UAV / Drone Pilot
UAV / Drone Pilot should be judged by owned outcomes, not keyword count.
Salary from
$1,251
Posted estimate · last 3 months
Salary to
$2,648
Posted estimate · last 3 months
Jobs
20
Last 3 months
Applications per job
2.29
JobNote category match
Published signal
Market-wide
27.6
DOU responses per job · June
16
Djinni applications per job · Q1
Hiring Define the outcome, scope, and seniority before screening tools or titles.
Candidate Show what you owned, what changed, and the evidence.
Data Market-wide context only; neither figure is specific to UAV / Drone Pilot. Use the JobNote number above for the role.
Most wanted skills
Counts of active jobs now and salaries.
Ardupilot
8
$1440–$3603
UAV operation
5
$1000–$2900
Betaflight
4
$1600–$3531
Flight Testing
4
$1645–$3604
Mission Planner
4
$1358–$2653
Navigation System
4
$1416–$2870
Aerodynamics
3
$1771–$3933
MAVLINK
3
$1695–$3630
Telemetry Analysis
3
$1787–$3881
UAV Testing
3
$1475–$2847
Analytics
2
$1833–$3233
Drone Assembly
2
$1188–$3035
Drone maintenance
2
$1188–$2185
Drone Piloting
2
$1027–$2165
Electronics
2
$1567–$3795
ELRS
2
$1700–$3428
Fixed-Wing UAV Piloting
2
$1800–$1900
Flight Log Analysis
2
$1500–$3250
GNSS
2
$1900–$4160
GPS
2
$1433–$2950
IMU
2
$1440–$4123
Soldering
2
$1329–$2745
Technical Writing
2
$1727–$3050
Troubleshooting
2
$1223–$2455
UAV piloting
2
$1189–$2305