Aviation
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Aviation in permanent job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Aviation over the 6 months to 9 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 574 384 540
Rank change year-on-year -190 +156 +162
Permanent jobs citing Aviation 342 866 955
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.35% 0.85% 0.61%
As % of the General category 0.58% 1.25% 0.95%
Number of salaries quoted 209 249 357
10th Percentile £32,285 £40,454 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £47,500 £39,333
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £65,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +23.81% +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £88,750 £66,250
90th Percentile £84,250 £92,700 £74,952
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -8.70% +15.00% +11.11%

All General Skills
UK

Aviation is in the General Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for common skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 59,215 69,122 100,670
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 59.75% 68.21% 64.16%
Number of salaries quoted 39,629 37,296 50,752
10th Percentile £27,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £43,162 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £102,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.52% +5.00% +5.26%

Aviation
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Aviation as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Aviation in the UK

Aviation
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Aviation.

Salary trend for Aviation in the UK

Aviation
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Aviation over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Aviation in the UK

Aviation
Top 15 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Aviation within the UK over the 6 months to 9 May 2024. 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
England -184 300 £55,000 -15.38% 296
UK excluding London -165 295 £52,500 -8.70% 250
South East -126 117 £40,000 -44.83% 85
South West +2 89 £55,000 +22.22% 53
Work from Home -136 88 £61,250 -5.77% 70
London -52 29 £57,500 -22.03% 53
Midlands -15 28 £57,500 -13.21% 29
Scotland -55 22 £50,000 +14.94% 5
East of England -105 18 £45,000 -25.00% 20
North of England +41 17 £75,000 +138.10% 60
East Midlands -20 17 £52,500 +20.13% 17
West Midlands +11 11 £57,500 -17.86% 12
North West +9 10 £42,500 -22.73% 41
Yorkshire +87 7 £87,500 - 12
Wales +5 4 £50,000 +49.25% 4

