UAV / Drone Pilot
UAV / Drone Pilot should be judged by owned outcomes, not keyword count.
Salary from
$1,600
Posted estimate · last 3 months
Salary to
$2,618
Posted estimate · last 3 months
Jobs
20
Last 3 months
Applications per job
1.74
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
6
$1432–$3563
Mission Planner
5
$1418–$2651
Flight Testing
4
$1600–$3487
UAV operation
3
$1200–$3380
Aerodynamics
2
$2000–$3750
Aerospace Engineering
2
$1833–$3055
Attention to Detail
2
$954–$1377
Betaflight
2
$1527–$3809
Drone maintenance
2
$1250–$2283
Drone Piloting
2
$920–$2830
ELRS
2
$1646–$3191
Flight Data Analysis
2
$1350–$1800
GNSS
2
$1900–$3993
GPS
2
$1536–$3115
IMU
2
$1600–$4104
Navigation System
2
$1300–$2773
Technical Writing
2
$1870–$2856
Telemetry Analysis
2
$1275–$3937
UAV Testing
2
$1500–$3000
WhatsApp
2
$548–$1048