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

6 months to
10 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 321 441 513
Rank change year-on-year +120 +72 -7
Permanent jobs citing Aviation 579 201 242
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.56% 0.47% 0.37%
As % of the General category 1.22% 0.68% 0.64%
Number of salaries quoted 127 82 107
10th Percentile £35,000 - £35,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £32,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £42,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +47.06% -15.00% -31.97%
75th Percentile £82,500 £60,000 £55,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £79,975 £65,250
UK median annual salary £61,250 £42,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +44.12% -15.00% -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 47,328 29,570 38,034
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 45.57% 68.62% 58.43%
Number of salaries quoted 30,352 15,699 18,602
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,777 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £35,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £54,000 £58,726
Median % change year-on-year +1.85% -8.05% -2.12%
75th Percentile £75,000 £75,796 £80,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £97,500 £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 10 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 10 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 +79 299 £61,250 +11.36% 161
London +10 101 £57,500 -17.86% 135
East of England -24 62 £45,000 +28.57% 35
South West -25 62 £80,000 +88.24% 46
North of England -15 45 £50,000 -11.26% 35
North West +1 25 £50,000 -11.26% 20
Yorkshire - 19 £54,250 - 11
Midlands - 10 £55,000 - 28
East Midlands - 6 £65,000 - 13
West Midlands - 4 £45,000 - 15
North East - 1 - - 4
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 7 (1.21%) SharePoint
2 4 (0.69%) IIS
2 4 (0.69%) SharePoint Server
3 2 (0.35%) Apache
3 2 (0.35%) Apache Spark
3 2 (0.35%) Confluence
4 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.17%) Oracle Coherence
Applications
1 9 (1.55%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (1.38%) Microsoft Project
2 8 (1.38%) Simulink
3 7 (1.21%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (1.04%) Microsoft Office
5 5 (0.86%) Stateflow
6 2 (0.35%) AutoCAD
6 2 (0.35%) Revit
7 1 (0.17%) Civil 3D
7 1 (0.17%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 2 (0.35%) Misys Midas
1 2 (0.35%) Sage 50
1 2 (0.35%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.17%) Maximo
Cloud Services
1 36 (6.22%) AWS
2 34 (5.87%) Azure
3 26 (4.49%) SaaS
4 16 (2.76%) Power Platform
5 15 (2.59%) Serverless
6 13 (2.25%) AWS Lambda
6 13 (2.25%) Datadog
6 13 (2.25%) Route 53
7 10 (1.73%) Microsoft 365
8 8 (1.38%) Power Automate
9 7 (1.21%) Azure DevOps
10 6 (1.04%) Azure AKS
10 6 (1.04%) Entra ID
11 5 (0.86%) OneDrive
12 4 (0.69%) Azure Event Grid
12 4 (0.69%) Azure Monitor
12 4 (0.69%) Cloud Computing
12 4 (0.69%) IaaS
12 4 (0.69%) Microsoft Copilot
