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

6 months to
21 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 443 486 541
Rank change year-on-year +43 +55 -206
Permanent jobs citing Aviation 243 128 285
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.31% 0.34% 0.35%
As % of the General category 0.60% 0.49% 0.58%
Number of salaries quoted 85 70 168
10th Percentile £50,000 £31,225 £26,250
25th Percentile £55,000 £35,313 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +13.04% +4.55% -15.38%
75th Percentile £80,000 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £99,000 £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 40,223 26,354 49,114
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 51.65% 70.53% 59.66%
Number of salaries quoted 22,121 14,400 35,280
10th Percentile £29,000 £29,913 £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% -13.22%
75th Percentile £77,500 £81,250 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £107,500 £93,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £58,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -5.98% +11.43% -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 21 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 21 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 +11 103 £60,000 +4.35% 49
London +25 61 £65,000 +85.71% 32
South West -43 32 £80,000 +28.00% 14
North of England -46 26 £50,000 -23.08% 18
Midlands -23 15 £65,000 -3.70% 5
Yorkshire -48 14 £30,000 -60.00% 5
North West -25 12 £50,000 +8.48% 11
West Midlands - 10 - - 1
East Midlands -57 5 £65,000 -3.70% 4
East of England -44 4 £52,500 +16.67% 9
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 (0.82%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.41%) Apache
2 1 (0.41%) Confluence
2 1 (0.41%) IIS
Applications
1 5 (2.06%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (1.65%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.65%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.41%) AutoCAD
3 1 (0.41%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.41%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 1 (0.41%) Q-Pulse
1 1 (0.41%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 14 (5.76%) Azure
2 13 (5.35%) AWS
3 7 (2.88%) Power Platform
4 6 (2.47%) GCP
5 5 (2.06%) Azure DevOps
6 4 (1.65%) SaaS
7 3 (1.23%) AWS CloudFormation
7 3 (1.23%) OCI
8 2 (0.82%) BrowserStack
8 2 (0.82%) GitHub
8 2 (0.82%) GitHub Actions
8 2 (0.82%) n8n
8 2 (0.82%) PowerApps
9 1 (0.41%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 1 (0.41%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 8 (3.29%) Firewall
2 7 (2.88%) Network Security
3 4 (1.65%) ATM
4 3 (1.23%) SCCP
5 2 (0.82%) LAN
6 1 (0.41%) DHCP
6 1 (0.41%) DNS
6 1 (0.41%) RS-422
6 1 (0.41%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.41%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (2.88%) Power BI
2 3 (1.23%) PostgreSQL
2 3 (1.23%) Relational Database
2 3 (1.23%) Tableau
3 2 (0.82%) GIS
3 2 (0.82%) QGIS
4 1 (0.41%) Apache Arrow
4 1 (0.41%) Parquet
4 1 (0.41%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 5 (2.06%) Git
2 2 (0.82%) MSTest
2 2 (0.82%) Rational DOORS
2 2 (0.82%) Selenium
3 1 (0.41%) GitLab
3 1 (0.41%) JIRA
3 1 (0.41%) Subversion
General
1 37 (15.23%) Aerospace
2 33 (13.58%) Social Skills
3 21 (8.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 20 (8.23%) Military
5 18 (7.41%) Retail
6 16 (6.58%) Analytical Skills
7 15 (6.17%) Finance
8 11 (4.53%) Legal
9 9 (3.70%) Avionics
10 8 (3.29%) Digital Health
11 5 (2.06%) Law
12 4 (1.65%) Aeronautics
12 4 (1.65%) Electronics
12 4 (1.65%) Public Sector
13 3 (1.23%) Automotive
13 3 (1.23%) Billing
13 3 (1.23%) Marketing
14 2 (0.82%) Manufacturing
14 2 (0.82%) Spanish Language
14 2 (0.82%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 57 (23.46%) Systems Engineer
2 32 (13.17%) Developer
3 25 (10.29%) Lead
4 23 (9.47%) Full-Stack Developer
5 22 (9.05%) Analyst
