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 8 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 423 486 501
Rank change year-on-year +63 +15 +34
Permanent jobs citing Aviation 199 228 183
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.45% 0.38% 0.38%
As % of the General category 0.70% 0.64% 0.59%
Number of salaries quoted 79 103 116
10th Percentile - £35,500 £41,500
25th Percentile £32,500 £45,000 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £84,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -40.48% +46.09%
75th Percentile £65,000 £59,471 £92,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £81,000 -
UK median annual salary £53,750 £50,000 £73,500
% change year-on-year +7.50% -31.97% +27.83%

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 common skills in England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 28,632 35,615 31,179
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 64.67% 58.74% 65.27%
Number of salaries quoted 16,947 17,260 23,081
10th Percentile £28,000 £32,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £43,116 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - -
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £96,250 £100,000 £102,500
UK median annual salary £51,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -14.17% - -

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 8 November 2025.

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 8 November 2025. 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 +69 102 £55,000 +10.00% 57
East of England +62 46 £35,000 -6.67% 8
London +60 45 £71,250 -10.94% 40
South West -14 15 £42,500 -15.00% 26
Midlands +53 1 £65,000 +30.00% 10
East Midlands +15 1 £65,000 +30.00% 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 3 (1.51%) Confluence
Applications
1 9 (4.52%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (3.02%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (1.01%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (1.01%) Poser
Business Applications
1 4 (2.01%) Q-Pulse
2 2 (1.01%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 29 (14.57%) SaaS
2 9 (4.52%) AWS
3 3 (1.51%) Azure
4 2 (1.01%) Power Platform
5 1 (0.50%) GitHub
5 1 (0.50%) GitHub Actions
5 1 (0.50%) Pulumi
5 1 (0.50%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
5 1 (0.50%) Salesforce Service Cloud
5 1 (0.50%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.51%) Internet
2 1 (0.50%) BGP
2 1 (0.50%) Cisco ISE
2 1 (0.50%) Cisco Wireless
2 1 (0.50%) DHCP
2 1 (0.50%) DMVPN
2 1 (0.50%) DNS
2 1 (0.50%) EIGRP
2 1 (0.50%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
2 1 (0.50%) Firewall
2 1 (0.50%) LAN
2 1 (0.50%) Network Security
2 1 (0.50%) OSPF
2 1 (0.50%) SD-WAN
2 1 (0.50%) SSL
2 1 (0.50%) VLAN
2 1 (0.50%) VPN
2 1 (0.50%) WAN
2 1 (0.50%) Wireless
2 1 (0.50%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (1.51%) MongoDB
1 3 (1.51%) NoSQL
2 2 (1.01%) Power BI
3 1 (0.50%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (2.01%) Git
1 4 (2.01%) JIRA
2 3 (1.51%) GitLab
3 2 (1.01%) Atlassian Bamboo
3 2 (1.01%) Maven
3 2 (1.01%) Subversion
4 1 (0.50%) LabVIEW
General
1 101 (50.75%) Social Skills
2 57 (28.64%) Analytical Skills
3 45 (22.61%) Aerospace
4 23 (11.56%) Finance
5 22 (11.06%) Fire and Rescue
5 22 (11.06%) Military
5 22 (11.06%) Police
6 13 (6.53%) Electronics
7 10 (5.03%) Retail
8 5 (2.51%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 5 (2.51%) Law
8 5 (2.51%) Marketing
8 5 (2.51%) Presentation Skills
9 4 (2.01%) Telecoms
10 3 (1.51%) Aeronautics
10 3 (1.51%) Organisational Skills
10 3 (1.51%) Swedish Language
11 2 (1.01%) Legal
11 2 (1.01%) Local Government
11 2 (1.01%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 34 (17.09%) Coordinator
2 24 (12.06%) Business Manager
3 23 (11.56%) Business Systems Manager
3 23 (11.56%) Systems Manager