12 4 (0.69%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 11 (1.90%) ATM
1 11 (1.90%) SMS
2 7 (1.21%) Intrusion Detection
3 6 (1.04%) SNMP
4 5 (0.86%) Firewall
4 5 (0.86%) NAS
5 4 (0.69%) CHAP
5 4 (0.69%) RFID
6 3 (0.52%) 2G
6 3 (0.52%) 3G
6 3 (0.52%) 4G
6 3 (0.52%) 5G
6 3 (0.52%) Ethernet
6 3 (0.52%) Network Security
6 3 (0.52%) Structured Cabling
6 3 (0.52%) TETRA
6 3 (0.52%) Wireless
7 2 (0.35%) HTTP
7 2 (0.35%) TCP/IP
7 2 (0.35%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (1.73%) Power BI
2 6 (1.04%) PostgreSQL
2 6 (1.04%) Tableau
3 4 (0.69%) Redis
4 2 (0.35%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (0.35%) MySQL
4 2 (0.35%) Relational Database
4 2 (0.35%) SQL Server
5 1 (0.17%) Db2
5 1 (0.17%) GIS
Development Applications
1 11 (1.90%) JIRA
2 7 (1.21%) Git
2 7 (1.21%) Jenkins
3 5 (0.86%) Selenium
4 4 (0.69%) Rational DOORS
5 2 (0.35%) MLflow
5 2 (0.35%) NUnit
5 2 (0.35%) Visual Studio
6 1 (0.17%) LabVIEW
General
1 119 (20.55%) Social Skills
2 63 (10.88%) Aerospace
3 54 (9.33%) Finance
4 49 (8.46%) Military
5 47 (8.12%) Analytical Skills
6 39 (6.74%) Retail
7 36 (6.22%) Aeronautics
8 31 (5.35%) Manufacturing
9 19 (3.28%) Electronics
9 19 (3.28%) Organisational Skills
10 17 (2.94%) Influencing Skills
11 15 (2.59%) Avionics
12 10 (1.73%) Marketing
12 10 (1.73%) Public Sector
13 8 (1.38%) Presentation Skills
13 8 (1.38%) Swedish Language
14 7 (1.21%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 6 (1.04%) Law
15 6 (1.04%) Legal
15 6 (1.04%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 78 (13.47%) Systems Engineer
2 70 (12.09%) Lead
2 70 (12.09%) Software Engineer
3 50 (8.64%) Senior
4 30 (5.18%) Test Engineer
5 28 (4.84%) Embedded Engineer
6 27 (4.66%) Embedded Software Engineer
6 27 (4.66%) Support Technician
7 26 (4.49%) Senior Systems Engineer
8 25 (4.32%) Applications Engineer
8 25 (4.32%) Software Applications Engineer
8 25 (4.32%) Test Technician
9 21 (3.63%) Business Development Manager
9 21 (3.63%) Business Manager
9 21 (3.63%) Development Manager
10 20 (3.45%) Analyst
10 20 (3.45%) Lead Software Engineer
10 20 (3.45%) Security Manager
11 15 (2.59%) Radar Engineer
11 15 (2.59%) Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (2.07%) HTML
2 11 (1.90%) .NET
3 9 (1.55%) CSS
3 9 (1.55%) REST
4 8 (1.38%) ASP.NET
5 6 (1.04%) JSON
5 6 (1.04%) Kafka
5 6 (1.04%) XML
6 5 (0.86%) AngularJS
7 4 (0.69%) .NET Framework
7 4 (0.69%) Microsoft Graph
7 4 (0.69%) React
7 4 (0.69%) SPFx
7 4 (0.69%) Terraform
7 4 (0.69%) YAML
8 2 (0.35%) Hugging Face
8 2 (0.35%) LangChain
8 2 (0.35%) LangGraph
8 2 (0.35%) ONNX
8 2 (0.35%) PyTorch
Miscellaneous
1 67 (11.57%) Robotics
2 36 (6.22%) Cyber Defence
3 25 (4.32%) Management Information System
4 21 (3.63%) Cloud Native
5 19 (3.28%) Onboarding
6 15 (2.59%) Data Centre
6 15 (2.59%) Driving Licence
7 13 (2.25%) Legacy Systems
8 10 (1.73%) Operational Technology
8 10 (1.73%) PMI
9 8 (1.38%) IoT
10 7 (1.21%) Algorithms
10 7 (1.21%) Private Cloud
11 6 (1.04%) AI Agents
11 6 (1.04%) Security Posture
12 5 (0.86%) Enterprise Software
13 4 (0.69%) Cyber Threat
13 4 (0.69%) Embedded Systems
