European Cooperation for Space Standardization (ESA ECSS)
UK > UK excluding London
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring ECSS skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited ECSS over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 1 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | - | 460 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | +50 |
| Contract jobs citing ECSS | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London | - | - | 0.008% |
| As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category | - | - | 0.056% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | - | - |
| UK median daily rate | - | - | - |
All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
UK excluding London
ECSS falls under the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring quality assurance or compliance skills in the UK excluding London.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills | 2,060 | 3,142 | 3,565 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London | 16.14% | 15.13% | 14.81% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 1,297 | 1,830 | 2,400 |
| 10th Percentile | £209 | £252 | £213 |
| 25th Percentile | £363 | £363 | £363 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £475 | £488 | £475 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -2.56% | +2.63% | +5.56% |
| 75th Percentile | £575 | £588 | £588 |
| 90th Percentile | £665 | £680 | £675 |
| UK median daily rate | £500 | £510 | £525 |
| % change year-on-year | -1.96% | -2.86% | +2.44% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 138 | 309 | 180 |
| 10th Percentile | £17.28 | £10.95 | £12.50 |
| 25th Percentile | £24.18 | £12.63 | £18.21 |
| Median hourly rate | £40.78 | £18.00 | £36.25 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +126.53% | -50.34% | +72.21% |
| 75th Percentile | £67.03 | £43.75 | £62.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £79.92 | £67.38 | £77.50 |
| UK median hourly rate | £34.50 | £20.80 | £37.50 |
| % change year-on-year | +65.85% | -44.53% | +33.93% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London
Job postings citing ECSS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.
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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing ECSS in the UK excluding London.
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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing ECSS in the UK excluding London.