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 26 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 389 494 536
Rank change year-on-year +105 +42 -115
Permanent jobs citing Aviation 349 146 332
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.41% 0.36% 0.36%
As % of the General category 0.88% 0.50% 0.62%
Number of salaries quoted 102 74 198
10th Percentile £50,000 £29,529 £32,178
25th Percentile £50,313 £32,500 £38,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £47,683 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year +36.32% -11.70% -22.86%
75th Percentile £80,000 £65,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £68,375 £88,625
UK median annual salary £65,000 £44,500 £53,250
% change year-on-year +46.07% -16.43% -18.08%

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 39,779 29,008 53,297
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 47.10% 72.10% 57.24%
Number of salaries quoted 25,370 14,590 36,339
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,500 £27,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £37,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,443 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.25% +9.41% -12.50%
75th Percentile £77,500 £78,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £103,750 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - +4.76% -12.50%

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 26 June 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 26 June 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 +27 141 £65,000 +13.04% 38
London +39 103 £65,000 +85.71% 16
North of England -7 35 £50,000 +4.86% 15
South West -33 35 £80,000 +23.08% 19
North West +18 21 £50,000 +8.48% 5
East of England -24 17 £70,000 +100.00% 8
Midlands -5 16 - - 10
Yorkshire - 14 £30,000 - 4
West Midlands - 11 - - 3
East Midlands -18 5 - - 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 2 (0.57%) Apache
1 2 (0.57%) Confluence
1 2 (0.57%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.29%) IIS
Applications
1 5 (1.43%) Microsoft Excel
1 5 (1.43%) Microsoft Office
1 5 (1.43%) Simulink
2 4 (1.15%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (0.86%) Stateflow
4 1 (0.29%) AutoCAD
4 1 (0.29%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (0.57%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 16 (4.58%) Azure
2 14 (4.01%) AWS
3 11 (3.15%) Power Platform
4 9 (2.58%) Azure DevOps
5 8 (2.29%) SaaS
6 5 (1.43%) GCP
7 4 (1.15%) Azure AKS
7 4 (1.15%) Azure Event Grid
7 4 (1.15%) Azure Monitor
7 4 (1.15%) IaaS
7 4 (1.15%) PaaS
8 3 (0.86%) OCI
9 2 (0.57%) AWS CloudFormation
9 2 (0.57%) BrowserStack
9 2 (0.57%) n8n
9 2 (0.57%) PowerApps
10 1 (0.29%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 1 (0.29%) GitHub
10 1 (0.29%) GitHub Actions
10 1 (0.29%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 10 (2.87%) ATM
2 8 (2.29%) Network Security
3 7 (2.01%) Firewall
4 3 (0.86%) 2G
4 3 (0.86%) 3G
4 3 (0.86%) 4G
4 3 (0.86%) 5G
4 3 (0.86%) Structured Cabling
4 3 (0.86%) TETRA
5 2 (0.57%) LAN
5 2 (0.57%) RS-422
5 2 (0.57%) SCCP
5 2 (0.57%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.29%) DHCP
6 1 (0.29%) DNS
6 1 (0.29%) MQTT
6 1 (0.29%) VoIP
6 1 (0.29%) VPN
6 1 (0.29%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (3.15%) Power BI
2 7 (2.01%) PostgreSQL
3 6 (1.72%) Tableau
4 4 (1.15%) Redis
5 3 (0.86%) GIS
5 3 (0.86%) Relational Database
6 2 (0.57%) QGIS
7 1 (0.29%) Apache Arrow
7 1 (0.29%) Parquet
7 1 (0.29%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 6 (1.72%) Git
2 3 (0.86%) Selenium
3 2 (0.57%) JIRA
3 2 (0.57%) MSTest
3 2 (0.57%) Rational DOORS
4 1 (0.29%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.29%) Subversion
4 1 (0.29%) Visual Studio
General
1 61 (17.48%) Social Skills
2 35 (10.03%) Finance
3 34 (9.74%) Aerospace
4 30 (8.60%) Retail
5 26 (7.45%) Analytical Skills
6 21 (6.02%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 21 (6.02%) Military
7 15 (4.30%) Aeronautics
8 13 (3.72%) Electronics
9 12 (3.44%) Legal
10 11 (3.15%) Avionics
11 9 (2.58%) Law
12 8 (2.29%) Digital Health
13 6 (1.72%) Influencing Skills
13 6 (1.72%) Organisational Skills
13 6 (1.72%) Public Sector
14 5 (1.43%) Billing
15 4 (1.15%) Manufacturing
15 4 (1.15%) Telecoms
16 3 (0.86%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 51 (14.61%) Systems Engineer
2 38 (10.89%) Lead
3 30 (8.60%) Software Engineer
