Air transport operatives in Isle of Wight

Official occupation group: Air transport operativesSOC 8233 · Updated through Q4 2025 · Isle of Wight

Official definition

Air transport operatives refuel, load and unload aircraft, direct the movement of aircraft at airports, and positions gangways or staircases to allow passengers to board and disembark aircraft.

e.g. X-ray operative · Apron hand · Ramp agent · Tarmac man · Tug driver

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Air transport operatives market data for Isle of Wight.

ONS recorded 0 new online adverts for air transport operatives in Isle of Wight in Q4 2025. The year-on-year comparison is unavailable for the aligned series. Typical advertised pay in Isle of Wight for the broader transport and mobile machine drivers and operatives is £27,500.

Occupation pages use official SOC classifications. Local comparisons are shown only where ONS publishes an aligned observation. ONS data is generally two months late.
New adverts · Isle of Wight0Q4 2025 · YoY comparison unavailable
Advertised salary · Isle of Wight£27,5002025 · lags hiring by about a year · broader occupation group

Air transport operatives hiring demand

New online job adverts for air transport operatives in Isle of Wight

Comparable observations are not available for this range.

0

Oct 2025 · Isle of Wight

—change over period · from Oct 2025
ONS · Isle of WightSources & methodology ↗

ONS online job adverts first appearing in each period. These indicate hiring demand and are distinct from the ONS Vacancy Survey.

Median advertised salary

Annualised asking salary for transport and mobile machine drivers and operatives in Isle of Wight

Advertised pay is 2.1% lower than a year earlier, before inflation.

£27,500

Jan 2025 · Isle of Wight

-2.1%vs. previous year
ONS online job adverts · Isle of Wight · Nominal paySources & methodology ↗

ONS median middle-point asking salary from live online job adverts, annualised. This is advertised pay, not employee earnings or ASHE. This salary series is typically about a year behind the hiring figures. ONS publishes this location series for the broader two-digit occupation group, not this specific occupation.

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Skills in demand

Requirements reported in UK adverts for this occupation

ONS · Latest Jan 2025 · UKSources & methodology ↗

ONS UK new online job adverts. Each advert can report multiple requirements, so shares need not add up to 100%.

Experience employers ask for

Typical minimum: 0.9 years · UK live adverts

#Minimum experienceShare of advertsView
10 years64.3%
21 years15.0%
32 years6.4%
43 years2.9%
54+ years11.4%
ONS · Latest Jun 2025 · UKSources & methodology ↗

ONS live online job adverts reporting minimum experience. Shares describe the published experience distribution.

Isle of Wight compared with the UK

New adverts in the aligned ONS reporting period

An aligned ONS comparison is unavailable for this location.

Where hiring is strongest

New online job adverts by local authority

Where advertised pay is highest

Broader occupation group: Transport and mobile machine drivers and operatives

#LocationAnnual salaryView
1Oxford£36,300
2East Suffolk£36,200
3Runnymede£35,400
4Thurrock£35,200
5Tandridge£35,100
6Rother£35,000
7Kettering£34,700
8Mid Suffolk£34,300
9St Albans£34,300
10London£34,300

ONS median annualised asking salary · 2025 · partial year. Published for the broader two-digit SOC group, not this specific occupation.

Compare occupations in the same ONS group (SOC 823) across the UK

#View
1Other drivers and transport operatives n.e.c.

Ram driver · Deck hand · Stage hand — 50.7% of group adverts

879-8.4%
2Marine and waterways transport operatives

Marine operative · Tug hand · Boat hand — 16.5% of group adverts

286+11.7%
3Rail transport operatives

Transport foreman · Motor man · Loco guard — 15.2% of group adverts

264+24.5%
4Train and tram drivers

Tram driver · Loco driver · Train operator — 11.0% of group adverts

191-15.1%
5Air transport operativesYou’re viewing this

X-ray operative · Apron hand · Ramp agent — 6.6% of group adverts

114-10.9%
ONS · Latest Aug 2026 · UKSources & methodology ↗

ONS UK new online job adverts. Related occupations share an official classification group. This is not a skills-match score. Year-on-year changes compare aligned published observations.

About the data

Source: Office for National Statistics. Licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Online job adverts indicate labour demand and are not the ONS Vacancy Survey. ONS does not endorse Jobmundo.

Methodology and metric definitions

New adverts and snapshot/live adverts remain separate. Advertised salary is asking salary, not employee earnings. Hiring charts offer six-month to five-year ranges. Salary charts show up to 60 published observations.