6 21 (8.64%) Test Engineer
7 20 (8.23%) Systems Test Engineer
8 18 (7.41%) Architect
9 16 (6.58%) Cybersecurity Analyst
9 16 (6.58%) Security Analyst
10 14 (5.76%) Business Development Manager
10 14 (5.76%) Business Manager
10 14 (5.76%) Development Manager
11 13 (5.35%) Senior
12 11 (4.53%) Software Engineer
13 9 (3.70%) Radar Engineer
13 9 (3.70%) Software Developer
14 7 (2.88%) Information Manager
14 7 (2.88%) Information Security Manager
14 7 (2.88%) Security Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (5.76%) .NET
2 4 (1.65%) React
3 2 (0.82%) ADO
3 2 (0.82%) AngularJS
3 2 (0.82%) Playwright
3 2 (0.82%) SailPoint
3 2 (0.82%) Spring
4 1 (0.41%) Flutter
4 1 (0.41%) gRPC
4 1 (0.41%) Protocol Buffers
4 1 (0.41%) Qt
4 1 (0.41%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 18 (7.41%) Cyber Defence
2 16 (6.58%) Security Posture
3 8 (3.29%) Management Information System
4 7 (2.88%) Cloud Native
4 7 (2.88%) Product Ownership
5 4 (1.65%) Robotics
6 3 (1.23%) Cyber Security Posture
6 3 (1.23%) Data Centre
6 3 (1.23%) Driving Licence
6 3 (1.23%) Embedded Systems
6 3 (1.23%) Enterprise Software
7 2 (0.82%) Analogue Electronics
7 2 (0.82%) FPGA
7 2 (0.82%) Learning Management System
7 2 (0.82%) Operational Technology
7 2 (0.82%) Raspberry Pi
8 1 (0.41%) Clustering
8 1 (0.41%) Reference Data
8 1 (0.41%) Replication
8 1 (0.41%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 11 (4.53%) Windows
2 8 (3.29%) Linux
3 4 (1.65%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (14.40%) Agile
2 32 (13.17%) Cybersecurity
3 27 (11.11%) Full-Stack Development
4 25 (10.29%) Continuous Improvement
5 24 (9.88%) Project Management
6 23 (9.47%) Software Engineering
6 23 (9.47%) Validation
7 22 (9.05%) Verification and Validation
8 19 (7.82%) Business Development
8 19 (7.82%) Process Improvement
9 15 (6.17%) Information Security
9 15 (6.17%) Problem-Solving
9 15 (6.17%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 13 (5.35%) Stakeholder Management
10 13 (5.35%) Threat Modelling
11 12 (4.94%) Cloud Security
11 12 (4.94%) Logistics
11 12 (4.94%) Risk Management
11 12 (4.94%) SOLID
12 11 (4.53%) Application Security
Programming Languages
1 15 (6.17%) C#
2 11 (4.53%) Java
2 11 (4.53%) Python
3 9 (3.70%) SQL
4 6 (2.47%) C++
5 4 (1.65%) PL/SQL
5 4 (1.65%) PowerShell
6 3 (1.23%) C
7 2 (0.82%) MATLAB
8 1 (0.41%) Dart
8 1 (0.41%) JavaScript
8 1 (0.41%) Rust
8 1 (0.41%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 26 (10.70%) Degree
2 16 (6.58%) Security Cleared
3 11 (4.53%) SC Cleared
4 10 (4.12%) CISSP
5 5 (2.06%) ISSAP
6 4 (1.65%) Computer Science Degree
6 4 (1.65%) DBS Check
6 4 (1.65%) Master's Degree
7 3 (1.23%) Microsoft Certification
8 2 (0.82%) CISA
8 2 (0.82%) CISM
8 2 (0.82%) HPE ATP
8 2 (0.82%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
9 1 (0.41%) CEH
9 1 (0.41%) HNC
9 1 (0.41%) PhD
9 1 (0.41%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (5.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 12 (4.94%) NIST
3 6 (2.47%) Accessibility
4 5 (2.06%) GDPR
4 5 (2.06%) PCI DSS
5 4 (1.65%) NCSC
5 4 (1.65%) QA
6 3 (1.23%) ARP4761
6 3 (1.23%) DO-160
6 3 (1.23%) DO-254
6 3 (1.23%) PMO
7 2 (0.82%) ARP4754
7 2 (0.82%) Cyber Essentials
7 2 (0.82%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 2 (0.82%) GRC
7 2 (0.82%) ISO 9001
7 2 (0.82%) ISO/IEC 27005
7 2 (0.82%) NIST 800
7 2 (0.82%) WCAG
8 1 (0.41%) SLA
System Software
1 10 (4.12%) IAG
2 9 (3.70%) Docker
3 5 (2.06%) Active Directory
4 4 (1.65%) Hyper-V
5 3 (1.23%) VMware Infrastructure
6 2 (0.82%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 5 (2.06%) Kubernetes
1 5 (2.06%) Terraform
2 3 (1.23%) Ansible
2 3 (1.23%) SCCM
3 1 (0.41%) Failover Clustering
3 1 (0.41%) Grafana
3 1 (0.41%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 10 (4.12%) Microsoft
2 6 (2.47%) Google
3 4 (1.65%) VMware
4 3 (1.23%) Oracle
4 3 (1.23%) Salesforce
5 2 (0.82%) SAP
6 1 (0.41%) Ariba
6 1 (0.41%) Cisco