4 27 (7.74%) Architect
5 24 (6.88%) Analyst
6 22 (6.30%) Developer
7 21 (6.02%) Business Development Manager
7 21 (6.02%) Business Manager
7 21 (6.02%) Cybersecurity Analyst
7 21 (6.02%) Development Manager
7 21 (6.02%) Security Analyst
8 18 (5.16%) Support Technician
9 17 (4.87%) Test Engineer
10 15 (4.30%) Senior
10 15 (4.30%) Systems Test Engineer
11 14 (4.01%) Field Support Technician
12 13 (3.72%) Full-Stack Developer
13 12 (3.44%) Embedded Engineer
13 12 (3.44%) Embedded Software Engineer
14 10 (2.87%) Radar Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (2.29%) .NET
2 4 (1.15%) React
2 4 (1.15%) YAML
3 3 (0.86%) AngularJS
4 2 (0.57%) ADO
4 2 (0.57%) CSS
4 2 (0.57%) HTML
4 2 (0.57%) JSON
4 2 (0.57%) LangChain
4 2 (0.57%) LangGraph
4 2 (0.57%) Playwright
4 2 (0.57%) Qt
4 2 (0.57%) SailPoint
4 2 (0.57%) Spring
4 2 (0.57%) XML
5 1 (0.29%) .NET Framework
5 1 (0.29%) ActiveMQ
5 1 (0.29%) Django
5 1 (0.29%) Node.js
5 1 (0.29%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 33 (9.46%) Cyber Defence
2 20 (5.73%) Robotics
3 17 (4.87%) Security Posture
4 13 (3.72%) Driving Licence
5 11 (3.15%) Management Information System
6 9 (2.58%) Cloud Native
7 8 (2.29%) Product Ownership
8 7 (2.01%) Onboarding
9 6 (1.72%) Data Centre
10 4 (1.15%) Operational Technology
11 3 (0.86%) Embedded Systems
12 2 (0.57%) AI Agents
12 2 (0.57%) Analogue Electronics
12 2 (0.57%) Cyber Security Posture
12 2 (0.57%) FPGA
12 2 (0.57%) Hybrid Cloud
12 2 (0.57%) Learning Management System
12 2 (0.57%) Raspberry Pi
12 2 (0.57%) Virtual Team
13 1 (0.29%) GNSS
Operating Systems
1 15 (4.30%) Windows
2 13 (3.72%) Linux
3 3 (0.86%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.57%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 60 (17.19%) Software Engineering
2 46 (13.18%) Agile
3 40 (11.46%) Cybersecurity
4 38 (10.89%) Project Management
5 30 (8.60%) Continuous Improvement
5 30 (8.60%) Process Improvement
6 29 (8.31%) AI
7 27 (7.74%) Problem-Solving
8 26 (7.45%) Business Development
9 25 (7.16%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 22 (6.30%) Validation
11 21 (6.02%) Verification and Validation
12 20 (5.73%) Analytics
12 20 (5.73%) Risk Management
12 20 (5.73%) Roadmaps
13 18 (5.16%) Information Security
14 16 (4.58%) Stakeholder Management
14 16 (4.58%) Systems Engineering
15 15 (4.30%) Cloud Security
15 15 (4.30%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 17 (4.87%) Python
2 11 (3.15%) C#
2 11 (3.15%) C++
2 11 (3.15%) SQL
3 8 (2.29%) Java
4 7 (2.01%) PowerShell
5 6 (1.72%) C
5 6 (1.72%) MATLAB
6 4 (1.15%) Bash
7 3 (0.86%) Delphi
7 3 (0.86%) PL/SQL
8 2 (0.57%) JavaScript
9 1 (0.29%) Dart
9 1 (0.29%) Rust
9 1 (0.29%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 33 (9.46%) Degree
1 33 (9.46%) Security Cleared
2 28 (8.02%) SC Cleared
3 11 (3.15%) CISSP
4 10 (2.87%) HNC
5 5 (1.43%) ISSAP
6 4 (1.15%) CISA
6 4 (1.15%) CISM
6 4 (1.15%) DBS Check
6 4 (1.15%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
7 3 (0.86%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (0.86%) Master's Degree
8 2 (0.57%) HPE ATP
8 2 (0.57%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (0.29%) AWS Certification
9 1 (0.29%) Azure Certification
9 1 (0.29%) BPSS Clearance
9 1 (0.29%) CEH
9 1 (0.29%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (5.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 14 (4.01%) NIST
3 9 (2.58%) QA
4 7 (2.01%) NCSC
5 6 (1.72%) Accessibility
6 5 (1.43%) GDPR
7 4 (1.15%) GRC
7 4 (1.15%) ISO/IEC 27005
7 4 (1.15%) NIST 800
7 4 (1.15%) PCI DSS
8 3 (0.86%) ARP4761
8 3 (0.86%) Cyber Essentials
8 3 (0.86%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 3 (0.86%) DO-160
8 3 (0.86%) DO-254
8 3 (0.86%) PMO
9 2 (0.57%) ARP4754
9 2 (0.57%) EU AI Act
9 2 (0.57%) ISO 9001
9 2 (0.57%) WCAG
System Software
1 14 (4.01%) IAG
2 7 (2.01%) Docker
3 3 (0.86%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.86%) Hyper-V
4 2 (0.57%) Firmware
4 2 (0.57%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 8 (2.29%) Terraform
2 6 (1.72%) Kubernetes
3 2 (0.57%) Ansible
3 2 (0.57%) SCCM
4 1 (0.29%) Failover Clustering
4 1 (0.29%) Grafana
4 1 (0.29%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 12 (3.44%) Microsoft
2 5 (1.43%) Google
3 3 (0.86%) Oracle
3 3 (0.86%) Salesforce
3 3 (0.86%) SAP
4 2 (0.57%) Ariba
4 2 (0.57%) UiPath
4 2 (0.57%) VMware
5 1 (0.29%) Cisco
5 1 (0.29%) Databricks
5 1 (0.29%) MathWorks