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 1 October 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 320 435 500
Rank change year-on-year +115 +65 +2
Permanent jobs citing Aviation 570 211 246
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.55% 0.49% 0.37%
As % of the General category 1.21% 0.71% 0.63%
Number of salaries quoted 128 86 111
10th Percentile £35,000 - £35,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £32,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £48,842 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +22.85% -2.32% -31.97%
75th Percentile £80,625 £60,000 £55,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £79,875 £65,250
UK median annual salary £60,000 £47,683 £50,000
% change year-on-year +25.83% -4.63% -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 47,294 29,589 38,816
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 45.55% 68.56% 58.13%
Number of salaries quoted 30,449 15,529 19,287
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £35,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £75,000 £76,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £98,750 £100,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.76% -8.70% -4.17%

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 1 October 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 1 October 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 +68 287 £59,500 +8.18% 151
London -3 99 £55,000 -21.43% 134
South West -24 66 £80,000 +88.24% 47
East of England -16 59 £45,000 +28.57% 30
North of England -27 51 £50,000 +4.86% 30
North West -7 27 £50,000 +4.86% 20
Yorkshire - 23 £54,250 - 6
Midlands - 8 £55,000 - 27
East Midlands - 4 £65,000 - 14
West Midlands - 4 £45,000 - 13
North East - 1 - - 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 6 (1.05%) SharePoint
2 4 (0.70%) IIS
2 4 (0.70%) SharePoint Server
3 2 (0.35%) Apache
3 2 (0.35%) Apache Spark
3 2 (0.35%) Confluence
4 1 (0.18%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.18%) Oracle Coherence
Applications
1 8 (1.40%) Microsoft Project
2 7 (1.23%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (1.23%) Simulink
3 6 (1.05%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (1.05%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (0.70%) Stateflow
5 3 (0.53%) AutoCAD
6 1 (0.18%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.18%) Revit
6 1 (0.18%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 2 (0.35%) Sage 50
1 2 (0.35%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.18%) Misys Midas
Cloud Services
1 36 (6.32%) AWS
2 30 (5.26%) Azure
3 27 (4.74%) SaaS
4 16 (2.81%) Power Platform
5 15 (2.63%) Serverless
6 13 (2.28%) AWS Lambda
6 13 (2.28%) Datadog
6 13 (2.28%) Route 53
7 10 (1.75%) Microsoft 365
8 8 (1.40%) Power Automate
9 7 (1.23%) Azure DevOps
10 6 (1.05%) Azure AKS
10 6 (1.05%) Entra ID
11 5 (0.88%) OneDrive
12 4 (0.70%) Azure Event Grid
12 4 (0.70%) Cloud Computing
12 4 (0.70%) IaaS
12 4 (0.70%) Microsoft Copilot
12 4 (0.70%) PaaS
12 4 (0.70%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 12 (2.11%) ATM
2 11 (1.93%) SMS
3 7 (1.23%) Intrusion Detection
4 6 (1.05%) SNMP
5 5 (0.88%) Firewall
5 5 (0.88%) NAS
6 4 (0.70%) CHAP
7 3 (0.53%) 2G
7 3 (0.53%) 3G
7 3 (0.53%) 4G
7 3 (0.53%) 5G
7 3 (0.53%) Ethernet
7 3 (0.53%) Network Security
7 3 (0.53%) RFID
7 3 (0.53%) Structured Cabling
7 3 (0.53%) TETRA
8 2 (0.35%) HTTP
8 2 (0.35%) RS-422
8 2 (0.35%) Wireless
8 2 (0.35%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (1.75%) Power BI
2 7 (1.23%) PostgreSQL
3 6 (1.05%) Tableau
4 4 (0.70%) Redis
5 3 (0.53%) Relational Database
6 2 (0.35%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (0.35%) MySQL
6 2 (0.35%) SQL Server
7 1 (0.18%) GIS
Development Applications
1 10 (1.75%) JIRA
2 7 (1.23%) Git
2 7 (1.23%) Jenkins
3 6 (1.05%) Selenium
4 4 (0.70%) Rational DOORS
5 2 (0.35%) MLflow
5 2 (0.35%) NUnit
5 2 (0.35%) Visual Studio
6 1 (0.18%) MSTest
General
1 120 (21.05%) Social Skills
2 61 (10.70%) Aerospace
3 53 (9.30%) Finance
4 46 (8.07%) Analytical Skills
5 44 (7.72%) Military
6 37 (6.49%) Retail
7 35 (6.14%) Aeronautics
8 30 (5.26%) Manufacturing
9 18 (3.16%) Organisational Skills
10 17 (2.98%) Electronics
10 17 (2.98%) Influencing Skills
11 15 (2.63%) Avionics
12 12 (2.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 11 (1.93%) Public Sector
14 9 (1.58%) Marketing
14 9 (1.58%) Presentation Skills
15 8 (1.40%) Legal
16 6 (1.05%) Law
16 6 (1.05%) Swedish Language
16 6 (1.05%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 82 (14.39%) Systems Engineer
