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

6 months to
20 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 370 456 512
Rank change year-on-year +86 +56 +5
Permanent jobs citing Aviation 443 192 264
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.47% 0.44% 0.36%
As % of the General category 1.02% 0.64% 0.64%
Number of salaries quoted 106 90 147
10th Percentile £40,000 - £30,855
25th Percentile £50,000 £32,500 £40,000
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 £55,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £75,300 £66,750
UK median annual salary £70,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +40.00% - -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 43,621 30,021 41,356
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 45.84% 68.65% 57.08%
Number of salaries quoted 27,927 15,937 24,676
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,246 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -8.33%
75th Percentile £77,500 £76,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £54,563 £55,000
% change year-on-year +0.80% -0.80% -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 20 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 20 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 +55 200 £70,000 +27.27% 68
London -5 98 £58,750 -6.00% 32
South West -22 59 £80,000 +23.08% 15
North of England +14 54 £50,000 +4.86% 11
North West +9 28 £50,000 +4.86% 7
Yorkshire - 26 £75,000 - 2
East of England -37 25 £45,000 +28.57% 19
Midlands - 6 - - 8
East Midlands - 3 - - 5
West Midlands - 3 - - 3
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 5 (1.13%) IIS
2 2 (0.45%) Confluence
2 2 (0.45%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.23%) Apache
3 1 (0.23%) Oracle Coherence
3 1 (0.23%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 8 (1.81%) Microsoft Project
2 5 (1.13%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (1.13%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (1.13%) Simulink
3 3 (0.68%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (0.68%) Stateflow
4 1 (0.23%) AutoCAD
4 1 (0.23%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (0.45%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 36 (8.13%) AWS
2 28 (6.32%) Azure
3 25 (5.64%) SaaS
4 13 (2.93%) Serverless
5 11 (2.48%) AWS Lambda
5 11 (2.48%) Azure DevOps
5 11 (2.48%) Datadog
5 11 (2.48%) Route 53
6 10 (2.26%) Power Platform
7 6 (1.35%) Azure AKS
7 6 (1.35%) Entra ID
8 4 (0.90%) Azure Event Grid
8 4 (0.90%) Azure Monitor
8 4 (0.90%) Cloud Computing
8 4 (0.90%) IaaS
8 4 (0.90%) Microsoft 365
8 4 (0.90%) PaaS
8 4 (0.90%) Power Automate
9 2 (0.45%) Azure Functions
9 2 (0.45%) BrowserStack
Communications & Networking
1 11 (2.48%) ATM
2 6 (1.35%) SNMP
3 4 (0.90%) Network Security
4 3 (0.68%) 2G
4 3 (0.68%) 3G
4 3 (0.68%) 4G
4 3 (0.68%) 5G
4 3 (0.68%) Ethernet
4 3 (0.68%) Structured Cabling
4 3 (0.68%) TETRA
5 2 (0.45%) Firewall
5 2 (0.45%) HTTP
5 2 (0.45%) LAN
5 2 (0.45%) RS-422
5 2 (0.45%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.23%) CHAP
6 1 (0.23%) DHCP
6 1 (0.23%) DNS
6 1 (0.23%) VoIP
6 1 (0.23%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (1.81%) PostgreSQL
1 8 (1.81%) Power BI
2 6 (1.35%) Tableau
3 4 (0.90%) Redis
3 4 (0.90%) Relational Database
4 3 (0.68%) SQL Server
5 2 (0.45%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (0.45%) MySQL
6 1 (0.23%) GIS
Development Applications
1 10 (2.26%) JIRA
2 7 (1.58%) Selenium
3 6 (1.35%) Git
3 6 (1.35%) Jenkins
4 5 (1.13%) Rational DOORS
5 2 (0.45%) MSTest
5 2 (0.45%) NUnit
6 1 (0.23%) Visual Studio
General
1 88 (19.86%) Social Skills
2 49 (11.06%) Aerospace
3 39 (8.80%) Military
4 38 (8.58%) Retail
5 37 (8.35%) Finance
6 34 (7.67%) Analytical Skills
7 25 (5.64%) Aeronautics
8 21 (4.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 18 (4.06%) Manufacturing
10 15 (3.39%) Avionics
11 13 (2.93%) Electronics
11 13 (2.93%) Legal
12 11 (2.48%) Public Sector
13 10 (2.26%) Influencing Skills
14 8 (1.81%) Digital Health
14 8 (1.81%) Organisational Skills
15 6 (1.35%) Law
15 6 (1.35%) Marketing
16 5 (1.13%) Billing
16 5 (1.13%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 63 (14.22%) Systems Engineer
2 58 (13.09%) Lead
3 55 (12.42%) Software Engineer
4 37 (8.35%) Senior
