aviation data communications manager
Aviation data communications managers perform the planning, implementation and maintenance of data transmission networks. They support data processing systems linking participant user agencies to central computers.
aviation data communications manager aviation data communications managers perform the planning, implementation and maintenance of data transmission networks. They support data processing systems linking participant user agencies to central computers. The role shows moderate AI exposure (0.55 on a 0-1 scale) — some tasks are being automated but the role adapts. The most in-demand skills for the role include common aviation safety regulations, communicate in air traffic services, perform risk analysis, use different communication channels, work in an aviation team.
Pay in the UK
UK: median £35,259 a year for IT operations technicians (ONS ASHE 2025, full-time)
Middle half of full-time jobs: £29,277 to £44,389 a year
UK jobs are grouped differently; this is the closest UK occupation group (ONS SOC 2020 3131). ONS rates this estimate precise. 2025 provisional figures; ONS revises them a year later. Source: ONS Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (Open Government Licence)
Pay in India (occupation group)
Average monthly earnings of salaried employees in the occupation group “Technicians and associate professionals” in India, from the Government of India's Periodic Labour Force Survey (January–December 2025). It covers everyone in this group, not only aviation data communications manager, and it is not US pay converted to rupees.
Source: MoSPI (Government of India), Periodic Labour Force Survey Annual Report 2025, Table 51 — average wage/salary earnings of regular wage/salaried employees, NCO-2015 division 3. Official India data gives one average per occupation group: there are no official India figures for single careers, experience levels or cities. Read the report
Top skills
Knowledge you'll build
- Computers and Electronics
- Customer and Personal Service
- Administration and Management
- Engineering and Technology
- English Language
- Personnel and Human Resources
- Mathematics
- Education and Training
What you'd actually do
- Direct daily operations of department, analyzing workflow, establishing priorities, developing standards and setting deadlines.
- Meet with department heads, managers, supervisors, vendors, and others, to solicit cooperation and resolve problems.
- Review project plans to plan and coordinate project activity.
- Assign and review the work of systems analysts, programmers, and other computer-related workers.
- Provide users with technical support for computer problems.
- Develop computer information resources, providing for data security and control, strategic computing, and disaster recovery.
Tools & technology you'd use
Frequently asked questions
What does aviation data communications manager do?
Aviation data communications managers perform the planning, implementation and maintenance of data transmission networks. They support data processing systems linking participant user agencies to central computers.
What skills does aviation data communications manager need?
The most in-demand skills for this role include common aviation safety regulations, communicate in air traffic services, perform risk analysis, use different communication channels, work in an aviation team, manage flight data communications programme. These are the skills O*NET identifies as most important for competent performance.
Will AI replace aviation data communications manager?
Our AI-durability model gives aviation data communications manager a score of 0.55 on a 0-1 scale (higher = more exposure). That places it at moderate AI exposure — some tasks are being automated but the role adapts. Learning to work with AI tools rather than against them is the path forward.