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 22 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 436 472 532
Rank change year-on-year +36 +60 -197
Permanent jobs citing Aviation 247 130 285
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.32% 0.35% 0.35%
As % of the General category 0.61% 0.49% 0.58%
Number of salaries quoted 84 70 168
10th Percentile £50,000 £31,225 £26,250
25th Percentile £55,000 £34,375 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.70% +4.55% -15.38%
75th Percentile £80,000 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £97,000 £69,375 £91,625
UK median annual salary £65,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +13.04% +4.55% -15.38%

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 40,222 26,400 49,132
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 51.58% 70.45% 59.64%
Number of salaries quoted 22,135 14,453 35,285
10th Percentile £29,000 £29,750 £27,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £41,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +14.29% -12.86%
75th Percentile £77,500 £81,250 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £107,500 £93,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £58,265 £52,500
% change year-on-year -5.60% +10.98% -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 22 April 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 22 April 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 +10 105 £60,000 +2.13% 45
London +38 63 £65,000 +85.71% 35
South West -41 32 £80,000 +28.00% 15
North of England -37 26 £50,000 -23.08% 18
Midlands -38 15 £65,000 -3.70% 6
Yorkshire -50 14 £30,000 -60.00% 5
North West -20 12 £50,000 +8.48% 11
West Midlands - 10 - - 1
East Midlands -48 5 £65,000 -3.70% 5
East of England -39 4 £52,500 +16.67% 10
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 (0.81%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.40%) Apache
2 1 (0.40%) Confluence
2 1 (0.40%) IIS
Applications
1 5 (2.02%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (1.62%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.62%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.40%) AutoCAD
3 1 (0.40%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.40%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 1 (0.40%) Q-Pulse
1 1 (0.40%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 14 (5.67%) Azure
2 13 (5.26%) AWS
3 8 (3.24%) Power Platform
4 6 (2.43%) GCP
5 5 (2.02%) Azure DevOps
6 4 (1.62%) SaaS
7 3 (1.21%) AWS CloudFormation
7 3 (1.21%) OCI
8 2 (0.81%) BrowserStack
8 2 (0.81%) GitHub
8 2 (0.81%) GitHub Actions
8 2 (0.81%) n8n
8 2 (0.81%) PowerApps
9 1 (0.40%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 1 (0.40%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 8 (3.24%) Firewall
2 7 (2.83%) Network Security
3 4 (1.62%) ATM
4 3 (1.21%) SCCP
5 2 (0.81%) LAN
6 1 (0.40%) DHCP
6 1 (0.40%) DNS
6 1 (0.40%) RS-422
6 1 (0.40%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.40%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (3.24%) Power BI
2 4 (1.62%) Tableau
3 3 (1.21%) PostgreSQL
3 3 (1.21%) Relational Database
4 2 (0.81%) GIS
4 2 (0.81%) QGIS
5 1 (0.40%) Apache Arrow
5 1 (0.40%) Parquet
5 1 (0.40%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 5 (2.02%) Git
2 2 (0.81%) MSTest
2 2 (0.81%) Rational DOORS
2 2 (0.81%) Selenium
3 1 (0.40%) GitLab
3 1 (0.40%) JIRA
3 1 (0.40%) Subversion
General
1 38 (15.38%) Aerospace
2 33 (13.36%) Social Skills
3 21 (8.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 21 (8.50%) Retail
4 20 (8.10%) Military
5 18 (7.29%) Analytical Skills
6 15 (6.07%) Finance
7 11 (4.45%) Legal
8 9 (3.64%) Avionics
9 8 (3.24%) Digital Health
10 5 (2.02%) Law
11 4 (1.62%) Aeronautics
11 4 (1.62%) Electronics
11 4 (1.62%) Public Sector
12 3 (1.21%) Automotive
12 3 (1.21%) Billing
12 3 (1.21%) Marketing
13 2 (0.81%) Manufacturing
13 2 (0.81%) Spanish Language
13 2 (0.81%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 58 (23.48%) Systems Engineer
