YAML
4 3 (0.79%) AngularJS
4 3 (0.79%) React
5 2 (0.52%) .NET Framework
5 2 (0.52%) ADO
5 2 (0.52%) LangChain
5 2 (0.52%) LangGraph
5 2 (0.52%) Playwright
5 2 (0.52%) Qt
5 2 (0.52%) SailPoint
5 2 (0.52%) Spring
6 1 (0.26%) ActiveMQ
6 1 (0.26%) Django
6 1 (0.26%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 29 (7.59%) Cyber Defence
2 26 (6.81%) Robotics
3 14 (3.66%) Management Information System
3 14 (3.66%) Onboarding
4 13 (3.40%) Cloud Native
4 13 (3.40%) Driving Licence
4 13 (3.40%) Security Posture
5 9 (2.36%) Data Centre
6 8 (2.09%) Product Ownership
7 5 (1.31%) PMI
8 4 (1.05%) Embedded Systems
8 4 (1.05%) IoT
8 4 (1.05%) Legacy Systems
8 4 (1.05%) Operational Technology
9 3 (0.79%) Private Cloud
10 2 (0.52%) Analogue Electronics
10 2 (0.52%) Enterprise Software
10 2 (0.52%) Hybrid Cloud
10 2 (0.52%) Raspberry Pi
10 2 (0.52%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 23 (6.02%) Windows
2 20 (5.24%) Linux
3 3 (0.79%) Mac OS
4 2 (0.52%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.26%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 76 (19.90%) Software Engineering
2 41 (10.73%) Agile
3 39 (10.21%) AI
4 34 (8.90%) Continuous Improvement
4 34 (8.90%) Project Management
5 33 (8.64%) Cybersecurity
6 31 (8.12%) Problem-Solving
7 29 (7.59%) Roadmaps
8 28 (7.33%) Process Improvement
9 26 (6.81%) Business Development
10 25 (6.54%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 24 (6.28%) Analytics
11 24 (6.28%) Risk Management
11 24 (6.28%) Systems Engineering
12 23 (6.02%) Customer Service
12 23 (6.02%) Stakeholder Management
13 22 (5.76%) Validation
14 20 (5.24%) Decision-Making
15 18 (4.71%) Verification and Validation
16 17 (4.45%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 27 (7.07%) Python
2 18 (4.71%) C++
3 15 (3.93%) SQL
4 12 (3.14%) C#
5 11 (2.88%) C
6 8 (2.09%) Java
6 8 (2.09%) JavaScript
7 6 (1.57%) MATLAB
8 5 (1.31%) PowerShell
9 4 (1.05%) Bash
10 3 (0.79%) Delphi
10 3 (0.79%) PL/SQL
11 1 (0.26%) Ada
11 1 (0.26%) Ada 95
11 1 (0.26%) Rust
Qualifications
1 39 (10.21%) Degree
2 37 (9.69%) Security Cleared
3 31 (8.12%) SC Cleared
4 10 (2.62%) HNC
5 9 (2.36%) CISSP
6 5 (1.31%) ISSAP
6 5 (1.31%) PMI Certification
7 4 (1.05%) BPSS Clearance
7 4 (1.05%) CISA
7 4 (1.05%) CISM
7 4 (1.05%) DV Cleared
7 4 (1.05%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
8 3 (0.79%) DBS Check
8 3 (0.79%) TOGAF Certification
9 2 (0.52%) Azure Certification
9 2 (0.52%) Computer Science Degree
9 2 (0.52%) HPE ATP
9 2 (0.52%) Master's Degree
10 1 (0.26%) CREST Certified
10 1 (0.26%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (3.66%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 12 (3.14%) QA
3 10 (2.62%) NIST
4 8 (2.09%) NCSC
5 5 (1.31%) Accessibility
6 4 (1.05%) GRC
6 4 (1.05%) ISO/IEC 27005
6 4 (1.05%) NIST 800
7 3 (0.79%) ARP4761
7 3 (0.79%) Cyber Essentials
7 3 (0.79%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 3 (0.79%) DO-160
7 3 (0.79%) DO-254
7 3 (0.79%) GDPR
8 2 (0.52%) ARP4754
8 2 (0.52%) EU AI Act
8 2 (0.52%) ISO 9001
8 2 (0.52%) PCI DSS
8 2 (0.52%) PMO
8 2 (0.52%) WCAG
System Software
1 15 (3.93%) IAG
2 5 (1.31%) Docker
3 3 (0.79%) Active Directory
4 2 (0.52%) Firmware
5 1 (0.26%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 6 (1.57%) Terraform
2 4 (1.05%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.26%) Failover Clustering
3 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 12 (3.14%) Microsoft
2 6 (1.57%) Oracle
2 6 (1.57%) SAP
3 3 (0.79%) Google
3 3 (0.79%) ServiceNow
4 2 (0.52%) Ariba
4 2 (0.52%) UiPath
5 1 (0.26%) Cisco
5 1 (0.26%) Databricks
5 1 (0.26%) MathWorks
5 1 (0.26%) Salesforce