Aviation
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 10 (2.92%) IIS
2 4 (1.17%) Apache
3 2 (0.58%) WordPress
Applications
1 21 (6.14%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (2.34%) GNU Octave
3 7 (2.05%) Microsoft Excel
4 5 (1.46%) OrCAD
4 5 (1.46%) SOLIDWORKS
5 3 (0.88%) Simulink
6 2 (0.58%) Adobe XD
7 1 (0.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (0.58%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.29%) Maximo
Cloud Services
1 23 (6.73%) AWS
2 19 (5.56%) SaaS
3 15 (4.39%) Azure
4 12 (3.51%) GitHub
5 7 (2.05%) Azure DevOps
5 7 (2.05%) Entra ID
6 6 (1.75%) Serverless
7 5 (1.46%) Power Platform
8 4 (1.17%) IaaS
8 4 (1.17%) PaaS
9 2 (0.58%) Amazon EC2
9 2 (0.58%) Amazon S3
9 2 (0.58%) Azure Functions
9 2 (0.58%) Azure Machine Learning
9 2 (0.58%) Azure Service Bus
9 2 (0.58%) Figma
9 2 (0.58%) WhatsApp
10 1 (0.29%) AWS Lambda
10 1 (0.29%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 9 (2.63%) RS-232
2 7 (2.05%) Ethernet
2 7 (2.05%) Network Security
3 5 (1.46%) TCP/IP
4 4 (1.17%) IPsec
4 4 (1.17%) Kerberos
4 4 (1.17%) NAS
4 4 (1.17%) RS-485
4 4 (1.17%) SAN
4 4 (1.17%) SSL
4 4 (1.17%) Wireshark
5 2 (0.58%) LAN
5 2 (0.58%) WAN
6 1 (0.29%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (1.75%) Azure SQL Database
2 5 (1.46%) MySQL
2 5 (1.46%) Power BI
3 4 (1.17%) Crystal Reports
3 4 (1.17%) SQL Server
4 3 (0.88%) MongoDB
4 3 (0.88%) SAP HANA
4 3 (0.88%) Tableau
5 2 (0.58%) Relational Database
6 1 (0.29%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.29%) Geospatial Data
6 1 (0.29%) InfluxDB
6 1 (0.29%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (0.29%) RDBMS
6 1 (0.29%) Spatial Data
6 1 (0.29%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 16 (4.68%) Git
2 7 (2.05%) Visual Studio
3 6 (1.75%) JIRA
3 6 (1.75%) Subversion
4 5 (1.46%) LabVIEW
5 4 (1.17%) Moq
5 4 (1.17%) NUnit
6 3 (0.88%) Jenkins
6 3 (0.88%) Rational DOORS
6 3 (0.88%) Rational Rhapsody
7 1 (0.29%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.29%) GitLab
General
1 90 (26.32%) Social Skills
2 81 (23.68%) Aerospace
3 57 (16.67%) Military
4 34 (9.94%) Analytical Skills
5 32 (9.36%) Finance
6 31 (9.06%) Automotive
7 30 (8.77%) Manufacturing
8 22 (6.43%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 17 (4.97%) Retail
10 14 (4.09%) Electronics
10 14 (4.09%) Law
11 13 (3.80%) Influencing Skills
12 12 (3.51%) Legal
12 12 (3.51%) Organisational Skills
13 11 (3.22%) Aeronautics
13 11 (3.22%) Avionics
13 11 (3.22%) Marketing
14 10 (2.92%) Pharmaceutical
15 9 (2.63%) Presentation Skills
16 7 (2.05%) Games
Job Titles
1 64 (18.71%) Software Engineer
2 48 (14.04%) Senior
3 41 (11.99%) Developer
3 41 (11.99%) Lead
4 30 (8.77%) Senior Software Engineer
5 28 (8.19%) Graduate
6 18 (5.26%) C++ Software Engineer
6 18 (5.26%) Embedded Engineer
6 18 (5.26%) Embedded Software Engineer
7 17 (4.97%) Embedded C++ Engineer
7 17 (4.97%) Embedded C++ Software Engineer
8 16 (4.68%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
8 16 (4.68%) Senior Embedded Engineer
8 16 (4.68%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
9 14 (4.09%) Analyst
9 14 (4.09%) C# Software Engineer
9 14 (4.09%) Full Stack Engineer
9 14 (4.09%) Full Stack Software Engineer
10 11 (3.22%) Consultant
10 11 (3.22%) Security Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (6.73%) .NET
2 21 (6.14%) AngularJS
3 13 (3.80%) CSS
3 13 (3.80%) HTML
4 9 (2.63%) React
5 8 (2.34%) .NET Framework
5 8 (2.34%) NumPy
6 7 (2.05%) jQuery