2 32 (12.96%) Developer
3 25 (10.12%) Analyst
3 25 (10.12%) Lead
4 23 (9.31%) Full-Stack Developer
5 22 (8.91%) Test Engineer
6 21 (8.50%) Systems Test Engineer
7 19 (7.69%) Cybersecurity Analyst
7 19 (7.69%) Security Analyst
8 18 (7.29%) Architect
9 14 (5.67%) Business Development Manager
9 14 (5.67%) Business Manager
9 14 (5.67%) Development Manager
10 13 (5.26%) Senior
11 11 (4.45%) Software Engineer
12 9 (3.64%) Radar Engineer
12 9 (3.64%) Software Developer
13 7 (2.83%) Information Manager
13 7 (2.83%) Information Security Manager
13 7 (2.83%) Security Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (5.67%) .NET
2 4 (1.62%) React
3 2 (0.81%) ADO
3 2 (0.81%) AngularJS
3 2 (0.81%) Playwright
3 2 (0.81%) SailPoint
3 2 (0.81%) Spring
4 1 (0.40%) Flutter
4 1 (0.40%) gRPC
4 1 (0.40%) Protocol Buffers
4 1 (0.40%) Qt
4 1 (0.40%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 21 (8.50%) Cyber Defence
2 17 (6.88%) Security Posture
3 9 (3.64%) Management Information System
4 7 (2.83%) Cloud Native
4 7 (2.83%) Product Ownership
5 4 (1.62%) Data Centre
5 4 (1.62%) Robotics
6 3 (1.21%) Cyber Security Posture
6 3 (1.21%) Driving Licence
6 3 (1.21%) Embedded Systems
6 3 (1.21%) Enterprise Software
6 3 (1.21%) Operational Technology
7 2 (0.81%) Analogue Electronics
7 2 (0.81%) FPGA
7 2 (0.81%) Learning Management System
7 2 (0.81%) Raspberry Pi
8 1 (0.40%) Clustering
8 1 (0.40%) e-Learning
8 1 (0.40%) Replication
8 1 (0.40%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 11 (4.45%) Windows
2 8 (3.24%) Linux
3 4 (1.62%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (15.38%) Agile
2 35 (14.17%) Cybersecurity
3 27 (10.93%) Full-Stack Development
3 27 (10.93%) Project Management
4 26 (10.53%) Continuous Improvement
5 24 (9.72%) Validation
6 23 (9.31%) Software Engineering
6 23 (9.31%) Verification and Validation
7 22 (8.91%) Process Improvement
8 19 (7.69%) Business Development
9 17 (6.88%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 16 (6.48%) Information Security
11 15 (6.07%) Problem-Solving
12 14 (5.67%) Risk Management
13 13 (5.26%) Threat Modelling
14 12 (4.86%) Cloud Security
14 12 (4.86%) Logistics
14 12 (4.86%) SOLID
14 12 (4.86%) Stakeholder Management
15 11 (4.45%) Incident Response
Programming Languages
1 15 (6.07%) C#
2 11 (4.45%) Java
2 11 (4.45%) Python
3 9 (3.64%) SQL
4 6 (2.43%) C++
5 4 (1.62%) PL/SQL
5 4 (1.62%) PowerShell
6 3 (1.21%) C
7 2 (0.81%) MATLAB
8 1 (0.40%) Dart
8 1 (0.40%) JavaScript
8 1 (0.40%) Rust
8 1 (0.40%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 26 (10.53%) Degree
2 16 (6.48%) Security Cleared
3 11 (4.45%) CISSP
3 11 (4.45%) SC Cleared
4 5 (2.02%) ISSAP
5 4 (1.62%) Computer Science Degree
5 4 (1.62%) DBS Check
5 4 (1.62%) Master's Degree
6 3 (1.21%) CISA
6 3 (1.21%) CISM
6 3 (1.21%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
6 3 (1.21%) Microsoft Certification
7 2 (0.81%) HPE ATP
8 1 (0.40%) CEH
8 1 (0.40%) HNC
8 1 (0.40%) PhD
8 1 (0.40%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (6.48%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 14 (5.67%) NIST
3 6 (2.43%) Accessibility
4 5 (2.02%) GDPR
4 5 (2.02%) NCSC
4 5 (2.02%) PCI DSS
5 4 (1.62%) QA
6 3 (1.21%) ARP4761
6 3 (1.21%) DO-160
6 3 (1.21%) DO-254
6 3 (1.21%) GRC
6 3 (1.21%) ISO/IEC 27005
6 3 (1.21%) NIST 800
7 2 (0.81%) ARP4754
7 2 (0.81%) Cyber Essentials
7 2 (0.81%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 2 (0.81%) ISO 9001
7 2 (0.81%) PMO
7 2 (0.81%) WCAG
8 1 (0.40%) SLA
System Software
1 10 (4.05%) IAG
2 9 (3.64%) Docker
3 5 (2.02%) Active Directory
4 4 (1.62%) Hyper-V
5 3 (1.21%) VMware Infrastructure
6 2 (0.81%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 5 (2.02%) Kubernetes
1 5 (2.02%) Terraform
2 3 (1.21%) Ansible
2 3 (1.21%) SCCM
3 1 (0.40%) Failover Clustering
3 1 (0.40%) Grafana
3 1 (0.40%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 10 (4.05%) Microsoft
2 6 (2.43%) Google
3 4 (1.62%) VMware
4 3 (1.21%) Oracle
4 3 (1.21%) Salesforce
5 2 (0.81%) SAP
6 1 (0.40%) Ariba
6 1 (0.40%) Cisco