5 33 (7.45%) Test Engineer
6 26 (5.87%) Architect
7 24 (5.42%) Business Development Manager
7 24 (5.42%) Business Manager
7 24 (5.42%) Development Manager
8 21 (4.74%) Embedded Engineer
8 21 (4.74%) Embedded Software Engineer
9 20 (4.51%) Analyst
10 19 (4.29%) Support Technician
11 17 (3.84%) Cybersecurity Analyst
11 17 (3.84%) Security Analyst
12 16 (3.61%) Applications Engineer
12 16 (3.61%) Software Applications Engineer
13 15 (3.39%) Senior Systems Engineer
13 15 (3.39%) Test Technician
14 14 (3.16%) Lead Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (2.48%) .NET
2 10 (2.26%) HTML
3 8 (1.81%) ASP.NET
4 6 (1.35%) CSS
4 6 (1.35%) Terraform
5 4 (0.90%) AngularJS
5 4 (0.90%) JSON
5 4 (0.90%) XML
5 4 (0.90%) YAML
6 3 (0.68%) .NET Framework
6 3 (0.68%) React
6 3 (0.68%) REST
7 2 (0.45%) ASP.NET Core
7 2 (0.45%) ASP.NET Web API
7 2 (0.45%) Dapper ORM
7 2 (0.45%) Entity Framework
7 2 (0.45%) OAuth
7 2 (0.45%) OAuth2
7 2 (0.45%) SailPoint
7 2 (0.45%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 39 (8.80%) Robotics
2 30 (6.77%) Cyber Defence
3 22 (4.97%) Cloud Native
4 20 (4.51%) Management Information System
5 19 (4.29%) Onboarding
6 16 (3.61%) Driving Licence
7 13 (2.93%) Data Centre
7 13 (2.93%) Security Posture
8 10 (2.26%) Legacy Systems
9 9 (2.03%) PMI
10 8 (1.81%) Product Ownership
11 7 (1.58%) Private Cloud
12 5 (1.13%) Embedded Systems
12 5 (1.13%) Enterprise Software
13 4 (0.90%) IoT
13 4 (0.90%) Operational Technology
14 3 (0.68%) Self-Motivation
15 2 (0.45%) Analogue Electronics
15 2 (0.45%) Hybrid Cloud
15 2 (0.45%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 29 (6.55%) Windows
2 24 (5.42%) Linux
3 5 (1.13%) Windows Server
4 3 (0.68%) Mac OS
4 3 (0.68%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 110 (24.83%) Software Engineering
2 52 (11.74%) AI
3 46 (10.38%) Continuous Improvement
4 44 (9.93%) Agile
5 43 (9.71%) Roadmaps
6 39 (8.80%) Problem-Solving
7 38 (8.58%) Project Management
8 37 (8.35%) Stakeholder Management
9 33 (7.45%) Cybersecurity
10 28 (6.32%) Process Improvement
11 27 (6.09%) Analytics
11 27 (6.09%) Business Development
11 27 (6.09%) Risk Management
12 26 (5.87%) Systems Engineering
13 25 (5.64%) Mentoring
13 25 (5.64%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 24 (5.42%) Customer Service
14 24 (5.42%) Decision-Making
14 24 (5.42%) Validation
15 23 (5.19%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 27 (6.09%) Python
2 21 (4.74%) C++
3 17 (3.84%) C#
4 15 (3.39%) SQL
5 14 (3.16%) C
6 10 (2.26%) Java
6 10 (2.26%) JavaScript
7 6 (1.35%) MATLAB
8 5 (1.13%) PowerShell
9 4 (0.90%) Bash
10 3 (0.68%) Ada
10 3 (0.68%) Ada 95
10 3 (0.68%) Delphi
10 3 (0.68%) Rust
Qualifications
1 45 (10.16%) Degree
2 44 (9.93%) Security Cleared
3 35 (7.90%) SC Cleared
4 12 (2.71%) HNC
5 10 (2.26%) DV Cleared
6 9 (2.03%) CISSP
6 9 (2.03%) PMI Certification
7 8 (1.81%) BPSS Clearance
8 7 (1.58%) TOGAF Certification
9 5 (1.13%) Azure Certification
9 5 (1.13%) ISSAP
10 4 (0.90%) CISA
10 4 (0.90%) CISM
10 4 (0.90%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
10 4 (0.90%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 4 (0.90%) Microsoft Certification
11 3 (0.68%) Computer Science Degree
12 2 (0.45%) HPE ATP
12 2 (0.45%) Master's Degree
12 2 (0.45%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (3.84%) QA
2 13 (2.93%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 10 (2.26%) NIST
4 8 (1.81%) NCSC
5 6 (1.35%) Accessibility
6 4 (0.90%) GRC
6 4 (0.90%) ISO/IEC 27005
6 4 (0.90%) NIST 800
7 3 (0.68%) ARP4761
7 3 (0.68%) Cyber Essentials
7 3 (0.68%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 3 (0.68%) DO-160
7 3 (0.68%) DO-254
7 3 (0.68%) GDPR
7 3 (0.68%) MIL-STD-1553
8 2 (0.45%) ARP4754
8 2 (0.45%) EU AI Act
8 2 (0.45%) ISO 9001
8 2 (0.45%) PCI DSS
8 2 (0.45%) WCAG
System Software
1 13 (2.93%) IAG
2 7 (1.58%) Active Directory
3 6 (1.35%) Docker
4 2 (0.45%) Firmware
5 1 (0.23%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 4 (0.90%) Kubernetes
1 4 (0.90%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.23%) Argo
2 1 (0.23%) Failover Clustering
Vendors
1 19 (4.29%) Microsoft
2 9 (2.03%) SAP
3 8 (1.81%) Oracle
4 7 (1.58%) ServiceNow
5 2 (0.45%) Ariba
5 2 (0.45%) UiPath
6 1 (0.23%) Cisco
6 1 (0.23%) Databricks
6 1 (0.23%) MathWorks
6 1 (0.23%) Salesforce