4 22 (11.06%) Operations Manager
4 22 (11.06%) Service Manager
4 22 (11.06%) Service Operations Manager
5 18 (9.05%) Systems Engineer
6 15 (7.54%) Analyst
7 14 (7.04%) Integration Engineer
8 10 (5.03%) Financial Analyst
8 10 (5.03%) Report Analyst
9 9 (4.52%) Software Engineer
10 8 (4.02%) Senior
10 8 (4.02%) Test Engineer
11 7 (3.52%) Developer
12 6 (3.02%) Technical Engineer
13 5 (2.51%) C# Developer
13 5 (2.51%) Lead
13 5 (2.51%) Security Assurance Coordinator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (4.52%) .NET
2 5 (2.51%) AngularJS
3 4 (2.01%) XML
4 3 (1.51%) REST
4 3 (1.51%) Spring
5 2 (1.01%) Ionic Framework
5 2 (1.01%) Spring Boot
6 1 (0.50%) .NET Framework
6 1 (0.50%) CSS
6 1 (0.50%) OAuth
6 1 (0.50%) OpenID
6 1 (0.50%) RESTful
6 1 (0.50%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 74 (37.19%) Robotics
2 35 (17.59%) Management Information System
3 12 (6.03%) Fibre Optics
4 7 (3.52%) Driving Licence
4 7 (3.52%) Self-Motivation
5 6 (3.02%) Digital Media
5 6 (3.02%) Graphic Design
6 5 (2.51%) Security Posture
7 4 (2.01%) Algorithms
7 4 (2.01%) e-Learning
7 4 (2.01%) Onboarding
7 4 (2.01%) Reference Data
8 3 (1.51%) Augmented Reality
8 3 (1.51%) Virtual Reality
9 2 (1.01%) CCTV
9 2 (1.01%) Reinsurance
9 2 (1.01%) Replication
9 2 (1.01%) Social Media
10 1 (0.50%) Data Centre
10 1 (0.50%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 6 (3.02%) Linux
2 4 (2.01%) Android
3 3 (1.51%) Apple iOS
3 3 (1.51%) Mac OS
3 3 (1.51%) Windows
4 2 (1.01%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 86 (43.22%) Software Engineering
2 77 (38.69%) AI
3 67 (33.67%) Problem-Solving
4 60 (30.15%) Project Management
5 49 (24.62%) Process Improvement
6 37 (18.59%) Continuous Improvement
7 32 (16.08%) Agile
8 31 (15.58%) Project Delivery
9 30 (15.08%) Risk Management
10 28 (14.07%) Data Management
11 27 (13.57%) ERP
12 26 (13.07%) Collaborative Working
13 25 (12.56%) Change Management
13 25 (12.56%) Contract Negotiation
13 25 (12.56%) ITIL
13 25 (12.56%) Strategic Planning
14 23 (11.56%) Budget Management
14 23 (11.56%) DevOps
14 23 (11.56%) IT Strategy
15 22 (11.06%) Service Design
Programming Languages
1 35 (17.59%) SQL
2 10 (5.03%) Python
3 8 (4.02%) C#
3 8 (4.02%) Java
4 5 (2.51%) C++
5 4 (2.01%) PL/SQL
6 2 (1.01%) JavaScript
6 2 (1.01%) R
6 2 (1.01%) Shell Script
7 1 (0.50%) Apex Code
7 1 (0.50%) C
7 1 (0.50%) Kotlin
7 1 (0.50%) MATLAB
7 1 (0.50%) TypeScript
7 1 (0.50%) VB
Qualifications
1 47 (23.62%) Degree
2 43 (21.61%) Security Cleared
3 35 (17.59%) SC Cleared
4 14 (7.04%) HNC
4 14 (7.04%) HND
5 4 (2.01%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (1.01%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (1.01%) PMI Certification
6 2 (1.01%) PMP
7 1 (0.50%) CCNP
7 1 (0.50%) CCSA
7 1 (0.50%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (0.50%) MRICS
7 1 (0.50%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 53 (26.63%) QA
2 5 (2.51%) ISO 31000
2 5 (2.51%) NIST
3 4 (2.01%) Accessibility
3 4 (2.01%) Data Quality
3 4 (2.01%) GDPR
3 4 (2.01%) ISO 9001
4 3 (1.51%) Cyber Essentials
4 3 (1.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (1.51%) PMO
5 1 (0.50%) DO-254
5 1 (0.50%) ECSS
5 1 (0.50%) SLA
5 1 (0.50%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 2 (1.01%) Docker
1 2 (1.01%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (0.50%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (1.51%) Kubernetes
2 2 (1.01%) Ansible
3 1 (0.50%) CA Spectrum
3 1 (0.50%) Terraform
Vendors
1 20 (10.05%) Microsoft
2 3 (1.51%) Google
2 3 (1.51%) ServiceNow
3 2 (1.01%) JD Edwards
3 2 (1.01%) SAP
4 1 (0.50%) Adobe
4 1 (0.50%) CheckPoint
4 1 (0.50%) Cisco
4 1 (0.50%) EMC
4 1 (0.50%) F5
4 1 (0.50%) Juniper
4 1 (0.50%) Meraki
4 1 (0.50%) Salesforce
4 1 (0.50%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
4 1 (0.50%) SolarWinds
4 1 (0.50%) VMware