SpaceWire Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

SpaceWire
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring SpaceWire skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 432 337 -
Rank change year-on-year -95 - -
Contract jobs citing SpaceWire 3 4 0
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.013% 0.031% -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.12% 0.20% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £425 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 - -
75th Percentile £475 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £450 - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 4 0
10th Percentile - £40.91 -
25th Percentile £51.25 £47.56 -
Median hourly rate £52.50 £53.75 -
Median % change year-on-year -2.33% - -
75th Percentile £53.75 £55.00 -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £52.50 £53.75 -
% change year-on-year -2.33% - -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK excluding London

SpaceWire falls under the Communications and Computer Networking category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring communications or computer networking skills in the UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 2,567 2,007 3,540
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 11.08% 15.80% 17.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,580 1,229 2,034
10th Percentile £205 £199 £200
25th Percentile £356 £313 £338
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £469 £475
Median % change year-on-year +1.28% -1.26% -
75th Percentile £575 £575 £600
90th Percentile £656 £638 £681
UK median daily rate £495 £488 £486
% change year-on-year +1.54% +0.31% -5.81%
Number of hourly rates quoted 171 132 350
10th Percentile £15.56 £14.28 £13.48
25th Percentile £19.34 £18.41 £17.69
Median hourly rate £55.00 £28.00 £45.44
Median % change year-on-year +96.43% -38.38% +145.62%
75th Percentile £70.00 £65.00 £63.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.00 £70.66
UK median hourly rate £45.00 £39.32 £38.50
% change year-on-year +14.45% +2.13% +102.63%

SpaceWire
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing SpaceWire relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

SpaceWire job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

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Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing SpaceWire.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing SpaceWire

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Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SpaceWire within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 15 April 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
East of England -30 3 £450 - 1
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UK

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

General
1 3 (100.00%) Aerospace
2 2 (66.67%) Avionics
2 2 (66.67%) Electronics
2 2 (66.67%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Systems Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Systems Test Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Test Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) ASIC
1 2 (66.67%) CAN bus
1 2 (66.67%) FPGA
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Linux
1 1 (33.33%) Unix
1 1 (33.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Supplier Management
2 1 (33.33%) Functional Testing
2 1 (33.33%) System Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Test Automation
2 1 (33.33%) TestOps
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) C
2 1 (33.33%) Bash
2 1 (33.33%) Java
2 1 (33.33%) Python
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (100.00%) MIL-STD-1553
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) EMC