Drone Operator Roaming Role – Based on Sites in the East Midlands £13-£14p/h Depending on Experience and Training Required + Overtime Paid at Time and a Half over 40 hours worked – Paid Door to Door 24 Days holiday + Bank Holidays + Health Insurance* 5D are working with a leading civils & earthworks contractor who are heavily involved in...
5D Bespoke People Solutions Ltd
Heanor
Senior Land Surveyor - Drone Pilot
Senior Land Surveyor - Drone Training Available Location: Basingstoke Salary: £40,000 + Van + Overtime + Benefits We are currently working with a specialist surveying consultancy who are looking to recruit a Senior Land Surveyor due to continued growth across rail and emerging non-infrastructure sectors. This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced surveyor seeking genuine progression, with the added...
Bennett and Game Recruitment LTD
Basingstoke
Product Safety Engineer
Job title: Product Safety Engineer (UAV, Drone, Aviation, Aircraft, Avionics) Location: Maidenhead, Berkshire Salary: Negotiable The Malloy Aeronautics Team: Malloy Aeronautics Limited specializes in the development of heavy lift unmanned air vehicles (UAVs) for both civilian and military uses. Located in Berkshire, our operations are notable for their focus on in-house design and manufacturing. This vertical integration means we control...
UAVs (drones) have moved far beyond hobby flying. In the UK, they are now used every day for surveying, infrastructure inspection, construction progress, environmental monitoring, emergency response, film production, agriculture, offshore work & security. That growth has created a wide range of UAV job opportunities — and many of the most realistic routes into the sector are well suited to career switchers in their 30s, 40s & 50s.
This article gives you a straight UK reality check on UAV careers: what roles genuinely exist, what training you really need, how long it takes to become employable, where the money is, what employers actually look for & whether age matters (usually far less than people assume).
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) are now used across a wide range of UK industries, including defence, aerospace, surveying, agriculture, energy, emergency services, infrastructure inspection and logistics. As the sector grows, so does demand for skilled UAV professionals — from pilots and engineers to software developers, systems specialists and compliance experts.
Yet many employers struggle to attract the right candidates. UAV job adverts often receive either very few applications or a high volume of unsuitable ones. Experienced UAV professionals, meanwhile, regularly ignore adverts that feel vague, unrealistic or disconnected from real operational and regulatory requirements.
In most cases, the problem is not a lack of talent — it is the clarity and quality of the job advert.
UAV professionals are practical, safety-conscious and detail-oriented. A poorly written job ad signals weak understanding of aviation, regulation or operational reality. A clear, well-written one signals credibility, professionalism and long-term intent.
This guide explains how to write a UAV job ad that attracts the right people, improves applicant quality and positions your organisation as a serious employer in the UAV sector.
If you’re aiming for UAV jobs in the UK (drone pilot, UAV engineer, autonomy developer, payload specialist, flight test, survey, inspection, defence contractor roles) it’s easy to feel like you need “all the maths”.
You don’t.
Most real-world UAV roles repeatedly use a small set of maths topics:
Linear algebra for frames, vectors & transforms
Probability for sensor noise, estimation & decision confidence
Complex numbers for signals, filters, RF links & control frequency response
Basic optimisation for trajectory planning, tuning & trade-offs
This article explains the only topics you actually need, how to learn them quickly, plus a 6-week plan & practical projects you can publish to prove the skills.
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