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JOIN THE NOVA TEAMCreate Mesmerizing Sky Stories with Nova Sky StoriesDRONE SKY STORY PILOTLocation: EU or UK (Remote)ABOUT NOVA SKY STORIES:Nova Sky Stories empowers artists and producers to bring awe to live audiences around the world. As the global leaders of drone entertainment, Nova Sky Stories has been advancing drone entertainment for over a decade with a veteran team of...
Nova Sky Stories
City of London
Drone Pilot
We have an exciting opportunity to join Thames Water as a Drone Pilot.The Above and Below Ground Drone Operative plays a critical role in asset inspection, leveraging drones for aerial and underground surveys.The role supports operational excellence by reducing entries into underground assets and improving maintenance planning. When not operating drones, you will assist below-ground teams during high-demand periods, support...
idibu
London
Drone Pilot
Abbey Mills - Stratford - E15 2RN, Greenwich Storm - SE10 8JL, Hammersmith (PS) - W6 9RSJob title Drone Pilot Ref 41369 Division Asset Operations & Capital Delivery Location Abbey Mills - Stratford - E15 2RN, Greenwich Storm - SE10 8JL, Hammersmith (PS) - W6 9RS Contract type Permanent Full/Part-time Full-time Hours 36 hours per week Salary Offering a salary...
Thames Water Utilities Limited
London
Drone Light Show Pilot...
Job DescriptionJOIN THE NOVA TEAMCreate Mesmerizing Sky Stories with Nova Sky StoriesDRONE SKY STORY PILOTLocation: EU or UK (Remote)ABOUT NOVA SKY STORIES:Nova Sky Stories empowers artists and producers to bring awe to live audiences around the world. As the global leaders of drone entertainment, Nova Sky Stories has been advancing drone entertainment for over a decade with a veteran team...
Nova Sky Stories
London
Drone Pilot
JOIN THE NOVA TEAMCreate Mesmerizing Sky Stories with Nova Sky StoriesDRONE SKY STORY PILOTLocation: EU or UK (Remote)ABOUT NOVA SKY STORIES:Nova Sky Stories empowers artists and producers to bring awe to live audiences around the world. As the global leaders of drone entertainment, Nova Sky Stories has been advancing drone entertainment for over a decade with a veteran team of...
Nova Sky Stories
City of London
Drone Light Show Pilot
JOIN THE NOVA TEAMCreate Mesmerizing Sky Stories with Nova Sky StoriesDRONE SKY STORY PILOTLocation: EU or UK (Remote)ABOUT NOVA SKY STORIES:Nova Sky Stories empowers artists and producers to bring awe to live audiences around the world. As the global leaders of drone entertainment, Nova Sky Stories has been advancing drone entertainment for over a decade with a veteran team of...
Bookmark this guide – refreshed every quarter – so you always know who’s really growing their drone and unmanned‑aviation teams.
A new CAA sandbox for BVLOS flights, the Future Flight Challenge’s £300 million tranche and booming demand for aerial data are driving a record year for UK UAV hiring in 2025. Employers need platform engineers, flight‑control software developers, remote‑pilots, payload specialists, geospatial analysts, U‑space safety experts & regulatory consultants right now.
Below are 50 organisations that have posted UK‑based UAV vacancies or announced head‑count growth during the past eight weeks. They’re grouped into five quick‑scan categories. For each company you’ll find:
Main UK hub
Example live or recent vacancy
Why it’s worth a look – technology focus, culture, mission
Search any employer on UAVJobs.co.uk to see live adverts, or set up a free alert so brand‑new openings land straight in your inbox.
Re-entering the workforce after a career break—whether for parenting, caring responsibilities or another life chapter—can feel like navigating a new flight path, especially in the high-tech world of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). Fortunately, the UK’s rapidly expanding drone sector now offers a variety of return-to-work pathways, from structured returnships to flexible and hybrid roles. These programmes value the transferable skills and resilience you’ve honed, pairing you with mentorship, targeted upskilling and supportive networks so you can ascend back into UAV operations, development or management with confidence.
In this guide, you’ll discover how to:
Understand the booming demand for UAV talent in the UK
Translate your organisational, communication and problem-solving skills into UAV roles
Overcome common re-entry challenges with practical solutions
Refresh your technical and regulatory knowledge through targeted learning
Access returnship and re-entry programmes tailored to the UAV sector
Find roles that fit around family commitments—whether flexible, hybrid or full-time
Balance your career relaunch with caring responsibilities
Master applications, interviews and networking specific to UAVs
Draw inspiration from real returner success stories
Get answers to common questions in our FAQ section
Whether you aspire to return as a flight operations manager, autonomy engineer, maintenance technician or survey pilot, this article maps out the steps and resources you need to relaunch your UAV career.
The unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) sector is soaring, with demand for drone operators, avionics engineers, autonomy specialists and regulatory experts skyrocketing. Recruiters scour LinkedIn for candidates experienced in flight control systems, sensor integration, FAA regulations and data analytics. A finely tuned LinkedIn profile ensures you appear in the right searches and resonates with UAV hiring teams.
This step-by-step LinkedIn for UAV jobs checklist provides ten targeted tweaks to elevate recruiter engagement. Whether you’re a UAV pilot, systems engineer or AI-driven autonomy developer, these actionable optimisations will showcase your skills and maximise profile visibility.
Assessment centres for unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) positions in the UK are designed to simulate the precision, safety and teamwork required in drone operations. Through psychometric assessments, flight simulation tasks, mission-planning workshops, technical case studies and behavioural interviews, recruiters evaluate your piloting skills, technical knowledge and collaborative approach. Whether you’re aiming for roles in survey drones, delivery systems or defence applications, this guide will walk you through every stage to ensure you stand out and secure your next UAV role.
Landing a UAV (drone) job in the UK is more competitive than ever. Discover the ten biggest application mistakes—plus practical fixes, expert tips and live resources that will help you move from “reject” to “invite to interview”.
Introduction
From Beyond-Visual-Line-of-Sight (BVLOS) pilots in Scottish offshore wind farms to C++ firmware engineers in Bristol autonomous-air-taxi labs, demand for UAV talent keeps climbing. New vacancies appear daily on UAVJobs.co.uk and major job boards, yet hiring managers still reject most CVs long before interview—usually for errors that take minutes to fix.
Below is the definitive list of the ten costliest mistakes we see, each paired with an actionable remedy and a live, authoritative link for deeper reading. Bookmark this checklist before you press Apply.
Below are ten UK universities whose 2025 undergraduate or postgraduate pathways give you the skills to design, build and operate unmanned-aircraft systems (UAS). Each entry follows the same concise format.
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