13 4 (0.69%) Mobile App
13 4 (0.69%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 28 (4.84%) Windows
2 22 (3.80%) Linux
3 5 (0.86%) Windows Server
4 3 (0.52%) Mac OS
4 3 (0.52%) Unix
5 2 (0.35%) Robot Operating System
6 1 (0.17%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 161 (27.81%) Software Engineering
2 85 (14.68%) AI
3 61 (10.54%) Stakeholder Management
4 58 (10.02%) Continuous Improvement
5 54 (9.33%) Roadmaps
6 53 (9.15%) Problem-Solving
7 51 (8.81%) Agile
8 48 (8.29%) Cybersecurity
9 47 (8.12%) Project Management
10 36 (6.22%) Technical Leadership
11 35 (6.04%) Mentoring
12 30 (5.18%) Analytics
12 30 (5.18%) Collaborative Culture
12 30 (5.18%) Systems Engineering
13 29 (5.01%) Business Development
14 27 (4.66%) Technology Transformation
15 26 (4.49%) Validation
16 24 (4.15%) Decision-Making
16 24 (4.15%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 23 (3.97%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 32 (5.53%) Python
2 29 (5.01%) C++
3 21 (3.63%) C
4 19 (3.28%) SQL
5 17 (2.94%) C#
6 12 (2.07%) JavaScript
7 10 (1.73%) Java
7 10 (1.73%) MATLAB
8 8 (1.38%) PowerShell
9 5 (0.86%) Delphi
10 4 (0.69%) Bash
11 3 (0.52%) Ada
11 3 (0.52%) Ada 95
11 3 (0.52%) Rust
12 2 (0.35%) Embedded C
13 1 (0.17%) Embedded C++
13 1 (0.17%) TypeScript
13 1 (0.17%) VB
Qualifications
1 61 (10.54%) Security Cleared
2 54 (9.33%) Degree
3 48 (8.29%) SC Cleared
4 20 (3.45%) HNC
5 13 (2.25%) DV Cleared
6 10 (1.73%) PMI Certification
7 9 (1.55%) BPSS Clearance
8 7 (1.21%) CISA
8 7 (1.21%) CISM
8 7 (1.21%) CISSP
8 7 (1.21%) Master's Degree
8 7 (1.21%) TOGAF Certification
9 6 (1.04%) Azure Certification
9 6 (1.04%) Computer Science Degree
10 5 (0.86%) Microsoft Certification
11 4 (0.69%) Chartered Engineer
11 4 (0.69%) HND
11 4 (0.69%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
11 4 (0.69%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 3 (0.52%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (3.97%) QA
2 15 (2.59%) NIST
3 13 (2.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 8 (1.38%) Accessibility
5 7 (1.21%) GRC
5 7 (1.21%) NCSC
5 7 (1.21%) NIST 800
6 6 (1.04%) PMO
7 5 (0.86%) GDPR
8 4 (0.69%) ISO 22301
8 4 (0.69%) ISO/IEC 27005
8 4 (0.69%) JSP 440
9 3 (0.52%) Def Stans
9 3 (0.52%) DO-254
9 3 (0.52%) IEC 61508
9 3 (0.52%) MIL-STD-1553
10 2 (0.35%) Cyber Essentials
10 2 (0.35%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 2 (0.35%) Data Quality
10 2 (0.35%) EU AI Act
System Software
1 7 (1.21%) Active Directory
2 6 (1.04%) IAG
3 4 (0.69%) Docker
4 1 (0.17%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.17%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (0.69%) Kubernetes
1 4 (0.69%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (0.52%) Functional Safety
3 2 (0.35%) Argo
Vendors
1 28 (4.84%) Microsoft
2 11 (1.90%) SAP
3 9 (1.55%) Oracle
4 8 (1.38%) ServiceNow
5 4 (0.69%) Siemens
6 2 (0.35%) Ariba
6 2 (0.35%) Rockwell
6 2 (0.35%) Sage
6 2 (0.35%) Thales
6 2 (0.35%) UiPath
7 1 (0.17%) Autodesk
7 1 (0.17%) Databricks
7 1 (0.17%) EMC
7 1 (0.17%) MathWorks
7 1 (0.17%) Salesforce
7 1 (0.17%) VMware