6 7 (2.05%) Qt
6 7 (2.05%) Unity (Game Engine)
7 5 (1.46%) REST
7 5 (1.46%) Spring
7 5 (1.46%) Vue
8 4 (1.17%) .NET Core
8 4 (1.17%) ActiveMQ
8 4 (1.17%) Android Jetpack
8 4 (1.17%) Django
8 4 (1.17%) JSON
8 4 (1.17%) LINQ
8 4 (1.17%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 31 (9.06%) Self-Motivation
2 27 (7.89%) Management Information System
3 14 (4.09%) Robotics
4 10 (2.92%) CESG
5 8 (2.34%) Greenfield Project
6 7 (2.05%) Enterprise Software
6 7 (2.05%) Oculus
6 7 (2.05%) Virtual Reality
7 6 (1.75%) Handset
7 6 (1.75%) Xbox
8 5 (1.46%) Analogue Electronics
8 5 (1.46%) Analytical Mindset
8 5 (1.46%) FPGA
8 5 (1.46%) Linux Command Line
9 4 (1.17%) IoT
9 4 (1.17%) Replication
10 2 (0.58%) Algorithms
10 2 (0.58%) Animation
10 2 (0.58%) Mobile App
10 2 (0.58%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 30 (8.77%) Linux
2 25 (7.31%) Windows
3 10 (2.92%) Windows Server
3 10 (2.92%) Windows Server 2012
4 6 (1.75%) Windows 10
4 6 (1.75%) Windows Server 2016
4 6 (1.75%) Windows Server 2019
5 4 (1.17%) Android
6 2 (0.58%) Windows Embedded Compact
7 1 (0.29%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 82 (23.98%) Problem-Solving
2 79 (23.10%) Software Engineering
3 62 (18.13%) Agile
4 37 (10.82%) Computer Science
4 37 (10.82%) Project Management
5 33 (9.65%) Coaching
6 32 (9.36%) Decision-Making
7 30 (8.77%) Roadmaps
8 29 (8.48%) Cybersecurity
9 28 (8.19%) Commercial Awareness
10 25 (7.31%) SDLC
11 23 (6.73%) Full Stack Development
12 22 (6.43%) ERP
13 21 (6.14%) Continuous Improvement
14 20 (5.85%) Technical Leadership
15 19 (5.56%) DevOps
16 18 (5.26%) Data Analysis
17 17 (4.97%) Risk Management
17 17 (4.97%) Waterfall
18 16 (4.68%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 37 (10.82%) C#
2 33 (9.65%) C++
3 23 (6.73%) Python
3 23 (6.73%) SQL
4 21 (6.14%) Java
5 19 (5.56%) JavaScript
5 19 (5.56%) TypeScript
6 11 (3.22%) MATLAB
7 10 (2.92%) C
8 8 (2.34%) PowerShell
9 7 (2.05%) Kotlin
10 5 (1.46%) Bash
11 4 (1.17%) Go
12 2 (0.58%) PHP
13 1 (0.29%) Ada
13 1 (0.29%) R
Qualifications
1 90 (26.32%) Degree
2 14 (4.09%) Computer Science Degree
3 12 (3.51%) Security Cleared
4 11 (3.22%) Master's Degree
5 10 (2.92%) CISMP
5 10 (2.92%) IISP
6 4 (1.17%) ACCA
6 4 (1.17%) Azure Certification
6 4 (1.17%) CIMA
6 4 (1.17%) Cisco Certification
7 3 (0.88%) Numerate Degree
8 2 (0.58%) HNC
9 1 (0.29%) BPSS Clearance
9 1 (0.29%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (3.22%) NIST
2 10 (2.92%) HMG Security Policy Framework
2 10 (2.92%) JSP 440
2 10 (2.92%) NIST 800
2 10 (2.92%) QA
2 10 (2.92%) RMADS
3 7 (2.05%) DO-254
4 4 (1.17%) IFRS
4 4 (1.17%) ISO 14001
4 4 (1.17%) ISO 9001
4 4 (1.17%) NEBOSH
5 3 (0.88%) HAZOP
5 3 (0.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.29%) ISA99
6 1 (0.29%) ISO 31000
6 1 (0.29%) ISO/IEC 27005
6 1 (0.29%) NCSC
System Software
1 17 (4.97%) Docker
2 7 (2.05%) Active Directory
2 7 (2.05%) Firmware
3 4 (1.17%) Hyper-V
3 4 (1.17%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.29%) IAG
Systems Management
1 5 (1.46%) Kubernetes
1 5 (1.46%) SELinux
2 2 (0.58%) Terraform
3 1 (0.29%) Docker Swarm
3 1 (0.29%) Functional Safety
3 1 (0.29%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 16 (4.68%) Microsoft
2 11 (3.22%) SAP
3 10 (2.92%) Dell
3 10 (2.92%) Twitter
4 7 (2.05%) Cisco
4 7 (2.05%) HP
5 6 (1.75%) Freshdesk
5 6 (1.75%) NEC
6 4 (1.17%) Adobe
6 4 (1.17%) Veeam
6 4 (1.17%) VMware
7 3 (0.88%) Ariba
8 2 (0.58%) Samsung
9 1 (0.29%) Oracle
9 1 (0.29%) Xamarin