2 66 (11.58%) Software Engineer
3 62 (10.88%) Lead
4 49 (8.60%) Senior
5 29 (5.09%) Test Engineer
6 27 (4.74%) Embedded Engineer
6 27 (4.74%) Embedded Software Engineer
6 27 (4.74%) Support Technician
7 25 (4.39%) Senior Systems Engineer
8 24 (4.21%) Security Manager
8 24 (4.21%) Test Technician
9 23 (4.04%) Analyst
9 23 (4.04%) Applications Engineer
9 23 (4.04%) Business Development Manager
9 23 (4.04%) Business Manager
9 23 (4.04%) Development Manager
9 23 (4.04%) Software Applications Engineer
10 18 (3.16%) Lead Software Engineer
11 16 (2.81%) Radar Engineer
11 16 (2.81%) Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (2.11%) HTML
2 11 (1.93%) .NET
3 9 (1.58%) CSS
3 9 (1.58%) REST
4 8 (1.40%) ASP.NET
5 6 (1.05%) JSON
5 6 (1.05%) XML
6 5 (0.88%) Kafka
7 4 (0.70%) .NET Framework
7 4 (0.70%) AngularJS
7 4 (0.70%) Microsoft Graph
7 4 (0.70%) SPFx
7 4 (0.70%) Terraform
7 4 (0.70%) YAML
8 3 (0.53%) React
9 2 (0.35%) OAuth2
9 2 (0.35%) scikit-learn
9 2 (0.35%) Swagger
9 2 (0.35%) TensorFlow
9 2 (0.35%) ZeroMQ
Miscellaneous
1 62 (10.88%) Robotics
2 35 (6.14%) Cyber Defence
3 28 (4.91%) Management Information System
4 22 (3.86%) Cloud Native
5 19 (3.33%) Onboarding
6 15 (2.63%) Driving Licence
7 14 (2.46%) Data Centre
8 12 (2.11%) Legacy Systems
9 10 (1.75%) PMI
9 10 (1.75%) Security Posture
10 9 (1.58%) Operational Technology
11 7 (1.23%) IoT
11 7 (1.23%) Private Cloud
12 6 (1.05%) Algorithms
13 5 (0.88%) AI Agents
13 5 (0.88%) Enterprise Software
14 4 (0.70%) Cyber Threat
14 4 (0.70%) Embedded Systems
14 4 (0.70%) Product Ownership
14 4 (0.70%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 29 (5.09%) Windows
2 21 (3.68%) Linux
3 5 (0.88%) Windows Server
4 3 (0.53%) Mac OS
4 3 (0.53%) Unix
5 1 (0.18%) Robot Operating System
Processes & Methodologies
1 154 (27.02%) Software Engineering
2 81 (14.21%) AI
3 59 (10.35%) Stakeholder Management
4 57 (10.00%) Continuous Improvement
5 54 (9.47%) Roadmaps
6 52 (9.12%) Problem-Solving
7 48 (8.42%) Cybersecurity
8 46 (8.07%) Agile
9 44 (7.72%) Project Management
10 36 (6.32%) Mentoring
11 34 (5.96%) Technical Leadership
12 32 (5.61%) Systems Engineering
13 31 (5.44%) Business Development
13 31 (5.44%) Collaborative Culture
14 30 (5.26%) Analytics
15 26 (4.56%) Decision-Making
15 26 (4.56%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 25 (4.39%) Risk Management
17 24 (4.21%) Technology Transformation
17 24 (4.21%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 31 (5.44%) Python
2 24 (4.21%) C++
3 19 (3.33%) SQL
4 17 (2.98%) C#
5 16 (2.81%) C
6 12 (2.11%) JavaScript
7 10 (1.75%) Java
7 10 (1.75%) MATLAB
8 8 (1.40%) PowerShell
9 4 (0.70%) Bash
9 4 (0.70%) Delphi
10 3 (0.53%) Ada
10 3 (0.53%) Ada 95
10 3 (0.53%) Rust
11 1 (0.18%) Embedded C
11 1 (0.18%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 59 (10.35%) Security Cleared
2 54 (9.47%) Degree
3 46 (8.07%) SC Cleared
4 18 (3.16%) HNC
5 13 (2.28%) DV Cleared
6 10 (1.75%) PMI Certification
7 9 (1.58%) BPSS Clearance
8 7 (1.23%) CISA
8 7 (1.23%) CISM
8 7 (1.23%) CISSP
8 7 (1.23%) Master's Degree
8 7 (1.23%) TOGAF Certification
9 6 (1.05%) Azure Certification
9 6 (1.05%) Computer Science Degree
10 5 (0.88%) Microsoft Certification
11 4 (0.70%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
11 4 (0.70%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 3 (0.53%) CEH
12 3 (0.53%) HND
13 2 (0.35%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (4.04%) QA
2 17 (2.98%) NIST
3 14 (2.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 9 (1.58%) Accessibility
5 8 (1.40%) NCSC
6 7 (1.23%) GRC
6 7 (1.23%) NIST 800
7 6 (1.05%) GDPR
8 5 (0.88%) PMO
9 4 (0.70%) ISO/IEC 27005
9 4 (0.70%) JSP 440
10 3 (0.53%) Cyber Essentials
10 3 (0.53%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 3 (0.53%) Def Stans
10 3 (0.53%) ISO 22301
10 3 (0.53%) MIL-STD-1553
11 2 (0.35%) DO-254
11 2 (0.35%) EU AI Act
11 2 (0.35%) IEC 61508
11 2 (0.35%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 8 (1.40%) IAG
2 7 (1.23%) Active Directory
3 5 (0.88%) Docker
4 1 (0.18%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.18%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (0.70%) Kubernetes
1 4 (0.70%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (0.35%) Argo
2 2 (0.35%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 26 (4.56%) Microsoft
2 10 (1.75%) SAP
3 8 (1.40%) Oracle
4 7 (1.23%) ServiceNow
5 3 (0.53%) Siemens
6 2 (0.35%) Ariba
6 2 (0.35%) Sage
6 2 (0.35%) Thales
6 2 (0.35%) UiPath
7 1 (0.18%) Databricks
7 1 (0.18%) MathWorks
7 1 (0.18%) Rockwell
7 1 (0.18%) Salesforce
7 1 (0.18%) VMware